Ketchuping

Holy Cow!!! I did not realize how time flew. December 7, the last time I wrote seems like a life time ago. Many many things have happened. I just don't know where to start. I suppose I will start with the beginning of this semester. My roommates are still great. I still am loving BYU and I really have enjoyed living on campus and being a freshman.


The good times have really rolled. Here are some highlights to catch you up (ketchup). They are in no particular order or fashion just squirting it out.

I have made it through a back injury and bad stomach, migraines and so much more. I have enjoyed spending my free time with Alex.This is us at the Hogle Zoo.

After many tries we finally found the Hot Springs enjoying them with Gracie and others.

We attended the Draper Temple Open House and the Dedication.
I have wrote many papers and taken many tests.

This semester has been my beginning of balancing school and life. Last sememster I had some fun but I really just worried mostly about school, but this semester I have found that College is so much more than just school work.

I have begun ordering for work and that is a step up in life. I have to worry about making sure we don't run out of the essentials: soap, shampoo, toothpaste, foot odor powder, deodorant and more.

I have been humbled to ask for multiple blessings and I have had spiritual experiences in church and in class and I can see my life progressing in a good way.

I have learned that lemon bars work best if you cook them long enough but not too long, I hope, still haven't tried them.

I guess the most exciting part is that I am now an Aunt. Henry is the cutest little dude ever. I love him so much. I enjoyed a quick trip to California and their quick trip here to bless him. I guess from this and Human Development, I have learned that it will be a little while 'til I have kids... Obviously cause I'm not married :) but also because they are a lot of work! Melanie and Jeff I have a lot of respect for you. Oh and yes he is enjoying being held by me just as much as i am holding him.This is a date night we had. We got all dressed up and then we ate dinner in the JFSB courtyard and then Frosties in the Hinckley Center Gazebo.

All in all, as I said, the good times have been rolling and will continue to throughout my life. I will never forget these times.... I hope!

Awaiting Christmas!!

My Book of Mormon teacher has told us time and again that we make holidays what they are now that we are on our own. Here are some things that we have done to start the Christmas season.
- we put up lights in our window.
- Gracie brought her table sized Christmas tree with ornaments and twinkle lights
- We drink Hot Chocolate frequently.
- We sing and listen to Christmas music.
- We attended the ward temple square trip.

This trip was especially fun. We left about 2pm from our apartments and took charter buses, I now can say I have taken Le Bus, and arrived around 3:15 or so. It was a pretty fun ride up. We then hung around in the Joseph Smith Building waiting for the Movie to start. We explored all the floors and then waited to enter the theater. We sat down and I knew I would need a tissue so I crossed back in front of all our ward grabbed some then went back. As I did I walked in front of a whole bunch of guys that were making fun of me cause they said I was emotional.

No doubt about it. I needed it and so did my roommates. Luckily I grabbed more than just one. After the movie we walked around temple square looking at the lights. I found that something was missing but after getting home I realized that it was the snow. It just isn't the same. I really enjoyed socializing with my wardies and having hot chocolate and Krispie Kreames when we got back to the bus.

- Joining the Christmas Choir for the ward.
- Thought of baking cookies

These are all things that I feel make Christmas Christmas. But most of all I enjoyed listening to the Christmas devotional. I loved what Pres. Uchtdorf said about Making your Christmas a Christ-like Christmas. I am going to work on implimenting this into my list in these next two and a half weeks.

Don't forget that Christmas is about Christ.
I love you all and Happy Holidays!!!

Oh what a week! (more like Oh what 2 weeks)

I think this week wins for busiest and most stressful. I don't think I have had a moment to realize that this was a stressful week. Here I am going to relieve my stress (and brag a bit) about how bad and good it went. Oh and I'll include my sleeping habits... I hope to change those this week. Mom and Dad, don't freak out about the sleep. I usually go to bed earlier but the amount of stuff has prevented me from it.

Monday: Class, Work, Study, FHE, Paper Outline Bed @ 1:15

Tuesday: Class, Work, Study, Nutrition Review 6-8:30, Running, Study Bed- 12:15

Wednesday: Class, Nap (class was canceled for the test), Work, Study, Study, Study...Register at 12. Bed- 1:30

Thursday: Class, Work, Study for Nutrition test, Nutrition Test (85%! Best I have done yet), Library for research, Enrichment Night, Rough night, 3 pg Paper, Bed- 1:30

Friday: Class, Nap, Work, Study, Book of Mormon test (95%! thought I did a whole lot worse when I finished the test) Study, wrote note cards while watching Spiderman 2, Watched transformers while doing laundry, finished load of laundry at 1 and fell right asleep in bed.

