A few weeks ago I was so busy I felt like I barely had time to breathe. I was running from work, to class, to the library, back to class, to my internship, to lacrosse, and then home if I was lucky. I felt like my life was running me more than I was running it and I was exhausted all the time. I couldn't wait to get to this week, when I knew finals would end and I would have time to do what I wanted.
Now that I'm here, I hate to say this, but I'm bored. I've cleaned the apartment, I've made phone calls and done the errands that I need to. I'm trying to stay busy, but it feels like my days are so, so long. I don't know how this happened. I went from the busiest couple of months I've ever had to having more time than I know what to do with.
I'm trying to embrace it and enjoy the calm before the storm of us moving and starting dental school and the craziness starts again but I need some help :)
If anyone has any suggestions for great books to read, or fun things to do in Provo I'm all ears. Please, please help me stay busy and find things to do!
Chase and I are also working on a "bucketlist" of sorts for Provo - things we need to do before we move away and might not get the chance to do. Suggestions for that would be much appreciated as well!
Friday, April 25, 2014
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Choosing
Where did January go?
It seriously came and went faster than I thought possible.
January can be rough with bad weather, getting sick, overcrowded tracks and gyms, adjusting to a new schedule, and many other things but it can also be pretty great.
I love the idea of starting over and having a clean slate. There's so much potential, so much room to make what you want out of everything you experience. All it takes is a decision. A choice to pick what you want out of your decisions and how you want things to be.
That's my new goal - amongst many others - to choose how I want things to be and to do what I need to, in order to make them that way. There will obviously be things I can't control, but I'm choosing to make this year awesome. To see things for the best. To enjoy as much of it as I possibly can.
Because why would I want to choose any other way?
It seriously came and went faster than I thought possible.
January can be rough with bad weather, getting sick, overcrowded tracks and gyms, adjusting to a new schedule, and many other things but it can also be pretty great.
I love the idea of starting over and having a clean slate. There's so much potential, so much room to make what you want out of everything you experience. All it takes is a decision. A choice to pick what you want out of your decisions and how you want things to be.
That's my new goal - amongst many others - to choose how I want things to be and to do what I need to, in order to make them that way. There will obviously be things I can't control, but I'm choosing to make this year awesome. To see things for the best. To enjoy as much of it as I possibly can.
Because why would I want to choose any other way?
Monday, January 6, 2014
1 year
It's crazy to think about what can happen in a year...
At this time last year I was working on my mission papers to serve a full-time mission for The Church. I was so excited for the chance to learn and grow and to serve people without having to think about anything else.
I thought that I would be leaving for a year and a half and would pick back up where I left off once I was back.
Little did I know that there were other plans in the works. Today is 11 months that Chase and I have been officially together. I quickly fell in love, waited for him to fall just as hard for me ;), got engaged, and am so happy to be married to my best friend (best 3+ months ever).
In that time I've also competed in the national championship tournament for my lacrosse team, been skydiving for the second time, grew even closer to my family, got a new family to be a part of, had my best semester and term ever in college, made a ton of really great new friends, spent time with old friends, had my testimony grow, hit my year mark at work, managed to not sprain an ankle (knock on wood), and have loved every minute of it.
I'm so grateful to not always know the bigger picture, to just be preparing for what I'm ready for and I'm grateful for a Heavenly Father who knows me and knows what's best for me to allow that to happen.
I can't wait to see the adventures that 2014 holds :)
At this time last year I was working on my mission papers to serve a full-time mission for The Church. I was so excited for the chance to learn and grow and to serve people without having to think about anything else.
I thought that I would be leaving for a year and a half and would pick back up where I left off once I was back.
Little did I know that there were other plans in the works. Today is 11 months that Chase and I have been officially together. I quickly fell in love, waited for him to fall just as hard for me ;), got engaged, and am so happy to be married to my best friend (best 3+ months ever).
