Due to popular demand......I'm back!

Wow, has it really been that long since my last post! Well thanks to all my naggy friends (love ya guys), I have returned to the blogging world. So much has happened since March I don’t even know where to start. Let’s start with the most recent and work backwards. I finally made the big move to Provo, Utah. Jerm and my mom helped me make the move. I could tell my family was excited to get me out of the house because at about 7 in the morning on the morning I was making the drive up, I woke up and all my stuff was packed into the car except my bedding. I got up to go to the bathroom and when I came out my bed was already gone. They definitely wasted no time. I must say, it’s nice to not wake up every morning to Alex singing songs to Zero “you are so nice, you are a dog, we are friends, yes we are” (yes they were that bad). I don’t miss sleeping on a bed in the middle of the living room, Jeremy constantly jumping out and scaring me, or Noah one inch away from my face saying “you awake assin?” , yes noah, I am now. It’s nice to be on my own again. So Anyways, I live with Brittany Hewitt. I work at the Outback Steakhouse (yes, still…) in Orem and I am currently on the prowl for a day job……….and a husband.. jk…….but seriously. The last week in July we went on our annual trip to San Diego, as a family. It was a good time as always, and we even spent a day at Disneyland! Sometime in July, all my girlies got together and we took a day trip to LA for the taping of “So You Think You Can Dance”. We partied the whole car ride up, except Tammy cause she was driving so everyone ignored her. We got hand picked and put in the “hot girl line”, which is strategically placed in front of the stage. This is not an exaggeration either, it was actually really sad to watch them do. Welcome to Hollywood right?! Then on the way home, I drove and everyone said they would help me stay awake. One by one my friends fell asleep. Little did they know, I slept half the way home. My lovely sister Mary got married in June to her Harvard hunk Ron in Kauai! We are so happy to have Ron as part of our family, even though I know we are a little overwhelming at times, and we are so excited they got married in Kauai! We kayaked the Na Pali Coast (17 miles!!). It was so awesome and extremely tiring (especially since I had to drag Jen the whole way) hahahahaha. That was an inside joke, sorry guys. I met some random local who took me out to swim with wild dolphins. They were literally at arms length! We saw a lot of sea turtles and ate as many melona’s as we could. The trip was full of kicks and giggles and I’m sad I had to come back. Other events that happened included Scotlynn getting baptized, Marco was born, I met a kid online and he came to hawaii with the family, and I got a lizard. So there you have it. The last few months of my life in one big run on paragraph. I have been so blessed these last few months and I’d like to take the time to express my gratitude! First to my family who has spent countless hours and many late nights making sure that I was never alone and always happy. Thank you for always being there, even just to listen to me say the same things over and over again. You guys are my best friends and I couldn’t ask for a better family. Now I would like to thank my friends and their husbands. Thank you for dropping everything when I needed you most. And husbands thank you for letting me steal their precious time with you! My friends are like sisters to me and I don’t know who I would be without you guys! And last but not least, Id like to thank my Heavenly Father for giving me the opportunity to learn and experience things I would have not experienced otherwise. He has given me the best of friends and the most loving and unique family.

Birthday!!

My birthday was on March 28th! I'm 24 years old!!! Can you believe it? I can't. ha  For my birthday/Mary's birthday, My mom and I drove down to Newport, California to hang out with Mary and Ron! On friday we drove down to Rodeo Drive and walked around the shops. I found my dream ring at Tiffany's, and had to come to terms with the fact that I will never have it. ha My dog Harley pooped on Rodeo Drive, that was pretty awesome. We saw Keifer Sutherland. He was within arms reach, and I just gave a cheesy/creepy smile to him. After that, we went to Hollywood and saw the chinese theatre and walked down the "walk of fame". I saw the guy from "10 years younger", I think I'm the only person who would have recognized him ha. On Saturday the four of us rented bikes and road them up and down the boardwalk. I got a psychic reading and then Ron rented a boat that we drove around the bay and looked at all the gorgeous houses that were right on the water. It was so much fun. That night we went to Laguna and shopped and ate at a greek restaurant. There was a live band and people dancing, and our waiter was horrible ha but it made for a fun story. My birthday was so much fun and I would have done nothing different! Thanks MOM, RON, and MARY!!!!! you guys are the best!

Invictus

OUT of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbow'd.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

My Papa (mother's father) memorized this poem when he was young. It was his favorite poem. He has always been a great example in my life! I love you Papa!!