11/12/20

 So. DERITY IS ENGAGED. She just texted me about it today! Apparently they have been planning it for a while now so she actually already has appointments for wedding dress shopping this weekend so that's what I'll be doing all day Saturday! I'm super excited! And Derity seems really happy so I'm excited for her! I'll make sure to include a photo of whatever she ends up getting on Saturday!

Also Macy filmed a slo-mo video of me letting my hair fall loose and it's so funny so I'm including it here:

11/09/20

 I drove back to Idaho today. I actually stopped in Logan to go out to lunch with an Elder from my mission, Elder Proctor. Except he isn't an Elder anymore so I can't really call him that. But it still seems weird to call him by his first name. Anyway, we got sushi! And it was like ridiculously good sushi. We met up at the sushi place but they didn't have dine in so we got in Douglas's car (see, that just felt strange to type out) and drove to a nearby park to eat the sushi. By the time we were done though I was absolutely freezing so I asked if we could sit in his car instead. So we did and it was fun. We chatted for a long while. I say 'we' but I worry I maybe talked a little too much haha. He told me this story about the nightmare of him and his brother trying to get home from a trip to Japan and I'm still laughing about it a little bit. I don't think anybody could be the amount of terrible layovers he had to endure. I swear it could have been one of Lemony Snicket's books because the whole thing was just a series of unfortunate events haha!

11/07/20

 Today I went out with Em and Josh! We got some food at Culvers and then all went back to Em's place and chatted a little. It was fun! I genuinely enjoy spending time with them. It's nice because they're very good at making me not feel third wheeled and I feel like I'm actually friends with both of them, not just with Em. He's really good for her and I'm so glad they found each other. I wouldn't be surprised at all if they got married next year.

Also: I took a calculus test today and did super bad so that was fun. 

11/05/20

 We drove back home today. We went to a fancy hotel across the street (which Mom and Dad want to try and stay in next time since it's actually very similar pricing) and played some mini golf there. Then we stopped at the University Mall in Provo and ate lunch in their food court. (Most of us got Chick Fil A) Megan needed to get her braces looked at since a wire was poking out so she and Mom went and did that while the rest of us stayed in the mall and looked around. It was a pretty chill day and overall a very fun trip. I'm grateful I got to be a part of it!

11/04/20

 We got to tour a dairy farm and it was actually really fun and really cool! Dad totally geeked out about it. With all the technological advances there are 3 people primarily in charge of 500 cows. They have these automatic milking robots that gather and collect data and then do some predictive analysis (which I actually thought was super legit.) They also have artificial insemination and selective breeding in order to get the best cows. There's this whole algorithm that takes info about all the cows and tells you which bull sperm to use to inseminate which cow in order to get the traits you want. It's legit wild. We also got to play with some calves and I let one suck on my fingers and it felt so strange and was super slobbery but still fun haha! I caught this gem on camera of a cow trying to lick me: 

11/03/20

 We got to go swimming in the crater at the Homestead tonight! I've wanted to do that for such a long time now so it was so fun to get to do it! The whole family went except for Alicia because she got freaked out that there would be sharks in it haha. Afterwards we went to the actual swimming pool and Mom and I left after everybody else and so we walked around together for a little while and just talked. It was really really nice.

11/02/20

 We started our trip today! We got to the Homestead and had a few issues with some bugs haha! There were quite a few in the hotel room and all the girls freaked out about it. Megan even asked to switch sides on the bed in order to be further from the window (where several bugs were found.) We also went shopping at the Park City Outlets and I paired up with Rachel and we both are super meticulous about making sure we buy things we really want so we took forever. We still hadn't spent anything by the time everybody else was finished spending everything. We ended up each getting a pair of high waisted jeans from American Eagle. I also ended up getting two sweaters from Old Navy (go figure haha) and some face masks from Old Navy as well to use for work. It was a pretty good day overall!