Costa

Costa Rica was awesome - I went with my best friend Vann. Basically we rented a truck and drove around and camped for a week. It was great. Many thanks to my mom who got us great flights (we had 8 flights total - they were all standby and we made every one - miracle!), and Katie and Cameron for putting us up for one night in NYC. You guys are the best (say that in a nacho libre accent please). Well here are some pictures - and the videos I took, I wish I could go back.

Spring

I really love flowers, and now they're finally blooming. I always love walking down the street and picking (stealing) flowers from my neighbor's yards. It makes me smile because I love flowers, and also because - I totally just stole their flowers. But it's not really stealing, right??

From today

I graduated!

I graduated - from BYU! Can you believe this?

Graduating is awesome, I wish I could do it every day. It's the best.

I got my Bachelor's in Public Health Education, and I'm starting nursing school at Salt Lake Community College in August. :D

Grandpa cleaning up after the big party:

It's all part of the plan

I haven't blogged in forever, and I'm not apologizing for it. :)

Something that has been in my mind lately though, is death. In the last 6 months, three of my close friends have had their mothers die of cancer. It's crazy! Not to mention, I work on the Oncology floor of the hospital. So, I see people die a lot.

I don't consider death a bad thing. Because I know that it's all part of the plan. It doesn't make it any less hard, though. Because we're stuck here, while they get to go on, and we miss them. I especially don't like seeing younger people die, and I don't like having to watch their families be sad. It's hard, too, when you get close to a patient and their family, and there's nothing you can do. But the thing I always remember is that they will be together again soon.

Ok

This week is going to be a little bit crazy. Finals and all. But after it's over - in almost exactly a week from now - I am going to start on the projects I've been wanting to do for a long time:

-finish sewing some laptop cases for dear ones

-finish my quilt

-make some flower poufs

-finish Dracula

-finish Gilmore Girls season 2 (weird how I'm just barely jumping on this bandwagon)

It's gonna be a great Christmas break. Next semester will be my last!! Woo hoO!!

My theme song

Go ahead - turn it up

Best friend Julie

My very best friend is Julie. Her nickname is Jewels - or also Hoolietta. I love her to pieces. She is so good. She's a great mom. She's a college grad. I really love her a lot. I miss her now that she moved to back to Fresno. I'm also really sad because Julie lost her mom last week, it all happened so fast. I love Julie and her family, and I've spent a lot of time thinking, praying, and crying for them. I hate being far away. I wish I could be there with Julie to help her and give her a hug.
Shelly Catton was my favorite mom. She was always happy, she was always so nice, and I remember her voice - she was always happy to see me "Hey Brittney!"Julie's mom always let us make anything we wanted in the kitchen - especially CCC's! (Chocolate Chip Cookies) The Cattons were the first family to introduce me to the wonderful world of Nutella. She put up with us doing weird Brittney/Julie stuff like making up dancing into wee hours of the morning. I always felt at home with them.

I enjoyed being around her. She was definitely a great example of Christ. She raised 3 awesome kids, and she won't be forgotten. I'm sad that she left, but I'm happy that she lived a great life and that she is in a better place free from pain.