first off i wanted to say:

i this the only picture we have of all six of us without other people in it? 

if not, please direct me to another one because i can't think of one.

also. today i was just following joslin's lead and looking through photos of our ward activity at that cabin and couldn't help but post a few pictures that i feel might have never made their way on here? and if they have? well it is time for them to be on here again. 

BEST

 was d in taiwan? i feel sad she wasn't here this day.

i really like this photo minus the book ends!

i guess i could have cropped them out but this seemed like a funner option. 

okay i love you girfs bye!

Look at these!

Dave and I have been doing a lot of sorting through our pics and tonight I came across the entire folder of pics from Nate and Annelisa's wedding reception! I can't believe that was 3.5 years ago! 

"We'll always be together!"

dot chon's life be like

really brynne, this was such a good idea. i love hearing about how everyone is doing and i'm so happy for you all. i really wish everyone could've been at the reunion, but this will not be the last time...promise. we really missed you though :(

so i am sorry i've been such a terrible blogger. it's taken me a little while to get back in touch with technology and the real world. i think i had a sensory overload when i came back from the mish and i kinda became a hermit, but now all is good and i am back in the game.

so here's my update...

back from the mission: 4 months, 1 day

what i've done since i've been back: after taking some time to recover from the trauma of being released as a full time missionary, i finally got my old job back at the fed. i'm working in the same unit, under the same boss, but in a different office and with some different projects. do i like it? yes. it's nice to be busy again and to feel apart of something. do i still miss the mission? yes - every day of my life.

in addition to re-entering the work world, i've been super active in the church (yay for not going less-active post-mish). i've been very busy with my callings, but i love it. when i first got home, i went out with the missionaries a lot (since i had so much free time, esp. during the day). i have really came to love all missionaries. i love slipping them some cash whenever i see them on the street or buying them food or giving them back rubs (okay, not really the last one), but i just get so happy when i see them working hard and bringing souls unto Christ.

i have also really enjoyed working with the people in my ward. since coming back, i have felt this desire to help my fellow members reach their fullest potential. so i've decided to do it in the most unique way possible. how? well, they call me the ward "yenta". i basically find ways to match people together so they can fulfill the commandment to "multiply and replenish the earth". this was spurred on by a video i saw a couple months back, some conference talks that i had heard, and the realization that i and my peers weren't getting any younger. how's it going? we just had our first ward date this past weekend - it was basically a three-course meal where you had a date with a different person for each course (so 3 dates in one night). i think it was a success. everyone seemed to have had a lot of fun and some digits were exchanged that night.^^ what qualifies me to be the ward matchmaker? um, nothing. i am no expert on dating as i don't do a lot of it. but i do love to see people come together. if you have any ideas for matchmaking, please feel free to share.

and in my free time, i make trips out to utah to see friends and fam. this past visit was so much fun. i just wish utah wasn't so far away or that i could teleport. it was so fun to catch up with everyone and see your beautiful faces (which i must say everyone looked so good). plus i got to watch conference at the former yellowhouse, now blue house. funny story - i was staying at my friend's house in provo and she lives in the same ward as the former yellowhouse. since she didn't have a tv to watch it on we went to the yellowhouse and it was a surreal experience. they repainted the inside and it feels a little cleaner than when we lived there, but they don't have fun parties or climb on the roof or have a trampoline on their lawn or have barbecues or have a couch on the porch that they sit on and greet people coming back from class or have goats coming to visit or have yard sales and visits from the ice cream man or have mattresses in the living room where they have sleepovers or have the memories that we did...it just wasn't the same. but the creeper that i am, i took some now pictures of our former house.

the living room - with the heater that grace used to always lay on top of :(

our old dining room where we shared so many meals together :(

i feel blue when i see this :(

i think i scared those little boys that lived there, just going on and on about the house and the good ole days. and then taking pictures and maybe mentioning that we had a blog dedicated to the house. oh well, it wasn't the first time i ever scared someone and it won't be the last.

oh girfs, i love this house because it brought us all together. when megan and i were driving around when i came out, we were reminiscing about how times at the yellowhouse were bliss. i don't really remember any bad times because i always had my girlfriends. i am glad that everyone is doing so well now and living good lives, but i miss you all. i hope we can have another reunion soon, or at least a big skype fest in the meantime. i'm going to start saving my money so i can buy that house and paint it yellow again and then it can be our summer home.

i look forward to reading and writing more posts on this blog!! until then, 사랑해 (i love you)!

