My college experience!

myyy boyfriennnnd. and other cool stuff.

2009-04-06T22:37:00.001-07:00

The past few weeks have been fun! Greg and I hang out like every second. So thats basically what I do with my free time :) But some other events that have happened are:

We had a P party! We wore our Pjs, played Poker, ate Pizza, Peach rings, Popcorn, Pepsi, and listened to P-music!!! :)

Anyways so it was my first time playing poker ever, and same with my friend Ani, so we were on a team. We dominated. We won!! Real money. I know. We gamble at BYU. It was a date though so I think its ok :)

Me and the real prize: :)
Can't read my. Can't read my. No he can't read my POKER FACE!!
Caroline and her poker game.
The WINNERS! :)

So, also, we went to this Festival of colors. This Hare Krishna temple in Spanish Fork (about 20 minutes away) has a festival every year that you go to celebrate the coming of spring. You go and buy colors and throw them around on each other. Here are the results:
Me and my best friend Caroline:
Jumping!
Kisses :)
Greg got sick so I brought him stuff to make him feel better.
Goofing off at his place :)

Life is SO amazing!

busy busy busy.

2009-03-17T22:18:00.000-07:00

So, life has been crazy. I have never had a boyfriend at college before. Man is it tricky to manage time. I just want to be with him ALL the time. And with tests, community service, friends, him, homework, papers, and trying to find a job... lets just say its a little hectic. Anyways, his name is Greg Downs, and he sure is a catch. I am VERY lucky :)

We snuck into Sundance in the middle of the night and went sledding... until we got kicked out :)

I have been cooking a lot. I love it. Don't you just love my awesome apron? :)
My last day in my preschool class :(
Greg and I being goofy.
BYU UTAH GAME!!!!

Thoughts and Quotes

2009-03-02T13:03:00.000-08:00

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"Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what he is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on: you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently he starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make sense. What on earth is he up to? The explanation is that he is building quite a different house from the one you thought of — throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were going to be made into a decent little cottage: but he is building up a palace. He intends to come and live in it himself."
C.S. Lewis from, Mere Christianity

“Under the plan of heaven, the husband and the wife walk side by side as companions, neither one ahead of the other, but a daughter of God and a son of God walking side by side. Let your families be families of love and peace and happiness. Gather your children around you and have your family home evenings, teach your children the ways of the Lord, read to them from the scriptures, and let them come to know the great truths of the eternal gospel as set forth in these words of the Almighty.”

Gordon B. Hinckley

“True doctrine, understood, changes attitudes and behavior. The study of the doctrines of the gospel will improve behavior quicker than a study of behavior will improve behavior.”

President Boyd K. Packer

I like these. The end.

Winter 09

2009-02-23T16:12:00.000-08:00

Wow, where to begin. This semester has been the best yet. By far. Getting closer with friends and boys! I have been so busy with school, but also with my social life. I don't really sleep anymore :)

I am so thankful that I got to come out to BYU. I don't know how I got in, but I am honestly so grateful for it. BYU is amazing, and I have met life-long friends out here. I don't know where I would be if I didn't come out to school here. My testimony has grown so much, I have learned so much in school, and have made some of the best friends ever imaginable! :)

Me and Lauren and Caroline. Best friends.

Me and my new boy Greg :) He is amazing! So cute and so nice to me. Treats me like a princess. I'm a lucky girl. (story of how we met is below) and me and Jacquelyn and Caroline and Steph all went 80's dancing!

We blindfolded rachel and took her to get her hair colored for the first time!
Another picture from caroline's princess party:

So about 5 weeks ago I got set up on a blind date with this guy named greg. He is a cutie. I made him dinner then we went rock climbing:

We have had 3 birthdays in my apartment in two weeks! It was a very eventful two weeks I must say. Here are some pics from those events: So I uploaded these pictures funny so sorry for all the random ones above. I am not too good at blogs.

Fashionista.

2008-12-13T22:51:00.001-08:00

While studying for finals today, I took an hour break, and found this amazing website. I think my passion in life is clothes. That might sound crazy but its true. I did both of these in an hour. I thought I should publish these. Well back to studying! :)

Birthday Mocktail Dress by chelsyrae

Job Interviews by chelsyrae

Thanksgiving and end of semester!

