Beauty

*Side note.... sorry that the pictures don't fit into the post.... I wanted them to be larger but I didn't know how to make the post margins bigger.

Well today I felt artistic. Me having a camera=me being a photographer. Isn't that how it works? Anyway... Sarcasm aside... I really felt inspired today.

All day, I was planning on taking pictures at the park. I had my scriptures and camera in my car, and as soon as work was done... I headed to Park Discovery. I put on some tunes, rolled down the windows and sang the whole way there.

When I got there, I didn't get to do everything I wanted to do. There were some families there (to be expected) and also some middle schoolers. I couldn't help but listen to their conversations.... Was I that annoying at that age? Aaaaaanway....

I sat down at a bench and went to work, I read a couple of scriptures and then decided to capture the essence of what I feel when I read them. I wanted to capture the beauty.

I really like this next one.

I love my set of scriptures. They bring my happiness.

I hope you are enjoying these pictures. I really like them... if I do say so myself =]

I use little tabs to mark my favorite scriptures

I decided to put some of my favorite scriptures on some of these pictures.

I hope you enjoy.

Sundae... Sunday...

Well it is Sunday evening and I am just relaxing.

This week has been a great week!

(If I had a theme song.... I would enter it here)

I made a few schedule changes at work and now I work every day except Sundays and Mondays. Which is nice, because I have nothing to do and I need the money haha.

So after a long week of working... today was much needed. I was a little late for sacrament meeting, and ended up sitting outside of the chapel the entire time. I hate doing that awkward 'everyone now knows I'm late and so I must find a seat and most likely make people stand up so I can get to that seat' walk in. Sunday school was cool because we talked about scriptures and we all got to share our favorite scriptures. And then my boss asked me to watch his 3 sons and it was a blast. They are so adorable! We played some games on my iPad and then watched some Dragon Tales, Phineas and Ferb, and Dora the Explorer followed by some soccer and jumping on the tramp. It was a great day =]

I met with the missionaries this past week, went to institute, hung out with some friends, watched a ton of Netflix, went to OTC, and worked.

Hopefully this week is as good as last week! Well, I'm off to do some more relaxing! Happy Sunday!

Stay Excellent
-Sarah Penrod

Home Is Where The Heart Is

As the title leads you to believe, this post is about home. I went home this past weekend to see my high school perform "Damn Yankees."

Well during my adventure home, I got to visit the new mall City Creek. It was amazing! My favorite part was the Disney Store. It was nothing like the 2-story one in New York, but still! I finally found a plush doll of Peter Pan. FINALLY! I swear... Disney hates Peter. I mean all they advertise is Tinker Bell. And she's great and all... but the movie is called PETER PAN. The only cool thing Tink does is fly around the castle.

ANYWAY....

I got to look at some clothes store and such. Me and my friends Katherine and Whitney rode the Trax down and back and laughed until we cried. It felt awesome to be back with friends. I hadn't seen either of them since January and I missed them dearly. It's true, distance makes the heart grow fonder. Even though we hadn't seen each other for such a long time, it's like I never left.

Speaking of which, visiting feels so weird. I see people that I spent three years with, and some people that I saw every day of those three years. I see some of my friends and it feels so weird.... I miss them all so much. I went to see the Productions Company, and it made me miss it so much. I miss every moment of ProCo. But I especially miss the family aspect of it. We had each others backs, ya know? We were a home away from home.

Now onto mi familia! My daddy made some flank steak and potatoes for dinner on Sunday. It was so yummy! I missed home cook meals. My step-sister and her boyfriend were there, my other step-sister and her husband and my baby niece came too! Oh she is so adorable! She is about a year and a half and just a ball of cuteness. She discovered what sprinklers are and she just stood there and laughed as a fine mist floated over her. My heart melted! My other step-sister couldn't make it, but I will see her soon!

One of the best parts of the entire weekend was seeing my cat Oreo. I know that sounds ultra lame, but I love the little ball of fur. Or should I say fat ball of fur. He slept right next to me every night for the past like 5 years. And for the two nights I was home, he was right there next to me =] Oh I missed him so. Also, my baby niece loves him too! She went through the house yelling, "Oreo! Oreo!" and she even looked through his cat door to the garage. She finally found him and laid by him, she pet him and kissed him. He is such a good cat. He just laid there and let her be fascinated by him.

On Sunday, I went to my home ward and it felt so weird! Finally stepping foot into that building as a member! They announced it in sacrament meeting and made me stand up.... I felt so awkward haha. But it was nice being there, even though I am in that awkward stage of not being a youth, but not being an adult. So if I went to the youth classes, I'd be the oldest. But if I went to the adult class, I'd be the youngest. I went to the adult class and didn't get any of the jokes they made.... it made me feel young.

Well, this is it for this post!

Stay excellent!
-Sarah Penrod