Summer

I made a list of all the things I have to do before the summer ends:

drive in

liberty park canoeing

make ice cream in a baggie

picnic

driving range

scooter ride

Viva la Davis carnival

more outdoor movies

a bike ride

maybe a hike/fishing?!

That is all

Happy happy August!

jams

It's august!  Holy cow where has the summer gone?  Missing it so much already, I'm starting to get nauseous just thinking about the fall (although it is my favorite season!)

Tomorrow I am headed to Tennessee, pretty stoked about it.  Today it was 99 degrees feeling like 106 there.  Going to be an awesome time.

Maybe I have a few favorite songs for this week:

One Tree Hill original:

Mountain man so nicely introduced me to this one:

Can't forget JB & C Breezy:

Summer=Country, I'm going to Nashville, and Carrie's legs are amaze:

Good Summer jam:

Have you seen Soul Surfer?  This is on it...so I love this song, and ms. darr introduced me to Mat a few years back...he is gooooood.

"It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it. " Oscar Wilde

While in Europe I read I Love you, Ronnie.  It was one of those books that I could not stand putting down.  I had to limit myself to one chapter a day so it would last longer and was seriously sad when it was over!  Ronald Reagan is probably my favorite President, from all I've learned, read, and written about him, he seems to have such high morals and a pure love for this country.  This week I went to Barnes and Noble and saw Ronald Reagan: The Notes.  I picked it up and immediately knew it was a book I wanted on my shelf, so today I bought it online.  I am excited to read it.

Another book I bought just for the fun of it is Fast Food Nation.  I hear it's pretty interesting and think it will be a good plane read for my trip next week.  Nashville, Tennessee here I come!

Wales

"Just when you think it can't get any worse, it can. And just when you think it can't get any better, it can." 

Nicholas Sparks

Wales totally reminded me of a Nicholas Sparks novel. 

 It was a beach town surrounded by colorful apartments and a pier.  

Pure magic!  

Leprechauns

I'm sure if you follow my blog you are my friend on Facebook, and if not, well, you should be.  I say that because we took way too many pictures in Europe and you can check them out there.

For the blog, I'll share my favorite spot of the whole trip.

Howth, Ireland

It has been my dream to go to Ireland ever since I was little and when I got there it definitely didn't disappoint.  Dublin was the perfect city and the green hills next to the ocean was exactly how I imagined it.  The people are lovely as well.  Maybe I should transfer to Trinity College?

Take. Me. Back.

Hopefully I came home with a little luck of the Irish!

Macaroons

We have done and seen SO much the past couple of days.  My feet may not survive....oh how I wish I had my tevas right now.  I'm dying.  But it is so beautiful and I'm learning some major Euro history! 3 museums today, Versailles yesterday, and many other French places I have no idea how to spell.

Today we found the cutest macaroon shop.  Mark my words, I think they may be the next big thing.

Bonjour!

Greetings from Paris!

After a nonstop 9 hour flight to France the Folsom Family has made it.

It is proving to be very difficult since none of us speak an ounce of French.

We first got to our darling apartment:

Then after a {short} 4 hour nap we headed to the eiffel tower.

We waited in the long touristy line and made it to the tippy top.  It was quite beautiful!

Every hour the tower glitters too, just like Disneyland but this was for real!

Too much fun.

magical!

And another one gone

Tomorrow morning I am headed to St. George for...you want to take a guess...it's a hard one...a WEDDING! 

 I'm sure you're surprised.

This time it's for my Utah State roomie Jules.  She honestly is the girl that made my last semester at USU so much fun.  We did everything together, until 5 am.  No sleep, doors always open, in each other's rooms, trekking in the cold, "rocking" Ltown, going out to eat, there was nothing we didn't do together!  We had a blast.

We used to talk about this day...the "wedding day", as if it was so far in the future.  But here it is, hers is tomorrow!  I'm so excited for her, he is the perfect guy and they are perfect together.

My Mountain Man wedding date will be singing Dierks Bentley to me all the way down.  How exciting.

if you didn't already check out my legs in photo #2, do it

awesomeness

Also, the rest of Glenwood 5, you will be missed!

Lake Mead'11

Today I am off to Lake Mead.

awesomeness.

Yes, I am one of those sorority girls that is going with my sorority sisters on the Sigma Chi Lake Mead trip.

Bless Us.

There is going to be a lot of food, games, and fun for us.

Also, camping. Once again, awesome. I'm not so good at camping.  

