Holy Hecticness!

LIFE: lately it has been spent away for hours in the library, classes, and homework. Surprisingly it's not overwhelming. Possibly because i know this hectic-ness will be over with by tomorrow.  Then it's back to the usual not-so-hectic-hecticness. 
The newest news:  Our apartment finally has AC!!! I have never had to live without air conditioning before (yes i do realize just how spoiled i have been my whole life) but all of the month of May it's been crazy hot outside and we didn't have AC.  Plus our apartments face the sun durring the evenings which seems to super heat our apartments.  I have never been so excited for the beautiful sound of cold air rushing into the room! i literally jumped and shouted for joy when i came home to a cool apartment!  
Also, the other day i just found out that I have a full tuition scholarship for my 2012-2013 school year.  Such a Blessing!!!! i don't know how it happened considering i've only completed one semester here, i have a theory that they used my grades from my transfer credits??  Also, i just found out i only have to take 3 more foundation classes and i have my associates! so after one more semester i'll be halfway there....what the....!?!? i feel like i just got up here to Rexburg.  But anyway yes, finding out that i have school completely paid for next year is such a relief and such a blessing:]
I have made lots of new friends within the past weekend. I love new friends! they make you feel cool.


FYI
so my latest snack food....yeah it's been bananas (which sometimes are frozen) with peanut butter, or apple with peanut butter, or a spoon and peanut butter. mmmmm in fact i think i might go have some delicious peanut butter right now.


over and out

Avengers

One of the BEST movies I have seen in a while.  I absolutely loved this action intense show and thoroughly enjoyed the couple hours of my time watching it.

Earlier that night I also went with one of my roommates and saw Diamond Rio.  I had no clue who they were before i went and i didn't even know it was country...i'm not the biggest country fan but this was quite fun.  They were amazing live and it was a blast!

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!

March Madness

It seems as if every year March is always the busiest month or at least it always flys right by.  

I visited home to see my family and my niece for her birthday.  It's always nice to go home.

Did I mention that we made the most amazing princess castle cake?

I might make a request to duplicate it for my own birthday this year ;)

This past weekend I went to the Festival of Colors. It's a Hindu celebration but it's mostly just mormon college kids that go. It was so much fun!!  You buy bags of chalk and then everyone just throws it at anyone and everyone! there's actually 4 specific chalk throwings where everyone gathers in a crowd and throw chalk. You can barely breathe for 5 min but everyone just dances and goes crazy! (i'm pretty sure there were a few hippies there smoking some marijuana)....  who would've thought that throwing colored chalk at people would be so fun! 

Yep. We threw Spencer up to go crowd surfing

This is what boys look like when they shop at D.I. and Walmart

March 6, 2012: Oreo's 100th Anniversary

Oreos have been around for 100 years...what??? its crazy to think of a world without Oreos.  What would milk's favorite cookie be? All I know is that Oreos should be on the list of the top 10 inventions...ever.  It's true. Everybody loves them. Sooo I decided to celebrate this date in history by eating some of this delicious goodness accompanied with milk :]