"KEWWI! PLEASE WRITE ME!"

That's what Amanda asked me to write on her blog for her:

Kewwi, you need to wite Mandy a lettew (Mandy said "please, though"). Also, she asked that you get Macky to wite a lettew too.

(Okay, I took out all uses of the letter "r", but that's basically what she asked me to write.)

Here's Mandy's MTC address:

Sister Amanda Brook Allen

MTC Mailbox # 322

NM-ALB 0312

2005 N 900 E

Provo, UT 84604-1793

You can write and send letters to the MTC for free at www.dearelder.com. Her MTC departure date is March 12th (3/12).

Mission Address (for letters arriving after 3/12):

Hma. Amanda Allen

Albuquerque New Mexico Mission

4400 Presidential Drive, Suite E

Albuquerque, New Mexico 87109

United States

Thanks everyone.

--Matt

January 11

I love you all! See you in 18 months!! (:

PS. My Auntie Becky may or may not be posting my letters weekly on here.

<3

2011: A Few Things

1. I can't decide which album I would call the best album of 2011 since there were so many that I enjoyed.

2011's album enjoyables:

Bon Iver - Bon Iver
Alexander - Alexander Ebert
A Creature I Don't Know - Laura Marling
Safari Disco Club - Yelle
Ceremonials - Florence & the Machine
Rolling Blackouts - The Go! Team
Metals - Feist
Last Night on Earth - Noah and the Whale
Lights - Ellie Goulding
Algorithms - Milkman
Helplessness Blues - Fleet Foxes
Never Trust a Happy Song - Grouplove
Siberia - Lights
The Kind is Dead - The Decemberists
Mountaintops - Mates of State [3 stars: not their best album, but still good because it's MOS]

2011's song enjoyables:

Real goodness:

Somebody That I Used to Know - Gotye

Garbage radio goodness:

Love You Like a Love Song - Selena Gomez
Who Says - Selena Gomez
Best Love Song - T-Pain
Work Out - J Cole
What the Hell - Avril Lavigne
Whatever You Like - T.I. [timeless]






2. Last night I came to the realization that an ex-boyfriend may have in his possession one of my favorite sweaters. .. .

[sad]

3. 2011 was the 50 year anniversary of Breakfast at Tiffany's. [A top 3 favorite movie.]

<3

4. It has been a year full of much decision making and much [MUCH] learning. I finally figured out my responsibility is to choose righteously for myself the direction I want to go, not lose sleep trying to figure out the direction I'm supposed to go.

Yadadamean? Maybe not.

5. Matching 2011:

Twin onsies.

Triplet cardigans, white shirts, jeans, brown shoes.

Triplet wolf shirts.


Twin hair x 2.


Twin jackets.

Unfortunately, I don't have pictures of the matching cardigans that Heidi and I have. Or the matching sunglasses. Or the time that Jake and I wore matching black jackets. Or the matching tie dye American flag shirts that TylerA. and I made together.

6. Awkward pose tradition 2011:

Abigail's farewell.

Megan's farwell.


My farewell.

Adios 2011. It was real.