now would you rather..

Spend all day every day planning a wedding,

OR,

eat dog poop from your backyard? 

Seriously. Ok not seriously :) I am having a lot of fun planning this wedding. And I don't do it all day every day, even though sometimes it feels that way! It NEVER ENDS. There is always more to be done, more decisions to be made. For the most part it's pretty exciting, but sometimes I just think wow.. I need a break. Props to you brides who planned your reception in like a month or two. Cause I have no idea how. 

While we are on the subject of would you rather, give this one a whirl. It's a doozy.

Would you rather....

Eat a handful of black hair that you pulled out of your drain,

OR,

Lick the toilet clean?  And I'm talking a dirty one. 

I really can't make a decision on this one. I think nothing nauseates me more than hair from the drain though, so I'd probably have to lick the toilet. AH! Don't you love this game? 

Ok I'll stop being gross now and I'll be honest here. I don't have much of a direction with this post, I was just in the mood to blog. So forgive my ramblings. But basically my life is great right now. Besides the fact that I haven't seen Taylor in 2 weeks, and I won't see him until Valentines Day. That's the longest we've ever gone without seeing each other! He raced in New York last weekend, and in Seattle this weekend and even though I'm totally bored without seeing him on the weekend, I'm proud of him and glad he has that talent! It's given me a chance to catch up on my reading. I just started a new book called Leviathan. It's by the same author who wrote the Uglies, Pretties, and Specials books. I liked those pretty well, and so far this one is good too! Good books that are series just get me excited. 

We also had an awesome lesson on Sunday about the Book of Mormon. At the end they handed out this 90 day reading schedule. I realized that day that my wedding was 83 days away. I figured that was close enough, and I made the goal to read the BOM before I get married. So far it's going awesome, and I don't know if I've ever been so excited to read the Book of Mormon. Or to get married. And you know the cool thing? That was fast sunday, and that was exactly what I'd been fasting about that day, was how to prepare for the wedding. I am so grateful for that book. 

I also need to give a shout out to these cuties:

 CONGRATULATIONS!! Of course I've already told them that, but I am just so excited about this marriage. We love hanging with Emily and Alex. They are getting married 3 weeks after Taylor and I. Emily and I have been friends since elementary school, and really good friends since high school. This girl is a gem and has been there for me when times have not been as good as they are now. We watched a lot of our friends get married and would talk about how we had to get married at the same time or else we would just be too lonely without each other. My other close friends were either in a different city or already married. It was all in kidding, but it was kinda serious too. The twin part didn't come true, but Taylor and Alex get along great and the timing part DID come true. Tender mercies :) 

Alright I think this gets out most of my feelings for the day, so I will wrap this up. I just have to put in a plug for my latest obsession, Imagine Dragons. Their CD is so great. Check it out. And tonight I'm going to Life of Pi with one of my favorite girls, Lisa. Hopefully it's as good as the book!

Happy Saturday!

the story..

I know I love a good engagement story, so for your fun and my future fun when hopefully this blog is printed into a journal and I read it back in 20 years, here we go.

I had the BEST Christmas break ever. 

And I have the BEST fiance ever. 

Before I go on, here's a fun fact. Did you know if you are the fellow in the relationship and you're talking about your soon to be bride, you refer to her as fiancee? But if you're the gal in the relationship, you're supposed to refer to your fellow as your fiance. One E. My fiance taught me that :) 

Anyway, I digress. Back to Christmas break. We went to California where it was beautiful and a whole heck of a lot warmer than Idaho.  I pretty much knew an engagement would occur sometime on the trip, but the question was when? I had my sights set on Disneyland... New Years Eve... under the fireworks. But oh how much more clever my fiance is. When we arrived at our destination on December 30 (which was Mission Viejo) it was raining cats and dogs. We had wanted to go check out the beach and watch the sunset, but Taylor was so smooth and made it seem like he didn't really want to go, especially if it was raining. I really did want to go, and when it stopped raining I was all for it. So we went down to Laguna Beach and got there just as the sunset was in all its splendor. Taylor told me he had one more Christmas present for me that he hadn't finished in time for Christmas, so he brought it down to the beach with him. At this point I was a little suspicious, but the present wasn't shaped like a ring box... so I was still pretty unsuspecting.

