In a Nutshell

Wow I'm a slacker at blogging! The school year has flown by, the summer is about over (for me) and I still have to update everyone! I leave to go on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1 week. 1 WEEK!! Crazy. I will be in the Provo MTC for 3 weeks and then will just go straight to my mission in Guayaquil, Ecuador. In a nutshell, I want to bullet point some highlights from this year. I looked back at a couple of posts when I was so sad about the changes, nervous about the upcoming year and making the decision to go on a mission or not. I just laughed because this year has been one of the greatest of my life! I learned so much and had wonderful experiences. Funny how that works sometimes :)

Highlights of this past school year/summer:

*living with my bestie, Jess and basically having the condo to ourselves because our other roommate was engaged!

*having my brother at BYU, living down the street from me, and taking classes with him

*meeting wonderful people in my major and becoming great friends

*going to Disneyland during Halloween because I had a free ticket and taking some best friends and my brothers with us

*Disneyland fireworks--holy moly these are AMAZING--I had never seen them before!

*San Pedro Sula, Honduras humanitarian trip in November--hands down the best trip we have been on because of the INCREDIBLE people we met and the eternal friendships we made on that trip (Sundwalls, Taylors, etc). Also we were able to take my grandpa and cousin, Cameron with us which was wonderful

*best Christmas break I can remember because of all the amazing family time and things we did together

*Knowing all of a sudden I needed to go on a mission

*Suddenly becoming best friends with a group of people we LOVE :)

*watching Jess's last year doing gymnastics and her being an amazing team captain

*Student Teaching 1st grade under the most amazing mentor teacher--incredible month that just confirmed my love for what I will be doing

*dating an incredible person :)

*Mission Call weekend

*Tegucigalpa, Honduras humanitarian trip and how missionary oriented it was

*going through the temple

*Jess, Scott, Adam, and Merrick visiting me in Vegas right after I got back!!

*William Fitzsimmons concert with Merrick & Jess/Scott

*being a bridesmaid in Carly's wedding and how neat it was for our family to be fully involved in celebrating their whole day--what a power couple!

*Camping trip with Jess and Scott

*Florida trip with my family

*Costa Rica with Jess, Merrick, Caity, Carley, and our 3 other friends

*weekend in Vegas to spend with Jess, Merrick, Scott, Caity, and other friends that came down for our farewell

*Farewell Sunday--how humbled we were by the support we received

*time with friends and family before we leave!

I love that in 1 1/2 months of summer I have been able to do so much and spend so much time making memories with my wonderful friends and family. I am so blessed and so excited to serve a mission. It has been extremely hard for me but I know that it is what I am supposed to be doing right now in my life and I trust in that! My mom will be posting my weekly emails on a new blog so for all updates in this next 1.5 years go to: hermanabryan.blogspot.com

Love you all :)

-Kenna