Happy Mothers Day

I have been so blessed to have my mom in my life

mom loves sharing a seat with me  :)

She has taught me so much and is always there for me.

I can't wait to be a mom one day  :)

Picture Overload!

As you can see, I finally got my pictures to load!

Brigham City Temple open house

I think that's pretty self explanatory 

Cherise gives her mission farewell talk

She is going to Canada!

Can you just feel the excitement from her? Haha! Just kidding, she really was excited. I have no doubt that Cherise Amazing King is living up to her name and is an amazing missionary.

This was such a fun trip because these were my roommates my last semester at BYU-Idaho! 

(minus the freshman and not counting my real last semester when I moved home because all my friends had already graduated)

I hadn't seen Krista in a long time and it was good to catch up with her and bring her up to speed on everyones lives.

We have had so many fun times together, and obviously, those fun times aren't stopping any time soon  :)

Cafe Sabor

My roommates and home teacher

(He still owes us cookies from last month)

Here We Glow

Spencer, Chelsey, Ashlee and Cullen ready to start the run!

Melissa and I were the best cheerleaders ever!

p.s.  I took Melissa's place at Bridgerland when she moved out. It was so fun to have her come back to visit!

The whole group after the race. Everyone did so good!

Leafing

Autumn is so gorgeous in Logan!

Cullen invited Chelsey and me to go on a "short hike to go check out the leafs" which interpreted to be and easy hike. Boy, was I wrong! 

I should probably start doing something to stay in better shape. 

I was planning on bringing my Nikon to take pictures of the Fall colors, but as usual, I forgot it.

Cullen remembered his Cannon (he's an art guy too) but forgot his SD card.

We are just awesome like that. 

On the way back, we found these glasses on the side of the trail like this. Random!

Of course, we had Cullen try them on.

Football

After the General Relief Society Broadcast, Cate and I decided to go to the Utah State football game. We decided this a little late, so it was already the fourth quarter by the time we got there. Utah State was already winning by so much that a lot of people were already leaving when we got there. We went to go in, but the lady told us the stadium had already reached student capacity, so they couldn't let us in, even though half the students had already left. What? After sorting through all our options, we decided the best option would be to climb the fence. We will support out team!

Construction

There are more town homes being built next to us

Someone put a pirate flag in the middle of it.

It makes a great playground for the neighborhood kids

Rock Climbing

Chelsey and I went rock climbing with Cullen and Spencer

It was Chelsey's first time rock climbing

She was so good!

Rexburg

Nielsen's with Tanner and my dad

I got engaged!

Tanner on the thinking rug after posting my false engagement on facebook

Helping mom get ready for school

Dad with his hair sticking straight up after jeeping with Tanner

Mom and Dad painting

Tanner and I were no help at all. 

We watched Burn Notice until 1:00 in the morning

General Conference

The big announcement

My favorite talk

 I love conference brunch!

And our traditional hike between sessions

beautiful!

Shadows

       

Scooter ride down

Food

I am eating! 

But I can definitely let my food supply run low. 

This is everything I had on my shelf.... and that butter expired in June.

Lost

I've started watching Lost. 

It's ok.

Soccer

The cheerleaders

The soccer players

All of us (minus Clayson)

Dutch Oven

Cullen made the best dutch oven chicken and potatoes! Seriously, so good!

And of course, no dutch oven night could be complete without cobbler. 

Delicious!

Consider yourselves updated

:)

Are You Eating?

As much as I know my parents would love it, I have never been one to call home very often.
I feel good about myself if I remember to call home once a week on Sunday.

However, I think it's safe to say that these past few weeks, I have talked to my parents more than the rest of my life combined!
(ok, maybe just a slight exaggeration, but it's been a lot!)

My favorite part of every conversation is

"Are you eating?"

It inevitably comes.
Every time.

I promise, I am eating!
But it makes me feel good that they are concerned about me.

I also know that my Heavenly Father is concerned about me and is very aware of me.
This is such a huge blessing and I am overwhelmed with gratitude.

I have had this song running through my head all week - or more specifically, this line.

"I still feel like I'm where I'm supposed to be
Don't forget to remember me"

I am so blessed to know that I am where I'm supposed to be at this time in my life, 
and more importantly, that I am never forgotten.

"Don't Forget To Remember Me"

18 years had come and gone
For momma they flew by
But for me they drug on and on
We were loading up that Chevy
Both tryin' not to cry
Momma kept on talking
Putting off good-bye
Then she took my hand and said
"Baby don't forget:

Before you hit the highway
You better stop for gas
And there's a 50 in the ashtray
In case you run short on cash
Here's a map and here's a Bible
If you ever lose your way

Just one more thing before you leave
Don't forget to remember me"

This downtown apartment sure makes me miss home
and those bills there on the counter
Keep telling me I'm on my own
And just like every Sunday I called momma up last night
And even when it's not, I tell her everything's all right
Before we hung up I said
"Hey momma, don't forget:

to tell my baby sister I'll see her in the fall
And tell me-maw that I miss her
Yeah, I should give her a call
And make sure you tell Daddy that I'm still his little girl
Yeah I still feel like I'm where I'm supposed to be 
Don't forget to remember me"

Tonight I find myself kneeling by the bed to pray
I haven't done this in a while
So I don't know what to say but
Lord, I feel so small sometimes in this big ol' place
Yeah, I know theres more important things, but
Don't forget to remember me

Don't forget to remember me

That One Time . . . .

When Courtney came to visit!

And we went to that cool place....

illegally....

and we got kicked out.

So we made this deliciousness instead.

And then we did a little art project

with all my left over art supplies from school

And made the best Mothers Day present ever!

Lets do that again real soon!