David Archululeta!

last weekend I went to a David Archuleta concert! It was so good! He sounds even better live. I love the events that you can go to at BYU-I!

Outback!

A couple of weeks ago I decided to go to Idaho Falls and got some Outback. It was so good! I forgot how much I love Outback.

My therapy

Last semester during Finals week, I went to my last FHE in the park to play capture the flag. Before it began, I started swinging and discovered that all of the stress from finials went away. Since then I have gone swinging every time that I got stressed, sad, lonely, and every now and then, when I'm happy and just want to swing. It always makes me feel better to go swinging and to feel like a kid again. I don't have to worry about any of my problems for that little bit of time, I love it!

Birthday Part 3

So last Tuesday I went to all my classes and when I was finially coming home from my classes my roomates wouldn't let me back into the apartment. Finally they gave in and let me in but they blindfolded me the second I came into the door, adding sunglasses for the fun of it...


Then they put me in my roommates car and drove me to Craigo's! A really good Pizza buffet in Rexburg. They surprised me with a free meal for my Birthday! It was really fun and I loved my roommates for thinking of me when I didn't think they were going to do anything for me!

Birthday Part 2

So one of my favorite scenes from any movie is the scene in Sydney White where Tyler Prince asks Sydney out by singing a song called "When I See You Smile". If you haven't seen this then watch this video...


Anyway, my friend Rachel knew this was my favorite seen and for my birthday she wanted to recreate that scene for me. So three of my friends decided to sing that song to me and give me a rose, they came in singing at exactly 6:06 PM which is when I was born. It was very sweet and I really appreciated how much effort they put into my present! Afterward he actually watched Sydney White and it was fun forcing my two guy friends to watch a chick flick. Fun stuff! Here's some pictures, they are taken with my friends camera and I wasn't looking at what I was doing when I took the pictures so they aren't the best, but hey, they work!


Oh and my friends name is Stephen Kruse, and a while ago we realized it's said the same way as the crucio curse. SO Rachel had me use my new wand to cast the "Krucio" curse on him. lol!

Birthday Part 1

I was really scared about my Birthday this year. I didn't think it was going to be that great because for the first time I wasn't at home and doing all of the traditions that I usually do. Not to mention it was a fast Sunday so I couldn't really go anywhere or do much. But it turned out being really great! Before I even woke up in the morning, I got lots and lots of messages wishing me a happy birthday, making me realize how loved I really am. I went into the family room where my roommate automatically wished me a happy birthday and we had a long conversation. Then I got to talk to Mom and we opened presence from the package that has been in my room for the past two weeks. I got a lot of great gifts! These included matalic Pink Converse and a wand that was created just for me. Not to mention Jamba! I loved talking to my parents and it felt like I was home. I went to church and it was a really great Sunday! My relief society councilor found out it was my birthday and had everyone sing Happy Birthday. Then my friend Steven Clark came up to me and told me that I needed a spiny hug since it was my Birthday, so he literately picked me up and spun me. Then I got to talk to all of my nieces and nephews and they told me how much they loved me. It was super cute! I love my family so much! Then as the day progressed I had some buffalo wings and come IBC cream soda, a tradition for my Birthday. At exactly 6:06 PM, my friends surprised me with a rose and gave me a really cool gift that I'm going to talk about tomorrow. Then we all watched a movie and hung out. Later my cousin Alison showed up with cookies and gave me a big hug. So I ended up having a great Birthday and I realized how loved I am and how though I'm not at home, I can still have a great birthday!


This picture shows me that some traditions will never go away, IBC cream soda and mud pie that I forced my roommate to make me!

This is the Rose my friends gave me and I'm wearing my super cute new headband!
The funniest wrapping paper that my presents were wrapped in!
This is my Jamba gift card, I've used it way too much already, I think I'm addicted!
My cute new purse and my rose!
The cute headbands my sisters gave me!
Look at all my new makeup!
Most of the cards that I received on my Birthday.
My new wand which completes my Ravenclaw set, I am such a nerd!

