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cha-cha-changes…I MOVED!

when i was in elementary school, i really, REALLY wanted to be the new kid. i don’t know why, i just did. i thought it would be fun! new school, new friends, new look — not that i didn’t love my...

Sep 10, 2012 Like

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likes + don’ts.

this is a picture from our honeymoon. jeff thought i looked like the quintessential modbod shopper with my t-shirt under the long dress combo. you’re welcome. consider me your beacon to modest...

Sep 6, 2012 Like

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labor day.

guess what’s a kind of fun game that we were forced into? having no money. no, seriously…no money. when we got married, we joined our financial forces (…my bank statement was -33 cents…oops…!) and...

Sep 4, 2012 Like

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on brothers; younger ones, specifically.

on my LNW (late-night-walk) with avery, we talked about how we so badly crave the attention and approval of people who don’t really want to give it to us– people who think we are lame, weird, or...

Aug 30, 2012 Like

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there’s a new rule: i have 30 seconds to take a picture! 30 seconds! my hands tremble at every kodak moment; fumbling to get my lens unscrewed and the scene in focus. jeff implemented the rule last...

Aug 29, 2012 Like

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honeymooning.

i almost titled this post ‘honeymooning…each other’ but then i thought it’d be weird for everyone and didn’t. but now i just told you so…now you know. jamaica was probably my favorite place that we...

Aug 27, 2012 Like

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life as of late…

for the past two episodes of netlix’d parks and rec (can i be couple-friends with will arnett and amy pohler already?)(…couple friends…eeeek…), i’ve been trying to figure out the correct...

Aug 27, 2012 Like

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things i’m peeing my pants over…

first off, do you like my new hat? please tell me you like it. i got it today mostly, completely because of cute natalie and took it for a little test drive. a few questions, fellow hat-wearers, do...

Jul 8, 2012 Like

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june, where’d you go?!

the final two weeks of june were spent moving into and decorating the place that jeff and i will share come august. my mother came down with a truck-load of supplies and a car-load of kids to help...

Jul 6, 2012 Like

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R&R.

…so married-student wards are weird (and so are married students. ha! self deprecation!) at least ours’ was. there was no before-class gossiping or after-class lingering or even during-class note...

Jul 6, 2012 Like

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happy fourth of july! or fifth, rather.

76% of the time when jeff and i go out into the public world (a rarity!), we don’t talk. we just listen. romantic, no? …not actually. we listen to other people and their conversations, couple’s...

Jul 5, 2012 Like

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the good life.

i’m back in provo for the week with my family and my jefferson-man (i missed him an obscene amount!). life is good.

Jun 26, 2012 Like

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showered (last one!)

as aforementioned, i was thoroughly showered this weekend (i promise this is the last one!)(maybe?)(want to shower me more?)(i’m becoming less awkward…though i still feel the need to entertain the...

Jun 23, 2012 Like

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showered (again!)

my neighbor and long-time family friend rachel threw me a bridal shower along with my grandma and great-aunt (…who may be the classiest person i know; british accent and all!). it was held on my...

Jun 23, 2012 Like

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what i’ve been up to…

i’m home! it’s been so great. i haven’t cooked one meal for myself…that’s right, not one meal (breakfast, lunch, OR DINNER!). except for the separation from jeff…kind of sucky-pants (…so i jokingly...

Jun 23, 2012 Like

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veggie crazed.

you know those people. the ones that say they “don’t feel right” without their morning 12 mile run, or a long, sweaty session of hot yoga? people who claim they actually “don’t really like carbs,...

Jun 11, 2012 Like

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things i don’t understand about boys…

(living in a house full of boys and growing up with a handful of guy-friends and more-than-friends-guy-friends, i feel like i have a good handle on the male race. sometimes. other times i am just...

Jun 11, 2012 Like

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hippity happiness!

last night jeff worked until eight and i decided to make a full-fledged dinner; foil-baked tilapia with parsley, rice with collared greens, and some frozen yogurt with baked apples (COMPLIMENT MY...

Jun 10, 2012 Like

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182 days//the great soda challenge.

this past year, a large diet coke (with cherry, or vanilla, or fresh lemons…or a diet pepsi, if you must!) has become an extension of my arm. my body just doesn’t look right without it! the big...

Jun 9, 2012 Like

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living in solitude(ish).

dear crazy cat ladies and hermits of the world: i get you. i get it! the whole ‘living on your own’ thing. it’s the caterpillar’s spats (thanks you google search: ‘synonyms for “the bees knees’ …i...

Jun 8, 2012 Like

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that good, good.

::waking up obscenely early and hiking Y mountain…holy, polynesians! there were so many cute families up! and by cute i mean huge! each family consisted of like, twelve kids! ::finding my phone and...

Jun 3, 2012 Like

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we bought a zoo!

…or an apartment, rather. (but have you ever seen that movie? okay, bawled my eyes out! it was so touching and scarlett johansson officially never looks bad…ever. even in an ill-fitting zookeeper’s...

Jun 2, 2012 Like

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engagements.

i hate to be all gushy-face, but man oh man do i love this boy! i am seriously counting down the seconds until we get married (okay, lies; that would be tedious!) and am so, SO excited. the other...

May 31, 2012 Like

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we’re off!

…to (hopefully) sunny southern california! we are going for jeff’s best friend’s wedding, to see his family, and to finalize some of our own wedding details (three words: funnel cake tasting…!)....

May 25, 2012 Like

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a letter to myself at 15.

*it has been so strange and sobering to watch my little sisters grow over this past year. mckenzie is a bonafide hipster child with her big glasses and green skinnies and paige…let’s not talk about...

May 24, 2012 Like

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californians…

my dad sent me this email today. i suppose he was just looking out for me? ha! my attendance at byu (he’s a former university of utah student) and my upcoming marriage to a california native are...

May 24, 2012 Like

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gag-writing.

*disclaimer: this is one of those proud-parent, ushy-gushy posts that should probably have been written in gel pen. you might gag-read through it; it’s okay, i sort of gag-wrote it… isn’t it weird...

May 22, 2012 Like

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a conversation…

this conversation actually happened on saturday at work: (phone rings…) me (in an overly chipper manner)(…i always accidentally yell when i answer the phone at work…): HI! waikiki beach tanning,...

May 22, 2012 Like

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solar eclipse extravaganza.

when jeff marched (with such masculinity!) into my kitchen on sunday afternoon and announced that we were going to the solar eclipse extravaganza in cedar city, i packed up a containers of berries...

May 21, 2012 Like

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utah.

…let it be known: utah is beautiful!

May 16, 2012 Like

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simply, brooke.

cha-cha-changes…I MOVED!

likes + don’ts.

labor day.

on brothers; younger ones, specifically.

the new rule…

honeymooning.

life as of late…

things i’m peeing my pants over…

june, where’d you go?!

R&R.

happy fourth of july! or fifth, rather.

the good life.

showered (last one!)

showered (again!)

what i’ve been up to…

veggie crazed.

things i don’t understand about boys…

hippity happiness!

182 days//the great soda challenge.

living in solitude(ish).

that good, good.

we bought a zoo!

engagements.

we’re off!

a letter to myself at 15.

californians…

gag-writing.

a conversation…

solar eclipse extravaganza.

utah.

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