Back in the Provo....

The vacation is over....

Back to real life and school!

DC was absolutely AMAZING and I really hope I can go back there and live someday! 

I feel like Provo for spring will be fun...I was feeling sketch at first but once I got here I felt A LOT better. Oh and guess who isn't a teenager anymore! Yes it is me...today is the day of my birth 20 YEARS AGO! It is so hard to believe that i have been on this planet for 2 decades...I didn't think I would feel different on this day but I have had some very deep, pensive moments haha but really I have been thinking about my life and where it has been and where it is going. I know I take so much for granted and I hope I can be better at making everything count. 

Here's to being 20!!!

20 Things I want to do Before I am 30 

Do a Triathlon

Live in DC or New York City

Start a Jewelry Business

Make homemade bread

Watch Gilmore Girls 1-7 in one week

Windsurf or regular Surf

Own a pair of Hudson Jeans

Write a Song

Graduate from BYU

Go "REAL" Rock Climbing

Travel Europe or Africa

Get Fake Nails

Paint a Picture

Create my OWN recipe

Get into Photography

Own a pair of vintage Cowboy boots

Go Skydiving

Become a Child Life Specialist

Find a MAN

LIVE to the Fullest EVERY DAY

Life is BEAUTIFUL <3

I Paid $$$ to have my feet eaten by FISH!!!!

Ummm YES Liz and I got Fish Pedicures yesterday!! It was probably the weirdest thing I have ever done in my life but it didn't feel as gross as I thought it would. Here's a video of someone else's experience but this is pretty close to what happened at the place we got them done at!

I Have Fallen in LOVE...

This place is seriously AMAZING! Liz and I finally got here Saturday night and have just been enjoying the sunshine! Yesterday was absolutely BEAUTIFUL...we went to church  and I met some crazy people haha and then after church we took a little visit to the Washington DC temple. It reminded me of Portland so 

much! 

Liz and I just kinda walked around for a bit really wishing we had men in our lives but that is a whole different story haha! Then after our little walk we took a drive around the city. I really have fallen in love with this place. The atmosphere, the weather, the people...there is so much history here and I just love seeing all these places I have learned about all my life but never had seen. My favorite were all the houses along the Potomac river and the entire Connecticut Avenue. I'm pretty sure EVERY house on that street was beautiful. Ah I just LOVE it here and it's going to be REALLY REALLY hard to leave!

Here's one of the homes I was in love with! i could totally afford it right now too...ahh I just want to live here!!! : )

from Provo....to denver...to kansas city...to columbus ohio...we're ALMOST to DC!!!

Me and Liz have now driven 3 days on our cross country excursion to DC.

Surprisingly the drive hasn't been too bad except i'm pretty sure I found an STD in my hotel bed tonight which is NOT my idea of a good nights rest. 

Hopefully I don't come back with Syphilis or Gonorrhea.

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This is the beautiful "Ellsworth, Kansas" in tribute to my favs Rascal Flatts 

so naturally I had to take a moment of silence

I'll just give a little summary of me and Liz's trip so far...

DAY ONE

saw really disturbing gray skies

liz saw her first tumbleweed and shouted for joy

ate A LOT of chocolate covered banana chips

stopped at a lookout point that had creepy men selling jewelry

jammed out to knock you down on REPEAT

stopped at Chick-fil-A for dinner

had a really interesting drive through aspen colorado

had an hour drive trying to find our hotel

realized colorado is not a place we would ever want to live

DAY TWO

drove through ellsworth kansas <3

saw a lot of....grass...cows...windmills and dirt for about 5 hours

got pulled over and luckily just got a warning!! watch out for them kansas cops

worked out in our hotel gym

wanted to go hot tubbin but don't worry it was cleaning week!

 DAY THREE

drove through 3 states today!!

drove under the arch in st. louis...saw the ghetto

had my first meal at steak 'n shake...got to know our hostess audrey very well

got a really awesome look from liz when I asked what state Indianapolis was in

i have the privilege of staying at a super 8 motel...liz really appreciates this

pretty sure i found and STD on the bed

getting excited to FINALLY be in DC tomorrow!!!

I feel like I will NEVER want to leave!!

SERIOUSLY...i LOVE roadtrips

OH AND...pretty sure I stalked the blog rockstar diaries for 2 hours

I want their lives!!

Tomorrow i am making my summer list of all the things I want to do...

ALL of them will happen : )

#1 on the list:

Become a Better BLOGGER

Uh ya....it's been a WHILE!!!

SPRING BREAK 2009: Orlando, Florida DISNEYWORLD

The HAPPIEST Place on EARTH

This year I got to go to FLORIDA for spring break!! Even though BYU doesn't really have an official break, I just kinda took one anyway. It seriously was AMAZING! I left on Tuesday and got there at like midnight and then came back to the Provo on Saturday. It's always so nice to leave but once I come back I hate my life haha! BYU is a good place but it's always this time of year that I need to just get away. 

This was our hotel that we stayed at! It seriously was so fun! We got to walk around the boardwalk every night and then take the boat to wherever we needed to go. It seriously was way fun! I'd have to say that EPCOT or Animal Kingdom was my favorite just cuz I want to travel the world and EPCOT had all these different countries they had set up. Papa James said this counted for my study abroad but I definitely wasn't liking that idea : / But someday I will see the real countries of all those places! Seriously...that's all I want to do...when I see all these different places with people from the countries I just want to peace out of school. I'm tired of hearing about all these amazing places and not doing anything to see them! I feel like this is the time I can do ANYTHING in my life and I just want to get out of school and see the world!! haha anyways...good trip would recommend it to anybody but I just wished we had some beach time at least!! oh well it was a fun time!

Why Don't I Read More

I've wanted to read this book for a while now and finally had some extra time this break to read what I wanted. This honestly was one of the best books I've read in a while. It was one of those books that make you think about all the people in your life that have shaped who you are and who you've been blessed to know. There are so many life lessons in here that most tend to forget about in everyday life so it was definitely a book that gets you thinking. 

One of my favorite quotes was when the main character Lily was talking to August about her sister May and why the painted their house bright pink and August replies, "You know, some things don’t matter that much, Lily. Like the color of a house. How big is that in the over-all scheme of life? But lifting a person’s heart--- now that matters. The whole problem with people is they know what matters, but they don’t choose it." 

That just really got me thinking how there are so many times in life that we don't choose to do what we know we should. It's usually with choices that don't seem that big but really could help someone. Anyways, everyone should read it, it really is great. I haven't seen the movie yet but am excited for when it comes out! Kinda random post but o well haha i don't think anyone is reading this yet anyways!

SNOWED IN!!!

Alright so....first off I am so glad I flew in when I did other wise I would still be stuck in the airport! I feel so bad for all those people who are stuck and won't be able to be with their families. This random winter storm we're having here is not getting any better! I feel like my house has been moved to Alaska! This is my backyard that has currently 2 1/2 feet of snow!?! 

But even tho we are stuck and I could list a hundred things I don't like about this weather....we still have electricity, it is actually fun to play in and we aren't starving yet!!

BUT we definitely are going to be here a while.... 

So what have we been up to the past few days....lets just say it doesn't involve a whole lot...sleeping, eating, reading, watching movies, and playin in the snow....and that is my life for the past 3 days and probably will continue being my life for the next week haha!! o well...we'll have a white christmas right : )