Summer is over

I can't believe how fast summer flew by. I tried stretching it out as far as I could, but being that our first day of school is monday there is no more denying it: Summer is over! Some pretty amazing things happened this summer. Firstly, my summer job at the theatre! Singing and dancing pretty much sums up my job description. This summer I got to play "Winifred" in "Once Upon a Mattress." That entailed jumping off mattresses, hypnotizing princesses and very Big red hair! In "The Drowsy Chaperone" I played Kitty. Just Kitty. She was a ditzy chorus girl with a really squeaky voice who wore a fox around her shoulders. (Someday I will wear a fox for real, that was so fun.)Lastly in the "Marvelous Wonderettes" I played "Suzy" the sweetie. That show was a blast because it was all girls. Serious sisterhood. And not to mention I got to be pregnant in the second act. I love to do theatre simply because it brings me joy. I love to sing. I love to dance. I love to make peolpe laugh. And I love to... dress up!

                   Fred with dry hair...       Fred with wet hair.

      *Note this was my favorite 

          wig of the summer

                     Meet Kitty. She is a bit    This was the Asian show girl           crazy but had killer costumes.         ...you had to be there.   

                                  

                        This is young Suzy.          Old and prego suzy. 

Now surprisingly, summer didn't just consist of theatre. 

This summer I....

Performed in the dance Recital

Did the Waterton 2 Glacier relay 

(Mine and Tim's first race together yay!)

Cheered my siblings on at dance competition

Helped rid my two familiies of lice (PAINFUL)

Completed my first triathlon 

Organized and ran a dance camp with Michelle and Chelan

Went to a toga party 

Discovered that I have faint, yet exsistant freckles

Got eyelash extensions (Best investment of my life)

Wake boarded for the first time

Saw the musical "9 to 5"

Went to an Arcade 

Played at a trampoline park

Suntanned at Lake Powell

Now just to elaborate on that last one... Lake Powell was a BLAST! We went with Tim's family. We wakeboarder, water-wieneid, suntanned, read books, played cards, went swimming and relaxed. It was thanks to that trip that I felt rested and ready for school! So here I am back in Hawaii and ready to boot. After such an amazing summer I can't wait to see what adventures the school year brings. 

Me and my boyfriend.

      

My cute swimsuit I bought just for Powell.

Thankfully the care instructions 

didn't prove to be true...

Ahhhh the beauty of the earth. 

Sincerely 

The Mrs. 

work, sleep, repeat.

It's summer time. Summer time is blogging time, so hopefully this isn't another failed attempt at keeping record of life's happenings. 

Dance Recital: Me, Michelle, Chelan and Tessa all performed in Jodi's Dance Academy's Year end recital. We put our number together in a week hoping to help advertise for our upcoming dance camp. It was a BLAST! We did it to the song "hero" from the new footloose movie. I love dancing. Especially with such wonderful girls.

Work: This summer I am working at the carriage house theatre! It is so glorious. I have missed it so much. I don't think there is another job out there that you could hire me for twelve plus hours a day. All the shows this year are extremely funny as well; i've been seconds away from peeing my pants every rehearsal.

Marriage: Tim is the greatest man of all time. The end. 

Family: The following picture is post family tetherball tournament. My mom kicked everyone's bum. I apparently am not very good at tether ball. But we all could have guessed that.

Happy Summertime!

Sincerely

JZ

For Him:

Oh my heart. 

I love Valentines day! 

The month of love is my favourite. 

Tim is my favourite.

Oh my heart

I love Tim!

Some of todays events & acts of love:

1. Love Potion: This was part of "the fourteen days of Valentines" that I did for him. (As are numbers 2 & 3). Dr. Pepper no doubt.

2. Lindors: his favourite chocolates. 

3. Jessie Pez: With the accompanying note "Howdy partner! How bout you give me a shot at being your valentine!" Cheesy never fails to impress. 

