best one yet

today is my birthday.

everyone sing! quick!

"happy birthday to you...happy birthday to you.."

just kidding. 

but this weekend has been amazing.

 i am so blessed to have such an amazing family and friends. like really. 

yesterday, i went on the best date of like..the year. and pretty much ever.

(because i don't go on many dates..shh don't tell..)

so i requested work off a week ago for this saturday and my manager was tole me to find someone to cover me and i could have it. i asked everyone i worked with, and of course, EVERYONE was on that saturday. so i was just going to work my birthday celebration day away. but then i got there and basically, Jimmy, another host, offered to take my shift for me!! what a gem! i worked like 18 solid minutes. cool. 

so then i went home and got all pretty for my birthday date with Taylor.

leggings, combat boots (present from the parents:)) and some cute t-shirt with curled hairs. pretty much adorbs right?

so Tay came and got me and we went to my FAVORITE restaurant ever. 

cafe rio.

the way to my heart might just be through grilled chicken salads..

then i ate my entire salad almost. like totally pigged out..woops..

so after dinner, i had no idea what was going on and all i got from Taylor was "It's a surprise." so off we drove to the riverwoods!!

cute right?? we walked around a little then we went on a carriage ride. it was like lightly snowing and not super windy. basically, it was perfectness. 

then i got my birthday present:) 

isn't it gorgeous??

yes, your answer is yes because it's flat out gorgeous. 

basically, my boyfriend is cooler than yours. 

then i came home to this...

petunia was encased in a snowy case of distress. 

it took me like .2 seconds to think of who would've done this. 

of course. 

but! they imported snow directly from springville. they cleaned out a park doing so. 

taylor jumped out of the car and got petunia out in like 5 minutes. 

boyfriend of the year?

i think yes. he deserves a mug that says that or something:)

then sunday was another partay.

i went danny's farewell. he ran xc for a season..or a week..i'm not sure but he was on the team and his farewell was on the same day as  Mark's (mark was on the team for forever) and well..danny was always super duper nice, mark wasn't. so off to danny's we went. 

turns out it was Taylor's ward too. so i had to get ready for reals. no one should see 7 am on a sunday. ever. 

we got there and tay tay came and sat with us and danny was late to his own farewell and he's gonna be an amazing missionary! then during sacrament meeting i got bored and thumb warred taylor..then his poppa sends him a text and it says "do you think you could keep your hands to yourself?" and i about died. too funny. :)

then after church, britt called and gave me many options for breakfast. crepes sounded amazing. britt came and kidnapped me and gave me my birthday present. 

a cable knit blanket.

shut the front door!!!!!!!!!! 

then we went to her house where jason,britt's daddy, made us breakfast! crepes, eggs,bacon and hash browns. so goooood. 

then off to salt lake we went because all good adventures begin there. 

we then went ice skating at the galivan center and that was quite the experience. it was actually super fun:) 

aren't we the cutest? it was totes the wrong day to not wear pants..oh well. then we went and got starbucks and it was buy one get one free. so we gave the other one to a homeless man because we wanted to be nice. then we got cold and came home to costa chicken:)

how cute are we???

then i came home to MORE birthday cake 

with my lovely family:) 

then on monday, i went to yogurtland with my favorite runners. 

kels,laur, and kami :)

and i got an interview at doTERRA!:) 

i feel like 19 is going to be amazing:) 

one for the books:)

britt and britt

this weekend was fabulous. 

on friday, i spent the night at my besties house up in salt lake.

and i've decided that i love the city. 

something about 9th and 9th was incredible. 

a cute hippie shop, gelatto, a yoga studio..all on the same street.

and a few blocks north; a cupcake shop. 

ah yes. 

it just has this small town vibe, with the big city feel. 

everything is in walking distance, but trax are a few blocks north and there's the rest of salt lake. waiting to be explored.

what better way to explore a city when you both look totally adorbs?

the whole day had been rainy and we weren't sure if lagoon was going to be possible. so after costa vida, we called and they said it was still open..so off we went.

on our way to lagoon we saw this..

"poor ched!! why did they hit him???

oh wait..they're HITCHED..like married..oops.."

we got there like 3 minutes after they opened then realized it was because it was raining..

pre-rain. lookin good :) 

oops i'm cute? i think yes. 

look! rain!!

lagoon in the rain was amazing! no lines, front row parking and we went on every single ride. when we first got there we tried wiping the seats dry, but there came a point when you realized that your panties were soaked either way. 

the only down fall was that the frightmare characters walking around remember you when there's less than 100 people in the whole park. they follow you and try to talk to you..and basically, in a clown or zombie apocalypse , britt and i would be screwed. we'll fight off rapists before we have to go near clowns. 

after a few hours, we were exhausted. nothing sounded better then sweats and food. here is the aftermath

 wet dogs much?

during lunch, jake texted britt and asked if she wanted to go over for dinner. she filled him in, and he was totally cool with me tagging along. so we got fed papa murphy's after a long day of playing in the rain. 

but before we went to dinner, we hit up jess and josh's place. they're the ones we all went to powell with! i love them!:) 

only thing is that i almost died.. 

they have a cat. mateo. he is ADORABLE. when we were downstairs, they had a pad laying out so britt and i collapsed. i was face down trying to get warm. when my eyes start itching..my nose starts stuffing..and my throat starts to close off..i inhaled cat hair..oops

i guess i'm a little more allergic then i figured. 

