My roommate, Lindy, is now engaged! Well she got engaged several weeks ago haha, but since she and her fiance, Chandler, are from Idaho Falls, he often comes over. Melody and I were out in the living room and talking about how hungry we were, yet too lazy to make anything. All that day I had been planning on making myself some delicious tacos for dinner. Well Lindy and Chan are heading out the door and say, "Hey, we're running to the store for stuff for tacos. Are you guys needing anything? Milk? Bread?" Melody says, "Oh! I was planning on making tacos for myself, too!"...Me: "Well that's just weird. So was I!"...We then decided to compile all of our ingredients and have our Taco Feast. :D Yes, that is about 2.5 lbs of delicious hamburger!
Everything from cilantro and a giant bowl-full of shredded pepperjack cheese to seasoned meat and guacamole! Mmmm. (:
Now that I'm in dire need of food...Next! I was able to watch the end of Christian's ultimate frisbee game after I finished my own softball game. (: So here are a few shots of my lovely brother, coaching and playing a game he loves!
RAWRRR!
Coaches leading their team
Last fall semester, while living with Kaitlyn and Gill, we hosted an Apple Party! It was a great fall idea and was tons of fun! Kaitlyn has decided to make it her annual festivity to bring in the fall season. But first, we needed a load of apples to cook with. (PS: An "Apple Party" is basically eating a bunch of apple-y things such as apple cake, apple pie, caramel apples, apple crisp, caramel and marshmallow dip for sliced apples, apple cider, apple juice...Uhhh yeah. Delicious.) Last year we were able to get all of our apple at the university's orchard for super cheap. So we figured we'd do that again, of course...Unfortunately, we arrived and all the apples had been cleared out. Sad day. But we did take the opportunity to take several fun pictures. (: Most you can find on Facebook. I have an album for my pictures, and I am tagged in all of the other ones Kaitlyn took. But I thought I'd include a couple of my favorites. (:
Yes, the majority of these pictures are posed hahaha.
It snowed. Gah. Freak. I already was having California withdrawals; the snow in the middle of October was NOT what I was hoping for yet. Oh well. It's all gone and melted for now. (: Best not jinx myself, though. Oy.
My view at 6:30 in the morning, waking up to snow and heading to class.
Melody is from California and was SUPER excited about the snow. :D
Kaitlyn and I headed to the temple that afternoon. (:
And what had I been SO excited for FOREVER?! Everyone came to visitttt!!! Except for Trista and Russ. ): I can definitely see why they didn't come up, though haha. New Mexico is quite the distance. :P
Momma and Papa decided to accompany me to Idaho Falls for my doctor's appointment. Padre needed a nap, methinks. (;
Uncle Christian teaching Jackson how to spit grapes super far. :P
Playing with Jackson, who (of course) was hiding behind his own momma.
Jackson playing a game of peek-a-boo haha.
Oh m'goodness, you should have seen the look and excitement on his face when he finally was able to "hold" baby Kali. :D Hahaha in this picture, his mouth was the biggest "O" I had ever seen on his face. (:
While the family was here, one of my FHE brothers received his mission call!! Sean Dalton was called to the Lyon, France mission and reports February 20th! I'm a water spout and cry all the time anyways, so of course I begin tearing up as he begins reading it. But oh my word, when Sean broke down and started crying, too...I was a goner. My roommates just stood next to me and laughed, because they are so used to it now haha. Anywho, I compiled the few pictures of him opening his call for you to get a good idea of his reaction (my other FHE brother is the one on the right holding the cell phone, that's Jacob our FHE leader/Dad). The picture on the bottom left is my favorite haha, he was just really overcome with excitement and happiness all he could do was cry a tad. It was so great, and he is WAY excited to serve in France!
The next Monday after all the family went home, I had to head back to Idaho Falls for my LAST doctor's appointment! (Yes, these last couple of weeks have been full of lasts: LAST paper to fill out, LAST doctor's appointment, LAST bishop interview, LAST of all the interviews...) Kaitlyn came with me, so we made a quick stop at Winco, which is ALWAYS an adventure with us haha. The Sunday evening before, we had watched a couple of our friends do the Cinnamon Challenge. I had not seen anyone do it before, but I will take everyone's word for it being awful haha. Including Christian, considering he's done it before. :P Anywho, Kaitlyn and I were walking through the bulk foods and both busted up laughing when we saw the glorious amount of cinnamon there. (;
That same day, Monday, our entire ward had an FHE Halloween party at the counselor's house! My whole apartment and I weren't super huge on the whole dressing up dealio, but Becca suggested we all be cats. Thus...We became cats lol. From the left to the right: Me, Kaitlyn, Melody, and Becca. (:
Off we go to the party! This is my bishop, getting the game of Limbo ready for us. (;
He has been absolutely INCREDIBLE to work on my papers with. He has done so much for the MANY perspective missionaries in my ward.
A few of the guys from our ward who continually stop by our apartment; they won the best outfit award!
My roommates and a few of our great FHE brothers!
Wuendy is on the far left, Lindy is the cute blonde gal to the left of me. Then it goes me, Becca up top, Aaron is below her, Mel is to the right of Becca, Kaitlyn, Jake is standing next to Kaitlyn, and Danny is below Jake. (: We were only missing two of the guys: Jacob and Sean!
Dance par-tayyy!
Kaitlyn's birthday was the next day, Tuesday. So what do you do? Streamer our door shut (almost shut--for about a week we slid under, because we didn't have the heart to take it down haha) at 5:30 in the morning! :P
Random: I love my Religions teacher. I took his Book of Mormon class last Fall and absolutely loved it. So much that I signed up for his Family Foundations class this semester! He is a bishop here in Rexburg, he always knows how to bring the Spirit into our lessons, he used to be a seminary teacher in Kennewick before teaching here, and (as you can tell from this video) he always has so much fun, enthusiasm, and joy doing what he does! Haha.
Mission Updates!
I know, I know. This is really what you're looking for among all these random pictures and nothingness haha.
-Paperwork?! DONE!
-Doctor's Appointments?! DONE!
-Dentist Check Up?! DONE!
-Bishops Interviews?! DONE
-Stake President Interview?! TONIGHT!! In approx. one hour, in fact. (:
After tonight, my stake president will send my papers off to Salt Lake! The average here for receiving a call has been between 10 days and two weeks. The latest I've seen is three weeks. All I have left is to get my wisdom teeth out (scheduled for December 20th, yes, just before Christmas haha), a last eye doctor check up (scheduled for December 18th), and to get my Hep A shots!...Whenever I finally get those haha.
Where do I want to go? Honestly, just Spanish-speaking. I love my Spanish class now, and Spanish is one of my minors. It would be SO great. Even more specific? I'd love to go to Argentina haha. Everything I've heard from Felipe Cornu-Labat's family has made me want to visit so much! There or just anywhere in South America. Orrr for in states? Shaun mentioned like Pennsylvania or one of the states on the East Coast that were the first colonies established in the U.S. That would be incredible. :D
Depending on when I get my call my depend on when/where I decide to go to the temple. I sort of just assumed the Columbia River temple. Possibly over Christmas break? However, Christian said that him and Audrey may not make it home for Christmas. ): Sooo I dno. Plans are still up in the air, and I am open for suggestions.
Alrighty! That's all for now. I really don't know what else you all want updates on, so I'll leave it at that haha. I'm gonna grab something to eat and head to my last interview! :D Love you all!
