The Stats

until the end of the semester-


tests- 1

projects- 3

classes- 23

class days- 7.5

photo shoots to do- 12

costumes i still need to find for my shoots- 12

times i'll have to charge/change batteries in my camera-probably 5 for digital, 2 for film.

pictures to edit- hundreds

pictures to print- 30

final portfolios- 2 {that i'm combining into 1 big one.}

days till i go home- 16

papers- 1

presentations-1

freak out/stress sessions- 64 {that gives me about 4 a day}


So, i guess i'll go work on my presentation instead of continue blogging. but don't worry, I'll keep the stats updated every time i blog. :D

loooong weekend adventures!

number of times i went to bed before midnight?
ZERO
number of times i went to bed before 1?
ZERO
number of times i went to bed before 2?
ZERO
number of times i went to bed before 3?
One
number of times i went to bed in between 3 & 4?
One
number of times i went to bed between 4 & 5?
Two
number of times i went to bed after 5?
Two


It was a great weekend. clearly.   I got more sleep last night then i did nearly all nights of the break. haha. so much for catching up on sleep this weekend!......

some highlights-

*playing the organ and Piano with Taylor and singing my favorite Christmas song ever to him playing. {the Nativity song out of the children's song book} I'm pretty sure i could listen to him play for a long time. I like it.

*peanut butter bars run to Maceys at 2 am

*going to the mall with Em and 3 of her friends to Macys in the mall for a reason i'm not saying on here. But it was a good one. :D And i'm really glad i did.

*not doing any homework

*photo shoot

*dinner with taylor w/ ash & nathan at zupas

*hairspray music jam out session. classic

*modern family marathon

*scum, super scum, tub scum, with the fam

*running errands with dad

* animal fries with taylor. finally. we haven't done this since august.

*making dinner with mom.

*going to a movie with Q which he cried in!! and i did not.Christmas Miracle? i think yes.

*when taylor surprised me after he got off work with a DR. pepper and some good conversations till nearly 5 am.

*Deseret Book CTR ring looking.

*volcano bath fizzer.

*listening to Q speak in church

*listening to Em play a piano piece in church

*sunday dinner.

*bringing dinner to Taylor at work.

*etc.


I sincerely doubt that i'll be blogging all that much the next 2.5 weeks because i have a ton of photo shoots! but... then again, i blog to procrastinate doing a lot of what i need to do. so....

here are some random pictures from the weekend-

saying bye to Charlie before he goes on his mission

my doggy loves Nsthan

family games

we do really cool things at walmart...
see the lady worker on the left? she thought we were insane.... pishaw.

here is taylor and i trying the volcano fizzer thing we won more than a month ago.
it was really anti climatic..... to say the least...

Do you ever.... 'cause I do.

Do you ever-

miss a certain smell?
because it brings back the memory
of someone/some event?
I do. {Sometimes I feel like
 going to a perfume store and finding
one that smells a certain way.}

not do your hair or makeup 

because you know you're 

not doing anything that day?

I do. like today. 

 get sad when you're really looking

 forward to something 

and then it ends up not working

 the way you wanted? 

I do.

get frustrated with yourself for 

not saying what's on your

mind because it's scary?

I do.

wish you were someplace else ?

I do.

wish you never had to say bye? 

Or are sad when you 

don't get a proper goodbye?

I really do.

have days where everything

 you do reminds you 

of something else that 

makes your mind in a 

completely

different place?

I do. 

get really happy over

 talking on the

 phone and just 

a simple hug?

I do.

wish people were more 

honest about things?

I do.

wish you were Braver?

I do. 

I'm really sad that I am leaving home tomorrow. This semester has probably been the hardest semester to be away from here. 

All I want for Christmas is....

youuuuuuuuu uu uuuu baby! :D

Well, it's "Black Friday"  and if you're going shopping, you can look for these things for me. ;)

Here is my un-realistic list-

A stainless steel Kitchen aid Mixer

Nikon D3x

Real pearl earrings. 

