AUGUST IN PICTURES

8/31- Dylan for driving me to drop off my rental car, easy Friday classes, made it through 2 weeks of school!!

8/30- baptisms with Dylan, no class, tossd collaboration 

8/29- Bonfire heart collab, mom and dad finding my new car, roll it up with Hailey 

8/28- Dyl driving me to school, Costco sample dates, zao with bella 

8/27- new institute class, easy Monday Wednesday classes

8/26- late night drives home, chase Hafen, Hailey for taking me to the airport at 4am

8/25- lexi and josh, stylish weddings, Madilynne’s birthday dessert party

8/24- rockwell and center street date night, making it through the first week of school, easy Friday classes

8/23- rental car, good day even though life is chaos, dirty dancing and girl friends

8/22- filming cute proposals, not dying on the way home, Ave being with me during the accident! 

8/21- being loved by somebody I love back

8/20- new school year energy, Costco dates, Dylan being so sweet even though I’m crazy with school beginning

8/19-  getting together with syd again, church in the new college place ward, Sunday dinner at Bellas, Sunday drives with Dylan

8/18- new free people pants, movie breaks, the best photographers ever 

8/17- workouts with bella, being settled (kindof), game night with friends, Gooch concert 

8/16- crazy rich Asians, Dylan for taking all of my things in one trip 

8/15- meetings gone well, sleepovers, nut balls

8/14- bella for doing my hair, being the one that knows my way around UVU, lunch with Emma Nilsen

8/13- picking dad up from the airport, lunch with him, fathers blessings before school starts 

8/12- intros going well, Sunday with Bells, Dylan living the dream

8/11- helicopter wedding sendoff, protein foundry açaí, going to Dylan’s 

8/10- corb for picking me up at the airport, not having to do bridals, seeing Provo friends again 

8/9- Dylan carrying me to the truck, target dates, seeing the Stagg’s 

8/8- flight home safe, my own bed, Costa Rica video 

8/7- finding seashells on the beach, such a good trip, Drake’s the cutest boy ever 

8/6- açaí bowls in the happy place, yummy vegan food, cute snorkeling pictures not getting sick while snorkeling, happy place with the yummy vegan food and shops, hot tub heart to heart with Gabs

8/5- standing up on the surf board kindof, delicious salmon and watching the sunset, new T-shirt’s at touristy shops

8/4- naps on the way to the new hotel, a room right on the beach, skinny dipping with gabs beach front view, swimming in the ocean, cute surf shops 

8/3- not dying while rappelling, WiFi that works enough to upload a video, Gabs keeping us entertained 

8/2- not dying while zip lining, red swimsuits, good souvenirs

8/1- our super nice driver, all the super nice Costa Ricans, pura vida 

COSTA RICA

Costa Rica from Madison Pritt on Vimeo.

Most recently I've been on the funnest family trip to Costa Rica. Usually when I travel I don't bring my journal with me and write all about it on the notes app then copy and paste it for the blog post. This time I brought my journal with me and have nothing to copy and paste though so for the most detail pop some popcorn, have a sit, and watch the vlog! 

 We started off deep in the jungle by the Arenal Volcano.

 This part of the trip was full of jungle bridge walks, zip lining, and repelling. So much fun but definitely an adventure! Nothing like flying through a rainstorm at 40 mph!! 

 rain for days

 the cutest drivers then took us to Tamarindo, the beach city! This was for sure the hilight of the trip for me. 

 We had so much fun relaxing, swimming in the ocean, trying to learn how to surf, and looking for seashells. 

 

 For some reason on this trip I was very in tune with nature and found this little friend 

please just enjoy snorkeling Drake and all his cuteness 

 

 

 

 

the prettiest shells rolled in on the beach at night! We had so much fun collecting them!!  

This trip is definitely going to be a main cause for summer withdrawals!! Pura Vida forever!!

JULY IN PICTURES

7/31- making it to Costa Rica safe, Gabs entertainment, long flights that only feel like short flights 

7/30- shopping with Lexi, toast, sleepovers with Gabs 

7/29- Dylan picking me up IN the airport, finally being with family again, Gabs the cutest sister 

7/28- pretty McCall weddings, fun photographers, Cole and Braden for being the best drivers again, pancake house breakfast 

7/27- making it to McCall safely, Cole and Braden for being the best drivers/lifesavers, catching up with Hailey 

7/26- Dylan taking such good care of me on this trip, the lady who told Dylan he left his wallet, getting to Idaho safely

7/25- Wynwood walls, beach, having fun even if it’s pouring rain

7/24- found wallets, found car keys and locksmiths, the Fort Lauderdale temple happy place

7/23- Miami Beach sunrises, trolley tours, the coral chapel happy place, dinner with Dylan’s converts

7/22- old letters, Sunday naps not alone, Spanish ward

7/21- getting to Florida safely, Dylan making long flights feel short, the sweet families helping us here!