2008-12-10T13:37:00.001-08:00

Thanksgiving was so much fun! We went to Mexico and surfed, tanned, swam, boogy boarded, and just relaxed. I don't feel like uploading all the pictures so here are a few:

Me and my adorable brother:

Me surfing.
Me and my other adorable brother:
School is almost out. Actually there is only one day left, then finals! We have been having so much fun. Lots of dates. This week we have an ugly sweater party, a cocktail party (no alcohol of course), and we are going snowboarding!

This is me and Josh on a date:
Me and my very best friend messing around on a sunday:
cooking:
Having a girls night!

October

2008-11-09T14:20:00.000-08:00

New Friends, Fun Parties, New Places, and some More Crazy times:

Me and my friend Lauren thrift store shopping. Like our new dresses? haha. Just kidding we didn't buy them.

Me and Caroline on halloween, cowgirl and indian!

Our guy friends Matt, Stu, Cree, and Joe as the anchorman crew.
My bedroom:
Me and the bestests eating at spark.
going out:

Date Night!

2008-10-07T10:40:00.000-07:00

My roommates and I went on a fun date to the Haunted Forest this weekend! Here are some pictures from it! It was so much fun!

Welcome to our new home!

2008-09-23T12:48:00.000-07:00

So, as everyone knows, I am back to the wonderful provo. I swear it is like disneyland for college students. We have only been here about 3 weeks and we have already gone dancing about 3 times, had movie nights, had a reunion for the girls from last year, cooked for CUTE boys (and they cleaned up for us), gone to ward parties, and had some girl nights. Here are some pictures to catch you up :)The 2007 Hinckley Hottie Girls over at our place writing nice things on each others backs

Our first football game! What was the score again? OH YEAH 59-0

Quesadilla Time!

Me with Alyssa, Jacquelyn, and Steph at the 2nd game. Which we dominated... yet again.

UHHHH we had a little accident! haha

Courtney and Caroline fighting Cree.

Getting ready for a dance party!

The boys cleaning up the dinner we made them :)

Me and Court

The roommates.

What Happens in Vegas...

2008-09-13T10:16:00.001-07:00

Vegas was amazing. My cousin got home from his mission, so my whole family was going to be there for his homecoming. My awesome parents let my two roommates/bestfriends come along and got us a room! Here are some awesome pictures :)

Thanks mom and dad for being the best parents ever!!! :)

Arkansas!!!

2008-07-11T11:53:00.000-07:00

The Trip was so much fun!!! Probably the funniest moment was when my aunt Christy said: "Aw look they even have a silly jumpy thing to play on!" She was referring to the tube!!! haha I love her. We had some great times though that I will never forget, like putting off huge fireworks in the trees, watching the lightning storm from the cute italian restaurant, playing cards and winning 7 dollars :) It was great, I cannot wait to have another family vacation! Look its the silly jumpy thing!
Me and Troy!

I read that whole book in a day.

the cousins sitting on the boat waiting for the rain to stop

I discovered this picnik thing...

2008-06-25T20:24:00.000-07:00

Boring Summer in Frisco TX

2008-06-12T08:05:00.001-07:00

Yeah that is right. I said BORING summer. On the bright side I am making lots of money! I have done a few things with a few friends, but it can get so boring. The other day my family and I went Bowling and to Pei Wei so that was way fun! Here are the pictures...

Aren't my parents the cutest???
I love my family...

I have also had a lot of tanning and swimming days...

Mandy and Me...in the park

2008-05-27T18:39:00.000-07:00

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Last week of school...

2008-05-26T09:54:00.000-07:00

I am really going to miss my lovely katie fellows... she was the best roommate i could ever ask for!

So the last week of school was sooooo sad! I have been home for a month now and REALLY want to go back to provo! Home is soooo over rated! :) Anyways the last week of school I had to say bye to all my amazing friends. It was sad :( We had lots of group study sessions, parties, and went camping!

2008-04-16T08:52:00.000-07:00

VEGAS!!!!!

