California

Some of my friends from school and I decided that we had worked hard enough this past semester at school and we needed a break. So we planned a trip to Cali! We drove through Las Vegas and dropped off Holly so we spent some time there too. It ended up being a super fun trip! We went to a few different beaches and we ate out way too much! We made lots of memories that we will never forget and got tan lines that we will never get rid of...

Altogether Again

Cody came home from his mission last week on Wednesday and I was able to fly down and see him! It was the first time in like 3 ½ years that my whole family was together and we have even more people in our family now. It was so awesome to see Cody again, I am so proud of him and he is just such an awesome person. He has taught me so much and I couldn’t have asked for a better brother. It was so nice to be home the weather was amazing and I really needed a break from school. I ask myself everyday what I did to be so blessed with such an amazing family, they are everything to me and I have no idea what I would do without them. 

Happy Thanksgiving!

I am just so full of gratitude today! I love Thanksgiving and I am so thankful that I was able to come home so I could be with my family and reflect on all the things 

I am thankful for/ make me terribly happy.

10 things that make me terribly happy

1. The love and support I get from my friends and family, I know I take this for granted but if it weren't for my friends and family I'm not sure who I would be.

2. The opportunity to go to school and be anything I want, I have the whole world at my fingertips I can do anything I want and I can be anything I want. 

3. I was born into the Church, It scares me to think about my life without it.

4. My childhood, as I think back on my life I am always filled with happy memories. I had the best time as a child with my siblings I wish I could go back to those days.

5. I am going to be an Aunt in the coming year! I cannot wait to spoil that child!

6. Letters from missionaries, I have so many friends out on missions and Cody is almost done. I love getting letters and emails from them and to hear about the experiences they are having, they always strengthen my testimony and make me so happy.

7. Fostering Anise, I love that little girl with all of my heart and I hope and pray that she will have the best life. She has the gift to bring so much happiness into a persons life and I know she will be able to use that gift her whole life.

8. Food specifically my Mom's cooking, being away from home and having to cook for myself always makes me extra thankful for my Mom and the yummy food she always makes.

9. My health, I have never broken any major bones (only a fractured thumb) or gotten any scary diseases.

10. The peace and love I have had in my life. I have such a good life; I have everything I could possibly want and more. I have never had to go through anything super tragic and most of my love ones are still alive and I get to see them all the time. 

I hope everyone has a great day today and that you keep in mind what today is all about. There is so much to be thankful for and you get to think about them all day while you EAT it doesn't get much better than that!

Just Some Pictures Of What I've Been Up To

Melissa & Bryant Engagement Video

Here is the video I made for my roommate. She got engaged on Monday! I am sooo happy for them; they are so in love and happy. I feel like when you see a couple and they truly love each other, everything they do just seems like a fairytale. Mel and Bryant are just like that they really are perfect for each other. One of my favorite parts of this video is when Mel is showing everyone her ring and Bryant is just looking and smiling at her. I can't wait to see what life has in store for them. It was a fun night for everyone, we went roller-skating for family home evening and I haven't been roller-skating for a while so I had a blast... and I didn't fall once!

                 
Melissa & Bryant from Caitlin Kappel on Vimeo.

Halloween Package

So I'm back at BYU-Idaho, I'm living with three of the same girls as last semester and two new ones. I love them so much! I'm still studying communications with an emphasis in Visual communications. This is my third semester and it has defiantly been the hardest. I have so much homework and I'm on two soccer teams but I'm having so much fun. I am the visiting teaching coordinator in my ward, which is a lot of fun, I get to meet so many of the girls in my ward and they are so sweet and such a good example to me. Last week was crazy and Saturday was the first day this semester that I didn't have to go anywhere so I stayed home all day, and it was so nice. The best part was when my roommates came back from getting the mail and told me I had a package! It was from my Grandma Sue (my mom's mom) it was full of candy and Halloween decorations. It was seriously the best! I am so thankful for my family. Saturday was my AMAZING Dad's birthday and I was able to Skype my family as they sang to him and he blew out the candles on his cake. It made me miss them like crazy, but it also reminded me of how important family is. I'm taking a family foundations class right now and I'm learning so much about the purpose of family and how an eternal family can bring you more happiness and joy than anything else in the world. I feel so grateful to have the gospel in my life and the knowledge it comes with.

THE GEM STATE

Since I decide to move to Coeur d'Alene everyone tell me how beautiful it is here and now I know why. There are pine trees everywhere and the weather is perfect. I'm staying with Olivia Sparks my roommate/ sister-in-law (Thomas's little sister). Her family is so welcoming and fun, I'm so thankful for them letting me live with them till school starts September 15th. This summer has been perfect and it just keeps on getting better and better!