things i love

there are a few random things that i've recently noticed i ABSOLUTELY love

here they are

freckles. i think some people look so pretty with them. it's like they have a million little hickies from the sun

stripes. horizontal stripes are my favorite. even though they're the least flattering on anyone who isn't under 72 pounds, there is something timeless about them that makes me want everything with stripes. even panties. 

giant hobo sweaters and leggings. it's the closest you can get to being pantless and modest at the same time. 

i love me some leggings.

shoes. but mostly the ones where you can't decide if they're ugly or super cute in their weird way. 

those are my fave.

wedding day pictures. gah. everything about them makes me want to get married already. i want to go find a dress, and cry when he gets on his knee and look for apartments and live of ramen because we're both going to school and poor. it sounds like an adventure of a life time and i can't wait. 

(actually, i can wait. i'm not like dying to get married yet. who am i? a BYU student? nah:) but i am really super excited)

cray cray hair. i always want to do something with my hair that no one does. 

i have an appointment in two weeks. :) 

purple streaks maybe?

favorite movies ever. i'm having serious harry withdrawals. time to reread? i think so

neutral nail polishes. classy? yes. timeless? yes. 

 

babies:) i just love them. from afar. i panic when they cry. so hopefully my hubby will know what to do. 

i just got called to be a sunbeams teacher:) so it's sort of like playing with babies all sunday:) 

black and white photography. 

it's grand.

and chubby babies.

they're great too:) 

sports bras. there is nothing better. 

i would wear them everyday if i could

oh wait...i do

uhh huh:) 

puppies. puppies make my heart smile:) and they always love you:) 

clothes. i just like them lots. because running around naked is frowned upon. 

jack johnson. 

i love this man. 

quotes. i'm a quote whore.  

  

 

the world. i will see all of it. 

i truly believe that travel is the only thing you can buy that makes you richer.

i just wanna be a llama..

today has been quite the emotional roller coaster  

and it's not even 4 in the afternoon

it starts with my thoughts going sort of like this 

body: oh! guess what time of the month it is...!!

me: please, goodness no-

ovaries: ALL SYSTEMS GOOOOOO

brain: i quit. i quit. puppies and cupcakes and no one loves me. oh my gosh salty snacks. i am furious.

me: please, guys, calm down--

face: TIME TO RUIN EVERYTHING YOU'VE EVER LIKED ABOUT ME!! I'M GROWING MOUNTAINS BIH

brain: and now i'm ugly. jdsbpcjiadbcaeuwi.

torso: time to practice labor. CRAMP!!! go go go GO GOOOO!!!

me: STOP!! AHH FOR THE LOVE OF SUGAR AND SPICE AN EVERYTHING NICE!! please...whimper whimper...

stomach: hahaha you can't wear clothes anymore. you're bloated. like a cooooooooooooow. moo

me: i hate you all.

brain: I KNOW EVERYONE HATES ME I AM SO DEPRESSED!!!

face: i'm not done yet..MORE MOUNTAINS!

uterus: what did i ever do to deserve this?

brain: just you wait uterus, they're going to make you hold a baby like that for 9 straight months

torso: CONTRACT

me: i quit being a female. i wanna be a llama. a boy llama.

brain: me gusta..

after the inner turmoil, i went and got ready

see that nasty scar looking thing? that's a burn my friends.
from my straightener.
it's BLISTERING.
getting ready is dangerous. boys, the least you could do is tell a girl she looks pretty.
it makes all the burns worth it.
well, not really. but kinda.

because if there's something i learned this week it's

that you NEVER know who you're going to see around campus.

and lets face it girls, no matter who your ex is or whoever it is you kissed, 

when you see them you want their first thought to be "dang who is that..? oh my heck..is that (insert  name here)?? she's looking good...why did i ever let her go..?? i'll go talk to her"

then this is where we act all uninterested and hope that our hair looks like rock star hair. 

good thing i got ready yesterday!! loose curls, cut offs, simple grey tee and a fun sweatshirt with a pair of light blue toms i stole from my sister. 

kinda like oops, i'm cute..

at least that's what i was going for..i prolly looked more like "i rolled out of bed and these are last nights curls." 

BUT! the point is that this said boy came over and talked to me..and what did i do? 

play it off like it's nothing:)

because it was.

HECK YES!!

i am swamped with homework.

a paper in English 

a page of definitions 

a chapter for English 

a personal statement for clss 1000

a profesh email for clss 1000

a chapter for clss 1000

and 2 math chapters 

and a test tomorrow that i NEED to ace because i didn't turn in my homework quiz because i haven't done my homework yet..because i just got this in the mail

yay valorebooks.com

my lovely book was only twenty five bucks. cheapest book this semester:) 

hello long night a head..

oh, p.s. my mom is working late and my microwave is broken...if anyone wants to bring me dinner

i will forever love you

and make you brownies.

maybe.

summer 2012

good bye endless summer days where all you really need is a pair of shorts and a t shrit.

hello endless winter days wrapped up in sweaters and boots. countless trips to starbucks and saturday nights   snuggled up in blankets having movie marathons. 

so lets do a summer 2012 wrap up shall we?

well i guess graduation was a big deal..

