And this is why

And this is why i love coming home-


I'm sorry i didn't rotate the pictures to the correct orientation. this is still something i haven't figured out how to do in blogger and was too lazy to do it before i uploaded them. {and then you wonder why i like cooking, i get it from my mom. and then you wonder why i'm not tooth pick skinny}
one day, i'm going to be like my mom. Im going to have warm cookies waiting for my kids when they come home from school, and teach them how to make delicious treats that can heal any situation. Even if you're emotionally exhausted and have had a poopy week. There is nothing quite like coming home. I miss my family. And i've missed orem too.

Cute sugar cookies

and more cute cookies!

even our piano has decoration on it.

seriously, every spot in the house has decorations for fall and halloween. I love it!

my daddy has a billboard on state street here in orem!  

and on that note... i also filled out my absentee ballot form tonight. of course, i only voted for my dad. :D

And this is a rosa sauce with chicken and sausage and fresh parmesan. 

and this is what i made :D

the table. does this not look absolutely amazing??

My posts lately have been very picture-less. I have been too lazy to put  them up. so, here they are. 

did you know this?

a sign hanging on our wall of our apartment. allison made it, i drew the border.

Annie and I play tic tac toe together during class.
{We also watch Hitch}
the reason why the B is so big, because i won and didn't know it. so i
got really excited because i had no idea i had won!

this is a chemical in the photo lab. If i die, it might be because i was poisoned. 

my temple picture is framed and on my wall of religiousness. :D

the mustache party. maybe i'll try to grow a big mustache, i think i could pull it off. especially with my bangs looking like they do in this picture.... 

this is my 3 d design sculpture. and guess what? it made it in the display case!!
which kind of is a big deal! Go look in the FAV and you shall see it! 

this is billy. my pumpkin.

here's my shoe for 3d. and the shoe i modeled it off of is in the
middle so you can see how big the shoe actually is. those durn rhinestones took
FOREVER and a day to hot glue on. 

finished! I added the bow. 

my first worm at wendy's! with Lauren. I love that girl SO much. She is such a wonderful friend. :D i wish she was one of my roommates.

I just wanted to give a little shout out to my friend, Taylor. Last night I was having a girls night with Betsy, Anna {and her husband Brian....haha}, Tara, Annie, and Melissa, and Ashley. I walked into my house and there they all were. I was not in a particular happy or excited mood, but i was happy to see them there. Because i hadn't seen most of them in ages! Most of the time, girls night and ice cream does the trick. Not last night. Melissa was telling us all about her engagement story, and everyone had all these cool things to talk about and then everyone was youtubing these cute love songs that normally i would be "aww!" ing over but i just was not feeling it. I was leaning my head on betsy's shoulder and she was playing with me hair. She knew what was wrong and i was thinking to myself, "I can't do this anymore. I am going to go to bed." when i get a call. From Taylor. There is absolutely nothing in the entire world that could have made me feel more better than what he said right after i gave a week greeting of "hey". He said, "Brianna!! Did you know that you are a wonderful and beautiful daughter of God and that he loves you?" It was a good thing that before i answered i had begun to walk up the stairs because i lost it. There was absolutely no stopping the waterworks this time and i really didn't feel like explaining to all the girls downstairs what the problem was when they were all having fun telling their cute stories. He let me cry for a minute and then he said "for some reason i've been worried about you all day! what's wrong?" I told him i just needed to laugh and he promptly told me a pretty funny thing that happened to him the day before. And then we sang the mickey mouse club house song together like old times and he gave me some good advice. So, thanks Taylor. You're one pretty great friend! I hope i get to see him this weekend. 

p.s. i feel as if i should mention that i usually don't cry this much in one week. I don't know what is wrong with me.... okay so i do. But still, i'm not usually this emotional. and next week- i PROMISE i'll be back to my normal happy blogging self. :D

Here is we from the summer. the ONE picture i finally convinced him to let me take.

police on my back and relating Aggie football to a pregnant women's emotions.

so my title doesn't really have that much to do with what i'm writing about. but it's a good title right??

first things first- let me go grab my journal so i may give you a good list of everything i've done {activities} since moving to logan. {and brace yourself/[selves if you have multi personality disorder]}

