Festival of Colors Video

So you know how I have a GoPro now? Well... I thought it would be fun to take to the Festival of Colors this year. So I did.... here is my video of the Festival.

Frame with Hanging Pictures

I got together with a couple of my friends (Tara and Sara) and did another craft that we found on Pinterest. I had pinned it a long time ago, but didn't really plan on making it anytime soon. Then Tara said she was going to make it and I should too and I figured... why not. I found a place in my house (my Travel room/ Basement Living Room) and I always love fun ways to display my pictures.... especially pictures that have to do with my travels.

We got together (Tara, Sara and I) last month and went to Hobby Lobby to buy the frames and then a few days later got together to nail the frames and tie on the twine. It is an easy project. Could be a future fast and easy gift. Easy to switch out pictures. What took me the longest was deciding what pictures I wanted to print and then actually going and getting them printed. You would think that would be the easy part.

I also bought mini clothes pins that were decorated... how cute is that?

Tara already had her pictures printed and ready to go when she made hers. Her's turned out cute. They both made smaller ones. I wanted more pictures and had more space for the frame on the wall.... so I went the bigger route.

I still need to make my twine tighter so it hangs straighter... but here is mine. I love how it turned out, and it will be fun to switch the pictures around with time and different travels.

Mr. Young and Innocent

So I'm doing the online thing right? I have been trying to be open minded, not just by going out with guys that I meet online, but also widening my age range and not caring how tall he is and so on and so forth. Nobody can tell me I'm still single because I'm being too picky. :)

Well... recently online, Mr. Young and Innocent wrote me an email. I thought he was kind of cute... so I wrote back. He wanted to take me on a date. I then noticed his age. This young man is only 22. 8 years younger than me is kind of a big difference... especially where we are in life. I asked him why he wanted to go out with a girl 8 years older than him. He told me age didn't matter, only that I am awesome. He scored points for that, so I agreed to go out with him. After I did this, I knew it was probably not the best idea.

I figured Mr. Young and Innocent was going to talk a lot about his mission. He is 22, I am assuming he recently got back. I was correct. Beyond that, I wasn't sure what to expect from the night. Once we exchanged numbers and started texting, there were some other things that I found out while we were planning what we were going to do. I am just going to point out the highlights of going out with a guy that is too young for me.

#1- Mr. Young and Innocent didn't have a car, therefore, I had to pick him up for our date. Slightly awkward.

#2 - He lives at the Riviera. This is great, for him. I loved living there too when I was his age.... 8 or 9 years ago.

#3 - He is just starting school. I graduated 9 years ago.

#4 - He had a boyish squeaky voice

#5 - He brought a backpack on the date because he wanted to watch a movie and all of this movies are on his laptop  so he brought his lap top....

#6 - His shirt was tucked in.... that may not seem like a big deal, but the way he was dressed said a lot.

For some reason, everyone I told was really excited for me to be going out with a 22 year old. Some because they thought it was awesome I wasn't letting age stop me from going out with a guy. Some because they figured it would be a funny story. Josh had dinner with us that night and said the blessing on the food and blessed that my date would be fun and bring good stories. Megan told her mom and her mom was excited for me because she said if I get them young I could mold them. Funny Tammy (Meg's mom) said that, because when I was with him I actually thought about molding him. That probably sounds bad... but I just saw his potential. He is actually a really cute guy. Cute smile, if I could only just help him with the way he dressed a little, and taught him how to not be quite as socially awkward and got him a car, he would be promising... for another girl. A little too nerdy for me (as in as a program on his computer that he can talk to and will talk back and find what he wants and talks like some computer in some movie), but he was really sweet and was adorable (as in little brother adorable).

He told me he wants to go out again, but I just don't think I can do it. I tried.

Flashback Friday 112

I guess it was National Sibling Day on the 10th... so I'm flashing back to 2007 when we did a family photoshoot. Here are my sisters and brother and I being silly. I sure do love them and feel so blessed to have them in my life.

Confessions of a Brunette on the Internet 165

So the cruise gave me a little present before I left. A cold. Yep, that would be the 4th time I have been sick since January. Never been sick so much in such a short amount of time before. The cold wasn't that bad... thankfully. Oh, did I tell you that Utah gave me a welcome home present? Snow! Isn't that sweet? Utah must have thought I needed a cool down after my hot Caribbean vacation. Little did it know that I hated the gift. A lot. It has been cold all week. Missing the Caribbean already.

I have so many pictures to edit. I guess that is what I am going to be doing with all of my spare time. The positive side to this is to see if I got some really good pictures I can be proud of, it also means that I have a lot of exciting things going on. :)

Tonight I went to my roommate's (Megan) softball game. I love softball. It reminds me of summer and it got me so excited for summer and warm weather! :) At least the trees are starting to blossom now.

Most of this week I have just been trying to get back into my regular schedule. I feel like I haven't seen anyone in my ward in a long time. Probably because I haven't been home on a weekend for almost a month. Crazy right? I am very excited to chill at home this weekend. In fact, my roommates and I have all just been gone at different times and none of us have really spent any time together lately, so we are having roommate bonding tomorrow. I'm excited.... especially since I don't have much longer until they move out. :(  That is going to be a sad day.

I went on another online date last night. He just moved here from Brazil. He lived here before... went to BYU, but he told me I was his first American date EVER! He only had gone out with girls from Brazil. Talk about Pressure! It went well. He was real sweet. I don't think it will go anywhere, but I think we will stay in touch and be friends. I actually really love talking and getting to know knew people. There is so much to learn from others and there are so many interesting people out there. So no matter the outcome, I still enjoy it.

Did I mention that I have been taking lots of video's lately too? So not only do I have pictures to edit, but I also have movies to make! Yikes! I better get on this! ha ha.

Oh, biggest regret of the cruise.... I wasn't able to go scuba diving. :( I wanted to so bad. There just wasn't enough time. We didn't have long enough on off the boat. I really wanted to scuba dive in the Cayman Islands. SO bad! I guess I will have to go back someday. At least we got to snorkel there and in Roatan Honduras. I just love the marine life.

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Cozumel, Mexico. It was a beautiful place to explore. :)

Dolphin Dream

Ever since I was little, I have had the dream to swim with dolphins. It has always been towards the top of my bucket list. Well... I am happy to report that I finally got to check that off of my bucket list! I got to swim with a dolphin the the beautiful Cozumel, Mexico.

Our dolphin's name is Notika and she is 3 months pregnant. She was just so cute, I wanted to take her home. I got to pet her and kiss her and hold on to her fins and swim with her. It was awesome. Dolphins are so smooth. I was chosen to be the first to swim with Notika. I swam out across the pool and held out my left arm and in a few seconds Notika was there belly up, I grabbed on to her fins and she swam and took me across the pool. It was AWESOME!!! Steph and I both had an amazing experience and both got to check it off of our bucket list... even if it was expensive.