Recent Life

My trip to Washington was a success. I got to get away for a few days, hang out with some super fun people, eat Delicious food, and see new sights. I'm so glad I've gotten to know the Miller clan, and I'm glad they've gotten to know me. Highlights:
-hanging out with Caitlin, Corbin's 2 1/2 year old niece. She is in that stage where she says the funniest things, but is still so so sweet. We kept each other company for most of the time, and found that we are pretty much kindred spirits.
- walking by the river, with the fall leaves and the chilly air and the pretty view. So lovely...
-nighttime games with the family: uno, guitar hero, Disney scene-it, etc
-girl time: pedicures with mom and sisters. Relaxing, with an end product of hot pink toenails!

In other news, I found out that I'll be teaching at Barnett Elementary in Payson for the next month-ish. I'm super scared and super excited. I pretty much don't know what to expect, but I hope that I'll be able to use what I know, plus a little teacher's instinct, and take care of business.

This Friday is Amanda's bridal shower, which I am co-throwing. It's going to be a small gathering, but really fun anyways. I'm not the best at parties, so I hope I can scope out the needs of the party-goers and make it bangin' for my friend Amanda.

I've finally got the ball rolling for a musical fireside we're doing for the ward next month. We've already had some bumps along the way, but I think the finished product will turn out nicely.

I'm moving next semester, and there are lots of good things about that. #1. I won't have any more friends here at the Colony, seeing as they're all moving away this semester because of graduating, getting married, or going on missions. #2 I'll be closer to Corbin and Carlie and campus. #3. I'll be moving somewhere cheaper. I put my contract up for sale, and I don't expect it will take long to sell since Dawn and Amanda's have already gone. I'm going to look around for some good places that are closer to campus, and I hope I find something that suits me. I've never looked for a place to live by myself, so this will be interesting.

Anywho, there are about a million other little things I have to take care of, but somehow I'll get it all under control.

What do adult pads and love have to do with each other?

Long ago, I turned 21 years old. Leesa is the coolest ever, so she got me all these sweet presents that represented my old age. Denture cream and adult pads, for example. I'm the kind of girl who tries to use every part of the buffalo, so I couldn't let those things go to waste.
Corbin and I would go swimming together during the hot days of summer. When we would come back to my apartment, I would change into dry clothes, but he would still be in his wet trunks. So with my clever brain, I pulled out the adult pad and made him sit on it. That way, our couch wouldn't get wet. It worked like a dream! We used it a couple times after that, and it never let us down.
I was cleaning my room the other day, and I had a pile of stuff from the summer sitting on my nightstand from the summer. There was the extra adult pad there, and I knew I had to get rid of it, but I didn't want it to go to waste. So I drew a beautiful picture on it and gave it to Corbin as a present. It is currently hanging on the back of their front door, as a credit to the apartment's awesomeness. I feel so proud at this accomplishment! =)

Snow Patrol

Corbin and I went to the Snow Patrol concert on Saturday, and it was INCREDIBLE!!!
We got there about an hour before the doors opened, and played around with the camera.


Then we sat inside for about another hour before the Plain White Tee's got on stage.



The lead singer was sick, so they only did three songs. 1,2,3,4 (which Corbin and I sing together a lot, so it was sweet) a really cool song that I didn't know the title of, and Hey There Delilah. Even though there were only three songs, I felt very satisfied by the experience. The drummer was my favorite part. He's the big black guy, and he is totally not your stereotypical drummer dude. He's a bigger fellow, but he was wearing an almost skin tight all black outfit, with a delightful orange bow tie. He only got to play one song, so he was being really silly in the back for the other two. It was awesome.

Then, SNOW PATROL came on, and the party really got started!!!