In that time I've also competed in the national championship tournament for my lacrosse team, been skydiving for the second time, grew even closer to my family, got a new family to be a part of, had my best semester and term ever in college, made a ton of really great new friends, spent time with old friends, had my testimony grow, hit my year mark at work, managed to not sprain an ankle (knock on wood), and have loved every minute of it.
I'm so grateful to not always know the bigger picture, to just be preparing for what I'm ready for and I'm grateful for a Heavenly Father who knows me and knows what's best for me to allow that to happen.
I can't wait to see the adventures that 2014 holds :)
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Oh hey
Sparknotes version of the past 2 1/2 months or so:
:: We got married :)
:: We honeymooned in Florida, and LOVED getting to go to Disney World together
:: My team had a tournament in Colorado that we did pretty well in, especially with 17 freshmen and only 5 returners this year
:: We celebrated Thanksgiving with my grandparents and cousins and loved every second of a low-key break from school
:: We had a surprise flat/shredded tire and had to replace all four tires on my car (what a fun surprise)
:: We've figured out work and school for the next couple months after not being sure what we would do
:: Chase was accepted into dental school at UT San Antonio starting July 2014!!!
:: Chase graduates from BYU this week!!
:: I'm two finals away from being done with this semester and am looking forward to getting to see my family and go spend time with Chase's family too
:: We got married :)
:: We honeymooned in Florida, and LOVED getting to go to Disney World together
:: My team had a tournament in Colorado that we did pretty well in, especially with 17 freshmen and only 5 returners this year
:: We celebrated Thanksgiving with my grandparents and cousins and loved every second of a low-key break from school
:: We had a surprise flat/shredded tire and had to replace all four tires on my car (what a fun surprise)
:: We've figured out work and school for the next couple months after not being sure what we would do
:: Chase was accepted into dental school at UT San Antonio starting July 2014!!!
I am so, so proud of him and am so glad all of his hard work has paid off. I'm so excited for the adventure this means we get to start in less than a year!
:: We watched two of our very best friends get engaged... to eachother!:: Chase graduates from BYU this week!!
:: I'm two finals away from being done with this semester and am looking forward to getting to see my family and go spend time with Chase's family too
Things are really, really great and I fall further in love with Chase every day and am loving getting to spend every day with my best friend. We're figuring things out as we go, and laughing a whole lot along the way. Isn't that the best way to do it?
Friday, November 8, 2013
Just a thought.
"When we frustrate God’s plan for us, we deprive this world and God’s kingdom of our unique contributions, and a serious schism settles in our soul. God never gave us any task beyond our ability to accomplish it. We just have to be willing to do it our own way. We will always have enough resources for being who we are and what we can become.”
-Pat Holland, LDS Women’s Treasury: Insights and Inspiration for Today’s Woman, p. 104
My cousin shared this quote on her blog and I'm so, so grateful for it.
Sometimes (especially recently), it's so easy to get caught up in everything I'm not doing and everything that I see others doing and wish I could too. I want to have the apartment perfectly clean whenever Chase comes home, and a warm dinner coming out of the oven, and all my homework done, and to not be sweaty from lacrosse practice, and to be smiling and happy and so many things - I learned very quickly that all of this isn't possible despite how much I want it. This realization was really hard for me, but I realized that those nights I do have it all together are really great, but that no one expects that every night. It's not realistic and usually requires me sacrificing doing the things I really love to do. If I can focus on my talents and what I love doing I will be so much better at those things and so much happier.
Thursday, August 8, 2013
July
So... It's been a while.
Life has been so, so great I haven't been able to think about blogging about it all. So sorry!
But something exciting happened and there is no way for me to put into words how incredibly happy I am about all of it. He couldn't have surprised me more or done it more perfectly. I love Chase more than anything and am so so excited to share my life with him.
Quickly after we got engaged I was lucky enough to coach the BYU lacrosse camp. I had such a blast getting to work with the girls that came out. Lacrosse is easily one of my favorite things to do, and I got to hang out with great teammates and a bunch of girls that love lacrosse too!
