california lovin

i flew down to california on thursday to visit my dearest friend liz. its been way fun! we went to wicked the night i got in, visited her aunt in laguna the next day, and spent the day at the beach yesterday. its been pretty exciting. tomorrow we are either going to disneyland or san diego. either way, it'll be tons of fun! on wednesday, i meet up with my friends whitney & christian from work, and the following 5 days i will be spending in san bernadino with them and driving back and stopping in vegas and st. george before heading home. i know, quite the extensive vacation for me, but its back to work the day i get back.

well, ill add more details & pictures once i get back to p-town.

rowan & mother's day

i babysat rowan a few times this past week. she sure is something else. luckily, i've gotten quite a few laughs and smiles(and captured them), and of course some cries for mom, but i love babysitting her. she is sportin' her new shirt from me! (the multicolored one)

and today is mother's day, so i spent the evening with the tate's and had a great time. i would've gladly spent it with my mother in new jersey, but alas i was stuck in provo working at the beloved olive garden. but i hope you had a great mother's day, mom! love ya! = ]

change of pace, or so i thought...

Me & Julia working oh so hard at the BYU HS Invitational Track meet. Ok, we really did work hard...we were just on our lunch break.

Some of my fellow o.g. friends @ Bryson & Jaclyn's wedding reception!

My old/new roommates, Amanda & Kadi.

Alot of change has taken place the past couple weeks. Life was a little hectic, to say the least. With moving from one apartment to the next, (while being "homeless" for 3 days & partially living out of my car-thank you tates for letting me crash at your place!) and also being scheduled crazy amounts of work at the o.g. & training for a new position as a "To Go Specialist" as they like to call it. I thought this past week would calm down since I'm not taking any spring classes & only working, but alas, I was still super busy with long hours at work, working all day outside at the BYU HS Invitational Track meet (my face consequently looks like a tomato), babysitting my girl Rowan, attending a wonderful wedding reception, & getting adjusted in a new ward and a new apartment. But I survived another crazy week and am ready to take on a new one! I am now reunited with my roommates from freshmen year, and today we had the opportunity to attend a fireside where Elder Nelson spoke & also got to meet some new friends from my new apartment complex. So it was a nice, relaxing end of a crazy week! At first, all this change made me want to go home. I was a little depressed that everyone was leaving and I was staying in Provo. But I am getting adjusted to everything & am realizing that change isn't so bad after all. I have a lot of things to look forward to this spring & summer! = ]