happy news.

Ohhh good things happened this weekend!  


1. I got a job! 
I'll be working at a frozen yogurt place called "Spoon It Up." 
2. My roommate, Mandi, GOT ENGAGED!
It happened Friday night.  We are very excited.  


Other than that, this weekend I did lots of homework and hung out with Ariel--we went to Brick Oven for dinner and watched BYU's Music Dance Theater Showcase afterward.  Hope you all had a good weekend! <3

Ariel at Brick Oven

towed.

Dallas lets me borrow his car sometimes.

Our apartment has been allotted two parking spaces.

And last night I parked Dallas’ car in one of those spaces. 

It got towed. 

I called parking enforcement and not-so-nicely explained that it’s MY parking spot!

The guy told me it didn’t matter if it was my spot, because my roommate called and asked him to tow it.  She hadn’t realized it was Dallas’ car.

We got the car back with a hefty fee.

Last night I cried about it.

Today I’m choosing to laugh about it. 

red and coop sing a song.

Cooper & Daniel serenade us from Jenna Carson on Vimeo.

green smoothies after yoga.

Tuesday and Thursday nights Dallas and I go to yoga and then drink green smoothies.  It’s the greatest.

dear valentine.

Dear Dream Man,

I don’t know where you are or what you’re doing, but I know you’re worth the wait.  You'll be glad to hear I’m not wasting my time with anyone else this Valentine’s Day.  

You don’t need to have massive muscles like Gerard Butler, you don’t need to buy me expensive things, you don’t need to be perfect; you just need to be the perfect one for me.  Oh, and it’d be cool if you like to run, drink green smoothies, and not eat a lot of meat.  But if you love meat I can probably live with that.  It’d also be really cool if you want to travel, learn different languages, and possibly join the Peace Corps :P  

Words to describe you (in no particular order) are: ambitious, motivated, hard-worker, kind, FUN, thoughtful, open-minded, loyal, honest, unique and (slightly) weird. 

One day we'll go to the temple together.  Perhaps we'll have a little cottage on the coast.  We'll plant a really big garden.  We'll have a cat and a dog.  We'll buy a grand piano.  We'll cook together, learn together, go hiking and running together, get a trampoline just so we can camp out under the stars, go dancing, leave love notes for each other, and so on. 

I can wait for you as long as it takes. In the meantime, I'm working really hard to become the best woman I can so that I can be your perfect Valentine someday.

Love,
Jenna  

thoughts at 2 in the morning

It’s really late—or maybe really early.  I have a 7 a.m. class in 5 hours.  I’ve been doing homework for my American Literary History class and still have a lot to read, but I felt like I needed to stop and write a few lines.

Lately I’ve felt so overwhelmed in life—but in the best sense of the word.  I want to live every bit of life and soak it all up and rejoice in it and thank God for it and share my happiness with everyone around me.  I’ve been having these liberating moments of peace.  I’ve been noticing the beauty around me.  I’ve been blessed with patience and understanding when I pray and when I take some time to just let my thoughts flow wherever they need to when I’m in the temple.  I’ve been noticing how God blesses me whenever I ask for His guidance and strength.  I love that Christ is in me and that I am in Him, and how we are all part of this HUGE plan that we can’t even begin to comprehend.  I love that God’s divinity is made manifest in all His creations.  How can anyone doubt Him?  Just look around; God is in the nature around us.  I feel his presence.  I can’t ask for anything more.          

This is a simple picture that might not seem like much, but when I took it, I was thinking about how life is about cherishing the simple moments when we can feel God’s love surround us.  Seeing the bright sunshine on the snow reminded me to step back and be amazed at His creations.  I take too much for granted.