How We Met :)

On May 12th I left the United States with three of my best friends. We were headed to SWEDEN!!! Of all places... for the whole summer. We knew some LDS people that we could stay with for free, and nanny their kids once in a while. 

Our first week there the people we were staying with mentioned a birthday party we could attend, and meet some people that were LDS and involved in institute. Little did I know what impact this birthday party would have on my life! When we first walked in, we were surrounded by loads of fun people around our age. We had NO idea what to expect!! We had a lot more fun than anticipated. While we were sitting there eating cake and meeting people, in Joel walks. :) I reeeeeeally wanted to meet him.

Later that week (I had only been here for a little more than a week) I was chatting with the lady who I was staying with, Amanda. I asked her out of all the guys I could have of slight interest, who she would pick. Of course she picks Joel, and not to mention her family is family friends with his! We facebook stalked him for more than an hour.

We had been in Sweden for about four weeks, and I was able to officially meet him. I went with my friend to the institute graduation, where we heard there would be dancing afterwards! And of course Joel was there. I got to be the lucky one to sit next to him :) We chatted for a little bit, and might have flirted... nothing out of the ordinary. I do remember him mentioning he had four brothers, as I have four sisters.... Which is VERY rare in Sweden to have large families. Two is large and three is definitely pushing it! 

Nothing much happened after this encounter, and I decided there was not much interest and to just put it all to the back of my memory. 

Weeks past, and I kept on meeting people and having a fun summer! It was mid July by this point, and we were more than halfway done with our summer. I finally got the chance to really talk with him at institute on a random Monday! We talked about the differences and similarities between Sweden and the States. 

I get home later that night to an email via facebook from Joel!! And this is what it says, "Hey! I don't have a phone number to reach you so I suppose Facebook is the way to go! What are you doing Saturday? I just came up with a great idea for a date! (If you let me take you out, that is..) So what do you say? Around noon-ish?" You could say I was freaking out. At institute I wasn't doing anything out of the ordinary... was I? I was just talking with him, I was not trying whatsoever. 

We go on our date that Saturday. Oh, he knows how to date. He lives ten minutes away from the ocean... We road a boat out to one of the islands, walked around, flirted, ate the picnic lunch he packed, went swimming (and he happened to playfully push me in the water as well)... we just got to know each other. And we had a BLAST. Our first date happened to be 9 hours long, and I wasn't tired of him! A first date that was 9 hours long?.... Yeah. At this time in our relationship we were just friends. There wasn't any pressure to date seriously, or anything along those lines. It felt so natural, ya know? What could possibly happen in my last four weeks in Sweden anyways??

Well he asked me out again for that next Wednesday. I wasn't sure what he was thinking at this point with him asking me out again. Did that mean he's interested? What was he thinking?!

Our next date was even more interesting and fun! He cooked me dinner (he LOVES to cook. added bonus for sure!!), we talked, and walked to the ocean. Just getting to know each other better, once again. As we were sitting on some rocks watching the sunset it hit me how comfortable I felt with him, and I wasn't put in a weird position at all! Like I said before it felt incredibly natural to be with him. Little did I know I had missed my last train to go home, so we headed back to his apartment. All night we had so much fun, once again! Never a boring moment with Joel. :) And this date ended up lasting 12 hours! The next morning we watched the sunrise, and soon after that I caught my train at 5:30 a.m. After being with him for 12 hours I didn't want it to end!!!!!

That coming weekend I was headed to Stockholm (which is 6 hours away) with some friends to tour and shop, and surprisingly enough he was headed there as well for a weekend-long boxing camp.

During that weekend I started receiving texts from him saying how much he missed me, and wanted to see me again. You could say I was shocked!!! Was this incredible man really paying this much attention to me? This never happens.

His camp ended and we were going shopping on Monday. He invited himself to come with us!!! We were shopping for our families' souvenirs because we were headed home in a few weeks, and he joined us. During our 7 hour long shopping escapade he walked closer and closer to me, and eventually started walking with his arm around me. I was on Cloud 9. He didn't complain once about shopping, in fact we had too much fun trying on clothes for each other! Once it was time for him to leave he kissed my cheek goodbye. Now what on earth did THAT mean??!

