Happiness.

Wow - I am a true slacker. And it's not because there has been nothing to talk about. There is SO much to talk about, but with finals and such coming up, I have been somewhat bombarded by school. Also I would much rather talk to real people than blog about my life, but my little sister has been wanting to see pictures! I miss you Rissa - see you in a week!

On November 22, me and some friends went to SLC to spend the day playing around and to go to the Coldplay concert that night! It was originally supposed to be six of us, but three of the girls decided to meet up with us later that evening.  Here are some pictures of the days events.

So - We were in this planetarium/museum and there was a forecast thing where you could see yourself on the screens and such. I was with Californians so I decided to express my love for the best state in the universe (Texas of course), and after doing so I realized there were like thirty people watching and waiting to try it out.  This would have been embarrassing if I were from any other state I'm sure.

This was the best part of the day. COLDPLAY! Here are pictures of where our tickets were. We were really far away and they were going to look like ants but nonetheless we were excited.

And then, a lady came over who was decked out in Coldplay gear and had a radio and such and asked to see our tickets.  We thought she was just checking to see if we had any so we handed them over.  She said "Wow, these are really far away, I'm sorry." And I just thought to myself "Ok rude person, thanks." Then  she continued "I think I might be able to get you guys a little bit of better seats, but I am not sure if they will be that much greater. How do you feel about that?" And she asked us a trivia question about Coldplay, and thanks to the whispering man sitting in front of us we got it correct. So she took us out in the hall and pulled out and envelope and said "Now these might not be as good as you wanted, but how do you feel about SECOND ROW FLOOR SEATS!?" Me, Katie, and Stephanie started screaming and jumping around and hugging the lady. SECOND ROW, for COLDPLAY! So we excitedly found our seats, and this is how close we were to them! It was one of the most exciting things in the world - that stuff just doesn't always happen!  Obviously, it was an amazing concert and we had the time of our lives.  Moral of the story: Don't think someone is a rude person if they are about to give you the best concert tickets of your life. I know, I'm deep.  I'll post about Thanksgiving in another post!

Tidbits.

Nicole tagged me, so I am supposed to write seven random facts about myself and then tag seven others. We will see how this goes :). Also, I am so bad at remembering to blog. This week there will be a new post about the best weekend ever, so be prepared!

1. I am allergic to chocolate. Almost every time I eat it, candy, brownies, whatever, I sneeze. But sneezing is the only consequence so I continue to eat it :).

2. My number one fear is natural fires. That no one has control of.

3. My thirteen year old sister is taller than me. I am almost 5' 8" and I am the shrimp of my family.

4. The farthest I've been from Texas is Canada. I know, exotic.

5. When I was little, I played orthodontist in my friends garage. We would pick what color of braces we wanted out of a box of chalk. Then we would eat it. No, just kidding.

6. I just got my ears pierced at the age of nineteen. The lady asked me what I wanted pierced, and I said "just my ears thanks." She was so confused.

7. If you take a runt, and suck off the coating, you can put it on your lips and blow on it while facing upwards, and it will float in the air. I know, that has nothing to do with me but my sister just showed it to me! Cool!

Halloween.

It's Halloween! It's Halloween! The moon is full and bright/ And we shall see what can't be seen On any other night. Skeletons and ghosts and ghouls, Grinning goblins fighting duels/ Werewolves rising from their tombs, Witches on their magic brooms/ In masks and gown we haunt the street /And knock on doors for trick or treat/ Tonight we are the king and queen, For oh tonight it's Halloween! -Jack Prelutsky

 The Jack-O-Lantern me and my roommate carved!

 Me and my decorated door! We had to decorate for the college-aged trick-or-treaters!

Me and one of my very best friends!

I love Halloween! My original costume was Hannah Montana, but it just was not working out so I went Native American.  Can you believe I found EVERYTHING at WalMart and D.I.? So fun. I hope you are all having the spookiest, exciting holiday!

Reunions.

On Saturday, I pulled off a reunion for my freshman floor! I planned it and organized it, and we all just met in the park and had a potluck luncheon. It was SO successful. I think 28 out of the 40 girls showed up.. that is impressive. We love each other. Here are just a few pictures from the event! I am loving every minute of BYU.

Last Wednesday we had a little get together of old Magnolia friends that are up here at BYU, not many of us were there, however it was still fun. I decided it was the perfect opportunity to make something delicious and creative (Who have I become? I LOVE to bake now!). And here is my creation! It is a bunch of cupcakes just frosted all together. So fun to pull apart and eat!

Recreation.

I love BYU Football! The game this Saturday was against New Mexico and we won 21 to 3! Before this game we were ranked 9th, I don't know what we are now but it is amazing! It has been an exciting season.  The BYU team will be in Texas playing TCU on the 15th! Of course, as a group of girls, we spent more time taking pictures than actually watching the football. Here are just a few!

It's another Cougar... FIRST DOWN. RAWRAR!
Nicole, Breanna, Sarah, Tami, Karen.  

I am so blessed! Even though it is freezing here, I live in a beautiful place on a beautiful campus.

Indulgences.

So, I created this blog to show my wonderful parents what is going on in my life at Brigham Young University, however anyone (who is not a creeper) is more than welcome to read it!

Last weekend was General Conference for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  It is a wonderful weekend full of four (or five, if you are a guy) two-hour sessions of talks from our beloved leaders.  Not only do we get encouraged and strengthened, we get a lazy weekend to watch it on our TVs (or laptops in my case) and enjoy ourselves.  

Back home, my dad has a tradition of going out for ice cream after the men attend the priesthood session on Saturday night.  I decided that, although I am a girl, I could participate in this wonderful idea. Who doesn't love sweets? So I spent Friday and Saturday absolutely immaculatizing my apartment and baking and making all sorts of sweet treats, and invited my entire ward (plus some friends) over after the Saturday night session.  It was quite the success! Probably 80-100 people came and went at some point in the night, and some wonderful people contributed to the collection of desserts.

Here are some of the desserts I made myself:

Mom, you would be so proud, here is my magazine-clean apartment.

Anyway, it was a great way to re-meet a lot of my ward and to eat with friends. I think I will make it a tradition! I think the funniest part of the night was the fact that boys continuously would leave with handfuls of homemade chocolate pretzels.  I am somewhat famous because of those now, and they were the easiest thing I made!