bucket list

sorry to bore everyone {hello my 2 followers- especially meg}, but i have to post these somewhere. this list will get longer, that i promise.

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1. live in europe {none of that touristy stuff, i want real, authentic living}

2. do humanitarian work in africa

3. work for teach for america

4. live in a mountain town for a summer

4. learn how to speak another language

5. have a pen pal {preferably one who is of the opposite sex & is extremely attractive}

6. get married in the temple

7. ride a donkey up a mountain (hill?) in greece {you know, just like lena does in sisterhood of the traveling pants}

8. graduate from byu

9. go to every temple in utah before i graduate.

10. become friends with a famous person

11. win a radio contest

12. visit china

13. volunteer at a children's hospital

14. help find a cure for diabetes & cancer

15. be a mom

16. live in new york

17. learn how to sew

18. go to a beyonce concert

19. meet the prophet

20. ride an elephant

21.



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on a side note: my best friend leaves for a mission on tuesday to chile. it will be weird when he leaves, but i would be more sad if he didn't go! i am so excited to hear about the lives he will change and the hearts he will touch. he is an incredible person who is capable of so much! god be with you, ty.

grand lake, co. shot from my porch. can you say luuuuckkky?

little sis thinks i'm a pillow? i love these moments because pretty soon she won't be so little. 

god bless america...

& free slurpees at 7 eleven.
seriously, only in the USA. 

happy 7/11.

40 days

my little sister just got a cannon T3I camera for her birthday {can you say lucky??!}. of course, we take every opportunity we can to take some cute, semi-professional looking pictures. today i actually got ready and went out into public, so i guess we decided it was something to celebrate with a mini photo shoot.

also, hey! 40 more days until i leave on my mission. can you say crazy!? i'm super excited/nervous/pumped/panicked ----------------->

aka i'm a hot mess, but all is well! god is good and my mission WILL be great.

one time i went to florida

last week, my family was fortunate enough to travel to santa rosa beach, florida. let me tell you, it was be-a-u-tiful. we enjoyed playing in the ocean, longing by the pool and having lots of good food! we even went to seaside, florida where they filmed The Truman Show. the only downside to the trip was a nasty sting i got from a jellyfish, not fun. oh & the humidity was quite the adjustment for me. hopefully i can get used to it in virginia where i will be serving an 18 month mission for the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints!