I Hate Goodbyes.

Great, I only have a few guy friends and cousins left to leave, just sayin.... GREAT :(

Oh, How I Love My Family.

This past week/weekend I had my family reunion, on my mom's side. It was awesome to see all of my extended family after such a long time! Thursday started it off with boating at Deer Creek Reservoir! It was great to get our jet ski out for the first time this summer... I forgot how much fun they are, and of course, it was great having the Schmidt's boat out there too! I got crazy sunburned but now it's turned in to a nice tan!:) That evening more people showed up and we had dinner in our barn and took family pictures up at our Heber property. Afterward, the teens and kids all played in the "teen zone" set up in our quonset hut. That night everyone camped out on our lawn. It was great to see our property being used for the first time with that many people. Friday we had breakfast at the barn again. Then we spent we spent a few hours cleaning up so we could head up towards the Heber Valley Camp. First, we stopped at a church for lunch and had a typical family talent show, which was quite the entertainment. Then we all cleaned up again and headed up the camp. That afternoon we set up all of our belongings in our cabins then headed to the lake for some fun canoeing and paddle boating. We all had a blast being around all of the beautiful nature, in the mountains. In the evening, my cousin mark cooked us an awesome Hawaiian dinner then we all gathered around and had a bonfire with s'more and entertainment. The night ended with an awesome, full-moon hike that my cousin Jared took all of the teenagers on. Saturday was that last of the reunion. We did a challenge course with team building activities and a zip line, ate lunch, then ended with the closing ceremonies, then said our goodbyes. What a great few days with the fam :)

FINALLLYYYY.

Ladies and gentlemen, I have an announcement to make. I FINALLY FOUND A JOB. For the time being I'm going to do office work for my Aunt Julie and Uncle T.G. It really is a relief to know that I have work up until I can find a job in Provo. This was perfect timing since I was just beginning to worry if I would be able to pay off my Russia trip on time... looks like everything's gonna work out just fine :)

It's My Burfdayy!

Yesterday was my birthday and I turned the big 19. Dang, I feel old. Although, I do feel like 19 is such a random and kind of unimportant age haha! 20 is going to be much bigger! I had such a great day. I wish I was home in Georgia so that I could have spent it with lifelong friends but I had a great family-filled day with a few friends... not to mention TONS of Facebook birthday wishes, as always haha! I spent a lot of time with family during the day. I also went shopping with my younger brothers Steven and Jeremy and my sister Katie.... it was soo much fun! Later that night I opened my gifts. I got a bunch of random small things that I love! I also got a new phone and a NEW GUITARRRR! :) Don't worry, i've already started to learn! I decided I'm just going to try and teach myself rather than taking lessons, since I have so much time on my hands. Then I'm going to try and get into a guitar class at BYU in the fall... we'll see how that goes cuz it seems like that's nearly impossible:/!! That night I went out to dinner at Noodles and Company(my favorite in Utah)... both sets of grandparents and my aunt and uncle and their kids joined us too! It was a lot of fun. My favorite part was how my Grandma Jo tried to run out of the restaurant with her oxygen tank after making the servers sing happy birthday to me.... oh how fun! The night ended with a good ole chick flick with my mammaaa! :)WHAT A GREAT DAY :)

Sooo Much Time on My Hands...

So this summer has definitely taught me patience since I am still currently looking for a job after almost two whole months. It's definitely a little frustrating. Especially since we moved, it has been hard to find tons to do. SOOO, lately i've become a little obsessed with some things and have a little more time to watch, do and learn many different things. I've been watching a lot of t.v... wish I say I didn't, but here are some of my favorites and what I plan to make of my summer for the next few weeks!

*Running*

Recently i've become obsessed with running, especially when

training for the half marathon soon. I love it! Hopefully I can stick with it!

*Glee*

One word... OBSESSED! Seriously, I never missed an episode

this past season and I downloaded all the music... I love it!

Thank goodness there are reruns this summer, but fall needs to come

already so that season 2 can be here also! I can't wait :) :) :)

*Letters to Juliet*

All time , new favorite movie. I went and saw it the other

day with my mom and sister and I absolutely loved it.

It was such a completely chick flick... funny, romantic, and

just good alll around... I would definitely recommend it!

