..12 months have passed..

..well today it's been one year since this..

..weird..

..it went by so fast..

..its hard to imagine i'd celebrate milestones like this..

..in the beginning i thought that 6, 9, 12 month marks would never come..

..and when they did get there, they had come much too fast..

..it's been a long time since i did service and it brought about events like these..

..sometimes i miss spending all of my time with bff's like these..

..they truly are my sisters. we would laugh, cry, pray, wish, hope, and teach together everyday. i learned more than i ever thought possible from these women..

..there are times where i think about my "washington families" and i miss them terribly..

..i couldn't have been more blessed to have my many homes away from home. family truly is forever..

..i began my mission with all of these fine elders..

..and these men taught me more than i could explain..

..mornings were spent in this little corner..

..and afternoons/evenings were spent like this..

..i wish i could put into words the things i learned from miracles like these..

..and these gorgeous spots seem like they were memories from a postcard..

..even though i miss my mission horribly some days, i couldn't be more blessed..

..this last year has been one the best. i got this little catch for heaven's sake..