do you like byu? ...... dang straight!

Okay, so today I had very successful trips to Nordy's Rack, Pei Wei, and Old Navy.  Sounding like a pretty good day to me, but after all that Chad and I hit up the RAH center.  Recreation and Habilitation services is a non-profit organization in Provo that serves a pretty big community of individuals with disabilities.  We went on a 3 mile walk around the neighborhood with THE funnest people just talking to them the whole time.  Chad always says "they have a straight shot to the celestial kingdom" and its totally true.  I love hanging out with them, they're so humble and happy with not a care in the world ... except maybe they struggle a little with their boyfriends and girlfriends, but don't we all.

Our first friends, David & Tami are dating ... precious, and Craig on the end was just ridiculous
Our group throughout the walk, Gary -- seriously THE funniest guy alive, Kristine was way sweet, and Sandy was so feisty

David may or may not have tried to grab my leg right before this picture ...........

Our RAH shirts, cute.

 All of the sweet participants on the walk.  They got to choose prizes after for money they had raised, and Mom -- it was probably more exciting than the awards ceremony at the Special Olympics!

Chad and Craig!

... not pictured the girl that kept smacking Chad's butt.  So hilarious.

QUOTES FROM THE WALK:
"I'm not ready for a boyfriend right now.  They're a pain in the butt." -Sandy

"Do you like BYU? -Chad
"..........DANG STRAIGHT!" -Gary
"How do you feel about Utah?" -Chad
"KILL those Utes." -Gary

"You know who's a REAL fruitcake ... Sandy's ex!" -Gary

"BYU better win tomorrow or I'm going to kick someone's butt!" -Sandy
"No butts about that..." -Gary

"Hey Gary what are you going to be for Halloween?" -Me
"That's a military secret ....." -Gary

"If I didn't have this CD player and a water bottle I'd kick your butt ..... in a foot race of course." -Scott

  Needless to say this was seriously way better than all the other stuff, even though I got some nice deals and cute clothes ... So much love for these people.
Ps. I know the spacing is messed up I've been trying to fix it for almost an hour and I give up.

come what may and love it.

watched mormon messages for like an hour today, but this was one of my faves ... plus elder worthlin is so cute!  i get to go to the sunday afternoon session of conference in salt lake with a friend and i seriously don't think i've ever been so excited for conference before.  i know it will be such a different and amazing experience actually being there and hearing all the talks live and ahhhh excited!! okay ... but really just watch the video :)

the little things.

sometimes it really is the little things that can make you so happy ... like matching powerade during a late night talk with my favorite little football player all the way in delaware who never fails to make me laugh.  made my day, miss you gino!

the beginning.

I have now been at BYU for one month.  It has been a huge adjustment with big ups and downs, lost of stress, permanently chapped lips, absolutely no sleep, and so much fun.  I figured since I am having such an amazing time I should probably document in some way my day to day happenings, my thoughts, my friends, and the crazy things that go down at my little home in Provo.  I have always been a failure at journal writing, so with a little encourgement from my favorite girls down the hall Mellie and Leanord [aka Melissa & Eleanor] I decided a blog would be the thing to do.  So I apologize to my future children, you will never know what went down in Mom's first month of college, but from here on I will try to be a somewhat dedicated blogger ... we'll see how it goes.  So to start:

My Top 25 Favorite Things about BE WHY YOU So Far

Living in the dorms -- fulltime slumber party

$2 french toast and orange juice at the creamery every night at 10

The creamery ice cream, and food, and just the creamery in general

Spontaneous heart to hearts with Eleanor in the bathroom at ridiculously late hours of the night

The view from the Y parking lot at night

People-watching outside the library, and in the Cannon, and really anywhere

My twin roommate, Sarah who is also studying Nursing, is the oldest, has pretty much the same hairstyle as me, and matching dorm decorations ... none of this was planned

10 people and a gorilla, in a truck, spotlighting couples at night making out in cars

Spoon it Up frozen yogurt

Whining about school at 2:30 in the morning with Sarah ... nightly

Switching the radio stations and naming what memory the songs reminds you of

Football games with the funniest guys I have ever met

50 piece chicken nuggets ... kind of

Getting packages in the mail (hint, hint)

My student ward, so in love, it is amazing to be taught such powerful things by people my own age

The texts I receive from Megan Richardson

My Book of Mormon teacher Brother Parker, so insightful and so hilarious

The dances every weekend that are kind of annoying and make you feel like you are at EFY again

Late night frosty runs and talks that go on for hours without realizing how long we've just been sitting

My Dining Plus Meal Plan

The quote door

Crashing a random girl's Sweet 16

Being here with my best friend who knows me better than anyone and can give me blessings

Capn Crunch's Crunch Berries cereal for Sunday dinner, but not so much Sunday toilet paper famines

Never knowing what you could end up doing during a day, but always having fun

Also ... here is the ridiculous picture I took for dad on the first day of class with my computer.  Enjoy.

(Ps. My bed is to the right, not really visible)