Fall Adventures

Aside from the stress of being jobless and without income for two months, Its also been a fun week.
I believe tuesday I got to catch up with my dear friend Brittany Elise Farnsworth! We decided to go chat it up at the temple. I just love being there. Just walking around on the temple grounds makes you feel at peace this time of year. I can only imagine how peaceful it is when youre IN it! :) Someday! But i do love hanging out with her! Too bad she's moving to Utah Nov. 10th :(. Theres a good side and a bad side to this. Good side is that i have a chance at taking her job, and i get somewhere to stay if i ever go to utah, bad side is well...ill miss her! And so will everyone else in the valley! ( IDK how, but this girl knows EVERYONE!) But she'll have so much fun and im proud of her branching out all on her own.

Wanna know how much i love the temple? I went the NEXT day with Chris. Obsessed? Not necessarily, Its just I love going there with him because....well who doesnt like to go there with their fella? PLUS, they were testing out all the christmas lights. And anyone who knows me, knows i've been counting down the days since july. Thanks to my family for my endearing christmas obsession. After that I got a butterfinger blizzard. Half of me was angry because I knew i had way too much ice cream all week, and the other half of me didnt care. But luckily my ice cream tasted WEIRD and strange, so it went to the trash. Blessings in disguise. God knew I didnt need another ice cream attached to my thighs. :) I appreciate that.

Then today, we (chris & I) went to Schnepf Farm for some Halloween Festivities. We were planning on going with Chris' friend Ryan and his lady Amanda but that fell thru. But we decided we'd still go just the two of us. And we loved it! Started off immediately digging into two delicious pulled pork sandwiches. We could smell them and when we saw the sign, we couldnt pass it up! Then we went on the haunted train ride. Not as haunted as i had hoped, but there was some zombies and such. They mostly just ran up to us and screamed. That must be demolishing their vocal chords!

^^Thats us on the little train.

My favorite part was petting the goats. They were SOOO CUTE! I had no idea goats were super sweet. They were like dogs. These were our favs. (Excuse my over exposed upper half. haha.)

Thats all ive got for now. Until next time :)


Hannah Banana

Who could hate this girl?

My one and only Taylor Swift has done it again!! Finally, her new album is HERE!

What can I even say. I mean, her first two albums were great, but this one is just INCREDIBLE. The songwriting, the growing maturity that she demonstrates in this one is beautiful. Taylor knows how to grow up. And that is naturally. People get angry with who she is saying she needs to stop the innocent, little girl personality. But then you have miley cyrus and all the followers of her dead end career path, and people say shes growing up too fast? Im taylor's age and i can say that i have just about everything in common with her music and outlooks. So its clear shes maturing just as any other twenty year old would. And thats why she is loved, she has grace. And a meeeean talent for songwriting.

She wrote this album by herself. And what I found kind of fun about it was that, as always, she name drops. And if its not a name drop, you still probably know who it is. Back to december, an apology to Taylor Lautner about their little fling. Dear John- to John Mayer. That one will probably make people hate him. Girl's got guts! And a really great one is Better Than Revenge, a little bit of it says "Shes not a saint, and shes not what you think, shes an actress. Shes better known for the things that she does on the matress. Soon she's gonna find stealing other people's toys on the playground wont make you many friends. She should keep in mind, she should keep in mind there is nothing i do better than revenge."

LOVE IT!

And for those of you who have little daughters/sons, listen to Never Grow Up. It will probably make you smile & cry.


I Highly reccomend this album. She never stops amazing me!


Lyrics from "Never Grow Up"


Your little hands wrapped around my finger
and its so quiet in the world tonight
your little eyelids flutter 'cause youre dreaming
so i tuck you in, turn on your favorite night light

to you, everythings funny
you've got nothing to regret
I'd give all I have honey,
if you could stay like that.

Oh, darlin dont you ever grow up,
dont you ever grow up
just stay this little
oh darlin dont you ever grow up,
dont you ever grow up
it could stay this simple

I wont let nobody hurt you
i wont let no one break your heart
no one will desert you
just try to never grow up.


You're in the car on your way to the movies
and you're mortified, your mom's dropping you off.
at fourteen, there's just so much you cant do
and you cant wait to move out and call your own shots

But don't make her drop you off around the block.
Remember that she's getting older too.
And don't lose the way that you dance around in your pj's
getting ready for school.

Oh, darlin dont you ever grow up
dont you ever grow up
just stay this little
oh darlin dont you ever grow up
dont you ever grow up
it could stay this simple

No one's ever burned you
nothing's ever left you scarred
and even though you want to,
just try to never grow up.


take pictures in your mind
in your childhood room.
Memorize what it sounded like
when your dad gets home
Remember the footsteps,
remember the words said
and all your little brother's favorite songs.

I just realized everything I have
is someday gonna be gone.

So here I am in my new apartment
in a big city, they just dropped me off.
Its so much colder than I thought I would be
So i tuck myself in, and turn my night light on


I wish i'd never grown up
I wish I'd never grown up

Oh i dont wanna grow up
wish id never grown up
and could still be little
Oh I dont wanna grow up
wish id never grown up
it could still be simple

oh darlin dont you ever grow up
it could stay this simple.

I completely forgot i had a blog, to be honest. But then i remembered it as i was looking at my sisters blog because it was written on her friends list thingy. So here i am! Chances are I will forget to post for another year, ha ha, but I wanted to share something so exciting with the world.......


CHRIS IS BAPTIZED! Thats right. My boy is finally a mormon boy. :) Let me tall ya, its been a long road comin. But deep in my heart, for stranger reasons than i can comprehend, I knew that there was purpose behind the friendship and relationship that we have.


the missionaries.His sister jaime, who was baptized five years ago, and her husband parker. They are remarkable. With each missionary lesson, I saw a complete turn around in chris. He absorbed every little detail that he was taught. He memorized the articles of faith, he asked great questions. His eyes were opened. I witnessed the strength of the holy ghost touch him. When i think of chris' state, i think of the scriptural term "like a child." Elder stevens said normally, they do discussions to prepare someone for it. But chris was already there. He's been ready.

Not only did the missionaries teach him so well, but he considers them his friends. Chris was Elder Hansen's first baptism and i could tell elder hansen was ELATED that chris chose him to do it. So sweet. Theres nothing more touching than to watch two friends hug after baptism by immersion. Reminds me so much of the picture of christ hugging john.







At his baptism, I must say, I have never felt the spirit so strongly. His entire family was there to support him. Keep in mind not all of them are members. That is HUGE. What a great family he has. The room was packed with people there to support him. There were smiles, tears, and heavy emotions on a day that none of us will forget. As I watched him fall back into the water I Knew he was making the right choice. He is loved SO MUCH not only by me, but by our families and his friends. And he will have a remarkable future. And I am so thankful for him refreshing my testimony. He has not only changed, but I have too. This church is without a doubt true. And it is clear to me that heavenly father has big plans for each of us in this world, and he loves us all. Every single one of us. For anyone who came to the baptism, chris is so thankful. Theres no stronger manifestation of its truth than to watch chris, who, at one time did everything he could to NOT be at church, is now a member of it.I love him so much. He was overwhelmed with the supportfrom everyone. Here are a few pictures from the night.




Chris, his parents, and Me


Chris with Elder Hansen