The 4th of July was during this week so we celebrated that night by watching my cousin play in a pick up game called Lax of July then got to watch Stadium of Fire fireworks from the lacrosse field. It was so much fun to play with cousins and to just hang out after playing lacrosse and being outside all week.
Pretty soon after that we left for my family's annual trip to Lake Powell. I've said this before but Powell for me is heaven on earth. I couldn't love it more. I had so much fun showing Chase something that I've loved for so long and trying new things with him like cliff jumping and double skiing. It couldn't have been a better week in my opinion.
Sidenote: Julia managed to get more ugly pictures of me this week than I've ever had taken in my life. I think it's hysterical, but in all honestly didn't know I could make my face look like that.
Right after we got back my whole family went to Airborne (the trampoline place). It was a lot of fun, but most exciting was that I finally learned how to do a backflip. It took being talked into quite a bit and getting over my nervousness, but I was so glad I did it!
The very next day my whole family and I went wedding dress shopping. It was so great to have all of them there. I loved getting my brothers' and dad's opinion about the different dresses I tried on and to have my mom and Julia help me in and out of them. I actually decided on the very first dress I tried on in less than two hours. Way easier than I had anticipated and I LOVE it. Here's a picture from the dress shop (with me in my dress)
The next week it was Chase's birthday. I had struggled for a while trying to figure out what to get him when I finally decided to take him skydiving. He had never been, but had always wanted to go really bad and I loved seeing the look on his face when I finally told him the surprise I had been keeping. We had so much fun and it was great to celebrate with him doing something I knew he had wanted to do.
Add to the list of the reasons why Chase is the best ever: on his actual birthday he let me go to a concert with Julia instead of staying and celebrating with him. Julia is now one of his biggest fans ever, because it wasn't just any concert he let me go to. Julia and I had tickets to go see One Direction. Not normally the music I listen to, but Julia might actually be the biggest fan they have that I've ever met. I seriously had such a blast. Julia cried and that was so fun(ny). There was more teenage girls screaming in a room than I ever thought I would experience, but they're actually really entertaining and it was so awesome to see Julia so, so happy. (I have no idea where my pictures from this went. Maybe they're actually on Julia's phone and not mine, but they were good haha)
Before we knew it, it was time for us to leave for Mexico with Chase's family. Before we got all the way to Mexico we stopped in Arizona to meet and spend time with some of his extended family that wasn't going to Mexico with us. I also met most of his siblings for the first time (after a very long 11 hour drive - and I'm pretty sure I was half asleep, oops). I don't think that I have ever met that many people in such a short period of time, but everyone was so welcoming and nice and made me feel so comfortable.
Mexico was a dream vacation. We played volleyball, skim boarded, body surfed, played on the beach, buried Chase's siblings in the sand, rode four wheelers through sand dunes, and played all sorts of board games (I even got roped into singing a song for karaoke). I seriously couldn't have asked for a better vacation to get to know his family. I'm so excited to be a part of it in less than 2 months!!
I can't believe how fast this summer has gone, but oh my gosh it's flown. I feel so blessed and seriously feel like I've been living in a dream. In fact, here's something I wrote in my journal the other day that I think sums up how I'm feeling pretty well:
Essentially this has by far been the craziest and probably the best month of my life thus far. I've tried a lot of new things, met a lot of new people, gone to a couple new places, spent time with the people I love most, been to some of my favorite places, done some of my favorite things, and fallen further in love every day. What more could I ask for?
Life has been so, so great I haven't been able to think about blogging about it all. So sorry!
But something exciting happened and there is no way for me to put into words how incredibly happy I am about all of it. He couldn't have surprised me more or done it more perfectly. I love Chase more than anything and am so so excited to share my life with him.
Quickly after we got engaged I was lucky enough to coach the BYU lacrosse camp. I had such a blast getting to work with the girls that came out. Lacrosse is easily one of my favorite things to do, and I got to hang out with great teammates and a bunch of girls that love lacrosse too!
