idaho 2013

 

  a few months ago emilee, court, and i decided to have a little girls weekend. since em and i wanted to get away we decided to go up to idaho falls to courtneys two weekends ago. the three of us have been friends for years and always have a great time together! it's non stop talking, laughing, and deep conversations. these ladies will be my forever friends. nothing ever changes between us. emilee and i left utah on a friday morning and were jamming out to good old t. swift when i saw lovely flashing lights behind me. i had no idea i was 'speeding' because its always a 75 mph zone when you get clear up in northern utah.(and according to me i was going the speed limit!) apparently they had just changed a certain area to 65 a few months back. i was pretty mad because i had never got a ticket. the officer was really nice and he told me they had just recently changed it. gave me a ticket and then we were on our way. as the road curved not even a 1/4 of a mile ahead it changed back to 75 mph so i was pretty upset considering there was only a short span that was changed to 65 mph and i thought i was going the speed limit. what do ya do though? so it was a great start our little trip. when we were up there we were able to go to the potato museum, the idaho falls temple,bear world, went to the movies, & drove around. the potato museum was fun (i love me some history) it was cool to learn about how they produce them from start to finish. i learned about all sorts of potatoes and how they picked them in the olden days. we even saw the largest potato chip ever produced. i mean what better to do then learn about potatoes in idaho right? i had driven by the idaho falls temple before but never been inside. it was beautiful! it was so great to go. when i visited courtney last year we went to bear world and since it had just opened we decided we had to go! if you've never been to bear world it's like a drive thru zoo. you get to see bears, wolfs, deer, etc. and at the end you can go inside and see the bear cubs and other animals in a petting zoo. i love those baby bear cubs! they melt my heart. the rest of the weekend was nice and relaxing. i also snuck away for lunch with a friend that goes to byu-i and he took me to an awesome taco shop called morenitas. and boy i have been craving those tacos since that day! even though it was just a quick weekend trip to idaho it was nice to have a little breather from my usual hectic life and take two days off of work! i i love nothing more then spending time with these two. thanks for a wonderful weekend, girls! let' make this a tradition.  

 

ode to thursday & the weekend.

-grapegruit izze

-masque

-newest song obsession. anyone else think he sounds like JT?

-teenager post makes me giggle

-target loving.

-soccer!

-90's pop on pandora. best. thing. ever.

-necklace from the mother.

-my owl shirt

-mistill

-me watchin soccer

-beckham the dog.

-outfit

-nails

-jeffies picture

-midway

-fruit

-mi car

-the work calendar

-president monsen

-utah lake

-cafe galleria

-mama shippen

-pear salad and margarita pizza

-bracelet obsession

-girls night out

-sandals.

-me and the nephew

-the guys after priesthood session

-yogurtland

-always doing shoe pics.

-miss em

-grocery shoppin

-courty came to town

-yogurtland or candyland?

-conference waffles.

it was a fun filled weekend with work, girls night out to midway to the cutest brick oven pizza place, catching up with courtney, soccer and randomness with melissa, and last but not least being spiritually uplifted with conference. it always comes at a time when i need it the most. i am so grateful for the gospel in my life and for my heavenly father. 

when we were young

whenever courty comes to town she, em & i get together. em and jeff had us over for dinner. and this time around somehow we busted out the year books, did a little blog stalking,and facebook stalking. what better things to do .. right? i love our chats. i love the people who make you laugh and that you can be your complete self around. don't you just love that?

love these girls. 

picture friday!

{courty & i; feb 2010}

i love when courty comes to town to visit!!!
and i am so excited to see her this coming week :)
we always have the best of times.

happy friday!!!

xoxo

idaho.

6 AM woke up.

drove to Idaho.

went to the parade.

found my street.

went to the fair.

ran into kalei, who i danced in college with!

visited the beautiful falls.

and temple.

went to church and to primary :)

{september 4-6 2010}

labor day weekend.

was so great. i have missed courty so much.

she and her hubby live in blackfoot.

we had a great time at the state fair.

especially since i love ppl watching.

we watched lots of greys.

i met a distant cousin.

stayed up talking.

visited the beautiful falls.

had a photoshoot. {more to come}

and

it was just great to get away and escape life.

i love driving.

and i fel in love with small towns all over again.

xoxo

COURTY IS MARRIED!!!

Oh what a day! A beautiful rainy day! One of my closest friends Courtney Fairbanks got married on August 15th. I was lucky enough to take pictures of her whole wedding day :) (those are yet to come!) After we took the big group picture outside the temple it DOWNPOURED. No joke. I couldn't get the ALANIS MORISSETTE lyrics from ironic out of my head the whole time I was taking pictures 'It's like rain on your wedding day'..ha ha anyhow even tho I was soaking afterward(enjoy the before and after pic of me) & they had to use an umbrella the pictures turned out awesome if I do say so myself. After the reception Donny,Ash,Jeff,Allie,Ryan,Christine,Cooper and I went up to the cheesecake factory and then to a movie! I heart pasta DE vinci and the avocado egg rolls. There to die for! What a day!Congrats Courty! You were a beautiful bride and I am going to miss you dearly...looks like imma going to have to take a road trip shortly up to the great state of Idaho! xoxo