Last Days in Alaska :(

Ok, so many pictures!! There was a lot that happened on my last few days in Alaska. I accidentally forgot the skydiving pics, so they are before the airport ones. So here they are. Chris and I went skydiving the morning I left. It was amazing!! I'm so glad we got to go together.

Waiting on the bus that took us to the Palmer airport.

This is me

Me and my partner.

Me landing.

This is Chris.

The girls and Chris took me to dinner before taking me to the airport. It was really fun.

A few years ago, I can't remember who, but one of the six chicks got these hideous shoes for another one of the six chicks for Christmas. Then that person gave it to someone else and so on. They have become the Traveling Shoes. They gave them to me at dinner. I get to keep them for a little bit and then give them to someone else. :)

Chris bought these sunglasses for him and me at the airport. :) I love them.

I love you too!!

It was so hard saying bye to them. I sobbed the rest of the night on the plane and during our layovers. I will miss you all so much! Please keep me informed and send me pictures! I love you!

Haha these pictures our funny. It was the night before I left. The Six Chicks went skinny dipping and then had our last sleep over at Gabby's house. It was so much fun.

Sunday after church, we got rid of my car. :( I hated that car so dang much, but I will miss it. It was my first car, I had it for all of my Sophomore, Junior, and Senior years. It holds so many fun memories. I will miss it.

At church...my last Sunday.

Sister Pontius and I always end up wearing these skirts on the same day. We don't plan it, we just show up to church wearing them on the same day. I woke up that morning and there was no doubt in my mind that I was going to wear this skirt. She did too :)

We brought all of our stuff that we couldn't fit in the UHaul to the church for our family's farewell and let people take whatever they wanted. This shark was something my mom drew for church prom 4 years ago. :)

We played musical chairs with songs on my phone. I got out first and Chris got out second, so we took pictures.

One of us as well. :)

Me and Saundra Fife. She is a sweet girl...I wish I could spend more time with her this summer.

Todd, Mike, Katie, Jordan, and Gabby

Me and Linnea and Sabrina Holbrook

Jordan and her brother had a party at the park. It was sunny but windy. Nicole gave me a piggy back ride :)

Oh man, then we played a gum game. You roll a die and then you put that many gumballs in your mouth. The person to stay in the longest wins.

If you look closely, you can see the massive ball of gum falling into the garbage can. It was so gross!

Katie and Nicole tied.

Chris decided to start a cake fight with me. It was messy but fun :D

The Playerz decided to have one last meeting. Here we are!

Kyleigh didn't finish her shirt, so she's a loser (hence the L)

I miss you all so much! I am sad that these are my last pictures in Alaska. Please send me pictures of your summers and keep coming back here to see what I'm up to down here. I love you all!

Palmer Graduation and Grad Blast

On May 20th, Jordan and I went to Palmer's graduation. It was at Palmer High School.

Chris and James walking in.

Chris walking back to his seat after getting his diploma.

Jordan and Conrad

After graduation, we met some of Chris's friends at Keplar Bradley Lake.


Everyone but Matt, Rick, Rachel, and I jumped in. Chris and Micah were in their gowns. It was really funny to watch.

Then I went to Grad Blast with Chris. It was at the Raven Hall on the fair grounds. This is my cousin Cedrick. He was there with his sister and my aunt and uncle. He's a cool kid. I had fun hanging out with him.

Haha, Chris and I thought this was funny. It's their home made microphone stand. It's just screams that we are from the valley.

Chris break danced against this guy, but he didn't start dancing until Chris was exhausted. Then he did some really dirty (yet funny) dance moves. It was fun to watch. :)

Conrad and Chris having a thumb war.

It was a really fun night! I'm really glad that Chris invited me. I was really tired by the time we left at 4:30 in the morning, but it was a blast.

Graduations, Grad Blast, and Church Prom

K, lots of pics. We will start out with Seminary graduation. It was on May 18th.

That was quick, but now we are moving onto my High School graduation. It was on May 15th.

Here is our graduating class. We met at the school and then we rode buses over to the Sports Complex. I just realized that we sat with our walking partners on the bus.

Here's Nicole and I...walking partners. Nicole, you are a fabulous and cute person! I am so glad we have become closer this year. You were always there to listen and you are really fun to hang out with. Thanks for making me laugh! I love you!

Gabby and Amy. Gabby, you have been there the past 12 years and I don't know how I am going to survive college without you there. You have always helped me in school and made it so much more enjoyable. I feel like you understand me more than most people and that is a huge comfort. I love you ! Amy, you will always be my Wasilla buddy, art buddy, and French buddy. You have no idea how much all our converstations in art and French have helped me. You are always there and you understand me. I will miss your enthusiastic spirit. I love you!

Katie and Jordan. Katie...you are just awesome! You are smart, strong, and so much fun to be around. You have a talent of turning any dull moment into an unforgettable one. I will miss having you there to keep me laughing. You have taught me so much. I love you too! (Jordan...you are mentioned further down :))

The Six Chicks

My parents

Linnea and I

Me, John, David, Katie, Jordan, and Doug. Thanks for coming guys!



Alright...now we are at Grad Blast. It was at the new AT&T Sports Complex from 10:30-4:00. Then they had breakfast at the Valley Bistro at 4:00 in the morning. Grad Blast was really fun but exhausting! I got to sleep at 6:00 A.M. the next day and slept in until 4:00 in the afternoon.

Katie raced Derek Bosch on the Army course but couldn't get over the wall at the end and yelled for Derek to come and help her over (since he clearly had already finished the course) haha it was so incredibly funny!

Chance Musselman and Beebo Russle in the sumo suits. Haha they were supposed to stay on the mats in the other court but they bolted as soon as the got them on and played around in them for about 20 minutes.

Moving on....Senior awards night.

Amy, Nicole, me, and Gabby leaving the school after awards night.

Then we went to Jordan's house and her mom gave us roses and strawberry shortcake. There was one white rose representing ourselves and 5 red roses representing the rest of the 6 chicks
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And finally....Church Prom. It was on May 10th.

Chris had his performance that night and got there right at 10:00 when it was scheduled to end. But they extended it until 11:00. I am so glad that they did so that we could have time together at the dance.

Jordan and me. I am going to miss you so much, Jordan!! You have always been there at church activities. Church will be so boring without you. I need you in my life more than you know. You have helped me grow into the person I am now. Thank you for all the laughs and memories. I will see in Utah!!

Chris and me. You are a great guy. Hanging out with you the past 4 1/2 months has been amazing! Thank you so much for everything you have taught me and all the sponteous moments. I wish we could have more time. You mean so much to me. *hug*

Chris, Rachael, Jordan, and Conrad.

Here are Jordan and me with the guys. (David Dahl, Bryan Lentz, Dave Gray, John Jensen, and Doug Gray) These guys have been our friends since middle school. We used to hang out all the time over the summer. We would have parties at different houses or play at Wonderland all day long. They are great friends and I will miss them so much!

Linnea, Jordan, and me. Linnea, I'm gonna miss you more than you know! You have grown into such a wonderful person and a great friend. I can talk to you about anything and have taken advantage of that a lot. Sorry for all the near death experiences in my car haha. It kept things interesting though. Hang in there!

Here is Josiah Williams and Josiah Stewart. These guys have been in my ward for as long as I can remember. They are both really cool kids and I will miss both of them.