Replay

Here's a quick replay of this last and best semester!

Sorry for being a little off the radar but I'm back! The end of the semester is always the busiest and the most fun so I've been a little distracted. Here's just a quick update on what has been happening the last month.

I went to Salt Lake for my cousin's wedding. It was beautiful and happy and fun to see everyone. Then while wandering around with Kevin and Jarom and we found some random pianos placed around downtown. So I was a street performer for a few minutes!

The 4th of July was a lot of fun. Sariah and I went to the parade, saw Spiderman and then went to see the fireworks. What better way to celebrate America than watch people in Rexburg drive tractors? Watch beautiful people make up the perfect fantasy world that could never happen? and then blow things up? 

On July 5th we went to the rodeo. It was so much fun!

 And full of men that looked like this...

So yeah...it was great.

Funny story though, Sariah and I somehow got talked into helping the clown (which was creepy) do a skit. So when the time came the five of us were all blindfolded and told to dance in the middle of the arena. Then he said a few weren't dancing well so we needed to try harder. He did this a couple times until he said that I wasn't dancing much. But...if you know me, you know I don't do things halfway, especially dancing like a fool. So I got weirded out, knowing that I was dancing. So I asked "am I the only one left out here?" and he replies of course not. But when he turned the music on, I didn't dance and then he told me to take off my blindfold. Turns out I was dancing by myself in the middle of the arena for everyone to laugh at. 

It was embarrassing and funny.

I'll always remember my first rodeo now.

On July 13th it was cow appreciation day, so of course Sariah and I had to participate!

We dressed up like cows, drove 25 minutes and got our free meal. 

It was soo worth it! 

Sun fun and hair dye!

Yesterday was a beautiful day! It seems like Rexburg has finally let summer happen. For now at least. 

Sariah and I spent it cruising around with the windows down on the way to the lake. 

Where we sat for hours relaxing, eating Jack in the Box and soaking up the lovely sun. 

It's just amazing how a day in the sun can make you oh so happy! 

(waking up today with a tan helps too)

We even saw the lochness monster!

See! It's Nessie!

Then we came back and I dyed my hair. Yup! Y'all heard me right....always said I never would, but it's just the ends of my hair. 

They are now turquoise :)

Oh Father's Day!

Happy Father's day to all y'all! But especially to my Pops/Daddio. My PD. 

To put it simply, I adore him. He is one of the funniest people I know. When I was young I used to never admit it and I'd roll my eyes. Truth is-he's hilarious, and he knows it. 

Moving away from home opens your eyes to how much you love your parents (as you've seen from the latest blogs) and I am just so blessed to have the parents I have. 

My dad is sweet, loving, comforting, funny and spiritual. He is strong and there for me every time I need him.

He lets me complain about things I can't really change.

He lets me question him about pointless things.

He talks to me about tv shows and our theories about what is going to happen in them.

He talks to me about Harry Potter. 

He always answers my texts. 

And he tries to keep my head from floating to far into the clouds. 

He's wonderful. 

We have so much fun together and I adore him.

I LOVE YOU POPS!

Bill Cosby and my something new

On Thursday Sariah, Michelle, Kevin and I went to see Bill Cosby on campus. Yes.. that is right...BILL COSBY! This guy...

In the flesh! It was kinda fantastic! I grew up listening to him with my family and I just adore him. His performance was hilarious of course and it even lasted for about an hour and 45 minutes. My brother didn't believe me at first just because it was such an awesome thing! And it was only 15 dollars! Talk about amazing. Cause it was. I love him.

Next thing I did...on Friday was the game night that I promised my brother I would go to. It....well....it didn't turn out well. We wandered around the building looking for it for a while (while I was drinking my bacon flavored soda...which was also interesting. It definitely did not taste like bacon, I'll be honest, it was not very good. But it was definitely worth the try and the story. I later spilled it on a table in the commons...so I'm sure that smells pretty nasty.) and then found the game night in the commons area. There were only 4 people there and they were...interesting. They were playing some intense and confusing game. It was interesting. So that was a fun experience. I suppose. How's that for you Jake??  Then we left and enjoyed some lava cakes and parmesan bread bites while watching tv. Oh the fun that we have.

It's been a while, or at least it feels like it, and I have quite a bit to tell you! Where to start...where to start...

-Jake! My brother. He is amazing. We had a nice long chat earlier this week. We chatted about me staying at school for the summer (more on that later) he was close to convincing me to stay here actually, that's quite the accomplishment. Mostly because he made me believe more in myself, and sometimes it's nice to be reminded that I'm not a total weirdo and that people should think I'm fun or cute. Then he made me promise (more like bribed or threatened really...) to go to something this weekend I never would have gone to. He said until I did I wouldn't be able to Skype Kahlan. Which is NOT ACCEPTABLE. Because she is precious. I just want to cuddle her. So I found something to do, tomorrow night Sariah and I are going to a Game Night on campus. Definitely not something I would do...We don't know anyone going and I'm not always into games or group game things. So we'll see how it turns out I guess.

-As stated earlier, I decided what to do about going home. I GOT MY TICKET TO FLY HOME FOR THE SUMMER! Yup, it's official. My Mom and I chatted about it and it's decided and we found a ticket for only 358! So it worked out wonderfully!

-The day I was trying to decide if I wanted to go home kinda sucked and I was crying and a mess. Then I got a wonderful and sweet letter in the mail from Jameson. It included a drawing he drew of me and it's now hanging on the wall next to the other one. It was amazing and sweet and happened to come at just the right time :) Thanks again Jameson.

-Tonight I'm going to see Bill Cosby. Try not to be too jealous....IT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING!

Okay, I guess there wasn't actually that much. Or I forgot some of it, which is very likely. Oh well, this is it for now! I'm off to see Bill Cosby. Hope y'all had a lovely Thursday!

This is the picture Jameson drew me. He's amazing right?