4. Sign of Love: As I walked out of the house to go to choir, this dove was sitting outside our door. We had just been expressing our love for each other. Coincidence? No way in heck. (And no Tim, I refuse to believe it was a pigeon).

5. Tim's valentines present! See below.

6. Kisses. Lots and lots of those.

7. Part of number five, a mug from his favourite company filled with goodies.

8. Valentines day brunch! Complete with berries, coconut syrup, icing sugar and whipped cream. 

My valentine looking ever so handsome!

This is his present - a shirt he'd been eyeing at ugmonk.

Happy Love day everyone!

Sincerely

The Mrs.

In a nutshell...

The past two months(three, four months?) have been luscious. 

Where do I begin?


Finishing exams was the best feeling in the world. As always. It got even better when we flew out to Canada that same night. (I  picked up a Starbucks to celebrate the occasion, first hot chocolate of the season!) Watching Michelle dance in the Mormon Tabernacle Christmas Concert was the perfect start to a perfect Christmas - I'll even let go of the fact that there was no snow -
It was that perfect. 


The biggest highlight of the holidays was with out a doubt seeing family. (Seriously Crawford/Zemp children stop being so darn cute you are giving me Tim baby fever.) I also must mention the girls night out; simply fabulous. With the combination of our unique/frightening laughter, and shall we say risqué picture taking? Moxies will never know what hit 'em.  


New Years was a riot. Tim and I crashed the singles party in Waterton. I apologize to anyone I made feel uncomfortable.
And might I add - best New Year's kiss ever.


Being back in Hawaii is so wonderful. I get my man back to myself, the sunshine and a fresh start at school. My classes are hard, but I love the challenge. (Maybe that's the reason why took on 18 credits (what!?) and committed to a marathon (what!?)) 


I am so looking forward to the adventures and opportunities this semester will bring! 


Happy New Year from the Zemps! 

Shane Harder Photography


(So what if it's a bit late?)

Sincerely

The Mr. & Mrs.

Freak Show

My habits of procrastinating and doing "half effort" homework have finally caught up with me. Midterms = death. You'd think that classes like {chemistry.statistics.bio&accounting} would speak for themselves, probably something along the lines of "I'm a really hard class, focus on me or i'll literally bite you in the rear." But unfortunately, they don't. And I have learned the same lesson for the hundredth time: 

If you're going to do something do it well. 

otherwise it's a waste of your time.

Seriously. I need to stamp those words to my forehead. On a good note, my crammed yet very hard work has paid off. I've gotten A's on all my midterms thus far! Only one left. One last push before I can breath again. I can do this. I know I can.

Also, during my journey of mental labour, I have acquired a few skills. I am a very creative break taker. Some of my activities over the past few days have included:

Virtual Makeovers

Late night snacking - bowl of watermelon, most genius idea ever.

Jbiebs "Under the Mistletoe." Naturally.  

P.S. He totally is a young version of Paul Wesley. (Stephen Salvator TVD)

Spending time with my Christmas love. Sorry Timothy, that is how you will be addressed from now on.

Modern family episodes

Gecko catching - I've caught two this week!

Bike riding.

Dancing. 

It's been a rough, but wonderful couple of weeks. 

Good luck to all of you taking midterms as well!

Sincerely

The Mrs.

Call me inapropriate,

...but I laughed at this.

(oh the funnies of living in married housing.)

Sincerely

The Mrs.

Call me a nerd,

but I am loving this middle part trend thing thats going on.

Sincerley

Mrs. Nerdypants

I did it!

Sorry this is a bit past due, but...

I DID IT!

I ran my first Half Marathon! Two words to describe it would be

  brutal  &  AWESOME!

As for the race being brutal, the blame is on me. I had been previously warned that a "trail" half marathon is far different than a road one, but I chose to close my ears. I assumed that trail meant a little bumps and rocks here and there... I had no idea that it mean mountain here and everywhere! Okay so maybe I am exaggerating. But! I am being completely honest when I say that it felt like it was at least 40% uphill. My muscles and lungs handled everything great, my joints were another story. See, if I over exert my knees, they fill with fluid, and my knees were definitely not prepared for those hills. The last four miles were excruciatingly painful. Going downhill was the hardest part, even more so than uphill, just because of the pressure it put on my crybaby joints. When I reached the finish line, I started crying. I was so exhausted. Tim's embrace was the most wonderful thing to collapse into.

