I've always wanted a trampoline. 

When I was growing up, all of my friends had them and when our new neighbors moved in next door, they brought two trampolines with them- just to rub it in my face a little bit more. I can remember bringing up the idea of a trampoline to my parents with Hannah and Max about once a month. But it never amounted to a trampoline.

Our conversations usually went a little bit like this:

Me: "Mom, can we get a trampoline today? I really want one and Dr. Adam only lives a few houses

 down from us and so we could just call him if someone gets hurt or something!"

Mama Laura: "But we have a swing set already. Where would we put this tramp anyway?"

Me: "In the backyard! There's like a huge space back there. I measured it." 

Mama Laura: "We'll have to see..."

But we never got a trampoline.

So I bought one on Monday.

I bought it with my own debit card and my own big kid bank account. But then I told Hannah that she couldn't jump on my tramp unless she split the bill with me (after realizing that having a big kid bank account also includes having to pay to fill a fuel tank and other big kid expenses like mission shoes). So she did. Then Mama Laura said that she would buy into the trampoline in the name of Max so that he could jump on my tramp too. So technically I only paid for a third of the trampoline. Not mad.

Amazon told me that my trampoline should arrive at our house Tuesday or Wednesday next week but yesterday as Mama Laura & I were pulling out of the garage to go and run some errands IT WAS SITTING RIGHT THERE! I screamed. Amazon is amazing. When we came back from errands (and after we finished building my dad's Father's Day grill), Hannah and I tore open the box and started to build the tramp. Honestly, the hardest parts were the dumb instructions and then needing to stretch the springs from the jump bed to the metal frame and border-line breaking my fingers. 

But it was so worth it because now I have a trampoline in my backyard.

I think one of my favorite parts of this was that we didn't tell my dad about buying the tramp and so he was really surprised when he flew home from Florida last night and we were jumping in the backyard on our new trampoline when he came home.

Childhood dreams do come true.

Love, Caitie

So Long, Farewell[s]

Missions are amazing. I haven't been on one (yet), but they're awesome. 

There's only one part of them that really sucks though; farewells. 

Saying goodbye is hard. And today I had to do it twice.

So that was a little-A LOT-brutal.

My cousin, Riley, has been called to serve in the Chile Santiago East mission and leaves next week for the MTC in Chile. In her farewell talk, Riley talked about all the humanitarian work that our church does around the world and for the impact and blessing that service can be. She is going to be the cutest missionary ever and I am so excited for her to go and spread the happy message of the gospel with the people in Chile. GO TEAM SISTER LANGLOPS!

YEAH WE WERE CRYING OKAY

I had to make this one black and white because both of our faces were bright pink from crying
but whatever, it's still way cute because Carl and Wally forever

she's going to go out there and make the world so much happier

Both of these goodbyes were equally hard but you guys, THE FIERCE FELICIAS WON'T BE TOGETHER AGAIN FOR 22 MONTHS. That's so long, holy cow. Of course, Wendy (Abbey's mom who we all love so dearly), had decorated their house all Disney-themed because Abbey has been called to serve in the California Anaheim mission. It was the cutest. The happiest mission on Earth for the happiest human on Earth. Abbey leaves for the Mexico MTC on Tuesday morning because she is speaking Spanish on her mission. Yay Hermana Spencer!! Abbey is going to be an amazing missionary out there and I am so excited to hear about all of her adventures when we have the greatest Fierce Felicias reunion (once Sister Allie Winter comes home from Alabama).

last Fierce Felicias photo for twenty-two months

I carry Hermana Spencer around in my wallet with me now & have no shame

Both Max and Hannah Jane are gone this week so I'm the only child at our house.

I haven't been the only child in like sixteen years.

I don't know how to only child.

Love, Caitie