busy, busy, busy! thats what ive been since i left provo. ive hardly had a second to sit down and relax but its been great. on monday mom and i took off for portland. we wanted to visit steph and i had made an appointment to meet with someone from culinary school. checking out the school has made me even more excited. the school is tiny and almost intimate and i love that. the school has a restaurant and we were able to have lunch there. the food was amazing! seriously. ask my mom or stephanie. to be honest the dessert was the best part ;) while there we also went to trader joes, fabric depot (the largest fabric store in the country), voo doo doughnuts, and there are many other places i wanted to check out but that will have to wait. now im more excited than ever to move to portland! i know this is going to be a great change.

its my last night at work. yay! my mom is coming TODAY and im moving TOMORROW. i can hardly believe it. i took my last final yesterday and its so surreal. i cant believe im packing everything up and moving out of utah. im so grateful for the time ive had here at byu and for the people i have met. there have been a few people that have impacted my life in a big way and changed it for the better. im going to miss this place. i have had many ups and downs here and ive had experiences that have taught me in so many ways. this past year has had many ups and downs and i have learned so much about myself that i dont even remember the person i was before. i had a lot of growing to do and i still do. if it wasnt for this place or the people i wouldnt be who i am today. so thank you to everyone who has made my byu experience great. thank you to those that have been there with me through the thick and thin. thank you who have helped me become a better person.

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my roommate and i are kinda cool.

confession: these past couple of days have been hard. im scared. scared of change. scared to leave my friends. this past week ive been able to spend time with the people i care about the most. whenever i spend time with them i become sad and question myself. am i making the right decision? well even though at times im sad, question everything, and get a little teary eyed because im going to miss everything so much i know im making the right decision. this is right for me. i hope to keep in touch with everyone but i know as time goes on that will slowly fall apart. emails will stop. phone calls will be rare and eventually they might just be a memory. i cant stand the thought of that. so in the mean time the next couple of days will be spent packing, studying for my final, and spending every second with the people im going to miss the most.

i love this picture of my roommate jessica. im sure going to miss her.

there is a mouse at work. i saw it run across the floor and now im freaking out. i hate mice. i always have and always will. when i was a little girl i saw a mouse in our basement and i couldnt sleep all night because my sister told me it could climb into my bed. dont i have the best sisters?

the next two weeks...

now-16th-pack, clean, study, work, get a thousand things done
10th-last class at byu
14th-last night of work and take my last final at byu...umm can you say college graduate?! im growing up!
15th-mom comes. lets be honest ill probably do most of my packing and cleaning today
16th-pack up, leave provo for good, and head off to idaho to hang out with some fam, but first we will stop by an amazing bakery in salt lake on our way. yes, my dear sisters you should be jealous.
18th-head home...ahh i love the sound of that
21st-22nd-portland-finally check out portland culinary institute. so excited about this. oh and of course see my sister and future home. i get to live with her and my adorable nephew for a couple of months...or maybe longer?

its going to be a busy two weeks but im so excited.

my mom, sisters and i had a girls weekend in california. we went to the beach, did a lot of shopping, swimming, and just hung out and talked. it was so much fun but i wish i had taken more pictures. here are just a few pictures from the weekend.

the water was so cold but so worth it

awww...how precious

my mom made all of us aprons