I knew about 3/4 of all the songs they played, which I already loved, and the other ones that were new to me, I especially loved! Their lyrics are just so poetic and awesome, make me all gooey inside. And you know how some bands sound really weird when they're live? Snow Patrol sounded awesome! Just different enough to add some spice, but still pleasing to the ear.
The lead singer? Crazy! For about half the songs he didn't have his guitar, so he carried around a microphone, and ran around the stage doing weird things and manic movements with his hands. Crazy Irishmen. He said lots of pretty hilarious things too. Near the end of one song he laid belly down on top of the piano they had on stage. When the song was done, he climbed off it with a clang and said, "My dad always told me you can't dismount a piano without making some noise. I never knew what he meant until just now."
Then there was a particularly nice song, so people pulled out their cell phones and waved them around (like they would have done with lighters). He was singing, and in between lines he said,
"Your phones look really weird.
...Lyrics...
Like little aliens.
...Lyrics...
Hello little aliens."

During one song, the line "Shut your eyes and sing to me" repeats over and over, so he had the audience do it. After a couple tries, he stops us and says, "I must not have made myself clear, and I apologize for that. But I want you to sing as if your SHOES ARE ON FIRE!" Then he split the audience in half and we had a singing battle. It was so so so fun.
Other fun fact, the bassist plays his bass backwards, like Paul McCartney. And you know how bassists are usually pretty chill, and just stand there and play. Well, he did that for most of the concert, but the end song got so out of hand that he was like jumping around like a lead guitarist and was going crazy! It was pretty incredible.


For the encore, they came out and did three songs, and in the background they had some sweet animations going on. All three songs had like different stuff going all, but all of the stuff going on was like origami. The first song was a hundred million different origami suns like rushing around in a tornado-y thing. Then it was like landscapes made of paper, then it was like we were watching an origami Snow Patrol concert. It looked so cool, and the music to go along was fantastic.
By the end, I thought my ears were going to melt off because it was so loud, but it was totally worth it!!!

Snow Patrol

Tonight Corbin and I are going to my first concert! Snow Patrol, with some Plain White Tee's on the side. I am so so so excited I can barely stand it!
I have a lot of sentimental connections to many snow patrol songs. They have some of the most poetic lyrics I've ever heard. Like in the song "Hands Open," there is a part of the chorus that says, "I want to hear you laugh like you really mean it. Collapse onto me tired with joy." That's one thing I've always looked for when I dated guys. Then one of my favorite moments happened when Corbin and I had only been dating for like a week or two.
We were up at Bridal Veil falls watching the shooting stars. After a while, we look over and see that the sprinklers are coming on, so I suggest that we go before we get soaked. So we stand up and start walking down the path to the parking lot. Little did we know that a stream was crossing the path, and we both totally got nailed right in the head! I was surpirsed how much water was coming out of that thing, because we got so wet! So we decided to run to the car, getting nailed a couple more times by those tricky sprinklers. We jumped in the back seat all soaking and tangled in blankets, and laughed our heads off for like 5 minutes straight. He made one of my dreams come true that night, and he didn't even know it! Bon travail, monsieur. Bon travail.

New Boomshadow Trend

I'm starting this new thing where I'm going to write all my favorite things about Corbin, and I would love for you to read along. I have lots of favorite parts about my and Corbin's relationship. One of them is that even though we think about each other a lot, we can still focus on other things. Like when I need to study for a test, I can, and I'm not like completely distracted or daydreamy (although that does have a time and place). I'm so excited to share his awesome with the blogging world!

Dress Up Time!

Lately, Corbin and I have been able to get all gussied up for random occasions. Last Thursday he had an orchestra concert (in which he played the bass and did fablously, I'm sure (I had to work)). He wore his fancy tux, so when we went back to my apartment, of course I had to put on a homecoming dress to match. So we took pictures at Corbin's request and looked glamerous. I love how he insists on taking pictures. It's good to document all our adventures.

Other dress up occasions include:
~parties (like the mocktail)



~Sundays
~His mission reunion on Friday/ a lovely night in temple square



I'm so glad he loves to be silly with me. It makes life so much more fun!

But lets not forget that dressing down is fun too! =)