starting out with a bang.

one day i'm packed up and moving out of my st george home, off to the world of dormitories, ute football, and new adventures.

 and the next thing i know I'm experiencing my last first day of college.

 wow that sure came and went quickly.

 i really doubt i could have started my senior year off any better.

  first of all, to be in school with zachary is one of the many perks of married life. 

walking to and from school together, running into each other on campus at times and just having him sitting next to me on our bed as we do our homework, is really the best thing!

 he motivates me so much and sure makes a great study buddy!

  

second, i have the opportunity to attend school with some of the best people ever.

 being apart of the modern dance department is a bit unique.

 i have stuck with the same twenty amazing people for the past three years.

 meaning we spend all day everyday together.

 class, lunch, rehearsals, etc. 

 to some this may seem odd, but honestly to be able to spend my endless hours with all these very unique, wonderful people is usually quite hilarious, sometimes dramatic but most of the time   pretty dang cool. 

its like hanging with your besties all day everyday.

 who wouldn't want that? 

anyway we started this year off with a bang! 

i think it might have something to do with the fact that we are all a little frightened that this year is going to fly by and be gone before our very eyes. 

thus, we are supplementing our time away from school with anything that will possibly bring us together. 

in one week:

 we went out for dinner to celebrate our last first day, 

had a tea party for samantha's twenty third birthday, 

and even started our own basketball league. 

honestly it has been a blast!

 and i can not wait to see what the rest of this year has in store! 

first day of school photo.

lovelies. 

tea time.

birthday girl.

after our very intense, serious, 90's themed basket ball game.

more photos and details to come.

rub a dub dub.

i think this little gal is just the cutest thing ever. a few weeks ago i was able to spend some quality time with her and i sure am missing her now.

 she love love loves her tub time. 

those lips. 

those eyes. 

those cheeks.

 that peach fuzz.

 must i say more?

 miss haebrie dee. 

some day you'll thank me for that naked one of your chubby little    dimpled bum.                                                                                                      

in a nutshell

as i sat and wrote in my journal for the past hour, catching up on about six months of my existence i realized how life is quite hilarious. 

i don't know why this happened, but i just kept finding myself laughing about the great, awful, embarrassing, dumb, gratifying moments that have happened to me. 

this summer, although only lasting about four months has been plum full of these very experiences i'm speaking of.

 sometimes i find myself watching everyone else's lives around me thinking, "wow they do so many fun things, they are really going places in life, they are the niftiest people" but as i just recounted about six months of my own life on thirteen pages of paper i realized that I'm kinda a cool cat too.

 i dunno about the rest of the world, but for me, its hard to see sometimes. 

not sure where i'm going with all this, but my life is good. and i'm thankful for the people in it that make it so good.

 goodbye summer thank you for all you have given me. 

and hello to a new school year, i'm going to try a little harder to see the small itty bitty things in my life that make it so fantastic, and not covet everyone else and their amazing lives… don't get me wrong though i am happy for them and their amazingness they have achieved.

 i just think i could be better at being grateful for the life i'm living. 

so heres to that. 

 p.s. starting tomorrow i'm a senior in college!!!

 p.p.s. zachary's a super senior, because he's super hot, and he likes school so much he may never leave. 

our summer in a nutshell.

that time we watched harry potter for 20 something hours straight. best/worst decision ever.

spent a few days in st geezy for this little ones blessing day.

hiked doughnut falls in the snow. with sandals. brilliant idea you say? i thought so too!

went to a few weddings or so. marriage is apparently the thing to do these days. zach and brady bff's.

 we have enjoyed playing with our scouts this summer. zach is the best webelo's leader ever. he's like one of the boys.

my hubby turned 24 on june 6th! 

the fourth of july in parawan! traditions traditions.

we spent a lovely week in estes park colorado with the wright clan.

zach and i dabbled in photography a bit. 

we enjoyed every minute we spent in sun valley idaho with the lloyds!

meet the new member of our family. the element. the little subaru that could completely died on us this summer and so this is the result of that.

hiked albian basion on pioneer day with makenna and bryan. i recommend going up there late july through mid august. you will see the most beautiful wild flowers ever!

and another wedding. love this girl. she was just radiant on her special day!

i think it was a pretty successful summer if you ask me.