july review: the lake, harry potter, and american idol tour

so july is basically over

and

hobby lobby already has christmas set up - that stresses me out

it tells my brain the year is over

and i've yet to figure out my plans for school in 2012

really, i need to figure a lot out.

ANYWAY

...now for my foto-review of recent events:

this is B...and me:

me and b were good friends

back in our byu days

and still are

really, he's one of the few i'm still in touch with

we relate on a lot of things in life

i miss him.

THOUGH

now i'm overly excited

because B is getting MARRiED!!!

to miss kelli lebaron...

they are a perfect match

(i hope she doesn't mind me snagging her foto)

and

they've asked me to be in the wedding

which is perfect

because i wasn't planning on missing it anyway.

so...november 5th is the big day

i already have my flight to Salt Lake

and my dress

purchased.

and can't hardly wait for this reunion

and happy times.

my first time back to utah in

3 1/2 years.

other july events...

THE END CAME

6 hours of Harry Potter

Part I and Part II

we all just left ever more disappointed

that Hogwarts is not real.

my sister, Cinnamon, and her kids were in town

we spent a day at lake lanier

the water made me miss my view of the beaches

in Puerto Rico and Barbados

and how i wished i could live like that forever

right on the water.

i did not document my evening at the Fox Theater in Atlanta

for Fiddler on the Roof,

but i did get something from the

american idol 2011 tour concert!

it was a very fun night

and full of  s t e l l a r  talent

all i had was a lil dinky camera, so the fotos are not up to par...

singing celo green's "forget you"

lauren alaina and her new hit single "like my mother does"

scotty mcreery

i had to capture the ONLY jacob lusk fan in the audience.. HA!

he came on right after james durbin (fotos below)

everybody was up and going wild for james

...and then the disco lights came on

jacob came out...

and only one person was really into it.

james durbin rockin out in the crowd

i thought he did the best

of course, he did sing Muse

and i love Muse.

i wish i had some fotos of stefano langone

he was my crush in the beginning

(paul mcdonald being the other - LOVEhim)

though it seems he's come out of his shell a bit

because he had half his clothes off through his performances!

believe me, no one was complaining.

mine and ryan's happy face

i left craving more live music

too bad there are very few shows coming up

that i'm interested in at least.

we made homemade spaghetti sauce with some of our tomatoes

...we cut up some...

and then mom went out for more to add to it...

and look!

my first sunflower bloomed!

we have quite a few more now.

and bigger

:)

weekends in july.

garden update...

check out the cucumbers...

remember my sunflowers? that the birds were eating?...

look at them now!

 

the hibiscus are loaded this summer

and bigger than brighton's head

meemaw gave briya her first haircut

she liked the water spray-bottle best

 

the kids have been enjoying 

a little pre-4th sparkler fun

and B is obsessed with squirting EVERYTHING

the lesson that i'm being taught

constantly:

another thought i absolutely  L O V E

i wish we would all apply it

6.12.2011

a beautiful saturday at the atlanta temple

la familia Zuniga was sealed.

it was a piece of heaven.

with all the hermanas

(mom and i stick out just a bit)

same weekend, two weddings

the second one was complete with swans on the lake!

the happy mr. and mrs. granadillo!

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.

.

i worked with cristina @ bynum plumbing

with my new job, i miss having her to talk to!

though it was fun to finally meet all the people i had heard so much about.

that night was my first cuban food experience.

i think i fell in love.

ha!

and how ideal that the very next day,

there was a Groupon for Papi's Cuban Grill !!

i was all over that.

the first fruits!!!

nothing beats home grown.

i have a new love for hydrangeas.

ours are beginning to bloom...



i have a crush on tom sturridge.

...wouldn't you?

daily doodle:

thoughts from my week:

1-  i believe in angels

2-  don't be selfish...we are often the answer to other people's prayers.

3-  living by myself is lonely

4-  at age 24, the possibilites are still  e n d l e s s...

5-  i miss kevin.

6-  be flexible. life, or even days, rarely go how you plan. 

7-  some weeks, i only want to wear dresses. i find it refreshing.

after all, there is nothing wrong with feeling like a lady.

especially when you are one

:)

sumR

may 20th.

i did have a nice birthday.

24 years down!

we went downtown to eat

and saw the new pirates of the carribbean

in 3-D on IMAX - go big or go home, right?

dave and pete were there too.

i didn't take like ANY fotos of the evening

shame on me.

but thankyou to those who made my day not so ordinary.

the garden is sprouting up!!

(the sweet pototoes)

the maters are almost perfect for

fried green tomatoes!!

mmmmm...

the romas and cherries

the "still to be planted" ones

i wanted some BIGsunflowers in the veggie garden

a while back i planted some seeds in cups for starting

and once they were a few inches tall, transplanted them into the garden.

well, some d a g u m  b i r d s ate them.

chomped the leaves & stem, to NADA!

uuuuuurgh!

so i planted some more.

i noticed a couple barely poking up through the soil

and made a mental note to make some "cages" to protect them.

going out only a few hours later...

 those bLAsted birds had already destroyed what was hardly there!

i WiLL have my sunflowers...

and my bamboo plant has doubled in height...

am i supposed to trim it ever??

or do i just let it reach the ceiling?

i had to speak in church last Sunday.

it was good for me.

notes:

the difference between what we do

and what we are capable of doing

would suffice to solve most of the world's problem

.gandhi.

everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. the good news is that you don't knoe how great you can be! how much you can love! what you can accomplish! and what your potential is!" - anne frank


the greatest waste in the world is the difference between

what we are

and

what we could become.

- ben herbster -

become

who you were born to be

i  l o v e  this:

there is no need for latter-day saints to worry over things of this world.

they will all pass away.

our hearts should be set on things above.

-lorenzo snow-

"Don't let a day go by without doing something to act on the promptings of the spirit."

-Dieter F. Uchtdorf-

as i often have to remind myself,

don't lose sight of the BiG picture...

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.

.

i am a child of God and He has sent me here...

...teach me all that i must DO to live with Him someday.

....now i'm craving a papaya milkshake!...

:)

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