Love.

Lately, I've been doing a lot of self pondering trying to figure out who I am and who I want to become. It's been rejuvenating and slightly painful. Somedays, I honestly don't know who I am. And that scares me. At the same time, I feel like it is impossible to define someone in a matter of a few words, or even a few paragraphs. One way I realized that I can know who I am is by identifying the things I love most.  For example, I love learning about biology. And frogs. Which explains why I bought this lovely book at the used book store today:

(A Plague of Frogs: A Horrifying True Story....Basically there were a bunch of mutated frogs and scientists found out why. Legit. I know.)

But I love other things too.... Like music, and my friends, and laughing. I really love laughing. Does that mean I'm a jamming frog with lots of friends who ribbits (laughs) all the time? Kind of. But it's still not me.

One person I know for sure I am me around is this girl. 

Isn't she beautiful??? Man she rocks my world. This is Brooklin. She is my younger sister. She is also one of the kindest, funniest, talented, most mature girls I know. She is always kind to those around her and she knows how to have a good time. This summer, we spent like 4 days together without the rest of my family. They were probably my favorite days of the whole summer. Except for Hawaii. 

We took lots and lots of silly pictures. Seriously, this girl is a riot! But most of all, she is my best friend. We are so different from one another, and we don't always get along, but we always love each other. There were so many times over the past few years that I was able to confide in Brooklin about different things I was experiencing, and she was a great listener. Don't get me wrong, this girl is not afraid to give her opinion, but she is always willing to listen. Man I miss her! 

But I'm still asking... Who am I? Maybe I will never know because I don't have a perfect perspective on my life, but I do know this. Simply put, I am a daughter of God who misses her sister very very much and I sure hope she knows just how much I love her! 

In other news, I wore sandals today. It was probably the best day of 2012. My toes have missed the freedom!

Lately.

Lately, I have loved life so much! Maybe that's why I haven't blogged? Or maybe I'm just busy a lot. I haven't decided yet.

While I decide, here's an update on my life.

First of all, I had a pet tadpole named Rupert of AN ENTIRE WEEK!!! And then he died. And then I cried. It was probably the best week of my life though.

Also, I am the proud owner of 3 television sets! Last year we had lots of couches... we've upgraded to tv's this year... or downgraded. Good news is, 2 of them work! And one even plays VHS!!! Love it. We are the definition of ghetto fab.

By we, I mean my roomies and I. Look how cute they are! And guess what boys, they're single! And probably some of the best girls I have ever known!

Speaking of single...I think I'm still single because I can grow a better mustache than most men. What do you think???

On a more serious note...I know all of you are dying to REALLY know what's happening in my life. You're probably expecting something epic or dramatic, bat alas, I have nothing epic or exciting to tell. Except, I must admit, I think I've been happier in the last 6 months than I have ever been in my life. Except for maybe when I was like...3. I was a really cute 3 year old! (Just ask my momma!)

Promise I'll update more! Blogger is a lot easier than it used to be! This was fun to catch up! Comment and let me know how ya'll are doing. Or don't.

Love ya!

Recent Realizations

Conference was so spectacular, even though I didn't take notes, so I don't exactly remember all the talks... But I do know one thing, Heavenly Father sure knows what I need to hear in my life. Lately I've been beyond confused about everything. Nothing is really making sense. At all. But after the Relief Society Broadcast and listening to conference, it reaffirmed the fact that Heavenly Father loves me and is fully aware of all my confusion, and soon enough I will be unconfused! Woohoo!

On another note, I have made the best realization ever in the last month. I know, epic. Here's a picture to help you guess what it is...

No Idea??? Well, I have realized that I just need to stop doing my hair, because it does kinda cute things without the use of any heat products. I know. Shocking. And yes, I've let my hair do whatever in the past, but I learned a new trick! Steam! Just shower and let your hair get damp and it will do the rest on its own. In the end you get wavy, healthy hair, both of which are awesome. 

One more realization, I love doing homework in my living room!

I'm not really sure why. Possibly because we have a Justin Bieber poster, or a "Stop! Hatin's bad" sign, or the natural lighting. Perhaps I'm just in love with it all. 

Speaking of studying, I have a test in a couple hours so I should probably stop blogging! 

Goal of the week: 

Forget Not to be happy! 

Life.

Well... I haven't taken pictures lately, but all you need to know is:

• School is kicking my trash
• My roommates and friends rock
• All I think about is biology 
• President Uchdorf is the man!

The end. Maybe someday I'll be good at taking pictures and blogging again. Hopefully. Oh and I love this   song:

The Legend of the Hugenfrogler

Once Upon A Time....

Kandace was a freshman in high school and participated on the drill team. That year, for the novelty dance, Kandace was a frog. Soon her friends started calling her the Hugenfrogler and her true love of frogs began. Kandace realized that her all time favorite fairy tale was that of the Princess and the Frog. Because of this tale, she believes that all boys begin as frogs and someday the right one will become a real live prince!

During Kandace's freshman year of college, she took a photography class. In this class she did a self portrait assignment that needed to show who she really is. She decided to show her expression as she met the frog that would become her prince. Needless to say, she got an A on the assignment.

Recently, Kandace went to Lake Powell and she was dared to kiss a frog. This dare was not even scary. In fact, she kissed the frog 3 times, mostly because she wanted a picture! Sadly, the frog didn't become a prince. Oh well.

On many occasions, frogs have fallen into her window well. She can always tell when it's a frog because she can hear the hops very distinctly. On Sunday, she opened her window to smile at her froggy friend.

Soon she realized that there was another frog. A STUCK FROG!! She screamed and frantically texted her dad to come and rescue the frog. She knew her dad was at church in her family ward, but something had to be done to save this poor creature.

So her dad realized how important the situation was (mostly because of how worried Kandace was getting) and he came to save the frog{s}.

and they all lived

Happily Ever After!

Broken

Warning: This post is slightly embarrassing and may produce laughter-induced tears.

I have been home for just over a month now and I have broken 4 things that are important to me! 4! And one of them was broken in two different ways! Wanna hear the stories? I'll start with the boring ones first...

First of all, I got these really cool sunglasses from American Eagle that folded up and I loved them. Then I snapped them in half on accident

Also, my laptop just wont turn on or charge or anything

(Funny time)

I may or may not have confused Drive with Reverse in my car and may or may not have ran it into a trailer hitch. In my driveway. I also cracked my radiator.

(Super duper funny time)

Last night I flushed my phone down the toilet. Completely flushed. It fell out of my skirt pocket! I broke the toilet and lost my phone! How did I manage that?!

Moral of the story: At the rate I'm going, I might be physically broken by the end of the summer. It's kind of hilarious in a pitiful way!

Music

Yes, I know I just barely posted, but this song is seriously on the top 200 on iTunes right now. I am impressed with the world of music buyers. Definitely one of the most inspiring songs I've ever heard.