Sidewalk chalk and other new adventures

Whew!! It has been crazy here living the college life and it's sooo crazy to think that i have one semester of college already done. Time goes by so fast!! I've gotten right into the swing of things here and honestly i love it.  The school load is definitely harder this semester and i'm not enjoying it as much as I did last semester but i have a feeling it will get better from here.  Spring is honestly my absolute FAVORITE season and it actually is so much fun going to school in the nice sunny weather rather than the dreary cold stuff that I always went to school in my whole life.  One of my favorite things is just walking around campus from class to class in the beautiful weather:]
My new roommates are AWESOME!! I love them.  We all have so much in common but are still so different that it makes things exciting and they're all so sweet.  It's great. And i also love how every Sunday we invite someone new over for dinner! might I say it is a great way to meet guys AND show off your cooking skills to make you look even that much more desirable?!? hahaah;)
So i cut someone's hair for the first time the other week and ya know what?? it turned out ok. yes I did cut his neck with the dull buzzer....and it was a bit shorter than planned BUT he eventually has gotten many complements on it since.  We also ended up dying it because it was this nasty orange-blonde and people asked him if he was German and i guess that was all he could take. So now at college I'm known as the girl who cooks, sews with a specialty in sewing units, and now I give free haircuts(if you're desperate that is). 
So among all new roommates, new classes, new semester, i decided to try something else new. I volunteered to teach sunday school.  Might i ask how insane i must have been to VOLUNTEER?? first of all i have never taught sunday school before in my life, second, sunday school at a college ward is like 1/3 of your whole ward, and half of them are returned missionaries who know a whole lot about teaching the gospel.  Intimidation overcame me the closer it came to Sunday. Once i prepared and Sunday came around though i was actually excited to teach! with a little anxiety sprinkled somewhere among those emotions.  The end result?? satisfaction.  It actually went really well and i was able to recruit quite a few new friends to come and participate, not to mention my ever so willing roommates:)  It turned out great and i had many people tell me i did well.  Even though i enjoyed it I don't think i could handle the stress of preparing for sunday school for 4 hours every Saturday and when i went into an interview i was wondering if this was what my future would look like.  Instead i got the exciting news of being in the Relief Society presidency as the Secretary.  I absolutely love the girls and so this calling brought a huge smile to my face!  Life is great and i bet it just continues to get better.

Happy Easter

I have decided recently that Easter is my favorite season of all.  I love the springtime weather that usually accompanies Easter (you never know with Idaho weather considering it snowed just two days ago). I love how everything starts  coming to life once again and starts turning green and colorful. I love coloring easter eggs and as a child I could play easter egg hunts ALL day.  I love the Easter colors that are so fun and lively. 

The Fam decorating the Easter eggs!! oh so fun!

But most of all I love that it is another time of year where we get to stop and think of our Savior.  I love that everyone is focused on the sacrifice He made for us and it makes me so happy to remember how much He loves me and that He lives.  Easter is the time where Christ rose, after he suffered for our sins because he loves us more than we can comprehend.  Tonight I went to an Easter Cantata with my parents that our stake puts on.  Its a amazing performance of compiled songs about the saviors life accompanied with some spectacular artwork.  I loved the mindset it put me in, where I was able to think and focus solely on Christ.  Easter is wonderful and sometimes I feel it is too often overlooked. So take a moment....appreciate Easter, appreciate Christ.

1st Semester: complete!

Today around 7:00 I finished my last final exam that i needed to complete to finish up my first semester ever of college! Surprisingly the infamous Finals Week wasn't so bad. Yeah maybe i did wait in line to take a test for 20 minutes but hey i thoroughly enjoyed the people watching i accomplished.  I didn't stress myself out about finals due to the fact that my grades were very satisfactory and i think not stressing is the key because only studying ten minutes then just going into the test and going with your gut instinct as far as answers go turned out to be a pretty good method for me this week. (although I'm not planning on keeping that as my main study method.)
College was exactly what i expected, and then again NOTHING like what i expected.  Nevertheless, i LOVED this semester.  College treated me well.  I'm so grateful for the blessings of enjoyable classes, great friends close by, amazing roommates, and the list continues.  Being at college has taught me more than just concepts that i get graded on, it has taught and is still teaching me all sorts of life skills such as friend-making, relationships, common courtesy, cleaning habits, and just to live life and make it fun.  In January i had no idea of the kind of experiences that were ahead of me.  It's crazy to think just how much they've changed me and i wasn't even expecting these changes.  It's all for the best though.
The next adventure I'm looking forward to is what's in store for me in the next 3 months of spring semester ....The possibilites are endless!
BRING IT!