15 minutes later, i had an itchy puffy eyeball, (just one) a stuffy nose, and a man voice. 

good thing we were headed to dinner with another one of my ex's.. 

once we got there, it wasn't as bad as i thought i'd be.. i pulled off an "oops i'm cute and look like a wet dog" look..

jake is actually super nice now a days, really kinda funny, and smells good. and gave me medicine for my allergies. snaps for saving my life jakey! easton was there too. party hats and button ups all around!

after dinner, we watched V for Vendetta, and about 5 minutes in, i was out. i kept on zoning in and out throughout the entire movie..and then i was being poked in the face at 1:30. 

yay for nice ex boyfriends who feed you:) 

then when i got home, i went to starbucks with britt:) a different one:) 

this britt i met when i was like 12. i was a beehive and she was a senior. and she was down for a wedding and we got together and just talked. i like her lots:) i remember thinking she was so cool. she was the cool senior -laurel on dance company at the high school. oh. my. heck. 

and now she's the cute itty bitty married britt with a super duper tall hubby. and they are adorbs. (in pictures mostly. because that's all the stalking i do. but i'm positive they're adorbs in person too) 

basically, this weekend was such a wonderful way start off a new week. yes, refreshed and ready to take on mid terms in a week. 

i made peace with everyone on my "i wonder what it would be like if i ever saw them again" list. every single person. 

1. tony

2. jake

3. easton

salt lake is fabulous. 

nothing better

there honestly is nothing better than making it through Thursday. 

english was fun. as usual. 

i came home after what seemed to be the longest week of my life, 

called up my best friend had just vented for a solid half hour. 

we agreed that we both earned cookie dough after our week. 

so what did i do next?

went to target and bought myself a whole roll of cookie dough..

:) 

then tonight, we used the electronic system during sparring class. 

so we actually keep score. 

even though it's still technically class, everyone who spars is just so chill and it's fun to just play. 

i won both of my rounds. landed a few solid head kicks and figured out what i need to do to make all my head kicks score. 

gnarly. 

after such a emotional week, it's an amazing feeling to realize that  there are so many people in my life who truly love me and are there to catch me when i fall. :) 

now, i am more than ready for a weekend filled with cookie dough, movies and blankets. 

week 1

ladies and gents 

i, ali sanchez, have officially finished my first week of college:) 

well, tomorrow. but still, same diff. 

honestly, it's so great

except for all the stairs i have to climb every single day to get anywhere

i swear, if i don't have an amazing butt by the end of the semester, 

i'm quitting 

but the homework has already started piling on..

but really. i just sit there and smile and hope that i'm not the only one suffering from a baby heart attack when a 6 page essay is the norm. and my heart totally stopped when MLA format wasn't what they wanted. oops. 

high school might've failed me. 

on the first day of class, my biology teacher took like half the time and talked about how grateful we should be for having the privilege of attending a university. 

and my first thought was sort of along the lines of "privilege?? i'm paying for this. i'm paying A LOT of monies for this..." 

then he said " there are 7 billion people in the world. do you guys have any idea of the percentage of people that are given the chance to get a higher education?" 

i don't remember the exact number..but it was itty bitty.. 

and then it hit me. 

i am so incredibly grateful for all my parents do for me. they're paying for whatever i need and books and my computer and gas and everything. without them, i'd be screwed. 

i'm so blessed to have been born into a family that values education so much that sacrificing whatever to make sure me and my sister have the very best my parents can afford isn't a big deal.

i mean it is, it's huge, but my parent's make it seem like it's nothing at all.

i just love them so much. 

and not just them, everyone. kels, britt, tay, all of the people who help me just get through the day. 

i couldn't do it without them. 

:)  

a little of this and a little of that..

So i figured i should recap for the past few weeks. 

Sadies, birthday, chirstmas, new years,st geezey, preference and all that good stuff:) 

SADIES:) 

pretty much my date was AWESOME:) 

gordon and i were the best looking cowboy and indian:) 

me and gordon:) 

all the boys

the lovely ladies 

can you say massive group??