• stuck in traffic because a truck full of hazardous materials crashed into another car. {if i get cancer, this is why}
• played ultimate frisbee
• shared a bowl of top romen with betsy. lady and the tramp style :P
• woke up to a serious banging on my window by the window washers.
• comedy improv; The Antics
• put my fishies Whisk and Teaspoon {male and female beta's} together and all they did was eat each others fins!! so i separated them again. bad, fishies. bad!
• canoeing and cliff jumping.
• edited pictures of my cousins
• discovered pinterest.com
• taste of logan
• swing dancing x 2
• grandpa cobb turned 79! {FYI- the grandpa my first son will be named after- James}

here is a picture of my grandma and grandpa cobb they sent me. at a senior luau party.

• threw a crepe party

• ice skating
• watched half of 3 movies
• watched an episode of Arthur. :D {childhood fav}
• found out the ratio of girls to guys in my ward is 3{girl} to 1 {boy}. Which isn't as bad as the ratio last year 4.5 to 1. {does anyone know if boys actually go to school. cause i'm pretty certain there are more girls everywhere i go.
• awkward look game/swedish twister
• cinnamon roll party
• saw my married roommate anna!!!
• slip in slide on the grassy knoll of old farm!!

• game night
• kinect dancing. {hardest thing of my life. like harder than trigonometry probably.}
• hobby lobby with laurenita.
• made the most delicious things called lasagna rolls {and it's even 'funner' if you say it la zagggg na rolls. am i right??}
• phone tag
• day on the quad. got free toilet paper roll and lots of other free things!
• built a bridge out of popsicle sticks and hot glue
• did my laundry
• learned that taking your camera on a an airplane ruins your digital sensor. DON'T DO IT!
• high stakes bingo where one guy kissed 6 girls blindfolded and had to tell who was the best kisser! hahahahahahahaha.
• watched a couple DTR
• shot metalic kitchen utensils
• ate real food at Angies.
• institute dance. by far the best dance i've ever been to.
• karaoke to Hero by my man enrique iglesias
• creeped with betsy to find out if cute kitchen towels and blenders belonged to girls or guys. {and i was right. it was a girls apartment! 15 points for me!}
• did a man's job-fixed the blinds. {w/betsy and all we used were a screw driver and needle nose pliers. who needs men when you have the brains of dedicated college girls??....}
• swam at the oakridge pool.
• found that even as adult college students, some guys still take their Flintstone vitamins. whatever it takes to be healthy!

• and garin wore betsy's shorts. hahahahhhahhahah. top 10 funniest things of my semester thus far.
• hot tubed and scooped dead bees out of the hot tub. sick
• tried this new kind of top romen called "creamy chicken". sounds good, no? wrong! DO NOT give in to the temptation to try this kind. it is deeeee scust ing. trust me.
• girl talk
• Betsy became my mom. and i might become her aunt. we should write a song similar to "i'm my own grandpa" minus the annoyingness of it.
• oregon trail on Betsy's i touch. and 2 of my 3 kiddos got carried away by the balding Eagles! So sad. i cried. but only a little.
• how to lose a guy in 10 days. "our love fern!!!! you let it DIIIIIIEEEEE!!!!!"
• met my FHE dad and brothers. FYI, it is possible to have a dad younger than you.
• saw the first "bourne" movie for the first time!

this was right before we watched the movie. haha

• sketched a wire whisk, 5 times.
• hyrum dam.

Betsy, erik, ashley, kacey

• swam to the buoys. {and in case you were wondering, i spelt that with out spell checker!}
• tangled
• met a REAL cattle rancher. and he's in my ward. good news of the day!
• had "the police" taped to my back.
• FHE
• Fire up Logan Canyon.
• 

kevin, seth {my dad}, ashley, jonny, mark, and steven.

• 
  natalie, eric, tara, garin, genner.
  
