First summer trip

Soo...I'm a little behind, but I'm going to give a short description of the first trip I took this summer. I started my summber by driving to Ohio for my uncle's wedding, then to Wyoming to see my sister's brand new baby, then I went up to Montana to visit my grandma, and then back to Kentucky for my nephew's baptism!! It was prettty crazy, and took me about a month to make the whole trek! :) WE stopped in several different places, and I even got to experience some new American culture (like cheese from Wisconsin!) So, here are some pictures! :)

And that about wraps up the FIRST trip! :)

"We are very much alike, you and I, I and you... us."          -Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest-

Josh Groban Concert

The last post I had I told you that I was going to record summer, however I forgot to mention that I had JUST attended something that I have wanted to attend since I was ten years old. I went to a JOSH GROBAN concert!!! It was amazing! He sounds even better in person, and MAN can he sing! He is also really funny, like in a super nerdy way. But I still enjoyed it! Here are some pictures! :)

 Josh being molested by a short little Mexican girl! (He later took her on stage!) That's how close I was to him! 

 This picture is my FAVORITE! :)

There were more pictures, but they were blurry and so I picked some that looked pretty good to show y'all! :)


"Actually it's polished Marble..."   -The Princess and the Frog-

Slacker

Hello all! :)

Well, I have now successfully been around pretty much the whole USA since the first week of June. I have been from Ohio to Montana and back to Kentucky!! It's crazy!

Good news though!! While I was gone my sister had a beautiful baby girl named Emma, one of my best friends Allie is getting married, and my nephew is going to be baptized!! :) I am getting soo old! :)

Well, that is the update for now until I can get some pictures! :)

"What's with the cape? Are we going to the Opera? I don't think so."       -Night at the Museum 2: Battle at the Smithsonian-

The End of an Era

Howdy!

Well, it is finals week of my freshmen year. It's crazy to think that I have been in college since June and all the things that have happened to me and all the people I have met. What an amazing ride!

Well, since Preference there have been several fun things that have happened. First off, the week after Preference my FHE dad Jamie Testi and I went on a spontaneous trip to Salt Lake. IT was lots of fun! WE basically played around and the highlight of our day was that we saw I Am Number Four (The movie). Now we are convinced that he is number 8 and I am number 9! :)

This is us on Mars!! :)

After this my roommates and I ahd a retreat at Rachelle's house, and the next weekend was my birthday! :) It was lots of fun. There were two general authorities that came (one of them was speaking) and my roomies (old and new) took time ot make me special desserts and made me feel really special! :)

Then about a week or so after that my parents and Devin and his family came up for St. APtrick's Day (okay, so it was really Spring Break). Then there was a dance called Invitational which  Iwent to after seeing the INCREDIBLE Young Ambassadors in concert! Invitational was called Passport ot Europe and there were many countries represented. Oh! And of course they made France Purple!!! :)

It was pretty awesome!! :) then after that there was a dance and a Men's Chorus concert all on the same night and it was quite fun as well! Apparently there are a LOT of guys that I know in the choir! :)

Then the MOST fun thing of the Semester was the Disney Villain dinner that I planned! :) (With the help of my awesome roommate Rachelle!) IT was soooo much fun! Everyone got REALLY into it! It was with our FHE brothers and it could not have been a better evening!

So we had, The Evil Queen from Snow White, Ramsley the butler from The Haunted Manshion, Sid from Toy Story, Mad Madame Mim from The Sword and the Stone (Me!), Scar from The Lion King, Cruella de Vil from 101 Dalmations, Shego from Kim Possible, Clayton from Tarzan, Hades from Hercules, Yzma from The Emperor's New Groove, Shan Yu from Mulan, and Mother Gothel from Tangled. It was AWESOME!!! :)

We were supposed to e in partnerships so it was me and Noah who were Mad Madam Mim and Hades! WE were incharge of drinks so they were blood red with gummy worms in them because Hades drinks a drink that has a real worm in it in the movie! :)

This was our delicious dinner!! As you can tell dessert was a little scary! ;)

Well, that's it for right now! There will probably be another entry soon and more pictures seeing as I am heading back home and saying goodbye to some people for two years! So have a good one! :)


"A llama?! He's supposed to be dead!!

Yeah...weird!"                                                              -The Emperor's New Groove-

This is my 16th Post. That's my favorite number! Let's talk about Preference!

Howdy!

I'm sorry that I've like disappeared off the face of the planet (I say that EVERY post!) But, this has been a stressful and kinda hard past month or however long it's been since I've written! But, there have been good things as well!