Moving on to the awesome part, I got to run this race with my Mother. She is amazing. She actually got lost for a while and ran 14.5 miles! She also did missionary work while running with a less active. Go Mamma! Also, while running the race I got to see some of the most beautiful scenes in the world. It was magical.It's also awesome knowing that I accomplished a really hard thing. Besides my knees hurting the first day, I wasn't a tad bit sore the day after - so awesome! I'm motivated, inspired! I want to run another one right now! Running that race was so rewarding. If you even have a little inkling of desire to maybe run one someday, start today! 
It is so worth it.

Sincerely

The Mrs.

A couple things I thought you should know.

I love it when you

wake me up with kisses

kill the bugs for me

throw me over your shoulder

tell me i'm not allowed jog in the dark

insist on carrying all the groceries home

run your fingers through my hair

become a boy again while watching BYU football

give me the smile that means you're up to no good

dance in the kitchen

kiss me on campus

insist that you are european 

watch vampire diaries with me

use words like "dorkus-malorcus" and "rudie"

sing me songs from our love playlist

say bedtime prayers

get passionate about photoshop


laugh at my jokes


hug my waist from behind


You. are. amazing.


Today I wanted to wish a


Happy birthday to the man


 who tells me I'm beautiful everyday


who makes all my insecurities disappear

supports me in every decision I make


who wipes away every tear


who loves me unconditionally 

I love you.

Sincerely

Your Mrs.

Morning routine

I love Hawaii because... 

...even on days like these, I never half to spend more then two seconds on my hair. 

P.S. It is TIM ZEMP'S birthday tomorrow! I've been counting down to this day for months! #jumpingforjoy.

P.S.S. Yes I did just use a hash tag in a blog post.#prettyawesome.

The Lord works in mysterious ways.

So when I auditioned for choir, I also auditioned for a group called "broadway cabaret," It's a vocal group of 16 people who sing and dance to more theatrical and modern songs. For the auditions we learned a dance to "you can't stop the beat" from hairspray, I had zero doubts, I knew that I was going to get in. In fact I thought it was going to be way too easy (Hairspray is just my cup of tea you see.) At the audition I felt great, I nailed the dance and had a blast. It was to my shock when I found out that I didn't make it!? I was devastated. I just didn't understand. The next week were the dance team auditions, so I went and tried out. I was really nervous; dancing, like singing is my passion, and I hadn't really danced for an entire year. I felt rusty and out of my element, also, since i've been running, my legs have tightened up immensely and my flexibility wasn't where is used to be either. Nonetheless I worked my absolute hardest. There were 30 girls at tryouts and only 8 spots open for dancers.

I am now officially apart of the Seasider Dance Team!

Let me elaborate on what that means:

pompoms

toe touches

high ponytails

uniforms

basketball games

cheering

performing

halftime shows

red and gold

perm smiles

high kicks

I am so grateful and so blessed. Honestly if I had been apart of broadway cabaret I wouldn't of had time to do the dance team and probably wouldn't have even auditioned. The Lord knows the real desires of our hearts and he knows what is best for us. I didn't understand before, but I do now!

Go Seasiders! 

I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm  

Sincerely

The Mrs.

Delicious

General Conference is awesome. The speakers are awesome, the talks are awesome and the spirit is just so...awesome. I love cuddling up with a notepad and listening to what the brethren have in store. I also love to make yummy food. I find it fitting,  while we are spiritually feasting, why not physically feast too? This weekend I made Cafe Rio salad dressing, and trust me, if I can make it, it's fool proof. You'll want to give this little number a try! 

A delicious meal for a delicious occasion.

