Game Day USU vs. U of U

last night yourdanos and i made the trek down from logan to salt lake for an anticpated game. unfortunately we lost, and i got speeding ticket on my way down. there are cops literally every 4 miles in logan so i always try to make an effort to DRIVE SLOW! but there are of course those moments when you just aren't paying attention to your speed and a nice little cop pulls ya over. i have been pretty lucky my last few tickets to be let off but not this time. oh well ya can't win them all and that goes for the game too. iguess history doens't always repeat itself. at least in this case it didn't and we lost by one!!!. my dad and jen were cheerin for the U while yourndanos and i were rockin our blue and white. i have cheered for the U my whole life, but i had to remain true to my aggies. we will get em next time!

Last Year's Game...

i love revisiting old pics. it is always crazy how fast the time seems to go especially when comparing photos year to year. last years game was one of the best games i have seen. i can't remeber exactly what happened or how much we won by, but i do remember it being intense and close. pics always retell old events and stories. i can remeber certain details about this game like it was yesterday. i remeber it being so so hot but we were able to find seats in the shade. i remeber eating hawaiian food while watching the game. i remeber that yourdanos, me and his friend jason sat by each other. i remeber having such a good time, loving the fact that school started and of course i remember that good feeling of winning a close game. 

i am trying to soak up and enjoy these last moments as a college student. time flies by and once it is gone you can't have it back. i realize that you can't wish moments away. life is too great. some of my best friends have graduated this year and it is hard because i wish sometimes i could go back in time and relive moments. there are times when the thought of growing older excits me and other times it makes me a little sad. change is good, but even though you are moving on to something that might be better it still means you are leaving something behind. i guess if you enjoy each phase of your life and accpet what life brings you then you can live without any regrets. 

Back to School

today called for two blog post because i am so behind on my blogging. since i have been home from my trip life has been crazy busy with school starting, my new job and being with my beau that has finally returned home after a summer in L.A. i am not saying i haven't loved every minute of it, but i have been running around like crazy. it is the type of busy where you are numb to everything else besides your to do list. i don't feel when i am hungry or tired. i am scared for when this week is going to catch up to me and i am just going to crash. even at night i can't sleep because i have so much going on in my head. it is the most frusturating thing laying in bed for hours trying to fall asleep and remaining wide awake. 

however even though life has been non-stop upon my return to logan, i couldn't be more grateful to be back. no one loves utah state more than i do. i have loved it since i came here as a freshman and i continue to love it as a super senior. this is my 5th and final year of school. no big deal that i am taking my time and not looking forward to the day of graduation. i say that, but after this year it will be time to move on. even though i loved it here, i am realizing i am growing out of the college scene. the dance parties and on campus events don't appeal to me like they use to. i even have less of a desire to throw my own parties this year which is crazy because those use to be the high light of my life. my generation at utah state is slowly dying. most of my good friends have either graduated or are graduating this year. that tells ya i have been here a little too long. 

regardless i am going to enjoy my last year and live it up the best i can. i have grown so attatched to this little town of logan utah. i think i love it so much because i associate such good memories with it. so far this year is looking great. i love my classes and i just got a new job as an event planner for iUtah, a research program affiliated with utah state university. having this job will hopfefully prepare me for post graduation. i have only been at my job for a week but so far i am absoultely loving. i love not only my job, but i still have the most wonderful friends and boyfriend. i feel very blessed. fall semester 2013!!! woop woop!

The Real Hooker Saloon

every year since he was a junior in high school, my friend drew van dyke has thrown a saloon party in the basement of his house. (yes he has a built in saloon in the basement of his house.) now almost 10 years later he still keeps them goin. just one of the many reasons why i love drew. this is my second year at the real hooker saloon and it is lots and lots of fun. i can't believe the planning and organization it takes to pull something like this off. it is not just a house party. it is a night full of dancing, games, pictures, food and preformances. drew blows me away with how well of an event planner he is. he is so organized. whenever i plan anything, i am running around with my head chopped off but not drew. he remains calm and collected. not only does he plan the event, he is the MC for the night! oh and a preformer. the guy can do it all. 

drew and i met my sophmore year of college but we became close when we both decided to go into public relations. he is one of my best friends and i admire him for his creativity, whit and humor. i have been lucky enough to know drew and benefit from some of the amazing parties he has planned. these parties include beyonce baby shower, the cool yule (christmas party), beyonce and jay z's anniversary and of course the saloon party. when i get married, drew is planning my wedding. i am tellin ya, this guy is a design genius. 

