Round and around we go (and an engagement)!

One of the highlights of last week just keeps circling around and around in my mind-- the ferris wheel in Brigham Square!  (sorry for the bad pun, I couldn't resist)  The ferris wheel was part of Involvapalooza (Club Fair).  It was totally unexpected and a lot of fun.  Luckily, I got out of my class at 6 instead of 8, so Meagan and I got to ride the ferris wheel without almost no line.

I also got to go to an amazing exhibit at the library.  Did you know it's the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible?  So, in celebration the HBLL had an exhibit of many different editions of it.  It was amazing to be in the same room with Bibles from the 1200s (The Vulgate, pre-KJV Bible)- present day.

Also, we had a huge bit of exciting news in my apartment......... Margaret's engaged!  Congrats to her and Joseph!  We're all super excited for both of them.

And yes, that does mean I've had a roommate who's gotten engaged every year so far.  Who knows, maybe I'm a good luck charm for my roommates?

Labor Day Weekend

So, last weekend was Labor Day!  It was really nice to have a 3 day weekend and be able to have lots of time to get my homework done and get to do fun stuff.

On Friday, after working a long time on homework, I had a fun night!  I had a great roommate reunion with my roommates from last year.  It was great seeing these girls again!  It was probably our last time together as single ladies before Camilla gets married in a few weeks.

Here's Camilla's beautiful wedding invite:

After I got home from that, I had a wonderful girls night with some of my current roommates.  After a failed attempt to go to a BYU attempt, we got delicious ice cream and then came back and watched a click flick and had a sleepover in the living room.  It was so much fun!

The Meagan hairstyle

The Kenzie

The Emily

Then, on Saturday, I finished more homework and then I got to spend time with my family.  My sister picked up me and John and we went up to Logan for my cousin Cory's wedding.  I'm so excited for him and Liz!  Also, we went to Logan to see my brother James' grave.  Elisabeth and I hadn't been up there since the headstone was there and John had never been up to James' grave.  It was a lot more difficult than I thought it was going to be.  A flood of emotions and memories came over me, some I thought I had forgotten about.  But, I'm glad that I'll get to see James again and that it's not goodbye forever-just for the moment.

Sunday was a wonderful day and church was great!  I also met an old roommate of my brother-in-law who's in my ward.  It was pretty cool, albeit slightly random, connection.

On Monday, I went to Kensey's house.  I love her family so much!  They are just so sweet.  We had a blast being with them.  I learned a little bit about professional tennis (which is really funny if you've ever had the misfortune of playing with me).  One of my favorite parts was accompanying Kensey on her cello as we played for her grandma.  

We also went on a hike with her dad-which was so much fun!  I think he took my jokes about if I got out of breath, I was going blame it on the altitude, a little too seriously.  He seemed genuinely surprised when I was fine during the entire hike.  It was really funny and sweet.

The view from the top

Then, we got to finish off the beautifully long weekend with a fun FHE activity.  We played Ultimate Frisbee and then rolled down a HUGE hill.  I'm pretty terrible at Ultimate, but it was still lots of fun!

Back to BYU: Year 2!

After being home since Easter, it was finally time to come back to my other home: BYU!

Somehow, we fit both my stuff and John's stuff into the car.

John's smolder face (think Tangled) and my reaction to it

Gotta love leaving before 4 in the morning

A beautiful sunrise somewhere in Central California

The fun I got to have in the car.

After 13ish hours, we made it!

Now, lots of pictures of my family!

Getting to spend time with my family was just what I needed before school started.  

One year older and wiser too (hopefully......)

So, I turned 19 about 2 weeks ago.  It was a really calm and nice birthday.  I got to spend time with friends on Saturday night playing lots of fun board games and eating good food.  Then on my birthday itself, I got to spend quality time with my family, playing games and eating good food.  (As you might be able to guess, my birthday has a lot to do with being with people I love, playing games, and eating)