Did you see this?

Oh yeah and sorry I didn't include my biggest update in my life update!

yh reunion yh reunion yh reunion

so i blogged about it and then realized it was on my other blog? but i'm going to try to copy and paste. yes it worked! but the pictures have to be real small so maybe the other one looks nicer?

like conference, i need this to happen every weekend too. 

finally met in real life outside of the mtc! and in the mhs parking lot of all places haha

this moment makes me tear up a bit. three whole years!

we had a reunion with the yellow house girls (so sad b and grace couldn't make it!) last weekend and it was the best. 

it was especially great when we got to joslin's new place and found out that by some coincidence she not only lived in brynne's old house but also brynne's room hahha 

we tried to take some self timed photos inside and it just didn't work out at all. 

so we went outside..and on the way found some letters to spell grfs. (girfs..there wasn't an i)

and thanks to joslin's little sister and friend were able to have ourselves a real nice girfs photoshoot

we took a photo in grace's honor 

(pelvic thrust)

and one for brynnie 

(why am i the only one that remembers her childhood go-to dance move?)

it was a really really really nice time. 

i have no idea why God liked us so much to let us all live together but i'm way grateful for it.  

i love you girfs! 

Grace's life be like

I figured I better do this now or I will just keep putting it off. I think those Oprah questions are hilarious (business goals, words to describe you, etc) so I'll just do a word update.

So I live in Cambridge, MA right on the border of Somerville (this lady told me to not admit that I live anywhere near Somerville. I guess I need to be more snotty) I think Somerville is kind of cool but yeah, not as nice as Cambridge. We live in a tiny 1 bedroom that is northeast of Harvard Yard. So I just walk along with Harvard students and feel like I'm really smart even though I'm just going to buy hot chocolate or ice-cream at Harvard square. I feel like 125% happier here for some reason. The Bronx was a great experience but living here and being surrounded by schools is my favorite. Fun fact - I realized that I have lived by schools every since I graduated from high school! Provo (BYU), SLC (UofU), NY (FIT then NYU), Bronx (Einstein - but I didn't know anyone in those buildings and I always felt lame and it wasn't really a school neighborhood), and then now.  I think college towns = lots of fun places to eat and old houses turned into college houses and just all sorts of fun stuff. Sadly, we'll only be here for 9 months to a year but when we move back to NY - maybe it will be to some place nice?

I'm just working it up at home everyday for this great blog. Lately I've been getting lots of free office supplies and doing fun stuff with them so that's pretty fun. I really like it because I can wake up and work in 5 minutes (which means I get up at 9am everyday) and I can decide to be done as soon as I feel done (but I really do work at least 30hrs a week). Sometimes it's sad to work by myself all day but Dave is usually in and out and Brynne is my best co-worker and I get to talk to her on g chat all day. (you can talk to me too! I'm seriously on all day most days) Maybe someday I'll do something different? I tried that all last year and got sick of that ( fashion school, a million internships, etc) and decided to be happy with my job and not try to make my random passions my new career goals.

We've only been here for a month so we haven't done that much but we've wandered around our area a lot and I've been making quilts and going to this cool looking Harvard gym, plus Dantzel and her parents came, and there are lots of nice people that live by us. I also feel sad that I can't just bring my college/ growing up friends with me everywhere I go. The instant best friend just doesn't really happen, especially when you are trying to work really hard and you don't just have kids to play with their kids and hang out all day.

Dave is doing a Masters in Public Health at Harvard. He still has one more year of medical school so that is why we are moving back to new york in a year. His program is so cool! I'm really jealous. He's learning so much about the healthcare system and economics and all sorts of great stuff. Masters degrees are very expensive but I think this one has really brought a whole new perspective to his life.

I'm not sure what else to say about life but I hope that was a good update. I guess I could mention that I watch funny cat videos and listen to Taylor Swift all the time.

I can't wait to read dantzel, beth, and jos updates! Way to go Megan and Brynne for keeping this blog alive.