We decided to sit on the boardwalk and I could open the present. I unwrapped it to find a picture book of us. It had pictures of our dating life and told our story. Then there were a few pages saying why he loves me... and then he stopped me before I turned to the last page. He was acting more and more nervous the further I got through the book, so I had a pretty good idea of what was about to occur.. and I couldn't have been happier about it. He got down on one knee and proposed, and there you have it! A perfect proposal at sunset on Laguna Beach. I am one lucky lady! 

Then the next day we hit up Disneyland from 8:30 AM-12 AM. 

Umm.. it was long. And awesome of course.

But by about 9 PM we were all disgustingly tired and cold, but we were not about to miss the celebrations. Disneyland sure knows how to throw a party! Music, shows, fireworks... it was one cool shindig. And it was SO. SO. crowded. We had to wait in line just to walk, and I'm not kidding. 

But it was totally worth it!! 

Snapshots from the trip. And yes, we did in fact make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches while in line for Indiana Jones. And yes, we did buy the combined peanut butter and jelly. It's not very good, for those of you who are wondering. I would probably advise against it.

So now the wedding planning is fully underway. I am terrible at making decisions and change my mind a million times. But I finally have what I want envisioned in my mind, so now the work begins!

 But I just have to say, I am feeling so blessed. I am engaged to someone who makes me want to be the best I can be, who I laugh with every day, who has an amazing family, and who treats me in a way that is so kind, and so thoughtful. I love this guy. 

--gettin his groove on before midnight--

 We are getting married April 26! BE THERE!

twas the night before Christmas

... also known as Christmas Eve. 

This year Christmas Eve was done a little differently than usual because there were only 4 Burnhams in Pocatello, and only 3 Farnsworths. So, we had the bright idea to combine our Christmas Eve's into one delightful evening. First, the Farnsworth's treated us to a scrumptious dinner filled with German delicacy's. They have a German Christmas Eve dinner every year because Taylor's grandma is from Germany and that's become a tradition for them. 

Then Taylor and I exchanged gifts in front of the family. He put together this basket full of Disney stuff. There were clues taped to them, and on the last item (which happened to be a fanny pack--I talk about fanny packs a lot and how great they are..) he taped a sign that said this: 

 He could NOT have done better. I've told him all about every trip I've ever taken to an amusement park. Ok, maybe exaggerated slightly, but not much. I LOVE rides and amusement parks. We are leaving on Saturday and going with his sister and brother in law, Rachel and Steven McKee. Can't think of better company or a better activity for New Years Eve :) I made Taylor a picture where I drew memories of our dating adventures and then on the mat I glued pictures of the actual events. And I got him a shirt he'd been wanting. Not as cool as Disneyland, but what is? 

Here is the opening process: 

What an awesome Christmas Eve. To top off the evening, we shared our talents with each other. We had lots of musical numbers, and lots of instruments. Taylor graced us with another trumpet performance which was almost as good as the first time, and we had lots of combinations of cello, drums, trumpet, and piano quartets, duets, and trios. And we finished off with some nice Christmas messages. I just thought everything was perfect, and then for Christmas Day we relaxed, opened presents, talked to Taylor's brother Dallin, who is serving a mission in Nevada, and went to Les Miserables. So thankful for my favorite fellow and his family, and for my wonderful family. 

And so thankful for a loving Heavenly Father and his Son, our Savior, who have made it possible for us to have eternal happiness with our families forever.  

And with that said,

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

festivities

I feel like I've been living in a dream lately! Everything has just been going so perfectly, I keep thinking, this can't be my life? My life doesn't go perfectly. I just about erased those last 3 sentences because I am probably going to jinx myself, but whatever. I am one happy lady. The festivities of the month have included ugly sweater parties, the eggnog challenge, my cello concert, the Mo-Tab Christmas concert, ward Christmas parties, and many other things. Here are a few pictures of all the pre-Christmas activities, cause I am going to do another post about Christmas Eve and Christmas day :)

 I can watch this video of Taylor trumpeting it up over and over and not get tired of it. Funny every time. He is attempting to play Good King Wencesslas, if it wasn't obvious enough. It's too bad he didn't stay with it since 6th grade band... he really could have had a future in it don't you think? Emily got tickets to the Motab Christmas concert and it was so amazing. We were on the 5TH ROW! And afterwards we saw President Eyring and Mitt and Ann Romney. Ummm it was exciting. Ok I'm gonna wrap up this post cause I am so excited to do the next one! Goodbye!

obsessed

Crazy how life just speeds up sometimes isn't it?

