Olympics.

This is my life.

Every two years, you can guarantee this is where I am.
You could say I'm obsessed.

(Traveling at this particular time is a little bit of a bummer though because I can't just be lazy and watch the Olympics all day. Woe is me. BUT hopefully we'll be in London in a few days(!!!).)

Peace & blessings (and go Team USA!)

:)

Fast and Furious.

This trip has been a whirlwind.

We're going all day long.
Essentially.

And it has been crazy.

We've hiked through Swiss vineyards.
We've hiked through the Swiss Alps.
We've taken boats, trains and lots of car rides.

We've visited Switzerland, France, Germany, Luxembourg and Belgium.

We've eaten Swiss cheese, French croissant (more specifically pain au chocolat), Traditional German food, Swiss AND Belgian chocolate, Belgian friets (fries) and obviously much more.

It's been great.

Tomorrow we're driving to France (from Belgium) to go to a French-speaking ward. Life in Europe is so crazy.

And then in a few days we'll hit up Holland, England (hopefully London!), Ireland, etc.

Excitement.

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More to come soon? Perhaps.
:)

Are you a mom?

This past weekend I was a mom.

And it was everything I expected but so much more than I ever could've imagined.

(Which I know doesn't make sense. Deal with it.)

My mom duties started at 1:45 on Friday afternoon.

Three boys.

Me to entertain them.

All weekend.

We jumped on the trampoline, rode scooters, ate snacks, read books, played games, watched some 'Man vs. Wild', punched each other (well, the boys punched each other, I wasn't involved), ate popsicles on the porch, swam in my pool, fought, slept and ate.

All I can say is that I can attest to the fact that I am really not ready for children.
(Even though it would be different to acquire them slowly and from a young age.)

And three boys? Serious insanity.

Good thing the kids are so darn cute (and related) so it made it great.

They were full of funny things to say.
That is definitely a plus about children: they say the funniest things.

Thomas kept telling me he wanted so many babies (while we were playing Life).
Andrew said to my mom "You're a mommy." Presh.

It was fun though. It really was. There were some things about the weekend that made me really excited to have my own van-full of kids some day.

I just didn't like waking up early.

Zero to Three.

Today, I'm acquiring three children.

Ages 2, 6 & 8.

Three boys.

And I get to be their mom for the weekend.

Wish me luck. I'm not sure how this is going to turn out.

Luckily, I they seem to love me and their house is basically my second house.
(Not really but I do love it.)

Plus, I've already planned a fun-filled day of swimming at my house tomorrow.
It won't be too bad.


Right?

Six. Seis. Seis. Six. Seis. Six. Missionaries.

(Since it's mighty hard to tell from that, those numbers are in French, Portuguese, Spanish, English, Portoguese, English. hahaha)

It's weird because I'm the age right now where basically all of my friends are on missions.

And this summer is especially weird. Let me explain to you.
For 6 continuous months, I have a (pretty good*) friend entering the MTC.
[*pretty good means someone that is more than an acquaintance. It's someone I would consider a good friend. haha]

In May, Charlotte entered the MTC.

She's learning French and will be serving in the France, Paris Mission.

[I'm seriously SO excited for her and France is SO perf for her!]

In June, Erin entered the MTC.

She's learning Portuguese and will be serving in Brazil.

(At least that's the hope... she's still patiently waiting for her visa.)

(also, funny story. I told Erin and Charlotte to find each other. Erin recognized Charlotte right away... from the many blogs but Charlotte thought she had a creeper on her hands. But now I think things are good.)

In July, (actually, today), Kayla entered the MTC.

She'll be learning Spanish and will eventually be serving in Ecuador.

(Which is literally perfect for her because she worked in an orphanage there last year and already loves the people.)

In August, I enter the MTC.

English speaking and Colorado Bound! :)

(Which was a shock. But it'll be lovely.)

In September, Suzy Q enters the MTC.

She'll also be learning Portuguese and serving in Brazil.

(Although a different mission than Erin. And she goes to the Brazil MTC so we don't overlap in Provo, sadly.)

In October, Suzanne enters the MTC.

She'll be speaking English and serving in Texas.

(We're kind of twinsies.)

So yeah. It's pretty insane actually.

I seriously love these girls.

 Ecuador, Texas, Colorado. (We were the three pre-missionary friends.)

And this was our final picture until we're reunited again. :)

 France, Colorado, Brazil. 

After Hezekiah's Tunnel. 

[We're statues.]

Brazil and Colorado.

Everyday is an adventure.

So, Six months.

Six friends.

Six happy reunions. :)

Until Fall 2013/Spring 2014.