A Full Life of the Mind

Currently: Watching bones at 10:46 on a Friday night, with a cute little guard dog sleeping next to me on the couch. Home alone? My advice would be to NOT watch Bones.. Although a fabulous show, it's not good to have serial killers on the brain at this time of night. Last weekend I was in Rigby, Idaho, and the weekend before that I was back in Forest Grove for a quick trip :) So here's my quick recap: Two weekends ago, Friday after school, I started my 5 hour drive back home, to Forest Grove. The car ride was long (as you can imagine) and I started to go crazy about two hours in. Naturally. BUT I finally got there around 8 at night and after hugging my babies and talking with my mom for a little bit, I crashed. The next day I woke up and showered and went shopping with Mom and Lilli. After that, we all headed to the movie "Storks" SO CUTE. (I love my crazy family) After the movie (or was it before? It's been a while guys) we made

Dear lovetaza.com, Thank you for being one of my favorite bloggers, one of my favorite speakers at rootstech, and most of all, thank you for giving me this cool idea for a new and fun way of blogging. Dear Bon Iver Pandora station , Thank you for giving me calming background music while I write. It's getting those inspirational juices flowing. Dear La Grande Young Single Adults Branch, Thank you for doing fun things, like making homemade doughnuts and homemade apple juice, and inviting me to join. Thank you for living your lives the way God want's you too, and for being oh so welcoming. Dear homemade apple juice ,  You are oh so delicious. I'm never going back to store bought after having a taste of you. Dear Walmart , You have the cutest sweaters for so cheap. Every college student appreciates it. Dear College, Why are you so expensive? Dear Lizzy and Lauren, I've really relied on you guys a lot lately, to talk me through everything. I

I have so many thoughts running through my head right now, so I apologize in advanced for this post, which will probably end up being random and scattered and sappy. This weekend, the second weekend here in La Grande, was spent with family. Trampis, my brother and roommate, was off in Montana, helping lead EOU's football team to a victory. He spent most of the weekend on a bus. Jess, my brothers girlfriend, took my brother and her's dog to Boise, and spent the weekend with family as I did. So here I was, in La Grande, not knowing what to do. I got a text from my aunt Krissy saying she'd be in town with her husband and their two year old daughter, Annalyn, and that she wanted to see me. Saturday was a pretty chill day for the most part. We didn't do much in the morning except shop and hang out. I broke out some really really old scrapbooks of my grandparents. I even indulged myself in their life stories for part of the day (which are so interesting. If you

Well, wow! It's been a while since I've written on this blog. Don't worry, though, I'm back ;) These last few weeks have been absolutely insane! I've been SO busy! And now look at me, a college student sitting on my bed in my brother and I's house (okay, to be fair, we didn't buy it so it's not technically ours, but still) with my brothers dog at the foot of my bed, homework calling to me to finish it from my backpack in my closet (a very very full closet, by the way) and the sound of football coming from the TV in the living room. Yup... This is my life lately. Last time I did a catch up, I was barely bringing my stuff down to La Grande on the first weekend in September! So before the formal room tour, the likes and dislikes of my first week of college, and the deep talks about life, let me catch you up ;) With pictures and few comments. On August 30th, Lillian started FIRST GRADE!! It was... crazy. I can't believe she's alread