first semester downnn

life in general... 

[it's beautiful.]

well, duh.

down goes my first semester.

as a college student.

at the one and only

B     Y     U

and i survived thrived.

what's so great about college, you ask?

besides the amazing classes, honor code, teachers, etc...

i have to say, it's mostly the people.

dorm life is just soo.... fun.

ya know?

{{sorry in advance about the bad quality of the pictures.  i blame faaaaaceboooook.}}

we've got our crazy wind-blown photo shoots [slash spying on certain people in the lobby... what?]:

karen + me = simply fierce.

ward prayers [and games afterwards like the bachelor/ette, spaz, sing-alongs, guess-who-just-tapped-your-shoulder... uh, what?]:

 first night of The Bachelor... Ryan and May got pretty into it, lemme tell ya.

late-night hall-chats:

left to right: chaychole, holly, sully, molly, jujubay, me

new friends:

annie & i trying to keep our balance on ice skates

jokes and pranks:

found this randomly taped to a door in another building... bahahahaha.  loooove it

ward activities:

top: on the bus to temple square

bottom: enjoying the lights at temple square

"who-does-she-like" interrogations:

 you'll never know... mwahahaha

...and last but definitely not least...

nightly basketball games:

this was the first night that began an unstoppable tradition

{P.S.  If you ever see me...

...there's a 50% chance i'll be wearing this.  gloves and all.}

say whaaaaat?

i had such a great first semester.

but next semester will be even better!

because, on top of all the fun, 

i will take better care of my health.

i will work even harder in my classes.

and 

i will try harder to always put the Savior first.

specifically:

here are my [main] goals:

- to bed by midnight

- keep up with the reading assignments

- read scriptures every morning, before breakfast

and i should be good!

some of the most beautiful things about life are: 

learning from mistakes

progressing

growing

improving

and becoming the best we can be.

having fun is great, but it's all about a balance.

Now that is beautiful.

peace out.