SPRING BREAK 
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My week started out with heading home... of course!! Instead of going some where amazing & NEW... I went home for my SPRING BREAK! WHY?

1. Because my MOM wanted me home for her BIRTHDAY & I wouldn't miss it for the WORLD!

2. I don't have money to just go & take a BIG VACA...

3. I CHOOSE being with my family over any other thing!

Saturday

I had my mom wake up to a "Happy Birthday Sign" that I just quickly doodled and Yes, in this picture I was trying to draw a cartoon version of her.... fail ha! It's the thought that counts though right...RIGHT! :)

Around 10 we were off and ready to go SHOPPING with just me & my MOM! Where you ask?? Well we hit the Tanger Outlets in Park City. The 3 stores we attacked were

1- J. CREW     2- Downeast Outfitters    3- Old Navy

We spent most of our MOOLA in J. CREW! Well let me rephrase that I picked out everything and my mom used her money + birthday money! :) Because of course my pockets (of money) were & (are) empty for now!

After quickly running to Walmart for a few items we enjoyed LUNCH at good ole SUBWAY. mmmm

LATER that day we hung around the house & prepared for my MOM's birthday dinner.

(Melinda (oldest sister), Deven (only brother), and I made the dinner part while Chandler (bro in law) & Whitney (2nd oldest sister), but mostly Chandler made the dessert. )






The food turned out YUMMY, Chandler's cake was AMAZING and we ended the night with a few of us running to Park City for 10 minute shopping (yes shopping again & to tell ya the truth I am not a huge fan on shopping unless I am the one picking out everything for everyone else)

Sunday Night

http://en.petitchef.com/recipes/strawberry-shortcake-trifle-fid-748809

I had the opportunity of running over to the Rydalch HOME (my missionaries fam)! The cool thing about it was one of Elder Rydalch's companions that had just recently gotten home came over and we got to talk, share, and of course listen to the experiences they both shared together. Ya know I enjoyed it a ton because it gave me the opportunity to hear it for real instead of in LETTER :) Not only did much chattering go on but....DESSERT of course. Kena (my missionaries MOM) baked up a delicious "Strawberry Shortcake Trifle." It was such a great time over there & it always is. They definitely make me feel welcome every single time I am with them! They are a FANTASTIC FAMILY!



Monday


I got to spend most of my day with WEEN (whitney..2nd oldest). Even though we didn't do much we definitely enjoyed each others company. Funny thing is WEEN and I never use to get a long growing up especially when she hit the teen years ha. But as soon as she grew up a little I mean went to COLLEGE she and I got extremely close. She is one of my BEST FRIENDS for SURE!! Love You WEEN

Later that day Ween & I helped my mom sort out all of her unwanted clothes and we even color coordinated her CLOSET it LOOKS amazing! We found out that my MOM has LOTS & LOTS of clothes...Goooo MOM! :) WE (me, ween, & my mom) decided to work out..... & my Mom & Ween's type of work out is a speed WALK.... personally it doesn't feel like I get much out of it, but ya know we climbed hills well walked quickly up hills and we enjoyed the talk & company. Right after the walk I decided it just wasn't enough & I got to go & do one of my MOST favorite things EVER.....

I got to TUMBLE! Tumbling has been one of my favorites since about...well now that I think about it- it's been a LOOOOONNGGG ole time! Ya know when you feel so much stress and people either eat, sleep, read, or work out. Well besides running, TUMBLING relieves all my STRESSES! I had a GREAT time & I am getting old because after that tumbling sesh I am not going to lie.. I AM a BIT SORE :)
-take my advice and go try tumbling....unless ya just can't move that well....cause it's a fun workout plus its HARD & challenging-


TUESDAY

Shocking Day......

You're all probably thinking OH NO what news did I receive or what happened. Well I am just gonna tell you right now. Most of my Tuesday consisted of reading. If you know me I am not a reader. I am one who would rather go and do something physical or at least act out the book rather than be the person reading it. I just couldn't put this BOOK down & for the longest time I didn't want to read this book because everyone was reading it and I just didn't want to give in to what people say is this "AMAZING BOOK." But FOLKS I am here to tell ya that the HUNGER GAMES is such a dang GOOD book! I enjoyed more than you would even know. And the great thing about it is the movie comes out soon (March 23rd..YAY) I think I started reading it about 10 and finished it around 5:30 ha ha. Every time someone would come home for lunch or to grab something I was in the exact same spot the entire day. YES....I did feel lazy and unproductive, but my excuse is that I NEVER read and so why not take one day to do it. SO I DID! & to tell ya the truth it got me relaxed, but it's definitely not something I can do a lot....maybe just more frequent!

When I finally finished it I went and joined my family. They were all watching TV. I was extremely excited because a new show that definitely "sparked my attention" was going to be on for the first time.
FASHION STAR.....You know how I love fashion I just had to watch it. It's pretty good too.






Wednesday


I drove down to Nin's (oldest sister) to spend the day & a sleepover with her and BrookY (my niece). We had a great day together even though Brooklyn was feeling a little under the weather...darn it! Nin says, "I am the one who makes BROOKY HYPER!" ha ha YAY!!! Brooklyn definitely is the bright light in our family! We made homemade pizza, which by the way was sooo delicious! :) I had way too much! Dev finally got home ( he stays with them because he goes to school down here). Deven (only bro) & I entertained Brooklyn with are skill in DANCE. It was so much fun! Nin would change the music and Dev and I would dance according to that song. 
Me & Deven probably are the most goofy in our household, but many don't see that side of DEV like I do! He is HILARIOUS! I am very very close with him......

Here are a few of the outfits I put together for my MOM when we went on her birthday shopping spree! She is more gorgeous in person believe it or not! I love my Mom so much & I realize how much I want to be like her each and every day! She truly is my BEST FRIEND & I love her more than anyone could even comprehend! YAY for MOMS!