The next day was Tuesday, and all the Young Single Adults in Europe and Scandinavia were invited to a week long camp called Festinord, and that lasted until Saturday in Stockholm. Festinord is nicknamed "the meet market" because it is known for the YSA's to meet their future spouse there, because LDS young single adults are scarce enough as it is.

Let's just say we were glued at the hip all week. And that Tuesday during the nightly dance we hopped the fence of an outside aquatic center and talked about our relationship, mainly where we stood. I was leaving in a week and a half...!! Luckily enough we were on the same page about skyping, and seeing how it goes... like whether or not we would missed each other etc.........

We were lying on the ground, and eventually though this talk we got closer and closer until we were cuddling.

Then he kissed me :)

It was so perfect, I couldn't believe this was happening to me. His mouth tasted soooo sweet, I didn't want the moment to end!

Days past, and he saw me off at the airport on August 6th at 6:30 a.m. I was bawling. I numbly got on the airplane, I have no idea how I did it. Oddly enough I was comforted, and I knew that wouldn't be the last time I see him.

We've been skyping 5-6 times a week, and eventually we started planning a day when he could fly over and officially meet my family. 

He flew in late in Sunday the 18th and proposed to me four days after he got here!! We are planning on getting married in June, because of time- mainly being able to get work off for him and his sweet family. 

Well, there ya go. That is our story :)

The Tale of Three Trees

(I absolutely LOVE this story. Definitely puts me in the mood for Christmas!!)

The Tale of Three Trees

A traditional folktale retold by Angela Elwell Hunt

Once upon a mountaintop, three little trees stood and dreamed of what they wanted to become when they grew up.

The first little tree looked up at the stars twinkling like diamonds above him.  “I want to hold treasure,” he said. “I want to be covered with gold and filled with precious stones.  I will be the most beautiful treasure chest in the world!”

The second little tree looked out at the small stream trickling by on its way to the ocean.  “I want to be a strong sailing ship,” he said.  “I want to travel mighty waters and carry powerful kings.  I will be the strongest ship in the world!”

The third little tree looked down into the valley below where busy men and busy women worked in a busy town.  “I don’t want to leave this mountaintop at all,” she said.  “I want to grow so tall that when people stop to look at me they will raise their eyes to heaven and think of God.  I will be the tallest tree in the world!”

Years passed.  The rains came, the sun shone, and the little trees grew tall.  One day three woodcutters climbed the mountain.

The first woodcutter looked at the first tree and said, “This tree is beautiful.  IT is perfect for me.” With a swoop of his shining axe, the first tree fell.  “Now I shall be made into a beautiful chest,” thought the first tree.  “I shall hold wonderful treasure.”

The second woodcutter looked at the second tree and said, “This tree is strong.  IT is perfect for me.”  With a swoop of his shining axe, the second tree fell.  “Now I shall sail mighty waters,” thought the second tree.  “I shall be a strong ship fit for kings!”’

The third tree felt her heart sink when the last woodcutter looked her way.  She stood straight and tall and pointed bravely to heaven.  But the woodcutter never even looked up.  “Any kind of tree will do for me,” he muttered.  With a swoop of his shining axe, the third tree fell.

The first tree rejoiced when the woodcutter brought him to a carpenter shop, but the busy carpenter was not thinking about treasure chests.  Instead his work-worn hands fashioned the tree into a feed box for animals.  The once-beautiful tree was not covered with gold or filled with treasure.  He was coated with sawdust and filled with hay for hungry farm animals.

The second tree smiled when the woodcutter took him to a shipyard, but no mighty sailing ships were being made that day.  Instead the once-strong tree was hammered and sawed into a simple fishing boat.  Too small and too weak to sail an ocean or even a river, he was taken to a little lake.  Every day he brought in loads of dead, smelly fish.

The third tree was confused when the woodcutter cut her into strong beams and left her in a lumberyard.  “What happened?” the once tall tree wondered.  “All I ever wanted to do was stay on the mountaintop and point to God.”

