YES!

I'm an acoustic loving fool. 

Add in Jason Mraz and my girls from Raining Jane in a great venue. 

AND a hot date.

Best Friday night ever. 

I couldn't be more proud of these lovely ladies. 

They are so talented and even more so kind. 

They deserve all the fame and success they are receiving.  

Glad to say Rach and I were the first people to book them in Utah. 

Viva la Mexico

There are some real perks of being single without kids. 

For me there is a lot of traveling. 

I love it. 

Even better that I have a bunch of friends that do the same thing. 

I was lucky enough to receive an invite to Rocky Point, Mexico from Cristina and her friends in Phoenix. 

I booked my flight to Phoenix and we drove across the border the next morning. 

It was beautiful, relaxing and great weekend to spend with my girl Kiki.

Cristina cannot stay awake in cars.  

We had only been driving for less than an hour.  

Too bad this beach fire got shut down real fast by the hotel staff.

It was a weekend of basically consuming tacos, tacos and more tacos. 

It was a great time had by all.  

I'm sad that I can't make it on the next trip in a few weeks. 

But believe you me, I will join this crazy crew again down there.

A day of LOVE

 Valentines Day is overrated. 

Especially for the single gals like me.

A few of us decided to cook breakfast at my place and then head up to Donut Falls. 

It was a fun way to start the weekend.

Later that evening I went to celebrate CJ with Keri and the Rhineer family. 

We lit up the sky for him. 

It was beautiful. 

My friend, Keri is so brave and has had to rebuild her life. 

I'm so proud of her and love her to pieces. 

Life is hard. 

Throws you curve balls that you never expect.

Grateful for people in my life that we just get each other. 

Thinking of how much Keri's life changed in a few seconds makes my heart ache. 

You never truly know the battles people are fighting. 

Be a little kinder.  A little more patient. And love a little bit harder. 

We heart Cristina

It's no secret that I love to travel and sometimes along the way you meet friends that share that same love along the journey. 

Cristina and I met at Lake Powell on a trip that I was hesitant to go because I knew 1 person out of 40.  

I get pretty shy in big groups like that when I'm the new person.  

I decided to go and turns out I have several friendships that have evolved from that one decision and 4 days spent on the Lake. 

Cristina came up to stay a few days with us at the beginning on the year.  

I love her and so grateful for people like her in my life. 

I know without a doubt she is there for me even though we live 600 miles away. 

A couple days after she left, I received a delivery from my favorite bakery in LA. 

Sweetest. Thing. EVER. 

and can we say tasty?

It is moments like this that make you realize how many good people in the world are.  

My thighs/butt are not grateful, but I am. 

Take us back to France

Keri and I loved the bakeries in Europe. 

We were told about Le Madelines. 

It was pretty much life changing.  

 and so is this girl. 

I miss having her here in Utah with me. 

But love when she comes to visit. 

Ladies night

Two years ago, I made myself a commitment.

2 hours a week was dedicated 100% to me. 

I have honored this commitment and chose to spend that time at the gym with these cute ladies. 

It has been a game changer to put myself first.  

I'm amazed how much of my time is filled by others and if I let people ALL my time would be filled.

This has been a game changer for me both mentally and physically.

Bonus part of all this, I got to meet and make friends with these fun ladies. 

Three of them are having babies so we did a big shower celebration for them. 

Poor Heidi. 

She had a whole lot of boobs in here face. 

Side note:  I'm only 5'5" and tower over most of these gals. 

5'5" people.... that is average..  and I'm a freakin giant.   

A night full of love

There are those special people in your life that leave you far better than they ever found you. 

Every single person in this picture has done that for me. 

Melinda and I were able to go celebrate the wedding of Adrienne and Fabian. 

This was extra special because they live in New Zealand and I thought I would have to share this happy moment from a distance. 

It has been over a year since I have seen Adrienne and my heart was so full when I saw her. 

This was the first time meeting Fabian and he was everything and more for our girl, Adrienne. 

She found her perfect match. 

They were married in the Salt Lake Temple on October 2nd. 

She was simply stunning and you've never seen a happier couple. 

After their engagement party Melinda and I continued our party and went and got dessert at Cheesecake Factory.  

Henry tagged along with us and turns out this dude loves to take selfies.  

He is too cute and any night with Henry and Melinda is a good night.

Day 15:I left my heart in Paris

Our time in Paris was running out. 

We still needed to go to the Love Lock Bridge. 

The amount of locks was truly incredible. 

Apparently, they are getting so heavy that part of the rails are falling down. 

They are removing all the locks when that happens and boarding up the rails. 

We were told that they are trying to find a way to display these locks in some "artsy" way. 

It has really exploded in Paris. 

It's been in the last 5 years and there is 2 full bridges. 

We barely found a spot for our locks.

We headed to Verialles for the day. 

It is a massive palace and garden. 

Infact, the grounds are so big, we biked for over an hour and only saw a portion of it. 

After Versialles, we wandered towards Sacre Coeur. 

We wanted to spend the evening there and watch the sunset. 

A sudden rain storm ruined that plan. 

We were soaked. 

and the clouds completely shut the sun out. 

But we went, we saw and then we ate. 

We went back to our apartment around 10:00pm because we all had to pack .

I was the first one leaving first thing in the morning. 

My taxi picked me up at 7:30am.

My taxi driver was a complete angel. 

I was unsure of my terminal.

He made a phone call and wasn't able to get the information so he took me to the terminal he thought it was and then walked me in to make sure. 

Truly so kind. 

We encountered nothing but kind people during our trip. 

For this I am grateful for. 

Not sure if it is because we looked like clueless girls all the time or what?

The people we met across the way made the trip. 

They were kind.

Shared the culture, their food and the favorite parts of their city with us. 

Once I had checked in the airport (side note: never been so grateful to be flying Delta.  There was a pilot strike with all the other airlines.  The airport was a nightmare.  But thankfully I was able to fly out as planned.)

I was walking up the stairs and tears just started streaming down my face.

I was excited to be home and see my family. 

But I was so sad that this experience was over. 

I felt beyond blessed to have been able to make this happen. 

Keri and Tera were great traveling partners. 

The places we saw were unforgettable.

There are so many times in life you are always wishing to be in a different phase of life. 

To be married. 

To have kids. 

To have a different job. 

To buy a house. 

This was a trip of a lifetime. 

I know that my flexibility in life will not last forever. 

I truly am so thankful for these 15 days.

I will treasure them forever.

Europe, until next time.