I realized after my parents left that most of the graduation shots were on their camera. Still, I wanted to wish a happy gradation to everyone that finished at BYU this week!! Congrats to all, even if I didn't get a picture with you :) Above, me and my roommates with Eva.
Phil and Alicia.
Phil and Jenny. I'm so proud of my little bro Phil and my roommate Eva especially. Good luck with your future plans in everything you do!!
Last week I had the chace to fly out with my Mom to D.C. to visit my aunt, uncle, and Grandma who live back there. And, of course, to sightsee!! D.C. reminds me of the freedoms I enjoy in this country, and the knowledge of ages that can be learned here. I decided the best way to show my experience would be manly in collages. Enjoy! 
I know it's not a collage, but Kamehameha cannot be resigned to a collage :) This is in the new visitor's center to the Capitol building. 
The Capitol building and the Library of Congress. So beautiful inside and out! The top right 2 pictures are the mural on the underside of the capitol dome. They depict the Apotheosis of Washington- anyone for "The Lost Symbol"? :) 
The Museum of Natural History. Love the honu, and the Hope Diamond! That's for you Aubry :) 
Air and Space museums. What can I say other than A-Ma-Zing! I really wish I was an astronaut. 
Eric (my cousin) and I at the base of the shuttle Enterprise. Just so you can get an idea of the size. It's huge!! 
I happened to be there at the openning of the Cherry Blossom Festival. Perfect timing! The trees were blooming along the tidal basin and it was a beautiful walk through the memorials! 
Loved my time in D.C.! My aunt kept trying to convince me to move out there. I must admit, the thought has merit. I don't know how I'd fair in the humid summer though :) But I still loved my experience and I'm excited to go back again soon!!
Since today was 3.14 (March 14th) and therefore Pi Day, our FHE group decided to have a night dedicated to pies. Tasty!! Above is me with our FHE leader Laura. She's so much fun :)
The Spread. We might have gone a little over board. But it sure was tasty!!
A couple fellow FHE members taking in the pie and trying to convince Nicole to do the same.
Nicole, Rob, and Laura. We might be a small group (there were a few other people besides these-we're not that tiny!), but we have some good times!
Trying to get a good picture of Michael and Nick was practically impossible. So I made a collage of different pics in which at least one of us looked decent. For reference, I'm the girl, Michael has curly hair, and Nick has less hair :) 
My wonderful roommates know that the last couple months have been a bit of a rollercoaster ride, so this last Friday they decided we needed a girl's night out! They dressed me up (thanks Candace), did my hair (thanks Eva), and then took me on the best date I've had in a while :)
Eva unfortunately had to work, but Kaylan, Candace, and I enjoyed our dinner at Magelby's with dessert being the lovely cake you see before you :) We then went hot tubbing at the gym, and watched a movie. It was nice spending time with the girls!
Other random moments included attending the Living Legends show in February with Eva, Kaylan, Candace, and Michael (who refuses to have a picture taken of himself). It's so fun knowing so many people in the show and picking them out during their dances! I'll be out of town for the March show, so this was the last time I get to see it live this year. Sad days!
The roommies and I have also enjoyed some kitchen experiments. This one was an enchilada type meal, except we used fry bread dough and made our own thick tortillas. Can we say deliciously amazing!!!
The last one is a pic of me, Holly, and Aubry at Holly's farewell party. She up and joined the air force and is at boot camp right now. I don't envy her that one, but wish her all the best!!
I then had to work the 3 nights proceeding Christmas, including Christmas Eve. Fortunately we weren't too busy and had plenty of time to goof off during the midnight hours :) And in case you're wondering, that's a pair of XXX-large pants we managed to shove ourselves into. Good times!
After talking with the family and getting some sleep Christmas day, I made dinner and ate with a friend from work, openned some awesome presents, and then started in on the puzzles I got. Even though I was away from home, it turned out to be a pretty good Christmas!
We had plenty of rest stops to keep us from going crazy. Some were just road side gas stations, but we also managed to stay a night in Palmyra on the way there and Kirtland on the way back. We showed the girls some of the church history sites and even took a walk through the sacred grove.
The sacred grove is beautiful in fall, with leaves falling everywhere. Amazing!
Once we got to Nashua, Becca made sure we had the time of our lives and took us to one of my new favorite places- an apple picking orchard. The apples there were a-m-a-zing! It's so different having an apple fresh from the tree. I can't complain about the apple cider donuts we ate either :P
Brooklyn especially loved picking apples, though sometimes managed to pull off a little more than she bargained for :P
Since we didn't have a lot of time, we decided to walk the freedom trail and see what we could of the city that way. It was so cool to be in places that I'd heard about forever, like Boston Commons, Old North Church, and Bunker Hill. We also took a less historic, but definitely tasty moment to eat lunch in Little Italy. I had the most amazing butternut squash ravioli. Now I need to find a recipe :)
Bunker Hill was probably the most impactful stop on the trail for me. I've always known the story, but until I was standing there by the statue of Colonel Prescott and pretending to fire on redcoats 20 yards away, I didn't realize just how much courgae my colonial ancestors had. 20 yards is close!! But I'm so glad that they chose to fight for freedom and that I live in America today. Amazing city, amazing trip, and as always with my best friend Naomi it was amazing company. Thanks Omi and Becca for the good times. Can't wait to go back again!!
I love it when hiking season begins in UT. The snow is (mostly) gone, the sun is out, and the trails are just begging to be used!! I've forgotten my camera on some of the hikes I've done so far, but here are a few pictures from Stewart Falls- always a good one!
I really love anything to do with water and so waterfalls are great! I get the mountain and the sound of rushing water all in one beautiful setting! The hikes will continue and I'll put up more pictures as I complete them :)
