days.

Six days from now i will be here. LAKE POWELL. 

seven days from then i will be here. GLENDORA. 

 oh summer. 81 days until school.

:court)

ATTENTION! ATTENTION!

all REUXBURGITES!

it is really true HORKLEY'S 60 cent soda are NO MORE!!!

They are now HORKLEY'S 75 cent sodas!

THIS IS AN INJUSTICE!!!

i've been going to horks for years and this change is ridiculous!

i'm not sure about the price on refills... wonder if they are still 50 cents but i would bet my bottom dollar that they are 60.

also $10 cards: they might be the right way to go. the might still sell 20 sodas for 10 bucks.

more research to come.


also:

jamba banana dancing on the corner men are in full swing here in rexburg.

they have a whole banana fam. one man and one woman and 2 little banana nuggets in tow!

i might have to support them by drinking some healthy concoction in lieu of my diet coke [especially after the inflation of prices! 15 cents!!! can you believe it. i might as well spend $4 on a fruit filled smoothie from a chain smoothie bar that they even have in the burg]

this will be me in one month:

i can't wait!

TRANSFORMERSSS

oh and....
WHO'S EXCITED!!!!?????

in the hollow of Thy hand

i've always had a special place in my heart for missionaries. i have a testimony that the Lord uses missionaries to bring the world His truth. I love them for their faith and selflessness, for their kindess and their examples... so this is for the boys and girls who give of themselves...
but as i've been preparing to say goodbye to my dearest gary, i've had to rethink this whole 24 month business. yet after much contemplation, i've still come to the same conclusion. Gary has saved me, inspired me, guided me, comforted me, befriended me, taught me, and been there for me. He is kind, strong, selfless, loving, brilliant, and valiant. I adore him and know that the world will be at his fingertips one day. Brazil is lucky to have him! He will be the greatest missionary, he has already taught me soo much about the Gospel, in word and in deed. I love my dear friend! And wish him well for the next 24 months! Garet Hawley has truly ruined me for all other men...

Yesterday...

My sisters came home from Girl's Camp. They taught me this song.
(I have substituted the words Diet Coke where they would normally sing Sprite...)

Do... is what I use to buy my coke
Re... the guy who sells my diet coke
Mi... is who drinks my diet coke
Fa... a long way to the john
So... another diet coke
La... and lots of diet coke
Ti... no thanks I'll have a coke...

and that brings us back to Do!!

Thought you'd enjoy. It's been cracking me up all weekend.

<3

today!

today is fathers day! happy dad day to all! 

Mr. Dave Miller and I had a delightful convo today. I am so grateful for him! and for families! my red head dad has helped me be the person i am, LOVE him! 

i went to church! learned about fathers, word of wisdom and forgiving others!

sundays are grand! 

all in vain

i slaved in the kitchen barefoot [and pregnant... jk] all morning baking desserts for the dessert auction this evening for enrichment, both priesthoods invited. we played dating games. speed dating. orange under the chin. toothpicks and lifesavers. the works. it was fun-ish. it was a strange and demented dating ritual it was pretty embarrassing.
the girls made dessert and it was auctioned off (oklahoma style)
but the boys were enthusiastic which made it kind of worth it.
just wanted to show you my presentation.
the best there was.
but it was handed to some boy that is supposed to take me on a date.
ps: i hate ace & matt
+ i love kristen the mostest

all i want...

we all judge, but after i personally am done with laughing i decided that they are happy. isn't that what we all want? to be happy? i know i do! and if a huge fat black pig makes you happy, why not?

glasses. overalls. red heads. perfection. 

(p.s. pretty sure my dad looked like the red over all kid when he was little, when i go home, i will be putting up pictures of his childhood) 

love you. 

it's true--

sorry to blog twice in a row, but i really wanted to share this amazing feeling with my best friends! while i don't frequent the LDS homepage as much as i should, it seems that each time i do the Spirit overwhelms and teaches me. It often highlights memorable General Conference talks or inspirational videos. Recently, Elder Holland's Easter message taught in conference was powerful, yet hearing his words played while watching glimpses of Christ's life touched me even more. The Brethern are so aware of the needs of the world and of my needs in particular. As most of you know, i've been so confused about the actuality of men lately. And this clip from Elder Christofferson's talk really touched me. Yes, i cried. But it wasn't because i was sad, it was because i felt hope. The Church is true, nothing else matters. I love my Savior, and have a testimoy that He is my personal Redeemer and the Redeemer for all mankind. I hope that my fellow two1oers, my friends, feel of His love! just as you
feel of mine! You can see Let Us Be Men here .
love you all! stian

my sweet sister posted this kind message about me on her blog....

check it out here if you'd like!
hope you two1oers are doing great!!
sure do miss you!!!
xoxo,
stian

Happy Sunday :)

I'm going to be honest, today was a good day.