4-door jeep

a horse drawn sleigh ride {Taylor told me that if I tell him this one more time then when he becomes president he is banning sleigh rides. ha ha. I've only told him like 2 times. maybe 6. So I can't tell him my dream of riding in a sleigh anymore. :'(}

A new portrait lens

Carbon Fiber Manfrotto tripod with ball head.

 here is my realistic List-

Jesus the Christ book

Passport

A new scent of perfume from V.S. {maybe lovespell?}

Headbands

neutral-colored scripture case

itunes gift card

cute socks

little miss matched. There stuff is cool!

soft, cute, slippers

love the buttons on these

I don't really want/ need that much. I'm pretty chill this year. :)

Thankful Post

i'm thankful for-

My family-

Mom

Dad

Ash {and nathan AND baby girl}

Q

Ems

my puppy, Kandi

G&G Cobb and Dickerson

Aunts and Uncles 

Cousins

My really close friends. Especially

Betsy & Lauren. 

Taylor 

and my roommates from this year and last year-

Allison, Anna, Melissa, Tara, Ashley, Natalie, Michelle, Shanna

The people in my major. They keep things interesting.

USU. Aggies. Best school EVER!

electric blankets

Christmas time

church music and playing the piano

photography

my beliefs and the church

laughing

my cameras

my freedoms

etc

happy Thanksgiving!

steamy car, snuggling, and no scoreboard!?

let's start out on Friday night.
i went on a blind date that Anna set me up on. I am VERY hesitant to go on blind dates now because i've had 3. All three were super awkward and not pleasant at all. But, Anna was kind of persistent and finally decided i'd be fine with it.
and guess what? It was a most excellent blind date. By faaaaaaar the best blind date i've been on {not that that is a hard task.... but i'm not saying it wasn't good either, cause i had fun}. Best part of the night- we were waiting for a table at Texas Roadhouse and waiting and waiting. Just talking away and guess what? we missed our names. So then they had to put us back down on the list. it was really funny. Definitely a good story.
moral of the story- blind dates can be so good that you talk so much you can't even hear your own name.

yesterday kind of was fantastic.

first off- i think i am going to go to Europe this summer! The study abroad to Germany with the photo department. :D Guess what this means? I need to get a passport PRONTO! which is kind of cool! i've never had a passport. I've never been out of the country except to Canada {and that was before you needed a passport to get in} so this is going to be fantastico! I'll keep you updated for sure.

Last night, i went to my very first FULL basketball game of the season! I LOVE AGGIE BASKETBALL! It is the straw to my berry, and the peanut to my butter, and the bert to my ernie, etc. I live for 3 cheers we do. the first goes as follows {at the very beginning of the game}

guys on front row- I.
crowd- I
GOFR- i believe
c- I BELIEVE
GOFR- I believe that
c- I BELIEVE THAT
GOFR- i believe that we
c-I BELIEVE THAT WE
GOFR- i believe that we will
c- I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL
GOFR- i believe that we will WIN!!!
c- I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Everyone- I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!! I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!! x 25 more.

it's a great cheer. you can watch it here.

the next is the scotsman.

only here is how a cooler way to sing it is-
show me the scotsman who doesn't love the scotsman dog.
show me the Englishman who doesn't love the English muffin
show me the true blooded Aggie from Utah, who doesn't love the spot where the sage brush grows.

and the last.....
....
...........................
....
.
.........

THE SCOREBOARD! it is the best cheer known to universities universe wide. and we do it EVERY game i've ever been to. except,.... last nights! what in the world?? it was SO sad! I was really disappointed.
but, watch it.