  
  

natalie and i. {she is a roommate!}

• Had someone try to convince me to go to true aggie night with them.
• Betsy listed off my "finest qualities" to Garin.
• Then garin wanted to marry me. true story. :P
• wanted to beat betsy for this. haha
• finally saw my Melissa Q!!!!!!
• cleaned the sink at Angies.
• related and aggie football game to a pregnant women's emotions in English. {i had to, okay?? we were learning about "metaphors" and this was the one i had to do}
• finally understand really well what the heck Ansel Adams was thinking when creating the "zone system". Did you know that film picks up 2 more zones than that of digital?? add that to your gee whiz collection. {as betsy would say}

well that's good for now. I'm not cooking anything too elaborate tomorrow for recipe wednesday. but it's still something i've never made before. get your excited faces on!

tah tah for now,

Bri

p.s. in apx 1 week i'll probably have something really really really cool to say. just so ya know. :D :D

and in case you were craving a youtube video from me, because i haven't posted one in a very long time you may click on this here button to watch a pretty funny video in honor of Betsy doing her math homework while I play and sketch.

FINALLY!

okay, so lots has gone on the past few days! it's fan-freakin-tastic!

Finally i have had stuff going on and things that i could do!

thursday i started a new journal. i am now on my twelfth. WOOT!

anyways i went to see jane eyre with Papa and Lauren at the PG 3 dollar theatre. it was pretty good! not as good as the 5 hour version, but ya know. When lauren was dropping me off, we decided last minute that we needed to make a wendy's run. for old times sake. It's always nice talking to some of my best friends.

i went and test drove a car too! and i really think it'll be a good first car. not fancy by any means, but i can afford it.

Friday i trained at my new job. i talked to a total of 3 people. i mainly got answering machine's or no answers. Anyways, it wasn't terrible. definitely boring, but not horrid.

then i came home and called the car guy and guess what!!!!!? he was at a scout campout with his son. RUDE! so now i can't even buy the car till at least tomorrow. sigh. But soon, i will have four wheels, some schweet 90's automatic seat belts, and a broken air conditioner to my name! You're probably jealous. I need to come up with a name for him. suggestions??

Yesterday was completely dedicated to photographing a wedding. it was really awesome! it is extremely tiring to do all day, but i love weddings, and i love photography. I LOVE that i can do what i love. it's the best. Erin and Will are awesome! it was at the Timpanogas temple and the sun came out for the wedding! it could not have been more perfect weather. Poor Erin got sunburnt on her back too!

Anyways, i met some pretty awesome guys! Will's groomsman were hilarious! It was fun at the reception because they were cracking jokes and one liners the whole time.

I rode home with a fun family from Orem with nine kids. All in one 15 passenger van. It was very loud, but they are such good people! it was kinda funny because about 30 minutes into the drive they were all out! All of them! minus the driver. it was great.

Today was excellent. I went to the singles ward that Lauren is in boundaries for {last week we went to the one i'm in boundaries for} and hers was like 500 times better. first off, the kids were more around my age, there were a lot more of them, Everyone was SO welcoming! last week no one really welcomed us or tried to find out anything about us. the ward today was the opposite! Everyone was SO nice. It sounds like the ward is so much more outgoing and organized and fun! I'm going to hers. just sayin. After church every week they have "sunday brunch." there are two guys in the ward that have a house and everyone helps make a COMPLETELY from scratch meal. 2 kinds of eggs, 3 homemade syrups, pancakes with wheat that i grinded, like 7 fruts, a nice salad, homemade chips and hummus, i can't even remember the rest. it was legit though! Next sunday, i'm changing into jeans and bringing an apron. I met a couple kids i knew before their missions like 3 years ago! it was really fun. I'm excited for other things going on in this ward.

Ash and Nathan came over for dinner. We have the most interesting conversations during dinner. Ash was laughing so hard that she was crying. i love Sunday dinner with the fam!

And guess what?! I GOT TO SEE MISS ELIZABETSY! I missed her SOOOO much! so much! Ashley my roommate came too! it was a most excellent reunion if i do say so myself.

okay, so this just may be the ugliest picture taken of me. It's fine.

did i mention that i really crave mac and cheese at 11 at night?? yummy!!!!

From Logan to Orem, from college to home, from packing to unpacking

So usually i'm the one nagging my sister about blogging, and now she's nagging me. which btw is not fair. cause she only blogs once a month. if that. So this one's for ashleigh.

i haven't blogged in a few days cause i've been feeling very overwhelmed/depressed/bored/sad/nervous/not wanting to come to terms with not being in Logan.