The 4th of July was during this week so we celebrated that night by watching my cousin play in a pick up game called Lax of July then got to watch Stadium of Fire fireworks from the lacrosse field. It was so much fun to play with cousins and to just hang out after playing lacrosse and being outside all week.
Pretty soon after that we left for my family's annual trip to Lake Powell. I've said this before but Powell for me is heaven on earth. I couldn't love it more. I had so much fun showing Chase something that I've loved for so long and trying new things with him like cliff jumping and double skiing. It couldn't have been a better week in my opinion.
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| Driving the kids on the tube and Beckham fell asleep on my arm haha |
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| The one time I jumped off the cliff |
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| That's Chase in the middle doing a backflip |
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| Cutest cousin award goes to... |
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| Skiing together |
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| Rainbow bridge! |
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| Love him to death |
Sidenote: Julia managed to get more ugly pictures of me this week than I've ever had taken in my life. I think it's hysterical, but in all honestly didn't know I could make my face look like that.
Right after we got back my whole family went to Airborne (the trampoline place). It was a lot of fun, but most exciting was that I finally learned how to do a backflip. It took being talked into quite a bit and getting over my nervousness, but I was so glad I did it!
The very next day my whole family and I went wedding dress shopping. It was so great to have all of them there. I loved getting my brothers' and dad's opinion about the different dresses I tried on and to have my mom and Julia help me in and out of them. I actually decided on the very first dress I tried on in less than two hours. Way easier than I had anticipated and I LOVE it. Here's a picture from the dress shop (with me in my dress)
The next week it was Chase's birthday. I had struggled for a while trying to figure out what to get him when I finally decided to take him skydiving. He had never been, but had always wanted to go really bad and I loved seeing the look on his face when I finally told him the surprise I had been keeping. We had so much fun and it was great to celebrate with him doing something I knew he had wanted to do.
Before we knew it, it was time for us to leave for Mexico with Chase's family. Before we got all the way to Mexico we stopped in Arizona to meet and spend time with some of his extended family that wasn't going to Mexico with us. I also met most of his siblings for the first time (after a very long 11 hour drive - and I'm pretty sure I was half asleep, oops). I don't think that I have ever met that many people in such a short period of time, but everyone was so welcoming and nice and made me feel so comfortable.
Mexico was a dream vacation. We played volleyball, skim boarded, body surfed, played on the beach, buried Chase's siblings in the sand, rode four wheelers through sand dunes, and played all sorts of board games (I even got roped into singing a song for karaoke). I seriously couldn't have asked for a better vacation to get to know his family. I'm so excited to be a part of it in less than 2 months!!
I can't believe how fast this summer has gone, but oh my gosh it's flown. I feel so blessed and seriously feel like I've been living in a dream. In fact, here's something I wrote in my journal the other day that I think sums up how I'm feeling pretty well:
Essentially this has by far been the craziest and probably the best month of my life thus far. I've tried a lot of new things, met a lot of new people, gone to a couple new places, spent time with the people I love most, been to some of my favorite places, done some of my favorite things, and fallen further in love every day. What more could I ask for?
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Summer!
Spring classes ended this week.
Finals should be done today.
Family trips start this week (some of my favorites arrive in Utah tonight).
The weather is absolutely beautiful - perfect for reading new books by the pool.
Shorts and flip flops have become regular choices.
Watermelon and fresh corn stands are starting to pop up on the corners of busy intersections.
Summer lacrosse league started this week.
The days keep getting longer.
Plans for amazing trips are falling into place.
...
And the only thing left between me and enjoying all of this is one last paper...
Finals should be done today.
Family trips start this week (some of my favorites arrive in Utah tonight).
The weather is absolutely beautiful - perfect for reading new books by the pool.
Shorts and flip flops have become regular choices.
Watermelon and fresh corn stands are starting to pop up on the corners of busy intersections.
Summer lacrosse league started this week.
The days keep getting longer.
Plans for amazing trips are falling into place.
...
And the only thing left between me and enjoying all of this is one last paper...
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