The Place I Call Home

On Thursday, I arrived at BYU in Provo and moved into our apartment. Sarah, Janet's sister, Janet and I left Wednesday and made the long trek to Utah. It was a safe trip thankfully and didn't fall asleep in boring Nebraska. Since I got here, I have worked on organizing everything in our apartment, walked around campus, which is HUGE, and tried to find a job. I haven't been very successful on the whole job-finding part but I have applied to a few positions on campus. Other than that, I haven't really done a lot. It is the calm before the storm because pretty soon, I will have too much to do that I will be in over my head in studying. Tomorrow, I am heading north near Salt Lake City to see some friends from last year which will be exciting!

Here are some pictures of our apartment.

Our closet that holds ALL our clothes surprisingly! We can't believe how much space there is!

This is Janet's and my bedroom.

This is right inside the front door and our kitchen. Again, we have tons of storage space to fit our food and dishes. We also have a dishwasher AND a garbage disposal. I've never had one before!

Last but not least, this is our living room. We just need a T.V. and then we'll be set. It is pretty comfy and spacey. All in all, I love the apartment and look forward to the times spent in it.

To Do List

I am ending my long hiatus of no blogging. It seems pointless to try to catch everyone up on my summer so here are just some pictures of what I have been up to.

CAMP!!! It is the best place in the world despite the tough campers and the long days. I love almost every moment and I am thankful for have a job this summer. It is coming to an end this week and I know it will be hard but it was fun while it lasted.

I went to the Balloon Glow near the Wausau Airport with some friends. It was really cool and neat to see.I went, with my sister and mom, to Minocqua one weekend this summer. During the trip, we went to Jim Peck's Zoo. It was really cool and we know one of the zoologists there so she was able to take us around and get hte animals really close to us. We also went to the Depot Museum and was able to find more information for family history!

Here I am with Madison. She and her brother, Michael, are my camp director's two children who I live with this summer. We play almost every night and have tons of fun together. I am going to miss them so much when I leave.

So I found this online one day and thought I would share it with fellow friends and family. The list is called, "The Top 101 Things Every BYU Student Should Do." Here is the link:

http://theboard.byu.edu/index.php?area=viewall&id=46949

While I liked a few of them (mainly the ones about roommates...), I decided to come up with my own list entitled, "Top Ten Things I NEED to do at BYU."

1- Shake Cosmo's hand

2- Learn the Cougar Fight Song

3- Count all the stairs on campus

4- Study Abroad

5- Complete another marathon or at least run in a few races

6- Avoid as many ward/stake dances as possible

7- RUN up Y mountain

8- Never, ever get lost... on campus or in Provo

9- Shake a Church leader's hand (President Monson would be sweet but anyone would do)

10- Find a job with kids

I have just about two years to complete my list as well as the other one. Classes start at BYU in just two weeks!