A Letter...

It has been years since I last heard from you...
I would sit here wondering how you are, and what you're up too.
Ever since you moved our relationship hasn't been the same.
Everyone kept saying you had changed, but I wasn't sure whether to believe it or not.

When I received this letter in the mail I thought I was dreaming.
Could it be true... you really have changed?
I sure hope so, I miss my best friend. :)

Families Are FOREVER!...

I cannot express how much I LOVE my family!

They are so important to me. 

I would not be who I am today if it weren't for them.

A few weeks ago we gathered together for family pictures...

AND for your information...

I have the BEST looking family!

Here are a few pictures from that day...

My family :]]

Entire Fam.

Grandparents with their Grandchildren

Family Joke: We're kinda a big deal...

 

My Grandparents are the CUTEST!

Might possibly be my favorite picture..

Grandpa with his Grandchildren... and my cousin's date (In the pink/purple)! ha!

The Beekeepers...

I LOVE my grandma SO much!

It was a great day full of memories that I will cherish forever!

I Guess I Wanted You more...

I've had a very fun week and yet a kind of heart broken week.

The hurt/sadness I thought was gone came back.

A few months ago I was in love with a man...

We were planning on getting married...

That relationship ended in sadness and heartache...

I came across this song off Lady Antebellum's new album today...

This song brought back a lot of feelings I thought were gone.

A few tears were shed...

And my heartache came back...

But this song describes exactly what I have been feeling.

 

 Wanted You More - Lady Antebellum

I kept waiting on a reason
And a call that never came
No, I never saw it coming
Something in you must have changed

All the words unspoken, promises broken
I cried for so long
Wasted too much time, should've seen the signs
Now I know just what went wrong

I guess I wanted you more
And looking back now, I'm sure
I wanted you more
I guess I wanted you more

All the nights we spent, just talking
Of the things we wanted out of life
Making plans and dreams together
Wish I'd seen, I was just too blind

My heart was open, exposed and hoping
For you to lay it on the line
In the end it seemed
There was no room for me
Still, I tried to change your mind

I guess I wanted you more
And looking back now, I'm sure
I wanted you more
I guess I wanted you more

Oh, I don't need you
I don't need you anymore

I guess I wanted you more
And looking back now, I'm sure
I wanted you more
I guess I wanted you more

I don't need you
I don't need you anymore 

You Can Tell a Little White One...

... But If It's Black You're Right Out! - Jor Jor

A Night on the floor...

 (We had two lanes, 8 people, and 1 big fan!)

My Lane: 

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BRUCHETTA!

She can bowl with the best! She knows all the best moves and will give you a run for your money!

So... Don't mess, don't mess with the best, cause the best don't mess.

Don't fool, don't fool with the cool, cause the cool don't fool.

Don't Mess (clap x2)

Don't Fool (clap x2)

Cause she's the best and she's cool!

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GERTRUDE!

She definitely takes the game seriously... She was a little heart broken after being 2 points away from breaking 100.

Don't worry... She is improving from her 25 point games!

Bowling is definitely not her forte... (stick to soccer)

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BRUTIS!

He is the buffest of them all...

rolling over 100 mph (over exaggerating... but super fast)

He is a tad rusty after 2 years in the DR playing baseball ;] ...

Take him bowling and he'll knock it out of the park (or alley).

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VOLDEMORT

 (Always needs to be a Voldemort in bowling)

WINNER!

Game 1: 153

Game 2: 129

Never underestimate the power of Voldemort. Harry may have been able to fend him off for 7 books... but when it comes to bowling he'll sure surprise you! He has some mad bowling skills...

Who knew? ha

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NUMBER ONE FAN: JOR-JOR :]]

Don't know quite what happened here...

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SPENCER...

Edward??

My heart beats for you ;]] haha

Gotta have a pic. with our biggest fan!

Classic Bruchetta move with the team!

Definitely a Favorite!

Classic Shoe Picture

The WHOLE gang!

AMAZING PEOPLE + INCREDIBLE BOWLING MAKES FOR ONE HECK OF A NIGHT !

At what elevation does an elk become a moose?... HA!

TETONS!

I spent four days last week with my Mentors in Jackson Hole, Wyoming at the Tetons!

We arrived on Monday. After driving for the first part of the day we spent our time pitching tents and going over this weeks agenda.

One half of the group starts out with service while the other goes white water rafting. Then the groups switch the next day. 

My group started off with White Water Rafting...

Notable moments from Rafting: (No pictures... sorry... my camera would have gotten wet and that would have been a tragedy)

 - Having princess pae pae on our raft and protecting her.
- "Oh gosh I don't like that" - Rhett

We had the best raft ever!! :]]

and then...

The next Day we did a Service project at Jenny Lake!

For our service project we built and took down log fences.

We took the fence down on this path!

Notable moment from Service: 

- I sneezed... "Bless your gizzard Hay." - Roger
- "Where does this water come from?"
- "How do you get that white sand on the top of the mountain?" (True question that has been asked by visitors)

Games Played Throughout the week:

- Bull Shiz

- GOLF

- SCUM

- Knock Knock

-Egyptian Rat Screw (LOVE it!)

- 2 Truths & 1 Lie

- Riddles

- Bald Claymaker = Harry Potter!

STORY:

The night before we left my friend Cee and I had an awesome experience.

We decided to head to the bathrooms at around 9:00 

While getting ready for bed, we meet this incredible lady from North Carolina!

She tells us how her and her husband are cycling from Alberta Canada, to Tucson Arizona.

They drove their truck from Charlotte North Carolina to Tucson Arizona.

The flew themselves along with their bikes up to Canada and are biking back down to Tucson.

(AMAZING!)

Someone had left their phone to charge in the restroom and she asked if it was ours.

But it was not. She warned us if we do decide to charge it, to not leave it unattended.

She then explained how her phone and charger were stolen earlier. Her and her husband had separate phones but shared the same charger. 

They were going to see if they could pick another up on their way through Jackson.

She informed us that she had a DROID.

I had charged my phone earlier (for the ride home the next day) and decided to offer her my charger.

She offered to pay me for it.

I told her it was fine and that she could use it more that I could.

Besides I would be going home tomorrow and it would be easier for me to get a new one than for her.

She followed us to our tent and was so grateful for the charger.

Come to find out, She had just retired as a professor from Duke!

She did a lot of research there and was quite impressed with the program that we were involved in.

So many things happened that trip that I will never forget. 

I am so grateful to be apart of such a wonderful program. 

Every person in it is absolutely incredible.