7/20- getting on the early flight, Dylan picking me up IN the airport, sleeping in moms bed, taylor for driving me to the airport

7/18- mama Mia 2, not having to buy a new tire, new shorts and complimentary athleta granola bars

7/17- long sleep and feeling better, temple dates with Bella, Madilynne Littlefield 

7/16- dancing in the rain in the middle of the night with friends, phone calls to you know who, yummy healthy banana muffins

7/15- naps at Bella’s, bella doing my makeup again, Bishop’s interviews

7/14- long phone calls til 3 am, Target runs, build a bear

7/13- movies in between the temple and reception, super happy and fun photographers, Cheesecake Factory, calling Dylan on the way home 

7/12- 2 sunsets, black tap milkshakes, old friends 

7/11- Downtown Summerlin concert in the grass, Dylan, quick and easy flight home 

7/10- skinny dipping at strands, free chik fil a, face masks

7/9- california safely, Baja fish tacos, the sunset over the ocean 

7/8- Las Vegas with Hailey and family, skinny fats, Sunday cookies at home 

7/7- pretty wedding dinners under the willow trees, not crashing the drone, safe drive home 

7/6- Sundance with corbin, not dying while dumb driving, nice guest rooms 

7/5- the gem studio, dad (HBD), PF Chang’s birthday dinner 

7/4- hot air balloons, king Henry pool, Pederson party, fireworks, alpine village dance party 

7/3- spin with mom and Kylie, pool with siblings, dance party 

7/2- having family in town, breakfast with Kylie, hall of breakfast with Gabs 

7/1- sleepovers, great cuddling with Tay and Kylie, feeling the spirit in relief society

4TH OF JULY

 Hands down one of the best 4th's I've ever had! 

Provo goes all out and I had so much fun getting to spend the holiday in my new(ish) home.

We started the day off waking up SO early to take pictures at the hot air balloon festival that was right across the street from my apartment. Thank you Corbin Ballard for the tip ;)

 

 

 

 

 

 

This ^^ balloon was hands down my favorite! It popped up like 20 times on my instagram feed after too so obviously I have good (or basic) taste. 

After the balloons, a good nap, and some pool time was the cutest party supplied with decorations, live music, and catered food trucks.  

 

 

 

 Proud and happy and blessed to be an American!

JUNE IN PICTURES

6/30- hot tub in park city, Skyler, Marshall 

6/29- fuego Friday, seven brothers karaoke, finishing videos 

6/28- aves donut truck, sky pics, sonic and chats with Skyler 

6/27- hall of breakfast, corbin Ballard photography, target, Cheesecake Factory

6/26- bonfires by the lake, Alec for saving my flat tire, summer lifestyle

6/25- drive home music, taylor rooks and Jordan for being my move out crew, Costco chocolate cake and happy birthday in Italian 

6/24- Sunday’s in the courtyard, Harry Potter night, grilled chicken

6/23- sleepover with Ave, Mer and Joel’s pretty wedding, this working weekend being done 

6/22- face timing Dylan, the wedding is over, mom and dads golden anniversary!

6/21- nice reviews from brides and grooms, an invite to florida, yogurtland with girl friends 

6/20- king Henry games with friends, tag the movie, great insta pics great insta comments, finishing family studies class online

6/19- incredibles 2, laying out with Ave, GEM STUDIO COLLAB in the works 

6/18- long naps, getting on the flight home, prettiest bridals 

6/17- Sunday beach walks with Hailey, seeing bella, seeing Dylan 

6/16- “is it weird that I want my wedding to smell like sunscreen”-Hailey Jordan, Eliza my wedding assistant, california weddings 

6/15- bonfire and s’mores with friends, hike with Avery, Skyler at the pool

6/14- face timing Dylan, temple tender mercies, putting feelings into words

6/13- the band Gooch, library and laying out with Avery, kyoto sushi 

6/12- lunch with grandma and grandpa, seeing Tay and Madelyn again, a safe and quick drive

6/11- cooking some mission food I already forgot the name of with Dylan, family wall with mom, laying out by the pool with strawberries and a book, phone calls to Emma nilsen 

