I like things and I don't like things

 Things I like:
1. My floral design class. It's the greatest ever.
2. My grandparents. They bring me food. Oh boy do they know the key to my heart.
3. Golden Oreos
4. Missionaries
5. Mothers
6. 100% on anatomy quizzes
7. Nail polish
8. Temples
9. Mail
10. Late night Sonic runs with my girls

Things I don't like:
1. When people smack their gum
2. When it's only September and Utah produces snow :(
3. Meat that goes bad
4. Pants that are too tight
5. Not enough sleep
6. When BYU doesn't win our football/soccer games
7. Homework
8. The cold
9. The cold 
10. The cold

But things I do like always outweigh the things I don't like. So it's good ya know?
Let's all take a deep breath, study our hearts out, party like wild animals, and maybe fall in love this weekend. (even if you fall in love with food. cause that's my personal fav.)

Blue

This weekend consisted of:
-football
-9 hour lines
-waffle luv
-snow cones
-best friends
-church
-sunshine
-boys and food
-cookies
-homework
It was a good one.
BYU is still my favorite football team.
Let's hope we all survive this next week of school.

Craziness

These past two weeks have been happy/sad/stressful/the best/the worst......just down right emotional.
I don't even want to say how many times I've called my mom in tears, but it's ok, that's what moms are for :)
With school starting it's been good/hard to get back into a routine and its been even harder for my soul to accept all this homework I have to do. But I do like all my classes, and even though we have to memorize an unnecessary amount of stuff in Anatomy, I love it! I love that class so much. And my religion classes are the best and I am so looking forward to them.
That first week of school was a challenge because I got really sick and just didn't want to do anything.
Also these past weeks have been the hardest because Stacey left on her mission on Wednesday.
She became one of my best friends and it was hard to send her off. And with  her leaving it made me miss my sister and Whit and Rach so so much. But it's good, cause in a little more than a year they will be back in my arms, and I couldn't be more excited about it.
I've also just been having a hard time trying to make some decisions that will be best for me, but a single phone call from Bishop S cleared that all up!
And don't get me wrong, as extremely difficult as this past week has been it has also been a great one.
My mom sent me cookie butter and just talks to me all the time, which I need and love.
I got to hang out with Stacey for 3 days before she went into the MTC and they were the best three days.
We had a ward reunion. 53rd forever!
I got a letter from my WHIT!
I hung out with Brooklyn, Emily, Shanoah, and Syd a ton......And I LOVE these girls to death, they are going to make my life better while we wait for our missionaries to come home.
I went to the temple.
I went to the BYU vs. UofU womens soccer game and we won! (and we stormed the field...life changing)
My dad called me to ask about my week and had me drive by this house he wants to buy up here!
I got to visit Katreena (she lives in my old dorm) and it was so good to see her and to see how cute she decorated. She's the best, and I am so glad she is up here with me!
Annnnnd now I will stop, and here are some pictures for your enjoyment:

 ^We celebrated the other night by getting shakes and fries because Brooklyn turned the big 20, and Hailey got her mission call to Rochester, New York!!^

 ^Did I forget to mention that I went to the Provo farmers market, and it was the cutest thing that I have ever been to. AND I got to try macaroons for the first time and they were divine.^

 
 ^My Stace girl and I at the ward reunion.^

 ^All of my favorite people at the ward reunion. Aren't these kids just the cutest?^

^Saying goodbye to this cutest girl over a healthy meal of Kneeders French Toast. She is going to do amazing things, and I am so proud to call her one of my best friends.^

The Lone Star State

My week back in Texas was the best ever. There is just something about that state that is so radical. Everyone should get a chance to visit Texas!

Well my week pretty much consisted of hanging out with my mom, making crafts, talking with my sisters, eating at all my favorite places, swimming, and just all that good stuff that comes along with being at home. I love being home. I miss Texas a lot sometimes. It's just such a sweet place to be you know? But thanks for treating me well Texas, till December, you wonderful state you.

^I tried to swim as much as possible, cause I miss my good old pool!!^

^What-A-Burger. Iconic Texas restaurant right here. Their chicken and gravy makes my life a little better.^

^My sisters and I found our old super hero capes. I love my sisters :) They are the best. And we went to see the One Direction movie together. SO GOOD. Our lives are forever changed for the better ;)^

^Meet Katherine. She is my dearest friend from back at home. I adore this woman to pieces. Best friends forever and ever!^

 

And a happy Labor Day to all. School starts tomorrow!! AHHH!

Never Fear Brooklyn Is Here!