Guess who is the newest member of the activities committee?!
ME :)

So basically Kristen, expect to be getting phones calls because you were the greatest co-chair everrr.

But I'm like really excited.

I love you girls so so much, and the church is so true! Enjoy your Sunday and don't forget to smile!

Loveee, Kim

oh and...

maybe i saw these at the mall.

maybe i tried them out.
maybe they really do work!
maybe mom and i both bought them!
maybe i'm a believer!
seriously...
but if this is embarrassing
it's all a HUGE MAYBE!!

-kate & ethan visit auntie stian-

HAPPY 6TH ANNIVERSARY WOLF & BIL!
as you know lauren and greg are two of my favorite people. i mean, we've all stalked Double the Fun! they are wise, strong, talented, funny, amazing role models. yay for the Packers! and to celebrate the happy couple took off for Palm Springs this weekend leaving the twins with Auntie Stian (Nana and Uncle Thrine!). this weekend was an adventure for sure!!
the twins live a different lifestyle than the one i have become accustomed to.

while i am late to bed and late to rise, they go to sleep at 7 and awake at 5:3o( i know what you are thinking... turns out there is one of those in the morning too).
when i am upset or want something i speak with words,
they use Baby Einstein sign language or just scream until we guess correctly.
But one thing we do have in common:
WE ALL LOOVE HOT DOGS!!
it's been so much fun and tiring to spend the weekend with
the cutest 15 month old twins in the world...
we played 'Auntie Stian' style...

-starting with some HSM3 time (he's sportin wildcat colors!)-
-things got a littl more serious with some tattoos-
-'pretty kitty' got a tramp stamp-
-we drank Diet Coke of course-

-kate had her first manicure-

this weekend prompted some serious thinking....
1. how badly do i really want children?
2. this weekend took the effort and sanity of matt, mom, and i. how does lauren do this daily?
3. my mom is amazing!!
4. kate and ethan are pretty cool kids!!

xoxo, kristen

Hi two10ers!

So i changed my facebook status to "Kim is ready for the best night of my life." and Heather happened to comment that I should blog about it. I decided, hey, why not!

So last night really was incredible.


Ok, don't let this photo fool you. I wasn't having a crazy time. However, Tiff and I decided to take a Friday night to ourselves (at least until 10 when we met up with our usual crew). But we just took pictures together.

And it reminded me of how we never too pictures together as roommates last winter :(

But anyway, we went on a ferris wheel at Navy Pier. It was scary. It was really high. And I was really nervous when Tiffany kept standing up. And at the very top, they stopped it and told us to remain seated. I got really, really nervous. Turns out it started going again rather quickly. Don't worry. But we even got ice cream. And the employees told us we had to eat it before we got on the wheel. So we sucked down our cones in about a minute. It was so impressive.

So things here in Chicago are looking up.
And I'm really loving this city. I love this view of the city. Definitely my favorite. And it's about a block from my friend, Eric's. And I looove it.
And my sister.

I posted pics on facebook from a baseball game I recently attended and Kelsey asked me about it...so let me explain.
My good friend, Noah's cousin, Adam Rosales plays for the Cincinnati Reds. And by plays for, he has been drafted. I don't really understand baseball, but apparently this means that by next year, he will play for them permanently. So I've been to a few games with Noah. And the tickets have been amazingg. In Milwaukee, we were 10 rows back. In St. Louis, we were like 15 back. And we got to sit in front of Nix's mom. We were the ONLY Reds fans in the whole stadium, I swear. But it was incredible. And Adam and I are facebook friends. With a message thread. Ha. He plays 3rd base. Check him outtt.

Well two10ers, I hope things are going great. I haven't signed up for all my classes. I'm so frustrated with the fall. I told myself that I would figure it all out today. And I haven't. Haha...But as soon as I figure it out, I'll send you my schedule :)

I LOVE YOU & MISS YOU SO MUCH.

two10 was burgled

nothing was stolen, hurt, or vandalized

here's the story:

remember when kelsey sacrificed me to the presmed intruder last fall? [remember it just happened to be whitney?]

well last night I felt kelsey's anxiety over someone attempting to burgle my apartment, except the actually succeeded in entering

at 3 am i was sleeping in my bed, clearly. i had only been asleep for maybe one and one-half hours. i heard someone pound loudly on the door. of you remember our door its noisey and hard to shut and i'm not sure why someone would knock before burgling.

