Sunday, July 20, 2008

Happy Birthday Mom!!

40 reasons why you are amazing! .....
1. you make everything fun
2. you're so beautiful
3. you're a FABULOUS cook
4. You're halarious & goofy
5. you love to go shopping with me
6. you let me help you with your hair
7. you give great advice
8. trustworthy
9. great example to me
10. super strong in the gospel
11. you love Dad
12. you look funny when you sleep :)
13. you help me choose what to wear
14. you listen to what I tell you to wear
15. you are organized
16. you always keep a clean house
17. you don't complain about everything you do for the family
18. when I was little you used to kiss my hand so I could hold your kiss all day
19. in elementary school you used to leave notes on my napkin
20. you always make an awesome Valentines dinner and put so much work into making the table so pretty
21. you go above and beyond to make every holiday special
22. you always want to hear everything going on in my life
23. you're not very coordinated....haha
24. you look halarious trying to dance
25. you're always thinking about others and wanting to give service
24. you compliment others
25. you don't let a bad hair day get you in a bad mood
26. you always smile to people you don't know
27. you always point out the positive in people
28. you work so hard to make sure we are all where we need to be
29. you try so hard to be on time to pick us up (and succeed most of the time)
30. you smell amazing all the time!
31. you're kinda paranoid (when I'm driving).... ok REALLY paranoid but don't worry, its cute
32. you're good about writing in your journal
33. you're super smart
34. you're good at surprising people
35. you ask and take my advice on things
36. you're loved by everyone in the ward and so looked up to
37. you're so affectionate towards me and the other kids
38. all the kids in primary ADORE you
39. you're so patient about little annoying things
40. you are one of my closest friends and I couldn't ask for a better Mom!
I love you so much Mom! Happy Birthday!

Thursday, July 17, 2008

EFY & Utah Trip

Camping with Cousins


Lucy Goosy!
Amelia
Kissing Connor
My favorite girls ever!
EFY
Getting ice cream during freetime
haha
My whole company (we were the best at the whole session)
Whit and I with our friend Sarah

We see boys!!

Mine & Whit's Crushes. Whit was after Quinn (blond) and I was after Cale. SO cute.......

Ok, well I have been avoiding this post this whole week because so much happened in Utah and there were SO MANY amazing moments that I have been worried I would not be able to write about them all and even remember some of the things I wanted to say.... so, I am just going to scratch the whole idea of writing about it all (it would be way too long and nobody would probably end up reading it anyway) and post a bunch of pictures instead. All I'm going to say is: eventhough I was in good ol' Utah with family instead of vacationing in the Bahamas, I don't think I could have asked for a better summer. It was so good to see family and cousins that I haven't seen for way too long and spent the 4th camping with some of them. EFY was such a blast and an amazing experience (right here is where I want to go into full detail and talk about every little part, but I'll resist). Whit and I made some BEST friends there that I already miss so much. After two weeks in Utah (and away from our pool) I still wasn't ready to go!