baby driver

last week while driving home from church Tahna and I saw Scott on his dirt bike driving home as well.

we proceeded to honk and wave at him and suddenly a brilliant idea popped into my head.

i had a vision of me on that bike with scott driving up the canyon to see the fall colors.

what better seat to appreciate the leaves turning than on the back of a bike?

after a little pleading, convincing and batting of eyelashes he agreed.

score!

it was the perfect weather and i have never seen so many bright colors.

i am serious when i say there were neon orange trees.

i had the best time, it just made me so happy.

what a wonderful fall afternoon.

thanks again scott!

conference weekend

for conference weekend

(which was long ago but school has kept me so swamped i will be forever behind on updates this semseter)

Bryanna invited me to go with some of her UVU friends.

David, Harmon and Reo were super fun and it was a blast.

i love Conference, the whole weekend is like a holiday.

i know i look forward to it just like i do for Christmas

we went to Saturday morning session and for the rest of the day the boys made fun of loud i gasped at the Paris and Provo Temple news.

i just didn't understand why no one else was freaking out like i was,

and such great news deserved a big reaction.

we ended the morning with lunch at Hires.

it was delicious and a Salt Lake classic

stressful

this is what anatomy lab midterms do to me:

it makes me shut myself alone in my office for hours at a time studying.

it makes me cry.

it makes me mad.

it makes me think how cool and complicated the body is.

it makes me hate latin and greek.

it makes me wear t-shirts on campus (instead of my normal blouses with cardigans)

but worse of all

it makes me use the Vicky Bellnap stress position:

this only comes out in dire situations and when it does you know it's bad.

weird

ya know what is weird about being older?

things like your friends getting engaged is no big deal anymore,

people younger than you are already married,

getting pregnant is the new shocker,

and now that you have dated RMS, you can keep running into them.

the best and worst thing about premies is that they leave.

yeah it stinks but it is so much worse that RMs never do.

RMs don't come with an eject button.

it is kinda nice that you have that back up plan where the boy disappears and you get to have your life all to yourself.

now with RMs they can pop up where ever at anytime

like on a date with another boy...

and then it gets worse when they get married. so you walk around campus and see an old crush across from brigham square and think "attention! there is -----..... he is engaged now...huh"

cringe

since when did i begin to have dated that boys who are now engaged.

age alert!

OR

you end up sitting by an old crush's wife (yes. wife.) in class.

you know exactly who she is because you are a total fb stalker but you have to pretend like you have no clue who she is. but you have indeed looked at all their wedding pictures.

then at the end of class she asks what your name was (because is a cute and totally nice person and shared class materials with you)

when you say your first name, she immediately fills in your last name and says "oh you know by husband because of ------"

and in your head you think "does she know that i once thought her then-non-married husband was cute?" AWKWARD.

but she did know who i was.

looks like we both are holders of personal information about people we barely know.

welcome to the fb generation.

baby girl

i just love baby anne.

mainly because my mom treats us both the same.

when anne gets something so do i, and vise versa.

we are both the babies of the family- anne is the baby over all and i will always be the baby to my mom.

case in point-

she bought us matching shoes

i think that is pretty darn cute.

this semester so far

so this semester has been wild.

life is on high speed throttle with no other option but full steam ahead.

i have never had a semester so busy.

i can't even stop to catch my breath, my icalendar is exploding with events and to-do lists.

but i am loving it.

luckily i am loving all the things that are keeping me busy.

i could have a bad attitude about anatomy and how stressful it is but i have taken on the mindset that anatomy is a fun and mind-blowing cool game.

and it is a special opportunity that a lot of students don't experience.

i would never be learning and having these amazing experiences unless my major told me to take anatomy. i would be too scared to voluntary take this class- i didn't know how i would handle the work load and the cadaver lab.

but i have learned that i actually really enjoy it.

i still have moments where i feel reserved/hesitant in open lab but i can touch, explore, learn and appreciate.

it is also super special to take this class because many universities are having undergrads be taught via computer instead of off a cadaver.

but best of all we get to incorporate the gospel into our lessons.

it is beautiful.

i mean i am learning about myself and why i chose to come earth

- because having a body is so important and sacred.

anatomy has also taught me how to relax and take it day by day.

usually i am a week ahead in homework in all my classes but with how anatomy is structured, that just isn't possible.

so i have become one of those students i thought i would never be.

aka study for a test that you are taking 2 or 1 days before instead of the whole week leading up.

i am found out that i don't have to be so anal about grades, of course i will want to keep up my track record but...

i am human and not a robot.

i can give myself some slack.

and surprisingly my grades are still pretty good.

i can loosen my grip on control and still do well.

i just work as hard as i can, do the best i can and still push myself (within reason)

and i know that everything will be ok.

it will work out.

so i don't need to melt down or bubble over with stress.

i am also working this school year-

it has been such a luxury that i never had work and school at the same time.

BUT i could not pass up this opportunity to be a TA for my all time favorite professor.

once anatomy is done, work won't seem like such a big deal.

work is the best.

it is like working for your dad and where you just get to do fun things.

why i love work:

1. the awesome perks of being a TA (access to secret wireless internet on floors other students don't have internet on)
2. having an office! BOOYAH! my professor is only on campus one or two days a week and he said i can use his office to "study in, sleep, place to take boys..." legit that is what he said to me. hahahaha. i love having my own private quiet space = i heart elitism! ha just kidding
3. there is a computer lab for the TA that is manned by computer techs around the clock so whenever i have a problem guess who always helps me :)
4. there is a supplies room that seriously is a mini Staples. i love school supplies so every time i go in that room, i just get so happy and giddy.
5. get to grade awesome papers with cool religious ideas
6. love the power i feel while i enter in people's scores
7. getting to say things like "my students ------"
8. i love my boss. we just laugh and have such a good time.
9. run cool errands

over all work is awesome and doesn't even feel like work.

ha- best moment was when during one of my meetings i stopped and taught my professor how to text because he got a new iphone.

i love the idea that BYU paid me to teach a professor how to text.

that makes me happy.

and to top it off i have outrageously fun roomies, friends, fhe brothers and wardies.

so the weekends are always packed.

LIFE IS BUSY AND CRAZY BUT IN A GOOD WAY THAT IS SO MUCH FUN

this is

what being surprised with a massive birthday party looks like:

another massive thank you for my wonderful roomies for pulling it all off!

brownie batter shots