Oh man. Spring Break was so good. SO GOOD.
The week leading up to it was crazy as flames (not sure what that means, but whatevs). I had a chem exam and an anatomy exam. It was madness. Friday, my Mother Deer got into the 801 and then Saturday, her, me, and my sista all hit the road for IDAHO! We stopped at a fancy place for breakfast on our way out and then got going. My cousin Jordan had her mission farewell (heading to Ukraine) and so a lot of the fam went up. It was so fun.
Everyone says they love their fam, and their family is so great, and blah blah blah but SERIOUSLY. My family is so awesome. I love to hang out with my family and spend time with them.
We stayed the whole weekend in Idaho. We had family dinners, family game nights of UNO, and I stayed up way too late every night with my cousins. I was so glad to hang out with Jordan before she left- I forget that we are such good friends and it was SO good to catch up on life. Can't believe we're both serving missions. Anyway, the weekend with the DREAM TEAM (Me, Mom, Heidi) = PERF. We got back Monday afternoon, I worked 6PM-6AM Monday and then Mom and I hit the road Tuesday morning for St. George.
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| my cute outfit, haha. |
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| view from the backyard |
Tuesday night, Grant met up to stay the week, and we cruised around the Steeg. I forget how much I love the Steeg until I get back down there from not being there for a while. I love all the "lookout" places. Dixie Rock, The Big D at the Airport, above the hospital, and over in St. James Place up kinda by Summit. We went and saw Elder Cameron Cox off. That boy is going to be a great missionary. I love him and am so proud/excited for him.
Wednesday we babysat the boys in the morning and that was a blast. They are SO CRAZY but I love them. They loved Grant and told me that HE was the boss of ME. Those boys are so dang fun. We then ran mission errands all day. Immunizations, passport, you name it-we did it.
Thursday we hiked the Red Mountain with Joey and Tirsa. It was SO good to spend time with those two. I was kind of a baby on the hike, but I did legitimately feel kinda sick. Haha, but I knew the view would be so worth it, so we made it to the top. We laid up there for a while, letting the breeze cool us off. It was such a beautiful day. We realized it was like 3:15... and I had to be AT the temple by 5:40. We cruised off that mount and I made it in time.
Going through the temple Thursday night was beautiful. I seriously was so grateful my family could be there with me, it was so comforting. I missed Heidi, Eric, and Mikelle, but was so happy to have my Grandma Hafen, Kira Bott and her mom April. We saw a lot of other Santa Clara friends in there which was awesome too. We went to Larsen's Frost-Top after. Mmmm, so good.
We were driving home from Larsen's and who's rolling down their window screaming to me? The one and only OLIVIA EARL. We followed her to Joey's and hung out there for a while. It was so good to see her and to chat with Joey's parents!
Friday, I spent some time with Weston and Tirsa. Later, Grant and I ran some more errands and just cruised the town. John called and said he was going to take the top off the Hummer... and asked if we wanted to take it out. Heck yeah! We took it out by the new airport and just cruised around. Ah, it so so peaceful out there. That night we saw Jack Reacher with my parents. I was kinda out of it and fell asleep... but it was a good movie (from what I saw, haha)
Saturday we did homework and headed out. The next day was Grant’s sister’s farewell, so I headed up
to Ogden Sunday morning for that. It was so good to hear his sister speak, she is now in Chicago, just bein' a full time missionary! So crazy.
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| Grant's little sister, Liesl. |
Life is good. More updates to come.
Peace & Love
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