"Dances With Sharks" (That's My New Name)

These last couple of weeks, a lot of wonderful has happened. Let's run through some of these....

• Going to the Caribbean with my family. I'm tan for the first time in my life. Huh-freaking-zzah!
• Swimming in the ocean.
• Getting to spend Father's Day with my dad...who is the best dad of all time. Seriously. I feel sorry for everyone else stuck with their lame dads. 
• Getting to scuba dive again...seriously, I love it.
• Discovering that mixing ginger ale and apple juice is mindblowingly delicious.
• Surviving three shark attacks. (Ok, they weren't attacking, but you know, they could have.)
• Getting a massage. 
• Grocery shopping & seeing a guy wearing a live snake around his neck like a scarf. (what the h)
• Getting a manicure.
• Watching The Edge of Tomorrow (I really love Tom Cruise movies)
• Getting to see my roommates for the first time in a couple months.
• Sleeping over with one of my besties...we made popcorn, gossiped, and watched pole dancing videos on YouTube. A night well-spent if you ask me. 
• Eating red velvet cupcakes with my brother and sister-in-law. So grateful that they are willing to feed me and let me be the third wheel.

Obviously, the trip to Turks & Caicos was the biggest thing to happen to me. It was the perfect vacation in paradise. And the best part was that I got to spend it with my favorite people on earth. Because my family is the most wonderful thing that will ever exist for me. 

Ok, I'm officially done being embarrassing and sappy. At least for today.

Sierra, out. 

How Far We've Come

"But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day."

- Benjamin Disraeli

The past couple of weeks have been absolutely crazy in my family! My older brother Austin got married and Dakota, one of my little brothers, graduated high school.

These were wonderful events and they really made me reflect on time and how quickly it seems to pass.

It seems like only yesterday that I was a little girl, chasing after my big brother and demanding to be included in every minute of his day. Then, Dakota came along, chasing after us as well. We eventually had two more brothers join the family but for a long time, it was just us...The Three Musketeers.

Those days were my earliest memories and some of my very best ones.

Fast-forward and this is where the three of us were two weeks ago, together again (minus the pumpkins) when Austin was sealed to his wife for eternity. 

Sometimes, I have to just stop and ask myself, "Where did the time go?" It's hard to believe that I'm getting ready to start my fourth year of college, Austin is busy applying to medical schools, and Kody is leaving in a few weeks for a 2-year mission in Atlanta, Georgia. I guess somewhere along the way, those three little kids grew up. 

And it's crazy to think of us all going our separate ways, but that's life. And maybe it happens too quickly, but the fact that life happens at all is a wonderful thing. The trick is to accept the fact that time is slipping by and decide to make time with the ones we love. I'm glad I made the moments count with my family and friends. And although Austin, Kody, and I have "grown up," I know we'll be The Three Musketeers forever. 

I'll finish with some wise words from everyone's favorite person: