Happy Fourth of July!!

I am so grateful to live here in the United States of America. Independence and freedoms that are invaluable. I'm so grateful to those who have given their lives for this great country.

That being said this is how I celebrated!

A couple church services in a couple languages
Singing lots of patriotic music (also in different languages)
Visiting old friends
Holding little Benjamin (I'm on the up and out of sick sick mono... I can hold babies again :-) )
Making friends with Chileans
Eating strawberries
Watching waaaay too many violent action movies with my dad (Mel, Tommy Lee, that one dude from Outkast... O MY!)
FIREWORKS
Enjoying how all the good people of NP can put aside differences and come together to watch fireworks and listen to America songs
Eating cold cereal and watching Criminal Minds with my mom

O and the pre-celebration? One crazy night of Bealtes Rockband with my favorite olders and two other very very dear friends.

Happiness.

Do I really have to go back to Provo?

All my baby's llamas

O life!
Hi to anyone who reads this (Lindsey *ahem*). I'm back from being a full time misionera and I'm finally ready to blog again.As of late:

I just got back from the best trip to Oregon EVER! It was filled with all of my favorite things:

The power trio + Madame Jakey
Babies
Grandmas
Baby seals
Seals
The ocean
Feeding baby cows
Petting baby cows
Sitting in a swing for like a million hours
Sitting in a swing with Fauf and Stooph
Spinning on a swing til near barfing
Playing hide and seek with mostly adults
Rock band
Beatles Rockband
Birthday cakes
Camp fires + s'mores
Jumping and a trampoline with a half dozen 5 and unders
Chocolate milk
Diet coke everyday
Book stores
Fair rides that make you fly
Street markets in Portland
Crazies in Portland
Voo Doo Doughnuts
Sushi
Baseball
Kickball
Waterfalls
Singing TLC at the waterfall
Rivers and lakes
Hiking
Catching lizards
Shooting (What?! Yes, I really shot a gun thank you very much.Scared me to death!)(But I totally hit the target on the second try. Whatever haters)
Making new friends
Visiting old ones
Singing and piano playing with the bros and Jakey
Watching disturbing internet clips with my favs
Reading the Juicy Bits with Stooph instead of sleeping
Waking up to a wee one singing Bop to the Top (and dancing his little legs off)
Not having to pee every two seconds in the car
Reading a horror novel on a plane
Talking to Terry at Moe's

More fun things and surely some pictures to come. Be patient. I can't figure out how to blog. Heaven help me.