stevens take sf: part 1

you cannot even imagine how insane/ crazy/ fun/ stressful/ incredible these last few weeks have been. i'm back home. and it's great. but also sad. but it's time for me to move on with my life.

having my family in san francisco was SO. MUCH. FUN. we did literally everything. so, i'm just gonna post a thousand pictures (as always) and then sometime else in the future i'll post more. because i took that many pictures. and so did my parents and uncle. it's a lot of pictures.

around town

alcatraz/ pier 39

trip down to santa cruz

muir woods/ stinson beach

i guess i just feel like writing

i really want to write something but i feel like i have nothing of worth to say. my life is very repetitive. i work all week and play on the weekends... when i'm not working.

i have 66 days left out here. and bryan has 93 days left out there.

my free time these days consists of online car shopping and watching the office

i really wish i liked to read like i used to. in high school, i would stay up for hours to finish just one more chapter. then just one more. then i PROMISE just one more.

i also wish i liked to write in my journal like i used to. like i said before, my life is so repetitive that i feel there is no point in writing everyday because it would be the same thing over and over again.

i would love to be a photographer. but not like the type that every other girl claims to be, i REALLY want to do it and be good at it.

one day, i will achieve my dream body. i want to be strong. not skinny. i like my thick build. i've got a few (more than a few) curves and it makes me feel like a woman, not a lurpy teenage boy

i really want to go to greece. and i will one day

my thoughts today in the shower were this: "what if mankind never progressed? what if we were still living in caves, hunting and gathering?" well, if that were the case, you wouldn't be reading this, that's for sure

i love my job SO MUCH. i couldn't have asked for a better experience. it couldn't have been more positively life changing and perfect even if i'd planned it out myself (God really knows what he's doing up there)

i do love my job, but i'm also ready to be back home. i miss utah (never thought i'd say that). i miss my family and my friends and i miss my boyfriend

i can't decide if i want to do another childcare job when i do get home. cause child care is what i know and i'm good at it but i would like to become a mother in the next few years (after marriage of course) and i sometimes wonder if i maybe need a break from it all. try something new maybe? (if you're reading this and know if any jobs for me starting april 28, you go right ahead and let me know)

people exhaust me. i don't mean that rudely, i just get really exhausted when i'm around a lot of people for a long period of time (see THIS list. this is seriously me to a t. also THIS. #introvertsunite)

it's wedding/ engagement season. and i can't wait for it to be my turn.

i can't get off my civil wars kick. they are literally all i listen to.

is it christmas yet?

beautiful day

i don't think i've ever been so attentive during conference (confession, i usually fall asleep). but i was awake the entire 4 sessions and i have 8 1/2 pages of notes to prove it! president monson is such an amazing man. and the way he talked about his wife made my heart melt. we are so blessed to have our Prophet and his apostles on this earth today. this gospel is so true and so incredible. it is.

 after conference (and after painting my nails and watching an episode of sister wives) i went down to write bryan's letter but was distracted by the sunset. i will never get tired of this place. it's so beautiful. 

(and just an fyi, none of these pictures are edited in any way, it's just naturally that incredibly pretty)

(i lied, this one was edited ^^ but i promise the rest weren't!)

another beautiful thing?

there's only one tower left on my countdown (aka 222 days)

have a wonderful week everyone! and remember to apply and remember what you learned and felt in conference today and if you haven't watched it yet, it's not too late!

i only post on the weekends

friday:

dinner at roam

 saturday:

shopping for the missionaries

(cause we're the best girlfriends ever)

sunday:

church

twinning

and a relaxing evening on the beach

now everyone just look at how gorgeous my sister looked for her sr. homecoming.

SENIOR. now for a flashback, here's my sr homecoming: