why don't i sleep?

i don't know.

but i need to.

but i can't.

i'm excited to go home in two weeks, and to see my family, and my good friends, and sleepover at sydnee's house!

i don't like getting ready for bed.. it takes too long, and by the time i use my pink grapefruit face wash and my peppermint toothpaste, i'm refreshed and even more awake.

i took some pictures today, finally. i hadn't taken any since vegas. for shame! but on my walk home from school there were so many leaves on the ground and i felt compelled to whip out my camera. also, there has been some construction in the neighborhood that i walk through to get to school, and this cone was just calling my name.

jake and i went to ogden tonight and saw a christmas carol with his mom and some other extended relatives. it wasn't what i expected, and i was a little disappointed. but it was still fun to watch because half of the characters looked like (and were) jim carrey. and he's a lunatic.

almost a month.. eek.

i need a change here! some kind of hobby, or a job? oy. 

the last week jake and i watched the entire first season of LOST. i loveeee that show. john locke is my absolute favorite.

i miss my family and good friends in az, thanksgiving is semi-soon??

here's some recent pictures...

our three-month anniversary. we saw UP, like we did on the night we became official.

we went to a ward activity, then got rear-ended on the way home.

we went to colorado a couple weekends ago because jake's dad was put in the bishopric. while we were there we went to the meeker classic sheepdog championship trials. it was a riot.

we rode the four-wheeler, and i almost rolled it and killed jake. that's how i felt after.

we matched in plaid for rachel's birthday dinner at california pizza kitchen

snake skin vest, and jake's new jacket. (which he got from forever 21. HA!)

and apparently, hair gel is COOL.