Summer!

Wow! Summer is finally here. Graduation is over (thank heavens) and I am ready to move on. I am so excited for what's coming up. But first I'll catch you up on my life. 

Saturday June 4th was my Great Grandma Lavene's 90th birthday party. She is a way funny lady, she's lost a lot of her memory though. I was talking to her at her party and she said, "I know I should know these people but I don't remember them."


Here are a couple of pictures:

Mom with Grandma

Kaitlyn with Great Aunt Vicki and Grandma

 My cousin Emily put the whole day together, the below pictures are of stuff that were on the table representing all the decades Grandma's lived through.

It was a really fun day and was very well put together. 


After this I went to DC!! It was so amazing! Except for the ridiculous heat! We broke records that had been standing since 1874. I was also shocked by the humidity! It was so much fun and so good to spend a week with just me and Mom. I'll post a couple of the pictures here:

Our first stop! 5am breakfast! :)

Airport

We stayed in New Carrollton, Md.

 A personal favorite of the Washington Monument from the WWII Memorial.

Monument at sunset

After walking all day long our feet were killing us! I didn't get any blisters...but poor mom did.

Mom in Union station. It was beautiful! And had a fantastic food court!

The ruby slippers!!!

My dear friends the Muppets. In the Smithsonian Museum of American History. (I was in Heaven there!)

Lincoln hat that he was wearing at the time of the Assassination.

Steel support columns from the 70th floor of the South Tower in the exhibit for 9/11

The Lincoln memorial was absolutely stunning! There's no way any picture could do it justice! We went here about 4 times.

Part of the Vietnam Wall...a very humbling walk to make.

A flag that was placed lovingly at the monument

Need I say more?

The Derringer revolver that killed the president!

Supreme court building

The spiral stair case in the Supreme court building.

It was really hot and my feet hurt...so I walked in the Art at the Italian Art Museum :)

My FAVORITE exhibit in the Natural History Museum!! Forensic Anthropology! :)

My friend the Elephant that helped me not get too lost in the huge Natural History museum.

Mount Vernon! Mom's Favorite stop! The gorgeous home of  George and Martha Washington

A picture of us, the Portico behind us was the back of the house and had a great view of the Potomac!

The old tomb, where George was buried with family before the new one was completed as specified in his will.

Christ Church, where the Washington's went to church in Old Alexandria. Later Robert E. Lee went here with his family.

Iwo Jima Memorial. Stunning! Rocks at the bottom are from the actual Mount Suribachi. 

Arlington National Cemetary. 

I found some family in Arlington...and the one below...

Related by marriage...They were right next to each other

Korea Memorial. The statues in the garden part were so life like.

Etched on the wall as a reminder to all those who visit.

I don't know if the video will work....but it's the changing of the guard. PS There is no sound on the video.

Yeah, so that was my trip for the most part. I'll fill more in later. :)

Laid up?

So, yesterday I got my wisdom teeth out. All four of them! I am proud to say that I conquered my fear of the IV! My amazing sister got hers out Monday. She still not quite on top of her game. I feel so bad for her! I am doing really pretty well. Yesterday after I got them out my mom took me to Jamba and got me a smoothie. It was good while it lasted, I ended up throwing it all back up, which was not so pleasant! But ever since that I have felt great!

 A few weeks ago after Brenna's soccer game we all went to Angie's then came home and got to work cleaning. My little cousin Kycen decided that he wanted to come and do yard work with us rather than go clean his own room.

 He really wanted to mow the lawn :) So he took over my job

Kycen came and helped me finish my room after he got bored outside

 Brenna was being tough and unloading some soil for our raspberry bushes to go in.

I just have to say, the best part of getting your teeth ripped out from your mouth is the fact that afterwards you get as many otter-pops as you can eat :)

AMAZING DAYS!!!!!

