President Hinckley

I was bored in the library and decided to google this amazing man right here.

Soo, here are my all time favorite pictures of him

"Try a little harder to be a little better."

doesn't he just look so happy??

and now, my most MOST favorite picture of him...

I miss him.

He was a great Prophet.

But it is almost conference weekend everyone!

Yesssss...

99 red balloons.

okay I lied. 400 multi colored balloons.
IN OUR KITCHEN.
yes, it was as unreal as it sounds.
and it is as fun as it sounds... most of the time.
except when i want to like move around in the kitchen and open the fridge.


and OF COURSE there will be pictures!

i woke up at 7 in the morning walked in the kitchen and tripped and fell over a balloon... i think this is why...

i wasn't tooo happy about it... i just woke up okay

but then i got back from class and we had some fun :)

anyway, the culprit was our FHE brothers... 


Aren't they just awesome?!

yes.

I love this blog.

So inspiring, and just... amazing.

Have a beautiful day everyone!

It's the weekend :)

Ready Freddie?

Alright. 

I posting about something that I rarely, if ever, post about.

Something that I have limited knowledge and experience in but has been on my mind a lot lately.

Ready?

BOYS.

Okay.. so before you judge its not really on boys, its more about this whole college dating crap.

But boys too.

So this is what I decided. I won't be dating any boys for a good year or two.

And this is not because I have any animosity toward them right now or anything. Somehow I managed to go throughout high school without ever getting my heart broken by any guy. Wait, how did I do that? Huh. Anyway, so i don't have much reason to hate boys, i just feel like complaining.

And here's why.

I hate the whole "BYU dating scene" i don't really get it. i have never been on a date yet, and i definitely have time to figure this whole thing out... but really. it stinks.

Anyway...

So all of High school it is pounded into my head to never have a boyfriend, never kiss a boy.. yada yada yada. 

so sometimes I listened to my parents, and sometimes I didn't. I never was a huge dater in High School. I only had 2 boys friends... each for around 3 months. I never really did anything and I wasn't that girl that had boys left and right.

Soo... I always looked forward to college because its like they WANT me to date! I am allowed and don't have to hide it from my parents or feel guilty about it the whole time. I was excited and was expecting everything to just be so fun and different.

But wait, news flash.

That is definitely not the case

Turns out dating here is going to be more complicated than in high school.

Now i know you're thinking... what, how? College is where you just have fun dating a million people and it doesnt matter!

Well here's the deal... 

I am surrounded by freshman boys. In my ward, in my classes. Everywhere. Freshman boys that either have their calls or are working on their papers. No way am i going to date them! All they want is some girl to send them off/fill their canteen/write them letters. Heck no.

So if I can't/won't date freshman... no big deal then date sophomores. Right?

But, 1 HUGE problem. They are all RM's. 21 years old. Wife Hunters.

You get the point. I'm not looking for a husband. Nor am I ready to become a wifee. 

So it looks like until I feel like I am old enough to get married I will be staying far away from the men...

Awesome.

But hey, life is better that way.

Right?

golden.

I had a birthday! Yay... So I should probably blog about it. right?

Blogging is getting boring though. I just like to read other people's blog's and I know my mom appreciates it so that is the only thing keeping me going now... but whatever, maybe i'll try to spice it up a little and keep it interesting...

But anyway,

I had a fantastic birthday!

It was filled with sleeping in, making myself one amazing omelet (i've got to carry on the tradition, with or without my dad!), going to church, dinner at grandmas with McKenna and Travis, eating cake and ice cream, hanging out with  my homies, skyping the family, and watching Letters to Juliet!

I would also have to say my roomies/FHE brothers SCORED on the treats.

Ready?

Kelc made me a freaking tasty cheesecake

Markie decorated the kitchen all birthday-esque and made a lemon pie

My FHE brothers namely Dean made me a legitimate double layer chocolate cake. it was delicious.

Oh, and I had the best ice cream and cake with fresh strawberries and peaches at grandmas. I loved it. And her new cute little house :)

And i know you all really care about what I ate on my birthday, which is why I went into such great detail... riiiight...

anyway, the cakes and ice cream and pies and things were definitely the highlight of my birthday. it wouldn't be a birthday without it!

And I loved seeing all my long lost friends in Heleman. I love them.

Anyway. Picture time.

isn't dean just the best.

also, thanks to  kent for the coco puffs.

Thats Dean to the left. and then my bestest bud chandler.
I didn't take very many pictures on my birthday.
oh well.

Anywhoo... I got to skype my dog. I loved that. And my family of course...
And I got my package from mom today! Love the pretzel m&ms

But yeah, another birthday has come and gone! And it was definitely a good one. It was my first one away from home and definitely different, but i liked it nonetheless...

If only I was a boy... I would be leaving on a mission.
Weird.

ReAL

I went to a Real game.

Last night.

It was at this stadium. It is a super nice stadium

It was freaking fun

and I love soccer

Thank goodness for roomates with extra tickets.

This is beckerman.

He has dreads.

and plays soccer well.

Thats all...

Love me some futball.

game face

Guess what.

I definitely Joined an intramural soccer team!

