welcome to the world...

...baby BRINLEY JAYNE!

May 7, 2009

Congrats to her cute parents!

...I love you guys!

mahalo nui loa...

...and Alooooooha!

Last week, I ventured "home" to spend a little relaxation time and celebrate the end of my first semester as a Grad student with my old bedmate (yes, yes, we shared a bed) Erin. I was lucky enough to take Keither with me to celebrate his quarter-of-a-century birthday. We had a blast getting caught up with old friends and kickin' it on the shores of the 808 state.

The most beautiful day at Sunset!

"Welcome Home Lindsey!"

Our first day "vagabondaging" up and down the North Shore on TheBus... Hawaii's most excellent transportation service. 

Whoop whoop.

And thennnnn... dun dun dun!!

I fulfilled a 3 year dream of skydiving over Oahu's North Shore... 

Thanks Keither, for being my jumping buddy.

A little pre-jump practice...

thuggish ruggish

Here's to signing away our lives...

Erin was our awesome audience and photographer...

Packin' it up...

Bye bye

Now THIS is freedom

Our "we survived" embrace...

Skydiving was seriously the most amazing thing I have ever done. And my dive master was the man. He sent us out of the airplane at 14,000 feet doing a triple backflip. Yep. Amazing!

KC & LC waiting for TheBus

The foooood we ate...

The friends I love...

And I can't forget Scuba Steve and the SeaHorse that my cute mom gave us before taking off. We put these suckers to good use. Poor Scuba Steve got water-logged, and had a hard time flipping his fins.

Nothing beats a day of playin' in the sand.

Pure heaven!

Thanks for the fun week, Errrrn.

I love ya, sister!

Dew ya feel a little Jolley?

Congratulations, Jolleys!!

On May 5th, my bestie Sarah Beth tied the knot with the love of her life. It was such a beautiful day! I'm happy for you, Sarah Beth. You were absolutely gorgeous!

Sarah's Maids-of-Honor. All friends of Sarah's from different places

yet we all get along like we've been friends our whole lives.

And a shot with the beautiful bride...

It was such a beautiful day at Temple Square. Being a flower freak, I couldn't help but take note of all of the gorgeous flowers and blossoms. There's nothing better than May weddings.

Lovin' our bouquets...

Hangin' with the single fellas...

Our pretty bouquets

Sarah, you will forever be my hero with this cake shove. It's no mystery why 

we are such good friends

I LOVE you, SBJ!!

Congrats on such a beautiful day!

Love, LC

my five year plan...

...is complete!

Since before I could remember, I've been a sucker for Broadway musicals. I guess I can thank my mom and dad for raising me on Les Miserables and Miss Saigon. Well, long, long ago, somebody amazing (I don't remember who it was) gave me a copy of the most incredible Broadway music I had ever heard, and I wish I knew who to thank. It was a story all about the witches from Oz way before Dorothy came into the picture. 

WICKED!!

At the time, the show had only been on Broadway for a year or two. I was only 17, and poor as a... well, as poor as I am today. I would have done anything to get a flight to New York and tickets in the very back of the balcony to see this show. But alas, zero dinero in the bank.

A couple of years later, I got wind that Wicked was playing in San Francisco. Flights to San Fran from the 801 weren't too expensive, and the tickets to the show were somewhere in the $250 range. I figured I could splurge and spend $500 dollars of my hard earned Ruby River cash, if I took every shift for the next 5 years. Well, I didn't really want to work at Ruby River for five years, and was sort of hoping to spend a little quality time in Hawaii. 

Well, fast-forward 4 years. I'm sitting at work at the good old Kingsbury Hall and I'm looking through a flyer we had from Broadway Across America. And much to my surprise... WICKED!!!! 

Coming to Salt Lake City in 2009!! 

OMG. OMG. OMG. was all I could think. I HAD to go. Well tickets didn't go on sale to the public for another 7 or 8 months, aaaaand to make a really long story short... I bought tickets.

And four months later...

It arrived!!!

Yes, it was the best night of my life! Thanks, Mom. For sharing in my 5 year plan.

(Boo! AH!)

make it stop...

FINALS WEEK is here...

and in order to keep my sanity, I have to take a minute to cry 

over my decision to go back to school.

Whhhhhyyyyy?

I never knew pain until I became a

Grad student during finals week.

Somebody... make it stop!!

it's a spring thing...

Easter Sunday was a good one at the Cracroft Residence. These two little bugs never cease to amaze me with their antics, sweet little personalities, and humor. I don't think I've ever met two cuter kids! 

We spent the afternoon hangin' in the sun...

...looking for eggs...

...and goofing around by the "hot-pool!"

Don't worry... there was egg dying, too!

But probably my most favorite of all was Will's version of

"Dumb Dog" from the movie Annie! He's a future

Broadway star...

...Happy Spwing!!

shower power...

Miss Sarah Beth had her friend shower on Saturday, and we had a blast together talking about our memories with Sarah, getting to scoop on the Jolley's love story, and hearing more about her exciting plans. I sure love this girl, and am so excited for the next few weeks!

The ladies...

The AMAZING array of food.

Sadness. Losing my roommate/lover...

and all the P-Town hunnies!

we heart the Avenues...

...Love you, SB!

Here's to 22 more days!