goodbye rexburg

moving day in rexburg looked a little like this:



i love moving day. there's an excitement in the air & usually my head is brimming with ideas for the interior design of our new place. plus, travis does everything when we move. legit. he does everything!
he's a master packer so he's the one that packs up the truck & car. my job is to pick up the chinese food & play with millie-- two things i am very good at!

ps don't you love how blown-out these photos are? i'm still getting used to my new Canon.
pps if you are going to get a fancy-shmance camera, get a Canon. i am LOVING mine like whoa.

xo lauren

sammy's

photography by this chick. sammy's blog here.


travis & i are lucky enough to work together at a precious little diner named Sammy's.
i can't even describe the place--it just rocks man, it just rocks.
it's an extremely fun place to work with a chill atmosphere, and i can honestly say that i love every person on our staff. there are just so many good, unique people in this world guys!
when you come in for a visit, {because i expect you to} i'll whip you up a red velvet cupcake shake.
a cupcake-- in a shake.
it doesn't get better than that, people.
love lauren

A Girly Weekend

last weekend, my hubbins went hunting. woe was me!

my lips missed his lips muy mucho,

but i managed to have some fun all my own.

i roadtripped to Rexburg for da weekend!

a solo drive made possible by Alice Cooper's School's Out album, a bag of choco chips & alot of pink on my part. holla!

this is why, of all places, i chose to vacay in dinky rexburg, idaho:

i love my semi-ex room girls with a passion for fashion.

semi-ex because they'll always be my bffs

though i did in fact upgrade to a room mate of the male variety. a hot one. mmm.

our first adventure was to Sammy's, a little gem of a restaurant.

there are only two in Rexburg & Provo, and boy howdy was everything made with love.

it included vintage everything {including cash register- see?}
and a stage for local bands to play.

also, i think the uniform for boys included skinny jeans, Toms and beanies. just an observation.

favorite part: pie shakes.

they take a piece of pie, and blend it into a cup of ice cream. genius!

why didn't i think of that?

afterwards, while hopped up on the simplistic genius of pie shakes,

we got a little silly.

tis our attempt at a human pyramid.

we forgot a fifth person...

sporadic shouts of  "CUBE! CUBE!" came from our direction until we toppled over laughing at how funny we thought we were. seriously though. we are hilarous.

then saturday came, and we had i picnic in Porter Park with yummy calzones!

i love me some fried anything, man. mmm.

tiana {hottie in the back} looks like a barbie.

if only for her hotness,

and her apparently stiff arm. {love you chan}

that night i met up with some old schooly friends & rocked a kareoke club!

nervous? yes.

we sang that french song that no one actually knows the lyrics to.

you know the one. "oo ooo voo koo say a le wah, se squa."

or whatever. hahaha

rach & i threw out a little shania twain

& i got a little jiggy with it!

shania speaks to my soul.

sometimes. not all the time! unfortunately, country music holds no place in my heart.

trav can attest to this.

ohhhh best part? the owners passed out sharpies to the guests.

it was heaven.

cool idea! when i grow up, i am DOING THIS in my bathroom. or somewhere. cha.

& then Sunday came, and i realized that i missed my Travie poo more than i could bare.

& i tripped home.

but not before taking power ranger pictures like these:

aww precious. yes, i am awkwardly short.

take a page out of my book & fuhgeddabodit!

feigned ignorance slash denial is bliss.

last weekend was a lovely affair,
i enjoyed every minute of my girly time. 

peace&love

gooooooood morning!

I woke up this morning to a kiss from the husband, 

and 2 whole glorious hours before I even think about leaving for school!

We moved in to our new apartment this week. 

It's a brick {duh-nuh-nuh-nuh} HOUSE! && it's super cute & spacious. 

& we can steal internet from duh neighbors. holla-lujah!

right now, it's a mess of empty boxes from wedding gifts {thank you very much, bee tea dubs}

& my clothing. strewn everywhere. 

it vaguely resembles a memory i have from freshman year...

hahahaa. Oh how i miss BYU-I. 

my favorite girls have all moved-in and cute-ified their apartments by now! my heart is yearning for them!

& for katie's bottom. katie has the NICEST booty ev-ah. like whoa. & madiSON's smoker laugh. 

& MOgan's sweat pants. & Chana's handstand tendencies. oh man. 

anyway, once I get a working camera i will post pictures of duh apartment! 

and they will be attractive. 

holla.

ohhh side note:

we bought a printer.

it's big, bulky & black.

i named her LoNiqua.

& i like her.