So I met some new friends the past two weeks, and they invited me to come to vegas with them! We decided to take a break before finals and road trip down to Vegas! Their names are Chelsey, Aimee, Bryant, Josh, Nathan, Brendan, and Trevor. It was so much fun! Friday night we got there and the girls stayed in the LUXUR. It was awesome! We dropped all of our stuff off and went on to the strip. We went picture crazy, and came back to the hotel around 2. Trevor had his wisdom teeth out the day before, so fell asleep in the girls room. Luckily Aimee is his cousin, so they shared a bed lol. We watched a movie, and the guys left around 3 to find their dump of a hotel room. I guess it was really bad, because at 8:20 the next morning the guys came in our room and woke us up! They couldn't wait to get out of that place! We put on our bathing-suits and swam for 5 hours! The boys got FRIED, and can still hardly walk! I feel bad for them, but I guess they learned a lesson! Saturday after swimming we went to the outlets and shopped for a while, but we were so burned out from the sun it only lasted like an hour! Then we went back on the strip for some yogurt and to the coke factory. (We like NEVER ate on the trip, so my stomach was so screwed up when I came home! AND I LOST WEIGHT! haha) So saturday night, we stayed at Chelsey's friend's house, and went to sacrament meeting on sunday and left! It was so awesome!

Finals start on friday, so I will be studying non stop until then.

Love you all!

Freshman year is coming to an end.....

2008-04-05T10:32:00.000-07:00

Wow. Freshman year is almost done. Only 7 more days of classes... then I take finals and come home! This semester has been really fun and its going to be sad to see it go. Well this past week I went snowboarding two times, went on a date, celebrated Heather's birthday, and played tennis for 3 hours. I am SO sore from tennis and snowboarding, but it has been a great week!!!! Here are some pictures... love you all.

group date!

2008-03-18T16:34:00.001-07:00

So we went on a group date!!!! It was interesting... but fun!!! Here are some pictures :)

Weekends in Provo...

2008-03-08T14:03:00.000-08:00

I LOVE PROVO. THE END!!! :) So we went to a HIP HOP 80's dance party, it was SO much fun! We drank energy drinks, and were VERY hyper. Not too many people showed up to the party, but it was AMAZING. Soldier boy came on, and us 5 girls went in the middle of the dance floor and did the dance!!!! Everyone was watching us it was hilarious!!! Then after we went hot tubbing with some guys and troy haha. It was great! Got to sleep about 3:30ish. But here are the pictures!!! LOVE YOU!

The BEST enrichment activity EVER!

2008-02-24T10:38:00.000-08:00

So, we had the BEST enrichment activity ever... we dressed up in costumes, and had a scavenger hunt in the mall. we had to dance, sing, and ask for guys phone numbers! It was so much fun! We even had to find a penny in a fountain!!! Here are some pictures!

SLC with the moms

2008-02-19T17:41:00.001-08:00

Hey! So the I had an amazing weekend!!! My mom and Katie's mom came to visit!! We went to SLC and here are the pictures! Oh and the picture of the flowers that I got from some mysterious person! :)

BLACKLIGHT PARTY!

2008-02-13T17:29:00.001-08:00

Hey! Here are some pictures from the black light party I went to with my best friends from BYU! Caroline is the tall skinny one with brown hair, Heather is the tall one with blonde crimped hair, and courtney is the tiny one with blonde hair! I love these guys! Oh and we decided to take a rest in the mall in the massage chairs! It was quite nice!

More Winter Semester!

2008-02-10T20:56:00.001-08:00

More pictures because it wouldn't let me add any more on the last post!!! I LOVE COLLEGE! By the way I am getting sick and tired of the snow. As you can see, I really wipe off like a foot of snow every-time I try to drive ANYWHERE. Its getting old! :)

Winter Semester=all the parties in the world!

2008-02-10T20:45:00.001-08:00

This semester has been amazing. I have made some really great friends on my floor, that I go out with every weekend. I am way more social this semester than last, and feel apart of my ward! I love the fact that I can go snowboarding any day that I want, and there are at least five parties a night! Some of my favorite were the black light party, the masquerade ball, and just hanging out with my friends on my floor! I will upload more pictures later, but mom, you can have these now!

Summer at BYU!

2008-02-10T20:37:00.000-08:00

Well, I know that the summer was like SO long ago, but I figured I should start with the beginning. I lived in 1220 Hinckley Hall, and met tons of new people. To be honest, it was basically just a huge party, where we stayed out almost every night until 2 or 3 or 4 haha. Anyways here are some pictures to sum up the great summer of 07!