summer full of friends!

I cannot believe how fast this semester has actually gone. so much has happened, so much fun, and a lot of work. everything from balancing a job and school, having an awesome social life that included dance parties, many lake trips, caves, snowcones, a sweet trip to boise, an amazing family reunion, 4th of july with my family and friends, and just an over all summer. i have been so blessed to have the friends that i have, for the memories i have gained and the friendships that will last forever. spring term has truly been a great experience. i have learned a lot about myself and now it is time to change and put into action anything that will help me become a better me. i am so blessed for everything that has occurred this summer. Between my social problems , school problems and finacial problems, i am truly starting to see that growing up is hard, but essential in order to move forward in life. I love my life more than anything else, i love my faith and i love what it has done for me. BYU Idaho is amazing, and i dont care what anyone says about it. it has been and will continue to be exactly what i need in my life. Spring term 2011....thanks for being awesome! :)

enjoy some pics from the last couple of weeks!

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Life Lately...its been good.

its been a while

well, its been about a month. i havent blogged in forever. ive been on FB, twitter, and my newest fav site, hootsuite.com. its just a social media organizer of sorts. check it out. alot has happened. school started. its hectic. i honestly feel more stressed how then i ever have been. i have 7 45 class am everyday, i work 15 to 20 hours a week, and still maintaining a social life, but i feel like i need to strap down and focus more on school. i am enjoying my classes, but i feeel real overwhelmed. its frustrating, but life goes on. i just need to work hard, pause the social life and get things in order. i have decided to stay for our summer break here in idaho, so that i can work and save up money. it will be pretty nice to just work and not worry about school. i work for the school grounds and landscape crew. i really like it alot. my boss is awesome and my crew rocks too. its just plain fun and it relieves stress.
i have made alot of new friends so far too, i am really enjoying it. of course there is the pressure of dating, never ending if you ask me. no one yet. maybe oneday. i have met alot of cool girls, but its like where do you draw the line of being friends or more than friends? if you get interested and it doesnt work it can make your friendship weird. but at the same time, if you think that way, you miss out on finally dating someone. as of right now its a confusing time. no doubt, it will pan itself out. cannt wait. haha

i feel like im treading water, that im ready to explode, and need a break. thank goodness for memorial day. this sure is a nice way to vent, all in all, life is good. i really am blessed. I am so fortunate to be attending BYU idaho, and to have the good morals and beliefs all around me. So no, i am not asking for pity, i am truly grateful for my blessings. its just one of those speedbumps in life, and i am ready to go over it.

life is good.

My Mormon.org Profile.

http://mormon.org/me/3XB7/ either click the link or pinkandwhite box on the right side of my page to view. its worth viewing :)

Strawberry Cake

So there is this little place called NoNo's Cafe. I am not a huge fan of their food, but dang do they make the best strawberry cake ever. i mean ever. well mom, being the amazing person she is, somehow found a recipe that matches up to this cake. and now we can enjoy more amazing cake, for less money. seriously if i could let you have some of this, i would. its amazing.

Unfading Memories: the Mission

So at work i file paperwork. from 3 30 in the afternoon to midnight, monday through friday. pretty boring, but a job none the less. well we get to listen to music which is really nice. im sure ive listened to almost all of the music on my Zune. I also listen to the Book of Mormon for the first two hours of each work day. Its real nice. And sometimes, I will listen to movies, or The Office episodes while i work. well today, i decided to listen to a movie i didnt realize was on my zune, it was the church movie, "the best two years" ( about missionaries, ect) So i gave it a listen, and even though it was fictional, and this sounds silly, but it flooded my mind with numberless memories from my mission. The good times, the bad times, the busy times, the slow times, the happy, the sad, and overall the reason why i went.

Listening to this movie helped me to once again take a step back and truly be grateful for my opportunity i had to serve the Lord for two years. Missionaries has been a theme lately, my friend lucy tingey just entered the mtc and heads to Japan soon. My friend, Geoff Grover, just got home from Norway, and his brother Jason got his call to Lithuania, and another friend, Ashton just recieved his call the other day to Honduras. Hearing about all this missionary stuff has really made me miss my mission. I loved it all. My mission taught me more things about myself than i could have ever imagined. I know for a fact that i would be lost in this world if i didnt serve. and not just serve, but serve where i did. Northern California was the exact place i was suppose to be. I witnessed miracles, I witnessed happiness, and i experienced some of the most joyful and sorrowful times of my life thus far while serving there.

Why did i go on a mission? Ultimately and originally it was because it was the right thing. It never really seemed like it was a choice or not, it was just something we do. Growing up, i did struggle internally, thinking if i would really go. And i did. At first i felt that it was a way for me to thank Heavenly Father for my blessings, to pay him back in one way or the other, but as I served and as i reflect on it today i realize that what i thought was a chance for me to help Him, was really a chance for Him to help me. My mission has molded me into someone who cares for life, who wants to do right, who wants to succeed. My mission means everything to me. I know i would be lost with out it. No question, no doubt, my mission changed my life, and will always be the best two years of my life.

D-Town.

So i had the best weekend of my winter so far two weekends ago. meet up with old friends. went to the denver art museum, and just hung out downtown. we even had a sleep over. matt fell asleep and me and kyle stayed up until 5. bad idea. but a grood(good and great) weekend. i love being social, i love having fun, and i cannot wait for school. to see old friends, to make new friends, and start fresh.

enjoy the pictures, some might be weird, but thats why i go by joseph campbells quote,
"the privilege of a lifetime is being who you are."
so enjoy it. :)

http://www.mormon.org/

this is awkward.

marilyn monroe

i like turtles