Oh, Darling

This weekend was so much fun! I had a blast! It always is when the Burtenshaw girls come for a visit! I was lucky enough to be invited on the Low cousin cross country ski! It was quite the time! I had never done it before so I fell a few times and hated the first 10 minuets until I got the hang of it then I LOVED it! And by "hang of it" I mean I wasn't falling every 30 seconds just every 3 minuets! After we rushed home to get ready for the 4A Provincial basketball game! So glad we made it in time because it was such an amazing game! So fun to watch even though I didn't have any real personal interest in any of the players! I just considered myself an adopted Low for the day so I was cheering Dallin on with the rest of them!
Anyway I also learned a new trick, which was how to video on my Canon Mark D II so I made a little video! It was actually so much fun and I can't wait to do it again! So here is the link to watch it!!

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Mexican Vacation

I have always known I would love Mexico. I love the heat and I love beaches so I thought it would be a perfect fit. SO when the opportunity arose to go I jumped at it!  I went with quite the random crew but I loved it! I went with Ron and Tammy Low, Jaclyn and Annie Low, their Aunt Sherri and Grandma Jean, Ken and Sharon Dahl, and Parker and Emma Dahl! I know what you are thinking... so you just crashed two family vacations... yes that is exactly what I did! Tammy and Sharon are both like my second moms and I consider their kids my siblings so it wasn't weird at all okay! I loved every second of Cabo! What I didn't expect was to fall in love with the people! I guess I just felt like I belonged with them. I sorta look like them, and I am fluent in Spanish... oh wait no I'm not. Okay so I don't really have a lot in common but I loved them! They were so nice to us everywhere we went! One of my favorite moments of the trip was when we went to church. It happened to be Fast Sunday that week and when the Bishop announced that anyone who would like to bare their testimony was welcome to come up EVERYONE went ( I can only assume that's what he said... I can't speak Spanish remember). I was in shock. The front seats were completely full and as soon as someone would stand up to take their turn sharing their testimony in beautiful Spanish there was someone ready to take their spot. I was completely humbled and may have got a little teary eyed. I felt embarrassed that I hadn't bore my testimony in quite sometime. I didn't understand one word of their testimonies but it didn't matter. The spirit was so strong and I left feeling so uplifted and grateful to be a member of such a wonderful church. It was just a really great experience!

Anyway I want to go back to Mexico and live there. Actually we went to a condo showing (ps never do this it's terrible) and the lady told me that she would hook me up with a photography job with their resort and a place to live if I was ever interested... Tammy quickly jumped in (she was pretending to be my real mother at this point... it's a long story) and told her that was never going to happen! But who knows if I am still single in a few years forget it I am moving to Mexico and taking pictures of tourist on beaches for the rest of my life!

Also these are just the pictures from my phone... I have been to lazy to upload the ones from my real camera!

This is what I look like after pulling an all nighter editing! Cute I know! I was really excited though! I actually slept the ENTIRE flight to Mexico. Literally didn't wake up once. It is the best way to travel I promise!

First picture in Cabo!

Anna and I out to eat

I can't tell you how excited I was about the white cabanas! 

Jac and I in our new sunglasses!

Parks right home from the mission off to Mexico!

I may have felt like celebrity tanning in the cabanas... Judge me if you want

We spend about a half hour deciding on these hats!

I love Emma Lou!

Sherri's flip flops were a bad choice

The Kardashians just stayed at the hotel we were at... NBD

On our way to our dinner cruise!

Our little crew were the only ones drinkin the virgin drinks on the ship ;)

The famous arches! So beautiful!

Just having a Little Mermaid moment... haha

Love these girls!

It was Mitch's Birthday while I was there so I had to be cliche and write it in the sand!

I did a little skyping to my family and this what their view was and what mine was :)

The whole crew after church! It was so HOT that day!

Last picture the same as the first but we are about to head home! SO sad to leave!

Up Up And Away

So I was just going through pictures and cleaning up my computer because let me tell you it is was full to the brim with pictures! 90% of them of other people... I have this problem with throwing things away... Just ask my mom, it drives her crazy! I have so many clothes because I somehow form an emotion bond with each article. Yep I am a hoarder so send over TLC to help me if you want. Anyway while deleting folders I cam across one that had pictures from Mitch's last night before he was set apart! After I stopped crying I decided they must be blogged! He is so cute and I miss you so much it is actually ridiculous! Does every missionary sister feel like this? Cause I won't lie to you it is pretty terrible! I mean I am so happy he is gone and serving the lord and I know he is where he is supposed to be but it has been HARD! He is my best friend and going through trials without him there to give me advice has been a huge trial in itself! I know I have def made some mistakes without his help!

So the night before he left we decided to light up these flying lanterns!

The first time was an epic fail... one that almost lit my lawn on fire! Luckily Jordi stomped it out!

Craig and Kodi watching as the lawn lit on fire...

