still winter.

this is how i feel about the fact that it is still snowing in the end of march.

[me after freezing while riding home on the scooter--i used my scarf as a facemask.]

cattails.

my best friend alex and i went exploring in south provo the other day.

WE DISCOVERED THE GREATEST THING IN THE WHOLE WORLD.

cattails.

they are seriously the most magical thing in the entire world! if you break off a part of it, they EXPLODE in your hand! [see for yourself in the videos below]

the seeds feel like the consistency of clouds.

alex and i were amazed.

she took these sweet photos of my hands and the cattail "wishes", as we called them.

the videos below kind of capture what we experienced.

i'm grateful that such a little magical thing like this could bring so much joy to us.

red rocks.

blake and i went to st. george a few weekends ago because he is training for his IRONMAN triathlon which he's doing in st. george on may 7th. so, he came down to train on the real course and run a half marathon.

and then we explored.

(cute face, blake...)

[ps] we found one of THE BEST pizza places i have ever been to in my life. we were driving out to this place called veyo pies because we heard that it was really good (overrated, in our opinion), but we needed dinner and so we stopped at the new pizza place in veyo. SO GOOD. if you are in st george, drive out to sunny's pizza!

we ended up talking to the owners (3 guys in their late 20's) for over an hour since we were the only ones in the store at the time. interesting story. apparently they were playing video games and making pizza one day, and had an epiphany--they should make pizza and make money off of it. they quit their jobs and started the restaurant! it has had huge success in its first month. go them!

i love people's stories. i love entrepreneurship.

i also love the red rocks of st. george.

we downloaded this cool app that lets you take 360 degree pictures--if you have an iphone, get it! it's great. we took this picture.

for mom.

i thought my mom's last blog post was funny.

so, i made her a new iphone.

2o1o in a blog post.

2o1o was an interesting and fun year.

in january,

i came back and was reunited with my best friends after not seeing them for 4 months while i was in italy.

mat kearney, one of my favorite singers, tweeted to me.

we also discovered the new cocoabean cupcake cafe. yum.

in february, i turned 2o. i also became smitten with this boy. we started dating.

in march,

in april, winter semester finished. i unknowingly said goodbye to my kitty india. i started spring semester and moved to king henry (with the help of kenna.) blake moved to denver for the summer.

in may, i went to visit blake a lot and was swamped with spring classes. blake and i gchatted a lot.

in june, i was an efy counselor some weeks. we went to memphis too.

in july, i was also an efy counselor. went to visit blake too.

in august, we went to hawaii.

in september, blake finally came back. we were reunited at the john mayer concert. i also started the accounting junior core.

AND WE GOT A SCOOTER. then sold it for a profit a few weeks later. THEN GOT A BLUE ONE!!

in october, we carved pumpkins. we dressed up as nolan and his ancestor for halloween (TYTYTYTY) and went to las vegas for blake's half ironman triathlon. blake found some stray kittens and let us keep them for a week or so at his house!

in november,we went to the state capitol in utah for blake's work party. i went to new york. then home for thanksgiving.

in december, blake turned 25 and we had a mexican fiesta. it was also christmastime.

bring on 2o11!

love is in the air.

i am thrilled to come back to provo and see three of my very favorite people in the world who got ENGAGED over christmas break. it's so weird to have engaged friends. i am growing up! ah!

i am so terrificly happy for you, angela, kenna, and alex.

i can't wait to see the amazing lives you create with alex, dalton, and nate.