Holy Cow.
The last few weeks have been INSANE.
It's been over a month since I've posted, and there are a lot of stories and pictures to be shared that are LONG overdue.
First, I had to say goodbye to two of my best friends for a long time. Little Miss Elizabeth and my Momma Edison whom I love so dearly.
I met both Lizbeths and Edison over the summer. Lizbeths was my roommate, and Edison was our adopted roommate :P She was with us 24/7 and I'm pretty sure she spent more time at our apartment than she did at hers haha. They are both incredible people, and it was quite difficult to say goodbye. Edison will be serving a mission in New Zealand, and Lizbeths will be on her way to Honduras in a couple of months.
This was the last day I spent with them. I was able to check off a bucketlist item in the process :)
Ha. This picture has quite the story to go with it. I posted this picture on instagram saying how incredibly excited I was that it was FINALLY candy cane season. (I really really love candy canes..) Well. A couple days later i was eating my first candy cane, and I freaking BROKE MY TOOTH. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't just a little chip, an entire corner of my molar was broken off. And what's worse? I swallowed the chunk of tooth. I didnt realize the piece had broken off until after I finished the candy cane...
So I had to endure that stupid broken tooth for a couple days before I could go in and get it fixed. The fixing was awful enough, I hate dentists to begin with. But since I had a huge filling in that tooth already, they decided to put a cap over it. If you've never had the lovely experience of getting a crown on your tooth, you should know that they have to drill the entire surface of the tooth in order to get a normal sized cap to fit over it.... I HATE drilling. Whats worse? This cap is only temporary and after I return to Provo I have to get the permanant one cemented on, What's even worse? (you must be thinking, this story can't possibly get any worse, its already awful....)
Just yesterday I had to get my wisdom teeth removed.
Literally a party in Maren's mouth.
Haha. On a lighter note, I got to spend my thanksgiving break at my Grandma Mickelsen's house. Its basically paradise there. So while I wasn't with my family, It was still a great week. My Grandma takes care of me like none other, she's such an amazing woman. She likes to call me her shadow because I love just following her around :)
We also went up to their ranch where they are building a huge cabin for the whole family. It's beautiful. I got to carve my initials in a tree :)
While I was up in Idaho I did a little photography practice around Idaho Falls. I got this beautiful shot of the Idaho Falls Temple, and decided to print it out for my parents for Christmas since thats where they were married :)
Here is my darling sister, Anna. More photography practice :)
I make her do odd things when we go on photoshoots. :P
And here's all my cute siblings (minus Jonny, who's in Mexico) all dressed up in our Christmas jammies :)
[Scotty (10), Brian (13), Anna (15), Me, Emily (7)]
Well. It's been an amazing year. I can gladly say I've learned SO much. And had a blast while I'm at it. :)
I've spent my time exploring and teaching piano, coaching gymnastics, graduating high school, creating projects galore, spending tons of time with friends, family, and a boyfriend, strengthening my testimony of the gospel, writing to missionaries, living life, and growning up.
and guess what. I'm a college student!
It's still setting in haha.
I think it's safe to say it's been pretty successful. :)
expecting much for the next year
miss maren lee
