Baby Broke Down Today

I was driving down to Orem today when Baby broke down. I was going up the mountain when I called Papa and told him that I didn't think my car would make it. He said not to worry and that my car would be fine until I got to Amy and Nick's place. Well long story short, my car didn't make it to their house. I was ALMOST to the Lindon and Baby started slowing down and flashing all the lights at me. I was lucky to get pulled over to the side of the road just in time for it to actually die on me. Even the hazard lights wouldn't work, so I called good ole Papa once again. He got AAA on the phone and they said they'd be there soon. In the mean while Bryan came to let me sit in his nice AC and got me drink :D Then a little later AAA showed up, and Papa! So my Baby was hooked up and towed away to the VW dealer in Provo. Hopefully things will go alright and they can fix her and soon.

Papa watching AAA Man hooking my Baby up!

Talking to the AAA Man

Baby in the midst of being towed :( My Poor Baby!

Thanks for everything everyone! It was a crazy day as we got my car to the shop and had to UNload everything in my car into Papa's rental car, and Amy and Nick's car. I am grateful that my parents are out here visiting for the week and are able to help with everything that's going on!! I LOVE YA'LL!!!! :D

Night @ the Dunes

So last night we celebrated Naomi, Megan, and my birthdays. We had cake and ice cream at our place, then headed out to the dunes for a bonfire. Matt and I played fluffy bunny (or chubby bunny), and I won! Not by much, but I did, then I had to spit it all out but it was fun anyway. Then Ely made a mad dash to jump into one of our pictures and landed on the sand, so I ended up sitting on his knees and we fell over laughing. Then we just hung out and had fun and headed home. It ended up being a good night and we all had some fun. I'm going to miss my friends up here, but know I'll be back to visit! :D

Matt and I stuffing our mouths...

Me TOTALLY winning! lol

Me, Mikey, Chad, Ely, Hannah, and Naomi goofying off

Ely and I with Marissa after she just pushed me into him! not nice lol!

So moving right along....

DERRICK's HOME!!

:D

Just thought I'd let everyone know! I'm glad he's home and we talk often. I really missed having my best friend around for the last 2 years but I know he was doing what he was meant to do and I am VERY proud of him! Welcome home Derrick!

The page is turning

As the semester ends this chapter of my life is coming to a close, however it turns the page for the next to start. I'm fighting the change and being stubborn (like always lol), but it seems I am moving yet again! I've been trying to figure things out for awhile now and I wanted to stay as close to Rexburg as possible, but it seems that the Lord wants me in Utah. I am however glad that I'm still out west. I know I've been the person to say I would never live out west, but as I have lived out here for the past 3 years, I've grown to love it. Don't get me wrong I love it back east and I'm a BIG southern girl at heart and will always be, but for now this is home. Provo here I come...

I am excited to be closer to my sisters again of course, and my new niece Rylee Ann! I just wish that my new nephew Dominic Weston was closer to me (along with his family :D) Rylee was born on June 20th, to my oldest sister Heather and this was her first. Then on the July 4th, Dominic was born to my second oldest sister Laura. This means that little Miss. Bethany is now a BIG sister! I'm glad to have both of these new kids in our family! Congrats y'all!

Also I just wanted to say how EXCITED I am, Derrick comes home in less than a week now! I get my best friend back, no matter how things workout, I'll be glad to have him back. I've missed just calling him up and talking about the everyday life and hanging out.

Anyway I should get, I have some studying to do for finals in just 2 weeks!!!! CRAZY how this semester went by sooo fast. Love y'all!

Too good to be true!

i had gone too long without being sick and I thought it was too good to be true! Well today I woke up swollen once again. However it wasn't my eye; it was my lips tounge and its spread to my throat. I went to the doctors and of course they are trying benadryl in double doses. So far it's not helping at all. So hopefully things will get better soon and I'll be back to normal, whatever that is :( I'll let ya know what goes down.

*Devotional*

A couple weeks ago my friend Emily spoke in church and told some funny stories. However these stories made you step back and realize that the church leaders are human just like us. As she told stories of her family and how she can't wait for Grandpa to come visit this week you just stand in awe. Did I mention my friend Emily's last name... Eyring! (Some how I make friends with Pres. Monson's granddaughter AND Pres. Erying's, I must be doing something right lol!) Anyway President Eyring is her grandfather, and he was yesterday's devotional speaker. He spoke on the miracle of the Rexburg temple, and BYU-I, and how they are special. He said as he drives into town it always appears as if the temple is on campus, which it does look like. Because of this we are blessed that we are able to attend 2 of the Lord's school's to learn and grow according to His will. Anyway I just thought I'd share a little of what's happened this week for me.

Roommate Pics

Thursday we went to the garden's here on campus and did some service for the school. We helped to plant herbs and flowers throughout the gardens. Which lead us to the thought of, roommate picture with all of our hard work. So Friday night came and we headed over and had some fun. Here's just some of what we took! Enjoy!

Naomi, Megan, Marissa, Me Naomi and Me
Naomi, Marissa, Megan and Me
One of my personal favs!
I couldn't resist! My country side was dying to splash around!
The willows
Tree Climbing
Peek-A-Boo

Start of an AMAZING trip- Wednesday

Alright so I decided to break my vacation down into days so it wasn't one big massive post. So here's the start of my trip.

I headed down to Provo on Tuesday afternoon and stayed the night with Nick and Amy (thanks!) This way I could leave my car with them and not have to pay for airport parking. Wednesday Amy took me up to the airport so I could catch my flight to Oakland, CA! When I got there I arrived a little early so I had to wait a couple of min before Frankie and Ashley showed up. Their Grandma Sue came and picked us up and we were on our way to Turlock, CA for the week. Once we got there I meet their Dad, Michelle, and her son Austin, then later on Grandpa Joe and others. We just relaxed around the house that night and of course watched American Idol. What a way to start of vacation.

Hope you all enjoy the days to come...

Thursday- Fishing

Thrusday Ashley, Frankie, their dad, and I went fishing at a BEAUTIFUL place! I hadn't been fishing since I was about 8 or so when Jenkin had taken us, so this was an experience for me. However, I caught the biggest fish of the day :D alright maybe we only caught 2 fish we weren't there that long, but still I was proud of myself! Here's some amazing pics of the place.

The 3 of them fishing

I caught a fish!!!!

Their dad holding it, i hate fish so I refused to touch it lol

Frankie and his little fish

Friday & Saturday- Graduation

Kevin (Ashley and Frankie's brother)  graduated high school Friday night! So we all went to support him. It was completely different from what we are used to, but it was still nice. It was out on the football field and so casual. Ashley and I felt over dressed in our causal dresses, but we just laughed.

Frankie and Me waiting for the festivies to start

Kevin and his best friend

Look at that graduate! Way to go Kevin!

We made him put on his cap and gown again at the end of the party Sat for pics lol

What a yummy and good looking cake!

Sunday- Lake!

Sunday we got up bright and early and headed off to the lake to relax. It was fun just hanging out getting to know everyone just a little better :D

Grilling out yummy food!

Frankie and Me

Ashley and Me on the boat

Frankie, Me, Ashley, Michelle, Larry

Leaving the lake this is what we saw!

Once back at Grandma Sue's it was time for the aloe!

After such a long day we were all so worn out and in pain we fell asleep pretty fast.