Catch up and birthdays

Birthdays this month: Kat and Caitlin! Happy birthday to two good friends!!!

freshman friends for the win.

united again after 2 years. 

salt city burger

byu v. utah state game

we won.

go cougars!

there was a bee

here is a classic amy moment.

earlier this week i was walking home from campus and it was dinner time. i was passing Jdawgs and thought "oh. maybe i should get one." but then i couldn't decide if i would want to eat alone at a table or while walking home. Both seemed pretty pathetic but in the end I decided eating alone at a table was worse.

So out of Jdawgs I walked with hot dog in one hand and drink in the other. Don't forget the massive backpack strapped to me. I knew I would probably run into someone I knew or hate while in this fatty state so I took back streets home.

Happily I walked and ate with sauce getting all over my face (with Jdawgs sauce it is impossible NOT to get covered). Then I noticed a bee was around me in the air. And I noticed it again. And again.

Gosh darn it, that bee was following me! It would make circles around me as I walked, each time reducing its radius to me and more importantly my food! I realized this punk of a bee had its eye on the Jdawg sauce. and I couldn't blame him.

It became of struggle of wills.

I thought "I can't eat this fast enough to make this bee go away and I am pretty full. So I guess I have to toss it." The only way to get rid of the bee is to get rid of the sauce. No way I could eat the rest soon enough. Too bad that there were absolutely NO trash cans - anywhere!

there I was stuck in the middle of a parking lot (a Church parking lot which makes it worse) with a bee buzzing around me. I paniced and just gave up. I just put the rest of my hot dog down on the ground. lets right: the ground.

Then I thought, "now what? I'm now in a corner. I can't pick it back up- the bee is already on it."

so I just stood there watching the bee enjoy its victory and the Jdawgs sauce. and just had to leave it there. so I gave my dinner up to a bee by leaving a half eaten hot dog on the ground.

well played bee. well played. 

birthday celebration part 4

For the last birthday celebration I went home to be with family. We had a big family dinner of homemade Cafe Rio salads. We actually celebrated 3 birthdays- my uncle and cousin also had birthdays that week. We had a 12, 22 and 55 year old. My mom also made me wear a badge that said birthday girl which found in the dollar section of Target. Which is really a piece of heaven on earth.

birthday celebration round 3 (on actual day of birth)

22nd BIRTHDAY:

the morning started with me waking up at 4:30 am. i always wake up around the time i was born. 

then went back to bed for a couple more hours. 

got in a cute outfit and had a dessert sandwich for breakfast. 

aka two pieces of white bread with nutella, peanut butter, marshmallows and banana all grilled together in our sandwich maker. 

I DO WHAT I WANT 

then matt came over with the funniest inside joke as a present.

TREAT YO SELF 2011 2012

Parks & Rec anyone? 

then he gave me a ride to school which was such a treat because my first class 

literally (Parks & Rec again) takes me 30 mins to walk to. 

thank you communication disorders for being based in the Taylor building. 

Farthest stateille building from the sun. 

then just had a nice day at school filled with lots of texts, calls and voicemails to wish me a happy birthday. 

my favorite one was from my 2 year old niece Anne. such a doll face. 

then a big groups of friends and I went out to dinner. 

We had chinese at Shoots- delicious! 

I was in good company to say the least. 

after dinner we came back to our apartment for cake and brownie batter shots! (my favorite treat)

then more friends came over and we had ourselves a little party. 

i forgot to take pictures at the beginning so i only got the people at the end. 

IT WAS A GREAT BIRTHDAY AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR MAKING IT SO!

xoxox Amy Faust, latest 22 year old

birthday celebration round 2

i have always wanted to drive the Alpine Loop in the Fall because i hear the colors are so pretty.

well my good friend Matt was so nice and took me on that drive for my birthday tomorrow. 

and let me tell you, "pretty" does not cut it. 

i thought i had seen some stunning fall colors in my life (being from Utah and all) 

but THESE WERE OUTSTANDING

i am so so so so so happy i got to do this before i leave BYU, 

this is definitely one of the best things i have ever done. 

it made me fall in love with Autumn all over again, it really is my favorite season. 

so now enjoy some of the most phenomenal colors you will ever see: 

(the pictures don't do it justice)

we know how to fully take advantage of Utah falls

 it had been raining earlier that day. 

the mist/fog made everything more beautiful

 yellow aspens are my favorite 

 i mean, seriously?

i just love Autumn in Utah. 

thanks again Matt, such an amazing birthday present.