Wednesday

Lately i've been obsessed with,

Joan Baez.

Hippie Protest singer of the 60's.

Look up Diamonds & Rust!

Your life will be changed.

Today I took my Art&Prop final... ROCKED IT!

i also took yet more engagements with Trav's brother Clint... Rocked it!

it's power ranger to have friends that will do your engagements for free.

Here's Clinton Dene & Kate Mower for your viewing pleasure.

So now i'm NOT packing & cleaning

& am off to play some FOOOOOball.

i'll toss the pigskin fo ya.

it's official

Today, i officially declared my major.

I am now officially studying Professional Writing.

& good golly miss molly! i'm excited about it.

{smiles.}

Allow me to describe my life...

I'm sitting on my bed in my swimsuit

{I've run out of clean underwear}

with a Ziploc of cold pizza from Craiggo's,

{it's all i have left to eat in the world}

Clothes & apple boxes are strewn like toys in a nursery all over my floor

{i haven't gotten around to packing them yet}

Snow has freshly fallen outside

{i'm ready for arizona sun.}

Have a sparkling day!

Happy Easters from Rexburg, Idaho

Today, everything SUCKED BEANS.

NOTHING went right.
I sprinted to class--unshowered-- to find that it was actually cancelled. Pointless excercise! Three printers later my paper still wouldn't print. My delicious oatmeal/chocolate/walnut cookies weren't so delicious. Mama didn't answer her phone.. when she always answers her phone. I'm stressed with finals, I'm stressed with packing, I'm not appreciating the fresh snow that APRIL gave us.
Today just didn't like me!

So there i was, running to my next class. Late again.
I get a call to turn around, and there he was.
Running towards me. Huffing & puffing. Exclaiming that he'd heard I was having a not-great day.
All the way from his apartment to campus& my class.
He gives me a kiss and says with a smile, "I sure hope your day turns around."
& then he returns to his apartment and allows me to make it to my class.
I'm a big bundle of smiles for the remainder of the day!

Ohhhhh how i love that man ♥

The semester is coming to a close...

& 218 is running out of supplies. no one feels like buying more! silly little nubs...
i've been living off of Zattarans & pretzels for a year it seems
madiSONs been rockin the ritz & hashbrowns for a while
& MO-gan has had to resort to corndogs & mac n cheese...
oh wait...!
she always eats like that.
looooooove your face mo ♥

anyway.
no food, no dishwasher soap, no garbage liners, no stuff!
we ran out of toilet paper last week.
but did we buy more?

no.

the campus' public restrooms have a lovely supply, after all.

{smirks & giggles mischievously)

Haven't read Our Engagement Story yet?

{Cuuuh-lick}

i heart Sundays

I am grateful for my Savior, and his loving Atonement. My soul is singing with the love that i have for Him, as well as the knowledge that i have of His love for me. & even though sometimes i forget, i am a princess--the daughter of a King. And according to President Monson, i am worth the blood of a God.

Do we all know of our Savor's love for us?

i pray that we do.

Today was good.

Bad to the Bone

Amigos & i went shotgun shooting yesterday. I love to go shooting, it's the only time that being coarse & hardcore & intense makes me feel cool. &... i'm not a bad shot!

It was super windyyyyy.

My amigos ah gangstas.

Hahaha Madi's never handled a gun before...

This thing had a super big kick! Coulda knocked me over, shootdaggum.

We are cholos...? Love these people!

i have these best friends

& truly, they mean the world to me. Tonight the three of us had plans. But instead, we parked in Jrd's car for three hours talking. Just talking. Friends like them are hard to come by, I'm lucky to have them in my life.
I'm getting married, Jrd's leaving on his mish, Jet's continuing on in school... life is changing. it's kinda weird.
It's power ranger to have these awesome&epic&hot people in my life. So though i have no musical talents at all, here's an ode to my best friends.
Remember when...?

• We had a candlelit dinner of ritz, go-gurt & gushers?
• We made shirts for our Rockband band: Tipsy 2?
• We knocked over trash cans & PEOPLE to get 1st in line for a rollercoaster?
• We tripped to Cali & the camera didn't even work?
• We played that icky sick spit-out-the-skittles game?

Remember when we thought we'd never end? Let's be those friends who don't grow apart.
If anything at all, let's just be friends.

the glad game

Today, Trav took me for a ride on Brett darling's motorcycle.
it was a blast to go fast, & it tickled to see Trav having the time of his life.
But it was cold; i had to resort to playing the Glad Game to take my mind of the numb, spiky, blizzardy pain.
Don't know the Glad Game? Here are the rules:
Name off any number of things that you can be glad about: from colored socks to electricity to hilarious webshows. {Yes i'm talking about dorm life.}

it's simple! Yet... genius.
i play when i'm not a happy girl, but don't wish to stay that way. Not happy is no fun.
Idea Credit to Hayley Mills' character in Pollyanna.

