fascinating - haha. get it?

This would be an addition to the wedding post.


A green and black fascinator. Love it.

Also, look at this flower arrangement from Abbey at Design Scouting and her year of flower beautiful flower arrangements.

It's beautiful and green and yellow. When I do get married, I'm just going to have to take these flower photos to whoever does my flowers and figure something out - there are just so many great combinations!!

s-a-tur-day night!

For those of you who don't know, I am in charge of activities for the Young Single Adults (ages 18-30) in my stake. For those of you from Utah, a stake in Maryland does not draw from a two block by two block area - it covers pretty much all of Southern Maryland. That's three whole counties plus a couple areas in two others. It's a huge stake. The YSA numbers, however, are not huge - which is okay for now because it makes planning more manageable on my end.

My big summer activity is over. It was a combined activity with the Glenn Dale Ward (the singles ward that I attend, which is not technically part of our stake). We had a "70s Summer Movie Night" where we ate copius amounts of unhealthy snacks, tie dyed stuff and watched Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. I am told it was very successful. I realized that I need a partner in my calling...but that should be coming soon (I hope, I hope, I hope). But, it was fun, and we tie dyed a lot of things. Everyone enjoyed the movie (which we projected up onto a sheet in the gym) as well. We hid "golden tickets" on random pieces of candy and we gave out some silly prizes which everyone seemed to enjoy. So I'm happy it went well and I'm happy it's over. Now I just need to catch up on some sleep and other things I have been putting off in order to get ready for this event. In the meantime, here are a few pictures from the night (there are more on facebook for those of you interested):

The fire department came because we were having a little trouble with the popcorn machine. They were not amused by our high spirits and did not want to eat any of our popcorn.

After the activity, a couple of us went to Denny's. We had to drive 45 minutes to get there (which got us home around 1:30am) and I didn't really eat much of anything (since Denny's and I are not friends), but it was a very fun night and I'm glad we did it. Christy and I spent the night at Alyssa's that night, which gave us lots of fun girly time. Getting ready for church in the morning reminded me of happy times at BYU with roommates. We swapped earrings and told each other how great we looked. It definitely speeds up the preparation process to have people there telling you how hot you are and helping you make quick decisions on important things like which shoes to wear. I really am happy to have Christy and Alyssa here right now. They are an answer to my prayers and I'm glad we all make the time to hang out together.

{something} is {a vegetable}

This blog is called "Fashion is Spinach," which reminds me of the quote wall...specifically the quote, "Celery is porn."

There's an explanation and clear connection between celery and porn (you use more calories than you get when you eat celery - porn takes more from you than it gives, therefore celery is LIKE porn ergo celery IS porn). I'm curious to know how fashion is spinach? Are we talking in terms of Popeye? If we open up a can of fashion will it suddenly make us posh and glamorous? If so, where can I purchase said can? If I mix fashion with artichoke hearts and cream cheese will it too make a tres delish side dish that is yummy with chicken or steak? More importantly, does it work the other way around? Will we soon be seeing top fashion models walking down the runway in spinach-esque outfits? Will it be leafy green or frozen?

So many questions...