be nice to your body

a few weeks ago, I started this new "plan" with my best friend.

(notice how it's not a diet. diets are bad!)

here is what the plan consists of:

exercise 1 hour a day (except sunday of course)

lifting weights 3X a week

no sweets

no fast food/junk

64 oz water per day

one veggie and fruit per day

(the plan was completely necessary. we both had returned from living outside the country for a semester- I gained the horrible london 15 that I swore I would never gain!)

if we break any rules, we must exercise two hours a day for the next week.

it has been so much fun though! we've been trying all kinds of new ways to exercise, and we've never felt so good. it has definitely been worth it.

My body feels like it has been cleansed.

I'm addicted to the high that comes from being active.

it feels great to be moving out under the sun!

if anyone else would like to join, feel free!

your body will love you even more.

SWAP

on saturday night......

somehow I ended up wearing Raquel's jeans and shirt

Raquel ended up wearing my jeans and shirt

Kailey ended up wearing Raquel's shirt, and my vest and shoes

We were randomly trying on clothes in my room, and somehow we ended up in each others outfits.

Don't ask us how it happened.

(We have no idea!)

Either way, we looked pretty good..... right??

:)

This weekend I also became a legit bowler.

The first game was a little rough (I may or may not have scored a 63), but after a few tips from my date......

I scored 117!

That's the highest I've ever scored.

I have never enjoyed bowling so much!

sweet tooth fairy

I finally went to this adorable cupcake store!!

(I forgot about my no sweets policy for just a second. don't judge)

Caitlin and I went on a date here with ours mothers. It was a nice little reunion after we both had come back from study abroads.

The toasted coconut was to die for.

They also had these cake bites that had been on the rachel ray show.

YUM!!

if you are currently living in the area.....

you must go try them immediately.

burned flowers

I've been helping Kris get ready for girls' camp the past few days.

(still haven't found another job yet--my moms trying to keep me busy)

I helped her make some of these fun flowers.

They are super easy to make.

cut out pieces of fabric that you like

burn the middle and edges on a candle (produces crinkle effect)

(thanks aunt tina for the tip)

use fabric glue to piece together

try it! you'll like it.

elementary school

pretty huh??

a nice boy picked this flower from his yard and brought it to me.

it felt like elementary school.

and I loved it.

sun & strawberries

If I only had one more day to live, I would......

swim

run through sprinklers

be in the sun

eat strawberries

take a bubble bath

go to a park

explore nature

exercise

talk

I'm a lucky girl because I was able to do all of those things yesterday.

I can die happy now :)

If you only had one day left to live,

what would you do?

summers here

Yesterday, I babysat my cousin Matt. We had fun playing at the park, taking sasha for a walk, and having a photo shoot.

Matt is quite the model

And today, I was welcomed home from work by these lovely flowers. They finally decided to come out. Took them long enough!



And for tonight, I have a blind date. My parents met on a blind date, so my mom's always telling me to go on them.



Sounds dangerous if you ask me.

ah wish me luck!

life resumed

I fell in love with blogging while I was in London, and now I'm


BACK!



and it feels better than ever (probably because I have no homework weighing down on my conscience)

It's so nice to be home, and summer has been treating me well so far.

here's a little taste of what I've been up to....



a big welcome home from family and friends



my baby sis went to Junior Prom
she was basically in charge of planning the whole event, and she rocked it.



Hanson family prom
I went along with my parents, Jeff and Cristy to chaperone the dance. Kristen just laughed when Cristy and I went out and danced with her and her friends! what a good sport






Kris and her cute date



babysat kristen while my mom went on a business trip with my dad. We made fun headbands with laura and jessie


I took a trip down to st. george with fun cousins.
Jessie and Kristen played in a tennis tournament down there, so Laura and I tagged along. It felt so good to play some tennis finally

soaked up some sun!



had a great memorial day filled with multiple bbqs and family and friends
I love summer!