But, there are houseboats. 

(something I don't experience too often since my father is a Mountain Man and we Folsoms are required to camp wherever we go).

We were told there will be no using the bathrooms on the boats this year (too much barf the previous years) {classy}  I'm still worried about this situation.  Hopefully it will work out.

We are headed down in t-2hours to sleep in St.George then it's off to Mead tomorrow.

My bags are packed, treat bags made for the car ride, and jams ready.

Can I tell you how nice it was this whole weekend to have NOTHING weighing on my mind? 

No papers, no tests, nothing to worry about.

It really is summer.

It's a HOLIDAY!

taken by me, in mexico, 2009

Hola!  Feliz Cinco De Mayo!  

Today I may or may not be speaking as much I can in the {minimal} spanish I learned in Junior High.

I joke about being fluent, I'm not, but oh how I wish I was.

I love this holiday, well, and every other holiday.

Today I was having a Cinco De Mayo party with some homemade spanish food & a pinata but my guests (the kids to enjoy the pinata) have previous plans.

LAME

So now my party is tomorrow night....which is totally fine, that means the holiday extends 1 more day!

Hello Blogging World!

Yes, it has been a while.  Busy busy busy semester, but as of an hour ago, I AM DONE!  Done with my Junior Year of college-wowzers, I'm getting old!  I am making a vow to blog a little more now.

 This semester has taught me how to write, let me tell you...16 pagers on Ronald Reagan, 10 pages on feminism, and just papers left and right!  You want to know how to cite a paper properly?  I'm your girl.  I also found my Professors swearing a lot, is it just me...or is that reason to question their intelligence?  Hmmmm

I met Okur at the park, he asked me how I was doing?  Awesomeness.  I also ate the 2nd hottest pepper in the world (worst pain ever).  I went on some fun dates too! Laser tag (his score=380 mine=33) ha!  I also learned a new card game I actually like.  If you know me, you know I'm not that into games...but this one is fun!  

And let me just put a plug in for the royal wedding.  She was (and is) STUNNING.  I have been racking my brain on how I'm going to get her dress to work for me....if you have any suggestions let me know.  Obsessed with the dress...and ring, hair, will....

On Monday I'm headed to Lake Mead.  It will be super fun I'm sure.  A bunch of Sigma Chi's and greek girls.  Yeah, I'm one of them, and proud of it.

You know I met my man Nicholas Sparks

dream come true?

yup.

Chi O Philanthropy Week

I would like to apologize for the lack of blog posts. 

 Honestly when I have a second to breathe I'll let you know.  

This semester has definitely been my hardest yet!  

This week was our Chi Omega Philanthropy week to raise money for the
Make a Wish Foundation.  

We had a dessert night, soccer tournament, and concert! 

 It was a blast, but I was pretty dead the whole time!  

Let me just tell you how excited I am for this weekend.

 Notice my jeans and sperry topsiders...yeah right like Meg Folsom would play soccer?!

 Titan

 Dead and Gone

 All the girls!

Here are my SHS eagles doing the claw!

And what a wonderful holiday it was.

Yesterday was St. Patty's Day.

I celebrated with 2 midterms & a 7 page paper.

Well...not entirely.

I:

woke up to green pancakes

took the box of lucky charms to school with me

listened to Celtic music all day

drank green hawaiian punch in my water bottle

came home & had cooking time with meg

{bruschetta, honeydew, green apples, coke&limes}

went on a walk to find "green things"

watched Notting Hill. Someone refused to watch P.S. I love you,
NH is set in England....Ireland's neighbor?

Saw little sister Amy's musical and caught up with high school friendlies

How much do I LOVE holidays?

Next up:

Easter

But I am most excited for Cinco de Mayo!

The Olympus Titan returns

And his talk on love was lovely.

Konichiwa

 I lived in Japan for 7 years.

From when I was 3 until I was 10.

My dad works for Autoliv, specifically Nissan cars.

He was in Japan this past week for business and still is.

Lucky for my family we received an email from him this morning saying he is ok but stranded with no flight out.

My friend DARR made this graphic.

I think it's gorgeous so I thought I'd share:

simple. gorgeous. to the point.

Em's

For our tradition, this month we went to em's.

Not my fave, but it was darling on Center Street downtown.

While there we met Phil Dunphy from Modern Family.

Nicest guy ever.

If you don't know who he is you can check him out here.

SLC is where it's at!