Happy day of LoVe!

Maybe I should hate Valentines Day like every other single girl in the world, but for some reason I don't. When I went into Smith's and Macy's yesterday something about all the balloons and flowers made me smile. I also loved seeing all the guys scrambling to get them at last minute for their girls. It was funny. I will say I DO hate one thing about Valentines. Cupid...I think the naked, winged little archer is pretty dang creepy.

I think Valentine's is good day to remind me of the things I do love...and there are a lot, but in honor of February 14th...here are 14 things I love....

14.) CANDY...need I say more?

13.) OTTER POPS...something about that fruity goodness melting in my mouth on a sweltering summer day just makes me smile. I have a lot of memories that involve these delectable tubes of ice.12.) BOATING...is my favorite! One of my goals this summer is to get better @ slalom skiing. The last time I went last summer I got up on a regular slalom ski instead of my "big, fat cheater ski" as I call it. I was excited and want to work on cutting the wake well this summer instead of just coasting back and forth.

11.) HOLIDAYS...Who doesn't love holidays? Honestly. Family. Fireworks. Easter eggs. Candy. Food. Laughing. Cupid...ha no. All sorts of goodness. I love the excuse just to be with the people I love. I'm pretty sure Thanksgiving is bad luck for me though...3 out of the past 4 years something unfortunate has happened. Haha...It'll redeem itself eventually.

10.) PICTURES!...Oh how memories make me smile. Smilings my favorite! =) I need to get better at taking more pictures. My camera has problems and always spazzes out so I get frustrated and don't take enough.

9.) Uhhh, TEETH...(nerdy I know) I LOVE smiles! I better because that's gonna be my career and why I spent 6 hours on Valentines day volunteering at "Give Kids a Smile Day." I got a free t-shirt out of it too. That's always a plus...

My favorite part of hygiene...injections!!!

8.) SPORTS...maybe it's because I grew up with all boys, but I love watching sports. I'm a typical mormon and love my Cougars and Jazz. I also love March Madness and always cheer for Duke...sometimes I get chastized around here for that one.








7.) NATURE...sunsets, rainbows, mountains, stars, clouds, trees, the ocean, thunderstorms (I like to run around in them...dangerous. Maybe?)

I took this one morning @
my house in Shelley...yeah I was awake.

6.) ~QUOTES...Church quotes: Help me have faith and to get through life and remind me why I'm here.

~Inspirational quotes: Do just that, they inspire me..haha.
~Movie quotes: I just love stupid movie quotes...sometimes movie quotes can express what I'm feeling better than I can. K-probably not, but I think they're funny.
~Friends & family quotes: I just love the funny people in my life and the things they say. I've actually started a quote book because my family is so ridiculous and I want to remember the things they say that make me smile.

5.) LAUGHING...I love laughing! I probably can find humor in almost anything. I always get in trouble with my family because one of my main requirements for the person I marry is that they make me laugh and some of them think it's ridiculous. I can't help if I want to have fun for the rest of my life...

4.) MUSIC...I kind of love music a lot! I love singing, playing the piano and I WILL learn how to play the guitar well. I love all kinds....(my iPod is extremely random) but I grew up on rock so that will always be my favorite! Music is my medicine whatever mood I'm in. Hymns always can calm me down and I'm grateful for them.

3.) FRIENDS...WOW! I have known a lot of amazing people in my life. You guys make life awesome! I love how I can be myself around my best friends and they still love me, even though I'm kinda crazy!

2.) FAMILY...I know that I was put into a certain family for a reason. My family is the best for me. They are my very best friends and I can always count on them. I have learned different lessons from each and every one of them. We aren't perfect and do fight sometimes over some pretty stupid things, but we can laugh about it later and we will always love eachother. I have qualities of each family member and am who I am because of them. Yeah...I'm the luckiest girl in the world. :)
1.) The GOSPEL...It's hard to describe how I feel about the church. I just know I love the feelings I get while I'm there. The peace and comfort I feel when I even just look at a temple. The scriptures and the way they make me feel better when I'm struggling or even if I'm having the best day in the world. How hymns and the words in them can make me cry because they make me happy. How I have a knowledge that I can always pray to someone who knows exactly what I need in life, loves me more than anyone, and is my best friend. The sense of direction the I recieve. I love the gospel more than anything.



















