Apartment 59

As my summer comes to an end I have looked back on what I have accomplish, WOW!! Seriously, moving over to Logan was one of the best decisions I think I could have ever made. The things I learned, the people I met and the adventures I have had. I remember the first day I walked into my apartment, I thought I was gonna be in for a treat. I had Chinese writing on a black board, cat posters hanging on the wall, plants covering every inch of the walls and church picture galore. I thought I was gonna be in for a treat with some very interesting roommates. Seriously my stomach dropped as I judged my roommates without knowing them. Needless to say, I was wrong. I love my roommates! Catherine is my fun loving Chinese roommate who can make you laugh and smile the instant you are around her. She opened my eyes to a different culture and also some hilarious quotes from her. Sabra is the "mother" so to say. I loved walking into my apartment seeing her in the kitchen making yummy food. I even loved her giving me a hard time about boys and giving me a hard time about all the boys in my ward wondering where I was every Sunday I wasn't there. She kinda kept me in line this summer so to say. Then there is Hadley. Hadley I feel like is just like one of my sisters. It almost freaked me out the first time I sat down and had a actual conversation with her. I felt like I was just chatting up a storm with Cami or something. Hadley is just so laid back and I feel has a lot of the same viewpoints and things in common as me. I can't even thank my roommates this summer enough for the life lessons they have taught me and really helping me just transition into the big grown up world. At times I felt like I was just that little 18 year old girl that just graduated high school. But I honestly feel like I am a completely different person than I was 3 months ago. Now it is time to conquer my next apartment with my new roommates and see what lies in store for me. I will forever be grateful I had 3 amazing and inspiring young ladies to help sculpt me into being independent and discovering who I really am.

It's Just Summer2k13

Summer2k13 has been quit the adventure. The past few days have been quite the riot as well. Monday for FHE the 2 Bridgerland wards combined, along with the summer senior citizens and we did square dancing! I think that night could go on my top most fun nights of the summer! I literally had a blast! In between "squeezing" at the wrong time. Dancing with an old man. Feeling like I know this old ladies life story and getting a black eye from my cute square dance partner I think it was a success! I laughed and smiled so much that night. (Photo's courtesy of my rad roommate Sabra, thanks!)

Well yesterday Ashley Fei came over for a sleep over. In between our date night which concise of Texas Roadhouse and mini golfing I think Ashley would have to be the best date I have had all summer! Lets just say we know how to eat and we should basically be considered pro at golf. No big deal, you can get our autographs later. After mini golf we sat on the temple lawn and watching the sunset and then we went to Smiths and got junk food and maybe did a few work outs in the isles as well. Yeah lets just say we got enough food to make us sick to our stomachs. We started watching 500 Days of Summer (love that movie) when somehow we started talking about doing a humanitarian  trip. The next thing we know we had spent HOURS on the internet looking up humanitarian groups, different places we could go to and just trying to figure it all out! We decided that summer 2014 me, Ashley and our friend Bridger are gonna spend 3 weeks in Costa Rica!! HOLLA :) seriously I have wanted to do a humanitarian trip for YEARS!!! and after mine and Ash's sleep over I actually think this is gonna happen. I cant even explain the excitement that I feel over this! All I can say is it is going to be a long year having to wait to go on this once in a life time trip!! 

WE ARE SO EXCITED FOR COSTA RICA

Tonight my beautiful friends came over to eat dinner with me. We went to Chili's and can I just say us 4 definitely know how to pull the embarrassment card (like no joke)! It was fun catching up with these beauties. To think Mokster is engaged. Jandie is almost engaged and Whitney gets to come party it up in Logan at college with me in just a few short weeks, I cant wait! It feels so weird watching all of us grow up!

Night Train

Saturday night was Jason Aldean's Night Train tour concert. Can I just say I LOVED IT!!! Nicole and I got Kaylee Mae tickets for her birthday. Hello, 3 girls+salt lake for the day+concert=an amazing summer adventure. We started the day off at the Gateway Mall. We went shopping a little, met some great new friends (P.S. just because someone looks Asian doesn't mean they are Asian. thank you Isaiah for teaching us that). Ate some lovely dinner at McDonals and maybe had some other secret adventures in between. After that we took a journey to Rio Tinto Stadium for the lovely event. The night was full of Thomas Rhett, Jake Owen, Kelly Clarkson and of course Jason Aldean. In between singing at the top of my lungs, being entertained by drunks(Nicole may or may not have been one of them) and staring the awkward couple down all night I would say it was a success. I cant even explain all the laughs and memories we made that night. I mean come on its not every day you get hit on by a hobo and a dog lover and maybe "almost" die in an empty parking lot! :)

Summer Lovin Had Me a Blast

Where has summer gone? This by far has been the summer that has gone the fastest. I feel like just yesterday I was throwing my cap up in the air and in a blink of an eye I have experienced adventures, trials and just overall learning experiences. I wouldn't take back my decision to move to Logan for the summer, it truly has been exactly what I know I needed to do. When I made this decision to move I knew I had to do it. I was struggling finding somewhere to live last minute but I just knew I had to do it. Now after 2 months I have some theory's on why I was suppose to move over but overall I seriously still wonder why I knew it needed to be done. With fun experiences with my new and old friends all summer, it truly has been a blast! Here are some pictures of my adventure so far.

