Laughter...the best medicine!

We have been cracking up over these videos for the last few nights. I hope you all enjoy these as much as we have :)

"What does this mean?"

Life just keeps on flying by

Seriously, I don't think I can keep up. The only reason I even have time to blog is because I NEED a break from studying, writing essays, and crying over our flooded basement. Yes, our basement flooded AGAIN! It was a magical surprise to come home to early one morning after 12 hours of plane/car travel. I'm not going to lie, I cried pretty dang hard. It feels like we've moved three times in the last 10 months because every time it floods we have to move all of our belongings upstairs. And that is no simple task. GUH.

But here are some photos of what we've been up to the last several weeks. In no particular order...

We traveled to the Sequoia National Forest last weekend for one of my best friend's weddings. And we saw a massive tree. 6th largest in the world, mind you.

Yep, that's me in the corner saying, "damn, this is a BIG tree!"

The girth is sure impressive...

Jessie and her now husband Max got married atop Dome Rock. It was so beautiful. Clark and I felt very honored to witness their marriage. Aside from their immediate families and some close relatives, only Clark, myself, Amy (the priestess, who got her certificate just so she could marry Jess and Max), and Jenna were invited. And I thought I had a small wedding...

Such a beautiful couple.

Trying to recreate a pose from a picture four years ago.

Clark, the official amateur photographer of the wedding.

And here we have a waterfall. Totally unrelated to the wedding. A couple of weeks ago we hike Adam's Canyon in the Wasatch mountain range.

Where Clark polluted some pristine mountain water.

Where Clark also delighted in the variegated foliage.

Them are some purty leaves.

And...unrelated to the waterfall hike, we also decided to visit the Kennecott Copper Mines one afternoon. Since it is one of the few man made excavations seen by astronauts in space, we decided to go take a look for ourselves. And yes, it is a BIG pit.

And the trucks they use to haul the rock have giant wheels.

So that is what we've been up to the last several weeks. It's starting to feel like fall here and the temp in the house is 65 degrees, but I'm refusing to turn on the heat. Ahhh, I love this time of year. I just wish life could slow down so I could enjoy it more.

Cuteness overflow

I am generally a cheap person; I have no problem with purchasing dresses or skirts from goodwill or DI. In fact, a little over a year ago I dyed a dress I had brought from Goodwill to make it more presentable. It is a rockin' dress.

However, the below dresses from this website are KILLING ME! They are all so adorable and unique. They aren't necessarily that expensive, but it is so hard to choose just one.

I broke down and finally bought this dress after eying it since May. The only problem is it is a bit too long and the way it flows makes me look prego. Since I am not pregnant and I don't want to be harassed constantly, I'll have to have Mom Tobler work her magic on the dress in the future. But I love it. It is vintage-inspired and so much fun.

Here are a few more I have my eyes on...

The fabulous thing about this website is that you can customize orders. You can add sleeves or make the dress longer/shorter for a minimal fee. Pretty awesome.

To give myself a bit of control, I told myself that I cannot purchase another dress (or two, or three) until I get accepted into a graduate school. Since I will be overjoyed to be accepted into any of the schools I am applying to, I just need the satisfaction of knowing my hard work has paid off, and then I can get myself a treat!