One Fine Day

st. andrews.... so much to say about his place. i titled this blog post one fine day because it  truly was one of the best days for both dad and i. for my dad, he got to play on the golf course of his dreams. the st. andrews golf course is where the british open was played this year. all the great golfers play on this course and people wait in line all night to get a tee time. crazy people and my dad is one of these crazy people. my dad loves golf soooooo much. i mean so much. if he could have gone pro he would have.  in order to play on the st. andrews course you have to: a. be a memeber of an elite club b. win the lottery or c. be one of the first people to sign up for a tee time. my dad wanted to play SOOOOOO bad and since he didn't win the lottery he knew his only chance was to wait in the cold all night, with still  no guarantee that he would actually play. he was like "i don't think i am going to do it nat." i was like "YES YOU ARE" i knew he would regret it if he didn't at least try. not only that, i would hear about it the rest of the trip. i am so glad i encouraged him because he ended up getting a tee time. it is a silly thing to me and to most people but to my dad it was really important.  it was so sweet seeing my dad partcipate in something he enjoyed so much. he was happy and it made me happy. 

not only was i so thrilled my dad got to play on the st. andrews course but i also got the job i had interviewed for the night before. it is an event planning job for utah state. i had seen the listing on career aggies only days before i left on my trip. i was fortunate enough to be able to interview for it while i was in scotland.  i wanted this job prrrreetttttty bad because i want to go into event planning. when i got the email that the position had been offered to me both me and my dad got so excited. he said, "two for two" he got what he wanted and so did i!! it was one fiiiiiine fine day. 

Edinburgh, Scotland

i am a few days behind on my blogging, these pictures were actually taken a few days ago. tuesday night my dad and i left ireland for edinburgh, scotland. it was a long day of traveling because of course things don't always go right. our flight was only an hour but the process of getting to the airport, returning the rental car, checking bags in, security, waiting for our flight, getting our bags, getting the new rental car, took quite a while. it was even more difficult once we arrived in the city and had to figure out the new rental car and navigate ourselves to our  hotel.  it would have helped if our car had a built in gps system or an owners manual, but noooooo.... that would have been too easy. 

my dad and i have gotten along great this trip, but i would be lying if i said we haven't had some tense moments. our first night in ediburgh was a little tense because it is a big city with a lot of people. my dad has done an awesome job driving on the right side of the road but that doesn't mean we haven't had some close calls. i tend to have little patience when i am tired or hungry. i was both of these tuesday night, and my dad was testing my patience for sure. it wasn't his fault of course, it was just the situation.  we did make it to the hotel in pretty good time, so hats off to my dad and the gps system. 

first off ediburgh is amazing. i was blown away within the first 5 minutes of being there. it is a big city saturated with people. it is crowded and colorful. there are so many different kinds of people and so much going on. i only wish we could have stayed there longer. there is so much to see and we barely scratched the surface. however, we did have a wonderful time and here are the pictures for you to enjoy!

Endinburgh Castle...

my dad really wanted a key chain with his name on it. this is what i mean about him being such a kid sometimes. he was set on getting one. he asked me to see if there was one with his name on it. after bending down i told him there wasn't. i guess my answer wasn't good enough for him so he got down on his hands and knees to check for himself. 

 The Tatoo

people from all over pack the arena for the tatoo. it is a show honoring the military. it has all kinds of preformers...dancers, acrobats, motorcyclists, singers, you name it. i wondered what all the fuss what about but after seeing it i can tesify that it was truly amazing.