Nerf Guns and Thunderstorms

Last FHE of the semester. 4 of my FHE bros and Cassie and me were the only ones who showed up but boy did everyone else miss out. My brother had this massive box of Nerf guns he had collected over the years and some were so big i had never seen them made like that! we went to the Kirkham building which has a stage where dance performances are. Usually its all locked up but we had a connection:) we got in and this same brother knows how to work the lights and sound so it was quite a show. One of my brothers had a hurt knee so he was the DJ/Commentator. Best part: he has a British/Scottish accent. It was so fun to mess around. It was girls against guys...we obviously dominated. Cool thing was behind the stage i was walking and there is a mirror on one side and a screen on the other that was lit up in the purple lights and suddenly i felt like i was James bond. Ya know at the very beginning when it's just his silhouette that walks out to the center of the screen then turns and shoots? i had one of those moments. Just call me Olsen, Jessica Olsen. Then Cassie and I did some classic charlie's angels poses. We couldn't resist.

Last night i was at my apartment doing homework when i noticed a storm was coming outside. Next thing i know the lighting is right over our heads at Nauvoo and the thunder is booming. This lightning was so bright and the best part was that it lit up the whole sky in purple!!it was so gorgeous. Take a look at the pic. NO EDITING. amazing the beauty God creates. My roommates (as well as the whole Nauvoo complex) was outside on our porch because it wasn't raining and we just enjoyed the rare event. Eventually it started to pour and everyone danced in the rain. This is one of the joys of summertime:)

Celebrate America

On Saturday i went to a carnival fair thing in Driggs. It was a firework show and a concert. The beach boys were there! it was super fun to hear them and be right up close to the stage. 

There were a TON of people at this thing but we managed to squeeze in and find a good spot. I went with Tanner, a friend i just met earlier this week when we went on a blind date which was pretty fun. He's a farmboy and a red head (surprised mom??) yeah normally not my type haha but still fun! also Lee Greenwood was there who is the guy who wrote God Bless the USA and he sung live durring the firework show which was AWESOME. We were right under them and they were so big and spectacular. We were so close that i could feel them boom in my chest when they went off. That's when you know it was a good show hahah but it was a good time.

I really am glad that i live in America. We are so blessed with freedom. Even though there are still trials with government and some of the ways of this land and the people that live here, overall it is pretty darn splendid. 

'MERICA!

Field Trip

So one thing that i really love about my major is the whole hands on idea about things and classes.  Like today durring the middle of the day for my Pest class, we went to a POTATO FACTORY haha we were learning how they control pests in a large facility like that, they receive potatoes, package them in some sort of frozen form whether that is mashed, twiced-baked or some other kind. It was fun to just get out of the classroom and the best part is we dressed up!! lab coat, hard hat and hairnet. Keepin it classy here. Do you think they noticed i was a visitor?

#idahopotatoes #farmgirl #fieldtrip

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!