weekend in the life of olivia karli and brooke....

karli treated brooke and i to a rascal flatts concert for our birthdays on friday night. we felt alittle pathetic singing every word at the top of our lungs by ourselves.. but it's okay. it was a great time. who needs men?... right?

then saturday morning we went on a pretty little hike around suicide rock in salt lake city.. fun place!

then we drove up north to logan town to watch karli's brother eric play some football up at utah state. it was fun to see him play and watch the only winning utah football game yesterday. sorry utes and cougs.

i loved this weekend and love these lovely ladies more than i love cinnamon covered almonds. and that's a lot.

nobody said it'd be easy, they only said it'd be worth it.

today, i have the word goodbye on my mind. some goodbyes are sad, others happy. some goodbyes are permanent, while others temporary. a year ago from today i said goodbye to one of the most important people in my life. but this goodbye was almost all of these goodbyes combined. it was sad in the sense that someone i was in love with was parting with me for two full years. it was happy because he was making the right decision and doing exactly what he was supposed to be doing at that time in his life. but the truly happiest part was that this goodbye wasn't permanent. missions are amazing because after two years they get to return to their family, friends, and loved ones. (two years though? really??) i love the quote defining a missionary. it says..."a missionary leaves their family for a short while so that other families can live with theirs forever." throughout this school year i have loved going to our mailbox and seeing so many letters from all around the world. we are keeping in touch with people from madagascar to germany. brooke and i have even turned our sacrament and work time to writing elders back time! i even saw brooke cry once saying goodbye to some friends... and that never happens :) yesterday, karli started her own journey of having to say goodbye to someone she loved dearly for a temporary two years. hearing of her heartache i couldn't help but to feel so glad that i could be there for her because of my own experience. everyone talks about the missionaries "BEST TWO YEARS" but what about the girls they leave behind? if we had a movie named after us would it be called the "BEST TWO YEARS" ? or the "MOST HEART-WRENCHING, THINKING TOO MUCH TOO OFTEN, MISSING THEM TOO MUCH TWO YEARS" ? as hard as it is to live without them, hearing of their growing experiences is truly amazing. i have grown so much spiritually just by hearing of their encounters and experiences. i am so excited for karli and can't wait to live up these next two years with her! here's to goodbye's. the good and the bad. the beginning... but not the end...

feeling a little peachy and minty..

these two colors have been striking my attention lately.. i adore these pictures.

greetings elder jones..

brooke and i had the amazing/awkward opportunity of taking our dear friend elder andrews to the MTC. we ran into elder jones who we miss dearly. here's the vid!

mmm..

working in a restaurant i have been around food quite a bit and have developed a new interest in cooking! here's some recipes i wanna try...my roommates are gonna LOVE me.

lemon poppyseed pancakes.

grilled honey balsamic carrotsmozarella, plum tomato, pesto grilled chicken sandwich.
fun little snack. peanut butter, choco chips in an apple.

Call.It.Rad.Yo. aka. Colorado.

So right now the b.o.k. clan is just b.o. haha. ewww. but for the time being we are separated as I have been in Colorado. Or as i like to call it...call it rad yo. CO is a great place. It's beautiful here. I knew it would be hard to go from the bubble of Provo to another, yet very different, bubble of Highlands Ranch...but it has really been so great. I miss everyone in Provo especially b and o, but I love being with my family and the friends I left behind here. I think what is truly making my trip home is dancing. I get to work at my dance studio and the girls have truly been inspiring me to create more which I absolutely love. This week is sort of my last week home...that's when all the craziness of vacations starts. Sometimes I hate myself for how much I plan. But really I need to look at how blessed I am to be doing so much. Anyways that's pretty much life for me right now. Working, dancing, and playing hard. How can anyone complain about that? It's truly becoming one of my favorite summers!! But B and O...i'm missin ya like crazy...and never forget that. :) Smile people. and remember to stay classy and be okay.

Karlsworth.

LEGENDARY. girls run the world. thassss right.