Life as of late

1. I have this inexplicable desire to get a turquoise Vespa. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that i wont have a car at my disposal when I get home from my mission and these are cheaper and have WAY better gas mileage. Maybe its because I see one in the parking lot at school every day. Who knows!!

 

2. I started going to mission prep on Sunday. I LOVE it!! I am so excited to serve a mission as soon as I can! I get so happy every time I think about it!

 

3. I miss my friends. Especially the ones who are out of state! (P.S. its sad how applicable this picture is to me..)

 

4. I went on a scavenger hunt date with this guy! We had a blast!! So many fun memories! (and inside jokes!!)

 

And last, but certainly not least..

 

5. I went to the ASU V. Oregon game with my friend Kaitlyn. As sad as the final score was, it was still a lot of fun!! (This deserves its own post,so that will be coming soon!)

 

 

 

 



A Note From Myself

The other day while cleaning off a very high up shelf in my closet, I came across a time capsule that I put together in Young Women's in 9th grade and had completely forgotten about. It was dated to be opened a few days after graduation, which i definitely already passed, so i opened it. In it were a few pictures, a list of things about me at that time, and a note to myself. It made me smile. In my note I wrote down the things i had hoped i would have accomplished by now. I was surprised by how little those goals have changed. I wrote that i want to be a Music Education major, and I still do. I wanted to go to a university with a great music program, and I still do. I wanted to just be happy, and I am. I wrote that I wanted to have amazing friends, and I do. What really surprised me is how some of the goals were reached. Most of them were in unexpected ways. I wanted to be a Music Education major then because i liked music and i couldn't really think of anything else i wanted to do. I want to now because I have taught and I know, without a doubt that that is what I am supposed to do with my life, and I love it! The things that hit me the hardest were to be happy and have good friends. I am happy because I've gone through really hard things, an can really appreciate the happiness and I can appreciate having good friends because I've had some not so great ones. So even though I have changed so much since then, the core things that I know and want and love haven't changed. I have learned more than I ever thought I would. And I think thats a good thing :)

Button

You guys, i learned how to make a button! It was WAY easier than I thought it would be so i just had to make one! Thanks to this tutorial! Feel free to take one! :)

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I love General Conference! I always learn so many things, and today i learned something that will have a huge impact on my life. I can serve a Mission at 19 instead of 21. That's in 9 months. I cried. Alot. When the announcment was made my mom and i literally burst into tears at the same time. Parker can leave as soon as he turns in his papers. I could leave on a mission at the same time as Parker. I have never EVER even thought that could happen! Lately I have been feeling this need for change, and I think this might be it. Everything else i has fallen through, but this, this wont. I still have alot of praying to do before i decide if this is right for me, but i think it just might be the answer to my prayers...

What College Has Taught Me So Far

1. Classes at 6 am are a VERY bad idea!
2. Calculus was an even worse idea!!
3.I hate washing my hair. A lot.
4. Having to to find time to work out for 48 hours in one semester is way harder than it sounds.
5. I miss my friends!!!
6. I want to study abroad, preferably in Ireland.
7. I need to have music classes. They keep me sane!
8. Being done with school by 10 am is the greatest thing ever!
9. I need a new job.
10. Waiting until the night before to write a 4 page paper makes for a long night. (not that I didn't learn this in high school, but in high school i didn't have to leave by 5:30 the next morning to get to school on time...)
11. Trying to figure out how to skip a prerequisite so you can take the class that is actually at your level is a pain.
12. Gas is expensive. especially when you drive around 20+ miles every day...
13. High school was so simple! Enjoy it!!!
14. Im never going to qualify for financial aid. And i really need it...
15. I want to go to BYU next year.
16. I need to make more friends! (You can never have too many )
and the MOST IMPORTANT:
17. Register for classes early!! Otherwise you get stuck taking classes you really dont want to. Like Calulus...

We like to howl.

I have a crazy extended family. I Love them all dearly, but some of them are just crazy. So here's the story:
A little over a month ago, my parents were in Utah, My two Youngest sibling were sleeping over with cousins, and Parker and I were ice skating, leaving Kyle, the middle child, home alone. It was a Saturday night and he had had football practice that day, so he was exhausted. Tight before he was about to go to bed, he heard a knock on the door. Assuming it was Me and Parker, and that we would just use our key, he ignored it. But when someone started knocking on the window, he decided he should probably answer it. So quickly putting a shirt on, he opens the door to find our cousin (she is our great great aunts daughter, so I'm not exactly sure how to classify that relationship, I think it's third cousin or something, but that's irrelevant) standing at our door with a few other ladies (who are also kind of crazy, but absolutely hilarious) standing at our door with  3 foot tall statue of a wolf. Yes. A wolf. But wait, it gets so much better! When he opened the door the immediately begin to howl. HOWL!! Kyle, not really know what to do just stood there until they stopped and had this conversation with him:
Crazy cousin (CC): "Is your dad home?" (They are related to us on that side of the family)
Kyle: "umm.... No.... He is in Utah for the next few days..."
CC: "Oh, well just tell him his cousins were out having a fun time howling on a Saturday night and we wanted him to join us!"
Kyle: "Okay...."
CC: "Do you want to come?!"
Kyle(slightly alarmed at this point): "Oh no, that's okay. I had football practice today and I'm really tired, so I think I am just going to go to bed..."
CC: "Are you sure?! We have extra room in the car!!"
Kyle: "No really, it's okay. it sounds fun, but I really am tired..."
CC: "Alright, have a good night!"
Kyle: "Uhh... You too..."

I literally cried I was laughing so hard when he called to tell me what happened! Well, I hope this made you laugh as much as it did me! And just remeber, there is someone out there with a crazier family than you! Happy Howling!!