one of my favorite places...

my camera battery died so i didn't take a picture today. instead i'm posting a picture of one of my favorite places. the first person to guess where it is just may get a special surprise...

August 18-we're on our way to a CPA!

I PASSED REG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

one down...three to go

I actually made some progress studying for Audit today...I'm taking it a week from Thursday....ah! As Peter Olinto would say...I am on my way to a CPA!

August 17-FHE

For FHE we went up the canyon and roasted marshmallows. Yes, a s'more for each hand is definitely necessary. And yes, I roasted my own marshmallows, thank you very much.

August 16-Scenes from a Sunday bike ride

We rode past this incredible garden and saw this ENORMOUS pumpkin! The picture doesn't quite do it justice.

The owner of the duck came out while we were looking at it and assured us that he was friendly and would let us pet him. When I tried he nibbled at my toes and started to chase me...did wonders to alleviate my fear of any and all birds...

We are so bike-y...

Not pictured...

*me nearly falling off my bike

*the cows...yes, cows

*the cowboy riding one horse while leading another on the road right outside my house

who knew we were living in the country?

August 15-goodbye denver, hello real soccer team!

you get three pictures from saturday because i couldn't pick just one. it was my last day in denver. in the morning, allison and i went out for brunch. i love brunch! we went to this adorable place called snooze right down the street from allison's apartment. it was so yummy!! after brunch i packed and we were off to the airport. sad. next besties weekend: NYC style!

i love to travel. i love airports. but i really hate the actual flying part. luckily i only had to endure an hour of flying to get back home.

saturday night my friend megan invited some of us to go to a real soccer game. little did i know we would be getting VIP treatment! we got to go to a sweet dinner before which also included a pre-game chat from one of the real soccer people (i'm not quite sure who he was). we had A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. seats. i'm talking about front row, center field (is that what it's called?), plush, comfy seats. seriously-that is the way to do a sporting event! even more exciting-we got to meet a bunch of the real players after the game. let me just say that i am definitely a soccer fan after saturday night! thanks megan for a fun night!!

me with chris wingert!

we love soccer!

August 14-Denver Day 4

friday we went out to the denver temple. having never lived outside of utah i never realized what a production it can be to go to the temple. i'm used to living 5 minutes from the provo temple and being able to walk in pretty much whenever is convenient for me. it was fun to see and spend some time in the beautiful denver temple!

some random thoughts

*what happened to summer? it got so cold this week! i had to turn on the heater in my car this morning. boo.

*i am really starting to hate the sound of Tim Gherty's voice

*why is it that when I have to study all kind of other things sound so much more fun...like deep cleaning the frige? or cleaning my room? or catching up on the blog?

one last thing...remind me again why I want to be a CPA?