The Circus

I somehow have made it 22 years and never been to the circus. So when my roommate saw a tiny little sign that the circus was coming to town we HAD to go! We were so excited! Once I rode an elephant but that was about as close as I have been to the circus.
They even had white tigers! I have never seen a white tiger before and it are beautiful! They even have them jump through a ring of fire!
They had tight rope walkers that were pretty amazing!
They even had a black bear!
They saved the best for last: the ELEPHANTS! I have a dream to one day ride an elephant in Sri Lanka someday.

I am not sure why but I love elephants but I do and I was very pleased to see all the tricks they could do! After seeing all of the animals at the the fun things the circus has, I wonder why I went to college and didn't just join the circus? Well I can't drop out now so I will enjoy doing what I do but I will make sure the circus happens more often!

On the Home Stretch

I am two weeks in to my LAST SEMESTER of college! I can't believe there is actually and end and it is actually near! From today is is actually 97 days away! I never really thought this day would come to I don't really have an actual plan for what is next. I know where I will be for the summer and I know I will be doing an internship in the fall. These internship programs are definitely teaching me patience. I won't find out where I get accepted or where I am going until the second and third week of June. I have always been a planner, especially a long term planner. Even if it isn't a sure thing I feel safe in having some kind of plan. I do know that I will be living in at least 3 different states in the next year and that is definitely exciting! But for now I am going to try to get past the senioritis and focus on the home stretch!

Dreams do come true!

I think about it every day, wishing that someday it would happen. Well it finally has. I made the choice and I said YES! So..the end of April or first part of May, we haven't decided the exact day yet, I will be...
I am moving back to this beautiful place! I got a job yesterday and will be there the end of April! I didn't know if I was ever going to make it back but there was no reason to be in Provo anymore and I might as well get a job where I want to be. So earlier this week I was looking up internships and thought about nanny jobs. I guess having a big family comes in handy for experience sometimes. I had an interview an hour after I applied and less than a week later I was offered a job. The family is very nice and accommodating and they are having their very first baby in March. It is a little girl and I will care for her three days a week. It is not very hard to watch a newborn and I am excited to spend time with this cute little girl. But most of all I am excited to be back in the city of my dreams!

Holiday Cooking!

I love to cook! I love to bake! I love to can! I even don't mind doing dishes much as long as I enjoyed making something with those dishes. I don't have much time to cook during the semesters and my kitchen, which is semi mobile and moves with me and semesters or years go by. So when I go home I like to get creative or at least cook things I don't have time to. My sister also likes being in the kitchen as well and over the holidays we cooked a lot and love to all be in the kitchen together. There are a few of the fun things we have made recently. Let me know if you want any of the recipes!
My sister's perogies from scratch. Pasta as from scratch too! (She's amazing!!)
Yummy bruschetta!
My brownie batter pancakes! I am secretly not really a fan of chocolate but if you have to eat chocolate this is a way to go!
Again my sister's pasta from scratch. It was a special kind of pasta but I don't exactly remember..but it was really good!