He Passed!!

After completing the 4-page "Application to Date my Roommate", created by my dear friend Courtney, Michael has received the approval of my roommates. (Not like he didn't have it already, but now it's official.) Courtney was the official grader of the application and passed him with flying colors...An A+ and 4 extra credit points (for extra good answers)! Perhaps if you look close enough you can get a sample of the questions, some of them were quite funny. But dont worry there were some serious ones too. I'm so proud of him!! And so happy that my roommates like him so much, because if they didn't life would be really hard and I don't think I would be as happy :)

The Application

The "official" handshake


Congratulations Haiku!!

Looking Back on Christmas

Its hard to believe that we are almost done with March. These past 3 months since Christmas have gone by so fast! In just about a month my first year at BYU will be done, and I will be moving back home to work and save some money. So before too much time passes and 2010 is over I thought I would share some pictures highlighting my Christmas vacation.

Red Robin after flying in...I love this picture of Madi and my Dad

The Peanuts house (one of my favorites) on Gemini Street... A Christmas tradition

Elle and Me...I cant wait to see this little cutie again in May!!

Christmas Morning- Anie and Elle

A couple of days before New Years the Terry family and my mom and I went down to Pasadena to see some of the floats, what a fun thing to do, lots of fun minus all the crowds and lines.

Santa Barbara Excursion...Mom and Brittany

I LOVE this city, I think this is one of my favorite places on Earth, it is just so beautiful!!

New Years Eve with Laura and Hannah

Kaitlyn and I getting ready to go boating down at the harbor, it was a beautiful winter day in Southern California, it does not get much better than that!

Tyler helping me with laundry

Beautiful Day at the Beach....Mom and Dad

Shaun and his boys

The perfect end to my trip home, a hike up to an overlook with a beautiful view of the islands. And to think this is only minutes from my house, and all done in the middle of winter, Oh how I love where I live!!!

(I really need to learn how to make a collage of my pictures so these posts are not so long. Does anybody know how make them?)

A "Sweet and Zingy" Weekend

What a fun weekend! Michael and I drove up on Friday to Logan to see some of my family. We had a great time with Aunt Fay, Uncle Bob, Jeremy, Tanna, the kids, Morgan and Corinne!

Some highlights:

• Playing with the kids...Chutes and Ladders, Jenga, reading stories
• Taking pictures with Sydney... we had a lot of fun taking pictures with her in the backseat of the suburban. She certainly loves taking pictures!
  
• Eating lots of yummy food (Michael sure loved this!)...turkey dinner Saturday night, chocolate cake with fresh fruit, waffle breakfast Sunday morning complete with fresh fruit, juice, eggs and bacon! and delicious crock pot "Sweet and Zingy" chicken courtesy of Corinne and Morgan.
• Visiting Jeremy at work at Ducworks
  
• A round of New Deal (best game ever) with Tanna and Aunt Fay
• Helping Corinne deliver/set up flowers for a wedding
  
• and of course Michael meeting everyone and getting asked lots and lots of questions, which he said wasn't as scary as he thought it would be :)

Thanks everyone for the fun weekend, we both had lots of fun!! Now here are some pictures for your enjoyment!

Story Time

Cute little Austin and Jeremy

Playing Games

Corinne beautifying the world one flower at a time

Can you keep a secret?

Ewwwww!

A kid at heart

Its a bird! Its a plane! No, its SUPERMAN!

They got along very well!

Its been a while!

WOW! College sure does keep you busy. I have now been up at BYU for about 9 months. That is a lot of school, but I have LOVED every minute of it. It certainly is nothing like high school. Classes require a lot of work, but it is worth it. This semester is defiantly a lighter load than last semester. I am only taking 13 credits and working 20 hours a week at the Law School. Its hard to believe that there are less than 50 days left in the semester, then it is home to California for Spring and Summer term to work and replenish the bank account! I love it up here at BYU, but I am excited to go home and have a break from school. I was thinking about it the other day and realized that I have been going to school for 19 months straight (since Aug 2008, the beginning of my senior year)...that is A LOT of school!! But dont worry I have been doing lots of fun things too!

So here is a quick look back at the past 6 Months. ENJOY!!

• A surprise trip home for Labor day weekend

Me and Mom

Me and my Daddy

Oh, how I miss the ocean!

• Lots of football games...GO BYU! that all-sports pass sure was a great investment

Eskimos! after the BYU v Utah game...amazing BYU victory!! So glad that I could be there.

• Halloween

• New Moon Midnight Showing

Courtney's Birthday AND we had VIP passes...Couldn't have asked for a better night!
Jess, Court, Me

• Thanksgiving with the cousins

• Roommate dinner and trip to Temple Square

The Roommates
Kayla, Meagan, Me, Courtney, Shaina

• Christmas in California...a 2 week trip home = lots of pictures. I think this one deserves a post all of its own!

• Basketball games

Yes...sometimes we may get a little crazy

• A Men's Volleyball game

• Ward Activities...I am one of the activities co-chairs, and we have had some pretty fun activities!

Ward Christmas Dinner and Variety Show
Amber, Kayla, Meagan, Shaina, Courtney, Me

Rock Band Activity
Courtney, Kayla, Michael, Me, Shaina

The Rocker Chicks
Kayla, Shaina, Courtney, Me

• My 19th Birthday...a visit from Corinne, Morgan and Tyler + BYU v Utah Basketball game + cake and ice cream that night with friends = fantastic day!!

Birthday Buddies, Ogden and Me (we have the same birthday) and Jess randomly in the background

• And last but certainly not least: Meet Michael...my boyfriend

ALL IN ALL LIFE IS GREAT...
I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER!!