the best two years

i got pretty lucky in the mission department. not only did i serve in the best area, but i also was blessed enough to have two mission presidents. both were incredible and changed my life and both had wives who were two of the most humble kind people i had ever met. 

the mcdonough's changed the mission when they came in. not in a good or bad way, but a different way. they were called for the mission at that specific time. i only had three transfers with them, but they changed my life tremendously in those 3 and a half short months. 

and nearly three years later...they are home! it was the most incredible thing to witness their homecoming. the church service for them was so uplifting and loving and you knew they truly loved those three years and helped others love their time as well. i barely knew any of the missionaries there, but it was still fun to see the couple that i did. they called up all the missionaries to sing called to serve and what a memorable experience to be on the stand with 150 other people who knew exactly what the MJM was all about. 

sunday funday

sundays are pretty much my favorite day of the week. it is the one day where i usually do not have to work and david always has sundays off. we are both so lucky because our families only live 10 minutes apart and 15 minutes from us. we are usually always at one (sometimes both) of their houses sunday night. 

my siblings are all graduated and out of the house so it is usually just us with meghan. it is never too quiet though and we usually always end the night with a game (or six) of rummikub. 

this is my favorite picture because bethanie happened to
get hers in her hair and is cleaning it off

 david's younger brother just graduated high school, and it is fun to step back and see his perspective. he teaches us a lot of new fun things that all of his friends do, like trying to get whipped cream from your arm into your mouth by slapping it. sounds silly, but we got a ton of laughs from it. we have played a lot of bocce ball over there and they are always fun to be around. 

take me out to the ball game

being on the muss board has some pretty great perks.... one of the many things we have done has been a free bee's game. i have never seen one and i know it is not the major leagues, but hey mike trout started there so it's gotta be decent. nothing screams america more than a ball game. it was so much fun. plus, this was on our bucket list so one more thing accomplished. 

apparently they are not very good this year, but we did get to see some awesome plays and a home run, so that was exciting. plus there is nothing like hanging out with a bunch of u obsessed fans all night. 

sweet summer time

It is definitely hard to have a summer when you are in school full time plus working 4 jobs, but David and I manage to find time for fun. Monday's are just about the only nights we have just the two of us and my work just so happened to plan their employee party for Monday night at cowabunga bay in draper. 

We had the entire park to our staff and it was so much fun. They had a free photo booth, airbrush tattoos, and of course all the water slides. It was a little cold but David and I didn't care. We had more fun than I think a lot of the children did. We love water parks so much. It was a fun way to start another busy week. 

We may or may not have over utilized the photo booth. This isn't even half of them. 

#hardingsdodisney

we spent a week in may in disney world with my dad and sister. it was so much fun and a much needed vacation to go into summer semester. we left saturday morning, had a layover, and got to florida that night. sunday we spent the day relaxing, went to church, and walked around the orlando temple. we also hung out at our resort playing mini golf and using their swan boats.

david is sooo excited. 

birthday boy

this boy turned 24 today. we had a great day full of adventure. we went to breakfast with david's parents at pancake house and it was delish. then we went to seven peaks for a little bit. it wasn't busy and we rode all the slides in 30 minutes. then it got reallllly cold. after that we saw my sister who has been gone on her own adventure in ecuador. then we went to dinner and then we played croquet with the set my parent's gave him for his birthday (he really wanted it). after we played games with my sister and relaxed after our fun filled day. 

this boy is the greatest thing to ever happened to me. so i decided to write out 24 reasons why i love this boy. 

 1. he is the most genuine person i know.

2. he is the kindest person, he never speaks poorly of others

3. he is always up for an adventure

4. he completely accepts my obsession with disney

5. ditto harry potter. 

6. he is the hardest worker i know. he is taking 15 credits this semester and working 40+ hours a week.

7. he keeps me grounded

 8. he is willing to help others always

9. his family is wonderful.

10. he puts everyone else's needs before his own.

11. he will tickle my arm any time i want.

12. he loves mountain biking and all out doorsy stuff and has taught me to love it as well. 

13. he dresses up in disney hats with me. 

14. he plays games endlessly with me.

15. he finds joys in all the simple things. 

16. he loves the gospel. 

 18. he serves the lord always

19. he has dreams big

20. he encourages me to fulfill my dreams everyday.

21. he helps me with my homework. 

22. he makes me feel smarter than i am. 

23. he is patient beyond words. 

24.he is absolutely perfect for me. 

little moments-april

i feel like quite a few things happened in april, but i can't actually remember everything. the semester ended and i had a small little break from school which was fantastic. 

meghan had a panini party that fell on april fools day. me luke and randi decided to see how many pranks we could pull. it was quite fun. 

 one of my oldest and dearest friends came to utah for a visit. i haven't seen him in 4 years, since before my mission. he and his beautiful fiancee are getting married here in july and it was so fun to catch up. 

 this picture is sideways but one afternoon luke and i went exploring around salt lake. he helped me learn more photgraphy skills. 

 my dear sister went through the ogden temple, it was so fun to celebrate with her. 

 david and i have a goal to hit every temple in utah, thank you meghan for helping us pass off ogden. 

 this was in march but spencer (david's brother) got his mission call! he is going to chesapeake, va leaving in july! we are so excited for him.