BUT i promised Melissa that i would continue blogging so she wouldn't have so many Brianna Withdrawals. {miss you melissa Q. W. III}

so here goes. there are going to be tons of pictures and then captions and bullet points. and that, my friends, is going to be how it's done tonight because a- my feet hurt from working today, b-it would be too long otherwise, c cause i said so.

Thursday went as follows-

i was super super accident prone on thursday. i finished packing. and then i did 90 percent of my 30 clean check items apx. including shining the toilet paper holder. :D {that was really an item on my list, furreal!}

• cleaned Betsy and i's bathroom.
• cleaned the half bath downstairs
• washed the dishwasher {how ironic}
• cleaned the photo 2 darkroom
• made bacon {like the pig kind, not the money kind}
• sliced my right calf with an x-acto knife. it cut through my art bag and then sliced my leg. and it stung. and bled. and here is a picture. {please ignore my unshavedness}

• sliced my finger while cleaning the floor under the fridge
• spilt pear juice on my laptop case
• left my purse at the photo lab that had all my textbook buyback money in it.
• smelt like chemicals and B.O. by the end of the day. but i showered so it's fine.
• found out i got an A- in photo 2! which is the equivalent to moses parting the red sea. kid you not. BUT all the studio art teachers have this thing called "not ever going to give an A in any class ever because we hate you and think no matter how much you've improved and how good you are that you can always always always be better and do more and spend more time" so therefore i got A- in all 3 my studio art classes and A's in my other two (planet earth and photo history) :D which is kind of similar to last semester only i got a B+ in drawing instead of an A-.

here is a picture of Ash cleaning the window. half inside half outside. :D

Friday went as follows-

• watched a crazy old lady dumpster dive in the farm's parking lot!!! it was slightly awesome! she found some waaaaay intense things that some dumb college kids should not have thrown away! She gave Betsy and i some good laughs.
• played carrot baseball

a bat shaped like a carrot. :D

• went to D.I. and dropped off junks and played a bit. and i bought some work pants too.

isn't she the most beautiful bride??

• then went to Cal Ranch to find a cowboy. And Melissa and Betsy nearly died of laughter over something that josh said, that i still have no idea why it was funny. and guess what. the only cowboys we say were old. what a depression maker. :(

• then we took after crazy lady to see what we could find in the dumpster. Only the only cool things we found were a lamp, a seashell picture frame, and 3 plungers....

• and then we saw deer on ireland hill "why aren't i zooming??". remember ireland hill? well now you get to see what it looks like!! you lucky things. :D

now, tell me this does not remind you of Ireland!

• had a fire up green canyon.
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• i burnt my textbook!!

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• had our last roommate prayer
• watched she's the man while typing up quotes from our quote wall from the whole year.

