complaints about packing & time.

{sorry for the blurry photo taken from my comp. due to my laziness}

here i am. wearing the backpack that i must pack three and a half months of my life into.

& i'm not trying to be dramatic or anything but every time i walk in my room and see that  backpack a tear rolls down my cheek.

okay, so maybe i'm being a little dramatic. but seriously. it pains me just a little to think i must fit everything into that {fairly small} backpack.

i know once i'm there i won't be longing for much. cause like i blogged last summer when i went to hawaii in this post about how much stuff we have that we don't really need; i know i can survive three & a half months with this backpack.

so now that i'm over having a high-maintenance moment...

lets talk about time.

time is a fragile and fleeting thing. i have come to realize this year after year.

because i definitely understand what people mean when they say the older you get, the faster time flies.

and it is surely flying.

i will be on a plane to europe in just five days.

"time. its always time on my mind.

so pass me by. i'll be fine, just give me time."

i love that song by damien rice. i would love if time slowed down a little bit the rest of this week so i can

get everything done that i need to & just enjoy utah and everyone here a little bit longer.

however, i know when it comes time to leave on sunday (at 5:30am...) i will be ready.

because even though leaving my cell phone, my bed, my car, my wardrobe, some of my friends, & my family... i am ready for another adventure full of new experiences.

and i am also SO ready to be sitting on this....

  

see you soon mallorca!

daddy's girl.

dear dad,

i have always loved spending time with you. & these pictures are just glimpses into the endless wonderful memories i have with you.

when i was little and people would tell me "you look just like your dad!" i would think... so i look like a boy? thanks. but i don't mind hearing it anymore :)

thank you for always being there for me these past twenty-one years.

i can't imagine my life without you. you have always been my strength & you truly are my hero.

happy father's day, daddy!

i love you.

summertime.

summer is finally here!

i spent the day yesterday at seven peaks with mikayla.

figured i better get some use out of my pass before i'm gone til' october.

i loved soaking up the sun rays. my skin was yearning for them.

i love waking up to summer days. & being able to depend on the fact that there will be warmth & sunshine day after day. 

my summer here in utah is going to be really short so hopefully i can get some fun summer activities in before i leave including going on a bike ride, more laying out by the pool, sleeping outside under the stars, more long boarding (i'm getting kinda good :), going on a hike, having a picnic, going to a drive-in movie, and..... as much as i'd like the list to go on & on, i better stop there. because i only have SIXTEEN more days before i am off to the other side of the world. & i still have plenty to do packing wise too and am still working full-time. hope i can find ways to squeeze in spending as much time as possible with everyone i love cause i'm going to miss everyone so much.

alicia turned twenty-one just five days after i did. yay! we ate at bucca di beppo in downtown slc & it was rather filling & delish. smleesh has always been one of the greatest girls i know & i'm so happy to have had her as a best friend through out all these years. so excited to be adventuring in europe with her this summer as well. luff you leech.

i'm one proud sister.

Tyler has graduated high school! 

and lets not forget to mention that he graduated with a 4.0!

yep, not even just one A- in his entire high school career. i don't know how he did it but i do know he is amazing. 

now he is onto bigger & better things in the fall where he will be living in the dorms at the University of Utah. I couldn't be more proud of him!

i took his senior pictures a few weeks ago (thanks aunt laura for letting me borrow your camera). here are some of my favorites: 

what a good looking guy!

congrats ty! 

i know you will succeed in whatever you choose to do. i love you!