Making lemonade

After a rough weekend of saying goodbye to roomies and being homeless, it has been such a great week!
But back to the weekend. My rachie poo left me and it was really sad. Then I moved out of The Colony and tried to move into my new place. They could've told me that check-ins weren't til Monday!! Holy smokes people. My car had been packed for 2 days and I just wanted to unload it! But I had to wait.
So when in distress of course I called the papa. He always gives me great advice :]
Then I decided to make myself useful and go to the temple.After that, the Ellingson bunch was nice enough to take me in. We saw Rio, ate yummy pizza, went to my favorite toy store, and had a good few days together!
And we can't forget the mini Easter egg hunt! Thanks to mama g for the golden eggs :]

So let the saying ring true, When life gives you lemons, MAKE LEMONADE!

rolling in the deep

Since Arizona, I've been trying to get back into the normal life. But life just hasn't been the same since! I'm more happy and full of love and its great.
Becca was in town again for another wedding, so we went to visit her. I will be seeing her again soon for my roommate's farewell and I am stoked!

Then my wildest dreams came true on Sunday when we found the long awaited.. CASTLE!!


Isn't it so great?? I sure think so :]
So is PROVO.
I took Rachel to Texas Roadhouse since she had never been.They treated us so great it was insane! So here's a hint- if you want free stuff from roadhouse, then say you've never been!
Then I came home and decided I should start packing. I lifted up the bed comforter to find this...WAX spilled EVERYWHERE! Oh man it was such a mess. After 6 wash rags, a whole roll of paper towels, a whole bottle of Googone, 4 hours of me scrubbing and lots of blowdrying, it came clean..mostly :]

So now I'm cleaning out my apartment to move to a new one! Roomies are all leaving and its super sad. The thing I will miss most is Chol. She is pretty great. Theres honestly never ever a dull moment with us. I just love her and will miss her lots! But I'm glad she gets to go home and spend time with her fam.
Now onto other big adventures.I will let ya'll know how the new roomies are!

Meanwhile back in the good ol AZ, my dad is the new BISHOP! I'm so excited for him and the new ward. They will definitely be in good hands!
Also, one of my best friends arrived back from an honorable mission in Russia. Talmage Stahle! Ah I sure miss the kid and cant wait to catch up with him.
So life is good and exciting and everything great!
Check out the new Adele cd if you need some good listening tunes.

i say ARI..

you say zona, ARI. ZONA. ARIZONA!!
yep thats where i relocated for 4 days :]
i surprised the whole fam and was able to be there for Minda's bday and Tatum's baptism!
It was just a whole trip filled of pure HAPPINESS. Besides for when I got emotional at the baptism, then Tatum cried Sunday when she had to leave and knew I wouldn't be back for a while. But it really was a great weekend!
My nieces and nephews are beyond scrumptious, i know :]

I miss Sundays just hangin out with the fam. And wrestling. And tickling my brothers til they cry.Monday morning was filled with lovely doc appts..but i got to see this cute sis one more time!
A lot of my time was spent with my most wonderful mom. She got some things for me that I've been in desperate need of and took me everywhere! I've definitely missed my time with mama bear.
A special thanks to Sunni/Spencers for helping out with the buddy pass, Minda and Stephen for picking me up at the airport, and my whole family for being so incredible! Couln't have asked for a better weekend in AZ!!

desire.

"What we insistently desire is what we will become."
that hit me. thank you Elder Dallin H. Oaks!
now wasn't conference so incredible?
holy smokes I sure enjoyed it.
can you tell?!
it was my first time away from home watching conference.
and it was my first time going to it!
what an amazing experience.
the weather wasn't anything I would call 'ideal' but it made for some good laughs!

i just had to share my exciting news of going to conference!
but before that i had some other interesting experiences.
chol has an awesome Uncle Mike that plays basketball in a wheelchair for the Wheelin Jazz, so we went to their game against the Utah Celebs! here is a pic of us with Shaun Bradley.. can you say tall?we tried to imagine this 7'6 man holding his 5'4 wife's hand..kind of awkward.
so friday at school was quite interesting for me. you see, i decided to give some girls practice on brow tinting. lets just say it didn't go as expected and my name was "bert and ernie" the rest of the day. i didnt want anyone seeing me for weeks!
luckily i have a great roommate who accepts me no matter what and played with me that night :] oreo rice krispie treats and milkshakes mmmm
and one last thing.
i know everybody knows that i have the greatest nieces and nephews on the planet. yes i really do. and sometimes they send me sweet notes in the mail that just absolutely melt me! this is tatum saying thank you for her bday present."ceriesly" so cute right?! my sweet TATUM LYN is getting baptized this saturday. i am so proud of her for making this choice in her life. i am so sad i cant be there in person to watch her take this big step,but she knows how proud i am and how much i love her!
it was a great week to say the least!
i hope everyone has a renewed desire to be a little better!