Equal Parts Nostalgia, Cheese, and Gratitude!

Four years ago in May, four best friends graduated from high school:

Chelsea headed out to BYU the summer after high school, so we organized our last hoorah:

We spent on last night together:

What you can't see is the broom Chels has hidden in her bed for protection!

And we began the next phase of our lives: College!!!

Then after three short years, we slowly began entering the next new phases of our lives.

Darcee got married:

 And we were there:

Then Alexa got married:

And we were there:

And, the newest development and the reason for my current reflection, Chelsea is going on a mission:

Sister Akin of the DC South Mission!

And we'll be there via prayer and letters!!

And I'm re-realizing how blessed I am and have been to have these girls as best friends through those (and these) critical years in my life! They each have become examples to me in their own way.  They support me and love me and make me feel like a real person who matters!  I'm just so excited for all of us to start on our next adventures which keep getting bigger and better with age!

MY MOM WAS BORN TODAY!

My mom was born on this day not too many years ago, 

and she's great, so she gets a whole blog post to herself!!

Isn't she lovely? 

And out-doorsy?

And happy?

And adventurous?

And still as in love as she was as a brand new bride?

Of all the mom's in the world - I'm so glad I got mine! I can not begin to spell out all the ways she's made my life better, but they have been numerous! She's the most supportive, kindest, funniest lady I know! What a blessing she is! Happy Birthday Mom! 

I'm an Intern!

Remember when I told you my life was stressful and boring and I'd need your prayers?  Well folks... the prayers have been answered:

I am the new 

Intern 

at the 

Craig Hospital

in 

Denver, CO.

So I'll be spending my summer in Denver, Colorado at this place:

And I'll be doing things like:

and

and

and so much more with people with spinal cord and traumatic brain injuries.

I have so blessed to get this opportunity, and I am so excited to learn to become the best Recreation Therapist in the world!