Time to catch up? Yes. It's time to catch up.

When my siblings are off at school... I'm kinda really bored. Humph. And my conscience has been naggin' at me to update this thing because I swore to myself I wouldn't let last summer's blog hibernation happen again. It made me sad when I had to cram three of the best months of my life into one post. History will not repeat itself this time. Time to take advantage of this productive feeling & get this off my chest. So if you wish to be swamped in pictures and rambling from this girl... continue on. I'll really try hard to keep this short.

Easter was simply perfect, complete with egg dyeing a few days before 

as usual, a beautiful Easter sacrament meeting the day of, and a huge family 

dinner at Papa & Nana Krop's that evening. I can't imagine a better way to 

spend such a special day than with my family.

The past two years I've lucked out majorly by way of
employment. Assembling street-brushes is my game. Working 

consists of counting out a certain number of plastic 

straws, depending on what type of streetbrush I'm 

making, bending them in half, and wedging them into

the semi-circular brush frames, usually while watching 

a movie {Most recently it's been Forever Strong 

followed by the A&E version of Pride and Prejudice [: } 

or listening to music. The pay is phenomenal and by 

the end of the summer I should hit my goal of $4,000.

 

Merr was lucky enough to have two of the 

cutest Tahoma fans cheering for him at his last 

few games, if I do say so myself. Not that he even 

needed much cheering anyway, being the crazy 

soccer star that he is. I taught him everything he 

knows, of course. [: Not. But he does me & those 

left side positions proud, he does.

Photobombbb.
I'm my own kind of beautiful. Haha.

Once again the annual pre-summer clean up at our cabin was done in a downpour

worthy only of western Washington. But I couldn't help but smile as we chopped wood, mowed grass, raked leaves, and cleared the trail while talking with relatives I hadn't seen since Christmas. My hilarious uncle felt for a ring under my gardening glove and demanded an explanation for the absence of such, then gave me a smack on the bum and a command to come home next time with a man. I'm in no rush to get hitched, and I had to tell him not to get his hopes up. Sorry, Uncle Claus. I love my family & working hard - pouring rain and all. It was a good day. 

Oh. Also, Merritt jumped in the lake. He is insane.

After such soggy adventures there was only one thing to do - hot dinner at Chipotle and a 

double feature at the dollar theater. For those of you who haven't seen the Adjustment Bureau,

GO SEE IT. And for those of you who haven't seen the Green Hornet, I suggest the opposite. 

Quite unimpressed. We actually walked out. Guess ya can't have it all...

This little lady is quite the Miss Barry Bonds. I've been spending some time out in the backyard

with her, trying to keep my miserable pitching skills up to par with her hits & have had not so much

success but a whole lot of fun. This is her grand slam face. Watch out.

When Mother's Day rolled around, Dad surprised us with crème brûlée {store bought, but 

hey that's fancy stuff all the same}, complete with authentic preparatory measures. 

Anything for this lady! I love you, Momma!

The newest addition to our family. This is Jessie. Cutest thing ever.

Last adventure: DATE NIGHT. And this was not just any ol' date, 

folks - this was the date signifying my stud muffin brother's entry into the dating world. 

You heard me ladies; Merritt is now sixteen and eligible. I had the honor of 

attending this momentous occasion, and let me just say, doubling with my brother was a blast.

Merritt took his friend Christina, and I went with my buddy Justyn. Dinner took place

at the marvelous Buca di Beppo, and then it was off to the Sounders game against Portland. 

It poured the entire time, but that didn't keep us from sporting our rave green and blue and 

screaming ourselves hoarse for our boys. Just how we Seattleites like our soccer games. 

After the game, soaked to the skin and happy about it! Far as I'm concerned this here boy
should get a medal for handling the insane Seattle streets with much more patience & quick 

thinking than I could ever posses. With a stick shift. What a stud. 

All in all it was a very good night. 

Events not pictured: Upon getting back from Provo in April, I was asked by a friend in my 

ward to play on his outdoor 18 and over co-ed soccer team, and that's been a lot of fun. 

I really, reeally have missed soccer, and getting back into it felt so great. We have
some serious fun and I have a great time playing with them.

Also, lots and lots of running with my amazing mom.

Andddd getting my SCUBA certification. But that's
another story for later.

And that's that. Major events from the past two weeks, consider yourself somewhat documented. I feel 

very accomplished. Now watch, there probably won't be another one of these for two
months haha. We'll see. 

Life is good.