fun in the snow

Since we had a day off school today, we decided to go snowboarding! We got a tram pass - which I have never done before - and it is the coolest thing. You board this boat thing and it takes you to the very top (at least as high as they will let you go) and then you have any number of runs to go down and instead of having to go up the lift again and again, there is nothing but mountain to go down. And we wouldn't be the girls that we are if we didn't stop to take a few pictures along the way.

For some reason every time that we moved there would be random lime green snow. It didn't really make any sense and we couldn't tell where it was coming from. It was just green. Very green.

We stopped to take a little lunch break about halfway down.  While there we got quite a few comments about being stopped. At one point all three of us (Emily, Allison, and I) decided that the next time someone commented we were going to offer them some carrots. Unfortunately, the opportunity never presented itself. In this picture though, it almost did as you can tell from the analyzing look on Emily's face.

We had so much fun today! I don't remember the last time that I went snowboarding with just girls - or if that has ever even happened before today. Normally there are boys present (and we love you boys!).  But the problem when going with boys is that they like to go fast and do tricks...we are more the take your time and enjoy the ride type. That doesn't mean that we don't like to have fun though! And kudos to Allison for doing a killer job snowboarding her first time in years. This is definitely an event that will be repeated.

it came and went

This last month or so has been quite the whirlwind.  First with the holidays, which always livens things up a bit, but also because my little Jon reported to the MTC last wednesday.  Being 21 and all, I thought that I had surpassed the age at which you send off a missionary. I think that the Lord had something else in mind though.  Despite being a whirlwind, this last month has also been truly amazing.  I was able to spend time with my family, I got more time off of work than I usually do, and I was able to have a very good last month with my boyfriend before he left on his mission.  These pictures were taken a few minutes before he got set apart as a missionary so they are kind of fun :)

He told me that he had to take some good pictures of me so that he would have some while he was gone.  He must not have realized that they weren't going to be good so close up! haha.  The best part about this picture though is my squinty right eye.  For some reason it closes more than the left one whenever I smile or smirk.  Jon always liked to bring up this little fact, so the fact that he got a close up picture of it is very fitting and will be a fun reminder for him! 

And one final picture before he could only shake my hand...

We have had a very good run these last seven months or so and I am going to miss this boy.  He is in for the experience for a lifetime though, and I couldn't be more excited for him! Besides, how else was I ever going to learn how to write an old fashioned letter - sending a boyfriend into the mission field is the perfect way to learn how!

nostalgia

Let us mark this day down in history.
It was my last day of class.

EVER.

My last day in room 888 of the Widtsoe building.
My last time running outdated lab tests.

No longer will I be surrounded by my fellow classmates every day all day.
No more friday morning cramming sessions.

In a few short months I will be a BYU graduate.
A six month intership is all that stands in my way.
I am moving on to bigger and better (?) things.

Look out world, ready or not, here I come!

winter wonderland

There is something majestic and beautiful about the snow.  I know that the only difference between snow and rain is the temperature at which the precipitation forms, but snow is truly beautiful (at least until I get sick of it that is...).  Although, rain can also be beautiful. I dedicate this post to the first snow storm of November in Provo.  Here comes the cold.

big news

As you can tell from the backwards sticker in my picture, I voted!

I am glad that I was able to take part in the life changing election by casting my vote.  Oh, and this is the first time that I have even had the chance to vote for president. 

That is right, I made a difference in the world by voting today.

picture documentary

here is a summary of the last week or so of my life...

we took random pictures in my car

the things a student will do for extra credit (like dress up as a parasite for example)

we carved pumpkins

and they turned out looking fabulous

and some more of girls night...

that's all.

girl's night

Since it had been a while, some of us girls decided that we needed to play last night.  So, Emily, Sarah, Kati, and I went out for a night on the town (well kind of...).  To start it all off, we went out to dinner at Fazoli's.  It was some pretty amazing Italian food.  For some reason though, it took them ten minutes to make Emily's sandwich and only about 30 seconds to make everyone else's pasta.  We were a little confused.  Afterwards, to help Kati could get in her exercise for the day, we decided to go walk around the mall.  We went into random stores and tried on clothes that we would never wear, however; they would have looked stunning in the 80's.  It was kind of fun because we would piece together random articles of random colors and try them on.  The best part is that we actually looked good in some of the outfits that we concocted (e.g. Sarah in the below picture).

Afterwards we went back to Sarah's house and helped her finish making the invitations to her wedding ceremony, which she reminded us is in 27 days...well, 26 now.  We had so much fun and we will definitely be doing it again!