Can you say old picture...but I love it!

99 days...and countin'

So today marks 99 days left of my college career and until I get my Bachelor's Degree in Dental Hygiene!!!! Umm, YAY!!! I have SO much left to do before I graduate! It's crazy, but I'm really excited! Finally I can get a real job and all this hard work is going to pay off. (o: I still don't know where I'm going to move to for sure. As long as where I go has seasons and I can play outside I'm happy. My options right now are:

UtAh: Just staying right where I am. I kind of feel like the job market is going to be a little flooded here though. And let's be honest...Provo is not my favorite place. If I stayed in Utah I'd probably move to Logan. I think I'd have fun there.
IdAhO: I've always loved my home state. Let's face it...it's the best! I know a lot of people there. It's fun. I'm comfortable. And potatoes rock times 3. (o:

I know I'd be happy there, but I kind of want a new adventure too...that's my 3rd option....

CoLoRaDo: One of my friends is moving to Denver in the summer and I'm debating going too. I've always thought I would like it there and have heard only good things about it. It's a hard decision though because I'm looking for a sturdy job now, not just one I can pick up and leave so I'd probably end up staying there for a while if I go.

I'm a little stressed about making this decision, but I still have 3 1/2 more months to decide, plus I might not even end up going to any of these places. Every other month I have some crazy idea of a new state I want to live in...at one point I wanted to move to Arizona, Washington...and even Alaska. (really random)

3 Weeks of GlOriOus freedom!!!...

So.....I know Christmas break has been over for a little bit, but I just had so much fun I have to post it. (o: It was a much needed break and came @ just the right time. School and everything else was starting to drive me crazy. From the moment I got home I had cabin fever and needed to be doing something all the time so it was good a lot of kids around my age were around for break too. I had a lot of fun with a lot of different friends. I (well Amy) cut my hair, watched Will play basketball, played halo with a bunch of boys and got slaughtered, went to movies, played lots of games, and played in the Idaho snow! The best part was getting to spend A LOT of time with all of my family. We were all home this year and had glorious amounts of fun.

Christmas Eve is always a good time. We get together with my dad's side of the family every year. We have done the nativity since we were little kids and for some reason the adults just can't let it go, so this year all the older kids decided were going to participate...willingly. Me and Traci decided being the sheep was probably going to be the most fun. Haha!...Nathan was the star of the show, literally. He was definitely the highlight of my night in his bright yellow sweatshirt. Isaac was cute as always...he was Joseph, but he kept telling me he was Joseph "Smif."

We spent a lot of time playing games this Christmas. There were many emotional, competitive late nights in the Huntsman household. I've always considered myself pretty competitive, but can't even compare to the rest of the kids so I pretty much sit back and laugh. Settlers of Catan and 5 Crowns,(A.K.A Kings gone wild) are definitely the family favorites...or else the only games we own. Ha! I think that some of my favorite "family quotes," (and there are oodles of favorites) have been said while settling Catan. You can only play games for so long though....and when the roads are bad what else is there to do but play in the snow. Will and I built a fort....











....and Nate had a brilliant plan one night that we should have a race through the snow in our bare feet. It was fun. And funny. My pants were too long so I kept tripping on them, not to mention the huge snow drifts we decided to run through. We are "morons." You can't really see it too well cuz it was dark, but Elliot filmed us and between him and Dave laughing this video is pretty funny...well to me. Elliot always dreamed about becoming a commentator (I don't think this is what he had in mind).....




...One night I was playing rock band and I heard some riotous laughter (when isn't there with Dave around?) coming from upstairs. We found Dave and Elliot having more fun with Isaac's dart gun then he will ever have. They had my dad's new waffle maker on it's side and were having a shootout.Soon we all joined in...I think this is going to become a tradition. (o:


I got to spend time with my nephew all break and that is always a plus. He's adorable...obviously. He's a character and always makes me smile. We figured out not too long ago that his mom is moving to Alabama in March and so we won't get to see him as much. That makes me really sad, but it will be okay. Everything always is. (o:

I'm grateful I got to spend so much time with my family. They make me laugh so hard! This is probably the last Christmas we'll have together for 3 more years. Nate's leaving on his mission probably around May (yay for him), and Elliot and Traci will be with Traci's family Nate's first Christmas back. I just love holidays!!!