Bees

Warning: Random thoughts ahead. It all starts with my sister date with Emily Side note: also just wanted to mention that we are taking husband applications for her, so if you know anyone or you yourself would like to apply, please email for more information, also see picture below! We got a little shopping in.. I bought some really cute North Face flip-flops at REI for $3.83 for the nieces and nephews. Who can pass up $3 flip-flips?! Did a little birthday shopping for Conster and we made our way to the movie theater to see Secret Life of Bees. I have loved this book for a while and they did such a beautiful job on this film! Hands down, beautiful. There's love, heartache, sisterhood, romance, southern setting, honey, bee-keeping, death, a bit of history, on and on.. It just made me want to have my big old country house with lots of land with a barn and garden even more! My dad was a bee keeper so we had all that jazz in our back yard and I'm a little sad Clark gave dad's stuff away. I wouldn't mind having a hive or two in memory of him.
See, isn't she beautiful!?

It's been a struggle lately. It seems I'm doing all I can to keep from falling into a pit of despair. I don't feel like being social except with family and although my job is getting better (not by much but it's something), I would love nothing more than to just stay home and do what I love and learn other hobbies I've become obsessed with--photography! At moments I feel 'why am I fighting so hard not to be sad, don't I have the right to mourn?!' But when my head is on straight I see things are the way they should be.
A year ago this weekend we were in Boston for the Head of the Charles. The team is up there now and wish so much we could be up there with them. It's crazy to think it was a year a go. It's a little bizarre how somethings you remember so clearly like it was just last week and others that were last week seem forever ago. So in memory of Boston here are the only pictures I could find from our trip. Also would just like to say "ROW STEADY STATE!" Good luck boys and hope your trip home isn't anything like last years.


I came home today from work and the house was spotless. Cony cleaned it exactly how I would have cleaned it. He even opened up all the blinds in the apartment! Seems like a silly thing to be excited about but I love natural light in the house so I'm constantly opening the blinds while he is constantly closing them. Saying this I realize that some woman go way over board saying how wonderful or perfect their husbands are and frankly it's annoying. Even though I think Cony is wonderful and perfect .. others might not have that luxury and we should be a little more thoughtful. I only say this because I was once on the other end and I was completely miserable! So I just added that last little tid-pit so I could read this in a few months and remember how he made my day so much easier.
Going off on the last thought, during General Conference weekend Cony set up our fort in the living room. It was so dang cute. I was busy doing something and before I know it, he's got the chairs lined up ready to build our cozy little nest.