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Right before I left, we had a little Bon Voyage, Birthday going away party. My closest friends came and we just enjoyed taking, eating and basically reminiscing and saying goodbye as most of us just graduated and going on missions or college. It was such a nice night and I loved having them all together. I'm so mad and sad I didn't get a picture!!!!! But just take my word for it, they're the best, more genuine, nice group of teenagers you could find. I'm so proud of the boys for going on missions and for the girls headed to college, especially since I saw first hand the amount of work and dedication it took to get them where they are. BYU, U of U, Weber, USU and UVU are very lucky to be getting these friends of mine. Not to mention all the places worldwide that are gaining my friends as amazing missionaries. Saying good bye was so hard, but luckily the next day I was off to Europe and had quite the experience to keep my mind off it. But still, when I texted my friend Ev...

I really want to just write away about my time here in Europe, my heart and mind are filled to the brim with inspiration, lessons, thoughts, ideas and jubilation! But it's just too dang hard on a phone! I've been very dedicated to writing in my journal however, so I'm prepared to transition that all on to the blog. Add our itinerary, to my own dialogue/memories and the hundreds of pictures I have....it will be quite the project. Looks like I'll be blogging instead of watching movies after my wisdom teeth are out :) For now, just pinterest "travel quotes" and get over the cheesiness and perhaps how cliche they sound, because travel reallyrics is every good word you can think of. And one life lesson I've learned, serendipity doesn't come from comfort. And bliss comes when you embrace the unknown and learn from situations that aren't easy or familiar. Sometimes they aren't your favorite, or even pleasant, but you can grow so much from them and u...

On the 21st, we flew from Lyon to Seville. We were once again reunited with Victor, and this time his whole family! It was so good to see his parents and sister Sophia again after 2 years. So far the trip has been magnificent, wonderful, awesome, splendid, educational, perfect!!! I'm in love with Spain and the laid back lifestyle and fun, vibrant and youthful culture. We've seen beaches, cities, churches, mosque turned cathedrals, have had amazing food, been wowed by unique architecture and history and just had fun and relaxed: Spanish style. Which, is in fact the best style. Period. Only a few more days in Europe and this has truly been the trip of a lifetime and a summer I'll never forget. I can never thank our hosts enough for the knowledge, graciousness, memories, laughs, experiences and kindness they've given us. It's such a gift and we feel like family.

genevieve took these and im uploading them really fast we leave for spain tuesday and have loved and will miss france sorry no punctuation these keyboards are diffferent turin YUMMMMM  la grange du mas, the laveisierres chalet in lanselvillard  above bonneval  lac de cenis turin italia lunch today so good_ carrots, sausage, salad, melon, ice cream, bread french cheese and wine haha jk wine for everyone else so, to my surprise there are a lot of people weve met that know nothing about the church of jesus christ of latter day saints. they assume the funniest stuff about mormons, but they are usually genuinely interested and listen closely. but its hard sharing the message with them starting from scratch like the first thing i said we are christians. they also wanted to know then how we were different from other christians, catholics in particular. I told them it was our belief in God, Christ and the Holy Spirit as seperate beings. I menti...