goodbye provo

My roommates took me out to dinner for my last night in Provo. The OG crew took me out the night before that. It was good being able to see everyone before I left! I love my friends! = ]

Charmaine and Whitney took me to the airport. We stopped at Denny's for breakfast on the way!
                                                  I love these girls!

                                                    hahahahahahah

                                    My roommates and I went out to Brickoven for my last night in Provo.

                                                    It was delicious!

Whitney put together a little 'going away' dinner at applebees with pretty much the whole OG crew! It was great!

                                                 Me and Christian!

                                                 Me and the twinners!

                                                  Me and David B!

                                                   Me and Loren!

a quick look at spring semester '08

Spring semester has been alot of fun! Here is an overview of what I've been up to the last couple months while livin at the glenwood! = ]

                                                              FHE dinner activity. = ]

                        We threw Amanda a birthday party for her 20th! It was a success!

                                                Amanda and I after her birthday breakfast.

                                             Our ward went to Utah Lake to ride canoes. 

                                   Ana, me, and Amanda were having a little too much fun!

                                        Us during sunset waiting for the other canoes to get in.

                                              Amanda & Marianne before our FHE dinner.

                                                 Me and Kadi grabbin lunch at Cafe Rio.

                                                  Me and Kadi at Pudding on the Rice.

                               Me and my roommates after church, my last Sunday before CA.

                                                   Amanda, Marci, and Ana being crazy!

                                             The girls having a pillowfight. They are wild.

California Trip, part 2 + St. George

After my Temecula trip to visit Liz, I spent a few days at Christian's house in Lake Arrowhead, right by San Bernadino. On the drive back to Provo, we stayed a few days at Whitney's house in St. George. We did a bunch of exciting things throughout the week:

  Me, Christian & Whitney went and saw the latest Indiana Jones movie. Afterwards we went to Chili's for dinner.

We visited Christian's grandma in Mission Viejo, CA. Then we went to the fashion district in L.A. 

                       We were in the car for a loooong time....and I got bored, obviously.

On the way home from CA, we stopped & stayed in St. George with Whitney's family. We climbed the red cliffs. This is overlooking St. George.

      We had a bonfire with a bunch of Whitney's friends. Jeff from work came too! It was fun.

fun times in temecula

So I forgot to post pictures when I got back from my trip, but my mother made sure to remind me. So I will recap on california trip #1:

Liz's brother, Kenz, turned 16 while I was in town. So we got chinese food and saw Narnia-Prince Caspian. This was after our exciting day! 
We went to the beach and got to see the sunset. It was beautiful. The water was pretty cold, but we still had a good time.

Liz and I went to see Wicked at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood. This was inside the theater...soon after taking this picture, a guy came over and reprimanded us for taking pictures in a no picture taking area. oops!

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! = ]