but they knocked. proceeded to enter. then i heard the door shut.

i recognize that it was the wee hours and that i WAS incoherent. but i became paranoid.

there could be someone in my house.

if i move they will hear me.

i was convinced there was someone in my apartment.

i kept hearing things. i kept freaking out.

so at 3:30 am i called 911 from under my covers in my bed.

the dispatcher was kind and stayed with me til the cops came.

she then told me that i had to leave the safety of my room to let the cops in. i didn't think it was a good idea and i beat the cops to the door.

so i waited.

in my 3 o'clock in the morning head this WAS an emergency.

i was being burgled and i could get shot. but cops are never in a hurry,

they searched my apartment with their flashlights. they were very thorough. the found nothing. they took my info. and they left.

i felt a little silly. but i felt much better knowing for sure that there wasn't a burgle-murderer in two10. now i could go to sleep knowing my abode was safe from intruders.

but of course i couldn't sleep.

so i didn't.

im tired. 

im obsessed with 80 movies. )they can be scandalous( 

im wearing a woodstock shirt. 

i love playing marco polo.

and you are all really pretty. 

i want to b tan.

beach 28 days. 

awww yaaaaaaaa

p.s. love you. 

iJUST realized...

me [the queen of naming iNANIMATE objects]

never named THE iMAC.

the iNSPIRING, iNFAMOUS, iNCREDIBLE, iMPRESSIVE, iMMENSE
iMAC

that i stare at for hours on end and love to death desktop has no name

nothing to be called.

poor iMAC.

so there is a poll to the right...

iVOTE for your iFAVORITE!

other things i have named:
HOLLY -- hamster
VIVIAN -- volkswagen jetta
VERA -- volkswagen rabbit
PENELOPE -- iPOD
AFTON -- atomic snowboard

no big deal...

maybe this fall

i'm taking a class from...

PRESIDENT KIM CLARK!!!!

no big deal.

xoxo, kris

peace.

FACT: i miss you. and by "you" i mean all of you. every piece of you. everything about you. the way you make me laugh and smile. the way you are my best friends. love YOU.

p.s. send me you schedules via fb inbox or whatever ASAP. i need to be able to stalk and plan accordingly. 

Kristen texted me today...

right before I left for church:

today is one of those days i feel like eating BK and watching 21 instead of going to church.

i told her i felt the same.

sometimes you just neeeeeeeeeeed a personal day from church.

scandal!

i know.

but we both went to church today.

her in california.

i in idaho.

we both went to relief society [we had another lesson about dating. this time given by the priesthood. they talked themselves in circles. i enjoyed playing devil's advocate :] this lesson put me in a foul mood for the majority of the block.

we both went to sunday school [we learned about the degrees of glory. the infamous FHE dad, Zach, made a pretty epic comment that the Telestial Kingdom = eternal singles ward. btw. he's engaged. shocking? I KNOW!]

then we had sacrament meeting. we both listened to shared testimonies. [i felt the spirit very strongly today.] which means i cried.

i made dinner for jacob, nate, tyler, dave, and parker today. [yes our ward still has break the fast. i had forgotten and felt bad, but i couldn't uninvite them for dinner. i prepared pasta salad + the reese's cookies, yesterday for the meal . then the boys came over + grilled all the burgers. we had all the fixins. tomatoes. lettuce. pickle. sauteed onions and mushrooms. bbq sauce. ketchup. mustard. mayo. chips + dip.]

we feasted.
talked.
reminisced.

i'm glad i had the opportunity to go to church today.
to feel the spirit.
to ponder.

today i missed my family.
but today i also missed MY roommates a lot, even ttttttttttttthhhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiisssssssssssss much. the best roommates i ever had, over two semesters. i love you girls.

ps: i hate ace

passion fruit

i painted my nails today.

but more importantly,

i went to church!

i love fast Sundays!

xoxo, kris

hey shorty its my BIRFDAY

i woke up early

i went to class

i took a midterm

i went on a shoot

i went to red robin

i saw and heard from people i love

altogether it was a great day!
[about the outfit: a high.waisted navy skirt with six silver, sailor buttons up the front + an embroidered tank from anthropologie + light yellow short sleeve, v.neck cardigan + light grey ruffled steve madden t.strap shoes]

love you all! thanks for all the birthday wishes!

Of Blogs, Birthdays, and Best Friends

There has been a lot of action on the blog lately.
I enjoy it.
It makes me excited to know that while my boss is taking 65765433 years to review my stupid (90) page report, I can sufficiently stalk my lovers and their happenings.