Sorry peeps, haven't been in the blogging mood lately. 

But today I reallyy am. I've spent the last day obsessing over these youtube videos. 

K, I'm sure we've mostly all heard of the piano guys, which consists of Jon Schmidt on the piano and Steven Sharp Nelson on the cello. I've kind of just been so so on them, until recently. Now that I've taken up the cello, these guys have become AWESOME to me. I just love the cello... it's beautiful and challenging and I just want to become good at it so bad. And of course, having played the piano since I was in first grade, I love and will always love that too. So without further ado, please give these a gander. 

This first one you will love for it's Christmas spirit... ah the ending is adorable.

This one is just plain awesome..

And this last one is the one that started it all. I've been obsessed with this song for a couple years now, but I didn't realize it was a piano guys song. I listen to it every Sunday, without fail. Sometimes I don't like watching the video even, just listening to them.

The others one I like are We Three Kings, Bring Him Home from Les Mis, and the Christina Perri cover of "A Thousand Years". Beautifulness. I am so grateful for music. And I'm SO excited to go to the Mormon Tabernacle Christmas Concert this weekend with my favorite human Taylor, and my other favorites, Emily and Alex.

And before I end this post, I must implore you ALL to vote for my mother's picture she submitted to the Idaho State Journal Christmas photo contest. It's a picture of my nieces and the top 3 submissions win prizes. We are currently borderline between 3rd and 4th place. Have some holiday love in your hearts and vote, it takes a few minutes to sign up but once you do it's super easy to vote. And if you're already signed up, make sure you vote every day til the end of this week!! I'm inserting the link but who knows if it'll work, if it doesn't then go to my facebook page and you'll find the link.  THANK YOU!!

 http://isj.upickem.net/engine/Details.aspx?p=V&c=74290&s=27535278&i=1

November blessings.

I am very excited that the month is November. I love the October-December stretch, and November is when things really start getting good. I have long loved the Christmas holiday, but a few years ago I made the big decision: 

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. 

Yeah guys, it's true. 

Part of the reason for this is because it kicks off the Christmas season. The other part is that I feel like I personally spend too much time thinking about what I want, instead of being grateful for what I have. I love the message of Thanksgiving, I love the atmosphere, I love the food, I love that the sun is often shining and people play football in the morning and there aren't any presents to distract people.. it's all about family time. I can't WAIT for Thanksgiving! 

So here is my first November event: Running the Just Cause Half Marathon. 

This is some of us at the top before we started..

This guy won some serious brownie points. Made me signs and cheered me on and even the rest of the Farnsworth clan came out to help me run up the last hill. And seriously, I needed the help. I was exhausted. But it was totally worth it, and since then I can't help but feel so blessed! 

-I have a body that is capable of a lot more than some people's bodies.. as in I have two legs that work, a heart that functions correctly, etc.

-I have an awesome family that came out to support me

-I have the cutest boyfriend, and his family is also awesome

-The weather was perfect and continues to be (seriously it feels like September, not mid November) 

-So fun to have friends who ran it too so we could cheer each other on, make fun of each other and ourselves...friends are good.

November 6: Today I voted. Grateful I have this privilege. Ready for the election to be OVER... wow, so sick of it. I wish I could get into it and be passionate like some of you are, please don't be offended by my apathy. But I did vote, and I did research some of the important things, so don't freak out. Did I still have to check a few boxes randomly because I had no clue who the people were? ehhhh....

This weekend my family is coming to town. My oldest brother and his family will be here.. they recently moved from Logan to Washington, so we don't see them nearly as often. In fact, this is the first time. It will be so great. And Taylor's family is having an early Thanksgiving this weekend, so that's right folks. I get to have not one, but two Thanksgiving dinners. Can't wait for the weekend to be here. And good luck to whoever your presidential candidate was :)

in the spirit of halloween..

All I can say, is somebody at church has a lot of Halloween spirit. 2 Sundays ago in Provo, we were walking out of church and this is the sight that my sister Jan stumbled across first, making her yelp and jump back. 

bahahaha. I love it. 

Happy Halloween!!