Friday, September 19, 2008

New Creation & Bday Happiness

My bday was basically just a normal day. Which was good. I made dinner for seven... tortellini and sausage soup (one of my faves). 
I got a lot of phone calls and watched HELLO, DOLLY! Those two things made it wonderful.
Here's our awesome movie theatre set-up. Kaylie is a genius.

I also got spoiled by me madre!
Thanks Mom!
You're too good to me :)
And...
Meet my brilliant creation.
Corn Pops and Cocoa Puffs!
I'm tellin' ya...
Delish.
I expect EVERYONE to try it and get back to me.
No excuses.
;)

Monday, September 15, 2008

Oblivious

I usually save blogging for Sundays, but today was too fantastic.
I have the best roommates and FHE group ever.
They COMPLETELY surprised me with a mini party.
My birthday isn't till thursday, but hello... you can't have FHE on a thursday! Crazy.
They were ridiculously good at hiding it, putting me to work (vacuuming, moving chairs into the living room, cleaning up, etc.) and everything.
Acting like we were having a normal FHE at our apartment and then sending me over to "help our other girls carry stuff over to our apartment.
Incredible. And super sweet.
Kaylie's bf, Kiel.
Don't mind my bum looking appearance.. didn't really have time to prep :(
24 candles. LoL
Super sweet decorations!
And Allie
Ok.
My tongue is NOT in her ear.
It's just her cheek.
Besties
We're silly ;)

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Dorm & Hymn Sundays

So, these are mainly just pictures of home :)

It's more like an apartment complex than anything else.
We even have a nice courtyard in the middle.
This is what my roommates do after midnight.
(Once all the boys are kicked out).
Notice the lovely decor.
And everyday we move our furniture around, to keep everyone guessing.
There are so many places where we can right with dry erase markers.
And trust me, we take full advantage of it!
I PROMISE our kitchen is not always this messy!
We don't do dishes on Sundays :)
We are good commandment keepers.
And we had had eight people for dinner tonight (which I made by the way).
Our fully-loaded pantry.
My shelves...
third from top,
second from bottom,
AND very bottom, which you can't see very well.
Scary. I know. What can I say?
My mom stocked me up for the year.

Mine and Sara's bedroom.
Anny and Kaylie's bedroom.
So, every Sunday night everyone is invited to
hymn singing under the stadium.
It is absolutely incredible.
The hymns are so powerful and full of the Spirit.
This is probably my most favorite tradition/activity.
And this is definitely not even close to all of the people that show up.
This is my Anny Banany at the hymn night.
Ok. Two things.
On the left is our newly created Pure Awesomeness Chart.
Roommates and other people who are here all the time all have a piece of paper on the wall.
When cool things are done by the people, they get a star sticker.
Different colored stars mean different things.
It's a work in progress.
On the right is my creation.
Jamaal.
Jamaal on the Wall.
Kaylie's boyfriend leaves his keyboard here.
Which is way nice, because random people come over and play for us.
And, again, notice the decorations.
I'm telling you...
We could not stand our very white walls.
On the right is our "quote wall."
Whenever someone says something super funny we write it down and put it on the wall.

One Week Down...

I survived!! 
Classes are amazing. I have BOM, A Farewell to Art, Science Foundations, Real World Math, and English Foundations. I just love how in every single class we relate everything to the Gospel, it's awesome. 
My roommates and I have never gone to bed before midnight. For instance, Friday night/Saturday morning Anny and I didn't do laundry until 2 a.m. and got over at 4 a.m.
Sara and Kaylie already have boyfriends (they have known them for less than a week), no worries... I'm stayin strong.
The roommates and I are still getting along ridiculously well.
Kaylie is Relief Society president! So, today I gave the very first Relief Society lesson for the semester. It was so much fun. I learned so much and never got nervous!
There is just so much to tell, everything is so exciting here, it's a party all the time, everyone is super nice, we are constantly laughing, I have learned sooo much just in this past week, I miss everyone from OH (not too much.. don't worry), and... life is good.

Saturday, September 13, 2008