McKenna and Lauren and Betsy and I came back to my apartment and did some funny things.... haha. umm...

and then McKenna was lame and went home. but lauren and betsy and i got a pizza and bread sticks and went to the spot known as "the make out bench". only it was waaay too cold to get out so we parked my car and all jumped in the back seat and snuggled while eating our pizza. it was great. but, it's kind of a busy street... so i'm pretty sure after our hot breaths fogged up the inside of the car, every car that drove past thought we were making out. but, alas, we just snuggled. it was a great night. here are some pictures

so you can't really tell that well, but the front
seats were pushed all the way forward and down to make more room. haha

and betsy decided she was cold so she put her jacket on like sweat pants earlier today. it was great. 

More things

Here are some random things i enjoy. {sometimes i'm too much of a girl}

The smell of a guy with good taste in cologne. {*heavy sigh*}

Lace things.

PEARLS

Fun nail polish colors

decorations

having cute shoes but preferring to be barefoot when possible

if i don't have these shoes when i get married i may cry....

the contrast between white snow and dark branches of trees

head bands

halo earrings/rings

soft, cute blankets

picnics

men that drive 4-door jeeps *heavy sigh*

ambition

journal writing

card making

cooking in cute aprons

a good joke

snuggling

x's and o's

fluffy down comforters

memory foam mattresses 

dreams

warm, natural light

bay windows with cushioned seats

Old love songs

cute houses with personality

baby clothes

black and white photography

loofahs

lilacs

etc. 

I made this for you!

in honor of christmas coming {even though i do not like listening to christmas music till after thanksgiving} here are a few funny songs for you. {allison showed it to me}

and i love this song too.
and the puppets just add to the greatness.

have a happy thursday night!

in case you were wondering....

in case you were wondering the good newses of my day-

i finished my 8-10 page research persuasive essay today. :D guess how long it is.
8 pages and 2/3 of a line. i was NOT writing any more than i had to! clearly.

i ran for 30 minutes straight. the treadmill said it was 3.5 miles.... but i think it was a slow treadmill. but still, if the treadmill was correct, it was a personal record.

my throat no longer hurts, i just sound like a smoker. {it's really attractive, actually}

i watched a movie

my cute visiting teachers came over. i am a fan of them.

i got to talk to Taylor on the phone before he went to work. Which usually doesn't happen cause i am in class before he works.

i made potato chips.

i only wore a light jacket around campus compared to the big coat i've wearing for a week now.

the benadryl i took last night caused me to sleep through my first class. {yes, a good thing. becuase i needed that extra hour and a half!}

the institute lesson was made for me and what i needed to hear. i love it when this happens.

i got a donut and hot chocolate for FREE!

i had a little time to finally talk to my BFF Betsy. Which sadly, rarely happens anymore. :'(

i ate some chocolate M&M's

I didn't wear makeup

I didn't do my hair.

I looked drop dead gorgeous...... JOKE! but it's okay. some days you just need a break from putting make up and looking like a girl.

this is all.

xoXOxo

-Bri

Patience is a virtue

patience is a  virtue;

                             .....................a virtue I wish I had.

I wish for patience-

for my cold to go away

for the right time

for an answer to a question

for my turn

for the semester to be done

for another question to be answered

for my 2oth birthday in January

for bedtime when all my homework is done. 

for a phone call I want to receive

for my niece to be here so I can hold her and kiss her cute lil' face off

etc.

It's a girl!, attacking ducks, catch up, registration.

In case you all live in a hole, ASHLEIGH IS HAVING A GIRL!! I predicted it. And apparently those of you who voted in my pole did too. :D Good work, team. Now, i get to look at baby girl clothes ever time i go to the store. :D yay! I can't wait for her to get here. :D I still want them to name her Paisley. {their first official date was to Brad Paisley concert and their first dance was to him as well... their first child might as well be after him too!}

This weekend was fantastic. first off, USU beat the cougars sad hind ends! :D it was pretty fantastic! here is what happened. i watched it with my ma and pops. i did all the cheers that the student section did and was yelling like a mad woman at the t.v. and then mom and dad both left the room and watched in their bedroom instead. i have no idea why! and then my BFFFFF Betso called me during the "scoreboard" cheer. it was probably the best part of the game.