Saturday: Started last 3 loads of laundry with one quarter to spare in my possession at 8 am, back to sleep for 42 min, switch laundry, planned next week and Thanksgiving to do list, Showered, Went to lunch with my dear sister (and found 2 cute skirts!!!!), Study, Study, Break, Study, Break (we went to get sweet potato fries and sub zero ice cream!) Study, Study, Watched Little rascals with some boys, helped work out visiting teaching stuff with Cierra, Fell right into bed at 1:18

This is what is to come....
Monday test
Tuesday work on 10 pg paper
Wednesday paper and museum issues paper due
Thursday Museum paper and Nutrition paper.

Hopefully this coming weekend won't be as packed. Also hopefully Utah will win so i don't get all the crap from everyone who found out my secret.

Love ya all! Thanks for reading my stressful week. If you made it to here without skipping some, you are a saint!

Photo Tag

Here are the rules: post the fourth photo in the fourth photo album on your computer, then tag 4 (or more) others to do the same.
Here is my photo. Pudding Finger Painting for FHE. Oh what fun!
I tag. Mom, Jeff, Anna B. And anyone else who is reading this.

Trick or Treat, Na... Let's Dance!

So in Book of Mormon Brother Marsh has stressed that we are now on our own and we make holidays what they are. We decided that it was something we wanted to do.

Halloween came and we didn't dress up for class, I'm so glad we didn't, but many people on campus did. It was like a guessing game of what people were: Bravehart, Where's Waldo, A Cereal Killer, Alice and Wonderland...

I went to work and many of the Elders thought it was hilarious to switch badges to "dress up" as someone else. After 2 elders, I didn't think it was so clever anymore.

Work was over and we began doing some preparation for our costumes. We drove to Macy's but first I had to find a post office to send in my Ballot (so i could have a say in this great election). It took forever to find a post office... Finally we got there right as they were locking the door and the man very meanly said "Put it into that box." I did so it would be post marked Nov. 1. Anywho...

After finally finding the post office we worked our way to Macy's to buy white trash bags.

Finally we got home to some wonderful made soup. Broccoli and Cheese. Cierra, our apartment mom, came through. It was Delish! We made our costumes, or dresses, with lots of tape and creativity. And This is what we came up with. We were White Trash Wedding, each of us brides. Note the super rings!

Tielle Stylin her hair.
This is Gracie Lookin fine before the dance.

So we dressed ourselves and then we went to the Heritage Central building for a sweet dance. We danced it up. Who knew that Plastic was so hot, especially when tightly wrapped around your body. The dance was hot but we were even hotter, in more than one way :) So the dance was great. It started raining but we weren't worried because we were wearing waterproof dresses which made it ok.

After the dance, we came back to watch Lady in the Water but I was way tired! So Tielle and I fell asleep on each other on the couch and then realized that there were two perfectcally good beds waiting for us so we went into bed.

Only a small amount of candy was consumed becaue, No Trick or Treating and the creamery was kinda out of it... OH well.

All in all this was one great halloween!! I sure enjoyed breakin' it down in white plastic garbage bags!

My First Official Concert

So this weekend was the greatest!!! I attened the greatest concert ever, well that I have been to. I went to The Goo Goo Dolls concert that was for the Nuskin Convention. It was a BLAST and 1/2. I was totally stoked to go to this concert. I didn't even know that I totally loved the Goo Goo Dolls. After realizing at the very first of this concert that I knew their songs and that I loved them. I totally will always listen to their songs now and will rock out forever knowing that I saw them live in concert. I totally loved it and will always be in debt to my wonderful sister who got the tickets. Not only was the Concert good but the people who went were Freaking Awesome. It was such a fun night and I will always remember it, well I hope.
So jump on iTunes and listen to some Goo Goo Dolls and Enjoy!!!

Writers Block

Well, my whole day was spent away from home, except for about 45 minutes to fill my stomach before leaving again. I spent hours at the Lawbrary, this is what we call the Law library. I now have a new mailing address, it is Desk 5 of the second floor of the Lawbrary. Any important letters can be sent to that address cause I feel that I now live there. I love learning but I sure hate all the work that it takes to learn it.

I am sure glad that I have gotten away from the expectatation that I must recieve an A. Although this expectation for myself is still there, I feel that it is more important for me to live a healthy life than kill myself studying and never sleeping to earn this perfect A. BYU is full of extremely extremely smart people. I feeling not so much a part of that need to work on my habits in order to achieve a good grade.

I am not failing, at least I hope not :) but I am sure working kinks in my neck to get good grades.
Love ya all if I don't see you you'll know that my bottom is stuck to the Lawbrary chair from sitting there so long.

I used to have writers block but it seems that I don't have it when writing about it. I guess that is cause I didn't even write about it.
Well, I had it while writing my Rhetorical Analysis. I wasn't good at them Senior year and I still don't feel that I have improved. Good thing I didn't take the AP Language test.