6/10- Dylan’s homecoming talk, slow baking and Sunday walks with mom, second first kiss 

6/9- deep talks with mom, fresh manicures, laying out in the pool and reading 

6/8- weddings that don’t feel that long, getting a text from Dylan (after 2 years), summerlin

6/7- drakes morning chat, Dylan coming home, living a day I looked forward to for so long 

6/6- driving home safe, quick beach day, being with family 

6/5- great day at the happiest place on earth, cass Alex and Hailey, the second wind on Indiana Jones

6/4- happy beach day, biking at Newport, banzaiiiiiii

6/3- safe drive to California, Hailey Jordan, strands beach 

6/2- best friends best wedding, wedding cake, best friends all together

6/1- driving safe to Vegas, dinner with mom, bridesmaids fairies with Summerlin friends 

MAY IN PICTURES

5/31- laying out with Avery, finishing a good book, dropping off film pictures

5/30- my BIKE! Biking to the grocery store, hostage with friends

5/29- laying out, Bella for cutting my hair, do nothing summer days

5/28- shoshone falls, nature, good friends to take road trips with

5/27- picnic with Emma, church, dinner with Bella

5/26- City bikes, good weddings, Salt Lake City penthouse views with cheesecake 

5/25- super sunny pool days and acai with friends, birthday cake baking in a swimsuit, being a found hostage

5/24- pieology date with drake, wedding photographer friends, wedding tips (:

5/23- lunch with grandma, safe drive, sister date with Gabs

5/22- megabed, Ferris bulers Day off, midici and Kylie’s dance recital

5/21- goochs bday dinner, dancing and better than sex cake with friends, laying out with Avery 

5/20- Pearl Harbor, cookies, Tay and cass being back from their trips

5/19- weddings with Jennie Slade, wedding cake, weddings that go by quick 

5/18- laying out, library card, pool party in Draper 

5/17- my cute sister who’s 16 today, 6 hour breaks between temple and reception, finding the perfect song for a vid, waffle party with friends 

5/16- bridals and catching up with Syd, pool day with Avery, early to bed with Madelyn 

5/15- $5 Tuesday avengers, location scouting with Corbin, good workouts

5/14- getting on a flight back to SLC, Avery for picking me up at the airport and getting pizza, finally not living out of a suitcase

5/13- getting on the flight to LAS so easily, my sweet momma on this mothers day, a day made into an occasion by grandma and grandpa and the Wunderlis visiting!

5/12- Lindsey’s dream wedding, that the drone didn’t crash into people, yummy wedding dessert

5/11- a fun beach day, good friends, wedding weekend

5/10- lindsey’s grandma’s brownies, gorgeous bridals in California, fashion island shopping

5/9- not dying on shark diving, sleeping through the plane ride, finishing editing 

5/8- fun last night in Hawaii, sun and waves, acai bowls

5/7- matsumotos shaved ice, guava boutique, Benadryl for my 23 mosquito bites

5/6- not dying on the hike and finding our group safely, church is true wherever you go, treats from the grocery store on a road trip to the other side of the island

5/5- drone footage, naps on the beach, banzai bowl and garlic shrimp

5/4- Thai food, cute pictures at the beach with new filters, watching the footage with ghetto songs behind it

5/3- finishing my last final, swimming in the ocean, shrimp tacos

5/2- flying to HAWAII, karaoke at turtle bay, Costco samples 

5/1- Romey for letting us stay with him in salt lake, really good frozen yogurt 3 minutes before closing, manis and pedis

HAWAII

HAWAII from Madison Pritt on Vimeo.

A few months ago I was with a group of friends and we saw that flights to Hawaii were $300!?! We all took action right away and booked our flights. It was my finals week/last week of school but I worked it out with all of my professors to take my tests early or online and have been looking forward to it all semester long! It was such a needed getaway.
I LOVE HAWAII FOREVER!

Wednesday 5/2- today we flew to Oahu! Happiest moments of today included being content at Costco getting samples before driving to turtle bay and then going to a karaoke bar later in the night. We’re all really tired but I’m just feeling stoked to be here. It was my first bar experience because I technically wasn’t allowed to be at Karaoke after 10pm because im under 21 but they let me stay and it was much appreciated since Alex Angus and Jordan Gooch were singing their duet to Fergie’s my humps. I love and hate first day of trips like this! Love because there’s so much hope and excitement for the next few unwritten days and so much led up to this point- we’ve looked forward to it for so long! But hate that it’s begun because it’ll be over before we know it! 

