biking with him...
swimming with him...
hiking with him...
sporting events with him...
The best thing of all about summer?
Daniel Burk.
And yes. I know this is the cheasiest post. hehehe.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Things I love about Summers in Provo
Frozen Yogurt
Camping in Zions or Strawberry... amazing
Hiking Timp... in the middle of the night
A pass to 7 peaks
going multiple times to 7 peaks in one week
spa hopping
riding my bike up the canyon- beautiful!!!
having roomates to come get me when I have a flat tire while biking up the canyon
summer storms with lightning
indian palace- the best indian food ever!!
late night walks
car trips
time to read books!
sunflowers and wildflowers
yes. i love summer. one month left to enjoy it!!!
Saturday, August 2, 2008
10 Things I never have and wish I did because I always forget to buy them
wrapping paper
spices
vitamins
dryer sheets
envelopes
stamps
contact solution
409
batteries
glue stick
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
More Nature Fotos
My Photography class is over, but I still keep taking fotos :) As soon as I have 30 minutes I will post some fotos of Brasil... I need to sort through them still...
Thursday, July 10, 2008
14 days later
Yes. After 2 full weeks of being lost, my suitcase was returned to me. That means it never made it to Brasil. Instead it was sent to Chicago, and then Charlston VA... pretty close to Brasil eh? I have now spent a great deals of hours with United Airlines employees in Brasil, San Diego, Salt Lake, and India (thats where the 1-800 number goes) So yay for red elephant suitcase coming back, I was pretty excited if you couldn't tell.Besides this whole thing the Brasil trip really was fantastic. Absolutely wonderful. No words. Booyah!!! Stay tuned for other pictures from my fantabulous trip...
Friday, July 4, 2008
lost and found
yes. the suitcase that was officialy lost, has been found. today. that means a whole 8 days after it was lost last thursday. which means yours truly has been wandering around using the same clothes for 8 days. (imagine that I am laughing hysterically right now... because I am)
so it has been quite a journey. luckily the suitcases have been the only mishap. wednesday after spending a few hours at the sao paulo airport urging the airline-american airlines- suitcase people to PLEASE start looking more urgently for my suitcase, they told me nothing could be done. at which point I gave up, and started making a list of all that I had lost. there was a lot. electric shavers for my brothers companions, a digital camera to give away, my clothes..... sigh.... shoes, other running shoes, 2 books with all of the names, dates, phone numbers, and addresses from my mission, and lots of other random presents things... basically a ton of stuff. but i laughed and decided to move on with my life. no use crying over spilt milk right?
so i bought two shirts and some shorts so I could look more presentable. up to this point I had been washing my clothes everynight in the shower... I think buying new clothes was a better option. so now I have new clothes, and my suitcase...ok I don´t have my suitcase yet, I get it tomorrow night, a whole 22 hours before I fly back to the United States. Which means I will get to look cute for one day- sunday. ahh well, once an ugly missionary in brasil, always an ugly missionary in brasil eh? ok not really, because I have not been doing missionary things at all, swimming at the beach (in my brothers short and shirt) listening to brasilian rock music, watching brasilian tv... nothing missionarish about it.
but I digress, really the whole thing is just hysterical. it has been a great trip, dirty clothes aside. I love brasil so much, and it is so nice to just visit everyone. yesterday we drove up to Sao Jose do Rio Preto, and we visited Moises, a pizza man, and he taught us how to make brasilian pizza. yum!! and I was able to pass by and see so many fantastic people. it is wonderful to see how people grow and change, and are blessed by the gospel. I truly love visiting all of these people again, and remembering how wonderful the mission was and continues to be.
so yes, everything is good. even my beloved red, elephant spotted suitcase.
so it has been quite a journey. luckily the suitcases have been the only mishap. wednesday after spending a few hours at the sao paulo airport urging the airline-american airlines- suitcase people to PLEASE start looking more urgently for my suitcase, they told me nothing could be done. at which point I gave up, and started making a list of all that I had lost. there was a lot. electric shavers for my brothers companions, a digital camera to give away, my clothes..... sigh.... shoes, other running shoes, 2 books with all of the names, dates, phone numbers, and addresses from my mission, and lots of other random presents things... basically a ton of stuff. but i laughed and decided to move on with my life. no use crying over spilt milk right?
