Day #4: First day in the GREAT SALT LAKE city

Day # 4 Task: Read a book in a book store!

My dear best friends, Charly and Karli came with me on my adventure today. I have always loved reading, I have always LOVED book stores as well. So naturally, my task today I decided to do something that I had never done before...

...something that I have always dreamed of doing... 

TODAY, on this VERY lovely day in the GREAT Salt Lake City, I checked yet another thing off my list!

THANK YOU Barnes and Noble.

 haha...apparently we need help.

I assure you that we really did read... these pictures were just us documenting the experience!

What a wonderful evening with two of my best friends!

want to know who else we hung out with tonight though?...

He's really cool, and looks like a famous person.

.... Coolest kid in the world. His name is Seth... 

We like him.

...Not just because he looks like that guy who plays Edward...

We LOVE our lives!

Ready... Set... ACTION!

xoxo, Syd

Day #3 and STILL killin it!

Happy Birthday to my Dear Father on this lovely day!

I'd like to congratulate myself on completing a successful gourmet meal for today's task!.. 

Day #3: Cook a Gourmet Meal for someone I love

Gourmet Meal = SWEDISH MEATBALLS!

Just call me Betty Crocker!

I was so brave today, wanna know why?

Well... first of all I set off this morning to conquer one of my biggest weaknesses
...Cooking, of course.

But want to know the other fear I conquered?
...Raw meat. ick.

 I was terrified.
But don't worry, after a few minutes of hesitation and my mom's advice to "pretend like it's play-doh!"
I finally did it.
that meat was MAN HANDLED... PERIOD.

More importantly than conquering my fears though, today... I was able to cook a Birthday meal for one of the greatest guys in the world, one of the guys I love the most!

MY DAD!

 Swedish Meatballs and Sauce with Egg Noodles and Deliciously Cooked Brussel Sprouts.

Gosh, I love this man.

I also thoroughly enjoyed being home over the winter break. Tomorrow I go back up to the Great city of Salt Lake to set out on my next big adventure. My 4th semester, the semester in which I will get straight A's!
MAAAANNN...
See what I mean?... this word of the year is already getting to me...

What is YOUR word of the year?! Think of one or two words that you'd like to define your year... Set goals, not just resolutions!


GOOODNIGHT!

Love, Sydney

Day #2!! Day #2!! Day #2!!

Hey, Hi, Hello!

Day # 2 Task: Write a missionary

It's Day 2, and this year is already amazing! I feel myself applying my "Word of the Year" in everything I do!

ACTION: Just do it! (I TOTALLY AM!)

I feel almost fearless day to day. So often, I would find myself pushing away my goals because of fear of failure! Why do we do this to ourselves? We go and sell ourselves short because we are too lazy to simply go and DO things. All it takes is one word, ACTION. And that is what my year is all about!

Today my goal was to take time and write a good solid letter to a missionary... 

to learn more about the LDS Mission Program Click here.

Now, writing a missionary might not mean too much to us, but from what I have been told, many of these missionaries need and love letters. So while writing letters is something that I very rarely make time to do, today, and every Sunday for the REST of this fabulous year of 2011... I will make it my task to write a missionary!

Today's missionary was my dear Sister. She is serving faithfully in the L.A. Temple Visitors Center.

But not only did I send a two-paged front and back letter,

I also sent her PICTURES to show her what I am doing with my life!

(Which is a WHOLE lot this year, I assure you.)

Off it goes in the mail tomorrow.

I feel so accomplished today!

What did YOU do today that you are proud of?

Why not brag about it a little? 

HA!

well,

See you TOMORROW. 

HERE. 

 

On my blog.

Love, me

Day #1 : Happy New Year!

 HAPPY NEW YEARRRR!!!!!! 

Welcome to Ready, Set, ACTION!

this year is going to be 

FABULOUS

&

SUCCESSFUL

Quite the "New Years Resolution" Huh?... Well this, I must assure you, is not going to be one of those Resolutions that dies after one sets eyes on the brownies your grandma had sitting on her counter, or the fresh loaf of bread your mom just made. This year I will accomplish many goals I have always had... This year I will do something EVERY. SINGLE. DAY... As you can read over in the explanation. -->
My days this year will be consumed by the checking off of tasks from my bucket list as well as my TO DO list.
THIS year I will GO and DO the things I have always wanted and needed to do.

I hope you will come along with me and do the same!


Here's to a wonderful life.
Here's to a HAPPY NEW YEAR!


Ready, Set, ACTION!

Day 1: SUCCESS!

with what?

ORIGAMI!

Yep, that's right, today's task was to make something by using origami.(Thank you GOOGLE!)

I made crane, a flower, and a star!

I feel super awesome...

and Asian.

No Biggie.

SUCCESS!

Until tomorrow, BLOG lovers!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

-S

Home for the Holidays

Home sweet home at last.

After a semester of stress and what not I finally got to come home... and STAY home.

Blessed, I am.

I've spent my days bundled up inside as the snow falls reading books, and watching the Hallmark Channel.

Can my break get any better?

Nope.

Yesterday we awoke to my mom calling us all up to the kitchen to see the foot of snow that had fallen, and since she had clients coming that day... we knew why we had gotten this wake up call. 

She needed us to help her shovel.

So I threw some boots on and a coat over my cat pj's and we went out and shoveled.

SUCH a blast.

I love my family.

Happy Holidays Blog Lovers!

May your days be Merry and Bright.

xoxo

LM&LL

so I sing...

... and this Saturday is our FIRST CHRISTMAS CONCERT!

'twas the first night of December, when all through the city...

...all the Christmas lights were shining, so magical and pretty!

So, as most of you may have heard on the radio as of late...
It's the most wonderful and magical time of the year.

And in the city, the magic is truly brought to life at temple square.

 

Christ is the light of our life, and what I love so much about temple square, is the way those lights reflect him. The lights completely encompass the temple and bring LIFE and COLOR to the white winter nights.
Just as Christ does to OUR lives.

 

The season is beautiful. Lovers walk the streets,

some hand in hand.

SOME... huddled for warmth.

Ahhhh

I love... LOVE.

I can't say that I have ever been IN LOVE before, but one day I will be just that.

And on a cold winter day in December when that long anticipated day arrives.

My Guy... 

...AND I

will go to the loveliest place on earth!

....

We'll hold each others mitten-covered hands,

we'll laugh with JOY about everything, of course.

And will quite possibly wipe a few tears at the nativity scene.

But most of all we will be

TRULY

MADLY

and quite

DEEPLY

in LOVE on that beautiful Winter night.

With Eachother

With the Gospel

and

With our Life Together.

Happy December

Bring Light to someones life this holiday season!

x  Sydney Love