Many, many days and nights passed.  The three trees nearly forgot their dreams.   But one night golden starlight poured over the first tree as a young woman placed her newborn baby in the feed box.

“I wish I could make a cradle for him,” her husband whispered.  The mother squeezed his hand and smiled as the starlight shone on the smooth and sturdy wood.  “This manger is beautiful,” she said.  And suddenly the first tree knew he was holding the greatest treasure in the world.

One evening a tired traveler and his friends crowded into the old fishing boat.  The traveler fell asleep as the second tree quietly sailed out into the lake.  Soon a thundering and thrashing storm arose.  The little tree shuddered.  HE knew he did not have the strength to carry so many passengers safely through the wind and rain.  The tired man awakened.  He stood up, stretched out his hand, and said, “Peace.”  The storm stopped as quickly as it had begun.  And suddenly the second tree knew he was carrying the King of heaven and earth.

One Friday morning, the third tree was startled when her beams were yanked from the forgotten woodpile.  She flinched as she was carried through an angry, jeering crowd. She shuddered when soldiers nailed a man’s hands to her.  She felt ugly and harsh and cruel.

But on Sunday morning, when the sun rose and the earth trembled with joy beneath her, the third tree knew that God’s love had changed everything.

It had made the first tree beautiful.  It had made the second tree strong.   And every time people thought of the third tree, they would think of God.

That was better than being the tallest tree in the world.

-Friendly Fellow Friends-

Dearest readers,

I have zero motivation to blog, as you could probably see.  Go ahead and call me a slacker, and that's because I am! I try to blame my lack of motivation on other things.... such as the internet for distracting me (which it REALLY does). With classes coming to a close, it is sad/hard/not fun moving on in life. I am transferring to a different school where I think I know one person (maybe). And for me, it is going to be hard. I've been going to USU for almost three years now, and I'm leaving it all behind? Youbetchya I am. Walking around on a different campus- I didn't like it. BUT. It is sooo incredibly comforting to know I am doing the right thing, even though it will be hard. 

Tonight I had one last yee-ha with my old coworkers from Golden Corral! They are lovely people. I didn't realize how much I would miss them until I had to say goodbye... 

We went bowling. We laughed. We made fun of each other. We ate loads of ice cream. We stayed at the ice cream place until 5 minutes before they closed... Yeah. We were those annoying people we dislike from our own workplace. We talked about all of our "cleaning the bathroom" stories at Golden Corral (SUPER GROSS. Don't even ask). We made a ringtone for Vic to wake up to in the morning. Then we said goodbye... but that is ok. Because I'm seeing them tomorrow as well :)

Love him :)

My birthday is in two days... it's kinda weird. I mean, I've been so focused on school and Joel coming I don't have much room to think of anything else. Hahahah that sounds super selfish. Joel is coming in 5 days to meet the fam (on December 18th, just in case you din't know...) and I cannot wait. I've gone 4.2 months without physically being with him, and it has been tough. But. A lot of people say long distance is hard, which it is. If I had to describe our relationship in a few words it would be: easy and completely natural. It feels so natural to love him! I have actually loved getting to know Joel without the physical-ness. I feel like our relationship is that much stronger. Haha I wouldn't recommend it to anyone of course, but all of our hours of skyping, google + (yeah, I basically live on my computer), talking on the phone, emailing, and texting... sacrifice for each other has been very equal... I am the happiest I have ever been. and I wouldn't change it for anything.

My family is extremely excited to meet him! We've been getting the house ready and prepared for another man to come. With six women and girls in the family... and then there's my dad. We're working on it :)

My younger sister Sammy says quite a few (super cute) things concerning Joel's arrival. My mom says it happens every day. Her latest Joel comment, "I don't want December to end. That will mean Joel will have to go home." Here's what she said the other day, "We need to get Joel pajama's for Christmas, but we don't know his size." She is such a cute and concerned 10 year old!! I absolutely love that she is almost as excited as I am to have Joel here!

Well. This is all I will be able to type tonight. I am back to the blogging world :)

 Gooooodnight!!

