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. 

REAL Friendship

I saw this video on Facebook, 

and the animal lover that I am, 

I had to watch it. 

When I was done, 

I had a few tears in my eyes. 

Then, I proceeded to show it 

to Jamie and Gaff and after watching 

it again, I had a couple more tears 

in my eyes. 

It is such an awesome video. 

It made me so happy. 

I hope it makes you 

HAPPY 

too! 

BEAUTY

What an awesome video. 

I just wanted to share it. 

Even if you have already 

seen it, watch it again. 

and again. 

It's a good reminder 

to not be so critical, 

harsh, or judgmental of 

ourselves. 

We are our harshest critic.

This video reminded me to 

look for the positive in 

myself.  

Bridal Bash

Seriously,

for the last three months

the thing which is most

often on my mind is

WEDDINGS.

and my mission...

Anywho,

a little bit ago,

I threw a

Bridal Shower

for Jamie.

It was pretty low key

but fun nonetheless. 

Here's the proof:

The Bride: Babe.

We had mini fruit pizzas. 

Pretty dang good. 

Wedding Weekend

You know that I'm 

SOOOO HAPPY 

feeling that just makes 

you want to cry 

and cry 

and cry. 

Yeah. 

That's how this 

weekend was. 

Holly and Landon 

were married for time 

and all eternity on 

Saturday, April 13, 2013. 

It was such an awesome 

experience. 

Holly is not only my sister, 

but my best friend. 

It's been different, handing her 

over to Landon, but I know

that she will be treated like

a queen.  

Here's a few pics of the weekend.  

6 short months

General Conference is coming up this 

weekend and it made me do some 

thinking. 

WOW. 

Has my life changed in 

6. short. months. 

First, it was BYU-Hawaii, 

then, China, 

then Mission, 

then no mission, 

then Ghana, 

now mission, 

ARGENTINA 

to be exact. 

I couldn't be more 

excited and sure about 

what I am doing

Don't believe me? 

Watch this video 

of me opening 

my call. 

Yes. It's blurry.  

But, when I read that letter, 

I knew with 10 million percent 

that this is what I was supposed

to do.