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!!

Recap of Summer

This summer sure has flown by! It seems like just yesterday I was graduating from high school, packing my bags and heading to college. Now I have completed my first term at BYU, lived on my own for 2 months (and loved every minute of it), met lots of people, and made many new friends, and in between all the studying managed to do lots of fun things. A few of my favorite memories from this summer (in no particular order)...

Bowling at the Wilk

Me, Zach and Courtney

Me and Jess

Our (not so) impressive scores...I won with a whopping 78!

Movies in the Park, watching "I am Legend", and a really funny B&W film with Marylin Monroe, "Some like it Hot", on a homemade projector screen

4th of July with the Family in Logan and Sydney's Baptism

Cousins, Brittany and Evan having fun


Watching Fireworks with Keegan


Baptism Girl, Sydney Fay and Corinne


watching the Car show on Main St.

Walking back poor, little Evan couldn't keep his pants up!

Going to the Farmer's Market with Courtney, Jess and Michelle...getting leather bracelets, holding a bunny, eating yummy tacos and getting Pie Shakes at Sammy's

Michelle, Jess and Court

Going to Music and the Spoken Word with Brandon, Zach, Jess and Court, walking around Temple Square, then having a delicious Sunday dinner with Courtney's family! and how could I forget Dancing with Dweebs, laughing hysterically at absolutely nothing, playing the "Fortune telling" game, and then Fondue party later that night

Me, Brandon, Zach and Courtney...

one of my favorite pictures!

DANCING WITH DWEEBS
Me, Brandon, Zach and Jess
Fondue Party

Doing an extremely funny skit at our Ward's variety show

Me, Alex, Blake, Jess, Brian, Court and Cesar
It may appear like we are just sitting there, but we were actually doing a skit- it was quite fun but you really had to be there to fully understand it.

Ice Blocking with our FHE group

Closing Social/Water Party for our ward

Group shot

playing a game...we had to consume whatever we pulled out of a bag as fast as we could
(lets just say I didn't do that well, especially since I hardly ever drink soda)

Check out Jessica's amazing form going down the slip 'n slide!

Playing the Disney Game out on the grass in front of our building

Dance parties in the kitchen with Court and Jess

Waffles for dinner

Making Zucchini bread


Eating all the hunks out of the peanut butter ice cream

Cheetos Battle between Court and Michelle

Frantically mopping the kitchen floor before cleaning checks with Michelle


Making cupcakes for Michelle's 18th Birthday, then surprising her in the stairwell


Getting dressed up and going to the Blue Tie Affair dance on campus

Studying after calculus with Jarrett, Dallin and Aaron

Watching the meteor shower up in the Canyon and having a mini astronomy lesson...I wish I had brought my camera for that!

Tunnel singing Sunday night

And countless nights sitting outside and talking with friends



Looking back I really did a lot of things this summer! Its been a great beginning to my time here at BYU. Although I miss my family, friends and home in California, I'm having lots of fun and wouldn't trade this experience for anything. So here's to a memorable summer and all that the future has in store!