Spring Time Gardening

Spring is in the Air, and Summer is almost here! My mom and I are busily trying to decide how we are going to redo our Backyard! It has been lacking some stellar landscaping since 2007 when the Hurricanes tore everything out! We have been pouring over gardening magazines and online sites reading about trees, flowers and herbs to plant! We have come up with some good ideas of what we want! We are going to rip out the concrete pad in the back and add a small wooden deck, Have some strategically placed Pergolas around the yard, a nice water accent, possibly a gazebo and definitely a hammock! We want to have a herb garden and a regular garden, fresh basil, lettuce, carrots, green peppers, rosemary, and tomatoes! We think we might even try and grow a small pumpkin patch!!! Here are some of the plants/trees/flowers we are thinking of putting in! Let me know what you think!

This is the Crape Jasmine, its a small tree that blooms all year long and smells delish!

Lupine, so pretty!

Coleus, comes in any color combination you could imagine!

Flowering Maple, I'm obsessed with this tree!

Red/Lemon Bicolor Sunflower. GORGEOUS!

RAIN!

I Love the rain so much... there is something that is super refreshing and just so amazing about listening to the rain!! I am so lucky to live in a place that gets so much rain!!

Graduation Day

April 9th and 10th were my wonderful graduation days! I walked in Convocation at 7pm on April 9th and then had my Commencement at 9 am on the 10th. I loved every second of graduation. Before Convocation my parents, John and I all went to Dinner at Stockman's Steakhouse... YUM! I love their food its sooo good! Then afterwards we went to G's Dairy, another of my favorites, Gorilla Munch how will miss theee!!!! Saturday was so busy cause I still had some last minute packing to do. Everything turned out great though and we even had nice enough weather to go on a picnic with My Bestie Brianna's family :)

John and I before my Convocation

Me and my Daddy

I love my parents!!!

First one to get a hug from the graduate!

Its official!!!

Goodbye College I will miss you dearly!

xoxo

Graduation Photo Shoot

Here are my graduation pictures! tell me which ones are your favorites! I'm trying to decide which one to send out for announcements!!!!! YAY GRADUATION!

BESTIES

Festival of Colors

Spring is HERE! YYYYYAAAAAAAYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So today Bri and I made a super quick trip to Spanish Fork and attended the Hindu Festival of Colors at the Hindu temple there. It was unbelievable and amazing and so fun! Basically the Hindu religion celebrates the start of spring with a holiday called Holi celebration. Everyone gets powdered chalks and throws them up in the air and on each other. I've never had such a fun welcoming to spring! Super fun, super colorful! haha! Enjoy the pictures!

xoxo

Hindu Temple

Me and Bri almost pre color tossing...

SO FUN!

Watchout!

Me Olivia and Bri

I LOVE ELEPHANTS!!!!!!

SO COOL!

Hugging was encouraged!

My Nat geo pic!

HAPPY SPRING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Na na na na Wait til I get my money back...

So last weekend Bri and I being the crazy gals that we are decided to hit the road and live it up one last time and go to LAS VEGAS!!!!!!! Best decision ever! It was so much fun and I loved seeing all the city lights. IT WAS GORGEOUS! Sin city or not I love Las Vegas! All of the hotels were exquisite! I loved the Venetian, the Paris, Caesars Palace was amazing! Oh I just loved it all! Best trip of the year not counting my sis's wedding!

The front courtyard of the Venetian. So beautiful!

Inside the Venetian in the mall. I mean can it get any prettier?

I would say its like Epcot inside! haha!

Brinana n I in on a bridge over the gondola canal!

Gorgeous Clock tower. Where is Edward? haha JK!

$13 bucks a pop, didn't get one but MAN DID THEY LOOK GOOD!

Look who happened to be in Las Vegas while we were there... JO KOY!

SO FUNNY!

Driving late to get to the city! We were going crazy in the car!

Morning time and Lil Blue was thirsty!

SOOOOO GOOD! but 5 guys has better fries!

YUM!

Out hotel the Stratosphere! SO COOL!

Disney Reunion we got sweet tickets to go see my friend Greg in Cirque du Soleil Le Reve

We couldn't take pictures during the show so this is after. It was AMAZING!

Me with the LV strip behind me! Look at those city lights! AH!

At the top of the Stratosphere! SO HIGH! 108 floors up!

M&M factory... YUM!

As we go on...

Well its finally here! I will officially be graduating from Brigham Young University 2 weeks from this saturday! I have picked up my cap and gown, I have my tassel, my card that has my name and major on it for them to read as I walk! I got it all!

Its so crazy to finally be on this end of college, what a long and bumpy and wonderful ride it has been! I am so happy to be graduating but there are a lot of things I will miss about Rexburg. It has been the most amazing perfect place for me for the last five years. I will miss it dearly until I get to drop my kids off at school here. Cause you best believe they will be VIKINGS!!!!!!!

I am taking my graduation pictures this Sunday so stay tuned and I will get those up for you ASAP!

XOXO the graduate