Skiing at Sundance

This weekend, I got to go skiing for accounting! PWC was hosting an event up at Sundance so I took Tracie up with me for a day of skiing, food, laughter, and sun. It was a beautiful day and minus the fact that it was a little icy, it turned out to be a pretty good day on the slopes. I hadn't been skiing for about six years while I've been trying out snowboarding, but luckily it's like riding a bike - it comes back quick. Anyway, I met some great people and am thinking I just might go work in San Francisco when I graduate. But that's still two years away so I don't have to have that all figured out just yet :)

Can I also just quickly say how great my major is? Sometimes, at least. We get hoodies, backpacks, ski trips, concerts, bowling, and all kinds of crazy events to go to. Yes, the program is challenging and certainly is very stressful at times, but I'm also lucky to be in a major where jobs come looking for me. Tangent over.

One more thing, Elise posted this little gem a little while ago and I just had to share. This was way back in our senior year of high school (I think) and we went to the drive in. Such a fun night with my best friends! And look how young we look too! It's great.

Ode to Elise

I just have to give a quick shout out to one of my very best friends who is leaving on a mission to Argentina in three days. Bear with me :)

Miss Elise and I met in 7th grade (random fact - as Elise recalls, I was wearing a Costa Rica t-shirt. Not important to the story but cool nonetheless) but didn't really become friends until 9th grade when we both joined the Lone Peak swim team. We began a carpool to practice everyday with Zach and Hayley and slowly got to know each other over freshman year.

Sophomore year we had American Studies together and her and Zach also got a ride with me and my brother to swim practice everyday in the grandma car. Basically, that means that they sat in the back seat and just watched me and my brother be our weird selves with each other. I think they, and I, will always remember the day Michael smashed crackers in my face for no reason. It's one of those things you just have to be there for but it is sure a great memory!

Anyway, junior and senior year we just continued to become best friends. We have some great basketball memories, dances, and hundreds of swim team memories. 

The two of us, Taryn, and Zach code-named ourselves the fab 4 and usually spent our weekends in sweats lounging on the couch talking and laughing cause we were so tired from swim practice. 

These friends, as well as our other wonderful swim friends have become an amazing group of friends to be around. Check out these wonderful swimmer family photos if you don't believe me. Yes, we are weird, but we have fun!

Fast forward to sophomore year of college when Elise and I brought our friends together to live in lodge 73 at Glenwood Apartments. That year was literally the best year of my life and we have so many happy memories from that year; I'll always treasure it! Especially spring semester when we just partied it up. And then this year I got to live across the hall from her and Sarah since we couldn't all get into the same apartment. We learned our lesson: don't be slow on housing! 

One of my favorite things about her is that we don't have to do anything to have an absolute blast. We can literally just sit, chat, and laugh for hours, and it is one of my very favorite things! We can talk about anything and everything and she is so good to listen to all my crazy stories. I'm extremely grateful for her true friendship and for her incredible example to me of a Christ-like person. She makes me want to be a better person each and every day, and I wish I could even begin to portray how much I love my bestie! She will be greatly missed over the next 18 months, but Argentina is extremely lucky to have her. And I know she will do amazing things there! 

Love you Lise-Geese! I'll see you in August 2013!

Cafe Through the Years

So, this Friday night I had a laughing night with my two besties. Can I just say I'm pretty sure I have two of the greatest friends in the whole world?! The 'Fab 4 minus Zach' met up on Friday night for a much overdue laughing night before Elise leaves on her mission. Pretty much that just means we just talk and laugh and cry all night. It's my favorite. These two ladies are my favorites. 

We've had many, many great times over the past few years and I'm soooo very lucky to have been blessed with their friendship. I treasure my many memories with them and it was wonderful to catch up!

I also dug through my photos to pull out these two gems of our many Cafe Rio trips through the years. We have had dozens of these trips, but only documented a few. Here's our senior year after winning region:

And here's one from last summer:

Basically, we are some pretty loyal Cafe customers!