*Pretty Little Liars*

This is such a good show. I don't really ever watch t.v. during

the summer, but since I have a little more time on

my hands thanusual, i've decided to pick up this new show. It's

kinda dark but at the same time it keeps you your

feet wanting to know more each time you watch it.

And of course, I'm going to learn more on my GUITAR I just got

for my birthday. I can't wait to bring it with me to BYU too! :)

Oh COLLEGE...

So Morgan (my roommate for fall and winter) and I are soo excited that we picked out our shower curtain/colors for planning our bathroom! Funny, and a little early, I know, but we just can't contain ourselves! We are soo excited for living in a condo this coming school year! Yes, that's right, not an apartment, a CONDO! We'll have our own washer and dryer, a huge living room and kitchen, our own bathroom and ahh it's just gonna be great... no more laundromat-type ordeals like Helaman Halls haha! I seriously don't think we've passed over the topic of our excitement of living off campus during any of our conversations! As much as we loved the dorms, we're ready for a change. Besides, it'll be fun to meet new people and all that jazz! We're just sooo EXICITED!!

Here's a sneak peak...

AND...

After much anticipation of hopefully getting some of my classes changed...fail... guess I'm just gonna have to wait until the begging of fall, which I hate because then you miss getting the syllabus and what's going on in each new class you add, during the first few days... sometimes even the entire week! It's soo frustrating, especially since I signed up for classes before a lot of people in the same grade as me! Gahh, if only classes in college didn't actually give assignments on basically the first day... but it's okay, I still love you BYU:) Oh and not to mention that I miss you OHH SOO VERRY MUCHHH!:( Come to me faster!

Here are the classes I finally decided to stick with....

*Accounting 200

*Statistics 201

*Political Science 110

*New Testament 220

*Social Dance 190- I'm soo excited!

*MCOMMS 320 (Business Writing)

I'm definitely in for a harder semester but luckily i'm soo close to applying to the Marriott Business school... only a few more semesters then here I come! :)

Happy Birthday Baby Boy!

Happy 10th Birthday to my little brother Jeremy! I love you. I can't believe my younger siblings are already getting so old! We went to Thanksgiving Point to watch the IMAX movie... Jerbear's request haha! Then out to dinnerr with the family... It was nice to have my brotherJosh there, since he isn't home that often and, of course, it was great to have both sets of grandparents there! :) That is the great part about living in Utah! We get to see all the wonderful family that lives so close to us! This weekend has been a blast... this is definitely one of the highlights though!

HAPPY

BIRTHDAYYYYYY :) :) :)

Riverwoods 10K :)

Today I ran the Riverwoods 10K with my dad! At first we were a bit nervous, since we didn't train like we said we would! It ended up being soo much fun. We decided to walk and run, just taking it easy since we weren't as prepared as some of the other people! about 50 degrees! The weather was PERFECT... it was overcast and It started at Bridal Veil Falls, which was GORGEOUS! Oh man, I though driving up the Provo Canyon was gorgeous, running down the bike trail was even more so! Funny story... so the buses left the pick up area before the race so my dad and I got a ride up with some of the timers... long story short, they dropped s off at the wrong placed and we ended up walking 2 miles to get to the start of the 10K... oh boy! But I really want to sign up for the half marathon in October... doing this 10K was a motivation to me. Hopefully i'll start training more soon so i'll be prepared for October! This summer my dad and I are gonna start doing a bunch of 5Ks and more and build our way up!

Soo Sad, Yet Soo Proud! :)

Oh man... it's soo sad yet awesome that all my guy friends from BYU are leaving. Especially this past Wednesday, it seems like sooo many people entered the MTC! Even though it's pretty sad that most of us are going to have to find new guy friends in the fall, I'm so proud of all my guy friends because of how willing and enthusiastic they are about leaving their normal lifestyle to be missionaries and serve the lord for 2 years, taking a break from school and all... IT'S SOO AMAZING! One of the things I loved about BYU is how for the most part, all the guys were worthy priesthood holders that I could turn to whenever. I'm soo proud of all of them! On Tuesday night I said bye to Aaron Larson, who's serving in Birmingham, Alabama. Good luck to him!