here goes nothing..

After weeks and weeks of desiring to start writing on my blog consistently I am actually going to begin.. I have been waiting until I had some awesomely catching interesting post to write about with cute pictures and things but I have come up short and have thus been pushing back this goal of mine for far too long.. until now.

So here is what has been on my mind as of late:

..School this semester is different, I can't get myself to do any of my homework! Of course I am still me and make sure that everything is at least turned in but I am failing at staying ahead of the game as I would like to be.

..I have my own room again!!! I am stoked beyond belief though to be honest I have gotten used to the whole living with no one I am close with, the girls in my house are awesome just not the same as my flamingos.

..I love my friends and boy have I been blessed with some amazing people to support me! my bestie and I reminisced this weekend about all of the wonderful memories of the past and it was great but it also made me excited for whatever is next in my life.. after this little rut thats been happening.

..I am getting really excited to start the process of getting ready to serve an LDS mission. I will admit I doubt myself sometimes and get sad that I will leave so soon after my best friends return but it's just too good of an opportunity to pass up. I have been attending this fabulous mission prep institute class and have learned so much in such a short time! We have practice opportunities where we have to just wing it, teach by the spirit to our "companions" of the day and it is nerve racking but exhilarating because I LOVE IT! I LOVE THE GOSPEL!!! how everything makes sense and gives so much hope.. I can't wait to bring the joy and happiness of the gospel to the people I will serve!!

..Everytime I attend my institute class my love of cute boy missionaries grows.. they never cease to make me smile with their enthusiasm and just knowing that they share the same love of the gospel that I do

..I have a recently discovered love of pretzel m&ms.. I may or may not have almost made it through an entire bag by myself tonight

..I love the blogging world, I have multiple sites I check daily because they are so inspiring, crafty, and interesting! I hope to be able to be successful at this as well..

..I have an AMAZING family.. truly! I can spend hours upon hours with them and I love them for that.. weekend nights in are just as fun than when I spend them out with friends.. I am so blessed

..I love my major, my classes are so interesting. I am so excited to graduate and be able to work with kids everyday for the rest of my life!

..I am the official mascot of the worst dater club.. it's as simple as that

..Life is good, challenging but completely worth it right now!

and that is all I have..

until next time when I will maybe have something a little more interesting!

and so it begins..

As mentioned in the last post, summer has ended and school time is officially here, bringing with her all of her wonderful papers and stressful moments. Though it can be annoying I have fallen in love with school again this year. For the first time in my college years I am finally starting to realize I am preparing for a career. My classes are not useless easy A classes anymore, they require work, lots of it at that!

I am truly grateful for the way life is going at the moment though it has been far from simple, rather more complex, confusing, and congested.. I have grown up. I have grown into the lord and my role on this earth. I have grown as a daughter, sister, friend, calling holder, student, photographer.. the list could go on.

I am grateful for what is to come next.

What really is beginning though, is the SURGE of weddings taking place in my favorite people's lives. All of my closest girls are running off with their eternal companions while I sit and plan all of my travels i hope to accomplish like my trip to greece after i graduate. I will admit there are times i feel odd, sometimes abnormal for not jumping on the marriage band wagon but then i remember the rest of the country on average doesn't get married for another 4 years of life and thusly i assure myself i have ample time. I am so grateful for my lovely friends miss cato and jami jim for helping my sanity and not jumping on the band wagon as well, they stay single with me :) Though wedding bells are no where in my near future i am truly so happy and excited for all of my dear friends, words can not even describe!! They have found some of the best guys and I absolutely love seeing them so happy! My biggest congrats to already married shantelle, the engageds carny, michelle, laura, amber, carly, and soon to be ashley and whitney.. happy eternity!

like a whirlwind and it is gone..

this summer was meant to be epic.

i had every intention to make it the best yet full of late nights, pictures everyday, an awesome tan, road trips, lots of new friends, many concerts, music videos.. etc. but just as all stories seem to go.. life surprised me once again with a different plan.

This summer instead has been an awakening, 50 hour work weeks, family bonding jumble of time that has gone all too fast, and now we are here on the eve of august more commonly known as the last month of summer bliss and the truth is the i have not set foot at a pool this summer! I would have cried knowing that at the beginning but honestly i would not give up the past three months for anything! Life is funny that way, though they have been everything short of what i thought they would be I have learned so so much about myself and my life and what i really really want. I have had fun times to of course and have gotten some sun but in different ways..

a successful summer?? i think so.

but that does not change the fact that it is almost over.

life will likely get even more busy in these next coming months but i say bring on the highlighters and books and binders of a new semester, i am so excited for it, which is exactly what makes me a nerd, and am i okay with it??

absolutely.

100%

life is..

simple.

remarkable.

demanding.

enjoyable.

laugh worthy.

lovable.

delightful.

hard.

confusing.

entertaining.

unexpected.

worth it.

amazing.

it is all in the eyes of the beholder.

i choose to see my life in pictures.

and thus

this is MY life........

experiences worth sharing

i'm in love..

with being happy!

this week ended just as good as it had begun. There was an awesomely funny and highly awkward double blind date with Carni to see the Restoration on Wednesday. Thursday there was a dance party up on campus that i went to with carni and the boys and honestly had the funnest time time dancing in i don't know how long! i completely let loose i even threw out my neck at one point haha. Friday i came down to sandy to go to jake's cabin with everyone and though my neck hurt the entire time which was a bummer but it was a blast! Relaxing, movies, sting pong, lots and lots of food, uno, food challenges, belting music.. FUN!

i absolutely love my friends! being up in logan fits me so well but i love coming home and being with my girls. Sadly though all of this fun i did fail at the taking more pictures hope which is a real bummer but it was still a fun weekend regardless if it was caught on an SD card.

There have been lots of smiles this week and i am thinking they will only continue to come this year!

and another semester..

school has officially started again!

Monday was an interesting day.. starting off with waffles, ditzy moments, and a car ride to class with my roommates made the 8:30 first class completely worth while. My classes seem that they will be interesting and fairly easy. I came home and went to the gym which made me happy because i am actually accomplishing my goals for this year! I got to see amber again finally at the game and then had a little kid moment with kade making our own play dough. It was one of the funnest things, i miss being a little kid sometimes. After our play dough fun we had this amazing discussion about our religion. I realized things i never knew i believed in! So to say the least it was a pretty great day!

Today has gone well also, tuesdays and thursdays are officially my two hard classes days and for the first time i feel i will be doing a lot of homework this semester. Which is a bummer but weirdly i am excited to feel like a real college student. :) Later tonight i get to go to my institute class with michelle and start on all of that homework.. we will see how long this nerdy enthusiasm lasts!

This year has definitely started out right!

a long time coming..

i finally scrapbooked my graduation!

as a gift my dad had gotten me a large scrapbook, cute jordan papers, and a smaller photo album. With the creative desire i had last night i was going through my old art and stuff and stumbled upon all of my pictures and this album that hadn't been touched. So i filled the small photo album last night and this morning after making waffle wednesdays for my dad and sis i scrapbooked all the rest of my pictures.

It turned out pretty well if I do say so myself.

I think this new more creative me is going to work out very well!