On Friday Holly and Nate came into town and we went to Arby's to dine! It was sooo good to see them again because I haven't seen them since August and we had a lot of fun. Holly looks pregnant and it's so weird! But it was awesome to see her like that! It was really short though because I had to go to Cinderella the ballet!!! :) It was sooo good! That dancers were really good and I loved getting to interpret the story. I really enjoyed it. :)

The next day was Preference! I went with a guy named Breyton Barber who is not in my ward but does live in Heritage Halls. He's awesome! We went to Zupas for dinner and then we went to the dance at a golf course in Orem. The building looked like something out of Beauty and the Beast which is good because that was the theme of the dance we went too! The other three themes were Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, and Toy Story. Beauty and the Beast was good though because they had people dressed like the characters and on the table there were roses frozen to look like the one from the movie. The Ballroom team also performed like six times, but we missed it. :( (I was most looking forward to that!) My funniest stories from the evening though was that we had to sew Danielle into her dress because her zipper broke so we were an hour off of schedule and then when we got to the dance, Lumiere hit on me! Hahaha! :) Well here are some pictures:

"That thing, that moment, when you kiss someone and everything around becomes hazy and the only thing in focus is you and this person and you realize that that person is the only person that you're supposed to kiss for the rest of your life, and for one moment you get this amazing gift and you want to laugh and you want to cry because you feel so lucky that you found it and so scared that that it will go away all at the same time."                                 -Never Been Kissed-

Have you ever had that candy called Bliss?

Howdy!

Well, recently there are has been a lot of changes that have happened to me. I have decided to go back to the way that I acted when I first came to summer term at BYU. When I came I was scared out of my MIND, so to compensate for that I naturally decided to be outgoing and try to make myself crazy adn fun like I am when I am in my most comfortable state, like being at home. Over the fall I got stressed out about a few things and worried about others and it seemed to bring me down to a level that  Idid not personally enjoy. Over Christmas break  Icame to a realization of all of this. I feel like Rapunzel when she sings "I could go running/ and racing/ and dancing/ and chasing/ and leaping/ and bounding/ hair flying/ heart pounding/ and splashing/ and reeling/ and finally feeling/ now's when my life begins!"
-Tangled-



So, here are my New Year's Resolutions, if you will:

1. I am going to see the good in other people and give more compliments. This also means that I am going to talk to everyone and try to make friends or acquaintances wth more people.

2. I am going to notice the things in my everyday life. There are so many things that I should be grateful for and that should bring me immense joy, so I am going to go back to recognizing everything that makes me smile!

3. I am going to be more Optimistic! I became really pessimistic this fall and I do not like that! So, I am going to "Keep Movng Forward!" (Meet the Robinson's) and I am going ot find things to do that will bring joy and less stress.

4.  Iam also going to participate in things that I love. This means that I am attending more performances nad am looking for opportunities to perfom myself or to do things that I like.

5. I am going to truly turn towards that Lord because he is my best friend and over the past few days I have learned SOOO much from reading hte scriptures and my Patriarichal blessing. I am truly all smiles about the truth and goodness of the gospel!

So that is what I am going to be like for the next little bit! What out world, here I come!! :)


 "I could get used to a view like this. Yep, I'm used to it. Guys I want a castle."
                                                                                                                          -Tangled-

Baby it's Cold outside!

Howdy!!

So...a new semester has begun and it looks like it'll be more difficult than the last one. I have a lot of writing and reading to do and overlapping assignments. Welcome to college! :) It shoudn't be too bad though; all I have to think is that in April I will have successfully finished a year of college! :) Woot! Woot!

The part that is even more unfun than classes is that when I showed up in Utah everything was covered in snow!! It's everywhere! It's fun and really pretty but, I'd like it ot be a little bit more warm and perhaps not as long as a month! :) But it'll be nice to get used to things like that.

I'm excited for this semester and the changes that it is bringing. In true BYU spirit there is a dance on Friday, and maybe I'll go. It all depends on whether or not I can watch the Aggies play in the Cotton Bowl! ;) I mean I still have to support my other team even though I am at a different college! :)

Well that's all! I hope you have a fantastic evening!




"Young Gru: Look, Mom, I drew a picture of me landing on the moon.



Gru's Mom: Eh.


Young Gru: Look, Mom, I made a prototype of a rocket out of macaroni.


Gru's Mom: Eh.


Young Gru: Look, Mom, I built a real rocket based on the macaroni prototype.


[Fires rocket]


Gru's Mom: [holds her breath in amazement for a moment] ... Eh."  -Despicable Me-