dear children if i ever have any,

i rode my bicycle to a few places a few weeks ago for you.

this is where i went to elementary.

 and where i learned about oregon, penguins, and how to play mash.
(and where i dragged gregorio cordova's coat in the mud because he called me his [insert derogatory term here] and i was not fine with that. but that is a story for another day)

this is where i stood at 24 years of age by my old elementary.

this is where grandma would pick me up and where i accidentally got in the wrong vehicle one time because it looked just like grandma's.

this is where i would cross the street everyday.

this is the cop that made everyone stop so i could cross the street ten years later.

this is the short cut i would take to get to junior high and where i cried after the crush of my young life logan didn't ask me to dance

and this is the field behind the junior high where i would pretend to do stuff during PE class.

love,

mom?

ryan and his girlfriends

(photos taken at celeste carruth's beautiful reception

..how i didn't think to actually take a picture of anything besides these two photos i will never know)

after looking at these pictures you might gather that i

1. ..have taken multiple photos of costa vida meals because we eat it at least once a week (and all those photos are from seperate occassions in case you were wondering)

1a. ..started asking for extra cilantro and i'm very pleased with the results

2. ..like eating costa at movie in the park night

3. ..just like to eat in general

4. ..like melissa marsh. she is the best and made thai coconut sticky rice with fresh mango! and as a token of my appreciation i gave her that calendar sitting next to it

a nice little scripture time on the porch with jos

jos is back in utah and we had a sleep over!

 and then the next morning we had a great study time together

and even pulled out our mission scriptures and had ourselves some language study!

it was a very lovely time and made me feel like i had a companion again! 

i love that joslin. and feeling like a missionary. and reading my scriptures while it is still day time!
am i the only person that feels like a champion when that happens? because i really do.

dear kelli

in response to your comment on my last post:

i don't see how you or anyone else could think i posted the same photo twice!

 jk.
hp marathon every day for a week = almost identical photos.

i feel happy you remembered the first picture and hope that if you and
jordan ever want to match each other and watch a movie with us, we are so down.

love,
megan