I know, Exciting!

We had our first game last night and since I signed up like 5 hours before the game... I definitely had to play in my tennis shoes.

It was fantastic...

But here's the good news!

Even though last night I was pretty much dying because I'm so out of shape, I LOVED it!

There are some way nice girls on the team and now I can work out! It's only once a week... but it's a definite improvement.

So yes, soccer will be the exciting part about college! Because so far the most exciting thing is when a cute boy sits next to me in class.

Wait, I'm dreaming.

That has never actually happened...

So the real most exciting thing is when I get to go to bed at like 10:30!

Which has only happened once, but I loved it. Love love love.

Anyway, moral of the story is I need to work out for real.

Because there is NO way I should be this sore after one game of soccer... ughh...

THIS GUY

This is Nick Day.

He sings good.

Last night I went to the Benton Paul concert and this dude went before him.

Honestly, Nick is better live. Not gonna lie.

But Benton is good too... Of course.

Anyway, it was fun, freezing, free, and on top of a parking garage.

and I went with these lovely people right here.

Yay, college...

holy carp!

hey, careful with that hammer.

the sea monkeys have my money...

yes, I'm a natural blue...

Also i decided today that if I continue to eat a whole box of Mac and Cheese for dinner then the dreaded 'freshman 15' is inevitable.

Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming.

What do we do? We swim, swim

you have bewitched me, body and soul

I watched this movie yesterday...

and I am now regretting it.

Why do I let myself watch hopelessly romantic chick flicks?

It's not me, I don't even like these kind of movies!

I don't want a man...

nope nope nope.

but then this movie starts to change my mind...
gross

labor day

I love labor day!

I never thought i would say this but i do. It has a whoole new meaning!

Labor day is no longer the day where the family wakes up at 6 a.m. to do yardwork in the 115 degree weather until 1 in the afternoon.

Labor day is no longer the day where I clean the whole house in preparation for a borbeque with another family.

For labor day I slept in, cleaned my dorm room, ate crappy food, and then helped out the grandma out with some things. It was great.

I love college.

I hope Nate is having fun doing all the yard work. I really feel bad for him

And today i already got all my homework done for tomorrow and I have a class in... shoot, half an hour.

Anyway sorry my blog is turning boring. Nothing super exciting is happening!

But that will all change soon.

I hope.

ps, have a beautiful day!

one of my very best friends told me this while i was maybe complaining a little about how I haven't really made any new friends up here!

"Make them feel like they're important and they'll think you're important"

isn't that great?

anyway,

go out, have a wonderful day, and make people feel important!

don't worry, be happy

okay so i know i just posted a super depressing and boring post to read. but good news!

this post will be full of happy.

ready?

I have a friend. No, a new one! 1 down and counting! So i'm off to a good start.

AND i had a great morning!

regardless of the fact that i have to set like 4 different alarms and pray ONE of them works... but one went off this morning... thankfully.

Oh but here is my great morning.

First, I found my KEYS. Ohh yess.

They cost thirty dollars. So I'm glad i decided to wear my green jacket this morning :) they were in the pocket...

Secondly I got out of my 3 hour food fundamentals class a whole hour early! Can I hear a hoo-rah? But I feel like I'm gonna love that class anyway. Love love.

Third, there is a Heritage Halls dance tonight. So i can get my groove on. and get crazy without having to explain why I am going crazy... yeah?

and FOURTHLY it's a 3 day weekend!! And to make it ten times better... I only have to read one chapter for homework. and my tuesday class starts at 1:35. So i get to sleep in 4 mornings in a row.

Can this weekend get any better?

I sure hope it can.

I would love that.

Anyway this is a happy post and I have had a super day.

So far!

Holler.

COLLEGE

this picture pretty much describes my feelings about college thus far.

pretty much I'm just bored. I'm bored of my classes (ALREADY) and i'm bored doing crap loads of homework daily in the library. Seriously.

But most of all I'm bored of not having friends. Don't get me wrong... sometimes I really LOVE walking to classes alone. It's like my think time. But then again sometimes I wish I had friends. I mean I have my roomates and everything... But still. I want to gain new friendships with people. I want to get to know people better than

A) their name (which i forget anyway...)

B) Where they are from and

C) what their major is

and vice versa! Thats all about 6 people here at BYU know about me. Well besides all my Mountain View buddies.

But still. I know I've only been here a week and 4 days but college is not all it's cracked up to be... I miss hearing about nathan palmers life. I miss looking in the fridge and seeing food I'm allowed to eat. Because obviously I'm not supposed to eat my roomates food. So far all I eat is cold cereal. Lots of Cup 'O Noodles. A little Mack and cheese. Animal Crackers. and yeah. Thats about it. Darn. College is boring.

Strait Up.

I need friends.

Alright well how about I don't bore you all with my depressingness any longer.

I have a WONDERFUL life and family and am blessed to get the opportunity to go to college and learn.

There!

I'm happy now :)

But who knew Rice-a-Roni took so long to cook????

oh and ps. I'm making a "Y" in sign language in the picture... I'm trying to be enthusiastic and show school spirit. its the best I can do...