Jessica

My roommate Jessica!
I think I first really became friends with Jessica and that was because we had Geology class together so we had that time to sit by each other and get to know each other. Eventually that turned into calling each other to have lunch together and now you wouldn't have ever guessed that we weren't friends! She is pretty much my twin and my heart would just about break if I didn't have her there! We have gotten into our own little disputes but the disputes were nothing but fun such as our flour fight! We always yell at each other but we never mean anything harsh by what we say! I love that we will stay up late and talk to each other about the most retarded things but we laugh anyways! I am way lucky to have Jessica as one of my roommates and I am so glad I have her here with me!

Things...

My family is definetly my number one motivator. Being the first one away to college in my family has been kinda hard on me. I don't have my mom waiting for me at home to ask how my day was or if there is anything that she can do to help me. I also don't have any of my siblings there to just hang and talk or my dad to come in to my room in the middle of the night and just talk to me about anything and everything.
The ambassador team. If I did not have my team of ambassadors I think I would just about die. They are just a spectacular group and we get along so well. Not only that but we all look after each other and if anyone needs anything we're always there for the other one. I also have Terry the man over the ambassadors. He takes care of each and everyone of us. He is an amazing man and he takes care of us like we are all his kids. I love the ambassadors


The Gospel. I have never felt so much need for the Lords help and for the need of the Gospel in my life. Not being at home just made it more clearer to me that I not only want the gospel but I NEED the gospel in my life. Being away from my ward family and my own family who would go to church every Sunday just made it more of a habit for me to come to church and to really realize how much I do need it in my life. And not only need it but I love it.So you'll have to ignore the photo, especially since my ward is really nothing like this. I am thankful for my ward though. They are all so nice and even though I don't know everyone in the ward yet but they have all accepted everyone and that is what I appreciated the most. I also have to say my gratitude toward my new bishop: Bishop Dunn. He is one of the greatest men I have known and he reaches out to each and everyone of us. I am way grateful for my ward.

Mathew Colt Stewart

So I decided that my brother who just recently got home off his mission, and by recently I mean last Wednesday, should get a little sunshine in my blog. So off we go :)
I remember the exact day we dropped Matt off at the MTC it was September 24th which was a Wednesday and at 11:00a.m. (I believe since I forgot to bring a skirt and so we had to go buy one and everything was closed at 10 in the morning. Only in Utah really.) I remember taking pictures and then sitting inside their big hall and watching the LDS family commercials. Which I did not think was the best thing since that just made me cry harder when I had to hug him goodbye and walk out one door while he had to walk out another at the opposite side of the room. That day was sad and I remember anything that would remind us of him would make us cry like his tie that he had draped over the couch.
Now after serving the Lord and the beloved people in El Salvador. For being in all the positions you could possibly be in. He has now returned home has an RM. And since he came home on Wednesday of course I wanted to be there when he got off the plane, but I had a couple different problems that were stopping me from going to Vegas. So while I was looking at my Ambassador Calendar I saw that there was a college fair in Vegas so if I could then get a car there would be no money issue and I would be excused from school. It sounded good enough to me so my room mate Jess, my friend Gavin, his friend James and me all headed down to Vegas for the weekend. I surprised them all except my Dad and my little brother. It turned out to be a wonderful weekend with General Conference and just being around my family. We spent time on the strip, drove to Sandy, went to General Conference, drove to Price, and hung out with my brother and friends all night long. I don't have pictures at this moment but I will post them as soon as I do have access to them.
All together I am beyond happy that my brother is home and that he has served a full 24 month mission. I'm glad he was able to serve those he worked with and that he was able to learn so much. I am happy that I will get to see him and that I no longer have to wait every week for his letters. I am also grateful for his letters and his words of wisdom as he would speak and tell me things that I felt I needed to hear.
I love my brother and I can't wait to hear everything he wants to talk about at his homecoming. I love you Matt.

Adventures in Ephraim!

