Expressions of Love

I found this on the daybook blog and absolutely fell in love with it. Thought I would share it with yall:)

Have a great Wednesday! I won't, I am going to the dentist to get some fillings. YAY! UGH!

Pintrest Favorites

Here are some of my style inspirations from Pintrest

                                                          Source: thesartorialist.blogspot.com via Lyndsey on Pinterest

                                                           Source: lotuslives.blogspot.com via Lyndsey on Pinterest

                                                                         Source: oneofeachblog.com via Lyndsey on Pinterest

                                    Hope y'all had a wonderful Tuesday!

run your ACE off Saturday!

I have goals. Some of my goals seem crazy unrealistic! For instance, I

am signed up to run a half marathon Thanksgiving morning. A couple of weeks ago I 

could barely run to the stop sign down the street without huffing and puffing. Okay,

that may be a little understatement, but trust me... I am NOT a runner! So now

I have a blog goal...

Post a Run your ACE off every Saturday! I know... ambitious right?! 

Hopefully, it will help me see my progress and keep me motivated during these ridiculously 

hardruns that I NEED to do. I already feel so behind, but I think I can do it! HA! Oh Gosh,

I need more then "I think I can, I think I can"...... to be able to do this. 

This is the furthest I have EVER ran. It was a long 2.65 miles! Especially, the last

part. I swear it was all up hill. My heart was racing faster then it ever has. I 

honestly was thinking "this is how fast it beats when people die." For all you fellow

runners I wonder if you go through the same amount of doubt in yourself as I 

do when I run.I probably think too much. Here are some examples of my thoughts today on my run:

"Maybe I can run all the way home today"

"I'd be lucky to make it to that tree"(closely in front of me)

"How has only 15 minutes passed?!"

"Okay, you have to run for at least 30 minutes like the training says to do before you even start the official training." 

"holy cow, there is no way I am going to be good during the official training, when I suck at the training before training."

"I so WANT to look like that... which means I have to keep running"(after passing one of those ladies who run in their sport bras who have the BEST bodies in the world)

"I wonder how many miles I would have to run to look like that?"

"Screw it"

"Sweet! 20 more seconds and I will have ran for 30 minutes and I can stop"

"Keep going, I can run a little bit longer"

"Why am I still running? 30 minutes was a minute ago"

"Sweet, someone dropped a dime!"

"I would be so much better at training if running could be like super mario. I could just run through coins and collect them. Oh yeah! I would run so MUCH further.... How could this work?!"

"Why do we pay to run half marathons? They should pay us every mile we pass. Ugh! At least let us earn our money back if we complete it."

"I am dead, just stop running"

At least someone in Peachtree City feels like paying me to run. I found the 

dime today and the rest of the change throughout the week.

Keep it up whoever you are. It sure helps me run!

..Road Trip..

Did we really just make that awfully long trip again? 

Yes.. we did. I truly hope that we never have to do it again! However, staying 

the night in Lincoln, NE, and Nashville, TN made it much more bearable.

Driving time was a total of 29 hours. I learned just enough about how

to drive manual for the trip. Charlie would pull off to a rest stop and then

I would jump in and get right on the interstate while crossing

my fingers that there would be no traffic. 

(I am not confident in down shifting quite yet, so my heart was constantly racing)

In the end we were able to make it just fine with our car 

driving schedule. Luckily, he was able to drive the majority of the time for me. 

We also were able to stop at Liberty Jail in Missouri. It was a ton of fun

and we actually learned some new things as well.

Joseph Smith is truly a great man. We even read the verses from the Book of Mormon 

that talk about their stay in Liberty Jail before we went which made us 

realize even more. Liberty, Missouri is a pretty cool place. They honestly have all 

of my favorite restaurants! I saw Chick-Fil-A, Five Guys, Schlotzkeys(where I ate the pizza above),

Olive Garden, Ruby Tuesdays, and much much more! 

Things we learned at Liberty Jail

1. They used a rope(no stairs) to get in and out of their "jail cell"(it was merely the basement of the prison)
2. There were 2 tiny windows that they could see out of 
3. They attempted to break out but when they dug their way out of the bottom wood wall, stones that were used as a "alarm system" came crashing down and alarmed the guards. (see picture above of the 3 layered wall)
4. The inside of the prisons door had no handle. Guards were literally locked in too.
5. They were allowed visitors until they tried to break out. A visitor accounted that the prison felt more like the temple then a prison. The spirit was strong there with them.
6. A missionary serving in Missouri saw the jail and felt inspired to take down every single measurement of Liberty Jail. Later the Jail was torn down and the church was able to rebuild it exactly due to the preciseness of the missionaries measurements. 

It was a cool experience, and we are glad we are back in the good ole state of GEORGIA:)

..Were on the move, but not really..

Summer is coming to a close! Am I the only one ready? 

(dont get me wrong, I love being somewhat tan and living the summer lifestyle, but I am ready for Fall!)

This summer has been absolutely great. I am super grateful for my 

parents who let Charlie and I stay here. They are amazing! Charlie was able

to get a job here in Atlanta too:) It is nice to see him get a career job

right after her graduated. Now its up to me to figure out what to do with myself!

(anyone know of cheaper fashion merchandising schools in the Atlanta area?)

Now, we are no longer packing up our stuff and moving back to Utah. Instead we 

have one week to get all of our stuff out of storage and make the long trek back to GA. 

There is absolutely no way everything is going to fit in his car.

Fun Fact: Charlie's car is manual- Charlie's car is what we are driving to GA-

Yours Truly doesn't know how to drive manual. This makes for one interesting road 

trip back to our new life. 

Wish us luck!