Finals...

I have come to the conclusion that finals are of the devil... At the beginning I always feel like..



and want to just be sick and call the whole thing off. And now that I am in all upper division classes, I am really feeling the heat, but at least I know that I am almost done...after 3 major changes, I finally made up my mind as to what I want to go into. And now I can feel the end near...so after each final is over I feel...


And I remember all the good times and things I learned....and I also remember that school is where a place where I don't have to grow up just yet...

Who really wants to grow up anyways...

All Hallows Eve!

So I guess I have a bit of rebelliousness in my personality, or my other side is coming out...I wanted to be something crazy and do something I haven't done. So I dyed my hair purple and went as a Mischievous Pixie. My roommates went as the Spice Girls minus one because Jordan who was supposed to be sporty spice had something come up at the last minute...so I was pixie spice :) It was way fun...can I just say I LOVE my roommates!



At the Party...Kenny with his wig and me with Dinner...


Ling Ling She has two different Costumes.


Savannah and her Child...Liz and her Pumpkin

Having Fun at the Party...eating Foot...Yummy!


All The SEXY Ladies :) Ling Ling..Liz..Sav..Mel

Me and Ling Ling Messing around the house

Snow....

So I generally don't like posting without some kind of picture, however...today it snowed. And it was FREEZING! But I do have to say that I loved this fall, it lasted a long time, snowing at the end of October instead of the beginning. That was a real treat, because I actually got to enjoy the leaves a lot before they all blew away unlike last year when they fell off straight away. So thank you for not snowing till later in the month. I don't even mind it so much this year because it came later like it is supposed too come. The one thing that does bother me a little bit is all the Christmas in all the Stores, BEFORE Halloween, people are going to get sick of Christmas even before it comes. The music is fine, but all the decorations and stuff....I mean Come on! Speaking of Christmas music, whenever I get to this part of year, I always think of my time with Clayton up in Rockdale, and her Christmas music and it makes me smile.
Anyways, so it snowed and for the most part it did stick to the ground, but now it is all melted, it was kinda fun getting out all my winter cloths and my jackets, scarves, etc. I really enjoy my scarves and the main time I get to wear them is during the winter :) So I guess I am actaully looking forward to this Winter you could say...well sorta say.

Life is full of......homework.

School,School, School, that is all that has been on my mind lately. So much is going on with school. I have never had so much homework! It was nice to go to the mission reunion, and see people there. This picture is some of us that were there.

So my roommates and I decided we needed a little bit of a break. We went to a park and had a dinner there one night when we were all pretty bored, we didn't realize that the park didn't have electricity for the pavilion, so we ate in dark! It was really really fun though.
We also went down to St. George, and went to a new frozen place called Krave and spent the night down there. It was a lot of fun. These pics are from the yogurt place and the BBQ at the park.

Fall is in the air...Well not quite. General Update

Okay. So school has started, I love the Fall and the way the air get's crisp and you get to start wearing fun cloths and feel all collegiate or grown up...Ya...NO. So I get all moved into my house and meet everyone and get settled in. The weather is like MAY, it is so dang hot. I am still wearing sandals and trying to stay cool. Don't get me wrong, I love summer, but there is a time for it and during school is not one of those times. In other news, I am so excited because after three major/minor changes in school, I am now seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, and, I will finally walk out with my bachelor's degree. My classes this year are pretty good, I have to take a few gens that I didn't at the beginning(I avoided them) and for the most part just communication classes. I love this field, there are so many different options things to learn. I am loving my roommates, every year it seems that I get really good roommates. I do miss the ones from last year though, they were so much fun and had so many different things going on. I am still working but just for a few hours a week so that I don't have to drive back and forth everyday:) It is a lot of fun to be able to work with such awesome people. Mom and Alisa are getting along without me...(hard I know). And Chase is doing really well over in Amsterdam, Netherlands, he now has just a little over 6 months leftish. It is kinda odd starting school without him again, I look forward to when he gets back, then I can pick his brain for my math class I have to take :) Life is good, and hopefully fall will come soon and stay for a long time.

Salem, Boston, Cap Cod, Natucket, Martha's VIneyard.and Providence.