Kim: Little bit creepy of a picture, but I thought it was cute :) slash I miss you with every fiber of my being slash 206 is going to be one happening place this fall.

HoHo: HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY GIRL! I wish I could be there to celebrate you turning 21again. I wish I was there to buy you a birthday Horklies. I wish I was there to post tacky birthday decorations all over two10. I loved reading your blog. I find you inspirational. I am sorry about your camera. I love you.

Courtnee: not only is your sister gorgeous... YOU are gorgeous. It looks like you had a wonderful adventure, and Ashlee looks really pretty and really happy. I am really sad that I didn't get to see you while you were here, but you better believe I am coming to visit when you are at home and I am in San Diego. I miss our road trips talks. <3

Kristen: I miss going to family history with you. I miss your laugh making me smile. I miss crashing Locus Live. I HATE that we are less than four hours apart and I haven't seen you yet. But I am glad you have an awesome job at blockbuster. and I am REAL excited we will be living in the same ward/relief society :)

Kelsey: so... confession... i thought you hated me. I was really scared of you last fall. It mostly had to do with jonas. but I hope you don't hate me. I think you are really cool. And REALLY pretty. And I like reading your blog posts. and watching videos of you drinking (root) beer.

Nothing that exciting is going on in my life. I wake up, go to work, go to physical therapy, go home and watch so you think you can dance, and fall asleep by 10. Yup. Life is gooooood. But soon I will be back in Rexy. Where I will be an iRep. and be able to swim again. and seeing my best friends.

HAPPY birthday to HEATHER. and happy GREAT day to all of you

<3

an ode to heather part twoooo

TWO10erss!!!
great post kim and jessica too! i totally agree! just wanted to share as well...
heather- you are amazing!! i am grateful constantly for meeting you, and for the opportunity that i have had to have you as family! thank you for your example, your smile, and your goldfish of course! i miss you always, so come home asap!! but i hope that today you had the best of all best birthdays! enjoy the day dear, we are all thinking of you and loving you!! happy birthday love!KJ- i swear every time you put up pictures you get more and more beautiful!!! seriously!!
Coco- when is a door not a door???? much love baby!
Kimslim- i almost wrote on your fb wall... okay not really! lol! but our RS is going to be amazing!!
Jess- this is gay!! just come down already!!! i miss your face!!
love, kris

p.s. i love you!!
p.s.s. two10ers.... what is your favorite song???
here is one that keeps playing on my ipod lately
yes i do have the whole hannah montana movie soundtrack, and suprisingly it's amazing!! but i love the CLIMB!! it's just amazing.... and i think it's sorta THIS TOO SHALL PASS!!

I can almost see it
That dream I am dreaming
But there's a voice inside my head saying
"You'll never reach it"
Every step I'm taking
Every move I make feels
Lost with no direction
My faith is shaking
But I gotta keep trying
Gotta keep my head held high
There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be a uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb
The struggles I'm facing
The chances I'm taking
Sometimes might knock me down
But no, I'm not breaking
I may not know it
But these are the moments that
I'm gonna remember most, yeah
Just gotta keep going
'Cause there's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be a uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb, yeah!
There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Somebody's gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb, yeah!

THANKS FOR CLIMBING WITH ME!! LOVE YOU ALL!!

An Ode To Heather

happy birthday to you,
happy birthday to you,
happy birthday dear heather,
happy birthday to you!


Create your own FACEinHOLE

just because it's your birthday, i've decided i should blog.
i miss your laugh and witty sense of humor!
i miss your closet and you shoes and your pictures!
i miss vera and her cupholders!
i miss horkley's runs and your singing!
i miss that one time when you told me you'd hook me up with your black friend.

so although we're apart, i still wish you were near!
and mostly, i just miss youuu!

have a wonderful birthday and don't forget that i love you :)

love, kim

i can't sleep

so clearly.

i blog.

i should study, but i must say this first.

on this the day that i turn ::21again::

it is the wee hours of the morn
i am trying to be quiet so that my roommates think i am still asleep.
i can hear them rustling outside my room
making ::21again:: day preparations outside my room
i'm afraid to go out there
i don't want to ruin their surprise
i'm afraid of what their surprise might be
[i heard scotch tape being dispensed and butcher paper and possibly streamers being brushed against the wall... i pray for an untacky day -- forgive me. i digress]

at my ripe old age of ::21again::
i am trying
to be a more gracious + appreciative person... at least in expressing my gratitude
to be a more devout person
to be a more learned person
[i know i am graduating but i am sure i have more to learn.]
to be more of my potential
to be a more inspired person + to act on the inspiration
to be a person who can see beauty in others + all things
to be more giving of talents + other things i possess
to be more willing to serve
to be a more thoughtful + sentimental + meditative + contemplative person
to be more frugal

