Sunday, July 31

the end of a good thing.

Welp, Spring's over :(
i don't think i've ever been so sad about having to be done with a semester. i seriously just wish i could go back and stay living like this forever haha. Don't get me wrong, i'm so stoked that classes are out...but not so much for everything else. Steph and i moved all of our stuff over to the Tustians since we're gonna live here for the 7week break. Tustian even invited us to dinner and to ride some horses that he had at his place so Chad came with us- he looked so cute on a horse :) Then it was time for finals week, which luckily wasn't too hard for me. i had a couple projects to finish and two tests in the testing center but it wasn't too overwhelming at all. My roommates and i even had a s'mores night at the new fire-pit the just built at Nauvoo and then all of us and our boys watched Heavyweights. I love my life. But eventually the week came to an end and it was time to say goodbye.
i. hate. goodbyes.
Seriously, saying goodbye to him was the suckiest thing ever! I don't think i've ever cried so much :( and unfortunately i don't know what to expect really...Texas is way farther than i even want to think about and January is a long ways from now. Chances are he'll probably forget about me by then. What the heck, why do things always have to happen like this. i went over before he left Friday afternoon- and just felt sick to my stomach the whole time, seriously like actually aching because i hate thinking it's over- and i just wanted to sit there with him and not let him leave. we said goodbye again and i was crying again before i even made it down the stairs. Sucks. i miss him so much already and it's only been like a week...ugh. Okay, enough complaining.
So Friday morning Tustian called to see how i was doing (he knew that the goodbye would be coming soon) and to ask when we'd be coming over that night seeing as how we're living with them now. Steph and i still had clean-checks (aka torture) to finish so we told him it'd be awhile. But then a few hours later, before i went to Chad's, Tustian called again and invited us to go with their family to Montana. They were already planning on going, kinda a family trip, and figured we were family now so they wanted us to come. It was actually perfect, with the timing and all. So that evening we drove over, literally threw some clothes in a suitcase in like 10 minutes, and jumped in the car with them and drove to Montana. Haha, crazy?! We got to Bri's moms house at like 2 the next morning and finally got to go to bed-talk about a long couple days huh? We had no idea how long we'd be there or what we were going to do but i absolutely loved it! The fact that we just packed up and went with them was the best. I am falling in love with their kids! Tucker, Teagan, Tanner, Trevor, and Tori. Yup, all T's just like Trent, ha. We ended up spending a day at the fair and rodeo which was SO FUN and doing lot's of projects around the house for Nana. We stayed for about a week and although i was glad to go back to Rexburg i had a great time in Montana! Bri's sister and mom and aunt that we spent a lot of time with are sooo nice and fun to be around. We spent a lot of nights laughing and talking and just being goofs. Perfection.
So now we're back in Idaho, living at the Tustians and it's time to go back to work!

Saturday, July 16

before i die, i want to...

So for a class i had to do this project, my Creed Document, and one of the things in it is my bucket list. Here's some of mine:


-shake hands with an Apostle
-learn how to solve a Rubik's cube
-graduate from BYU-Idaho
-go to a major league sporting event for each sport
-learn to play the piano
-go to a country music concert
-try surfing
-milk a cow
-go on a cruise
-learn/become fluent in another language
-ride a mechanical bull
-go to Washington D.C.
-go to the Olympics
-visit Church history sites
-learn to say I LOVE YOU in 20 different languages
-try zumba
-go parasailing
-tour Hearst's Castle
-be part of a flash mob/lip dub
-learn to ice skate
-drive my Jeep on the Rubicon or another famous trail
-write a book
-go fishing
-be in the newspaper
-visit Arlington National Cemetary
-eat sushi
-play mud football
-shoot clay pigeons
-try snorkeling
-meet somebody famous
-go to Italy
-go on a safari
-set foot on all 7 continents
-particiapte in breaking a world record
-visit the Smithsonian museums
-learn sign language
-buy my own car
-try sailing
-try indoor skydiving
-watch a meteor shower all night
-learn a magic trick
-plant and harvest my own garden
-visit Auschwitz
-watch the sunrise on the East coast and sunset on the West coast
-go through as many temples as i can
-have a star named after me/bought for me
-visit the Statue of Liberty
-tour the Hershey chocolate factory
-be in a movie/commercial
-see the Grand Canyon
-go to a rodeo
-go to a deserted island
-build something by myself out of wood

Tuesday, July 5

Happy Birthday America!!

LOVE these girls!!


seriously, how handsome is he?! ;)
they like eachother, haha, promise.
I love 4th of July! And this one was the best if all. We had a 3 day weekend so there was no school Monday, it being the 4th and all. Most of my roommates went out of town so it was just Juls and I in the apartment. Friday night Chad and I watched a movie, the great debaters, with James and his girlfriend- it was a pretty good movie. These guys at their apartment complex set off some big fireworks in the fire-pit outside so it was kinda chaotic for a bit, but funny nonetheless. Then Saturday we played volleyball in the sandpit all morning. It was way hot Saturday, i even got a little sunburned believe it or not. After doing some laundry and homework and taking a nice relaxing nap in our quiet apartment, Juls got home from the library and Chad came over so we all went to get a pizza from where his sister works and watched a movie. I couldn't imagine a better way to spend my time :) After Chad left Juls and i pulled out our mattresses and had a sleepover in the living room and watched another movie, haha. We went to church with Chad the next morning and then the boys came back home with us and we made a fabulous tri-tip dinner- they LOVED it. Eventually roommates started coming back home and we made plans for the 4th.
There's a big fireworks show in Idaho Falls so we decided to go to that. We packed some hotdogs and drinks and drove out to the river where they shot the fireworks from...there were so many people there!! We played card games and hung out for a long time until finally..the fireworks started! They were so awesome and sitting there with Chad was the best way i could think of to spend it.