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This has been such a crazy week for me. I feel like my emotions have been all over the place, like a roller coaster. sorry husband and pup, I've been major crazy chick. aint it great being a girl!? any who... the weather is starting to change and i love it. Lately I've just wanted to cuddle up with a blanket and read, which i have done on several occasions. My oldest sister and i are starting to train for a 12k next week and i am so very nervous. I love running but I've never done an actual sponsored... running... event type thing. wish me luck!

Here are a few quotes i have been loving on lately. enjoy. 

all found on the wonderful pinterest.

as of late

Watching- Sherlock. thank you emma! this show is amazingly addicting. we watch it on netflix but it originally airs on BBC. We watched the first episode last week and little did we know it was an hour in a half! Our minds were blown. No joke. It's a different twist on the sherlock holmes stories we all know. It takes place in modern day Great Britain and each episode is very skillfully written. just put it in your queue!

Reading- Divergent. Actually i just finished the second book in the series, Insurgent. I stumbled upon the recommendation for this book in a friends post on facebook. I downloaded a sample of it on my kindle and immediately bought the book shortly after. Within the fist day of reading Divergent i was already halfway through! This book is a dystopian novel. These types of books hold a great level of intrigue for me, it's crazy to imagine a world different from what I'm living in and used to. Lets just say when i finished this book i was in a mad depression, which naturally is proof of how great it was.

Listening- Taylor Swift's new album Red. When i first heard the whole album i didn't really have any special feelings towards it, which surprised me. But the more is listened the more i loved! Currently i'm loving "I Knew You Were Trouble", "Red", "The Lucky One", and "All Too Well". Also I've been loving  "Stubborn Love" by The Lumineers, "I Will Wait" by Mumford and Sons, "Runaways" by The Killers, "Gold on the Ceiling"  by The Black Keys, and "Stuck on You" by Meiko.

the lucky one

Life flies by, you know? This blog really hasn't been on my mind AT ALL for the past year. I guess you could say i've been "busy", but what kind of excuse is that? everyone is busy these days. How about some updates...

I'm still working as a dental assistant. and i love it. I'm so lucky to have a job that i don't mind waking up early everyday for. My patients make me smile, laugh, and cry and seriously it's the best part of my day. I meet so many wonderful people and have had some pretty crazy experiences in spite of all the time spent filling teeth, taking xrays, performing root canals, taking impressions, pulling teeth, and dealing with obnoxious insurances.

Husband is going to ASU and working his butt off. Seriously, this guy is crazy. He's taking six classes this semester and i hardly see him. At the end of spring semester he'll be taking his DAT and applying to dental schools. I am so proud of him and all his hard work. By the way, he has straight A's and science GPA of 4.0!!

My Sawyer James is my little long haired dachshund. He's pretty much our baby substitute. He's currently sitting right next to me at the moment, listening to some taylor swift,and sleeping peacefully while i type. 

 I am so grateful for my life right now. I cant believe this january i will have been married for four years and be completing my 24th year of life. It seems like yesterday i was stuck being 15 waiting for the day i could officially "date" and start driving my parents old blue ford explorer. Now i sit in my own home with my husband and pup and as i look around i cant help but be proud of what i have accomplished in the last eight in a half years. So thank you Mom and Dad for being the best parents you knew how to be and thank you to my Heavenly Father for loving me and guiding me all through out my life.

february, march, april, may...i'm alive

WOW. it is one day away from june! this year is officially flying by... i'd like to say i've been too busy to blog, but that would probably be a lie. i guess i've been to lazy to blog. haha. so much has been happening. i no longer work two jobs, which has been a major blessing! i left my theatre job to focus solely on dental assisting. it was hard to leave behind all the amazing people i met at the theatre and i loveeeed working with my family but in the end everything has worked out and i now have a little more time to keep my home in order. Lets see.....

FEBRUARY
-Brad's brother and his wife had a baby! little Stetson Jay Pico was born at the end of February and is officially the cutest baby boy i have ever seen! i can say this because up till this point i've only been blessed with two gorgeous nieces.
-I started RUNNING <3

MARCH
-Quit my second job and gained some freedom!
-My best girl emma got engaged! she called me first and i was asleep :( Im sooooo happy for her and so excited for her wedding june 9th.

APRIL
-dyed my hair dark brown! i was sooo nervous. it took years to get back to the perfect shade of blonde. but after waying out the pro's and con's (pros being, brown is cheaper and healthy-er for my hair, cons being...all the money and time put into getting blonde and that's about it) i went for it. Brown is definitely more me and i actually love it. I woke from a terrifying dream last night that my hair was blonde and short, who'd ever think?!?!

MAY
-Threw emma a bridal shower! everything went smooth until the chocolate fountain stopped working...haha
-brad and i hiked camelback! I had five days off, which has not happened in over a year! it was sooo nice to clean and organize my house, veg out in front of the tv, shop, and catch up with friends.

cant forget about sawyer!! i love my baby substitute!

january

i get restless. i'm so used to change, that if i doesnt happen i create it. when i was younger i would constantly change my bedroom depending on my life changes going on at the time. and right now i want to change my bathroom. random, i know.

i'm really lovin this shower curtian from urban.

Prayer

Pray: to ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy. -Ambrose Bierce



There are no words to explain the past couple weeks. I’ve so overly busy with life. My family has been hit with heartache. But as always it has brought us closer. I have definitely felt the power of prayer in my life. I have been brought to my knees in tears and have felt my Saviors love. My faith has been tried and tested. And for everything... I am grateful.