21/52

Monday my little sister graduated.
HOORAY!
She is joining me at Utah State this fall
and I am super excited.
Congrats Shayna!

p.s. Cody might be joining me too! :) I am so lucky.

Oh! Remember when it rained . . .

. . .those words sung by the amazing Josh Groban,

an amazing spring rain,
two amazing people,
and Lowe's parking lot

EQUAL

an (yes I'm using the word again) amazing night.
Michelle and I went to pick Alaura up from work
and decided to play in the rain while waiting.
Tragically my camera was left home . . .
along with Cyri and Erika . . .
but we captured the after.
Lowe's will forevermore hold a place in my heart.

20/52

Thursday was again my day off.
Alaura and I got Happy Meals
because who doesn't love them?
My mom, dad, and I can attest to a time
when they boosted me up while shopping.
Then that night we had fondue.
Here is the set up.
I made the actual cheese dip.
Thanks Alaura for helping.
We had apple juice as they drink in Switzerland
where fondue is popular.
And we struggled some with what to dip.
For the future: what do you recommend?
Yum it was good!

Saddening Sprinklers

Lately I've decided to take every opportunity.

When I see something that looks exciting or fun
I do it.
Be spontaneous.
No regrets.
No thoughts or waiting to do it the next time.
I mean what if there is no next time.
I want to live today . . . not tomorrow.
Because if you wait for tomorrow to do everything
you just end up with a lot of empty yesterdays.
Anyway. The story?
Today Alaura, Michelle, and I ran some errands.
One stop was the library.
Outside the doors there is a circle garden and
when we arrived the sprinklers were on.
We decided to run through them.
Just as I was about to enter the wet spray
with the others following me close behind.
They shut off.
We all said "Noooooo!"
The people coming out of the library just stared.

Although spontaneity doesn't always work.
You get a story out of it every time.

Of Pizza and Facials and Friends

I L-O-V-E my friends.
Last night we got together and made pizza
watched a movie
caught back up with each other
(granted I see most of these girls often AND I love it)
and gave ourselves facials.
Of course a night like this is accompanied by fantastic photos.
Family photo?

Yum! Pizza.
Facials! Oh Facials . . .
Whether you think so or not
This provides a glimpse of what happiness looks like.

19/52

I heard a rumor once.

I still believe it's true and one day will see it
with my own eyes.

This rumor is that Swan Lake in Idaho
is covered in swans during early spring mornings

Thursday Alaura and I went to find it.
Turns out . . .
I can find the town but am unsure of the location of the actual lake.
Is it the body of water next to the highway?
Behind a mountain?
Something that simply looks like a flooded field?
Needless to say.
We saw a few swans in the last one but it was too far away
for the full splendor.
We had fun anyways and have NO regrets
about our 4:30 am road trip.
We found a boxcar and Alaura fulfilled her dream
of getting her picture in one.
We discovered this site looking for the lake
(notice it's light outside . . . yeah we looked for a while).
The area where the Bear River Massacre occurred.

18/52

I love guacamole (guac as I call it)
So we had a party.
We watched Leap Year and ate it.
As you can see we all like different amounts . . .
and Kendra's might be a little exaggerated for photography's sake.