A while ago Michaela Labit asked me on a date, and I said yes. At the time, I did not know that that was the same day as the porchlight parade band fundraiser. Oh well. It was an awesome date. We made pizza, which was delicious. Michaela is a fine chef. Also we played some dancey game on the Wie, which was a bit too fancy for me, but I think I did alright at, considering my technological impairment when it comes to video games. Anyway, it was pretty fantastic. Miranda Brayton was in the group, and I love her to death, so that made it even better. Overall, I'd definitely do that again. Twice.

I'm Really Cold.

Basically, yesterday was awesome. Instead of going to El Cheapo, Mackenzie and I went to Kat's house. Of course, Kat wasn't there, so we went inside anyway and watched a movie with Joseph and Lizzie. After that, we watched veggie tales. During one of these shows, the doorbell rang and Joseph and I went to answer it. When we opened the door, there was a garbage sack on the porch. We were very confused for a few moments, and then it got up and sprinted away at full speed. It was amazing. That person pulled the very best doorbell prank that I've ever even heard of, and I got to witness it. It was beautiful. Anyway, after all of those shenanigans, we played upwords. Of course, we didn't follow any of the rules and managed to make some pretty fantastic words. In the middle of that, Kat finally got home, but by then it was already around 11, so we didn't really do anything but talk.
Also apparently yesterday was "kissing Friday." From the 1800s until 1940s there was basically a "kiss whoever you want without it being a big deal" kind of a day, which, if continued, would have been yesterday. We obviously didn't re-instigate it, but it's very impressive, nonetheless.

Today was pretty great too. I made enchiladas. Some of which used chili instead of regular boring old refried beans, and the chili ones actually turned out to be amazing, so there's that. Lots of other stuff happened today too, but I'm really cold, so I'm going to stop typing now.

It's been a while since I've last made a "people that I'm especially grateful for" list. So here it is:

(Note, this list is not comprehensive, it just mentions a few people who I'm especially grateful for at this particular moment.)

Kristen Blair
Katherine Moulton
Cousin Lauren
Karli Ellis
Claire Neilson
Both Labits
Mackenzie Nelson
Lauren Blair
Riley Budd
Lauren Pope
Wendy Nelson
Christian Garrett
Kent Schmutz
Matt Tippits
Kate Cutchins
Miriam Bay
Shelby Woolf

There's a lot more, really, but I can't type them all right now because I'm exceedingly tired.

I love you all!

One Day, This Will Be My Life

The world is so beautiful. 

I want to see all of this so badly. And one day I will. Whoever my future wife is, you'd better like to travel, because this is where we're going, and more.

 I love dolphins. We get along well.

 Look at that water.

 Parrots are cute.

 Wow.

 Ice palaces. Almost as great as ice cream palaces.

 I have to see the Aurora Borealis. 

 Ice skating, anyone?

 This place is real.

 Northern Iceland, not a painting.

 The World is my favorite color.

 All of this is so amazing. I hope it's making you contemplate life more deeply.

 I love temples! I want to go to all of them.

 And there's more. So much more.

 Remind me to play a grand piano underwater some day.

 I've always liked marble.

 I also want a castle

And now you love the world more. Hopefully. If not, go look at all these pictures again. While listening to rain http://www.rainymood.com/ and listening to inspirational music. 

This post was inspired partially by Kristen Blair and her awesome Austrian adventures that she's been having without me. 

Disclaimer: most of these pictures are not mine. I may not have rights or whatnot to put them on my blog. If they are your pictures, feel free to revoke them or something if the fact that people are enjoying your wonderful photography and living ever grateful to your wonderful soul because you anonymously shared these wondrous gifts with the world bothers you. That's the end of my disclaimer. I'm done. You can stop reading now. Most people don't read the small text anyway, so whatever's possessing you to continue should probably be ignored. You're free to go. You know, I really don't want this to detract from that beautiful post that I just posted, so if you just had to keep reading this and finish it, go look at your three favorite pictures again, and then go do something else.