Lately.

BYUSA RETREAT
So I've been helping out with BYUSA and I'm an event lead which is kinda a big deal so I am in the office from like 3-5 every day! It's so fun and definitely keeps me busy so thats good. I get to work with a lot of really great people. Im planning an event that we are doing with UVU in march. Its all in the works right now so Im not exactly sure how to explain it to you but just trust that it's going to be amazing and you should go! Since I am an event lead, I got to go on a retreat with all of the other event leads, the executive directors, and the vice president over activities. It was the best. Probably one of the first times I actually did something on the weekend this semester. Yay! haha. So we stayed in a cabin up in the canyons by Sundance. We goofed off, made a fire, roasted marshmallows and starbursts, had a variety show, played group games, and stayed up until 4 listening to Robert serenade us on his guitar. He is seriously SO good. He had a concert last weekend that I really wanted to go to but I couldn't make it (which I will explain later). This retreat was like 2 or 3 days after I got started with working with BYUSA so I really only knew like 2 people. I just got thrown into like everything! It was the best and I feel so lucky to have been able to go! Im so glad that I decided to get more involved. It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. Expect updates on the event! It's going to be awesome, I can feel it!

I REALLY don't like this picture of me but the B/W version looks a little better,

PUMPKIN CARVING

So about a week before Halloween, Lindsay, Spencer, and I drove up to Aunt Martha's to carve pumpkins! The trip there didn't turn out how we expected. We had been on the freeway for maybe 20 minutes and there was a ton of traffic, and all of a sudden my car shuts off. Let me remind you that this happened about a month prior while Aliese and I were in the In N Out drive through which I told you about already. Freaking out, I pulled over, put my car in park, turned it on and kept driving. We were able to make it to Martha's. My whole family was sitting outside getting the pumpkins ready to carve. We went inside and snacked on some bean dip that my aunt made and Lindsay's amazing pumpkin cookies! Then we got started on our pumpkins! I don't remember the last time that I carved a pumpkin and apparently it's a big deal in this family. They had all the fancy tools and books full of designs. I chose Chester the molester...at least that's the name we gave him. It was a lot of fun but took FOREVER. I love my family and I am so glad that they are just a 30 minute drive away!

My amazing family.

Brody loves me.

Chester is on the top right...just so you know :)

HALLOWEEN WEEKEND

So this is the weekend that Robert had his concert that I couldn't go to! Saturday we had Stake Conference and after that Aliese, Kyle, and I were either going to go to the concert or Zombie Fest. Right after conference I got a call from my friend Sam asking if I wanted to go on a date to a corn maze at thanksgiving point! Obviously I said yes, so I didn't get to go to the concert but the corn maze was super fun! After the corn maze, we went to California Pizza Kitchen for dinner and then went to the other guy Steven's apartment and played catch phrase, It was a really fun night. Probably one of the best dates I've been on (there haven't been that many to compete with). So that was saturday. On Sunday, we had Stake COnference again but Aliese and I went to the wrong building because we assumed it was at the same place as it was on Saturday. We walked into the wrong stake conference looking everywhere for Kyle and then realized that we were in the wrong place. So we walked into our conference late, which wasn't a big deal, it was just funny. Sunday night I spent the night at Lindsay's. I had to stay up until midnight to register for my classes for next semester but in the end I was able to get pretty much everything that I needed! I couldn't decide between Mission Prep and Survey of World Religions, but its pretty much impossible to get into Mission Prep with the awesome teacher that everyone wants so Im taking Survey of World Religions with Taylor! Im actually really excited for this class. I've heard a lot of really great things about it. MOnday was Halloween and I had class. That night, we (me, Aliese, Kyle, Brandon, and Kara) went to Kyle's family's house in Salt Lake because they were making donuts! They were so good! Then we watched a couple episodes of The Munsters and then drove back to Provo. Thats pretty much the gist of Halloween weekend. A lot of spontaneity but thats the way to live! No pictures from this weekend :/

SNOW

So it's pretty much officially winter. It snowed today and its been snowing at night a lot but mostly in the mountains. AND THERE'S CHRISTMAS MUSIC ON THE RADIO! I love this time of the year. My family is driving up (in my new car :) ) in a couple weeks for Thanksgiving and Im seriously so excited to see them! All of my cousins will be there too! Im exciting for my new car too since my current one is obviously not safe to drive. I love the car...like a lot, but its old and starting to break down and it's not a good car to have in the snow. I honestly cannot believe that they got me a new one. It's not brand new, but it's a 2008 Nissan Versa. Its cute and I feel so lucky and blessed to have such amazing parents! I don't feel like I deserve such a nice car, considering my family like never has really nice cars, but it is what it is and Im so grateful for it! I believe thats it for the updates with me!