here are a few of my favorites {that are relatively clean}

“Tara sucks at being girl, Brianna’s bad at it too.”-Melissa “the best part of this microwave is that you can’t get breast cancer from it… except Melissa can.”-betsy “Brianna you suck and flashing people…. I’ll teach you!”-Betsy “Why am I still wearing pants?”-Betsy “the rule goes, you don’t have to be nice when you’re sitting on the toilet.”-Betsy “I hope he has better aim than me.”-Betsy “How am I supposed to spoon you now?-tara “Our blatters are synchronized.”-Brianna “You’re in charge of the chineese.”-Betsy “Don’t you say testing the waters when you’re trying to get pregnant?”-Brianna “I should know this, I’m Mexican.”-Nathan “Does Cameron not live here?”-Ashley “from now on, we’re calling bad boys Vagabons, not players.”-Bri, Tara, Melissa “I was scratching myself, and I scratched myself!”-Ashley “I would kill for his body!”-Betsy “You can still have a futon.”-Ashley “there are worse things than having a guy like you… I just can’t think of anything right now.”-Betsy “That’s why I can’t marry a black guy. They’d have massive hair and massive butts.”-Betsy “K…. everyone hike your pants up!!!!”-Betsy “Oh, no please keep my pants on!”-Annie “Does this TV get TV?”-Betsy “I only like you for your height and manliness.”-Tara “You like him?”-Andrew. “no, he just looks more single than the rest of them.”-Tara‘I don’t’ like this house, the appliances hate me!” –Anna“I’m just trying to think for myself.”-Brianna “We’re going to find some sax. Hey they were willing!”-Tara “I like to be sweaty when I sleep.”-Brianna “it’s like I’m sitting on an… oh, weird.”-Brianna “Maybe we should offer a sacrifice. We should burn a pad”-Betsy “I offer my own sacrifices.”-Anna “Brianna… sometimes I’m attracted to short guys!”-Betsy “who is it this time?”-Brianna "I’m going to have 13 kids so if one dies I’ll have an even dozen.”-Betsy “Quick, somebody say something stupid!”-Betsy “Betsy you are a stalker!”-Tara “I know…. What?”-Betsy “It’s okay to be dirty on the quote wall, but even better to be dirty in person.”-Anna “Oh, they both write in all CAPS, that is SO sexy!”-Lauren “I said play commando, not go commando…….. have you guys ever gone commando?”-Betsy “They’re Brianna sized.”-Tara Did you pee in our chair?”-Betsy “No, it was already there!”-Lauren “As long as this doesn’t end up like hitch.”-Melissa “Her feet are in my butt…. If you call that snuggling.”-Ashley “But don’t look over here, because your bishop is going to come out of the closet.”-Bishop Hedin “Oh, they’re black!”-Tara “Turn Steve on.”-Brianna “I like your hairline.”-Tara “I love your forehead!”-Brianna “Are those noodles hand cooked?”-Brian “Anna’s swatting me with the gross fly swatter!”-Brianna “Would you guys like me to teach you how to flirt with a can of soda?”-Betsy “Where’s the ward menu?”-Anna “Guys, it only takes one time for a guy to fart in your face and then you no longer find them attractive.”-Anna “Guys, it’s like summer out here. I’m going to go home and put my bikini on. Well… I’m going to buy one first and then put it on.”-Betsy “so someone licked your teeth and paid you for it?”-Tara “if you’re painting were male, I’d seriously have to have a DTR with it.”-Melissa “I was the girl… I don’t know.”-Tara “Ow, my bed just gave me a sliver. It burns!”-Betsy “Brianna, I was gonna give you a compliment but you kinda just scared me.”-Lizzy “what does a cow make?”-Anna “moo?”-Brianna “A wedgie is a wedgie no matter where it is.”-Anna “I was just hoping we could go somewhere and drink some canola oil.”-Betsy “I don’t mind going back to jail…”-Brian “Hurry check who his mom is on facebook!”-Anna “I will always agree with you when you make fun of yourself.”-Anna “Why does his popcorn taste like jalepenos?”-Lizzy “Where’s the camera when it’s needed.. just kidding, where’s Brianna?”-Anna “You’re really bad at being a skank..”-Melissa “If I was a guy I wouldn’t even get dressed.”-Betsy “sometimes my feet are bigger than my stomach.”-Anna “An engaged woman=a changed woman.”-Anna “Do you ever get random urges to watch princess diaries 2?”-Betsy “you have to be a flirt monster!!!!!!!!”-Lauren “I’ve already hit menopause, I get these hot flashes all the time!”-Betsy “did he just pee on the ice?”-Betsy “I like fat, it keeps me warm in the winter when guys don’t!”-Tara “Can we bring the cake.”-Brianna “I would make him dig too, except I’d make him take off his shirt first.”-Brianna “If tara doesn’t marry him, I’ll slap his butt, then I’ll slap hers, and then both of theirs, and then I’ll make them slap each others.”-Anna “I saw your crown.”-Ashley from the bachelor. “Oh, I get to be greg again??”-Tara “I think I gave myself a cowlick…”-Betsy “If you give me fifty bucks I’d be Mario!”-Brianna “MEOW, I’m saying goodnight to me dead cat!”-Ashley “Friends can hug on a bean bag in the dark..”-Mike “Is this a big hairy thing?”-Brianna “Guys it’s hard to be nice.”-Betsy “Nope, you can’t date my daughter.” –Brianna “Let’s start speaking Italian…… Lasagna!”-Betsy “Tara, can we ever get him without you?”-Betsy “I promise I’ll never attack the nightstand…..again.”-Anna “what did Benjamin franklin die of?”-Bri “Gout”-Tara “is that an STD?”-Brianna “Yeah he’s cute, but he’s ugly.”-Betsy “So we all got married together….”-Ashley “I can’t believe you just mooned me.”-Betsy “Oh, heckatitis.”-Betsy “Will you pick my wedgie for me?”-Anna “Can we do something a little naughty but not too riske?”-Anna “If I have to wax my legs then they can shave their palms.”-Ashley “It looks like you’re nursing.”-Brianna “His boobs are falling out of her dress?”-Melissa “You twirl at a great equilibrium Brianna.”-Chad “You’re a babe and a sixteenth.”-Lauren “Did you know brown sugar was flammable.” –Anna “I play greg pretty well, huh?”-Tara “Why did I not wear pants?”-Dawn “Don’t worry there is only two creepers in my apartment…. And I don’t think they’re interested in girls.”-Greg “be good and if you can’t be good, be good at it.”-Melissa "I want to passionately kiss in the library."-Brianna “This is the polygamy center… pick one and get all five.”-Brianna “Am I a girl or a guy?”-Brianna “I’m dating a hobo just to spite you.”-Betsy “I’m not a thermometer.”-Mandy

