Saturday, August 27, 2011

The Close of a Beautiful Summer

     The end of summer is a bittersweet time. It means moving back to college and leaving my best friends-my family. It also means I get to move to a whole town of people my age. :) While I loved *almost* every minute of this summer, I was still so excited to move back to Provo. But not before finishing off the summer with a few last hurrahs!



     First of all, I got to run my first half marathon with my good friends Kirsten and Jessica. It was a beautiful, cool run at night, and quite possibly the best run of my life. 





Then my cute cousins came and stayed with us for a 
couple days. It was so much fun to have them here!



Braiden is the King of funny faces!


Blake is such a sweetheart :)

I turned 19, finally! :) This is at my last week of work.


Do I look older? Hah! I wish. ;)



     And now, I am all moved in to my new apartment. Luckily goodbyes have never been too hard for me, my mom, and Allie, because by the time we are all unpacked and done shopping, we are too tired to care! But I sure will miss these two--my favorite girls in the world!


Mmmm. :) I guess my family wants me to get the 
freshman 15 as a sophomore. But I am very thankful 
for all the delicious birthday treats.


Here is a picture of my desk, all moved in!


And now the new adventures begin! Starting with making
homemade peach cobbler (which turned out to be delicious)
and a late night swim in the cold pool. I can already tell 
that this is going to be an awesome year. :)


Sunday, August 14, 2011

California Girls

      A couple of weeks ago, me and Ms. Al Bal were lucky enough to be invited to California with Kat and Patti!!! :)  Everything ended up working out just perfectly so that we could go sort of last minute. And let me just say, we had the time of our lives!

     We loved swimming in the ocean at Newport Beach, riding on a ferry, looking at creatures in the tide pools at Laguna Beach, eating at delicious places like Bubba Gump's, The Rainforest Cafe, and The Cheesecake Factory, walking around Downtown Disney, and of course....





...going to Disneyland and California Adventure! Oh how we loved this magical place. I haven't been to Disneyland since I was seven, so it was practically a new experience for me. There were so many fun rides (my favorites? California Screamin' and Tower of Terror, of course!), beautiful princesses, and neat things to look at. I also LOVED the parade.











     Oh, and I almost forgot! Here are some cupcakes me and Allie made to celebrate our trip.

     Thanks a million for letting us tag along, Kat and Patti. :) We loved every minute of it!