8.21.2013

A week.

So it has been a week.
A week since I left Nauvoo
A week since I entered Idaho
A week since I was released
A week since came back to reality.

Wow.

My mom asked me today what I missed most about Nauvoo. Was it the place? the people? the costume?(heavens no) the music?

Everything. Everything about Nauvoo. The whole ambiance. (except the costume.... most definitely not the costume!)

Lately I have been trying to keep up with some of my friends in Nauvoo, but I have to remember that they have families too! They are in homes that they have grown up in, with friends that have known almost their entire life. I just moved to a new home in good ole' Idaho. I don't know anyone. I am at least 5 hours away from anyone I know. It's hard.
But enough with the pitying.....

Being home, I have been able to spend so much time with my mom and dad. helping them move into their new home and exploring the farm country that surrounds us.
(seriously, we were stuck behind this big vehicle today- on a main road!)




Is this for real?







I have loved the experiences I have had.
In a week I will be back in Provo headed to school.
I can't wait to get back to business and work my butt off getting those rockin' grades!

Here's where most of my motivation is coming from.

Optimism in ALL things.

Here is just a peak at the summer I had.

 aw... look at these silly elders :)
 ummmm. ya. that's a sunset- brilliant huh?
 the woman who changed my life

 those super fun packed lunches from the Myers
 Meeting the actor who played Joseph Smith in the Nauvoo Pageant
 shaking Dallin H. Oaks' hand 4 times
 this place. so beautiful
 super fun teamsters
 bike rides through old Nauvoo
 my Mission President and his wife!
 spinning- but not the costume- bleh
 random dental hygiene parties
 wagon- everyday
 working with these talented stage performers
 flowers as big as my head!
look at that view! never gets old


These experiences.... will last forever. How can you not look at them and just fall in love?
I left my heart in Old Nauvoo!

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