reminiscing on the year 2010

yes folks. two posts in one day. but it's a way to avoid studying for finals ain't it? and i figure this justification is that i've never had a blog, despite the requests, so might as well catch up right? Again I find myself avoiding my finals. I have gotten two done, a math project, a math test complete. Now I find myself working on a psych objective list and a math take home final. I look back on the year as it is coming to a close in only a few short weeks. There are a lot of things I can’t believe have happened. If you are just tuning in this is kind of me summing up my life in 2010. A little sentiminteal I know, but I can’t help just writing it all out and letting the memories wash over me. I get sentimental whenever I have to move somewhere. This weekend for example I have to pack up my little life in apartment 303 into a few boxes, two suitcases, and place them into my tiny black jetta and once again head out for the open road. The road that will lead me back to the valley. A place where I belong, a place where I feel safe and loved. A place though that now holds so many memories both good and bad. Memories I haven’t yet let go and some I have erased from my heart. Let me just make this clear, this is my blog and I am allowed to write what I want about whatever I feel. I refuse to write mean things about people, because for real what good does that do anyone? I don’t want to look back on this and think wow I was kind of a biznatch. (mormon slang) but rather I want to remember the memories for what they are. Cherished memories in my heart. As I go through my photos right now I realize this is going to end up getting into a long blog post so I will just post a few pictures about each and get it done and then do another about all my favorite people. Alright lets begin the year 2010 from the start. 

 London, England

27 Palace Court

january 17th i took a flight with my cousin mk to london, england. this is where i spent the first four months of the new year.

 I arrive in London and began my study abroad. I met some incredible people and got to do things i never even imagined. i was traveling the world and living the dream. i was with my cousin mary kate. i had amazing roomates in dorm four. known as the dorm 4 divas. each and everyone of them taught me something in their own way. i was away from family, away from my valley, away from a world i had known. i had stepped into my own kind of alice in wonderland novel. everything was so new to me. i had a bit of culture shock at first (dave this is just for you, love your sassy) and i was having some trouble adjusting to it. it might have been from the time change or from the fact of being purely exhausted. for a while there i was scared out of my mind and wondering what in the world i was doing in another country, with weird money, and weird accents. the boys though on the tube made it easy to look at that's for sure. but when push came to shove i realized i was living the dream. i needed to remember why i had come and what i was doing. i was doing it for ME. purely because i wanted to get away and do something i hadn't done before. something i knew i would regret passing up. while i was in london i met one of my best friends. Ladies and Gentleman, allow me to introduce you to the one, the only. Miss Eliza.  This girl got me through some of the hardest days in london. she helped me to remember what we were doing and who i wanted to be. not to mention this girl helped me through hell and back, but after i finish writing about london i'll just post pictures of people who got me through the days and made it enjoyable. while i was in london a person from my past decided to come back. we had broken up in high school, and sometimes there is a reason why things stay broken. but me, being lonely i decided to give our relationship one more try. liza, told me that i shouldn't but it was always my choice. if only i had listened i would have saved myself from some heartbreak. he was good to me when we were younger and i don't regret falling in love with him. i don't regret a lot of things in life, but i do regret letting him come in once again and breaking my heart all over again. people have it right when they say that after a while the heartbreak get's a little easier, maybe if it's the same person over and over again. but hey who am i to judge? anyway we broke up (of course) while i was in london and things stayed that way, and have continued to stay that way. we both have gone different ways in life and changed a lot. we are becoming adults which is a scary thought. i know we will both remember what we had and cherish it, but understand this is the way things should be. we are both better off not together. i am happy the way things are. i don't regret it. it was fun while it lasted. anywho. i loved every minute of london and the things it made me realize. it changed me for the better. despite the fact that a horrible volcano decided to erupt and keep me there, i was with my parents. two people i admire and love more than anything.  here are some pictures of my beautiful friends and mini family from london. i didn't take a lot of pictures with people who did a lot for me, but i still remember the memories. for example (emma, macy, caitlin, audrey, tori, jake, cam, calvin, cait, katie, sarah, dave, macfarlane, susa...the list goes on and on.)

 yes we had spring break in paris. and it was magnificent.

 this if frabrizo, he was my churro man. those churros are brazilian made and by far the best things i have ever had. churros alone are divine, but now add fresh chocolate and caramel inside the churro? heavenly. and this man was charming in his own way. he couldn't speak english very well, but it was cute that he tried, and well he flattered me. and i hadn't seen real men for months! he was sweet, and i will forever miss my churro lover. had to keep to the code and decline his offer to dinner :( and the fact that i was leaving for the states the next day...but it was quite the memory.

 this is jen. i love her and miss her. her laugh was contagious, and making fun of her was probably the best thing ever, and doing the hitch dance for her during finals week? priceless.

 this picture is what happens when you let a bunch of american girls into a mormon singles ward dance and play some of our tunes. a good dress, a good pair of heels, good friends, and a smile? well we rocked that night.

 my beautiful cousin mk and i. been there for me since we were little and discovering wee lil babes in the garden.

 this man always made lize and i smile even on our worst days. every thursday-saturday we were guaranteed a smile from him and a hug. we never knew his name but he always recognized us and gave us free sandwiches. he called us beautiful and told us one day when we graduate from schooling we will come back to london and find him and go lay on the river bank, drinking wine and his sandwiches from borough market and talk about life's secrets. i can't wait.

 this is to to, she is beautiful, smart, charming, and all around an amazing girl. what a character.

 jake with his ladies in paris.

Once coming back from my wonderland i was a little sad but very ready to be back in the valley and back with the family. i missed them all so much. i had to wait a month though until my best friend Nicole came back from college in Arizona. As soon as she came back we began our amazing summer that was unforgettable. we went to country concerts from Love and Theft, Lady A, and Tim McGraw all in one night, while mind you wearing the most comfortable carhart overalls and plaid. i was "legit" as a drunk couple told me multiple times that night. we also went to trace adkins and toby keith at the gorge to end our summer. we spent all our time together laughing and eating at mongo and loving life. i worked at the club by my house as a pool attendant with my lovely sister. i got a tan and got to look at some good looking life guards who later became my good friends. i continued my summer by watching the most adorable little boy ever. Cormac and Jane were my little friends all summer. i didn't do much but i loved every minute of getting tan. i had girls nights all over the place, didn't have any summer romances, but i read a lot of books by the pool and was happy. i had memories i will never forget with people i love sooo much. it was quite an eventful summer when i look back on it. 

 fancy night with rachel and meg. their laughter and smiles make me happy.

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 this would be cormac and jane. my favorite pair.

 typical night at tim mcgraw

 4th of july in the rainy valley, but so fun.

 basically sums up our relationship when we get together.

 probably the cutest kid to watch. E.V.E.R

 my beautiful sis and i, we played dress up a lot this summer.

 on the way to toby keith. nothing better then wind whipping through your hair. yeah we whipped our hair back and forth before willow did.

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 sun tan lines are my favorite thing.

 my small, but wonderful 19th birthday party with my loves from school (most of them)

 fancy dinner with rachel.

 the infamous overalls, i can't wait to slip back into once i'm home again.

 Boston Family Reunion

 my beautiful cousin abz

 Fall Semester 2010 in apartment 303 was full of some good times and i spent a lot of it with these people. i loved being around good people and laughing a lot and just growing up. it was a crazy semester full of love, loss, and gaining new friends. this year has been crazy full of emotions i'll never be able to explain and memories i'll never forget. 

Goodbye 2010.

 loved the smiles and laughs and tears. 2010 you have been good to me. farwell.