I Sure Love My Ma And My Pa

Yes. My life has been interesting, and yet I can't think of anything to type about. That always seems to happen. I get super random thoughts during the day and think, "OH!!!! I should talk about that in my blog-that-I-only-write-in-every-other-1.7-weeks...." Haha yeah failure on my part. Annnnd then I have no idea what to say. I feel like so much goes on in my daily life, and it is so much fun. But then I can't blog about it??..... Well, I suppose I can share some random thoughts as usual:

-I absolutely LOVE my man. He is the best there is, I promise :) :) :)

-school is tedious, and old.

-I can't wait to move home (oddly enough.... my own mother is still in shock)

-I am working out! Again. YEAH!

-did I mention school is super hard this semester?? Did I also mention I'm only in 12 credits, and I have NEVER been this busy in my life?.....

-all my friends are moving on in life. Sure it is sad, but it is fun to see the direction they are all heading! I am oh so proud of my terrific friends :) Missions, marriage.... it is all great.

-my sisters are growing up! Sam (the youngest) just turn 10 (and when I say 'just' I mean about a month ago). OH. MY..... I feel old. But then, I'm only twenty??! Why on earth do I feel so old lately??

-I have really loved being back at Golden Corral oddly enough, still. My coworkers are definitely the best there is! And they make all the difference. It was nice to come back to work and already have friends, it made me feel important. And slightly cool. I think they actually missed me.............. Plus I've mentioned earlier I love old people. We all just get along great! And they make up 56% of the population at Golden Corral.

-It has been SUPER NICE having my own room this semester! I don't have to worry about bugging my roommate, or painting all night trying to finish a project and having to paint in the shared room, or keeping the light on and waking her up, OR coming in too late etc..... I get to do whatever I wish basically without bugging anyone's personal space. Ha that seems selfish, but it is so nice. I do wish however I was living at home at the moment, so I didn't have to sell my contract..... and saving money would have been nice as well. Welp, too late now.

- this would be my favorite song at the moment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHEOF_rcND8

It is super carefree and hippie-ish. I encourage you all to listen to it right now! They are a 17 member band?? Yep definitely cool. My favorite line in the song: "Home is wherever I'm with you." So true! Thank you for great friends who happen to have super cool husbands that have a grrrrreat taste in music.

-is anyone else super excited for conference this weekend??! I know every mormon out there mentions it at least once..... especially via FB. BUT let me tell ya. I love listening to the prophet and his apostles. They are such great men, and you can tell they are completely happy and they love us all, and want the best for us!!!!! I missed spring conference (thank you Golden Corral.... one of your downfalls) and missed everything. The one thing I did catch briefly was the Priesthood Session, because while I was working at the GC the men came in before, the women during, and the men after. Probably one of the top 10 busiest nights at Golden Corral for the year. Possibly. Just lettin ya know how busy it does get...... Anyways, that night of the priesthood session in April a guy asked for my number, super weird. A guy has never asked for my number! It felt good, even though it never went anywhere (which I am honestly ok with). Later I found out what the young men heard that night: pressure to get married. Hey! That next week LOADS of couples got engaged! Crazy.

So I guess you could say I really missed my "spiritual upliftment (is that even a word??...)" from our lovely prophets, and I have been craving this October for quite some time. I am soooo ready! I just love the church, it makes me truly happy!!!

-I watched a club on campus today that are Polynesian dancers! Pretty cool. I was super jealous that I couldn't move my hips like that. And now I am very determined to take some type of class. I just wanna move my hips! Is that too much to ask??

Well, that was drawn out a lot more than I intended. Oh well, I hope you all got a slight glimpse of what is going on in my life!!!

When September Ends....

Hello fellow bloggers!!!
Well to start off this slightly short blog post, I would like to let you all know I have had such a fabulous week!!! Or two weeks. Maybe three?....
This week started off quite nicely from a phone call from my dear mother, telling me I need to eat better! So I told her "I would, but I am low on my monies." Thus resulting in a little bit more dough in my account, thanks mom!! :)
Now onto Wal-mart, one of the busiest grocery stories I attend quite frequently. (For instance, I went there 5 times in two days before school started.... yeah. That was over the top). Try to remember I got my old job back, workin at the wonderful Golden Corral! And keep in mind there sure are loads of regulars, mainly over 60 years of age.