 

tara, william, annie, melissa, betsy, me, and anna

OH! Melissa Q. III got married too! insanity!! her wedding was pretty. she looked drop dead gorgeous! What a lucky man William is.


Saturday i slept in. Taylor and i brought Ash lunch cause she was having a rough day. And then i dusted her piano and Ash used Taylor's muscles to lift a heavy box. haha.

We went bowling at Jack and Jill's bowling alley. I had never been there. pretty fun! and guess what! several big things happened. 1-i used an orange ball. 2-i got a strike right away. 3-then i got 2 more in a row making it a turkey!! 4-i beat Taylor in the first game! 5-i got a strike on a granny throw. 6 i beat taylor in the second game too!! it was awesome! :D 6. i think it was because i used an orange ball and he used purple. and clearly orange > purple. :D

this isn't even half of them. i couldn't get them all
in a single picture.

After this was a whirlwind of random things. Sunflower market, target {we looked at baby clothes cause ash is having a babay!} costco {samples, lotion looking, diamond and jewelry looking} walmart {ice cream buying for ashleigh's party} ashleigh's birthday/gender announcement party. then.... the best part! we went to "our" park. The park we went to all the time this summer. we were trying to think of what to do and he suggested a park. i said "yes!" and he said "which one?" i look at him seriously and we say in unison- "our park" haha. it was grand. we got a loaf of bread and fed the ducks. only, these ducks were not your normal stay-in-the-water while getting fed ducks. they were insane! they were fighting for the bread and came out of the water and came right up to us. ALL of them! so taylor and i kept backing up until we were on top of the play ground and all the ducks were on the wood chips under the play ground quacking at us. well, our loaf was gone and then we went to walmart and bought 2 more. and this time we led them around the park while feeding them and even got brave enough to feed them from our hands. it was awesome! Taylor said they are now our pets that we have to go back and visit. which is hardly a hard task as it is "our park". haha. he wanted to catch one and take it to my house and put it in Emilie's room.

taylor throwing some bread. :D

then we danced on top of the pic nic tables. really fun. then he took me home early {midnight ish} cause he had to work super early sunday morning. usually we stay out waay past midnight. We had a conversation at my house and ate a doughnut. haha. then on his way home driving, he called me. of course. It just wouldn't be the same if he didn't! :D

i slept at ashleigh's house saturday night and had a conversation with her and nathan. Nathan told me if i don't do something soon i'm going to be an old spinster. :( sad! I'm not brave enough for this "something" apparently. So, spinsterhood-welcome.

there are a lot of babies in their ward! i just wanted to hold them all. i can't wait to hold my very own niece!

went home and took a nap with my puppy, kandi. :D she's a good snuggler. except she's kind of a bed hog to the max! but she really liked my pillow so she laid by my head instead of on top of me this time. love that dog!

Went to taylor's house for dinner! FINALLY got to meet his dad and brother. I've met his mom before. They're fun. i texted my family and told them "his family is much more quiet than ours" and Quinton responded back and said "i am pretty sure all families in this world are a lot quieter than ours." true statement. I left utah county and headed back to logan.

which ends me posting about this weekend.

so here's what happened last weekend-

Tay came up to logan for the institute dance on friday. it was probably like the best day ever! One of my favorite parts was sneaking into a room at the institute and he played songs for me on the piano. hymns from the hymn book, except not just how it's written. he is one of those people that can make it into a musical number without trying. i could listen to it all day.

funny story- after we partied it up around town till 2 we came back to my place. we were talking. i asked him some question and he didn't answer. {i was writing in my journal.} he started snoring and i was just about to head up to bed {he was sleeping on the couch} when he randomly answered the question i had asked and then continued snoring. When i started laughing he woke up. it was so great.

this post is long enough, i won't bore you with the rest of the wonderful things we did. just know it was a rockin time.

but, meanwhile i'm going to register for classes at midnight. joy to the world. my favorite thing. not!