cougars versus cougars

Last night was the BYU vs WSU football game here in Provo, Utah. It was a hard night to be a Cougar fan. 

Why is that? WSU Cougars lost 30-6 to the BYU Cougars. 

Not only was it hard to wear crimson and gray, it was hard losing a bet to my best friend. Yup, I was so sure WSU would have a winning chance against BYU, that I made a bet. 

Not one, but two. Yes, I did lose both of them. 

he made me wear white for "our" safety

ethan, joseph and i

Go Cougs?

it's hard to be friends sometimes

i'm a little out numbered here in Provo, Utah

inspiration

"it was meant to be that life would be a challenge.  to suffer some anxiety, some depression, some disappointment, even some failure is normal.  teach our member that if they have a good, miserable day once in a while, or several in a row, to stand steady and face them. things will straighten out. 

there is great purpose in our struggle in life."

temple thursday

let's talk about my last week temple experience:

last thursday, i rode my bicycle up to the temple, its all up hill. but the great thing about that is the ride back is all down here and 20 minutes faster. when there is no traffic i can make it back in 5 minutes. ride up there is like 25 minutes..it's hard. 

anyway, i came back put on a skirt and asked my roommate if she wanted to go with me. we both headed to the temple, performed baptisms and we came back. it only took about 20 minutes, it was super fast.

i love the temple, it is my most favorite thing about living in Provo. 

later that night I asked Katelynn (my best friend) if she wanted to go with me. we were checking for our recommends in my car. i leave mine in my scriptures tucked into the front cover.... it wasn't there. i was like oh shoot, that's the only place i put it. we went to the baptistry recommend desk to ask if they found it from earlier that morning. they said they hadn't and said to check the front desk.  Katelynn checked where i was sitting earlier to see if it was there and checked the locker i had that morning.  it wasn't there, but while i was waiting for Katelynn. I was standing there talking to the temple worker, some guy walked into me and said "in the way much?" oh, that was smooth.... Then we went up to the front desk. Guess what!! it was there, oh happy day. we didn't want to do baptisms because we actually got ready for the night. so we did confirmations, afterwards we sat and read our scriptures. in the middle on my prayer that boy decided to sit by me and interrupt my prayer and katelynns scripture reading. he tried to be smooth and was hitting on both of us. he then proceeded to ask me to hang out with some time, said i should call him sometime. i told him i didn't have a phone. then he wrote his name and number down on a piece of paper and gave it to me. he did baptisms then came back at sit by katelynn and asked us to go to his house watch a movie and eat ice cream. it was a nice offer. but we both declined. 

not to guys: please don't hit on girls while in the temple.

sunday

sunday is my most favorite day of the week, hands down. well, it's tied with temple thursday. 

this sunday was the first sunday with my new ward, i absolutely can't wait for this year to begin with these lovely people. i can already tell it is going to be a great year. during relief society we bore our testimonies. this sunday was the first sunday i've ever bore my testimony. it was the greatest feeling ever. i was nervous then i looked upon all my wonderful sisters whom i love oh so much already and i don't even know them yet. i have this uncontrollable strong love for these sisters. oh goodness, they are such beautiful daughters of our Heavenly Father. i can't wait to get to know them and serve them. i could keep going on... but then i won't get to finish telling you the rest of my wonderful Sabbath day. after church, we came home, all my roommates left to go home expect my love Julia (my room roommate). i surprised her and made her dinner. we sat in the living room together, made funny stories, talked about the guys across the way from us (a whole different story). but the greatest part of being with my love was the activities we did together. we listened to hymns and gospel music, made friendship bracelets, danced in the rain, giggled, watched kid histories and made delicious kool-aid. did i also mention we went on a bicycle ride together. we tried to make it to the temple, i failed. i also got my dress stuck in my bicycle two or maybe three times. (note to self: don't wear a dress).  afterwards we went to ward prayer, there are so many people in our ward. have i told you how excited i am for this ward? i'm super excited! when i walked in, i was greeted by a friendly face and she told me she loved my testimony, i got all embarrassed and tried to hide behind julia. i had to leave ward prayer early for a great cause.

d&c 98:11-13

"and i give unto you a commandment, that ye shall forsake all evil and cleave unto all good,  that ye shall live by every word which proceedeth forth out of the mouth of God. For he will give unto the faithful line upon line, precept upon precept; and I will try you and prove you herewith. And whoso, layeth down his life in my cause, for my name's sake, shall find it again, even life eternal"

kid histories, please watch.

my very first friendship bracelet 

an utah sunset

isn't she beautiful? 

oh, you sun...

failed attempt to take a photo of us

our sweet rides

this is julia.... 

with her eyes open! : )

things i've learned in utah

+ girls are not clean, biggest misconception in my life. i have always thought girls were the clean ones, and boys were the messy ones. i was wrong.
+ people are aggressive and fast drivers, washington drivers are slow and sweet, they will always let you in if you put your blinker on
+ i don't think i could ever live far away from a temple again, the temple has been a huge blessing in my life, and i am forever grateful and lucky to belong to such an amazing church. 

(beware these photos are disgusting and may disturb you)

this is what happens when i leave for 6 days

4 loads of dishes, it was a great way to end my vacation

hogle zoo - pt 2.

according to my iPhone

sand cats (freaking adorable)

the last night together

for sixteen days

next door to where we had dinner, an el salvadorian restuarant 

"L"-ing

check out our mad skills

yes, this is what we do on a thursday night

after a horrific game of bowling

we planked and played DDR

right before he left back home

according to instagram

i love to go to the temple, my favorite part of Utah 

cambria and i after a hike

yes, my toe nail came off. it was awesome.

cupcake shakes- delicious

five guys, burgers and fries

fourth of july

favorite weather <3 td="td">

wake surfing, pro status

kong kone, from macey's

pet-co

joe and i

2 am laundry

cocoa bean

early ride to sundance with joe

baby blue and i adventures

utah arts festival