Tuesday, December 27, 2011

i come home to this face

let me introduce you to a little guy named
zadok quinn



he is number ten, the omega, the z, the last of the oliphant herd
he is six years old and loves the first grade
he tends to climb on people, give really good hugs, and has the most kissable cheeks
common nicknames for this little guy include:
zak-zak
wacky-zakky
zak-zak-attack
zak-a-licious
and
zak
this last week zak made a christmas list and it was enough to make anyone's heart melt so i thought i would share

[photo was here]
(the word that is cut off is supposed to say "robot")
isn't he just a stinkin cute kid?

Sunday, December 25, 2011

christmas morning

amanda is back in her pjs trying to beat a mind puzzle; zak is sucking on a homemade carmel sucker from the cousins; stuart, terrill, and hyrum are still playing with the many legos from santa; dad is napping on the couch; mom is browsing through a new book; lydia is putting on a homemade necklace from stu; alecia, fred, and myra are  bound to walk in the door any second with bright eyes and rosey cheeks; and i am wearing my fuzzy socks and playing warm christmas songs trying to take in just how perfect it all is. it may be four oclock in the afternoon and we still have over half the gifts wrapped and under the tree still, but i am pretty sure this is the way families and holidays are supposed to be.

merry merry christmas

Friday, December 23, 2011

dating at BYU

whole different world, nothing else like

if i could compare to anything to help you understand i would, but it really is quite uncompariable.

let me see what i can do.
57 list

check list before i find the one... pretty darn close

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Monday, December 12, 2011

twenty one

today i am older/old.

or should i just say a real adult, which is practically the same thing right?
i cant believe this day finally came, sometimes i honestly doubted it would.

so much on my mind today. here are just a few things rolling around up there:

brats. finals. accounting. more finals. gchat conversations. mission papers. wonderful examples. clubbing and tube tops. the fact that i just said mission papers and tube tops on the same line. the fact that kassie will be the only one to get that. preach my gospel. laundry. what am i supposed to wear. sleep. flying home. packing. wedding. birthday cake. tony's tacos. iron man. really good music. white strips. my really messy room. christmas lights. charlie brown. warm weather. mustaches. procrastination. only three days til im back in madison wisconsin. papers. washing my hair. stress. adult stuff. great friends. ice skating. heber. dancing. memories.

somehow im this really lucky gal where i never have classes on my birthday, it miraculously always falls on finals week. i know mother it's my own fault for being fifteen days over due, but im not much of the november birthday personality anyways.

december twelfth is a pretty important day. i get to share my birthday with jamie southern, the best senior homecoming date and sporter of the best redhead mohawk; marcello ortolano, a kid who is almost as tall as shaq and has one of the most amazing families; brother harrison who tried so diligently to teach me the book of mormon my first year of seminary; frank sinatra, bob barker, and lastly the lady of the guadalupe holiday, which i dont really know much about.
people, its a day to celebrate :)

thank you all for the many birthday thoughts, wishes, gifts, and kind words, i am always reminded how many wonderful people are in my life every time the big day rolls around. i wouldn't be the twenty-one-year-old i am today if i didn't have you all as blessings in my life.

...yes that also means im partially putting the blame on you for all my faults and craziness :)