My most favoritest weekend of the year

General conference, I love it. And it just so happened to change my life within the first 10 minutes of listening to it.
Ever since I was little I planned on going to BYU. I wanted to go there and be room mates with my best friend Aly, we wanted to go and make it the best college experience ever, and then I wanted to get married. Even when we were five, Aly and I talked about what our future husbands would be like, what we would name our kids, what our wedding dresses would look like and we decided that we would have these beautiful houses right next door to each other...but reality suddenly hit me the other day;
Our beloved prophet President Thomas S. Monson made the announcement that young men could go on missions at the age of 18 rather than 19, and young women at age 19 rather than 21. After that session Aly called me and we excitedly discussed the new change. Aly then suddenly burst out, "This means I could be married in two years!" ...it was like reality had just slapped me in the face. Aly is pretty confident that she already knows who she is going to marry, and I won't be surprised if they do, they are seriously perfect for each other. But I don't want to grow up yet, I don't want to have to be applying for colleges and sending in ACT scores and looking for a job. I don't want to have to decide what college I'm really going to go to or what I might major in...I don't want to be planning my best friends wedding (even though that would be a ways away, but still). It just seems too fast and it's just getting really real. And now this means that he could go on a mission in about eight months, and I'll be going in less than two and a half years.
In the past year I have decided that I will be going on a mission. But now I'll probably be going a lot sooner than I had originally planned. This is great news! It really is, it just has also been a great reality check as I've realized that I'm growing up. It's finally time to make all those dreams that I had as a little kid come true.  

 The good old days when we would play dress up

 and sit in our "tree house" for hours on end

and sit on giant pumpkins together...

...but now as we grow we have so many new things to look forward to.

Random Spasms of Happiness

It's official:

Everyone thinks I'm crazy

I am crazy

and today it was a little more than normal.

Reason? maybe it was the relief of turning in an essay, or a teacher saying that the homework actually isn't due until next time, or feeling good after taking a test. maybe it was the sporatic hug, or even the fact that he walked a little faster in the hall just to come talk to me, there's a possibility it was simply because he sat by me at lunch, or maybe it was the doughnuts my wonderful friend Brittney brought to lunch. It could have also been that school was short, that I have no homework to do and therefore I finally get to enjoy my time and breathe.

well... life is good. in fact life is beautiful and amazing.



School tomorrow? Wait... What?!

You know that feeling on roller coasters as you go up you know when you're about to go down but it still surprises you and you still scream? Well that's me right now... All summer, well like my whole life, I've known high school is getting closer but now all of a sudden I'm surprised and screaming as I realize the biggest roller coaster of my life (a.k.a high school) begins tomorrow.

My thoughts on school: scared, excited, nervous, fun, terrifying, can't wait, stressed, hard, party, best thing ever... Well as you can see I have mixed emotions

It was definitely a fantastic day with friends as we had our last day of summer and prepared for high school. There was ice cream and chalk and talk and a tire swing! (pictures soon to come) I love all my friends even if there's a bajillion of them and it will be nice to see them every day at school :) well I'm sure I should probably try to et some sleep before waking up uber early so nighty night <3