Nothing says summer like a vacation back east, New England to be exact. Last year we went to upper state New York and this year...New England areas. The one thing that amazes me about the east is all the trees and how the highways are surrounded by thick thick green lush, it is so beautiful. I also was amazed by the beaches, many of you may have seen paintings of beaches in the upper East, with the little white picket fence that is half falling over...yes it truly does exist. There were so many wonderful things to see. We were able to go to Plymouth and I found out that my cousin Priscilla is named after an ancestor of ours who actually sailed on the mayflower Priscilla Mullins. It was pretty exciting to know that I have such a neat heritage. The Cape was so beautiful and Nantucket was very relaxing. While there we ate lobster by the sea, oh it was SO delicious! One of the great things about traveling is studying up on the places, and then going there and being like, "oh this person really walked here, or this was so and so's house. I was in awe the whole time we were in Paul Revere's home. Another Highlight was walking the Grounds of Brown University in Rhode island and Harvard University in Cambridge. What a spirit of intelligence that runs on those grounds. I heard from a friend who put it this way, "You feel like your IQ raises by ten points just being on the grounds." Boston is Beautiful, but a Tricky city to navigate...Time to buy a GPS unit. Here are some pics to enjoy!

Busy Busy!!!

So no pictures this post, and I feel bad that I didn't gotten any up from Paris, my camera broke... :( but I will get some up, I just don't know when... Anyways, Things are going so good with me :) I am down here in St. George, learning of new places to hike, I joined a hiking club, and I am taking a swim class (yes I do know how to swim)...I am learning new techniques and fun things like that. My singles branch is awesome, there are some AMAZING people that I am meeting, they are all so much fun, that is where I found out about the hiking club, and the swim class. There are lots of cool places to hike around here. I also have an AMAZING job. It is a clothing store, Eccoci, they are based out of New York with European influence, and when we reach our sales goals, we get free cloths! I have gotten some GREAT stuff! My managers and the other associates are all pretty cool, and I am having fun with my hours! It has been crazy seeing a lot of my friends and some family members get married, it has been fun going to those, and I am very sad about the ones I missed. One thing that is crazy too, is that my brother, Chase is now on the down hill of his mission, he will be coming home in less than 9 months! He is such an amazing brother and it is fun to see how he is growing up. Anyways, I am planning a trip back east to see some more of the Amazing parts of America, so that will be forth coming. I hope that everyone has an AWESOME 4th of July. I love this Country, I love this Land I love my FREEDOM that I enjoy! YEAH AMERICA!!!

Catching up!

Wow! Time sure can slip by! These past weeks have been way fun, first I went down to California, visited old friends, went to Laguna Beach visited our old beach grounds, then made our way down to San Diego. The temple down there holds a special place in my heart. When I was 8/9, our stake was so excited to be in the New San Diego temple district. It was my very first open house/dedication I had gone to, and I still remember thinking this is where princesses go to get married. I love the San Diego temple! We also went shopping in Sea port Village, a great get way I remember from growing up as a kid.






Then Mothers Day came around, It was so AWESOME to speak with my Brother! His mission is one of the strictest, he could only talk for 30 minutes. But I loved being able to talk with him and hear about his accomplishments, it reminded me of when I was on my mission, and how much I cherish that time serving!


Last, my friend Janet has a friend who plays for the Cincinnati Reds, and his team was in Phoenix playing the diamond backs, she didn't want to go alone, so I went with her, It was so much fun, we saw down town Phoenix, ate lunch by the field one day, and at a place called Alice Cooper's which I highly recommend it was SO good!!! We got to see two games, and then it was time to come home! I love the warm weather and the Sun, I always feel SO alive!!!

Memorial Weekend

So Memorial weekend was CRAZY FUN, it started out that My Mom and I were supposed to go to San Antonio, I had somehow gone blonde and didn't realize the Memorial Day was a week early or that the 26 was Memorial Day, I thought it was the next weekend, so a while ago like more than a month, I plan the trip. We are in Denver waiting for our flight and waiting and our flight gets canceled because of the tornado weather...Then the all the flights thereafter are booked! Totally Blonde! I didn't realize that the Spurs were playing the Lakers, I thought the game was in LA. So we flew to LA went out to Dinner came home. My Grandma wanted to go to her childhood hometown, so we decided to go there. We got up this morning to rain, we are in Enterprise and it is raining sleet, I'm like we are not going to make it, however, we continued on and when we got to Pioche it was partly cloudy and really pretty but kinda cold, glad I brought my jacket! So we spent a beautiful day in Pioche looking at the old history of the town and I really learned a lot! I learned that my Grandma was Miss Panaca, that she was a telephone operator for a short period of time. I learned about the Chineese who were forced to work on the railroad and the conditions they lived in. We also went to see Unlce Bill and Aunt Mary, they are angels and the nicest people I have ever met in my life. I love my Grandma so much, she is a wonderful example to me! Her life has not been easy, but she has always done the best she can. It was a good day to learn more about my family history.