letters to my future husband, part two.

dear future mr. courtney,
can we name one of our children monroe and call him/her roe for short?
let me know.
thanks,
courtney.

dear future mr. courtney,
in addition to one of our children being named monroe, can we also name one of our children ‘gigi’. admit it, it’s cute.
thanks,
courtney.

dear future mr. courtney,
i hope i compliment you in your life. please compliment me in mine.
thanks,
courtney.


you know you love it.

this just happened.

paige: is it friday?
courtney: yeah.
paige: oh.

we need to get jobs.

my new life motto.

this weekend, paige and i decided to come up with our very own life mottoes. paige's is no one said it would be easy. and mine is you won't always be young, but you can be immature forever.
so great.
i'm leaving you with a few ways to accomplish said immaturity {taken from the book "eat dessert first and other ways to take a recess from being a grown-up"}:
~run through the sprinkler with all your clothes on.
~buy yourself a helium balloon.
~squish some mud between your toes.
~help your salt-and-pepper shakers talk to each other in high, squeaky voices.
~take a running jump over a big puddle.
~make cool screeching noises every time you turn a corner.
~do a cartwheel.
~make graham-cracker-and-frosting sandwiches.
~read the funnies. throw away the rest of the paper.
~grow a milk mustache.

letters to my future husband.

this last semester, while being very bored in a certain class about marriage, i decided to start writing letters to the future mr. courtney. because i think they're so funny, i'll share:

dear future mr. courtney,
please be awesome.
thank you,
courtney.

dear future mr. courtney,
i think you are my soul-mate. i don't care what everyone else says. but ... i'm a bit of a perfectionist so i wrote you a list of things you must be. i'll be flexible for you though:
•hilarious.
•can tolerate my favorite things {movies and music wise}.
•musical.
•smart.
•kind.
•respects mom and dad.
•wants some kids.
•artistic, creative, and unique.
•enjoys travel.
•has a strong testimony.
•set goals and meet them.
•make sacrifices for our relationship.
•love my family and friends.
also, please think that i am the most beautiful person on the planet.
thanks. love,
courtney.

dear future mr. courtney,
please call me tangerine.
thanks,
courtney.

stay tuned for more.

{thank you paper tissue for the lovely image}

this summer.

i'm starting a bike gang.

who's in?

keys.

i saw these from tiffany and co. a few weeks ago and fell in love. too bad i'm not rich.

because of that fact i decided to make my own. i bought 3 vintage skeleton keys at an antique shop for $12 and a vintage, brass, jail key for $7 {because its just so cute}. i think they look pretty good for like 10% of the cost.

oh how i love diys.

conGRADulations.

to all my loves graduating this week:


















{lib}

















{paigey}


"great has been our past,
wonderful is our present,
glorious can be our future."
{gordon b. hinckley}

at the movies.

1. i saw "up" on friday ... simply marvelous. and just what i needed; life is it's own adventure. and i have to say that ellie reminded me and others of little courtney. definitely see this. definitely.

2. i also saw "the brother's bloom" this weekend. very delightful. very woody alleny. see it too.
3. this brings me to my next subject ... the broadway theaters on 3rd. i'm an avid movie lover and i quite enjoy seeing copious movies in the theaters, however, so many people today are completely disconcerned with respect that watching a movie in the theaters becomes like watching a movie in their own living room. all that texting and talking makes me crazy.
here's where the broadway comes in. its in the heart of salt lake {what's better than that?}, they show the "artsy" movies that don't come to big theaters {usually the better films}, and only movie lovers {people that don't talk or text during the film} go to this theater. its great.
so if you can't find a good movie to go to in the big theaters go to the broadway and be satisfied.
that's all.

i planted flowers all day.

and now my feet hurt.

sunday in the city.

a few sundays ago, the fam went to salt lake's secret garden {aka gilgal gardens}. it is a delightful little place and i am now enticing you to go ... go.