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Day 17: your favorite memory.
why is this so terribly hard? i can't seem to think of a particular moment that i think of as my very favorite.
there are moments in every day that are my favorite. these moments aren't rare if you let them in.
they often come around sunset. when i realize just how great this life is.
the moment in the day when you just sit back, look at life as it unfolds around you and see, this place is pretty great. my heavenly father surely does love me. and hey, all those things that i was stressing and obsessing over for the greater part of the day, really don't matter. it will all work out in the end. and life is lovely.
i wish it was a feeling that was explainable. which is a word.
it's such a sense of calm and awe and love and just pure simple joy. it's not a kind of feeling that just bursts out, it's the kind that slowly fills you up and makes you whole.
and that is my favorite.

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Day 16: your first kiss.
i love this story. it's a doozy.
do you know one casey schow? if you do you are lucky. he is one of the greatest guys i have ever met, and i was lucky to have him as my first kiss.
this is how it went down.
we had been "going out" for quite a while. and there were a few times that i think he wanted to kiss me, but i flat out told him that i would not kiss until i was 16. i was very stubborn.
one night, a while after my 16th birthday (of course), all of our group of friends were gathered in casey's upstairs movie room watching a movie. which we did often.
the movie was some guy flick. i honestly don't remember what it was. there was a man with a tattoo, and i believe he jumped out of a helicopter to save another man from the ocean....anywho at that very point, the height of the movie, there was a sudden eclipse.
i was paying full attention. then the screen disappeared from my view as casey cranked his neck all the way around from being to the side of me to suddenly being in front of me.
then we kissed.
i think. it took me a few minutes to come to full comprehension of what happened. and then my stomach flipped.
we were in complete view of everyone. and yet, no one saw. how i have no idea. but they certaintly were suprised when i told them.
and that my friends, is how it happened.

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Day 15: your dreams.
i hate this question.
i know what i want out of life, but the getting there part is what i'm not so sure about. and it scares me.

i want to be 80 and be sitting on the front porch swinging with my best friend and be able to talk about the kids we raised, the fun and the hard times we had, and the things we learned.
i don't ever want things to be easy, because the second they are we forget the important things.
i want to marry a man that i can fully support in all he does. someone who will hold on to me real tight through everything.
i want to raise my kids and have them remember their mom as a wonderfully crazy woman who encouraged them and broke out into random made up song often.
i want to return to my Heavenly Father and Savior with wrinkles and gray hair. each of which i earned.

before all this i want to go places and do things. i just don't know what yet. or how. we'll see.

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Day 14: what i wore today.
nothing.
alllllll day.
ok not really. i just hate this one. it makes me feel like i need to go shopping.
which i don't. because you can't shop with no monies.
let that be a lesson to ye.
bye.

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Day 13: this week.
what about it? that is extremely vague. i'm getting sick of this vagueness in this challenge. let's be honest, i'm really just sick of this challenge. but we're trying something new over here, called finishing what you start. it's hard.
so i guess i'll just highlight this week for you....
end favorite job
start new job
ONE MONTH!
becoming braid obsessed
deep clean everywhere in the apt. but my own room. classic me.
be angry over lack of letter....but
ONE MONTH!
lunch with mom, dad, gramps, and eli.
babysit eli
lay out, have same car drive by four times, then park. freak out and hide inside.
feel wierd about days off. but enjoy them.
park walks and "it happens".
oh and did i mention?
ONE MONTH.
the end.

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Day 12: what's in your bag.
please, just call me mary poppins. i always have a very full bag. and i will admit to having a very bad chap-stick addiction. horrible really. i need help. so let us begin...
currently in my bag is:
one copy of the book The Help. it's fabulous, highly recommend.
one letter from a certain missionary.
one spiral bound notebook to do what i will with.
one ace bandage for my poor knee. it dislikes running.
one package of orbit sweet mint. that refused to stay closed and now i have stray pieces of gum floating around in there.
my ipod. nuff said.
an almay clear complexion light/medium 200 compact.
two tubes of blistex medicated lip balm.
two tubes of soft lips lip balm....
one tube of carmex....
and one tube of revlon just bitten in crimson.
told you...it's a problem.
then there is a bottle of hand sanitizer
a bottle of dark kiss lotion from bath and body works.
a bajillion pens
and one freakin sweet batman wallet filled with no limit of random cards and such.
an umbrella, for all the rain we've had as of recent.
and a water bottle.
the end. told you to call me mary poppins. but i'll go by m-pop thanks.

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Day 11: your siblings.
i love these people.

first comes AnnDee Sue Jensen. she is gorgeous beyond belief and still the person i wish i could be. she has been a role model for me my whole life. when i was little (and sometimes still now) i would wish with all my heart to be just like her. she's amazing. that's all there is to it.

that's her with her beautiful boy.

then comes Cody Miner Jones. we call eachother crazy. it's a love thing. he has the biggest heart in the world. he would do anything for anyone. greatest man out there..except i never feel like he's a man haha. but i will always love him. him and all his awkward crazy quirks that make him exactly who he is.

that's him and his cute wife sarah.

next is Ian Reed Jones. i call him boy. he calls me girl. we're tight and what not. i sure do love him and all his oddness. he likes to rant, and i learned everything i know about it from him. he kills me with his stubborness, but i'm the same way. we get along in a wierd way. and i like it.

that's him and the girl he'll marry. it's cute.

lastly comes Micah Lennis Jones. ma bestest frand. we call eachother poopsie. it's sweet isn't it? you already heard all about him and how much i love him. he's cute and quiet, but i can get him to be loud. he does things like text me and ask when i am coming home cause he misses me. and he hates talking on the phone but every once in a while he will call me to talk for a whole ten minutes. that's a lot with him. i love him.

haha that picture basically sums him up. i love him so.

so those are the siblings. i guess i won some sort of heaven lottery because i love them all so much. i'm glad i get them forever cause i can't go a day without them. love love love. the end.