Fall Madness!

Fall semester of my senior year at BYU has officially started. It kind of seems surreal that while I am here thinking about graduation, all of the boys from my freshmen year are coming home from their missions. But so far, it hasn't been too bad! Don't get me wrong, having all major classes has been stressful, but it still feels like summer!!

Me and my lovely girls Lauren and Taylor decided to throw a back to school bash, which turned out to be a total hit! We had more people than any of my previous dessert parties, probably cuz it was a dance party haha. Unfortunately however, we got a complaint from a married couple that lives at the Enclave. They informed us that if we didn't turn our music down by 10:30 they would call the cops. So, we decided to move the party from the courtyard to the parking garage. And honestly, it was INSANE!!! We probably had over 200 people there...but by 11pm the po po showed up and shut us down. But I think that just means our party was a huge success, since it had to get shut down ;)

And don't you worry, all us hosts were rocking our matching cheetah print pants. We wanted to be looking fierce for our first bash of the year! 

I feel like these ladies have been my home away from home. When ever I need to get away from homework (which is...all of the time) they are there for random diet coke runs or just to hang out!

     

They even came with me to support Zack at his ultimate frisbee game!

And we just love our random Walmart runs in between our tanning time by the poolside. 

O and how can I forget the amazing soccer season we've been having!! Cami Jensen, aka my lovely roommate, was made the BYU soccer team captain! And last night we had a game against Penn state, which is currently ranked 6th in the nation! We dominated!!! Beat the 3-1, which is phenomenal. Save it to say, Cami was a very happy camper once she got home :)

Well that's all for now! I should probably prepare for my 416 debate this week! :( School=no fun.

Summer...in a nutshell :)

Somehow I've gotten super behind on blogging. Summer is almost over, and I haven't posted anything till now. So for that, I'm sorry!


I guess I've just been super distracted lately with school, being sick on and off for the past month, and just life in general. But finally I have some time to just sit down and write.


Where to start...ok how about with the fact that my best friend Brooke got married this past may!!! it was such a pretty wedding, and I couldn't have asked for a better guy for her. Her and Curren have been living here in Provo now, and luckily I still get to see her about once a week.

Me and the beautiful bride!

Huge wedding party outside the Newport Beach Temple 

All of the bridesmaids at the Arizona reception. McKinzie caught the bouquet haha

Me featuring the lovely couple

Maddi and I were asked to sing the couple's wedding song at the luncheon "Beautiful Love" by the Afters

Then once the the wedding festivities ended, that meant I had to get back to real life and head back to Provo for summer term classes. Though don't worry, I didn't let school get in the way of play time :) Yes, I have been going to classes and working super hard writing for the BYU Universe...but it's summer! And a girl needs to play and get her social butterfly on!

So in order to get my roommates Cami and Sophia to socialize, we decided to have monthly dessert parties. The last one we had was in honor of Sophia and our friend Leigh's birthdays! And let me tell you, they are quite the hit here at the Enclave. 

Me and the beautiful birthday girls.

Sometimes our parties take a turn for the worse, and we get thrown in the pool. But we rock the wet look ;)

And what would summer be without our Asian PowWows!? Living with Sophia has truly brought out my asian side, and I love it. Because of her, I've started making asian food on a normal basis. And we're not the only people in the ward that love asian food! We call it our Asian powwow group, which usually consists of me, Sophia, Thongvun, and Anthony.

On occasion, we get visitors that work at NuSkin with Thongvun

And what's even crazier is that this summer I've been camping and hiking a lot! So crazy, and any person who knows me really well will know that this is a huge step for me. It's probably because my friend Zack Woodmansee is very good at convincing me to participate. He and I have discovered that we are basically the same person. He's just the white male version of me, but it's probably a huge reason as to why we get along so well and hang out on a daily basis. Here are some pictures of all the active things he's gotten me to do this summer.

 at the Mona rope swing

 starting a late night campout in Cedar City

group picture in the "narrows" of kanaraville

we decided we should start a band because of how epic we looked walking down the street together with our matching bandanas

And something else I've been pretty proud of this summer is my music playing abilities! I've been practicing really hard on my guitar that I got this past year. Brooke's wedding was just the beginning. I've sang at a few open mics here in provo, and I even sang at our ward's open mic. Singing is something that I have always loved, and being able to play the guitar is only making me want to pursue music even more!

And of course, what would summer, or life for that matter, be without some quality roommate bonding time. I've been so lucky to be able to live with Cami since freshmen year, and now that I've moved into this new apartment, I have the opportunity to live with Sophia and Ally...though Ally has been in Washington D.C. for far too long!!! It's been such a blessing, and we always have a good time together :)

These lovely ladies came with me and some ward friends to the park by the MTC to watch the 4th of July fireworks!

So as far as recaps go, I'd say that is a pretty good synopsis of how my summer has been this far. Now on to my last week of summer classes and finals, and then I get to go home for a few weeks before Fall term starts!

I PROMISE I will be better at updating my blog! So till next time!!

Picnics, Sunny Days, Happy People

Weather!

We were so lucky with the weather these past few weeks...now as I am sitting in my living room listening to the scary wind storm going on outside...I can happily say that I took advantage of the weather when we had it!

 Cute half-asian Sophia!

 Meet Brad...we like to sing together :)

 And you should all know who this cute girl is....it's Kelsey Jean Briggs! You can't tell in this picture but I totally wrote her a poem and drew a picture of her on some swings, which just happens to be one of her favorite activities.

And this picture has nothing to do with sunny days outside, but it documents this friendship pretty well.  Everyone, meet A-Babe, also known as Ally Morgan.  When we had no other plans on a Friday night some weeks ago, we decided to get Thai food.  Little did we know that our twin sisters would be waiting for us there!

Snow is supposed to be coming...sad, but I'm glad I got to take advantage of the weather when I had it!

New Exciting Things to Come!

For the last week or so, I have been fortunate enough to hang out with one of my good friends from freshmen year at BYU.  We bonded instantly over our love and passion for music and singing.  And because of him, we were able to perform a show-stopping performance at the Velour last night :)

Here's a peek at it!

We decided to do this just for fun, but we got such great feedback, that we made an official Facebook page, and we're excited to keep posting videos and performing! Check us out on Youtube and like our page on Facebook!

He's Back!

Baby D!

Yes, that's right for all of those people who were in my freshman ward at BYU, Devon is back from his mission! Ever since I met this kid, we always had an awesome musical bond! From singing in Helaman Halls, and now at open mic at the Velour haha. Make sure you come and check us out tomorrow (Tuesday) night at 8 :)

Here's a little teaser to entice you all further, since I know you're all itching at the chance to hear Baby D and I perform!

Just the Way You Look Tonight

Last night, my friend Brad and I decided to hit up open mic night at the Velour! Though I have sung there once before on a whim, for some reason I was way more nervous this time...but I think it went pretty well :)

Let me know what you think!

And thanks to everyone who came out to see us play!