this. week.

this week has been pretty great.  let's start with last friday.

>>friday

my niece got married.  i know, i know. you're thinking.  woah!  your niece?  what?!?!  haha.  yes, my niece.  her name is bethany.  and his name is london.  and they are. a.dor.a.ble.  

and because she was getting married.  my sister's family got to come from utah!  it was great to see them all.  :D

>>saturday

saturday was the reception in prescott.  we got to go up and it was super fun.  and beautiful.

bethany wanted these cute little i spy papers she found on pinterest, and i got to make them!

{i'm too lazy to flip the pic the right way.}
{there was a different paper, too.  but i didn't picture it apparently.}

here are some more pics:

{my nephew, bryce, and i dancing.  the little guys pretty hilarious.  but a sweetie pie.  he actually came up to me and asked me if he could have the last dance.  HOW STINKIN' CUTE?!}

>>sunday

i went to church, ward choir, and ward standards night.  period.

>>monday

video announcements began.  whole post on this later.

>>tuesday

julie's birthday.  being crazy with friends.  pretty much explains it.

>> wednesday

lots of homework.  and mutual!!! 

mutual. was. great.  it was a "modest is hottest" {you know it!} fashion show!!!!  all the laurel models were so sassy cute!  but before they modeled, we got to skype one of our leader's relatives.  and just let me tell you, he was a cutie.  a sophmore.  plays soccer.  pretty great right?  but before we skyped him, they had handed us questions on modesty and i thought i was just going to read it in front of the yw.  nope!  i got to go up to the computer and ask him, "when thinking about a future girl you want to take to the temple, describe what she is like in both appearance and dress.."  how awkward, right?  haha.  jk.  it was great.  he was cute. it was all good.

>>thursday

totally realized how much of a teen i am.  {i've been realizing this lately.}  i've been waiting my whole life to become a teenager, like my 8 other siblings..., and now i am!  and it blows my mind.  i went over to my friend rebekah's house for a science project and ended up staying there until, like, 10.  seriously the latest i've ever stayed at a friends house on a school night.  {other than one sleep over.}  what a teen.

>> friday

last day of announcements. super stressy.  hilarious.  and a bit embarrassing.  {like i said, more to come...}

also, my daddy and i went on a daddy-daughter date.  because i didn't really want to go to the daddy-daughter camp out.  {i know, i'm cray-cray.}  we went to the arizona sea life aquarium.  it was fun.  here are some pics.

there was this super old dinosaur shark jaw sculpture {at least i think it was a sculpture...}  and it was perfect for pictures.

{you have to give the shark a kiss, right?  hahahaha.  [dad told me to kiss it, so i did!]}

the aquarium happened to be in az mills mall.  and my favorite part of malls, is always the gumball machines.  {haha.}  i bought 2 and just had to get a pic.

and now my life and blog is all {or mostly...}  all caught up.  {sorry for the long post...}  it was a great week.

♥, sarah

p.s.  notice how i justified my post to the left?  i think i'm gonna try it like this for a while. 

another p.s.  happy late birthday nialler!  i was pretty busy with darn homework on your actual one.  :D