While I was in the overloaded parking lot, I saw a recognizable and older looking face.
It was Bonnie!!!!!!
She comes into Golden Corral every once in a while and orders the to-go, because she is on a strict diet. 
Most days she keeps to herself, and pays around 1-2 dollars for her dinner. I made a goal to talk to her every time she came in, and man did she end up surprising me.
When we were in the parking lot, I ran over to this 64-ish (give or take a few years.... you never know these days) year old woman, and she gave me THE best compliment, and it really made my whole day. 
This is how our conversation went, "Bonnie!!! How are you doing? I didn't know that you could recognize me without my uniform on!" (I was joking, since the elderly folk tend to like the funny and dry humor)
"Well Mollie, I could recognize that smile anywhere!"
She then proceeded to tell me about her day, and finished her shopping.
Little did she know how much her words effected me!!
I must've been close to beaming.... just because she told me she loves my smile?.... It really surprised me when I thought of how often I smiled, and then I realized I was trying to get her to smile as well because I wanted her to be happy. It then hit me how this nice compliment she gave me made a difference in my day. Here I thought I was trying to help her, and she ended up helping me!


To end this message, I challenge you all (to whoever reads this...) to give someone a compliment, and hopefully it will brighten up your day, and theirs as well :) :)

Homework Much?

An Indian sat and talked with her ​​grandchildren.
He said: - In all the people living there are two wolves fighting.
One is evil: it is anger, envy, jealousy, arrogance, self-pity, lies, superiority andego.
The other is good: it is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, benevolence, empathy, truth and trust. "
"Which wolf wins?", ¨ said the child.
"The one you feed," said the old man


I feel as though this "story" is so true! Someone posted via facebook, and I loved it so I thought I'd share! Take it as you will... it is pretty much self explanatory. 
Life has been just dandy as of late! I am enjoying life to the fullest. 
Yesterday..... on a Saturday night I was in the painting studio on campus. All by myself. For five hours. It was kinda sad, but surprisingly I was ok with it! I've been doing the same thing for 2.5 years now, and I'm more than ready for something new. Sweden definitely came at the right time this past summer. And it made me appreciate school so much! I am stuck with minimum wage jobs at the moment.... but I won't for long! Because you'd better believe I'm going to get an education!!!
Well, back to painting. I am painting "something" on a 30x40 inch canvas and I am SO EXCITED. It is turning out soooo well thus far, I will be excited to post it when the time comes. When I was getting ready to leave (after I had already been there for four hours....) I ran into a girl in my painting class. Yep we talked for about an hour! As it turns out she is a Senior, and she is going to be an art therapist! Just what I was thinkin of going into. BUT then she told me some information that would make that a little difficult. So now I'm confused about what I would like to be when I grow up.... all over again. I will figure it out, I'm not too worried about that :)


Here are some pictures concerning some activities I have been up to these past few weeks!

We went to an 80's dance! Kinda fun. It was just a sign that I'm getting old. Dressing up and taking pictures with my lovely roommates was the best part for sure!

Ha. Yep. My 80's costume. People want me to wear this hideous pink jumpsuit all the stinkin time. So I wear it. Mainly to please Alyssa, because she's the one that asks. And really the only one who asks.

Lovely roommate bonding time in awkward pictures

This picture my friends is of myself. And my little 12 year old sister. Who happens to be growing taller, and has bigger feet than myself. She sure is growing up! And she is absolutely gorgeous. I first wanted to take this picture.... because I LOVE the shoes I am wearing. (Well, they're actually my other sisters shoes. Oh the beauty of having four sisters!!!) Now that I look at this picture, I just love it. I treasure my little sister so much :) :)

I got this wonderful shirt in the mail, and a handsome young man may or may not have sent it to me ;)

Annnnnd I also may or may not have gotten some roses from that same young man :)

Earlier this week we all went to the dollar store and bought some shirts! We decorated them for a couple hours, and then danced to some native american music for a few minutes. It sure was fun, I can tell you that!!!

