Family Time!

A couple weeks ago we had some family come into town! It was really fun to hang out with them, and laugh at how cute their kids are! Their daughter Madelyn is just about the sassiest girl you'll ever meet! She has the attitude of a teenager but she is only 7! She had us laughing all night, the things she says are so full of sass you would die! She wanted to play dress up in all my jewelry and clothes and then have me take photos of her...as long as that's all I had to do, that is just fine! 

I'll spare you the other 50 she made me take! 

Heidi and Camden also decided to pay us a visit and well you can only imagine the pictures and videos we took of him! I have to share a couple videos! Sorry...don't hate me! :) 

Also it is officially snow cone season...and that makes me SO. STINKING. HAPPY. But really! 

Happy Summer! :]

Memorial Day Weekend!

When Memorial Day weekend came around my Dad had a brilliant idea to go through Yellowstone National Park! Our FAVORITE place! It was just myself, Erica and Holli so it was just like the good old days! When we were younger in the Summer my Dad would take us on "get away" trips to the cabin. Just me Erica, and Holli. We thought we were so lucky to get to go to the cabin without out our other sisters and we would always have the best time! And this trip was no different! I had to work on Sunday though so we were only able to go for one night but it was so worth it!

We left for the park bright and early, like always, in hopes of seeing some bears! We drove all day and with no luck saw a few of these: 

A couple of these: 

and HUNDREDS of these! 

Buffalo were the animal of the hour I guess, but never the less we had a great time! We stopped at the famous candy store, got ourselves a caramel apple, some homemade chocolate and some taffy! I love being able to go on adventures like this with my family!

Mothers Day!

Mother's Day was a blast! EVERYONE came home and when that happens life gets good...like really good. There is no way to describe the kind of fun my sisters and I have when we are all together. I am so lucky to call each of them my best friend! The weekend started out with everyone swooning over the most handsome boy there ever was. I mean seriously, how can you not be obsessed over him? Camden is going to be quite the lady killer one day...actually he already is!

Saturday we told my Mom we would do anything she wanted, and she wanted to go to Twin! So as we were getting ready she was impatiently waiting and dying to take Camden with her so without telling anyone off she left baby in tow. I guess when you're a Grandma and its Mother's Day weekend you can get away with that sort of thing. She didn't make it to far though before "Mom" aka Heidi freaked out and told her to wait for her at Grandma Stockings. 

The rest of the day we shopped and just enjoyed laughing together. When we got home I had to write a talk for church on Sunday. My first big girl talk...I can say I'm a real grown-up now because I've given a talk in sacrament meeting for longer than 5 minutes. But after that we played a few games, and just hung out. We played this one game called Scattegories and it is a new favorite! We have never laughed so hard before, the things you come up with! Seriously look into buying it, such a fun game!

Sunday we went to church and ate an awesome dinner made by my Dad! The one Sunday he cooks each year, and it was dang good!

I have to admit...I don't think I took one picture of the entire weekend, except of Camden! So I'll spare you my hundreds of photos of the cutest baby and just post a couple! 

Home!

I love to be home! I really do! I was just looking forward to having a new experience this summer! But I guess it just wasn't meant to be because I ended up having to move home! I am excited and hopeful for a great summer...and so far it is off to a great start! 

My grandma Stocking has some really good friends that she grew up with that still get together in Utah. One of her friends passed away so she asked my mom if she would drive her to the funeral in Salt Lake. I decided to go with them and my grandma found a ride with one of her other friends to the funeral. So my mom and I were able to go shopping! We are definitely the biggest shoppers in our family so we were so excited to shop all day and not have anyone complaining! 

We went to City Creek Mall and were trying to find the elevator and this guy on a golf cart came up and asked if we wanted a ride right to our store. We were hesitant at first because let's be honest that is a little weird, but he assured us he had nothing to do and was eager to be helpful. We said sure and he was sure a friendly and chatty guy. I couldn't stop laughing at how funny he was. Thankfully my mom was there to talk with him, because he acted like he hadn't talked to anyone in ages. 

We also got to go to my sister Shawna's class! She teaches 1st grade and they were so adorable. They each introduced themselves and then wanted to play heads up seven up. They thought it was hilarious when I had to sit in their tiny little chairs. They were so cute, but I sure am glad I am not going to teach that young of kids...they eat up your energy really fast! 

It was a fun weekend and a great start to my summer! 

Easter Weekend, Last Week of School!

Erica and I decided to go home for Easter weekend even though it was the week before finals. We weren't able to go home as often as usual because we had such a busy semester so we thought Easter weekend would be perfect. We didn't do much besides watch General Conference, and relax. Camden got to dye Easter eggs for the first time, and we each got a little Easter present courtesy of our wonderful Mother! 

The last week of school was really bittersweet! I really tried to find a job so I could stay in Rexburg for the Summer, but jobs go SO fast in Rexburg and unless you know someone it is really hard to get a job so I had to sell my contract and move home. I had to say goodbye to my best buddy who I love so so so so much! I'm going to miss his sweet smile and little giggle. He is starting to babble and talk to you and I am so sad I am going to miss out on him growing up more! 

I also said goodbye to one of my best friends this semester Laura! I could always count on her to give me a good laugh and help me through our treacherous Irish Lit. class. She is definitely one of my favorite people! 

Blind for a Day!

So as an education major you are required to take a Special Education class that teaches you how to handle special need students in your classroom. It is a great class and a lot of it is based off of simulation activities. One day we did an activity where we were blind for the hour. We had to put on a mask, and glasses and all we had was a stick. I loved the activity and it certainly made me more thankful for my eyesight. But it was pretty challenging. We had to find our way to the elevator and meet our teacher in the lobby. Once we got to the lobby we linked arms and she lead us to a different building. We had to do all these tasks along the way like ask for help, find a drinking fountain and take a drink, and find our way back by ourselves just using a stick to guide us. Luckily I knew the path extremely well but the hardest thing was knowing what was coming up but not knowing where you were. Like I knew a big sign in the middle of the sidewalk was in our path but I had no idea how close I was to it so I didn't know when I had to move out of the way. It was definitely an experience I will never forget! 

Anjelah Johnson!

Erica and I love to watch YouTube videos and discover funny comedians! Well one of our favorites is Anjelah Johnson! She is so funny and for my birthday Erica surprised me and got us tickets to go to her show in Salt Lake! I was so excited and it was so thoughtful and sweet of Erica to do that for me. She is definitely tied for best roommate award with Heidi! 

We left to go to Shawna's on Friday night and got there late so we decided to just go to bed. 

Saturday we spent the day with one of our Cousins, Lisa. We went to lunch, found an adorable cupcake shop, stopped at Swig and ate pretty good! 

Saturday night Erica and I took the TRAK System to downtown Salt Lake. It was definitely an experience, you meet some pretty interesting people on the train but overall it was pretty fun. 

We got to the Convention Center and the seats we sat in were TINY I mean there was not any room to move and it was pretty uncomfortable, but Anjelah was hilarious and made up for the uncomfortable seating. 

It was a great trip and I was so thankful Erica got us the tickets. It was so thoughtful and it couldn't have come at a better time when school was just about to get REALLY busy!