the vacuum kid.

This is just too weird...

what we've been up to.

I haven't posted much about what we've been up to lately... so here we go! We had a really fun weekend. We drove down to St. George on Friday and went to see The Sound of Music with Jaimie & Josh... which was soooo good. The girl who played Maria was awesome. On Saturday we went out to dinner with Sean's family and then we all drove up to Cedar City to see Fiddler on the Roof... which was also sooooo good! We drove home after Fiddler and got home at 3am. So we were pretty lazy on Sunday :) Last night we went to Mueller Park with my family for a little picnic. We had a bonfire {see above} & made s'mores and played scum! We had lots of fun and then it got dark and cold, so we came home. It made me really want to go camping, and lucky me, we're going camping this weekend with some friends. hooray! August has been sooooooo busy for us, and it's only going to get busier in the next couple of weeks. So you might not hear much from us until September {yeah right... like I could not blog for 2 weeks...}!

reading list.

Maybe making a list will motivate me to read some of the books I own and have yet to read. There are many.

the book thief.
the secret garden.
the kite runner.
the chosen.
gone with the wind.
ella enchanted.
the holy secret.
ever.
the remains of the day.
a countess below stairs.
the memory keeper's daughter.
emma.
standing for something.
persuasion.
daniel deronda.

There are more... but I'm getting embarrassed about the length of this list! What should I start with? Any recommendations {besides the kite runner!}?

p.s. I just noticed that I have been spelling "embarrassed" wrong for as long as I can remember. I thought there was only one "r". I always thought I was a relatively good speller... maybe not!

4 years ago.

Sean and I started dating in August of 2004. We met at a party and about a week later, Sean went on a road trip to Canada with his brothers & dad. He left on the Friday of the opening ceremonies of the Olympics in Greece. I was in bed at home recovering from my lithotripsy the day before {oh, the joys of kidney stones}. Sean and I had been texting each other every day since the party. He thought I was making up the kidney stones as an excuse to not go out with him, but when he found out from Alicia that they were for real, he was very sweet :) He was leaving that afternoon for the road trip, but he bought some treats and had Alicia bring them to me. So that night, I layed on the couch, watching the openeing ceremonies, enjoying my diet coke & tootsie pops from Sean. After he got home from Canada, we went on our first date and were pretty much inseparable from that point on. We spent a lot of our time together in those early weeks watching the events, especially the swimming and diving. The Summer Olympics will always remind me of our early dating days. I can't believe it's been 4 years! Love you, Sean!

slow thursday mix.

1. movie stars and super models, the rocket summer
2. when did your heart go missing? rooney
3. come home, onerepublic
4. roxanne, the police
5. beautiful world, carolina liar
6. shut up and let me go, the ting tings
7. bend and break, keane
8. do the panic, phantom planet
9. not your concern, the hush sound
10. write you a song, the plain white t's
11. angels in the alleyway, merrick christensen feat. david archuleta
12. kiss me, sixpence none the richer
13. cannon ball, damien rice
14. remember to breathe, dashboard confessional
15. nolita fairytale, vanessa carlton
16. beautiful girls, sean kingston
17. city of love, persephone's bees
18. dream, priscilla ahn
19. jealous of the moon, nickel creek
20. shake it, metro station