Lets Rewind...

I seem to keep my journal in the form of a journal, but haven't done it in a while so here goes catching up. Apparently a lot has happened in the last few months!

Good ol' pizza at DeLorenzo's before I headed back to Rexburg.

Stopping in SLC to see the cousins before I headed up.

Found this note in my scriptures and got happy :)

We hiked R-Mountain, it was a little rough.

Playing with Morgan.

Playing with Morgs in pokey. We went to the arcade and won the jackpot so we got lots of tickets! The look on her face was priceless!!

The mail i have received from pretty awesome friends.

When you have paramedic students for friends you get to ride in an ambulance for fun.

 Love when these goons visit!

Rebecca's birthday. These two are going on missions. Rebecca leaves this Wednesday for Washington and Julia leaves in July for the Philippines. 

Making an Oreo pie for Pi day is messy business. 

Making cinnamon rolls with McKenzie.

Laura driving the ranger . 

We're such good helpers that we just stand there listening to music. 

Baby Zevin. He's just so cute and cuddly. 

Playing on the slides with Steph. 

Oh these roommates. Gotta love them.

Love these girls, McKenzie got us matching shirts from work.

She complains our apt is too cold. 

When you try to go home for spring break sometimes you need to find a ride down to Utah. Steph & I happened to find a ride together with some girl off the ride board. It seemed to be a great plan and was working out perfectly because it was cheap & such... Until girls car started slowing down on the free way, great! We told her to pull over so she did, just about the time she started loosing control of her car. Her transmission had gone out so now 4 girls (two are complete strangers) are stuck on the side of the freeway in Utah, in the middle of nowhere. We are only about an 1 & 1/2 out of our destination. As were making desperate phone calls one of the girls (Kaylee) calls her parents who are in Lehi, they rented a dolly and headed to us in rush hour traffic. about 4 hrs later they get there and we get the car up... and OVER the dolly. Now both cars are stranded. We called a tow company who came and after 2 tow trucks got the car attached properly we pulled away at about 10:30ish. None of us had eaten for a while because we didnt plan on the trip being so long and we hadn't packed lunch. And we had all been up for a while studying for finals and or finishing white glove. 

Broken down car... 4 helpless girls = Rough life.

Needless to say a restroom and food were much needed tasks to accomplish. Except now the van is pulling a car so finding food in Ogden at 11pm with a car is near impossible. Most places were closed. Arby's saw us trying all the fast food places on the block and let us walk through the drive through thankfully. So we parked the car and walked to Arby's drive through for food. At this point we were ready to eat anything and everything. When all was said and done we finally reached salt lake by about 1. I got to my grandmas at about 1:30am. Woke up at 7 to get to the airport and make it home by 9pm. Super long, never a dull moment adventure. Sucked at the time, makes for good stories and new friends later on! 

Kaylee trying to decide what she wants.

Steph at the menu.

Kaylee's parents ordering dinner.

At least we had a pretty view for 8 hours. 

The temple we could see from the side of the road.

When I home this is the letter Kenna gave me.

My friends decorated the house because i passed math.

Playing at the Zoo with the Goose.

Seeeester!

Playing on tractors. 

Giraffes at the Zoo :)

Everybody needs to be pushed around once and a while.

Playing at the beach with D. Love spring break!

Shannon wrote a message on the beach, passing math is a big deal!

Beach with Shan, Mom & Jenn :)

They finally fixed the bridge & it is so nice!

Friendship Rd. Bridge

Made getting here to play easier.

Park with these two little's!

They made me go down the slide with them.

There was a rainbow in our room. 

Steph & I bought fish. Crash & Dash... but they died three days later. 

These are Laura's fish. Da blob & the shark was Twitch. He died in a week. We think Da Blob killed him. 

Just for kicks and giggles

While waiting in the car, I asked McKenna if she could move her eyebrow... 

clearly she can & is pretty good at it!

Toy Story in 1 minute with Dylan :)

Fun in 2011

Happenings in 2011...

Love them, here's to more fun in 2012!

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Apparently November is the month to list things you are thankful for and do it on facebook for everyone to see. I'm not really about that and according to my journal, (that I seem to only write in once a year) i write things i'm thankful for in that year. Although today I wanted to recognize and write down things that I am thankful for.

Missionaries: my little brother especially. His example and growing testimony and knowledge of the gospel never cease to amaze me. He is one of my best friends and hero, but shh don't tell him.
Teechology: Receiving weekly emails from my bro and reading letters on blogs from my best friend Kim who is in the MTC preparing to go to France.
Music: Something about music I just love, one thing being that it somehow speaks to you in a way, or expresses the things you cant. At different times in life and various moods certain songs can in some way make everything seem just a little bit better.
Testimonies: Mine, and those of others. My own testimony has become the anchor in my life. When things are tough, my testimony helps get me through it... and when my own is lacking others testimonies strengthen mine and help get me through. With that, the Book of Mormon.
Trials: struggles, whatever you want to call them. (I know it sounds weird and why would I be thankful for something terrible like that, usually in the moment i'm not) but its a learning opportunity. As hard as it is to go through at the time and no matter how much it 'sucked' at that time period... and believe me sometimes it a long time period... I come out having grown and learned something that was clearly what i needed at that time.
FRIENDS: "They come in all shapes and sizes." Right now two friends i have are these 2 year olds...

and then these two amazing women..

Something about having someone so excited to see you, no matter when the last time you saw them was, is awesome!
They have become some of my best friends and helped me through more than they know. Talking or just listening, taking me places just because and just hanging out, i'm grateful for it all and they are amazing!
Family: Clearly i'm thankful for my family and as much as they drive me crazy sometimes, i wouldn't trade them for the world.

Like i said, they may drive me crazy, but everyone needs a little crazy. But they also make me want to be the best that I can be and they push me to do so. 

I realized in talking to a friend today a few things; life's short and you can't waste your time being unhappy. It's too short to be living someone else's dreams, do what you want to do because you want to do it. "Laugh when you can, apologize when you should and let go of what you can't change. Play hard, forgive quickly, take chances, give everything and have no regrets. Life is too short to be anything but happy." What i learned today is, be thankful for the things that you do have each day and work at understanding life's little messes and curve balls along the way.