Japan!

I'm engaged! to my very best friend and I couldn't be happier. more pictures to come of Japan...

weekends

they come and go so dang fast.
friday Zupas and The Majestic
saturday quilted and consumed 5000 calories of muddy buddies. yum.
sunday family ward (It was a good change)
and
monday real life begins again. Where does the time go?

In just 8 days I have to move back home.
and commute back to work/school
But... In 10 days I get to spend a whole week in Japan with Austin and his family.
I just love this boy.

Pretty soon school starts again.
Secretly I am a little bit excited inside.
Nerdy, huh.
I like going to class and staying busy
but I'm not excited to be ultra stressed about tests and grades.
I'm excited to go buy sweet new school supplies and pack my backpack.
and use my crazy cool calculator in my sweet math and physics classes-
doesn't that sound exciting? ha.

barbershop

Last week we went to our Condo in McCall.
It was crazy fun.
We went on this beautiful bike ride and ended up here...

Yesterday I cut Austin's 'mop'


I was scared to death...
and had no idea what I was doing,
so I pulled out the bowl, ha.

not too bad, eh?

procrastination...

It's 12:17 and tomorrow is cleaning checks. I've cleaned everything except my room, but I'm exhausted- so here I am blogging instead...
Today I made Chicken Pot Pie.
You may ask since when do you eat anything other than oatmeal? ha
Well, I've got to start being normal- and cooking real food.
It was weight watchers pot pie, but nobody needs to know that.

Preston came over too, and Alex (Austin's brother) and Cole (Preston's roommate).
Love these boys.

friday night loneliness

So this is my oh please gag me post...
But I couldn't help myself.
Austin is gone for 4 days.
I miss him a lot. a lot a lot.
He's in Arkansas. I should have flown out.
I'm ready for him to come home.
They say that, 'distance makes the heart grow fonder,'
well my heart was fond enough without him leaving... ha.
On memorial day we hiked to Stewart Falls,
It was way fun.
He carried me across the creek so my shoes wouldn't get wet.
What would I do without this boy?
Probably read my book, and prepare a Relief Society lesson.
Yes, that's what I'll be doing this Friday night.
I hope your weekend is filled with more excitement than mine, ha.

Memorial Day

Tomorrow is Memorial Day.
Thank goodness for PTO. woot.
I wish that I could go and visit my grandparents graves.
So this is in honor of them and what little bit I know about them.
Phyllis Summers, an amazing mother, wife, and grandmother.
Although I don't remember her well, I do know one thing... that she raised the best mom in the entire world.
What a daunting task, right?
She was very funny, extremely spunky, and energetic.
She'd prance around the house and call it exercise. Now that's my kind of Grandma.
She was a crazy canner from beets and beans to raspberries and unidentifiable foods. ha
I'm glad she taught my mother this amazing skill and I hope my mother will teach me so that I can teach my daughters.
She was always a very hard worker, after Grandpa had a heart attack at a very young age she was required to work and provide. What amazing strength and diligence.
Elmer Summers, I never knew. But I'm extremely honored to be named after him.
I know that he was a wonderful husband and father. My mom loved her dad and still talks about him to this day. He was very generous and would give the shirt off his back to help another. He loved his wife and made sure that she was respected by their children. I'm excited to be able to meet him again one day. I feel like we are already best friends.

Yesterday Austin and I went to Ikea and Gardner Village.
I forgot how huge Ikea is, and how long it takes to get out once you are in.
and as always I heart Gardner Village, it's the cutest place.
I bought a couple embroidery things that I'm going to work on.
My hours at work got cut a little, so now I have time to do stuff in the morning.
I think I'll run another marathon. (most people don't make that decision on a whim, but why not right?! ha)
Austin is going to Arkansas this weekend. I was going to fly out for the weekend but I can't really afford to take work off.
This weekend will most definitely be filled with chick flicks (Dear John, P.S I love you, The Notebook, Bride Wars, Sleepless in Seattle, 27 dresses, Princess Diaries...) and shopping, with my favorite little sister (and best friend).

Happy Sunday and Memorial Day

summer lovin'

it's been so long.
Life is so wonderful.
I love this boy an awful awful lot.
I'm officially a math education major. woot.
talk about nerdy. i'm cool with it though, no worries.
I get to meet Austin's mom this week, she's coming from Japan.
Yikes, let's hope she likes me...