So this past weekend was an adventure! But let me start off like this a week ago my friend Brandon asked if I wanted to go to Ephraim this weekend. He knew Jenni was in Ephraim and so he just was being a nice guy and asked if I wanted to go. Of course I did and so I was off to Ephraim with my friend Gavin, Jessica, Brandon, and Rio. So this weekend of course I stayed with Jenni and we got to talk and hang out like old times :) I also got to meet all of her room mates who were really nice and also her friend Loreil, whom I really liked! My friend Gavin also had his two friends and so we just hung out most of the time. We started out by going to the SNOW college dance where we got to paint each other and it all glowed in the dark it was a lot of fun besides being squashed in the group of really really really tall people jumping all around!!!!!!!! The only downer part of that night was trying to get all the paint off which was painful! So we all went and hopped into the hot tub and after that we went and watched the movie Robin Hood which most of us fell asleep to hahaha. But nevertheless it was still fun.
The next day though all the girls slept until 12:30 bad idea... hahaha mostly because we got a hate call from Brandon saying we needed to get up because they were bored. So we did and we went to this Chinese Restaurant which totally got my sick today. Anyways we also went to the CEU vs. SNOW volleyball game which we sadly lost :( And then later that night Gavin's friend James and me went swing dancing with was a blast. This weekend was so much fun and I know this is poorly written because my brain refuses to function today, but it was still so much fun and I would have not traded this weekend for anything!

Labor Day Weekend

So yes, yes it is Labor Day Weekend. I always used to love this holiday because by the time school started you already had your first weekend off! So of course when this weekend had rolled by I was contemplating on what I could do and what I should do. Being away from home is different when we have weekends off and for multiple reasons.

1. I have no car, so I can't visit home.

2. Because I am not at home I can't just visit with my family.

3. If I were to go somewhere I wouldn't know where to stay.

So because of these reasons I had no idea what I was going to do over this break and I did not just want to stay in my dorm when the rest of my room mates were leaving town. So as I was thinking about what to do I realized that my cousin Loren lived in Provo which is only about an hour to an hour and a half away. So I had messaged my cousin and went to see if it was possible that we would be able to spend the time together this weekend. Unfortunately Loren was going to be out of town but his girlfriend Maggie would be there and so I did decide to spend the weekend with her. There was a problem with trying to find a ride into Provo but that soon vanished as I found out my friend Emily was driving home to Provo. So it all worked out and Maggie and I spent time together this weekend!

So this weekend we really got to know each other and now we are really close which makes me uber happy! We also did a lot of things like we went to Seven Peaks water park and Maggie's room mates put on a Dessert night. It was so much fun and this was a very memorable Labor Day Weekend and I am so glad I decided to come to Provo and hang out with Maggie!

My Best Friend :)

So I had to just first start off by saying how much I love my best friend!

She makes me smile and she is one of the people that I miss the most! We have been best friends since we were little girls. Being in the same ward and Elementary school, it wasn't hard to get along. Since those precious days in Kindergarten till now we have remained close and she is fan-freaking-tastic! Even when she does send me evil angry texts about me never calling her... which I do call her... sometimes.

So basically I am writing this about her because it really is her that knows me like an open book. She knows when I'm upset because she notices the slight shake in my voice. Or she knows that I am being serious because I am calm and speaking about things like I have really thought them over. Or that I am excited because my voice starts squeling! Just like a few moments ago she sends me a text that says the following "you miss me, just sayin." And of course our conversations follow in an order of calling each other jerks and saying things that make no sense to anyone but us. I love her and do miss her. Even when she calls me a jerk.
Love you Jenni :)

Clean Slate

I have decided now that I am out on my own that I should start a blog. I am kinda blog obsessive and I have wanted to make one for a while now. So I was reading a blog and thought hey why not. So here I go my first ever blog and my first ever blog post! How exciting!
I'm not exactly sure how to make it the way I want and how to do everything that I really want to do on it. You know being super cute and creative with it, but I figure that I will just learn as I go! And those who actually do want to read about my super exciting life will just be ecstatic that I now have my own BLOG :D My family will actually be really happy about this since I am not much of a caller but now it's all handy dandy and they can read about everything :) Okay I think I am now done with my first blog post! Exciting :)