^If you understand my title reference, you can be my best friend.^
BUT, lets get down to the important business. So I moved out of Belmont last Friday and I go home this Saturday, and so Brooklyn and I have hanging out as much as possible cause soon I will live somewhere new :( Thank goodness we have two classes together...
So lately we have done the following in no particular order:
1. put together Stacy's bday package. We had so much fun getting everything! (love ya forever Stace)
2. we got free waffles at the waffle truck. Heaven I tell ya.
3. we went to Mongo Stir Fry on our rommie date. SO GOOD.
4. we went on a little trip to Utah Lake which was very successful.
5. we watched tons of wedding videos and then we were just in that mood so we watched You've Got Mail and ate our hearts our in popcorn.
6. we visited Bish. S for his birthday and gave him cake. (he wasn't actually there, but we had a nice long chat with his wife and girls.) You rock Bish.S
7. and then we pretty much do whatever we want, whenever we want.
I'm gonna miss you Brooklyn. You are like the cookie cutter perfect roommate, and oh am I GONNA MISS YOU!
But it's all good, cause we will kill it in anatomy together. And we will celebrate your birthday like wild kids. And it will be great, it really will. But thanks for making my summer so stellar. You rock. Love you!

 ^FREE WAFLLES< IM IN LOVE!!!^

^Our lake day. This girl is amazing. WIFE THIS BOYS!^

This is my place.

Sometimes I wish that I was a beach girl. I wish I new how to surf and that I could spend every moment I could in the ocean. But I then I think maybe not. I'm just a mountain girl, and it's as simple as that. I mean don't get me wrong ocean=love, but the mountains are where my mind works the best. And these Utah mountains....gosh they are something to die for! Provo is kinda like the bomb.com. This place just has so many deep meaning to it now. Like those mountains for instance. Those mountains have some pretty awesome stories (trail running, hiking, the canyon, the list goes on!). And those mountains are where I go when I need to think and when I miss my friends. They make me happy. Then we have the temple and heritage halls, and BYU campus. The temple is seriously my favorite place in the whole world. How incredibley fortunate I am to be able to do work there every week. I cannot express enough how going there so often has completely changed my life and myself. I love Utah, for this reason. Then we have BYU and HH. Like really? How was I so lucky to get into this school and be in that darn 53rd ward freshman year? I sure needed it after my Senior year, and I do not go a day without noticing what a blessing it is in my life. BYU is the best school out there. Let's leave it at that. And Heritage Halls is where I met my of best friends in the whole wide world, and oh how I needed to meet these people. I met THE most incredible people up here in Utah, and I can't wait for us to grow olllld together. It's going to be a little bit too much fun. (Whit and Rach, get home from your missions already!) So there is my long shpeel on why Utah is my favorite in the history of ever. In one short year it has made the biggest impact on my life, and I love it. Provo is my place ya know? I just fit in here, and I feel the happiest here. So thank goodness I get to live here during this exciting time in my life, cause I can't imagine being anywhere else.

I like summer.

I do believe I never told the story about how my best friend forever a.k.a THE Whitney Minnick gave me the best phone call of my life. Well she did alright! It was the night she was flying out from Utah to Guatemala. I answered the phone and just about had a heart attack. I could hear her voice! It was real life! And it was the best phone call probably in the history of phone calls. I love you Whitters, Guat looks good on you! Thanks for calling your mom, to call bish, to get my number that you lost even though I gave it to you like 20 times. You are a real keeper!

 Well I guess lets all look at this picture of these sunflowers. Don't they just make you smile? Every morning on my run, I look at all of houses in Provo and pick out my favorites, and this one, yea it got a special award.

And ok, seriously. Summer is terrific and all, but I am hitting my point where I want to go home and make some crafts and eat some What-a-B. I do love Provo, but I love Provo even more when I have all my friends here. Seriously, where did you all go? The amount of times I go to Café Rio, and 7 peaks all by myself is starting to become pretty pitiful. I mean I love alone time, but I think that when you get to the stage where you do everything by yourself and you even have to have conversations with yourself to stay sane, you need some other humans in your life. So other humans, I am counting down the days until you get here! Like literally. You think I am kidding, but I have a count down! And in all this spare time, I read a whole lot and drink my nightly hot chocolate, and then I feel pretty good about my day.

Oh and Chey got married last week! First of all, she is the cutest cousin on planet earth, and I could not be more happy for her and Logan. And Second of all, Niki is my girl, and one day we WILL be endowed like the rest of the fam, and we WILL get to enjoy ALL the wedding festivities. But thanks for keeping me company, you rock.
Well Summer, you are grand. You really are my favorite. But I do believe I'm getting the itch to go back to Texas, and I am so ready to start class again. So let's get a move on while this motivation is at it's peak!
*16 days until I move out of this place and into a new place, and MY FRIENDS ARE HERE!
*18 days until I get to grace Texas with my presence.
THE END