summer in a movie part 2

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summer in a movie part 1

Well its been nothing but crickets over here on this blog and I don't think anyone (myself included) minded. I have just been really enjoying the summer and taking it EASY. 

Earlier in the month I flew to Santa Barbara and visited my fabulous friend Meghan. 

It was seriously one of my favorite Cali trips I have taken. ever. 

New York babies

After graduation Mom and I headed to New York to babysit my brother's kids. 

He and his wife went on a trip to Canada so my brother could present some research at a medical conference. 

I was mostly in charge of the younger two- Adelaide and baby Everett. 

I am just in love!

 we went to the local family dairy farm for chocolate milk and cookies

When JR and Angie got back from Canada Stefi also came into town. 

Then we celebrated and went to JR's graduation from Medical residency - we are so proud of him!

After coming home from NY I got a job as an art and dance teacher for cute preschoolers.

SCORE

oh anne

one time Mom and I took my niece Anne to McDonalds.

she was brave and went down the big slide all by herself for the 1st time. 

she came out with a look of terror/excitement.

so she did it again. 

for some unknown reason on the third time we hear her screeching.

she got scared inexplicably. 

she was so scared she become frozen and couldn't move. 

we told her didn't have to go down the slide but to just climb back down the tube. 

she kept yelling and crying at the very top. 

we were the only ones in the place so there were no other kids to help her out.  

guess who mom had go climb up and get her?

you guessed it.

MOI.

since it was Conference Weekend i was still in church clothes aka A DRESS crawling bent over up the playplace. #classy

so i worm my way up and fish Anne out. 

when we get to the bottom Mom took this candid photo on the right: 

note that rotten pea pod's face - so happy and proud of herself of what a good joke it all was- when seconds before she was hysterical

i asked Anne what happened, why was she so scared on the 3rd time?
this was her answer:
"there were too many colors."

fair enough. 

Peace out Provo

for our very last night in Provo Miriam and I threw a grad party

our Mom's got together and did the whole thing basically.

once they got each other's emails it was a run away trian

compared to what normal Provo parties are like 

(aka no decorations, zero drinks and a half eaten bag of Doritos

 and a hand full of starbursts - with only orange left)

 it pulled out all the stops. 

it was real rager.  

it was the best way to say good bye to our favorite college town. 

thanks to everyone who came!

Graduation

this blog post is brought to you by the newest BYU aluma 

that's right - I graduated Cum Laude from Brigham Young University 

(funny thing was I didn't know I was Cum Laude until my friend texted my during the ceremony and told me to look in the program. what a happy surprise!)

here are some pictures from the big day:

 the graduates

favorite boss and professor 

 with Brigham Young himself

 freshman year friends

 ^^^we started and ended BYU together

 walked in an undergrad and walked out a graduate

 love these girls

 ringing the victory bell 

we did it!

I love BYU more than I could every say and my whole life was made better because I went there. 

It has been the most wonderful adventurous chapter in my life so far. 

I will forever be a proud Cougar- RISE AND SHOUT

Roomies in Park City

to celebrate our last little bit together as room mates we hit up Park City for the weekend.

first we went shopping at the outlets and got hit on by weirdie employees in an empty Pac Sun store.

next up we went to Main Street for dinner which was delicious!

while we ate a pack of punk 14 yr old boys came in and started flirting with us. 

at first it was funny but once they started asking for free pizza it quickly turned annoying.

Miriam finally got them to go away by scaring them- 

she told them we could go to jail for talking to them

then we checked into our swanky hotel suite and hit the hot tub.

then we came back to the suite and tried out the jazzui tub and steam shower. 

to finish off we watched a chick flick while eating a fruit tart. 

as miriam and i laid in bed not quite tired Andrew FaceTimed us and read us my favorite book "Eloise"

he did all the voices and showed us all the pictures. 

i refused to turn the lights on seeing how it was 2 am and i looked like a mess. 
so poor Andrew didn't get to see anything other than a black screen

needless to say it was the best way to finish out our time together as room mates