Well a few weeks ago one of my greatest friends who also happens to be my cousin, Jessica got married giving me an excuse to go for a visit in Utah!!! She even asked me to bridesmaid & I was honored. I flew in on Wednesday, September 21st, where my mom picked me up at the airport. I didn’t even make it all the way home before my sis, who doesn’t like shopping without a partner, asked me to go to the mall with her. My mom dropped me off at her work and we headed out to have some girl time. After the mall, the rest of my siblings came over to say hi and eat some of my dad’s famous fajitas (Yes my dad has a lot of famous food) & my wonderful mom made some of my requested Mississippi mud brownies. It was soo good to see everyone; I couldn’t believe how big Briar & Aydri had gotten! Luckily, Aydri missed me just as much as I missed her and we hugged for a L O N G time before we were willing to let each other go. She kept saying “ I missed you while you were in Car-o-yna” in her cute little voice that just melted my heart. We hung out and had some family time before my sister MADE me sleep over at her house because she was afraid to drive home alone in the dark. Oh ya just gotta love her. So yeah, I didn’t even get to sleep in my own bed on my first night back & the trend continued for the next few nights because I had planned on spending the night & each siblings’ house to make sure I got quality time with each of them. But let’s back up a bit & head back to the day following my first day back, which was the wedding. (Little shoutout to Jessica & Crew: It was BEA-utiful!! Congrats guys!) Of course I gotta post some pictures of the big day….
Ok, Well up until this point I had planned on giving a day by day event list of all the fun things I did, but 1.) Its getting a little late & I’m not sure I’m feeling up to it & 2.) I realized it might be a little boring. So I decided to make a wordle that pretty much sums up what I did.
BUT.. Before I go have just a few more things to say that didn’t fit into one word or I wanted to expad on. So here is a random, jumbled paragraph of more things we did.
Of course I had to go to Café rio. Only the best.● I really missed playing Sunday night rummy with my extended family, so on Sunday I roped them into playing a game.● Before I left I seen these really cute socks with lace at the top that you stick out of your boots, but for some reason didn’t buy them & Ever since then, I have wanted them really bad. So I finally got them. Yup, you needed to know that. ● I cooked some really good food, I have missed cooking really good food. ● Since me & Krista are pickle experts, I introduced her to the best pickles ever: Claussen Refrigerated● Krista, Aydri & I went & seen lion king in 3D. Awesome● I got to see my Rose Grandparents, I was really bummed out I didn’t get to last time :( ● I seen my cousin’s Kyle & his adorable wife Lindsay’s cute house● Tried the sweet tooth fairy cupcake shop for the first time. Yum Mom, Mir, Krista, Aydri & I took front runner to do some shopping at gateway● Went to Build a bear with Aydri. Again. She is spoiled :)
Here are some pics from all the fun
Lion King 3D
Briar trying on my cowgirl boot slippers :)
Build a bear {again}
Some really nice firemen @ Cafe Rio let Aydri go in their firetruck.
Ok Last one, I'm trying to contain myself. Have I ever told you how much I love my neices? They are tooo cute!!!
I am sooo bummed, I totally forgot to take pictures but I thought my favorite thing we did deserved its own space. We all went to boondocks! It was soo fun! First we all raced on the cars. Hilarious. Then my mom and Aydri went on the water boats. Mom didn’t know she was going to get wet until she got to the first of the line. Even more hilarious. Then we played mini golf aka PUTT PUTT. Hehe (Yes it’s still funny! If you don’t know what I’m talking about, it’s earlier in my blog) & then we all played a few arcade games. To wrap up the night, we went to Cutlers & Farr’s Ice cream.
All this fun stuff made it hard to leave. & hard is an understatement. I had a very difficult time saying goodbye. It was so bad I got really mopey the day before I was even supposed to leave. But I pushed through and got on the plane. But it didn’t get better. I can now say I now know the true meaning of homesickness. I was really sick. I couldn’t eat or sleep, was on the verge of tears at any given moment and my stomach was in knots 24/7. I was VERY close to packing my bags and going home. But then I seen this…
& it just made me look at things in a different view. I know its cheezy, but I really needed to read it that day. I realized how lucky I am to have found such a great “temporary family” to live with for the year and to look forward to the future. I pulled myself out of the hole I was in and am now proud to say I am back on my feet and loving my time here.
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