It is so good to be home and Merry Christmas!

It really is great to be back home with my family and friends! I am loving it! (and I'm back with all of my clothes haha) It's nice to not be so busy and for once not have to set an alarm. (yeah, I had one set on Saturday's too or I would of slept all day) I'm really excited for the next 3 months!! During the summer Audrey and I switched bedrooms. I really didn't care for hers so when it was getting closer for me to come home I was asking my mom if I could redo the room a little. She only kept saying "We'll see." Well, they had already re-did the room for me! A huge surprise! I love it!!

The first two days I'm home from college and I visit the high school both days??! haha! Monday at lunch time me, Zach, and Caitlyn made a surprise visit to the band hall. It was awesome seeing everyone! We had lunch with a teacher and Alyssa and I made some surprise visits to teachers. I'm an alumni of MHS... weird. Zach also was accepted into his architecture program at OSU. So we had to celebrate for that! I feel old celebrating for things like this haha!

Do I miss Rexburg? Yes/No. There's certain things I don't miss. Like the whole dating thing. Let's be honest here, I wasn't good at it. I gave it my shot. I should get an award for being the worse date ever. I miss my roommates and apartment!! I'm super excited for the spring now! Leah and I looked at a possible apartment we might be getting because we requested some different ones. They are so much nicer and HUGE! I'll be rooming with miss Leah, Angel and Carol again. yay!

The weather is AWESOME here. No other way to describe it. I'm happy to be in Texas :)

Merry Christmas Everyone!! 

"God’s gifts, unlike seasonal gifts, are eternal and unperishable, constituting a continuing Christmas which is never over. These infinite gifts are made possible by the infinite atonement." -Neal A. Maxwell 

Thanksgiving Break

Thanksgiving break was a much needed break! On Tuesday the 22nd I finally left Rexburg and the apartment! It felt nice haha. I drove to Utah with an FHE brother and I stayed with Angel and her family. They seriously are the best and sweetest family! Also, two other people from BYU Provo stayed with her family too. It was a full house! And we had so much fun!

Sadly, I got really sick over the break. This happens to my body a lot... I just go, go, go. Always busy with something. Then when I finally get to relax my body just shuts down to recover from being so busy. I had been feeling bad a few days before we got out of school. But I was just so busy it was like my body couldn't acknowledge I was feeling bad. I hadn't been sick like this in a long time. It hit me hard for 2 days, then I started getting better. But I'm actually happy that it happened over the break instead of when I was in school. I slept LOTS and was well taken care of. I still enjoyed the thanksgiving break though! I had Thanksgiving Polynesian style! haha. We met at a stake center in SLC with 50+ other people, all Polynesian. (Angel's mom is from Tahiti) They know how to party! For 8 hours there was music, food, and volleyball. I had fun observing and eating:) haha.

Friday consisted of yummy IHOP and our intense game of  paintball! I've never played paintball before. SO MUCH FUN! We played games like "fend for your life" and capture the flag! In the first game we were never shot! But it was so scary. We had these good hiding places! The first time I was hit it was from a far distance and I was thinking "oh that wasn't so bad." So it gave me the confidence to really get into the game. Until I was getting hit from 3 feet away! Then I would just fall to the ground to recover haha. I have awesome battle bruises. Including getting shot on the top of my left hand! That one hurt the most. Anyways, So. Much. Fun. :P

 

Saturday morning I got to visit with some really good friends who live in Layton. My parents are considering moving to Utah. I think I would be okay with that! Then that afternoon I drove back to Rexburg. Lexi and I rode back together. Rexburg was sooooo deserted! For the first time I was in bed before 10 pm in college haha. But since then school has started back up. 

13 days until I go home!!