19 August 2010

The Countdown Begins...

COLLEGE IS SO CLOSE, I CAN SEE IT! I leave for BYU-I (do) on Sept. 5th! I kinda want to fast forward my life to that date. I have been ready and waiting for the moment i can go to college for a year! I now have my associates degree, an apartment, an awesome roommate, and a class schedule... so i am READY! (That's about all i can think about, which is why i started my post off with that.) I CAN'T WAIT! :)

I also just realized that i haven't blogged in a while. I guess i have been really, super busy. Lame excuse, i know.. but its the truth. A lot has happened since my last post, so i guess i will just do a quick recap:

UNCLE DARRELL CAME TO VISIT:

I just LOVE my uncle Darrell. For those of you who don't know him, he is my dad's youngest brother and he is mentally handicapped. For the past couple summers he has come and spent a week with us. He is so fun and happy. His favorite things are: flashlights, swimming (well water in general), bubbles, airplanes, and wind-up toys. One of the nights he was here we had FHE at Howard Amon Park. It was fun to see him!

GRADUATION:

Hard to believe.. maybe.. BUT YES i graduated! I actually graduated both Richland High School and Columbia Basin College (with my associates) Within two weeks of each other. It was GREAT! After 13 long years of school i was finally done, well for a couple months. I only went to one of the ceremonies because for my CBC graduation i was in Florida at Disney World. We went to Olive Garden for dinner then on the the ceremony. Mark, Cindy and Greg Bowden came down from Seattle to see me, which was great. Darrell was still here on his "vacation" so he came too. It was really great! 

DISNEY WORLD:

Those two words say everything! It was AWESOME! we had SO much fun as a family. We went to Animal Kingdom, Epcot, Magic Kingdom, twice :), and Hollywood Studios. The Humidity in Florida just about killed me. I felt like i couldn't breathe when i got off the plane. BUT, you eventually get used to it, and if i ever lived there, i would NEVER have dry skin again. We walked A LOT and rode a bunch of rides! Lindsay's Boyfriend Travis actually got to come down for the weekend. It was fun to see and hang out with him. I think that was Lindsay's Favorite part. I have WAY to many pictures.. and this post is already HUGE.. so i will just post a few. But the vacation was INCREDIBLE! i loved every minute!


As of  lately, i have been working full time. Its a lot of hours.. but i NEED the money for school. Life has been great! no complaints really. I like my job, and i love my family. Until college, i will keep working hard and earning money. College can't come soon enough... everyone keeps telling me how much fun i am going to have.. but i just can't wait to go out and experience it for myself. I know it is where i am supposed to be and it will be an awesome experience.