Iowa {Part 2}

The next couple days of the trip 

were filled with Wedding business. 

(Obvious being that was the reason we were there...)

Early on Thursday we set up 

for the reception, 

then later in the afternoon 

I went with Jamie and Gaff while they 

took some of their wedding pictures. 

I became the official bouquet holder. 

The first stop was the temple which was gorgeous 

It was a stormy day. 

But, still beautiful! 

Evidence of the lack of mountains in this place. 

We headed to a pond near Council Bluffs to 

take some more wedding pictures. 

Here's some shots I took while being SO 

extremely busy being the bouquet holder... 

One of Gaffney's groomsmen, Jesse, came along as 

well, and we ended up chatting with this 

old man for quite a while. 

Who knew you could fish with an old broom

handle and some string...

The next day was 

the WEDDING DAY. 

So great!

I forgot my recommend so that added some excitement 

into the day.. but once that was taken care of, 

everything went perfectly. 

Iowa {Pt. 1}

It's crazy to think that Jamie is a married woman now. 

We all headed out to Iowa 

to be with her and Gaff on their big day. 

It's about a 14 hour drive out. 

I almost shot myself. 

But, once we arrived, 

the tour of the great Midwest began. 

I'm not going to lie.

I was skeptical about Iowa (and Nebraska).

But, it proved me wrong. 

It's so green

and has rolling hills. 

No mountains either, 

so you can see for miles. 

On the first night there, 

we headed into Omaha, NE. 

Omaha is so hip, so with it, so now. 

No, but really. 

We stopped of at the Pedestrian Bridge

(The lovely location of Jamie and Gaff's Engagement)

It's a bridge that covers the Missouri River 

and is in both Nebraska and Iowa. 

And you can see the stadium for the 

College World Series from it. 

Pretty sweet. 

Then we headed to The Old Market. 

Favorite part of Omaha.

It had cobble stone roads! 

There are tons of shops

grills, 

restaurants,

candy shops, 

ice cream shops, 

bars, 

pubs. 

You name it,

it was there. 

Free pie even!

About a block away from The Old Market

is the Wax Slides. 

They are just your regular, metal slides. 

BUT...when you ride down them with 

wax paper, everything changes. 

Quite the thrill ride if you ask me. 

 

Omaha, I like you a lot. 

Let's play again soon yeah?

 

Oh hey. It's now in the 50's

 I sometimes have a feeling I should stay home from the mish  and marry DERRICK ROSE , but then I think, mmm... better not.

JOKE. 

Nothing's holding me back from spreading the gospel

 to the people of Argentina, 

wellll....maybe if Taysom  Hill professed his love for me

 I would extend my date a transfer or two,...but anywho.... 

59 days until I enter the MTC!!! 

UPDATE

I'm done with my second year of school. 

I am done with generals and actually taking classes I enjoy.

Have I ever mentioned what my major and minors are?

Well, if not, here they are: 

Major: Anthropology 

Minor: Non-Profit Management 

Minor: International Development  

Pretty great. 

My classes challenge me to see the world in a new light, and I love that. 

I am home. 

And have already mowed my lawn..twice and I haven't been home a week yet. 

Nothing too exciting going on. 

Just on the hunt for a job, 

but I am discovering fast that no one

 wants to hire a girl for less than two months of work. 

But, it's great to be home and take a breather

 before jumping into the great opportunity which will soon await me! 

Rearranged the room and re-did the chalkboard wall. First time since I painted it back in
high school! Big step here folks. 

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Went to Women's Conference down in Provo for a couple of  days.
So awesome!

Went on a walk to the duck pond before I left Provo and saw the baby duckies

Went on a river hike before heading home to Idaho. I just love my Chacos so much.

Don't worry guys, 

I'll keep you all updated

 on my SUPER exciting life before the mish.