Lucky

It's snow cone season. Today was simply and wholly wonderful. Filled with moments so delicious and filling as you drank them in. Life is pretty wonderful :)

That Valley Though

The past few weeks the mountains have been calling my name. 

Monday, Tom, Ethan, and I decided to take the day and go searching for some Greek gods atop Mount Olympus.

The view is certainly spectacular.

Places that are up high are my very favorite. They keep life in perspective. 

it is amazing how a few perfect moments in this beautiful world can confuse my heart to a point of utter chaos.

I live in a really incredible place. 

okay. well maybe the world in general is just gorgeous. but i'm partial to my little slice. 

oh. by the way. that's tom. we go on dates and other adventures. i like him. 

It's a Wonderful Life.

This post got half way done then finished about a week later... my feelings are still the same. 
It's been rather quiet on the blog as of late.
This semester has flown by.

I'm a busy girl. 

15 credits, part time job, playing a sport, and trying to have some sort of social life will do that to you. 

HOWEVER. I finished my last final about 2 hours ago. Came home. Cleaned my apt. and while I was mindlessly vacuuming all these reasons kept popping into my head of why this semester has been significantly awesome.
and since pictures say 1000 words. I'll let them do the talking.

Said goodbye for 18 months to Katherine. 

Had a splendid break and many adventures hanging out with McKann. 

Serendipitous sightings. 

Herbie and the Stoics. 

This was at the waffle party and one of the first interactions of friends that led to a wonderful semester. 

I also came to the conclusion that manatees are comparable to potatoes, and used it during catchphrase.

Everyone thought I was a goof. 

Said goodbye to Miss Dottie. She's doing splendid on her mission. 

Shredding the canyons with some of my favorite people, McKann and Aaron

MOA dates with Chloe. It's magic there. 

It's casual. 

Rugby trips made this semester WONDERFUL. 

Random snow pits and castles on campus 

Pre New Testament naps with Mikaela

Water polo for DAYS. Intramural happiness.  

Shamrock Shakes. 

Finally having outdoor rugby practice. 

Post game Rugby trips to the beach. 

Wildlife wednesday. Every wednesday. I owe a lot of the friendships and adventures this semester to Marketing 241. It's how we all met, and I couldn't be more thankful for the friends that have come out of that class. People may have hated our crew for taking up the back two rows in the JSB auditorium, we loved it. That's all that matters. 

One time we tried to have a bonfire. And it was really windy. So it didn't really work. but we sure had a fun time galavanting around south fork canyon. 

Some saturdays I spend with old friends. Going to Macy's getting Ice Cream, talking about life, then flying a kite around Rock Canyon, having a full on photo shoot, laughing, smiling and remembering why you love people and the world. It was a wonderful afternoon. 

SOCIAL REC 215. This class was once a week on Tuesdays for 3 hours. And it was the BEST class. We learned techniques for involving people, essentially it's EFY counselor 101 but it was so much fun! I simply adored my professor, Dr. Palmer. He is so passionate about improving peoples lives and putting a smile on their face. A perfect reminder that not only is it okay, but completely necessary to keep a child like awe and interest about us as we get older. Fun is a huge motivating factor and we should use it to benefit the world around us. 

Best day of class :) 

Intramurals yet again. Best cheer squad ever. 

Basketball games. 7th row. Giant Brandon Davies Head. Need I say more?

Fighting gravity and laying upside-down on the Y. . . TERRIFYING. 

Judith hit a milestone. 

Cowboys and indians party. My tribe. 

Colors with my chickees. 

All time favorite picture. Colors. Happiness. One of my favorite people. Pure Joy. 

Easter with the family. 

Sunday afternoons spent in Jamestown 18 watching march madness and just chilling. 

Baseball games.

BLOSSOMS. Lovely clusters. I love how they just show up over night, and smell so delightful. Running down streets of blossom filled tress has never been so wonderful.

Blanket forts with the crew. Where we lived for about a week. Studying for finals, playing truth or dare, watching movies, and denying the fact that the semester was coming to a end. Our lives fluctuate wildly between crushing responsibilities and pretending that we're 5 years old.  

Sunday dinners and FIFA at Gillian and Bryson's place. 

Study swag. Sometimes this is the only thing that gets you through studying... swagshirts and herbiecaccons. 

Saying goodbye to my kindred spirit. 

Because this is just so us. 

Other things that made this semester wonderful include

PB&J's from Blue Line.
Frozen Rain.
The Hunger Banquet.
Extreme air sports followed by Herbies trip to the ER.
Library parties.
Pulling good grades.
Sleeping people.
Dance parties.
Phantom of the Opera.
Walking on frozen Utah Lake.
Wonderful drives and talks with people.
Tunnel soccer.
When McKann brought me Tacquitos in class.
Walks home from campus.
Laughter. So much laughter.

So, while it may seem all I do is school, work, and rugby I manage to squeeze a little bit of fun in there as well. Maybe I don't sleep as much as I should, but I'll sleep when I'm dead.

This semester has been one of my favorite yet at BYU. It's cheesy, but I really have some great friends to thank for that. We've been through a lot together and connected in really great ways. They couldn't have come into my life at a more perfect time and I'm so incredibly grateful for each and every one. More then I think they can really understand. Thanks for all the adventures and memories thus far, let's keep 'em coming.

California here we come :)

We'll be back shortly Provo. 

untitled.

It feels like

                               a thousand exclamation points 

inside my heart. 

and one big question mark

                                constantly

                                                 constantly

                                                                   constantly

        on my mind

Today.

I often struggle to begin to convey the feelings in my heart. 

Partly because I don't feel I can bring proper justice to the essence of the feeling. 

Often simple, yet very deeply held.

Words gathered carefully. Spoken deliberately. Slowly.  

Today my heart says 

I have a lot of love for a lot of people.

hope they understand and can feel it too. 

and a very deeply held gratitude for where and who I am.

observation.

Lately I've thought about people. 

and what we have to offer. 

it's not always much.

but when it's given with honesty and humility. Purely.

it can amount to really wonderful things. 

This sport I play.

 Once upon a time back in August I decided to try something new. 

ya know. spice up my life a little. 

and I showed up at rugby practice. 

ready to learn and with a friend by my side. 

and after a lot. A LOT. of hard work I have been given the opportunity to travel with the team. 

and let me just tell you. These girls are my life right now. 

This last weekend in California was so great. 

I couldn't be more thankful to be where I was at that time. 

I wasn't worried about the homework and other stressors in my life. 

We played so well! and then got to go have a blast on the beach!

I love this sport because of the way it builds trust, this team is a family.

We support each other on and off the field, and the past two weeks would have been pretty difficult without these girls in my life. 

I'm so glad I made the choice to play. 

Let's go cougs! All the way to the top! 

(we're headed to the sweet 16 in 6 weeks!)

One of my favorite parts of rugby. Line outs!