kissa's bridal shower!

As mentioned in my previous post Karissa had her bridal shower recently! I didn't have pictures so I stole them! :)
This is a picture of Dana, Amber, Karissa (the bride to be), Me, and Amie! Can you believe that we have all be friends since we went to elementary school at Porter? Crazy!

This is the lovely gift my mom, my sisters, and I gave to her for her shower!

Mesa and a Makeover :)

Being home has been absolutely amazing but insanely hot! I'm actually really grateful that I don't have to endure the heat all summer. Provo has made me soft! I just can't stand the heat like I used to be able to! A few weeks ago was Karissa Bridal Shower! It was so amazing seeing all of my old friends! We had a blast and Karissa looked gorgeous as always! I still can't believe she is getting married and now Amber Payne is preggo! Its so exciting! :) Last week the girls that I'm living with next year Melissa and Lynzi along with their old roommate Jessica came for Savannah's wedding!

I love these girls haha
They were only here for three days but we made the most of those days haha! We went shopping and hung out their first day and then went over to Savannah's to see her before the big day. The second day they were completely swamped with wedding stuff and the reception was amazing! (pictures to come)! Then after their long day since it was their last night we decided we couldn't waste it and went and saw "Letters to Juliet" at midnight! It was SO SO SO amazing! I love love loved it! us at the midnight showing!

We are SO excited for the new Avatar movie that is coming out!!!!

SOOOOOOOOOOO excited!
The next morning we sadly had to say goodbye to them and I don't get to see them until the fall :( sad days!!!
Also a few days ago I gave my laptop a little makeover! As a college student this piece of hardware goes with me where ever I go. And I mean everywhere! So I thought to myself if I take it everywhere why don't I give it a little makeover! Best decisions EVER! It took me about three hours but it was well worth the work! Here is a lovely little picture of the finished product!

Its gorgeous I know! :)

Lastly, in approx 4 days I will be here for the rest of summer...

Be jealous, very jealous!

reasons why i missed being home

I have been away from arizona for SO long and there are a few things that i really miss about being here like...

My mom always doing my laundry- jag (my sisters puppy) cuddling with you when you read a book- tabsco popcorn (YUMMM!!!)- getting farther away from my house than a mile more than about once a month- not having huge pot holes in the road- being able to just talk my older sister about stuff- sharing clothes and jewelry with caroline :)- running to taco bell at 1 am with trent- actually having three meals a day and dinner isnt at midnight- homemade bread :)!- not ever having to wear a jacket even at night- no cleaning checks and absolutely NO homework!

I'm so happy that I get to come home for a whole month! I love being here! but sadly the best friend was only here for three days before her excursion to china for six whole weeks which means no texting :( sad days!

one of the chickens layed this the other day...

poor chicken. she tried so hard haha

p.s. finals week= stress like crazy! I some how made it through without getting sick (a byu finals first for me), and made it through without pulling an all nighter. Lets just say ALOT of dr pepper was consumed and a little to much sugar. But I survived and for that I am greatful

this is my room during my dejunking room-packing extravaganza that took me an entire week. I have WAY to much stuff.
luckly its all packed up until next fall! yay! sadly though ms. white (my lovely white van) and george dubya (my pet cactus) are both left in utah! and I miss them already!
p.p.s. my sister finally found out what she is having!!!! a little boy! I'm so excited! He is going to be the cutest little boy in the whole world!!!

I'M FINALLY GOING TO BE AN AUNT! :)

YUP THATS RIGHT! my older sister Marci is preggo! which means that i'm FINALLY going to be an aunt!!!!!!!!!!!!

haha they are so creative :)

a few of my favorite things :)

Here are some of the things that are responsible for making me very happy right now!
1. daffodils

2. the album

love love love love love love it
3. my favorite show

i laught through the WHOLE thing :)
4. think about how in exactly 21 days i will be here

and FINALLY be able to get alot of this

because i have had way to much of this...

because to much it that white stuff will make you want to do this...

5. my fav freshman year girls :)

6. my family

they are just plan nuts

Festival of Colors

Every year the Hindu temple in Spanish Fork has a festival called the festival of colors! It is so amazing! Basically a bunch of college kids from all over northern utah get together at a hindu temple and throw colorful chalk at each other! They have this little ceremony and burn an effigy of some lady they don't like and we all throw chalk at the same time! The cloud of chalk is SO cool! For about a minute and a half you cant even see your own hands the cloud is so dense (it made it really hard to breathe though haha)! By the end you are just covered head to foot in colored chalk that smelled like flowers! It was amazing and SO crowded!
ps they also filmed it this year to show to 5 million chinese people to show how we celebrate the coming of spring haha
before
lynzi and i

jessica and brian

pictures of the festival

at the festival

some people there had really funny signs

haha it was amazing :)
when the smoke first goes up the colors are beautiful! heres a youtube video if you are intersted in seeing how cool it looks!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdRjoLZ55VY&feature=related

This last weekend our friend brandi bell came to visit! We had a lot of fun and had some crazy times! Most importantly we taught her what it means to be a true BYU student!
Such as, blowing bubbles on sunday afternoons,

sneaking up on people when they least expect it,

and scoping out boys and what not :)
It was way fun and she even cut my bangs! (thanks brandi!!)

This is our awkward family picture :) it makes me happy!