Memorial Day Weekend!

This memorial day weekend, me a come of my friends decided to go to Montana and see "Beauty and the Beast" at the Playmill. The Playmill is a theater owned by one of my professors in West Yellowstone and they put on some really good productions. "Beauty and the Beast" was super good and it brought back a lot of memories from when I was in it, except they pulled it off a lot better then my high school did! We also got to explore west Yellowstone which was really pretty! It was so much fun going into all of the interesting stores around West Yellowstone and exploring. Afterward, my friend Rachel, begged us to go about another hour and visit her Boy Friend. At some point the Light sabers I gave her for her 20th Birthday came out and two of my friends had an epic fight. It was quite entertaining and proves, once again, that I am a huge nerd!

Train

My friends and I were exploring Rexburg one Saturday and we found train tracks. It was pretty cool seeing how many train cars there were just sitting there and decided to take some pictures. It was a lot of fun finding something new in Rexburg!

Controversial Old Lady Picture

One of my best friends out here is in a stage makeup class. He had to practice makeup to make people look old. So he forced me to the snow and he made me into an old lady as we watched Glee. I must say, it really helps you self confidence when someone is complaining about the fact that you have NO wrinkles as much as he tries to force my face to wrinkle up and the fact that I have no bags under my eyes. Its also quite funny when this is a complaint, not a compliment. I must say, I'm going to be a cute old person.

Comedy Improve

This semester a comedy improve group called the society came to BYU-I. It included a lot of really funny Mormon actors. It was really good! They played games, improved a musical called "The Attic", and were just plain hilarious! I especially liked "My name is Corbin, I like to rhyme, if you don't believe me, I'll show you!"Afterwards I got to meet all of them and got their autographs, it was cool meeting some really nice Mormon celebrities!

SAA retreat

This Semester I made a good friend in my Math for the Real World class and my Psychology class who is super involved! She wanted to join an association and so we joined the SAA (Student Alumni Association) together. It is a really cool group that makes connections with Alumni of BYU-I and uses it to help students find connections in the future and become better alumni themselves. They also are in charge of the Student Legacy Endowment (SLE) which is the fund that the school has to help students who find themselves in emergency situations and can no longer afford rent, tuition, food, or anything else needed to survive and still continue going to BYU-I. It is a really great group and it feels great to participate in such a service orientated association. One day this association might even help me. Early in the Semester I went to a leadership retreat with the SAA. It was super fun! I made great friends and learned more about the importance of service and how to be a better leader, not to mention I was edified by being around such great people and my testimony of the gospel grew stronger. Here is some pictures from the retreat!

Semester Break!

During the break between semesters I got to go back to NY and visit my home. It was kind of sad at first because I went to the dentist twice, went to the orthodontist five times, and the eye doctor twice, so lots and lots of appointments! But I got my braces off for the final time and the orthodontist gave me a mug full of chewy candy that I couldn't eat with my braces and look at me, I look great with all my new stuff!



Then I went to church and saw people who were all VERY excited to see me. Mom also got released from her calling as Relief Society president during this time and so here as a picture of her presidency, I have some more serious ones but this one shows everyone's personality's and their relationship so well that I wanted to post this one!
I also had lots of time to hang out with my friends! I hung out with Alan and had a Starbucks date with him and went out to dinner with Ginger and Vita. It was a ton of fun. I especially had fun going to NY! I spent the first day there hanging out with my friend Lora. We spent a lot of time going around times Square and hung out at Toys R Us and road the Ferris wheel in it it was a lot of fun!
The next day in NYC, we went to central Park and explored and then went to met, which was really really cool! Then we saw Billy Eliot which actually stared my friends little brother, so that was pretty cool to see how much talent can come from East Greenbush! It was really good!

So basically my spring break was really awesome!