so i bought two shirts and some shorts so I could look more presentable. up to this point I had been washing my clothes everynight in the shower... I think buying new clothes was a better option. so now I have new clothes, and my suitcase...ok I don´t have my suitcase yet, I get it tomorrow night, a whole 22 hours before I fly back to the United States. Which means I will get to look cute for one day- sunday. ahh well, once an ugly missionary in brasil, always an ugly missionary in brasil eh? ok not really, because I have not been doing missionary things at all, swimming at the beach (in my brothers short and shirt) listening to brasilian rock music, watching brasilian tv... nothing missionarish about it.
but I digress, really the whole thing is just hysterical. it has been a great trip, dirty clothes aside. I love brasil so much, and it is so nice to just visit everyone. yesterday we drove up to Sao Jose do Rio Preto, and we visited Moises, a pizza man, and he taught us how to make brasilian pizza. yum!! and I was able to pass by and see so many fantastic people. it is wonderful to see how people grow and change, and are blessed by the gospel. I truly love visiting all of these people again, and remembering how wonderful the mission was and continues to be.
so yes, everything is good. even my beloved red, elephant spotted suitcase.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
reunion, tapioca, and the lost suitcases
so yes my suitcases are still lost.. which means I have been wearing the same clothes for several days now... ok i lie, i went and bought a skirt yesterday for church today.. But let me tell you I look marvilous... but all of this just makes everything funnier, and makes it a real brasilian experience for my parents... but man i am loving it all...smoky smelly clothes included.
everything just seems so familiar, it is crazy. I love speaking portugues again, seeing the brasilian culture again, they are so sweet and so fun and loud. I feel so at home. and hello... can we just talk about being able to see michael again? wonderful!!! and now we can speak portugues together, which is a blast. He is skinnier, but just glows.... we all knew he was basically perfect before hand but now we can just expect him to be translated anyday now :)
he has been taking us all around maçeio, which is soo fun. It was St. John´s day yesterday, that means lots of parties, and drunk people, normal stuff for mike and I, quite an experience for my mom and dad. They are handling it beautifully. It is awesome to see the people He taught, we met the sweetest family tonight who we all fell in love with- especially their 4 year old son. (it is so great being able to hold little kids now.... not like my mission days!!) They all cried when we left and Mike said their goodbyes.
we also introduced my parents to some great brasilian food... tapioca (this is NOT pudding..way better) and rice and beans and forofa and conjica and hmm lots of good stuff. We told my mom she had to eat everything today at lunch or they would get offended (which actually is true) and I think we all laughed to see her eat more food then I have seen her eat my whole life. It is good for her... good practice for mission days ahead of her (eat more sister!!!!)
it has been a blast. i love brasil so much.... i am getting so excited to go to my areas in a few days. but now i am just enjoying to see what a great missionary my brother is.
Tchau ate...
everything just seems so familiar, it is crazy. I love speaking portugues again, seeing the brasilian culture again, they are so sweet and so fun and loud. I feel so at home. and hello... can we just talk about being able to see michael again? wonderful!!! and now we can speak portugues together, which is a blast. He is skinnier, but just glows.... we all knew he was basically perfect before hand but now we can just expect him to be translated anyday now :)
he has been taking us all around maçeio, which is soo fun. It was St. John´s day yesterday, that means lots of parties, and drunk people, normal stuff for mike and I, quite an experience for my mom and dad. They are handling it beautifully. It is awesome to see the people He taught, we met the sweetest family tonight who we all fell in love with- especially their 4 year old son. (it is so great being able to hold little kids now.... not like my mission days!!) They all cried when we left and Mike said their goodbyes.
we also introduced my parents to some great brasilian food... tapioca (this is NOT pudding..way better) and rice and beans and forofa and conjica and hmm lots of good stuff. We told my mom she had to eat everything today at lunch or they would get offended (which actually is true) and I think we all laughed to see her eat more food then I have seen her eat my whole life. It is good for her... good practice for mission days ahead of her (eat more sister!!!!)
it has been a blast. i love brasil so much.... i am getting so excited to go to my areas in a few days. but now i am just enjoying to see what a great missionary my brother is.
Tchau ate...
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