I love Rochester, NY! I know people are going to think I'm weird but I love everything about it. I even love the freezing cold weather. But so far these are the reasons I love it the most:
1: I love and miss my amazing family that live out here. It has been so amazing to talk with my parents about the bundle of joy that is going to be coming to our family. I love helping my parents clean their house (GASP! I find it hard to believe that I said that myself). I love hearing about my sisters track meets and the funny things she does. I love talking to my brother and seeing how much a softy he really is. And I love hearing about what his plans are for the future (a least what little plans he is willing to share with me).
2: I love being close to my absolute best friends Sarah and Lora. Although this is going to be changing soon with one of them moving out of state. I still love seeing them! It was good to learn more about what they are doing and how things are going with their lives. I will admit at times I am jealous of them because they both have so much going for them. One has a full time job and living on her own away from her parents and taking care of herself, which is something I never did before I got married. And the other is working on her masters degree at an amazing college. But anyway I love them and how amazingly they handle the trials that come their way. They truly are amazing examples to me and I love seeing them. I'm also really happy I got to see them both this week because they both got a chance to feel Baby Snell move inside me. It was so cool to share this experience with them. Especially, because I consider them family and have already started telling Baby Snell that they are his Aunts too.
3: I love my church ward, and yes, I still consider it my ward. They really are my second family. They are amazing people who would give all to those that need it. They have been a blessing in my families lives and I am so lucky to know them, and to have their influence in my life. I loved the chance that I had to talk to my former Young Womens leader, and so many others. I didn't get to talk to everyone that I wanted to but being in church with these wonderful people helped remind me that I'm loved by so many and it has given me the strength that I needed to go back to San Diego and finish up this pregnancy and continue strong with all the traveling that Jay is doing right now.
I'm so excited that I got to visit Rochester one more time before Baby Snell comes, because originally it wasn't in the plans. Thankfully I have a loving Heavenly Father who knows better and helped work it into the plans :) . I have loved my visit so far and will be sad to leave this weekend. But I'm grateful for the chance to visit "home."
