Catching Up

It's about time for an update I think. So here goes. :) I finally have time to catch up because fall semester is over! Another semester down, about 3 more to go... Slow and steady wins the race though. :)

I'm most excited about the Christmas season!!! It is quite honestly my favorite time of year. There is nothing more warming than a spirit of giving in the air. I love that everyone wishes you Happy Holidays even when you don't know them. Every store clerk, every bank teller, all family members, it's a great thing! Last night, I went on a date to the Nutcracker Ballet! My family usually goes every year but this year I wasn't going to get to go. My date surprised me and that's where we ended up. I forget how fun it is to get lost in that story. If I wasn't in the Christmas mood before, I am now! In fact I decided to watch White Christmas with another friend tonight-you can't get much more Christmas Classic than that :) It's my other all-time favorite Christmas show! I've got all my shopping done except for a present for my mom. What do you get someone who has given you everything?! It's hard to know. :)

Christmas always reminds me of the things that I'm thankful for, which leads me to something else I wanted to post. I was really privileged to get to be in this news story for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Utah. I have such a special place in my heart for this foundation because they touched my life forever. I couldn't be more grateful for the people that put this together and for everyone who granted my wish seven years ago. Here's the link-Enjoy!
http://www.abc4.com/content/news/slc/story/Power-of-a-Wish-seven-years-later/VQ8CnIVHLEK53_fvzG7mNw.cspx

Back To School....Sorta :)

Well, Fall semester is underway and I can't say that i'm totally excited but i'm glad to keep moving on destination diploma. I'm done with all my generals thankfully though, which means I have a lot more classes that I enjoy. I can't wait to move out again and be back in the swing of full college life. Ya can't hate it. :) It's been fun being home for the summer though. Especially with my sister planning her wedding and making lots of trips up here.
Anyway, i thought it was hi time for an update so I decided to just do a quick one. Hopefully I'll have some good pictures soon too. Happy Back To School Everyone!

CALIFORNIA BABY!!!!!

So, here's the scoop! Last weekend i went with my best friend Karlee and 7 boys to California. Yeah, need i say more?!? It was a total blast! I think it seriously was the funnest trip i've taken in a long time. We stayed on the beach and played in the ocean....ah..I LOVED it!! I have tons of pictures so it was hard to choose some but here's a few. :)

Here's the back seat crew! Blake Trevor and Karlee!!

Me and Brigham in the front! He's such a crazy-really with the bunny ears right now? :)

This is on Thursday night when we first started the road trip...

Aaand this is in Beaver on the tow truch after Brig's engine blew...yeah that happened! We had to be towed back to provo, then drive to Morgan, pick up a new car from Brig's house, sleep for 2 hours, and start over again! (Blake went on to Cali with the other car of guys so it was just us 4)

Round 2-me and brig in the front...

Karlee and Trev in the back. (Trevor's sleeping with the blanket over him)

We finally made it to the beach! Hurray!!! :)

After we finally got a HOT shower. We were happy. :)

Downtown Disney!!!!

On the ferris wheel at Huntington Beach Pier!

Me and Kar...and the pretty sunset. (It was much better in real life)

All the guys....well, being guys. :)

M&M Factory in Vegas on our way home. Look at all those M&Ms!! And look at that cute red one checkin me out :)

One last pic before we leave Vegas and end our trip! The Fab Five!!!

Busy Busy Busy

My goodness my life is crazy these days! I feel like I'm just going all the time. It's kinda fun though. :) I've started another semester of school (with 17 credits! Yikes!) so that's taking up some time, and i work as a part time nanny for 3 kids. They are absolutely adorable!! It's so fun to play with them. Here are some pics. The ones of the girls by themselves are from when i curled their hair for a big extended family picture they were taking. Coming from a fam of all girls I feel like this is my specialty. :) The poor little boy has to play dress up and dolls no matter what because the girls say so. :) Haha, it's great.

Christmas was SO fun. I was sad to take down all the decorations and stop listening to Christmas music. It makes me excited for next year though. :) These are some pictures of my sisters and i at the Nutcracker Ballet. We go every year but this was special because all five of us got to go together. Plus my sweet little niece came too. She was so excited! :)