Casting Class

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Happy Shoot Down Day Dad!

8/24/1967

My dad was shoot down in one of these

 Over here

And was sent here...

For 5 1/2 years.

So glad you're home! It was an important day!

And Happy Birthday To You!

Called to Serve

Tommy & I have been called to be Sunday School teachers.

12-13 year olds.

I'm nervous.

But not as nervous as I am to speak in Sacrament.

Next Sunday.

And then teach right after.

Nerve Racking.

Toe Update plus some

Look how good my toe is going!

All it takes is 40 days and some TLC

 I also had to deal with one of these last week...

Such a fun way to start a Monday off

Thank you T for fixing it!

Last week Karic (Kari + Eric) got married

It was so beautiful and fun!

 

Kari was such a beautiful bride!

Her colors were citrus (lemons, limes, and grapefruits)

The bridesmaids got to wear citrus colored shoes

These are my lime shoes!

Also, T has been begging to get rid of Marilyn and Jackie...

So we finally did. 

I miss them, but they are just around the corner

There's a little update for ya!

Remember when?

Remember how I miss Europe?

Did you know that I miss Rome everyday?

Remember when I went in the Colosseum?

And to Switzerland?

and when I hiked the Alps. IN FLIP FLOPS?

 I was lucky I kept my feet, and my life.

 Remember when I went to Paris?

 Remember when I was in Rome, and almost got hit by bus because I was too busy taking pictures of myself? This is good documentation.

 Remember how diet coke doesn't taste the same in other countries?

Remember when I went to Florence, Italy? And saw David. And now Jersey Shore is there and they don't know what is around them? 

 Remember how I stood in the Dachau Natzi Death Camp? This is the "shower"

 Remember how I was so excited I did the disco in the Colosseum?

 Remember how I went to Venice? And stood in Dogge Palace?

 And walked through the parks in Paris?

 And only took a BACKPACK to Europe for a month? And it was mostly diabetic supplies? And I had to wash my clothes in the sinks?

 And how I cried when I saw the Florence Cathedral?

 And how I still get the chills when I see pictures of it?

 Remember how this was our hotel in Florence? It was amazing!

 Remember how I ate REAL French Onion Soup? Soo good.

 Remember how Libby wanted to buy a Puma shirt in Italy? And then we realized it was a "Fuma" shirt? Fuma means "I Smoke" and the cat is smoking? haha...

 And remember how Libby didn't believe she bought a smoking shirt, so we found a Puma store in Venice and she asked the Italian workers if it was a real Puma shirt, and they kicked us out? haha...

 Remember how we went to Germany? And we were so tired that all we wanted to do was sit with our feet in the bath tub? Germany was fun.

 Remember how I think graffiti is ok as long as it betters the environment? This is in the Colosseum. So great.

 Remember how we went up the Eiffel Tower? And then had to RUN back down it to make it to the metro before it closed?

 Remember how Europe has cool graffiti? And how I loved it?

 Remember how I walked on Normandy Beach where heroes walked?

 Remember how I went to the REAL Hogwarts? Also known as Ludwig's parents castle in Bavaria, Germany?

 Remember how I ate REAL Italian Gelato? I want some now....

 Remember how I got to enjoy REAL Italian Pizza on the streets of Rome? And how after 2 weeks in Rome I've never been so sick of Pizza in my life?

 Remember how I want one of these in my house?

 And how I went to the Louvre? And I could have spent 3 more days there?

 I was so in love with The Louvre!

 Remember how the morning after we RAN home from the Eiffel Tower, I went low and didn't wake up? So I was sleeping in the middle of the beds and my friends thought it would be funny to push the beds apart and make me fall through the beds to get me to wake up? And then they realized I was unconscious? And they fed me M&M's to wake back up? And I finally made it out of my coma just in time to catch our flight back to the USA? AND THEY TOOK PICTURES OF IT?!

 Remember how the Vatican is pretty cool?

 And how I ate lunch next to a well in the middle of a small town of San Geninanno in Tuscany, Italy?

 And how I saw this?

 And how I broke me and 3 friends into the Museum De Orsay? I am a smooth talker...

 And how this is my MOST FAVORITE thing ever! I love the Nike of Samathrace!

 The Winged Victory

 The Goddess of War, braving the storm, on the bow of a ship

 And how I was were D-Day actually took place?

 Remember how weird of a feeling was there? And it was creepy and peaceful at the same time?

 And how I walked around the corner and there was Notre Dame?!

 And how I've been to Bavaria and have been inside the Neushwanstein Castle where Walt Disney got his inspiration?

 Remember how I've been in THE PANTHEON? And it is breath taking inside and out?!

 And how I wish I could live there?

 And how there was such an amazing view outside our room in Paris?

 And how I also went to Point Du Hok? Where the D-Day attacks were the bloodiest and most graphic type of war you can even imagine?

 And how we danced in the rain in Venice? And my clothes were wet for 3 weeks straight?

 And how we ate lunch the middle of St. Peter's Basilica?

 And remember these stairs of death in Paris? They are famous for being so many, and sooo high!

 And how there are men playing pianos in the streets of Paris?

 And remember how we wandered the streets of Rome like we owned them?

 And how I made a wish in the Trevi Fountain. And then he came true:)

 And how the prettiest, most amazing U.S. cemetery's are in Italy?

 And how the Catholic Church has sooo much power just because of the Art they posses?

 And how every street in Venice is a picture?

 Remember how this was our hotel in Venice? We stayed in the coolest places!

And how no picture can even describe how it feels to be standing right here?

Remember how I MISS and LONG for Europe? Me too....