yes, i said just a few. {probably 1/4 of them}

and here is how SATURDAY went-

• woke up and packed the last box out of my closet
• packed up the truck to come home.
• crammed more into one truck than i ever thought possible
• said goodbye.
• cried with betsy for a sec
• didn't want to say bye
• procrastinated leaving like 5 cajillion times

my empty/naked bed.

my empty closet {minus betsy's rain boots}

my un decorated walls

my empty shower.

bye bye P4. :'( my heart remains with you.

• finally left
• finished my book in the car
• un loaded the truck
• checked my work schedule
• fell asleep on the couch
• ate ice cream to not be so depressed
• talked to betsy and melissa cause i missed them. :'(
• cried like four times
• went to be mentally, emotionally, and psychically tired.

sunday-

• went to my dad's singles ward at BYU. {yuck to the BYU ward}
• met a cute guy named lance {who i found out later was waay too old for me}
• got introduced by my dad to his ward as his wife. hahaha. which i corrected promptly. it was the best thing ever.
• went to my home sacrament meeting to hear emilie speak
• made a beautiful mother's day dinner. :D (my mom is the GREATEST!!!!}

• learned a WHOLE lot better how to drive a manual car with dad.
• went to G&G Dickerson's for dessert.
• had fun with my cousins
• went to bed at ten thirty. weird.

Monday

• went to work. got put on the WORST checkstand there ever was. i hate express. so during college i changed a lot. like A LOT! As in i am so much more okay with having a good conversation with strangers. And i like to talk even more now. And Melissa taught me the first thing i should look at when talking to a guy is there left ring finger. AND I DID THAT TODAY AT WORK! it was the most weird thing ever! i had never noticed it much before! but i do it! weird. but it came in handy because-
• i flirted with an unwed cowboy. for like 10 minutes. Never in my life did i ever think i could/would do that at work. but i did. Boy have i changed.
• went to like 30 places in orem trying to find applications for jobs. and i have a lot more confidence now than i did a year ago. I've learned a ton about myself and about how to present myself too.
• went to ashleigh's condo cause she gets bored while nathan is at work.
• we watched a movie while i filled out applications.
• only she just texted nathan the whole time so i don't even know why she wanted me there.
• found out that a newly weds place is not safe to wander around.
• came home, and am blogging.

but, this came in the mail today. Have you ever been sent a bag of non-poop?

like, if you ever have been sent a bag of poop, would you want people to label everything they send you after with "no poop"

i don't get it. But it made me laugh that the biggest word on the page is "NO POOP" haha

it's like that one time when we got a letter in the mail addressed "to the parents of Dean D****" haha as if my dad's parents live with him still. gotta love intelligent people.

if any of you people want to do something that live in orem, please call me. I'm going to be so bored this summer compared to college life. My little sister is already trying to set me up with all of her friends big brothers so we shall see how awkward this is.

but here are my attractive siblings i now live with again-