This one goes out to you Dallin... :)

I've decided I travel too much. I just got back to D.C. from being in Central Mexico for two weeks and this weekend I'm going to NYC for the weekend (woohoo!!). I love traveling and checking out new places and people, but after a while, you just wanna be home with your family in a comfortable bed with a pillow (I didn't have room to pack a pillow for my move to D.C. so I'm pillow-less out here). Sometimes being around the familiar is nice. For my own entertainment, I'm going to recount my travels as best as I can remember. This will probably be boring to anyone but me, so you'll probably want to stop reading here. But hey, a blog is just a more efficient way to write in your journal, right?


March 2010-May 2010: Syndey, Australia for internship
August 2009: Newport News, Virginia for Operation Smile International Student Leadership Conference
July 2009: NYC for the weekend
June 2009: Ocotlan, Mexico for two weeks (with a day layover in SLC with the family on the way out and back)
May 2009: North Carolina for Duck Beach 2009! Woot woot! Body, body, body language
May 2009-August 2009: Washington D.C. for internship
March 2009: Eugene, Oregon for a week to visit sister, brother-in-law, and nephew (amazing times of jewelry making and BBC movie-watching)
February 2009: Las Vegas for 4 days for physical therapy conference, D.C. for 4 days to visit friends and check the area out
January 2009: Idaho for the weekend to go duck hunting
December 2008: Las Vegas for BYU football game (Perfect weekend with my BFF, except for the fact that BYU lost... that has a tendency to ruin my day.)
October 2008: Eugene, Oregon for a week (I believe this is the weekend I solidified my standing as Dallin's favorite family member)
September 2008: Seattle for BYU vs. UW football game (SO MUCH FUN-- went and watched BYU win, had a BBQ with old friends, and then went to a Mariner's baseball game. Perfect day, right?)
August 2008: Brazil for two weeks (absolutely unbelievable experience)
July 2008: Valdez, Alaska for 4 days for a glacier kayaking trip with roomies (I imagine heaven looks like Valdez. Lots of good stories from this trip)
June 2008: Anchorage, Alaska for a weekend temple trip
May 2008-August 2008: Fairbanks, Alaska for internship (possibly the greatest experience of my life)
end of May 2008: Eugene, Oregon for Memorial Day visit (missed my flight back to Alaska, had to call in sick to my internship)
April 2008: L.A. and Newport Beach California for Diane and Fernando's wedding (LOVED this trip because it was to see my friends marry each other-- SO COOL!)
March 2008: Eugene, Oregon for a week
Hmmm I'm forgetting some in between here.
December 2007: Las Vegas for BYU football game. (They won this time-- went with the family and unlike a lot of people, we stayed the whole time so we saw the blocked field goal)
Beginning of December 2007: Mexico for orphanage trip. (these trips are when I feel most alive-- I think this trip is when it took us 17 hours to drive home and there were 5 of us in a 2 door coupe)
November 2007: Idaho for duck hunting, Eugene, Oregon for Turkey Day (this was the trip when I flew home earlier than the rest of my family so I could go to the BYU vs. Utah game)
October 2007: Las Vegas for BYU football game, Mexico for orphanage trip, Eugene, Oregon (I went to school in between all of this, I swear.)
August 2007: L.A. for Diana and Junior's wedding, Idaho to go fishing with Dad, brother and uncles
July 2007: Mexico for orphanage trip
May 2007: Newport Beach, California for Memorial day with friends (awesomely awkward/ fun and creepy)
March 2007: St. Louis for a week, Phoenix and Flagstaff, Arizona for a weekend to check out grad schools, Denver for a weekend to interview at Regis University
February 2007: Denver for a weekend for interview at UC, Seattle for a weekend to check out UW
December 2006: Kauai, Hawaii for Christmas (this is when Heather told us she was pregnant with Dallin!!)
November 2006: Thanksgiving in Idaho (this was the weekend of the "John Beck is on the run, he throws behind him, it is... CAUGHT FOR THE TOUCHDOWN!!!--- just in case you forgot).
October 2006: Colorado Springs for BYU vs. Air Force game (the beginning of a fabulous tradition with Red)
January 2006- May 2006: moved to Laie, Hawaii for school
August 2005: went to Hawaii for ten days to visit old roommates
December 2004-May 2005: moved to Hawaii for school

I haven't even included all of my moves on this list. Again, for my own entertainment.
Move #1: moved out of my parents to Raintree apartments for my first semester at BYU
Move #2: moved to Hawaii for a semester
Move #3: moved to Glenwood in Provo for 3 months
Move #4: moved back home for a month because of insane construction at Glenwood
Move #5: moved to Regency apartments in Provo for a semester
Move #6: moved to Hawaii for a semester
Move #7: moved into Stonebridge in Provo for TWO WHOLE SEMESTERS!!
Move #8: moved into Enclave 211- The Clave Cave (best decision ever!) for a semester
Move #9: moved into Enclave 107 for a semester(doesn't sound like a big move right? Wrong-- I have a ton of stuff-- just ask Pere)
Move #10: moved into Enclave 104 for a semester
Move #11: moved to Turnberry in SLC for a semester
Move #12: moved to Alaska for a semester
Move #13: moved to Sugarhouse for TWO SEMESTERS!
Move #14: moved to Washington D.C. (well, Vienna Virginia technically) for a semester.

There is a serious lack of stability in my life. Don't get me wrong-- I love my life. But sometimes it just wears you down to always be out of your comfort zone and always have to make new friends, and then once you get comfortable with them-- then leave again. However, I wouldn't trade my experiences the past few years for anything. I have met some of the most amazing people ever, and even if I'm not able to keep in touch with them, I will always remember the fun times and how much they meant to me. I have a lifetime of fantastic memories.