Cafe Rio Style Creamy Tomatillo Salad Dressing

(Makes about 2 1/2 cups of dressing, recipe adapted from a recipe for Cafe Rio Dressing, Chicken, and Rice.) 

2 cups prepared Ranch Dressing (I usually use a packet of Hidden Valley Ranch buttermilk mix, but you can make your own Homemade Buttermilk Ranch Dressing or Buttermilk Dressing if you prefer)

1 small bunch cilantro, large stems removed (about 1/2 cup chopped cilantro)

2 large or 4 small tomatillos

1/2 tsp. minced garlic

2 T fresh lime juice

1 tsp. Green Tabasco sauce or 1 diced jalapeno pepper

Prepare Ranch dressing according to directions on the package or recipe you're following and set aside.

Remove large cilantro stems, then wash leaves and spin dry or dry with paper towels. Add cilantro to food processor fitted with the steel blade and pulse until finely chopped. (If you don't have a food processor, I'd chop all ingredients well by hand and then blend dressing in a blender.)

Add tomatillos, garlic, lime juice, and Green Tabasco or chopped jalapeno to the food processor and pulse until ingredients are finely pureed. Add the 2 cups of prepared dressing and pulse just a few times, until ingredients are well combined. Chill dressing for an hour or two and serve.

Sincerely

The Mrs.

I think my heart just stopped beating.

It's official baby! I'm a combination of

{scared, excited, overwhelmed, exhilarated, anxious and motivated}

all at the same time! Only fifteen more days!

Sincerely
The Mrs.

So it's kinda a mental thing...

The other night I was about to go on a run. In my head, this run was huge! I was going to be running my longest distance yet, eight miles. For you eight miles may not be that far, but for me, achieving this personal goal was a big deal. I had been mentally preparing/dreading all day. Finally, when it came time to run, disaster struck: I couldn't find my nike+ shoe insert. How was I supposed to know when I had run eight miles without it? (So dramatic I am sometimes.) After ten minutes of vigorous searching I finally found it. Of course it had been in my shoe the entire time. Pushing my minor setback aside, I laced up and was all ready to go. Then disaster number two struck. I had found my shoe insert, but it wouldn't sync with my ipod. I was on the verge on a meltdown, all I could think about was how it was getting to dark outside to run and that I could have been two miles in already. After 20 minutes of trying to get it to work, I announced to Tim that I couldn't go on my run any more, it was all ruined. (Even more dramatic I am sometimes.)Then before I knew it, chariots of fire was playing and Tim was running towards me in slow motion. It totally won me over, I dropped the attitude and decided I could still do my run, and that instead of dreading it, I was going to enjoy it. Also on the plus side, my nike+ started working! 

Attitude is everything

Some days a three mile run absolutely kills me, but those eight miles were honestly the easiest I've ever ran. And because of it, I've finally decided to commit to running the Gunstock Trail Half Marathon on October 15th. Should be an adventure!

Sincerely

The Mrs.

P.S. Thanks again Mr.Zemp for being the best husband in the universe :)

My favourite

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I stole this from pinterest.

It reminded me of why Fall is my favourite season.

In honour of Fall I tried wearing a sweater today, haha it didn't last very long. Fall you will be missed!

Sincerely 

The Mrs.

P.S. First episode of Glee last night, loved it! So excited for what this season has in store.

Sound of music.

You will LOVE this song if you haven't heard it.

Sincerely

The Mrs.

Time flies.

I don't know why, but I always found it somewhat weird/awkward when people would comment on how much I had grown or changed. It's like they were complementing you... or at least you think? Or at least you hope? But then they aren't really saying anything to complement you either. How are you supposed to respond? With a thank you maybe? Anyways, despite my feeling for those types of comments I am going to make one myself.

Oh my lanta my Kennedy has grown up! 

She just made the cheer squad yesterday and I am so proud of her!

Congratulations Kennedy!

It seriously weirds me out that she is in high school...

Sincerely 

The Mrs.

p.s. Chelan next year this will be matlin!