Hahahaha so with my shirt I wanted to be kinda creepy. So I bought some skeletons and tied them to the bottom of my shirt, along with the beads. Then I decided to write "optimism" on my shirt. Eh, it was a blast!!! Too bad I won't be wearing this shirt too often ;) 

Dear Prudence,

First week of school: SUCCESS.
I actually like school this semester! I mean, I've always liked school, it just gets tedious at times! And this semester is especially fun because I am in an advanced painting class... with ALL the art majors with an emphasis in painting! Talk about intimidating.
BUT, I actually really like it. Since I don't have an emphasis yet, I felt slightly ridiculous being in this class. The whole reason I signed up for this class, is because of the professor. She has been my favorite thus far, and pushed me to do the unthinkable. I don't even know if I need this painting class for my major, I just want to take it because I like the professor!!
In this class we are only building our portfolio. Pretty nice, huh! I'm sooooo excited to learn and how to push myself.


Well, my other classes are alright. Some are general classes (those are the tedious ones...) and my last class is Medieval Art History!! And THAT professor has a Ph.D in Medieval Art History..... I had no idea you could do that! This professor will definitely push me, which I am also excited for. She is actually kinda funny, cracking some dry-humor jokes during class. Since she has a Ph.D, I feel as though she expects a lot from us, on that same Ph.D level. Yeah.... we have a ten page paper due already :/


All in all, it has been a grrrreat week! Now I need to find a job, and start working out. I am just so excited for so many things! I would like to go back to Golden Corral and be a server if possible. I LOVED serving the people there for some reason. I had the hardest time leaving there, to go on a 3 month long (a glorious 3 months!!!!!) vacation. I loved chattin with the old folk, and talking to them about their lives. I guess you could say I love old people, and I get along with them pretty well!


Oh how I miss Sweden :(


Welp, that concludes this blog post. I hope everyone has a fabulous week!!

The Whole World In My Hand

I'll keep this blog post short and sweet, just to let ya get a sneak peek of what has been on my mind tonight.

I absolutely adore my grandparents.

I went with my dear mother to grab some stuff in a creepy church.... ok it was not creepy at all, but still. Dark. With a lot of huge moths. Oh, and did I mention the sprinklers were on? 3 at the same time- pointing strait at the church door. So we have to dodge them perfectly to get in and out of the church. Lets just say my mom might not have made it out completely dry.


Anyways, next stop, grandparents house! 


My grandparents are some of the best people I have ever met. They are so in-tune with the spirit, and they never cease to amaze me. I love them so much, and I'm glad I get to call them my grandparents!! I'm not gonna lie, I've made some stupid mistakes in the past.... and they're always there for me in my time of need. They help me get my butt in gear! I really look up to them so much, and hope I can be as great as they are some day.

Antsy.

Of course I am antsy for a whole lot of THINGS.

Like school. It is a love/hate relationship. 
Things I hate about school: money. tests. dumb tests. 
Things I LOVE about school: learning (which can be hard at times). social-aspect. etc....
I love how unified USU is! It is a great school, and you get out of it what you put in. Haha and of course I have to learn the hard way about a lot of things.... but hey I'm learning, right??

Like institute. I have MISSED institute like crrrrrrrrazy!!! I took it for granted in my previous semesters, before last semester, to pay for Sweden. I worked from 10-10 almost everyday, so no room for institute for me. I'm excited to be able to make institute a priority, and learn about the gospel other than on Sunday. 
I would love to take "Understanding Isaiah" class, and "Preparing for Eternal Marriage" class. I wanted to buy a book on Understanding Isaiah... but then I couldn't afford it :( So why not take a free class?? Annnnd the classic Prep for Eternal Marriage. I have I have taken the class before, and learned SO MUCH. That special someone is out there somewhere, and I need to prepare for them all I can, so when the time comes I will hopefully be ready :)

Like being in shape. I feel like such a fat lard doing nothing with my life! Luckily the gym will be freeee! I miss eating healthy and feeling extremely great about myself. Not that I'm bad at the moment, I could be tons better, believe me!