I am Me

Over the past couple weeks I have really stepped back and tried wondering what my life would be like if certain things in my life never happened. After a nice phone call with my friend today and watching a beautiful sunset I came to this conclusion...trials truly are blessings! Everything in my life has sculpted me into become who I am today. Nothing in my life whether it was something that brought me down or something that built me up, would I take back and have it happen a different way. I am me! I am me because of what I have experienced! Only I truly know the feelings I have felt in my heart and the trials, thoughts and feelings that have over powered me at times. But as I watched the sunset today I also realized another thing, Christ knows me to. He knows me better than I know myself. He sat there watching me through my trials saying "Darci don't give up" "you keep trying" "you will overcome this, you will be blessed". I can only imagine him getting discouraged wondering why I never turned unto him in every thought, if I did I would then doubt not and fear not. So as the sunset ended, the stars came out and Logan's city lights lite up I came to the conclusion, I am me because of Christ. I am never left comfortless for He has felt my pains! I have a father in Heaven who heard my prayers. He WILL answer them and it will be in HIS own way. Trials can either  make or break us. ALWAYS stay true to what you know is right, never settle for anything else!! And always live like you believe, be strong and of a good courage and stand firm to what you know is true. You are a child a God, the Savior loves you!!!

It's Time to Begin

I sit here astonished! Where has time gone? I still feel like a Kindergartner tripping on my shoelaces coming in from recess or I feel like I am in 1^st grade and getting one of my pig tails cut off with scissors from one of my friends. Now I sit here over a decade later in my own apartment, in a different town, with a HS diploma and years of knowledge and growth behind me. Now is my TIME TO BEGIN, it’s my time to become who I have always wanted to become, it’s time to figure out the real world! Some may say I am trying to grow up to fast by moving out of the house and over to Logan the day after I graduated, but I am a determined person, I want to go places in life and I am not going to just sit around tree town for a whole summer and waste away precious time that I could be learning and growing! Trust me in just two weeks I have learned so much already. So here is my cheers to a new beginning, cheers to discovering who I really am, cheers to taking courage and just getting out there, cheers to my past and everything it has sculpted me into being! It’s time to take a stand, it’s time to become who I have always wanted to be, it’s time to grow up but hold close to the inner child in me, IT’S MY TIME!!!!

Graduation at its Finest

BE PREPARED.....PICTURE OVERLOAD

My G2 Gang at Seminary Graduation! We may make teachers cry and hate us but I sure love  us

G2 gang sign....What would I have done without these 2 boys?

High School Musical anyone?

Be jealous you aren't us

Friends Forever!

Just showing off our inner Bear...NBD

Primo & Prima! Cousins For Life...Many, Many memories with this boy right here :)

I was just a Wee-Bit excited when they called my name

This picture explains my emotions PERFECTLY

This is Marley...One of my favorite and cutest 2nd Graders I interned for! If I do go into Elementary Education this girl would of had a HUGE impact on my decision that's for sure! I grew to love her!

The Packer Clan

What can I say...I am the favorite Aunt :)

Hunt Fam...I had the best support group at Graduation

My Family...minus Madison

Oh No Big, this is just me and Karissa Elane! We kinda are dorks!

Neighbors and friends for a decade! Yup she has been my rock and great example

Friends for Infinity! Be jealous you don't have our cool friendship sign

Certificate saying we completed IFLY! So glad I did it, made the senior party memorable that is for sure

So I had to put this picture on to state a point...I ALMOST GOT BEAT IN DANCE DANCE! THIS BOY HAS SKILL

Just on our adventure changing the BR to a 13! I seriously love these 3

Me and Whit all ready for IFLY (indoor sky diving)

The night before graduation Rebekah had a bon fire! Such a good night with such amazing people!

Last Dance..EVER!

Last weekend was the good ol Red and White dance. Yup the very last dance of my high school career and if I do say so myself it was a success! Kasee Alex asked me and it was a riot. I seriously am so thankful he was such a trouper with my INSANE work schedule, crazy dance moves and random stories (for those of you who know me know I have plenty pointless stories I like sharing). For the day date we went 4-wheeling. I originally thought I would have to work all day and would miss my day date. But luckily I got to leave work  6 HOURS EARLY cause they were so understand and so I met up with my group up in Malad for the adventure. In between breaking the clutch on our 4 wheeler and Malaki and Celestral going off a cliff I think it was a pretty successful date! After we came back to tree town for dinner. It was the Tremonton Fire department Stake Fry so we ate there. Then Kasee took me home, I got ready and off to the dance we went. We went to the awards assembly first (yup i actually got an award i was pretty happy!) then we danced the night away at the dance. Umm ya lets just say me and all my friends have mad dancing skills, be jealous! After the dance was over we decided to have an after party in the Maverik parking lot, get freaked out at the park while we were swinging and then went spent the night finding whatever  random thing we could think of. Thank you so much to Kasee for asking me, even if one of the most embarrassing moments of my life was getting caught while answering him back! hahaha oh the memories!