no shave september

Moses!!

Homecoming, football, and good times

Nothing is more fun than going back home for a few nights after a week full of college. Luckily i have the privilege of living fifteen minutes away from home. (haven't decided if it's a good thing or a bad thing yet) but so far, its been nice for me! This weekend was quite unique though because i kind of got to go back and live a day in high school again. It started on Friday Night... Homecoming game! I got to place the crown on Alisa's head! So excited she won Homecoming Queen! She totally deserved it! Then i watched the rest of the game in the students section! Supa senior all the way! love it!

Tanner always wished he was Homecoming Queen! haha

I'm making that face at my dad cause he wouldn't stop taking pictures of me! haha

My Bestest friend ever! She cheered at the game! Total replay of High School! 

Yay for Alisa!!

Alright, i had to put this picture up from last year. Good times!

Alright, then it was Saturday! Saturday morning i went up to the Brigham City temple with my Ward! It was so beautiful and amazing! The ride was extremely long and uncomfortable, and i thought my days of riding in a yellow school bus were over, but apparently they weren't. haha. It was a neat experience! That evening i took pictures for Connor's Homecoming group! I'm just lucky Connor actually let me take them, usually i'm way too cool to be seen with him, but this time he couldn't resist me haha! (just kidding, i really bribed him to let me take them so i could see him and his date all dressed up). After that it was time for the Holy War. BYU vs. UTAH. Good thing my Best friend is a Utah fan... we butted heads during the game. She was pretty excited Utah won! We also decided to pick up "stalker" status and spied on everyone after the dance and drove around looking to find door step scenes to watch. Don't judge us, we're just really missing high school.

Homecoming Pictures

So adorable!

Connor and Casey

Lookin Good!

The Entire Group!

The boys

The Girls

BYU vs. UTAH

And to end the week off, was Sunday. We had regional conference, lots of family time, and temple square with Tanner, Kylie and Reid!

Mom

 Today i'm very happy. Maybe its the weather, or the feel of fall approaching, or the start of school, but today i've just felt so many familiar feelings and i've just had a continuous flow of memories from living at home. My thoughts then meet at a central source, the source that made it difficult to leave, the one who i look up to the most, the one who made home for me, a place where i am the most happy. and that one person is my mom.

Its been a little difficult for me my first week of college, its a lot of change and i am really homesick... thanks to my mom, for making home my place of refuge and a place that i know i've found my greatest strength and i miss my home mainly for that reason.

Thanks mom for making it hard to leave. But thanks mom for helping me grow up.

The tiniest things have made a huge impact on my life. The comfort of coming home each day from school, to see my mom there anxious to know how school was or having an "after school snack" ready. The smell of pumpkin spice, and the bags of candy that mom would buy as Halloween approached. She even made our costumes for several years, how amazing is that!? I especially love Christmas time when we come home and mom is busy with friend presents, angel tree gifts, family gifts, or she's making some delicious treat (which either included beans or she had made up herself) Or she gets down the decorations and together we all decorate the house and listen to 106.5 for hours. I love the times in the summer when mom comes home ready to have a fun day, she takes us on an awesome hike or to the pool. We just all love to spend time with mom. Or on a cold January day, where the snow is coming down hard and mom makes us hot chocolate and we watch movies. Or those times when we would break out in crazy dance parties, or giggle at the dinner table, or eat an entire bag of m&m's (mom- naughty, naughty ;) ) haha. or even going to Gold's gym, where mom would kick my butt into shape. I will never forget those little things mom, that you did for me. they truly mean a lot to me! And i look forward to the many years ahead where i know mom will still be there with me.

We might not have it together all the time as a family. We have our hard days and our fun days as well. But despite what we might be struggling with, mom is still able to make our home a place where we can be happy.

I am extremely grateful to have my mom in my life. Thank you for all you have done for me. I miss you every day! I look up to you in so many way, ways that i won't ever be able to describe.

I love you