Okay, so after a hectic few days. I had a wonderful surprise for me at home today...but I need to tell you about a couple things first :)

So first off! I started the week with a surprise...not a good one. My mother texted me while I was in class to let me know that I am going to be getting my wisdom teeth out. :*( I hate anything that has to do with needles, or doctors...and this definitely counts in that category of hates. So after that shock I was already stressed.



Then I left for work earlier than usual on Tuesday to go into the dress store and pick up my royalty dress. I was excited to get it and be able to show my mom after work. So running a little late I ran in, grabbed it and ran to work. It wasn't until I got home that I realized she had given me the wrong dress. Frustrated I decided that I would just go in the next day and switch it. No biggie right?

Wrong. I went in with the dress and had about a half an hour before I needed to be to work. I told the lady what happened and she apologized and proceeded to try to find my dress. It had been put on a wrack and was now "wrinkled". The lady apologized again and said it would only take her about 10 minutes to press it! I consented after she insisted that it needed to be pressed.

Needless to say, 25 minutes later I ran out with the right dress this time and barely made it in time for work. (Which was kinda nuts.)

So after that I realized that our first parade is only two days after I get my wisdom teeth out. I guess I won't really be able to do that...

So frustration after frustration was coming at me all week long and I just figured that I wouldn't be able to catch a break all week long.

But then today I ran home after school to change for work. As always I stopped by the mail box on my way in, nothing was in it. Then I walked into my house and Brenna was sitting on the couch. I said hi and walked to the table where she had thrown the mail. Right on top was a letter to me!!! From Josh (missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). A huge grin on my face I turned around and Brenna laughed and said, "I almost screamed when I saw it! I wanted to open it so bad!"



Needless to say I ran to my room and ripped it open and read it. He sent a couple of pictures with it and a talk by Elder Oaks called "Desire".

Before he left we agreed that there's not a point to waiting. And he reinforced it in his letter by telling me not to wait, to get a boyfriend and to quote him exactly, "no waiting for this knight in shining armor stuff! I mean it!"

I don't know but it almost seemed like he needed me to be in a relationship so that he could focus more. I think he almost keeps telling me these things to convince himself that I'm not waiting. I don't know. Maybe I'm just weird and very wrong! But who knows. :)

Oh, and I have to fill you in on my dream now. So for like the past 9 or so nights I've had the EXACT same dream. (That so doesn't mean it's going to happen right?)



What happens is, I'm living in my apartment and dating my next door neighbor. One night after school and work I am going to go grocery shopping. None of my roommates need to go so I head out alone. My boyfriend steps out of his apartment and asks where I'm headed. I invite him to go with me and he says okay.

We're in the cereal aisle and I'm looking for a specific type of whole grain cereal when he says, "Hey Taylor, what would you say if I asked you to marry me?"



I just kinda laugh and say, "I'd say yes." Then I pause and think to myself "wait a minute!" I turn around and see that he is down on one knee with a ring. I'm sure you can guess the rest!

It's so weird!!!!!

Then tonight I was talking to my roommate and she knows where which apartment is going to be ours and our neighbors are of course guys! Guys that she has met a couple of times. They happened to invite her to a dance party at their apartment and she wants me to go with her. Needless to say, I'm a little freaked out to go! I mean who knows what will happen!

Yeah...that's my week thus far. :)

J'adore printemps et Pâques!

I don't know about you, but I love spring! Even if, here in Northern Utah, it rains and snows through April. There just isn't a replacement for the feeling I get when I see the crocus poke it's head out of the frozen ground. And when I feel the sun on my face after the snow has melted it is almost as good as chocolate covered strawberries.


I am taking French and I love it. Our last chapter was all about sports. The one before that was summer. Studying these in the middle of Winter didn't help my mood at all. But it did make me even more excited when the snow started to melt this year. Now the snow is gone!!! I can't wait for the warm weather and flip flops!



Also, last Sunday was Pâques (Easter). In my Easter basket I got chocolate, the movie Tangled (which is AMAZING) and a CD from a band called "Heart". I have never heard of them before, but aparently they're a band from the 80's. I like them! :)