One of those tender mercies

This spring semester i brought my bike up and its the first time i've had a bike here at school, i used to just temporarily borrow bikes in the past. But i LOVE short bike rides around town just for the fun of it or if its a hot sunny day make a pitstop at snowasis then the park. (or kerianne's which is italian ice and custard.....so. darn. delicious). This semester i've been on my fair share of bike rides and i can never get enough whether it's at midnight around campus or in the evening with my apartment.  So one saturday i wanted to enjoy the nice weather so i went to go on a bike ride. See the thing is i had never locked up my bike yet and it's managed to stay on the bike rack until this saturday morning. I was devastated.  my bike was gone! someone stole it. I was hoping that someone was just temporarily borrowing it like i used to do with bikes in the past haha but after looking into it and checking up my bike was gone. Good news was that i borrowed my roommates snazzy bike and still got to go on that bike ride. 2 weeks passed and after constant checking hoping that my bike would show up, it still wasn't there but i had gotten the word out that it was stolen.  i was up visiting a friend at her apartment and as i was leaving i glance over at the bike rack having a small sense of hope that it might be there. I scanned the bikes and i thought i saw it. i kinda got really excited and got my hopes up super high but i had to stay somewhat sane after all i was in public and it was still possible that it wasn't my bike. I ran downstairs to the rack and got a closer look. MY BIKE WAS RETURNED!!!! I had been praying not that my bike would just be found but that whoever took it would have a change of heart and in a way feel guilty that they took something that did not belong to them. But i was aware that i may not ever see it again and was working hard to forgive whoever took it.  I find it a miracle that after it being gone not just for a day or two but for a solid couple weeks that it was returned.  I couldn't thank my Heavenly Father enough for being so kind to answer my silly prayer but He knows just how happy my bike and those bike rides make me:) I want to remember this forever, it is an example in my own life of how prayers can be answered.

The Dunes

The sand dunes are the perfect place to have bonfires and up here in Rexburg, its one of the coolest places to go. This last Friday i went with a group of friends. One of them went to Columbia on his mission and they made lanters.....remember Tangled? yeah kinda like those ones, but HUGE and so he wanted to try the method out and make some of our own! we made some out of tissue paper and constructed our own fueling device. We glued them together and made three. Then we hopped out to the Dunes and went to light them off. umm to cut to the chase i'll just tell you that it didn't work hahah the wind wasn't in our favor. We tried to light a small one and it caught of fire then we tried the second one (i made it and named it barbie because it is pink and white). It never filled with enough gas to actually take off. We're in the process of figuring out why it wasn't working. Matt and Kevin are both studying to be petroleum engineers so i'll leave it up to them. We're hoping it was just the wind and that's why it never worked. We'll have to try again. But it was still a great night out to the dunes and spent with friends and roommates!

This thing was on FIIIIIRE.

This is one of my favorite pictures of the night!

Lets go Barbie

Wednesdays--they're all about the Wildlife

Wildlife Wednesdays are a really well known thing up here in Rexburg. On Wed. you can usually spot people sporting a wolf shirt, an eagle one, or anything in between.  One of my friends threw a party after getting all pumped up about since he visited Jackson hole and bought a wolf shirt. So college students+a theme+food+music=one heck of a party!! it was super fun! it was mostly people from my ward there so i knew like 95% of the people and it was just a blast. They even had food, a photo booth with their stuffed moose max, and a raffle hahaha with some snazzy dollar store prizes.

My fabulous roommates that came:) plus a photobomber.

The night got a little wild with some tats....it's Rexburg so of course stick on tats are the hit of the party.

we managed to steal these off the backs of the guys in charge. it was Cassie's goal of the night.

Spenny!

 ....and Tyler had to join in and copy me.

 Here's the guys that put it all together. Ross, Spencer, Danny and Tyler. They're the best!! i love them all

Life as we know it

I feel like i haven't had much happen in the last couple months to blog about it, but i'm kinda regretting not blogging about little things more. I switched my major to Floral Design and i LOVE it!!! my floral arranging class is so much fun and i totally feel like i'm in my element. The other horticulture classes are alright but i must say i really do enjoy all the hands on stuff i do. Like for my pest control class so far we've used the Rodentator (kills rodents/gophers by shooting their holes with an explosion) and i mixed some pesticide and got to spray it in the jungle greenhouse. I love my religion classes, especially my Prep for Eternal Marriage class. I'm learning some good stuff in there! hopefully i can remember all the amazing things i've learned. I picked some pretty bomb teachers for my classes. i enjoy going to class

Over memorial weekend, i went to Salmon with my roommate Cassie and a group of friends.  We hiked up to some hot springs and it was GORGEOUS. They were completely natural hot springs and it was so cool to be sitting in one and looking out and seeing this amazing view of the mountains. If any of you were to go i would warn you about nudity haha yeah we came across some surprising situations. And i managed to get a little sun too! yaaay!

The best thing about Spring (although it hasn't been very warm this semester compared to others) is bike rides, softball, and picnics!

Missionary Friends

So i think having missionary friends is the best/worst thing. it is so fun to write them and share the events going on in our lives it's just bittersweet that they're not living them with you. But i know they're out there doing the best work they can and its awesome that they're so motivated to share the gospel! A couple of their birthdays are coming up and i want to send them something awesome so i'm starting to brainstorm now! any ideas?? they'd be great to hear.

and so march begins!

March started out great! i went back home to see this guy get one year older and baptized. He is awesome for making that choice.

With March i'm hoping the weather becomes a little more Springy and less Wintery. That would be grand. Love is in the air! at least for all of my friends...Kaycee's missionary, Kolby, came home last night and she gets to see him TONIGHT! i've never seen her this happy. They'll probably get married;) Kambrie comes home every night with a big smile on her face so things are going great for her and Kelli is going home to surprise a guy that makes her happy. Oh i love it!

With school, i switched majors. My dream job now: wedding designer! it would be like pintrerest in real life everyday!! unfortunately they don't have a specific major for something like this, so what i figured would help me best with gaining design experience is Floral Design.  Next semester i'll be taking classes for that major, still with an emphasis in Culinary Arts. School sounds so fun and creative to me now and i can't wait to see how it goes:)

just an update

School is so good but it is so busy too. Last week i sent off one of my best friends, Emily Kemp. She's goin to the San Fernando California mission. I'm so happy for her but i know i'll miss her dearly. I talked to her literally every day.  i guess it's time to perfect my writing skills now!
i still love all my classes and i'm finally getting a feel for them and how hard they might be this semester. I've been thinking recently of switching my major just because i've been doubting if it's the right direction for me. The only class i'm taking for my major is my least favorite class this semester, i don't take that as a good sign. So if you have any suggestions of things for me to look into let me know!!
I decided just the other day when i was talking with a friend that i'm going to be an EFY counselor the 3 weeks after spring semester. He did it and loved it and so he was telling me about pictures and stuff then the idea came to me that i should do it and it just felt so right. I applied the next day and have an interview with the program soon, but i don't know when yet. i am beyond excited for this opportunity and i'm hoping it all works out!
This last weekend was great. i celebrated a friend's birthday and lets just say we had a grand ol time:] i truly felt like i was living the college life.
Time has been flying by and i can't believe another week is just starting!!! it feels like i just got up here to school.