Date with Billy and Birthdays!

I love coming home from college! You get home cooked food, family time, and relaxing moments at home. This weekend was Labor Day and there was lots to do this weekend.

Friday: I came home pretty early. I got to the house at about 2:30ish. I was so happy to just relax for a little bit and not have to worry about school. Mom came home early from work as well. Mom and I went into Salt Lake to do a little shopping for different reasons. Dad's birthday was this weekend so we went shopping for him. I had to get fabric for my sewing class because I'm doing 4 projects this semester. My first 2 projects are a quilt and a purse so mom and I went fabric shopping as well which was perfectly fine with mom. :) I ended up getting 4 charm packs of really fun colored fabrics. I am super stoked to show the class how to make the "Disappearing 9 Patch" quilt! That's basically all we did on Friday. We came home and I went straight to bed because Saturday was going to be a busy day.
Saturday: I woke up and got all ready for a trip up to Logan for 2 reasons. 1. My awesome cousin Whitney set me up on a date with this return missionary named Billy. Him and I had been talking this last week and I think I got more nervous the closer we got to Logan. 2. There are 4 birthdays in september with my family so we all decided to celebrate it all at once.
On with the date! I met Billy at his house and he had told me this previous week that he had a baby grand piano in his front room. I melted when he told me this! I had to play it! I was a bit nervous playing in front of him because I've only played the piano for 2 years. He was really patient with me and was amazed at how much I can play. We then went to a place called Angie's where we had lunch. It was pretty crowded but we were fine with waiting. After lunch, we went Mini Golfing. It was so much fun! He thought he was all cool because he brought his own golf club. We played 2 games and the first time I won and the second time he won. The first time I got a hole in one which made me very happy. Billy had a few close calls but never got a hole in one. We both had a lot of fun in the end. We went to go get some Aggie Ice Cream after mini golf. I got Aggie Blue Mint and Billy got Raspberries n' Cream. We ended up at this amazing park. It was in a rich part of Logan but we had our ice cream on this hill where it over looked the entire valley. It was BEAUTIFUL! We just both sat there for a few minutes just looking at the valley. We then got talking about a few things which was really nice. :) When we checked the time, we'd been on the date for a good 5 or 6 hours. It didn't feel like that long. We met my family at the Logan Zoo and walked around looking at all the different animals. Billy got to meet my family before the date was over. I had such a blast with him! Him and I are going on a 2nd date sometime soon, just don't know when. :D
To celebrate the birthdays, we went to Angie's (2nd time that day for me) for dinner. I wasn't hungry because of lunch just a few hours before. We love getting together and talking about different things that are happening in one anothers lives. Afterwards, we went to Vanessa and Danny's apartment where we had cake and ice cream. The kids got cards for their birthday and dad got ReAl tickets to a game in October. Everyone was happy. Mom, Dad and I left after cake and ice cream. We got to about Layton when we got a flat tire. We didn't have a flash light so we ended up using my cell phone (this was at around 9:30 at night) It was pretty scary seeing and hearing cars going past us at 70 mph but one car stopped and offered to help us. We were just about done when they had stopped so we told them that we were fine. :) It's nice to know that there are still good Samaritans out there in the world.

Sunday: I love Sundays. It's so nice to go to church then come home and just relax. We had Dad's favorite meal which was Sweet and Sour Meatballs. (also one of my favorites) Afterwards, I took a nap. It was GLORIOUS! I realized that the only time I can take a nap on a Sunday is if I'm home because my church down here at Snow is from 1-4pm. By the time I'm home and done eating it's almost 5:30 or 6. Then there are meetings that I'd need to go to since I'm RS Pres and all.

Monday: I slept in! I love sleeping in when I don't have to worry about anything in the mornings. I slowly but surely packed to come back to Snow. I also just spent time with my mom and dad. :) It was good to just spend time with them and not have to worry about things. I left for Snow with my friend Taylor. I realized that I like driving with someone then by myself. When I'm by myself, anything could happen like falling asleep or something but when I'm with someone it makes time go by faster and I'm more alert. I missed Snow though so it's good to be back for a little while. :)

Paint Fight and New Calling!

This is Kaitlyn, Me and Victoria at the game!

Yesterday, I woke up at 10:30 to the fire alarm going off. My roommate Lala made french toast for us and forgot to turn on the fan above the stove. I went to the rescue and helped her out. Seems like I'm doing that a lot with Lala. It was good french toast and it was nice of her to make it for us.