Last night, it was windy.

So Trav & i decided to fly some patented, never-before-seen, inventive kites. Aka: trash bags.
We had some jolly good fun.
Oh, & we rescued a battalion of POW's from their infernal prison between the trees of Porter Park--No big.

Just a blurb..
i love sparkles! My sparkly ring, my sparkly specs, my sparkly life: Wahoo!
Today was sparkly because:
it's cloudy, yet warm. Arizona kids throw fiestas for days like today.
i got ready for class in TEN MINUTES & i don't look half bad! Applause please?

i watched Turbo Power Rangers between classes with Mike-Mike & Clark Kent.
Do you know how completely power ranger the power rangers are?? When i was a little girl, i accidently punched out Colee's teeth--because i WAS the pink power ranger.
Ohhhh the memories.
i hope your day is sparkly, too!

Hellooooo Saturday

Today was one of those days when you eat spaghetti rather than cereal, for breakfast. & boy did it hit the spot. Oh oh & i made my first apple pie from scratch! It was edible excitement.

I have another photoshoot with {Kate Mower} today, it's nice to have friends with talent!

Our Story is still coming soon--homework has been treachorous lately.

For now, please enjoy this snapshot of Morgan's life being changed:

Her 1st ding-dong.

i know, i was excited too.

today, it was arizona.

Sunny & smily.

We were so starved for summer... we sunbathed in 45 degree weather,

& didn't even catch a chill.

Anyone think i've been in Rexburg for too long??

12 Secrets

My 1st survey! Let's hope it rocks. This came from the enchanting fingertips of {katie shady} ,my old room-girl with the cutest booty around.
& here we go!

1. When I'm nervous, my hands sting like acetone in a paper cut. Most people get butterflies. I'd re-kill one of the Beatles to get butterflies.
2. I prefer my oreos dunked in water. Try it sometime, it'll knock your socks off.
3. I am terrified of other cars while i'm on the road.. it's not a party.
4. I haven't gone a day without some form of chocolate in about three years. Pathetic, I know.
5. Folding laundry is my secret passion. You think it could be a spiritual gift?
6. I had super bad acne as a kiddie. Imagine all the poor souls on those Proactiv commercials, mushed together into one stippled tween-aged girl. Yes, it was an EW!
7. I want to be a princess when I grow up. Shhh!
8. I play the same game everyday: Try to see people not as Lauren, but as Christ would. More fun than a myscene.com!
9. I count the things around me sometimes. OCD? maybe!
10. Soda pop hurts my tummy. So does In n Out, & some burritos. But these are a few of my favorite things. My life is so hard, i know.
11. I only get headaches in my nose & neck. Usually, every three days or so.
12. I sing everywhere, though hardly ever in the shower. Similarly, i HEART showering in other people's showers. Guilty pleasure of mine i guess.

milkshakes & heartahces

fyi: this is what my room-girls & i do at one in the am. ROCK ON!

Don't judge. There's not much to do in Rexburg.

Trav's in Boise this weekend, I leave for Provo tomorrow...

& i already miss him. How am I supposed to survive for 4 months of this summer when I can't even handle one weekend?

However, can i just say how super obnoxiously excited i am to trip to Provo!?

four girls crammed in a car, shouting to Party in the USA and all wearing Road Trip 2010 tee shirts?

It's gonna be pretty power ranger.

I can't wait.

& I get to see my ex room-girl Katie! & my older sister Colee! & my dear sweet Oma!

Ahhhhh this will be the weekend to bomb all weekends. (That's pretty dang good.)

Oh! & i think this dress is realllllll pretty.

What do you think?

An Awfully Big Adventure

The other night Trav & I went for a walk; our walks always turn into adventures.
We decided to go off-roadin' & climbed a few fences
just to feel a little dangerous.
We soon spotted a cute little foo-foo,
& were quickly enraptured in a rabbit hunt.
We pretended to be drunkards, swarthy & mischevious.
We walked backwards, we walked forewards,
We walked in slow motion,
and encouraged others to do it too.
Then we watched the best, most invigorating, most entertaining and most wonferful movie of all time:
The Great Escape.

{inside joke}

Gosh! I'm lucky to be in love with my best friend.