Forever 21

Sometimes it is hard for me to believe that I have lived 21 years already. Most days go by so fast that I hardly get the chance to stop for a moment and take it all in. On the other hand, I am glad to be 21. haha I couldn't take another second of Nic's "craddle-robber" jokes... we aren't THAT many years apart. His birthday is in June too so for 23 days he is 4 years older than me, and for those 23 days I am reminded of that fact every day. I gotta be honest, I never really imagined myself being married by my 21st birthday. I was always going to wait until I graduated, worked a little bit, could fully take care of myself, blah blah blah. Now I can't imagine myself NOT being married at 21! I love ever second of it and I am happy we were married sooner rather than later so we have that many more years to spend as husband and wife.

For most people, turning 21 tops a lot of their other birthdays but for me 16 and 20 will probably always be my favorite.

When I turned 16, my best friend Sara threw me my first surprise birthday party! It was a blast! We played water balloon volleyball, big booty, and ate cake with a big picture of me on it. I know it was meant to be that I was born in the summer because it is my favorite time of the year.

One thing that I have always thought was so romantic and wanted to happen to me sometime was have the man I love randomly show up on my door step from being out of town and surprise me when I had no idea he was coming. I had always imagined how romantic and cute that would be. Well one time I must have mentioned it to Nic because last year on my 20th birthday he did just that! We were spending the summer apart, he was working in Pocatello, and I was living at home in Meridian. I was SHOCKED when I opened up my door! One of the BEST feelings I have ever had by far :) Oh and did I mention that after a day full adventures and little cards leading me from one place to the next, we got engaged!

So even though my 21st birthday was still special, nothing will be able to top those two birthdays for me.

I love being with my family and couldn't imagine my birthday away from them so we took a little weekend trip to Merville and here is how it went:

The drive

Totaling 3 and a half hours these are the beautiful sites to see...

Construction #1.. thank you for adding a good half an hour extra to our drive!

The breath taking scenery (you will thank me from the lack of cow farm pictures)

Construction #2... I MEAN REALLY?!?!

and THE BEST part of the whole journey.... MY TREE FARM!!

Reasons why I love it

1. It looks amazing during EVERY season

2. It is the point that tells me I am a little over half way to Boise

3. It is something for me to look forward to on that boring drive

4. and many others

Someday, when I own my first home, I am going to buy a tree from my tree farm and plant it in my yard so I have my tree farm with me every day :)

When we finally made it there, we went to Smoky Mountain for dinner (mmm) with my mom, Brendan and my best friend Bara!

Then we came home to open presents. Nic was all excited because he got a belated one from Bara.. Wingers gift card. His FAVORITE!

LOVED these flip flops

yes, I look like something that would come out of A BUGS LIFE

best friend

this is me basically wearing everything I got right over my clothes haha except the jeans

Love my momma

We played "Roar Lion Roar" (which if you haven't played you would be in for a treat)

and had...

What a perfect day, here's to being FOREVER 21 :)