Lately I've been so focused on work and everything going on in my life, which isnt much, but it takes up a lot of time, and i haven't been able to keep this up to date. but enough about that.
Today, i've been hit with a big case of the MISSINGS. thats what i call when i happen to miss everybody thats not with me. Namely my family, which i guess would classify me as homesick, but i dont really think i am.... i just miss them. This picture above would be my little sister and little brother. although that stud happens to be alot bigger than me. but thats ok. He's still a big baby inside. he enjoys me tending to him, alot like my dad; they both enjoy being tended to, babied, and treated like a king. which i really do miss doing now that i can't take care of them.
This here's my wonderful daddy. Yes, i still call him daddy. it feels so weird to call him anything else. at one point when i was little, i thought he would stop loving me if i called him just 'DAD", so i never did. haha i know, silly, but to a little girl, thats the worst thing that could ever happen, having your daddy not like you. i told him this story a few months ago and he just laughed. oh that man, i love him so much! he's an intimidating, big tough Cowboy man. Every boy i've ever known that has come over to my house has said he's scared of my dad. which is understandable. he's very sarcastic and smart and can out wit anybody that steps foot into our house. He's seriously a genius. i would hate asking him for help on my math homework because when i needed help on division, he would start his calculus theories, my mind would be blown, and tears would start rolling. and then he would get frustrated because everybody should know as much as he does. Inside, you would never guess he harbors the biggest teddy bear you will ever experience. With just the right words, I learned i could turn him to mush and get him to let me do anything i wanted to, whether it was stay out late, run to town, or whatever. Which i learned only at the end of living at home, so i only got away with a few things. I could'nt take advantage of this discovery. oh man, i could go on forever on how awesome this man is, but since i have a ton more people to get through that i miss, i'll stop here.
This here's a pic of me and my bestest friend, also known as my mother, Doctor Price, Sister Price, therapist, advice bank, endless amounts of wisdom, and the most patient person i've ever known. Honestly the most amazing woman i have ever encountered in my 19 years of life. As a teenager, and all growing up, she was just mom, and i wasnt the rebelious type so i never had any problems with her or hated her or blamed her for ruining my life. it wasnt' until i got to college where i realized she knew EVERYTHING. seriously. you can ask her, i call her at least 3 times a day with questions on how to do things, asking for advice, or just to talk about my day. It always makes me feel better, and i'm never alone.
Ok, ill go faster, but there will be tons more pictures
there is a very good chance this upstanding lady will kill me and dig the grave herself if she ever finds out i took this picture and posted it on the internet, so in the interest of my life, future, and unborn children, lets keep this between you, me and...the world. just away from her. k? this here's my Nanny. known to most people as a grandma...but Nanny is what all us grandkids, and adopted family call her. Grandma sounds too...gentle for the type of woman she is. she is the biggest can of 'Whoop-A$$' ive ever come across. Full of sassitude, wit, some love mixed in there somewhere, and a good mind of the best cooking you've ever tasted, she's the rock of our family. I miss her close to the most. She has the kindest, most generous heart, but she's also not afraid to speak her mind, and make sure you're about to hear it and come close to thinking the same thing yourself. Die hard democrat. She can also take out my 230 lb, 6' linebacker of a cousin without blinking an eye and roll out dough for bread at the same time...usually using the same tools. A very unique type of lady, but a Lady none the less. She also likes to tell me how to be a girl, but growing up with 13 older boy cousins, i think i turned out as close to a lady as she's ever gonna see. I like wearing dresses when i have to.....sometimes......if i can't get out of it. but if you've met her, you know why i would miss her.
These would be my little boys. Zayne on the left, and Devon on the right. little pills, with their own punk attitudes, but the biggest sweethearts.
This is our princess. My little girl. (ok not mine, my little cousin) but mine all the same. so cute, precious, and can wrangle all those boys with the best of 'em! so darling, i miss this sweet cheeks. look at those dimples!
Our little Rhett Bo... so precious!!
so now onto friends. These are the besties from back home! front left, my darling Olive. Behind her, my twin Emma, Samantha is behind me, and i'm the tard with the tye dye shirt. Haven't seen these girls in what seems like a lifetime, even though samantha lives half an hour away from me! Life makes it impossible for our schedules to ever align. it really breaks my heart, because she's my antidote to the missings!
This here is the lovely Rachel Talley. Not to be confused with the Rachel below. She's the one in the blue dress, and im the one in the black. We were going to a mask ball, which was really a club with a bunch of rediculous people with weird masks. fun though! she makes my life a party.
This here is the star of my show, the light of my life, the one and only Rachel Price. She's asian. and i'm related to her. which means i get to spend time and all eternity with my dear Lovins. She's only a few months older than me, and even though she's lived all the way across the country from me our entire lives, (minus the 5 she lived almost next door), she's become the world to me. ILOVEHERTHEMOSTESTEVER! Cousins on the outside, sisters through and through. We joke that we were together in heaven, but that no regular family could really handle us as real sisters all in one, but we wouldnt be split up, and the best Heavenly Father could do would be to keep us cousins. which kinda works out i guess. I say we joke, but we're serious. She's awesome. I hate having here in Provo while i must reside in Rexburg, ID. i miss her even when im with her because i know how much more missing i'm gonna do when i leave her again.
This beaut right here would be my Nilsy, another one of my boys. the oldest cousin on my dad's side, and a best friend through my highschool years. which i appreciate more than he probably knows. i love him to death!
This one is of me and Mitch. He's another of my boys. one of the 2 i tagged along with from age 5 to 18, and one of the three i tagged along with in highschool. Such a dear. the group of my three boys will come later. He is currently residing in Indiana, so even when i go home to visit, he's never there, so he causes me a much bigger case of Missings than anybody else here on my list.
Here is another of the three of my boys from Highschool. This is my cousin Steven, on a mission to Roseville, Cali i'm proud to say! He's another of my best friends. He's a sweetie pie, with an attitude and one of a kind personality! Only 267 days till he's home!
Ok, here's all the three from highschool together. Koleman, on the far left, Mitch in the middle, and Steven on the right. For three years i tagged along with these guys, and then, during junior year they graduated and left me to fend for myself. And then Koleman left on his mission to San Antonio Texas the January of senior year, Steven left that July, and when steve left on his mish, Mitch went to Indiana, so they all virtually abandoned me. All for good reasons, but i was left alone nonetheless. I guess thats what's causing the biggest case of Missings right now. I'm so used to having them at my fingertips, ready to talk to, ready to come rescue me whenever i needed it. but Koleman comes home in 85 days! I'm so excited! He's really and truly, honestly the best guy friend i have. Can't wait for him to be home!
These next few pics are from my freshman year of college. The top one are my two old roommates, Mo and Dee, and i absolutely adore them! the rest are gonna be my roomies this coming year and i cant wait! i miss them to death! and i cant wait for all the parties we're gonna have!
Alright, tons of pics, and lots of missing happening here. There are tons of people i left out im sure, but you know who you are, and you know i miss you. These people complete my life, and i hate not being able to carry all of them around with me in my pocket. If only life were that easy.
