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This past week I was able to go to California with my wonderful friends! ROAD TRIP!!! Who doesn't love a good long drive in the car listening to the best summer jams and laughing with some close girl friends?? I made a playlist for the drive (it was 14 hours worth of music... you could say I was pretty excited). Not to brag but I am pretty proud of this playlist, it was very versatile. From Disney, Throwbacks, Indie, Pop, Country, Rock, all the works. We sang, slept and chatted. 12 hours never had gone by so fast! This was a pretty spontaneous trip and all came together in a matter of weeks. Meg and Sierra bought their 1D tickets earlier in the year, but Whit and I wanted to tag along! After my study abroad, Whit and I were talking about how we really wanted to go! So badly. So a couple weeks before we left, Whit and I bought our tickets and planned this kick butt trip!

Our trip, with the help of some amazing people, was a great success! We went to Disneyland, the beach, and the main event... ONE DIRECTION CONCERT!!! It was a good mix of relaxation, excitement and foooooood.

Stuck in traffic, naturally you stick your head out the window

I felt like fate, or something, was definitely on our side. It was the 60th Anniversary at Disneyland, so there were a lot of amazing decorations and celebrations during the day! Once you walk into the park you instantly drop about 10 years of your age. It's all the magic that Disneyland possess.

It all started with a mouse

Her day was made!

Peter Pan. Earlier in the day we were talking about how you never ever see Peter Pan out and about because he is always running around. As we were turning the corner into Fantasyland, Whit shouts "There he is!" and what do you know? Peter Pan was standing and taking pictures with some other people. So of course we have to take advantage of the amazing opportunity that has presented itself, we start quickly walking toward him. But that Pan is a sneaky kid... He just took off running! I mean like full speed! He was hoping stairs and dodging people and tables and he was off! So of course we took off after him! There is no way we were letting him go now, we were so close! Sadly we missed him, but after riding some rides we found him again! He wasn't getting away this time. We finally caught up to him!

After meeting Pan, we had to venture around Disney some more! Meeting more characters and eating a churros and screaming our lungs out!

My ENTIRE world was made

WE MET THE DEVINE'S!

But first....

Hey it's 10.. let's ride Bear River Rapids!

"Say boys"

pc: Meggy (xoxo)

Disney was a complete success! It was seriously the best Disney trip by far. I need to go there more often. I mean the drive isn't too right?? So it's fine!

ONEEEEEE DIRECTIONNNNNNN

 

They are seriously the best  performers! I was crying the whole time. What a great hour and a half of my life. After the concert, since Meg and Sierra were sitting somewhere else, we had a dance party by the car. It was unbelievable! People would get out of their cars to dance with us and talk to us! One Directions really does bring people together. It was.... better than words. *winky face*

Chi-O til you die-O

This trip was spectacular. Full of good eats, laughs. music, tears, and fangirling. Thank you girls for the laughs and for loving those beautiful British Boys as much as I do! Let's do it again sometime, okay??

Until next time,
-O

thank you.

Well a part of me is very sad to write the following sentence... School starts on Monday. (insert crying emoji) I'm not ready in the slightest. This summer has been a great adventure though! I feel that I have grown a lot from the trials and accomplishments I have had in these past four months. Not only was this summer a a great one, but I am starting me sophomore year in college. I can't believe it either! Time has flown by!! Any way today I focus on summer and the adventures I went on with my amazing friends!

I call this "Fancy-Pants Adulthood"

Sierra, Paige, Abby, Chandler, Kristy, me

We got a taste what it was like to be fancy. We went to Afternoon Tea time at the Grand America Hotel. It was absolutely stunning! There was a harpist, and she was playing the most beautiful music. The whole atmosphere was just so sophisticated! I felt like I was 25 and talking to my recently college graduate friends as we head to the next chapter of our lives! But we're not 25, we're silly 19 year olds that want an afternoon of class and sophistication. We even promised that we would me it a yearly thing to do.

The first course was a whipped cream dish to cleanse our pallets. Serious Princess Diaries moment! You know when she eats the ice cream, thinking it's ice cream but it's really not? But ours wasn't that cold! That flower in the center? Yeah, that's tea too! It grew inside the hot water an turned into a green tea. First it was a little grassy ball, but then there was a flower right before our eyes!

Cool huh???

Our second course was biscuits, cucumber sandwiches, and other tiny finger food! Like hamburger sliders, shrimp and lobster stuffed rolls and egg salad on a tiny toast! It all was ah-amazing!

It was such a fun day! We talked about our summers and the individual adventures we had and were about to embark on! Sierra just got back from the Disney College Program in Florida and is going back to BYU in the fall, Paige is going on her mission to Washington DC, Abby told about her back packing trips, Kristy is getting ready for study abroad to Dublin and going back to ASU with Chandler in the fall, and Chandler and I are getting ready for our study abroad to Rome! We listened to the harp and we drank our fancy tea! It was great being with friends in such a gorgeous place!

Yummy desserts!

Of course being in the Grand America, we had to walk around the hotel and see what it had to offer!

The gelato!!

Macaroons! Remind anyone of Gossip Girl??

Shameless tea cup selfie

And what kind of teenagers would we be without taking a couple selfies?! Right??

Chan's using the telly! (insert british accent)

That concluded our day of "Fancy Pants Adulthood"! It was a day to remember and I'm so thankful to have them in my life. Such amazing examples to me everyday. But that's not it! We got to swim with the fish! Yeah, swim with the fish! In Utah!We went snorkeling at Bonneville Seabase. We were able to feed the fish and swim with them too! There was a 10 foot Nurse Shark at the sea base while we were there, but sadly we didn't see the shark. I'm totally serious too, the shark is real!! It was so cool, we got to feed the fish lettuce and swim around with all different kinds of fish. We even got the cool Chinese Pedicure! (You know the kind the got on Desperate Housewives of Orange County?? Yes, I did use that as a reference.) You know where the little fish eat off the dead skin on your feet??? It sounds sooooo gross... and it probably is...! It tickles like no other, so those who have ticklish feet-- I'm warning you it's super ticklish! It was such a fun day and I encourage everyone to go out there! The staff is super helpful and so nice! I'll be going back very soon!

HAPPY SHARK WEEK!

It was a fantastic summer! I can't thank my friends enough for being there for me and for being crazy with me! I'll miss you all once you're away at college, but we'll see each other very soon! Thanks for such a great and memorable summer!!! Kisses!

Until next time,
-O