swoon-worthy

So one of my recent favorite movies would have to be 'North and South' (the bonnet movie, not the one about the Civil War). I'm pretty sure most of the ladies in the family have seen it; I watched it about a month ago with some friends who share my affinity for bonnet movies. It is very long and kind of sad for the most part but the last 5 minutes make it all worth it! Fortunately I found those last 5 minutes on youtube, so I decided to post it here so I can find it easily and watch it any time I want! *Caution* - you may want to be seated while viewing, as swoon-worthiness level is off the charts! Please don't faint and hurt yourselves!

valentine's day

Despite being separated from my honey for Valentine's Day, my weekend wasn't half bad. On Saturday I got not one but TWO cards from Sambo which made me giggle and grin. Plus he gave me an early gift before he left in January (seen below - a rose for each year and one to grow on). He done good. In the evening Loren and I went out to eat and then we went to see 'Dear John'. I thought I would cry buckets because the movie is about a couple who keeps in touch via letters while the guy is off in Iraq but when the credits started rolling both Loren and I wanted to throw something at the screen. Darn you Nicholas Sparks! Reel us in with 'A Walk to Remember' and 'The Notebook' and then churn out this crap. At least the main guy was nice to look at. Sunday morning I was asked to meet with the bishop before church, and much to my shock and excitement I was asked to be the new ____ - any guesses? After church Loren and Jon made dinner and then I made brownies and we enjoyed some hot chocolately goodness with a little bit of ice cream, whipped cream, and chocolate syrup while watching the Winter Olympics (I generally do not watch TV on Sunday but sometimes you have to make a judgment call in situations like this - seem anti-social and lock myself in my room or hang out with the best friends in the world while the TV happens to be on). Click on the picture for an up-close look at epic goodness. So all in all, not bad for a Valentine's Day. Here's a quick pic of all of the cards Loren and I got over the weekend:

snow day!!

On Friday morning I woke up to this:It was beautiful! Tennis at 8:30 was my only class so I thought about skipping to play in the snow but then I realized that since Loren was out of town I wouldn't have anyone to play with. So I drove (instead of my usual biking) over to the courts and my teacher just took roll and gave us bonus points for showing up. I came home and took a few more pictures and then snuggled up on the sofa reading my scrips while occasionally glancing up to watch the snow falling. It turned to rain an hour or so later and all of the snow was washed away but it sure was pretty while it lasted. I saw online that on Friday there was snow in 49 states, which has never happened before. Thanks a lot for holding out on us, Hawaii!

a little something I forgot to mention...

So there was a small bit of information I didn't mention in my previous post that is also kind of important...so 'member that guy I told you about? Well his name is Sam and Sunday is his birthday. His nineteenth birthday. I turned twenty-two on January 12th. So yes, that makes me a cougar. *MEOOOOWWWWW* And do you know what also happened on January 12th? Sam left for the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah. And he'll be spending the next two years in Los Angeles, California, speaking Spanish and spreading the Gospel. I'm surviving. It's kinda fun and romantically old-fashioned to keep in touch through letters. I'm definitely learning lots about the little virtue called patience.