The End of It All- Installment One

32 days later....
Sorry for the crickets over here.

I have some lovely tales to share though.

I was able to see some of my beautiful cousins and celebrate Adrien's twins!

Since I'll be away from Utah all summer and then in London all fall, Maddie and I got together for Apollo Burger and Vine-ing one last time, matching naturally. 

This beauty opened up her mission call! She was full to the brim with excitement. The jungle of Iquitos, Peru is going to be even more dazzling when this girl arrives in August!

 I bought myself a bouquet of flowers with some of my dining plan money, and some flowers for my grandmama too.

I started getting sentimental and influenced by spring and began taking pictures of everything. (what else is new?)

accidental, foreboding filtering

So, what happened was I wrote my finals, packed and cleaned up my room,  and saw some lovely people. 

Next up- road trip!

Love,

MM

It's a Wonderful (dorm) Life

This little alcove has been my home away from home for the past four months. Without having a roommate, I could spread out all I want to. Being a notorious collector, I had enough bits and pieces to decorate the space. 

Here's a little tour-

My lucky numeros!

Effective scarf usage (they really came in handy)

That's my crib! I'm going to miss this little place. It's the first square footage to call my own. Now, there are two more days of classes and then finals until next Wednesday! Then it's California time and then back home again. Jiggity jig!

Love,
MM

Extra Easter

I just got the pictures off of my mom's memory card, so thus explains the delay in the Easter festivities!

Saturday- Egg Launch
This is probably my favorite part. The weather was nice and toasty, which was a big change from the last six years spent in Canada! Plus I kept wanting to pinch myself because I could hardly believe that my whole family was together! Seriously, look at that little baby.

Sunday
Mia's blessing day! We all dressed up and had her blessing at Kate's parent's house. Afterwards we had brunch, (which was absolutely divine) an easter egg hunt, and generally lazed around and chatted. then half of us headed to visit the grandparents. All in all, it was a perfect Easter weekend.

(She loves me, I swear.)

So as a general catch up of this past week, I worked hard to finish the LazyMan Ironman this week and got a t-shirt (nice), did some occasional homework, partied it up with the family whenever I could, and thoroughly enjoyed General Conference this weekend!

I went up with Bayley and Jeni to the Saturday Morning session, I babysat my nieces that night, and then spent Sunday at Bayley's house eating delicious food and watching conference on various tv's. 

This week is the last full week of classes! I have one, short final essay to write, a newspaper assignment for geography to finish, a skirt to finish sewing and a sewing portfolio to assemble, and a oral presentation of my research essay before finals start next week. I'll be in California in less than three weeks and home right after that! I need to get a summer job stat. 

I'll be back with more,

Sincerely MM