old people say the darndest things

i love to people watch. eaves drop. stare. stalk. whatever you want to call it. but i feel upon this and literally laughed out loud. i don't normally read this girl's blog because she never posts pictures, but this was quick and HILARIOUS. enjoy.

hello

Dear my pretty TWO10ers,
i sure do miss you guys, my life just isn't the same without you!! ive been loving the posts lately, and of course the new header!! great job Hoho!! i just wanted to fill you in on the things of my life... so let's start with my new haircut!! i know it's really not that different haha but here i am... also, while being sick the for the last what seems like months of my life, the doctor told me it would help me if i stopped drinking my precious Diet Coke. And unlike Kim, i don't back down from a challenge (just kidding, you showed that kidney stone who was boss!) so for the past two weeks i have been Diet Coke free! and completely sick!! so i decided that maybe i needed my Diet Coke for medicine! here is the documentation of my first Diet Coke... (if only it could be Horkley's bought with a yellow $10 card with all of you lovelies!!) And... I LOVE MY JOB!!! Blockbuster is the greatest place in the world!! Not only do i loove my five free movie rentals each week, my new velcro vans i bought to celebrate my new job, but my manager is sooo cute!!!!! Here is my nametag! no big deal!! i sure do wish that i could just carry you all around with me through my everyday life. Cause i adore you all!! I can't wait for the reunion tour with the ladies.... p.s. i'm totally in love with kris allen!! he is soo cute... if you don't know who he is... then be embarrassed and turn on the tv every once in a while. he's heartless remix is amazinggggg and his face isn't too bad eitherrr!!
I love you and miss you all!! and i am so grateful for you all... for your smiles, your examples, your joys, you hugs, your love!! You complete me!! and i don't mean to brag... but it's been amazing spending time with Courtnee while she's been home!! sure do love you court!!!
xoxo, kris

i was stalking

taza per usual. she put up diana's {which i am getting in the mail shortly for my b.day} of NYC. new york city has not been lucky enough to be graced by my presence -- but how i long to go there. it just seems so timeless and enchanting and fashionable and adventurous. well thats all i could think about for NYC. but i really want to go there!!!!!

Now Kelsey and I are hanging out. We always have the best time together. We went to horkleys. got a pizza. rented a movie. wear silly headbands. talk about projects. we just have a grand ole time. we miss the rest of you.

kisses.

heather and kj.

So here is the thing...

I am sitting with my lil sister right about now. We're blog stalking. Right on.

a: she says you are all gorgeous. I COULD NOT AGREE MORE. (and i miss you all LOTS)
b: KJ, i effing love your beach pictures/byui beer drinking style
c: I am going to LA this weekend but will only be there for 2 hours and it breaks my heart not to get to see my besties
d: i CAN'T wait for it to be fall so I can see you alllllll! (except miss heather who thinks it is cool to graduate. which actually is pretty cool. but pretty selfish)
e: UP came out today. I think you can all guess what I am doing tonight.

wish you were here.

infinate x's and o's

this one is for bradyyy

Brady Chad Johnson(the handsome young man on the right) is truly one of my favorite people. I am so grateful that I had the opportunity to meet such a young man this past year. Brady is on e of the kindest, silliest, smartest, and righteous young men that I have ever met! I am so grateful for his endearing smiles and epic bear hugs. He truly is the mac to my cheese, the Edward to my Bella!! Two10ers, Brady is the kind of man i want to marry. And that fact that I can even say something like that shows just how much he means to me. haha And while I know that I will miss this boy like crazy over the next 24 months I also know that he will be a great missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I know that this Church is true, and that the Lord needs noble men like Brady (Gary, Sketch, Drew, Trevor, and every other missionary out there) to bring the world His truth!! Good luck Brady!! You are adorable!! Miss you already!! here are some collections of poems over the months for him.... hahah oh i miss him....

i think you are wonderful and really tall,
it must be a long drop if you fall,
but you would never do such a thing,
for simply you are much to charming,
brother lenharts class just wouldn't be the right,
if you and i were not so tight,
so to my dearest mac to my cheese,
do you like?? geez louis!!
you are my edward and i, your bella,
so what do you say "hey big fella!!'

so to the boy who highlighted his book just to hand it over to me, to the boy who wouldn't let me fall asleep on his shoulder during conference, to the boy who made me smile by quoting twilight, to the boy who won my heart, to BRADY!!!
xoxo, kristen

drama

i have a studio photo assignment due every tuesday for my portrait class and kelsey delighted me with her presence this week.
it was moody

it was dramatic

it was lovely
it was fun

thanks kelsey! i think you're gorgeous!

