Blessed.

It has been a long while since i last blogged! I'm not doing too good at this, which is unfortunate because the only reason I began a blog was to make up for the lack of journal writing I do!  Well, what can I say... Life has been crazy, and every day I am reminded of how truly blessed I am!  Just a few things:

This boy>>>

Got his mission call exactly 2 years ago and gets home in exactly  8. yes, 8 weeks! Part of me is blown away by how fast these past 2 years went and another part of me feels like they have been the longest 2 years of my life!  These past few months alone have felt like years but I know that it's all because I'm just too gosh darn excited to see his face again!  It's crazy to think how much I have grown since the day he got his mission call (I remember it like it was yesterday) I was an absolute emotional wreck! I could not begin thinking about how i was supposed to live my life for so long without my best friend by my side 24/7 but look at me, I have done it!! I am unbelievably grateful that I was able to experience such a huge part of his life with him through letters and be able to grow by watching him grow.  Waiting for a missionary is not anywhere near easy but I can tell you it is definitely an amazing experience and it is for sure worth it!!

Next thing on the agenda... I LOVE this time of year!! The other day I was driving into town with my sister and she asked me if I was on drugs because I just kept remarking over and over again about how beautiful it was outside! I definitely took the beauty of where I live for granted while growing up but now I have finally opened my eyes and discovered.. wow! On every single clear blue sky day I am in awe with the fact that I live in such a pretty place.

Too bad pictures can't capture the true beauty.  I'm dreading the day it starts snowing because I know it will be about 7 months until I can enjoy going outside again.  Only downside to living in good old Utah... Winter is more than half a year long!
I'm sounding like thanksgiving with all the things i'm grateful for here but really.. I have ALOT of things to be grateful for.  Next thing on the list: My amazing friends!
I have the type of friends that I can call up at 4 in the morning and know they will be there for me (that is if their phone manages to wake them up) I hope all of you have friends like this because it is the best feeling knowing there is always going to be someone there for you.  My best friend McKell went away to school and when I say away I mean far far away to the land of Hawaii.  I miss hanging out with her like crazy but there has yet been a day where we weren't texting, skyping, talking on the phone, you name it.  I talk to her so much and every time I get a phone call from her we still somehow manage to talk for hours even if we had just gotten done talking on Skype 10 minutes before.  There is just a never ending amount of stuff to tell each other!

Also, I look up to my other best friend Sarah a lot.  She has a family of her own and is super busy being a fabulous Mom/ Wife  but she still makes time for me and I know without a doubt in my mind she will be there for me whenever I need her!  We will get together and instead of doing what we actually had planned just end up talking for hours instead! I love her.
Honestly, I could go on for hours and hours about the amazing things and people in my life, but I need to go to bed so i guess this ends here.
p.s. a few other things i am grateful for. My bed, my car, family, trees, water,showers, umm.. everything. :)
bye.