After breakfast, we then went to the practice field where Snow was having a paint fight. Everyone dove into it and had a blast. My roommate Kaitlyn has a legit camera and she wanted pictures of the whole thing so she gave it to me to take as many pictures as I wanted. I ended up taking over 400 pictures of the paint fight, and the football game that we went to right after all the paint throwing. They also had a slip-n-slide where the people that had paint could go on. It was an awesome game because we slaughtered the other team 80-6. GO BADGERS!

I went to church today to see my new ward. I was very nervous but I knew what was coming during sacrament meeting. I got sustained as Relief Society President of my ward. Yippie! I'm so excited but so nervous about it. We had the relief society and priesthood split just for a few minutes and so I got to see how many girls I am going to meet this year and there are A LOT! Like 80% of my ward is girls. 20% are boys but out of the boys like 5% are Returned Missionaries. It's going to be an interesting year but I'm so excited! Tomorrow is meet your bishop night combined with an ice cream social and a dance. This should be fun. :)

My Roommates.

It's almost been a week since I moved down here and I've had many opportunities to get to know my roommates a little bit more. I know Victoria and Kaitlyn but I don't really know Bianca and Lala very much. So, this week consisted of lots of questions towards them.

Bianca: She is awesome! She is really chill but really fun to be around. We went to girls camp together and school together but I never really talked to her at all. She lives in Stansbury which is only 5 minutes away from Lake Point. She has really good taste in music. She likes everything! She has introduced me to a few bands that I've never heard that I love now!

Lala: She is the same age as me but just took a year off before starting college. She's a very sweet girl and she can be very innocent and some times. I can tell that she is really close to her family. She's very talkative so if you start talking to her, she'll go on for a while. She likes making lists of things she needs to get done either this week, this month, this semester or this year. She's got it all figured out. She is not afraid to state her opinion on things....which can be a good thing or a bad thing.

My roommates have been awesome this first week. I think we're going to have a fun year as roommates. Some of my roommates are doing this show about Lala because she is so funny when she states her opinions on things. I love it! We are going to be on YouTube and also on my roommates blog which I will have as one of my friends blogs on here. She is very knowledgeable but inexperienced...if that makes sense. But Lala is HILARIOUS! I'm pretty sure that more will come on my blog about my roommates more than school. Pictures to come!

Back to E-town!

I'm finally back to Snow College for my sophomore year of college. I am so excited for this year but it's going to be so busy for me! I moved in yesterday along with meeting my roommates and getting to know them a little bit better. I also want to get to know the girls in the dorm better as well. I am going to be involved in their lives pretty soon with church stuff so I want to get to know them as soon as I can.

My roommates this year are Victoria, Kaitlyn, Bianca, and Lalaina. Bianca and Lalaina are freshman this year and so Victoria, Kaitlyn and I will be helping them out a lot this year. I am blessed once again to have all my roommates be members of the church. It'll sure help me a lot this year. I am taking 16 credits this year. The classes I'm taking are Geography, Math 1050, Diverse Populations, Radio, Aerobics and Sewing (Mom, Aunt Kaye's and Grandma's favorite of mine). I can tell that I am going to have some fun times this year whether it be with my fun classes or with my roommates or friends.

Today was Alaina's farewell. OH MY GOSH! She is going to be such an awesome missionary! I am so proud of her for making the choice to serve a mission. She will be blessed and she will bless the people of the Philippines through the sharing the gospel with them. I'm going to miss her but she will be in the Lord's hands while she's away from her family and friends.

Root Canal

So about a week ago I got a root canal done on my tooth plus getting 2 cavities filled. I've had a root canal before but it was an awful experience with lots of pain involved. So while I was getting a check up done before the root canal I told the lady that I was very nervous because of the last root canal and she said "We can put you on Nitrus if you would like." and I immediately said yes! They put this nose tube over my nose and she just told me to breathe through my nose and out through my mouth which I did the entire time. The dentist was really nice about making sure I wasn't feeling any pain.

During the surgery I become very tired and sleepy because of the laughing gas I was on. About every 10 to 20 minutes the dentist would ask me if I was doing okay with the gas and what he was doing which I was fine with the whole time. I told my mom afterwards what the dentist and assistant were talking about during the process and I honestly don't think she believes me. haha They talked about flirting, plumbing and I swear the assistant said "monkey face"! The whole process went really well which made me happy. Mom was there the whole time cause she was worried that something would happen. After getting taken off the laughing gas I became very dizzy which is normal and so I had to hold on to my mom for a while before feeling better and seeing straight. It was a very fun experience for me because it's probably the best I've ever felt in a while when it comes to drugs. haha

So I only have a week left of summer before I move back down to school. I'm very excited about it but at the same time don't want to leave home. I love having my parents buy the groceries and not having to pay rent or anything. but I am excited to live on my own again and meet new people. It will be weird not seeing Sheri, Alaina, Ryan Makaiwi, Brad, Daniel, Nick and Chris around but I'm very excited to make new friends and have new adventures come my way.