 

 

Thursday 5/3- we went on a hike to the world war 2 pill boxes in the mud and rain and it was rough! We were all slipping and sliding and about to crash down the mountain. Then we took a little break and it was such a happy day eating shrimp tacos at a food truck across from sharks cove. After that we just went to Waimea beach and chilled there for the day. It had been so long since I’d swam in the ocean and it felt so nice to just be there and float. We also did a little bit of cliff jumping. One of the happiest parts of the day was just after we all got pizza for dinner and were eating it in the back of our rental truck then had a dance party in the parking lot. We just danced and ate for like 2 hours and nobody was even mad about it.  

Friday 5/4- we went straight to the beach today! Snorkeling and taking lots of pictures at shark’s cove then eating more shrimp tacos. There was a no swimming warning in the ocean because of rip currents but we did anyway (sorry mom) and it was hilarious. Everyone just got thrown to shore by ginormous waves. Then we went out to fancy Thai food dinner and im so exhausted and have so much sand in my hair.  

 

 Saturday 5/5- a big hilight of today was getting to go to the temple! The boys did all of the ordinances for us and the temple workers were so cute! One of them explained the symbols in the temple for us and told us the Hawaii temple was the 5th in the church, first after SLC, which made the church international! It gave me chills to think about. I love getting to hear the symbolism and stories behind everything in the church. 

After that we went to get banzai bowls and have our friend Hanna lead us in beach view yoga on our local friends back patio. There was also a cliff right by their house that we jumped off of. I didn’t jump because I was taking drone videos though. The drone also blew into me and cut my leg up so much so between that and mosquito bites my leg is pretty gnarly haha 

 

 Sunday 5/6- we went to church then went to the beach then went on a hike of death through mud and forest and me, Alex Angus, and Siera got lost when the group left us behind. There was drama. Tears were shed. My nikes are covered in mud. From here on out this trip will be remembered in two parts: pre waterfall hike and post waterfall hike. 

 Monday 5/7- today we woke up early to try to go shark diving but didn’t get to because the waters were so harsh! It was a bummer and all of us were still on kind of a low from yesterday! We tried to make the most of it by going to the beach but it was super cold and windy there too so we just went shopping in Haleiwa and it was so great. Matsumotos shaved ice plus the cute little guava shop boutique is definitely a happy corner of the world for me now. We also ate at the yummiest fresh farm to table place ever! It was all vegan and fresh and I had the best pitaya smoothie of my whole life there. Then we came home and I edited the video because all of us were exhausted. And I didn’t sleep at all because my legs are covered in mosquito bites 

Tuesday 5/8- last FULL day and night here in paradise! We went to wiamea beach and the waves were so huge! I was one of the only girls that went out and everyone was like so impressed with me which was actually low key insulting because everybody judges my adventure and fun skills on my hiking abilities! I’m fun and cool with most things I just can’t hike very fast haha! It started pouring rain so we went and got shrimp and hung out laying on the grass in the backyard editing the vlog. I actually love last nights of vacations- they’re so nostalgic and everyone’s happy to be together just hanging out with their sunburns and inside jokes and memories and pictures. Tonight we made awards for everybody in the house and the boys drew names in a girls “draft” and we went to 7 brothers and just hung out and laughed all night. It was so much fun but I’m sad to be leaving. 

Wednesday 5/9- last actual day here! Me, Tay, Alex, and cass went on a shark diving tour! It was so much fun and crazy to be so close to sharks but all I actually remember is how sick I was getting in the water and then how sick I felt when I got back on the boat and then Tay and cass throwing up! But it was still cool! After that we drove out of our way to get some well deserved banzai bowls for the last time but everyone else in the group hated us for doing that since they had to wait on the beach for us (whoops). We drove to the other side of the island to be closer to the airport and ended up sneaking into the Marriott resort to kill time. It was so fun to be there since it was such a family resort so it gave us all flashbacks to old family vacations. Like when you wore matching swimsuits with your siblings and did nothing but swim all day then order chicken nuggets from the resort pool. Such good times! Also we washed our hair and bodies before our flight in the showers at the beach. I’m going to miss this trip so much. I love the end of trips and vacations so much because everyone feels so united from the trip and the friendships that came from it. Like for some reason it doesn’t matter as much all the little fights that happened over people taking too long to get ready or taking us on the wrong trail on the hike because we all have Hawaii in May 2018 in common from here on out.