My Work Life Thus Far...

My job sucks. Pretty sure I wake up every morning saying that.
So I have applied to at least 9,000 different jobs on Craig's List.
And only 1 has come through. And I'm stillllllll waiting to hear back from him.

But then my boss came in today. And told me to stop applying for jobs.
He wants me to work full time for him the entire summer. What to do now?
I hate my job. But I get to wear a really cool lime green polo shirt. hmm.

Mostly, all of this thinking made me miss Rexburg. But then I read Heather's blog.
Maybe I don't really miss Rexburg after all (sorry it has been so yucky HoHo).
But I do DEARLY miss my roommates and:

7:25 Morning Prayer
Guitar Hero
Sharing Hot n Ready's
Sleep Overs
Horklies Trips
Closet Sharing
Late nights talking about everything and nothing at the same time
Utah Trips
Laser Tag
Taking each other to class
Teasing
Laughing
Loving


I hope you are all enjoying your summer, lots and lots. Don't forget I love you.

<3

milessss

oh heath... i'm sorry that you are feeling so isolated. but i loove you!!
so i did a little research for you all...

i currently live

2.62 miles from in-n-out (there were three within ten miles)

4.8 miles from Costco (yes I did have a hot dog today)

14.29 miles from Nordstrom (they offered me a job!!)

28.58 miles from Disneyland (was there yesterday)

36.o miles from Newport Beach (and haven't made that trip yet! hahah)

but i've found that most importantly these distances matter more....

Fresno
241.55 miles

Riverton
649.72 miles

Rexburg
903.28 miles

Chicago
1996.15 miles


i love you all!!
miss youu!!!
xoxo, kristen

sometimes i feel like i live in a third world country

like when the power goes out for 3 hours because of heavy winds

you go to work out in the lounge and there is only one treadmill and it's being used

every commercial on tv (when its functioning properly and fighting the battle over the wind) tells you that you can afford whatever they are advertising even though we are suffering from econocrisis

you only have 3 roommates instead of 5... perhaps the others died of piggy flu

there is no in n out or pinkberry or nordstrom or disneyland for hundreds of miles

etc. etc. etc.

yes, sometimes rexburg feel like a third world country

love, me

birthdayy

today is my 20th birthday!

i'm pretty sure that is the scariest thought in the entire world.
i've had a great day eating hot dogs, riding roller coasters, and just enjoying my post teenage day! haha thanks for the birthday-shout-outs! and i wish you could have all celebrated with me and my little brother at Disneyland today. two10ers meet Matt...



and while we played and played and played in the back of my mind I worried. Although i feel that i am a person to be proud of, at the same time i know that there is so much i haven't done.
So, this is my first draft of things to do before i'm twenty5:

• read The Book of Mormon again
• give away said Book of Mormon
• ask a boy (preferably one i like) out on a date
• keep a journal
• fall in love
• befriend the lonely
• compile a book of my poems (hopefully the talented Heather can help me out?)
• throw a dinner party
• smile through my trials

any other suggestions?
love you and miss you all!
xoxo,
the 20 year-old
kristen

{my farrr future}

so recently i have ventured into blog stalking people i've never even heard of... i've seen some of the coolest pictures, greatest recipes, and cutest kids. But it wasn't until last night that i saw my future.
Here is the cutest family in the entire world!! They don't match, they wear high red scoks, and yellow sandals!

i'm obsessed!! Their names are Betty, Oscar, Olive, Maude, and Ralph!!

If only they had red hair!!
xoxo, kristen