:)

then i got called to serve as an assistant camp leader:) 

yay girls camp

what an awesome group of girls:) 

camp was a totally different experience from the leaders end. it was so amazing to see all these girls grow closer as sort of a family during this week.. and! at our testimony meeting at the end of the week, ALL our girl bore their testimonies and there wasn't a dry eye around our make shift camp fire. the spirit that was there was just incredible. 

we didn't end up going to camp shalom this year due to all the fire warnings so we ended up camping at Spanish Fork River Park. it was such an amazing year. and lemme tell you, beside from all the pot guts and bugs, shalom is really an incredible place. 

i went to my first funeral ever. 

taylor offered to carry our shoes so we wouldn't' sink into the grass as we watched the casket being lowered..

when i found out about Jay, i was in shock..there was no way it was real.. 

the day before we saw her at one of our friends wedding reception 

then the next thing i know, i'm in the middle of sunday school and i get a text from a girl who i haven't talked to in about a year.."i hope you don't die!!" 

and my first thought was along the lines of "...okay? i hope you don't die too..? and shut up. i saw janet last night. she's fine and this isn't funny."

but it was all too real. 

it was the first time i'd ever gone to a viewing..a funeral..a internment...

i don't think i've ever cried that hard...

in a weird way, 

it was such a testimony builder. i was supposed to be at camp that entire week. but due to the service, i drove down and back up a few times that week. 

heavenly father really does know what to do for us. he does provide a way. 

camp was closer to home so i was able to drive there and back, camp is an intense spiritual week, and after everything, that was exactly what i needed. a week in the wilderness, with girls i love, and the spirit to know that i was going to be okay. to know that everything was going to work out in the end. 

he really does know us and know who we are and what we individually need. 

the church is true my friends:) 

celine came and visited!!:) she's this super cute girl who was an exchange student like 2 years ago and ran cross country with us. so of course, we all played:)

then i hit up LAKE POWELL with one of my all time best friends EVER 

brittnaaaay brinksssss

we went into town our last night and went country dancing:)

jet ski!

all the older girlies. right before the storm got really bad

boatin

fishin was the fun thing to do at night when no one else was down for night swimming or a movie

totally gorgeous.
calm before the storm 

right in the middle of the storm. our boat got sucked out into the lake and we all watched from the dock of the house boat. so scary! 

A-team right there!! everyone trying to save the boat

how pretty is that?

it was joshies 24th birthday!! so we made him brownies:) what an old man..

tubing!!

more tubing!

riding through the marina:)

full moon

gah. take me back

no editing. promise.

dear future hubby, 

we should get a house boat and live at lake powell all summer yes?? yes. 

yours truly, 

future wifey

then i decided that i would be a coach for this years black belt season!

hello over nighter!!

my home boy nathaniel picked me flowers on our hike!!:) 

i love being a coach. i watch:)

check it out. i could be spider girl!

THEN! it was time for school..

so my lovely parents got me a computer:)

classic web cam shot:) 

and now, i am ready for winter:) but a part of me will always crave summer:)

i've been listening to this all day.

enjoy:)

you should be dancing

today, i was abandoned.

kels decided that she was going to run on a college team and race on saturdays and leave me plan-less, 

taylor left for yellowstone (i think..maybe it was...some other park..i'm pretty sure it was yellowstone..) 

and everyone else was doing post-race stuff..gotta love cross season..

but luckily britt britt was in town :) 

so spent our entire day at

YOU SHOULD BE DANCING

this epic zumba convention party marathon thing.

we put in a 12 hour day of signing people in. 

it was lovely.

let me tell you, zumba isn't a hobby.

zumba is a life style.

a lot of these women eat, sleep and breathe zumba. 

and they all have ROCKIN bods. 

i think i wanna be one of those cute old ladies or cute mommies who's job is to go teach a few hours of zumba..:)

welcome to utah valley

today was my first experience with institute.

from what i've heard, it's supposed to be something along the lines of seminary. 

only like a million times better. 

and actually, it was honestly one of the worst experiences ever.

when they say that only those who really want to be there go, they're not kidding. 

i've never ever felt so so..bleh. i don't even know. it was just a horrible feeling walking into that room.

then the conversation started.

some guy was like "I served my mission in Australia and everyone there hates God. They're all materialistic atheists." 

ah, i'm not sure quite what it was but that really made me so angry. like DUH! missions are hard and you have to be willing to accept all sorts of people. the gospel that seems like second nature to us is something totally foreign to those who've never heard it 

it's not that they "hate  God", they're just not used to it all. and you would think that a MISSIONARY of all people would understand that..

it's the stereo-typical utah valley mormon.  

i know this missionary who's serving in like south america and he recently emailed home and was like 

"I don't understand why they're not willing to give up everything they know for God." 

and stuff like that just makes me so angry. 

i just feel like my institute class is full of crazy self-righteous return missionaries that are certain they're above everyone..

(and i do realize that i'm passing judgment...but still...)

it just makes me want to never go back to that class.    

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. 

:)