Sadies was so much fun:) we had a race that morning so that was our day date:) then we had make your own cafe rio at the harmon's church for dinner:) super cheap and super fun:) 

18th BIRTHDAY???? whaaaaaat???

first off i got kidnapped 

by these wonderful ladies :) plus ellie

then we ended up at cafe rio for birthday cake:) 

then the tradish menchies birthday picture:) 

then somehow we ended up at walmart singing chirstmas carols to random people:)
then we all headed over to ellie's to have a belated sleepover

then a few days later, me and twinnies went out for a late birthday lunch:) 

Christmas 

christmas with the fam is always quite the production:)
love every minute of it 

New Years

 was pretty grand if i do say so myself:) 

we went to a cross country party then we hit up Dally Lyman's new years party and that was way fun:) 

bascially, i have high hopes for 2012 <3 

Recruiting Trip 

Dixie.

So kels was getting rectitude by dixie, so what better way to check out the campus then to take a road trip with the 4 coolest girls ever for 3 days??

me, kels, lauren and hannah all took on st geezey by ourselves:) 

spaghetti at 3 am, hot tubing at midnight and playing spoons, spooning and cleaning spoons. 

so.much.fun.

SO stoked for officially moving out:) 

i'll post pictures once i get them :) 

End Of Term. 

GAH. so stressful. but somehow i pulled off 5 solid A's, an A- and a B that i'm determined to change:) 

Oh ya, and i had a day less then everyone else to get everything done because my mom took me to salt lake on friday to get passport stuff done:) 

Pre-Phase One AND Preference 

i found my PERFECT dress for preference so i told my mom,and she promised to pick it up that day. But she didn't.So she goes back a WEEK later, and they only have SMALLS. Then i get a call during the middle of my private lesson (the one when i had to finish about a third of my requirements for testing the next morning...) from my dad telling me that they don't have my dress anymore..but that there is a a black one.. So naturally, i lost it. but before you think i'm an over dramatic monster, keep in mind that this was the day BEFORE the dance,and end of term week and testing week. 

i started crying. lots. then once i finally got out of practice, at 9:30 pm, i went home and cried some more. 

it was just a really emotionally unstable day. 

then it hit me,i didn't have a flower, shoes or dress for the dance. 

so i cried some more and then went to bed.  

Black Belt Testing. Phase One. 

Phase one is all the endurance stuff. All the sit ups, kicking and forms. I've been in a boot for the past 12 weeks. My endurance isn't exactly at it's peak, but somehow i managed to make it through an 8 hour day without crying:) 

Preference

The second we bowed out,i ran for all my stuff so i could get home and shower for the dance that night :) 

i get home and i'm locked out. So i had to find my parent's at dinner and steal a key then come home and shower. Then Brittany, my life saver pretty much, did my hair and make up:) 

i looked amazing ALL thanks to her :) 

When I got home, me and Haley went and picked up our dates.. only we were like 20 minutes late..oops. it was quite the start to a day full of late-ness. 

our group had gotten together, fallen apart, made peace with each other and changed their minds about 6 times about the day date and dinner and pictures all before saturday. 

we decided on having Haley's mom take our pictures at the Library..weird. but they turned out so good:) 

We ended up being about 20 minutes late for dinner,then they took forever. Oh and the dance was out in saratoga springs.. so we only caught the last hour of the dance but it was okay:) it was still way fun:) 

come what may and love it:) even if it's being 2 hours late for a dance.. 

that moment when...

you know that awkward moment when you see the boy you used to like all over the girl he swore he was completely over? 

yea, story of today.

well not really. i only saw him for like 2 seconds. 

and the best part of it was

the moment i realized that i could care less what they were doing and i'm more upset i don't have him as a friend anymore cause clearly, i liked him as  a person if i like liked him even for a little. 

:)

enjoy..

there is hope:) 

pinterest says so

but really.

come what may and love it..even if it's that awkward moment when...

thunder

in the morning, everyone will be posting about how the thunder storm didn't let them sleep. 

or how about how much they love rain. 

 i on the other hand, will be blogging about how much i love utah and it's crazy weather:) 

i love how the past two nights, it's rained. 

BUT 

the days are still hot as heck. 

love. 

love.

LOVE. 

although, looking outside my window scares the heck out of me, i simply adore it. 

so so so much:)

i'm here. in my room, listening to the best playlist ever complied in the history of man (actually more like the history of my life.. same thing really.), with thunder and rain in the back ground. 

one day, i WILL have one of these moments. mark my words folks 

except for this picture was taken in slovakia...

those slovakian boys aren't as cool as they sound...HA. but really. 

although, the city is gorgeous..

but yes. before i trail off too much, i'm calling it quits:) 

BBUUUUT i found out today that someone else reads my blog:) and that makes me SO happy:) yay for blog readers:) 

random thought of the night:

they should really have a BYU spain...or somewhere in europe:)