a whirlwind of a month...

oh my goodness so much has happened since i last posted...i've been horrible at blogging! now that things have really calmed down, i plan to blog regularly so that i can keep ya'll up to date!

so here are some things that happened since my last week of efy:

#1 - efc (especially for counselors) to disneyland

i love disney.

i forget how much i love it until i am once again walking that main street with a castle as my end point.

what a fun trip this was! chris, amber, whitney, and i decided to leave early on sunday instead of monday with the rest of the crowd. we wanted more time at the beach. so we made what we thought would be a 10 hour drive, but ended up being about 13...we forgot that all the californians head back from vegas on sunday and got stuck in that yucky traffic. what a long night!

we stayed at my aunt lani's in san deigo that night and then went to the beach the next day. it was so much fun. i love that area. after we met up with all the efy people at huntington beach and enjoyed the rest of the day. tuesday-thursday we played in the parks and rode rides until we were sick to our stomaches! california adventures has this really cool new water laser show called world of color. if you ever get the chance to go to disney, you must see this. so cool!

here are some pictures from the trip. there are a lot more, but these were some favorites :)

in line for the thunder mountain railroad

enjoying california adventures at night

waiting to watch fantasmic

just a taste of what the world of color is like

#2 - minnesota with the boyfriend

so i took the boyfriend home to minnesota this past week. we had a blast. i showed chris around minnesota and took him to see what makes my home, home.

• we went to the mall of america and shopped and rode some of the rides. 
• we hung out by my pool and played some water basketball. (well, i attempted to while chris owned me every time...). 
• we helped out with my home ward's temple day. chris taught about the temple in the dominican republic
• spending my birthday at the lake
• surprise birthday party for my 22nd birthday
• got fat at the famous minnesota state fair eating lots of friend goodness
• seeing mr. tim mcgraw in concert
• getting paid $30 to watch up
• eating on a rooftop in uptown

home was so fun. we didn't want to leave because we knew that as soon as we did we would have to come back to real life, which includes trying to find work, school, and moving in to our new places. but it had to be done and we were excited for it!

here are some pics from home:

us being goofy

our rooftop lunch with my dad

tim mcgraw concert

#3 john mayer concert

oh how i love john mayer. it's almost as much as i love jason mraz. almost. chris had tickets to the john mayer concert with some of his good friends and invited me to come along. i gladly accepted :)

it was my kind of concert too. blankets, food, jacket, boyfriend. perfect. 

john is a funny...somewhat crude...entertainer. he put on a great concert and it was a fun night for both chris and i to have before we had to face real life again.

here are some pics from this night:

our dinner for the night

the cute couple picture

the group we went with (minus alex...)

#4 - new house

i'm in a new place and i love it!! it's a cute little townhouse that my friend amber and i are living in with 2 other girls. when we found it about a month ago we fell in love with it right away. we got such a good deal on it though. it's brand new, just built last november, stainless steel appliances, washer/dryer, private rooms, garage, sweet club house, comes with all furniture, it's great. plus it's close to everything. we really enjoy it.

here are some pics of the new place:

the outside

the family room

my kitchen (favorite part of it all)

my room

overall things are great. i'm excited to be in this new chapter of life. chapters are good. i'm excited for school to start in a week and for chris and i to start real life dating. he's a really good guy and i can't wait to be around him more and have more adventures :)