i see the anniversary of the date of my birth as a day
of becoming 1 year wiser
of looking at the year that has past and learning from it
of making resolutions and goals
[to accomplish during my ::21again:: year that i could never have done before, as a post grad, as a 22 year old, as a renewed daughter of an eternal family, a friend, a long-distance friend, a sister, a cousin, a niece, a photographer]

even though i am turning ::21again::
i still don't like to be fussed over [though i can bask in being in the spotlight for one day] no fussing necessary
i appreciate a polite birthday wish or greeting sent my way [in a timely manner, snail mail is unpredictable, but facebook, texting, emails, via this or my other blog, etc. are immediate and should be anticipated carefully]
be that as it may, i don't mind birthday outings and gifts that occur during the week prior and post to the specific day of the remembrance of my birth
for i am a coquettish, young girl who wants one thing on one day and another on the next
but i still don't like to be fussed over
none the less, i will be forlorn if you happen to forget to wish me birthday salutations, because i do my best to remember yours

i hope my audience does not find me too blunt, rude, selfish, or callous
but i do know a thing or two about birthdays [i have had 21 of them]
and i know how i should like mine to play through

in my world
on my day of turning ::21again::
i should primp myself for the day at my leisure
i should think of a sundry and it would appear before mine eyes
there would be fresh, peach and raspberry pie for breakfast
i should wear a party dress all day, without it getting spoiled, wrinkled or otherwise
there would be the soundtrack to my life playing wherever i might go
everyone that crossed my path would know it was my very own special day and they would kiss me on the cheek and say the nicest things to me
i would politely say thank you and they would no longer dote on me, making me feel uncomfortable
everything would be perfectly perfect and lovely, delicious, enchanting, delightful, and pleasant

but since this world isn't mine or perfect and neither am i
i am grateful for the things that i have and the people whom i know
for the things they wish me or if the forget to do so
i know that rain or shine, for i love them both
will be a beautiful day to remember the day that a man and a wife brought into this world their first child, a daughter

THE SADDEST DAY EVER

My birthday package from urban-o came today. at appox 4:00. i was so excited i could hardly contain myself. i sliced open the packing tape and started to open the box holding my lovely diana f+. i noticed the box was slightly damaged. i continued opening. pulled out the lovely mint, plastic body and behold the lens fell off. strange. i considered one of the levers must hold the lens on, but when examining closely it was not so. behold. a broken little, mint, plastic camera.

there will be no lo-fi images of my friends and i partaking in bottomless fries and freckled lemonade.

urban-o has already been notified.
shay. the customer service rep. was understanding and sorrowful at my misfortune
they are shipping me a new little diana dreamer tomorrow.
it will come in about a week.

but i am just so sad.
i was really hoping to tote my mint green camera (even thought about matching my birthday outfit to it) to my birthday festivities and to capture the timeless elegance of
::my turning 21 again:: celebration
but it just isn't so

maybe i'll just throw myself a
::turning 21 + one week again:: celebration
the day my camera arrives

hopefully all in tact

but i will continue to be sad

you only turn ::21again::
once.

summer thus far!

much to my surprise they actually went through with it. He is now a husband and she is a WIFE. they live together! they road trip together! they sleep together! (ew) and they are together forever! her name is now ashlee SCOTT.  super weird. 

our first official handshake as brother and sister. i am positive he thinks i am insane. it's great.

props to the married people for this pose. i am obsessed with it. 

remember when my sister got married! she is beautiful and i love her! it was a weird day but wonderful too! ashlee's veil was probably my favorite thing because it was all over the place all day. i wore my shoes for a total of ten minutes the whole day. and i now have a gash in my foot. but the flowers were pretty and so was she! wahooooo!

spenser vannerson and kristen secor. i peed my pants of laughter. 

It is not the same as the rexburg temple, but it looks the same and i LOVE it. it's the Oquirrh mountain temple! boo glendora for not having a temple. 

well team. i have lived with aunt steph for quite some time now. the boys are my heros. uncle cam is the hardest worker i know. and steph is still my best friend and my other pea. however i cant wait to return to wonderful california for the remainder of summa. then back to rexburg and all your pretty faces! (your coming hoho you have no choice) two ten meet BIL and ash. this is what they did thee ENTIRE drive home. lets just say it was entertaining if nothing else. plus there was a good deal of backstreet boys and joseph so i cant complain. 

p.s. his real name is eric. 

THANK YOU FOR BEING MY BEST FRIENDS AND FAMILY! LOVE YOU ALL!