The second time working out much better! Craig and Kody assisted Jordi and it went much smoother! It was actually so cool! I just hope it didn't end up falling on someone house and lighting it on fire! It was a major concern I had that I definitely voiced but was assured it couldn't happen... ya right

Now here comes the pics that jerked the emotional me right out!

See don't we look like best friends! I think so!

See don't we look so photogenic! I think so.... hah  JKS seriously we are so good looking

Such a cute pic of Stangelina! 

Also cannot forget to remember these cute girlies were there too! If I remember correctly they were also a little worried we were going to set the neighbors house on fire...

Also I found this picture... I know that when I laugh I seem to always laugh until I can't breathe.... So obviously this has to stop... Sorry everyone I look HIDEOUS when I laugh... Maybe a cute hideous? haha

Anyway this was such a fun night that I just wanted to remember it! I miss Mitch, he has only been out 6 months and it feel like 6 yrs. I know this is probably going to get old me talking about how much I miss him so either stop reading my blog or ignore me cause it's probably going to happen a few more times! :)

A Thousand Years

I felt like this blog title sums up my life right now. Reasons?

-I feel like it has been that long since I have blogged

-I feel like it has been that long since Mitch has been gone

-It is the title of my favorite song right now  Christina Perri - A Thousand Years

- I feel like I will be editing for that long

-It's going to take that long for me to unpack... again :S

So there you go!

I also feel like I could have blogged a thousand times between now and my last post but somehow that didn't happen! A lot has happened though! So much that I don't even know where to start! 

Well we could start with how my summer was! It was full of really two things.... family and weddings! Two of my most favorite things! I also went on a few vacations that were so much fun! I went on a road trip with Mitch all the way to Cali and it was the best thing I did all summer! I miss that boy A LOT! 

Us at the Jazz vs Laker game!

We went to a session of conference! It was amazing!

and of course seeing Morgs was a HUGE bonus :)

In Cali! Loved the pool and the heat but especially seeing the Cali Maxwells!

We played a lot of horse and honestly no lie I won every game...

Us at the hockey game! Miss him...

After Cali only 10 days later we were off to Arizona with the FOF (aka family of friends... and yes I came up with this nickname and it has stuck!) I seriously have the best times with these ppl!

I think this should be our family Christmas Card this year?
I love these guys more than anything!!

My momma is a fox

Had to add one of Princess Carsy ;) Love you!

Most of the FOF :)

Then of course there was the annual Echo trip the with FOF which was really fun! I didn't really take any pictures though! Which I def regret!! But what can you do! We couldn't boat this year so we had to sort of make up our fun! We played a lot of cards, did some shopping, watched some movies, sun tanned and the usual things! I also went on a canoe trip with Russ and Ty and of course didn't paddle once haha That's how I prefer to canoe... Judge me if you want! We canoed around the lake and saw all the damage the water had done and it was crazy! We also did a trip down the river in inner tubes! Oh boy so many laughs!! My dad and Ken definitely supplied some side splitting laughter! OH BOY! Overall it was a great trip :)

We also went to Fairmont for our Matkin Family Reunion! It was sort of a sad one since it was our last one. We had been doing it forever but we had outgrown Fairmont so we decided to have one last shebang! I will REALLY miss it! We had so much fun though! Lots of swimming, games, and visiting!

Love these ladies! My grandma is amazing!

Editing. This is where I was a lot of my time there!

All the attendants of the Matkin Reunion 2011

Another cool thing that happened was the Russ made it to the Canadian World Series in baseball and they won! He went with my "other brother's" Tyler Hansen and Brooks Maxwell! Those three have gotten to do so many cool things through sports! They then went to the World Serious in South Carolina and my mom and Mitch got to go! SO me and Joc thought we would try and support from home :)

GO CANADA GO

Pax felt left out.... he's so cute haha

Okay can I just say that I love my little sister SO much!
She is the most gorgeous girl I know inside and out!
She is always there for me and I appreciate her so much :)

I also shot what I feel like was a thousand weddings! OH MY! I loved it of course but has proven to be a ton of work! I edit everyday and still have so much to do.... thanks for any one reading this who is being patient! I love you :) 

We also had to say goodbye to Mitch for 2 years as he goes to serve the lord in West Virginia. I miss him ever day and feel like he should be coming home any day now but he has only been out for 2.5 months... oh boy this is going to be a LONG 2 years! He is the greatest example to me and I am so unbelievable proud of him! He is amazing. His fairwell talk was completely fantastic! He knocked it out of the park for sure! I mean I balled the whole time starting with the opening song... Joc and I really struggled that day in the tear department! Poor Craig had to sit in between two girls on the verge of the ugly cry for an hour! I will miss him but I know he is doing what he is supposed to even though it's really hard!

Mitchy Pants is a handsome boy :)

Overall my life this summer was perfect :) I loved it all very much! I have also moved houses twice and have a new job all of which maybe I will blog about sometime! Also Chelan you are welcome and you should be proud of me!