Downton Abbey

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i have to copy Carrie & say that Downton Abbey is the most intriguing TV series i've ever watched. everything about it is beautiful & interesting. i love that it is placed in a time period that no one really talks about..so interesting. life was so completely different then...

it's addicting, once you start you cannot stop. watch it people, you will love it.

i heard your heart say love, love, love.

are you crying?
i was.

climb.

 

it's all i want to do.

ever.

happy Sunday.

canyoneering.

my dad is kind of your go to guy on anything having to do with camping, hiking, canyoneering, climbing...etc. a lot of people don't know what canyoneering is, basically it's a mix of climbing, hiking, and camping. so great right?! anyway, i've gone on a good number of canyoneering trips with my dad (mostly to Zions) and i never really appreciated how awesome it is until this last trip to Death Valley. canyoneering really is so fun. not a lot of people get to experience being deep inside a canyon full of water and beautiful sights, those are places not a lot of eyes get to see. i really wish i could explain some of the places and moments i've seen and had inside those pretty canyons. the pictures above don't give the scenery justice at all, the colors are all wrong. i'm so glad i grew up in a family who appreciates the outdoors, i'd be a completely different person if i didn't have that. it has my heart!

we usually go canyoneering with people that my dad has met over the years. some live in Utah, some in other states, and some are traveling the world as we speak. the best part of spending a few days at a time with these people is they are full of stories. it is so fun just listening to them talk about all the places they've been and the memories they've made.

i hope i can be like that someday.

c-a-m-p-f-i-r-e-s-o-n-g song.

there's something magical about sitting around a fire. we all know this.

it doesn't matter who you are with, you're going to have a good time.

you're all telling stories & laughing. everything is funnier when told around a campfire.

then you look up & the sky is so bright with all those stars that cannot be numbered. 

campfires are good.


Happy 1st of March!

what do you do on Monday nights?

we have our own version of The Hunger Games. but that's just before we play hide and seek for an hour in the middle of the night. they couldn't find me for a half hour, i'm a rockstar at that game i guess. one of the best nights we've had yet.

11 more days until Spring Breezy in St. Geezy with the "wombmates". what will i do without those girls next year? i'm pretty sure i could give a sermon on how wonderful each of them are.

Mia made a video of our epic games, 
(and somehow forgot to add my name at the end :( sad face)

and may the odds be ever in your favor...

Happy National Pancake Day!

life lately according to my iPhone videos.

Jan-Feb of 2012 from Jenna on Vimeo.

music by The Black Keys.

reliability.

sometimes your dober is crying and you're like hey wow, i feel really bad. but get over it. sometimes i have to step up to the plate and say like HEY things are hard but they are going to get better. life threw you a curve ball and you took it hard but you've got reliability and yous can't ever forget that. keep climbings and don't stop believin.
-coach carrie

three nights by the light of my headlamp.

Panoramic.

Death Valley.
February 2012.

Death Valley

i spent last weekend in Death Valley, California with my dad and little sister.

it's such a mysterious place...you go from 4000 ft above sea level and then suddenly drop to -200 ft below sea level. it's so dry & hot. there's hundreds of alluvial fans and the ground has strange salt stuff building up? but it is definitely gorgeous & a place everyone should see. the mountains are different there, the colors are amazing. there aren't very many places you can go and just see miles and miles of mountains, so it's pretty amazing.

in institute yesterday we went over President Uchtdorf's talk "You Matter to Him", one of my favorites from last conference. he says, "Compared to God, man is nothing. Yet we are everything to God". after spending the weekend in the outdoors & marveling over so many of God's incredible creations, how cool is it to think that we are His greatest creation. if that doesn't make you feel important, i don't know what will.

okay.

well, i loved The Vow. i'm a sucker for all chick flicks so this is no surprise. who doesn't love a good movie about love? & this movie was just cute. there was almost too much cuteness radiating from two of the most beautiful people alive.

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gee, it's too much to handle. i love those movies that you can't stop thinking about, & the ones where you come home from the theater so happy but slightly jealous because you're just a hopeless romantic & you can't help it. 

yep.

great songs, great band.

aren't they fun to watch as well?

a day for love.

whether you have a special someone this Love Day or not, you do have people who love you. & you always have the love of our Savior.

love is beautiful, isn't it? 
when i'm married i plan on kissing the crap out of my husband all the time & making time for little dates together. i'll tell him all my awkward moments of the day, which i'll laugh about & he'll pretend to as well & we'll explore mountains together. we probably won't have a perfect marriage but we'll try our best. i'm not at that point of life now but boy is my life full of love. i know God shows His love for me through all the people in my life he's blessed me with & the little things that i sometimes look over.

a few things that i love:

people, i love a lot of people. 

mail, email, packages, letters...nothing is better than a letter from someone you love, telling you how much they care about you. & then reading those letters over & over & over.

my mom

my bed

sleeping in your bed with the window open & covers up to your chin. & how your cheeks and nose are freezing but you love it because it feels like you're on a campout with your dad, sleeping under the stars.

climbing

Pinterest

Gilmore Girls & Modern Family

my roommates

Fridays & Sundays

oatmeal

granola

my calling

the Book of Mormon

yoga

late night conversations with Carrie

Happy Valentine's Day!

lists & music.

my Evernote app is so handy. things come into my mind & then leave minutes later, but with Evernote i can type that thought into a list. organized lists right at your fingertips. a list of movies i want to watch, songs i want to buy, things to do this summer, foods to make, grocery lists, even my Ragnar training schedule is in that app.

these are the songs i've been wanting lately, someday i'll have a few extra bucks to purchase them.

We Are Young-Fun

We Are The Tide-Blind Pilot

Santa Fe-Beirut

We Mapped The World-Joy Williams

Hotel Song-Regina Spektor

Ends In The Ocean-Avalanche City

Boy Lilikoi-Jonsi

hey carrie, let's make a video like this sometime soon.

yeah?

wherever you go there'll be love.

5 Years Time from Ryan Southwell on Vimeo.

i remember loving this video when i saw it a couple years ago, & i just rediscovered it.

it's just a good one because they are quirky & are just having fun instead of kissin & makin out the whole time.

i should probably stop this watching of engagement/wedding/love videos business.

jealous!

13 photos for 3 days.

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3 really, really, good days.

i ventured home for the weekend & spent time with my family that i love so much.

dad & i climbed walls and cracks.

i went to a bridal fair with my soon to be sister-in-law & stared at pretty things.

mom & i made two things we found on Pinterest. yum.

my little cousins are about as cute as ever.

the Superbowl meant nothing to me, but food...food is good.

i chomped on yummy granola across campus today while the sun was shining.

& then found a package waiting for me back at my apartment from Chase! he's a good guy. German sweets & contraptions, a letter, & a biiiiig smile on my face.

and it's still there.

pretty lil' roommates

(don't hate me, 

i just had to do it.)