The Things I've Learned This Summer

I've learned so much this summer. Time has flown by that I feel like I need a little more summer to get everything done.

Here are some things that I've learned this summer.

Gaining a Brother-in-law: I had the new experience of having one of my siblings to get married. It was a little bit weird at first but Danny is like a brother to me now. He is such an awesome guy who loves life and likes making the most of it. I am so happy for Vanessa and Danny for getting married in the temple. I love having a brother-in-law and I hope that I will get a sister-in-law sometime soon.

Crocheting: Mom told me before the summer started that she was going to teach me how to crochet. At first I wasn't very excited to learn it but it's actually quite fun. My first project with crocheting was a pot holder. We found some soft yarn and I got the pot holder finished within a week or so. My next project was an Afghan. I was very excited about it because I could use it down at Snow during the winter cause it gets really cold down there. I had the colors match my quilt that I made last year. I got the whole afghan done in a month and a half. I don't know what my next project will be but I'm thinking a sweater or something. If you have any ideas, let me know.

McDonald's: I was jobless for about a month and a half before McDonald's hired me. I think a big thank you goes to Vanessa for previously working there and being a good worker there. It's been tough working there but I am very happy and very blessed to have a job for a while til I go back to Snow. There are some interesting people that you meet while working there but I try my best at the job and I try to get along with everyone.

Quiet Time: Being home with my parents has given me more time to myself. I have had some struggles with some things that have been on my mind the last year and by having some quiet time to myself, I've had the peace that I've been wanting for a long time. I've become closer to my Heavenly Father and to the Holy Ghost because I've just taken time out of my day to just listen and have one-on-one with Heavenly Father.

Missionaries: As most of you know, my Aunt Gayle and Uncle Scott came home from their 2nd couples mission in Kenya. It was so good to see them again and I am lucky that they will only be half an hour away from Snow. Also we have Elder Garner coming home this week. For me, time has flown by when it comes to Eric's mission. I'm so excited to get to see him and talk to him (probably next summer). While I was at Snow, I met a lot of amazing guys. A lot of them are going or are already on their missions. I am so proud of all my guy friends and some girl friends for making that choice to go on a mission. One that I'm very proud of is my roommate Alaina. She is such an amazing friend to me. She has an awesome testimony of the church and I'm so excited for her as she'll be serving the people of The Philippines. I have been thinking about serving a mission but I am going to worry about it after I graduate from Snow.

These are some of the things that I've learned or have watched happen this summer. It was a really good summer. It's gone by so fast and I hope next summer I will experience more than I had this summer. If you are reading this, maybe you could do the same on your blog by sharing with your friends and family the things you have done or learned this summer.

One more month!

It's less than a month until I am back down to good ol' E-town. I am so excited to be going back! I miss my friends and it'll be so fun to meet new people. I am getting two new roommates this year. I think their names are Hayley and Holly. They aren't twins but I know they are freshman. I am so excited to meet them and to become good friends with them.

I am also getting roommates who lived just across or down the hall from me. Kaitlyn Waters is going to be my room roommate this year! I am so excited! She is such an awesome friend and I can't wait to spend the next year making memories with her!

Victoria Tuakimoana! She is going to be one of my roommates. She is the most awesome girl ever! I love her so much. She will make the apartment laugh so hard this year. I can tell already it'll be a good year!

I also get to see all my other friends that are down there or are going to be down there including my former roommates Zenobia and Melanie. :) I love them both so much and they made me a better person just by being my roommate for a semester each.

I will also have the awesome joy of being close to family. My Aunt Gayle and Uncle Scott just got home from their mission in Kenya. They live in Fairview which isn't too far away from E-town. It'll be nice to get to see them more often and to have them meet my friends and roommates.

I am taking some awesome classes this fall. One of them will be in the new library which is very exciting since it opens in August sometime. I will also be on the radio this fall. My former home teachers Nick and Chris were on the radio last year during spring semester which was a lot of fun. They made us laugh so hard and we had good memories with them!

Can't wait to move down there!