Like having my own room. And my own bathroom. How nice is that?? I feel too spoiled to be a dirt poor college student. Of course the wallets are skinny as they ever have been.... I sure hope it will be worth it!


Like getting new roommates, and returning with some wonderful old ones. I get nervous to be having new roommates, because they make ALL the difference! I've had some fabulous ones in the past, and super crazy ones that had a crazy way of irk-ing me, if that's even a word. I'm returning to school with two of my best friends, well, kinda. One is engaged.... so basically one. And she better be ready to par-tay it up with me!!! Because I am so ready.

Like Christmas. I have usually DREADED winter in the past (if you've been in Logan during the winter, walking up 8th east in the freezing chilly wind, carrying a butt load of art crap, in the dark, with no gloves, you know what I mean). I am very much looking forward to spending the winter holidays with my loved ones! Is that bad I'm already looking forward to Christmas break??

I LOVE "love"

Has a person ever made you so happy, you just want to cry??
Well, I've cried a LOT over the past week.... Because I left that person. In Sweden. At the airport.
He makes me extremely happy, plus he treats me with a ton of respect. He dazzles me, and loves me for who I am.


Enough sadness!!! I know I'll see him again :)
Plus we skype everyday, and it is the highlight of my whole day.


My last week in Sweden was amazing! And sad, saying goodbye to everyone.
That's just how life is.... and it's slightly depressing!
My friend Alyssa and I are planning on making a new country: Swederica!! (Sweden and America, in case you didn't get it....)
We're going to take all the people we know, put them on our island, and live happily ever after :) Great idea, eh??
Anyways...........
I will give you the highlights of the past few weeks! Enjoy :)

In Sweden there are a bunch of random cats and bunnies. Everywhere you go.

Gorgeous sunset on my 12 hour long date, with one amazing young man :)

There was a swan on our date... random? 

On my date I missed my train the night before... so we stayed up all night! We watched the sunset, AND the sunrise :)

In Stockholm, we lived out of these bags. And we felt homeless!

By the time we were settled in, we were STARVING.

Thus resulting dancing in front of the microwave, trying to get it to cook the food for our tummies!!

I then tucked Alyssa into bed. I think I did a grrreat job!!

Doing baptisms in the Stockholm temple= AMAZING

This is the King and Queens current castle? I believe... I could be wrong!

Walking up the smallest alley? street? In Europe.

Cutest boy ever!! I love him to pieces. He makes me very excited to have kids, that's how cute he is!

In Stockholm we were hit on by Estonian guys. They were verrry creepy! They wanted my facebook and skype name.... and my phone number. I pretended I couldn't understand them (and I kinda couldn't.... actually!) So this is me "running" away from them!

Here in America we don't have communal showers. If we do, it is rare! In Europe, the women shower together. At Festinord (a week long camp I went to for YSA) we all had to shower together!

Not us Americans! We did not rest until we found our own private shower, 25 minutes away. 

In this picture I was so happy, I wet my pants because I couldn't stop laughing!

Kebab pizza is the best thing there is. Too bad it's illegal in the U.S.!

My favorite cereal ever!! Amanda bought me this cereal to take home :)

Cliff jumping with the Hulterstrom brothers

David did a flip into the water... and had a slight face plant! I love this picture... so cool

Best friends! :)

This is Amanda's nephew... I love him to pieces as well! He drew me a picture, and made me a rose-like thing out of lego's? It was very nice of him.

Amanda's mom knitted us scarves!!!!! She bought the yarn on a Monday, and had them all made by Thursday when she gave them to us!

We could easily swim out to this floating dock thing- super fun!! We were all pushing each other off :)

Amanda I miss you soooo much :( I'm so grateful you let me stay in your house for 3 months! 

We all love each other :)

The missionaries in our ward drew us a picture for a going away present! Very nice of them.

He helped me pack all night! We got slightly distracted.... by him trying on all of my dresses!

These boys came to the airport! One last time. The "underwear" the guy on the far left is wearing.... use to be a dark purple ;) They are his swimming-wear!

All in all I learned so much at Sweden, and I had a lovely summer. I can't wait to return :)