color me pretty.

a little late, but can't go without a festival of colors review. a solid ten, as always. they charged for admission this year, which sucked. but i didn't buy chalk, so two dollars isn't too shabby for the largest hindu festival of colors in the western hemi. woot woot. if you didn't go this year, come next year! i even found a secret route to get there. yay!

amore.

v day. you either love it or hate it. i'm not sure if i have enough unbiased experience with the day to choose my side, but this year i enjoyed valentine's day completely. no, i don't have a lover.. i have lots :) this year surprised me and made me realize you don't need a boyfriend to like v day, all you need is love. (yep. i just said that tacky statement.)

v day kinda started monday night, when we threw jaxon a surprise birthday party. he was completely surprised (my favorite thing) and it was a lot of fun. he even got lucky..

i love this boy lots. he's one of a kind.
then after a long day i came home to a package from my awesome family/mother. yes please. the usps delivered this time.

i slept in the living room (don't ask questions) and listened as one of my roommate's secret admirers taped a rose and note to our front door. i then woke up to these beauties on our kitchen table. 

i assumed they were for my roommate alex, who is engaged. nope. just from the boys/jaxon, who provided a gerber daisy for every girl in madison five. try and tell me my friends aren't the best.

the rest of the day was filled with ding dong ditching and pleasant surprises all around.

i doodled this in class then realized i didn't have anyone specific to give it to. disappointing? surprisingly not. :)

and nothing's more festive then some heart nails! yeah, i went all out.

bryn my forever valentine surprised us all with these bows and notes. she's the best. (how do i keep up when i have so many cute friends like this? it honestly is rough. i feel so inadequate.)

who needs a valentine when you can have lots? i think i'd prefer it this way for now. it's safe to say this one goes down in the books as one of the best valentine's day. it was ended at the vow. how did you feel about it? i liked it, but i was so mad most the movie.. it was depressing. oh well. we all know i'll see it again.

hope your v day was filled with lots of v's and lots of love. :)

the sleepover.

this girl looks peppy and thrilled. 

but if only you knew what it took to get that girl to third row of the byu v. st. mary's game. 

cue end to annoying third person talk. 

meet my home last week. i slept here, in that tent, more than i did in my own bed i believe. wednesday, thursday, friday night.. all were spent in that tent. surprisingly it progressively got better, even as the temperatures dropped and dropped. 

meet the crew that is crazy enough to see four tents at the marriott center at midnight and decide to join them. believe it or not, it was us girls who got the ball rolling. (did i really just use that phrase?)

here's almost everyone. and our attempt at a one tree hill picture. did i mention we watched a whole season in a week together? well.. we did. we were kinda obsessed. i'm peyton. the confused, dark one. perfect right? 

this is basically how we slept every night to keep warm. rach and i are all time cuddle partners. you make think that's weird.. but you try camping out in the winter. body heat.. duh. 

occasional late night trips kept us sane, or insane. oh yeah nasty energy drinks. nassssty.
shout out to rose stewart who brought the last night crew wendy's. can you say an angel from above? yeah she is. nuggs and a frosty were EXACTLY what i needed. i kid you not. 

then when the time came we lined up at our door, got instructions on the best way to hold our all sports passes for the quickest scan entry, and we were in. 

cute little bows kept us classy, despite the embarrassing show of sportsmanship and composure shown by the byu student section. 

the game was disappointing, and ridiculously emotionally draining. but the three nights prior made it worth it! 

needless to say, or maybe not so obvious, i will not be camping out for tomorrow's game vs. gonzana. as much as i wanted to, the group could not muster the strength for another week long sleepover. i will happily watch it from my couch. 

oh ps.. charles abouo tweeted me back again. 

SO WORTH IT!

just call me lilly.

yep. it's finals week. yep. i leave tomorrow. yep. i still have one more test to take. yep. i still have to pack. yep. i still have to do my job for cleaning checks. yep. i'm blogging and using my time wisely. 

(side note- i did half of this post and then actually focused when i was done packing, and now am en route to HOME. currently in denver!) 


things you should know: 

i just cleaned out my backpack and stored old books and notebooks. i sold back one book, and got $3. SCORE!

i'm a member of a new exclusive harry potter club. i'm lilly potter. everyday we pick a new spot to study. details in a sec. 

i underperformed on every single one of my tests. that takes skill. 

i made new friends. they are also apart of the HP club. i would like to blame them for my lack of sleep this week. (bed times: sunday: 3 am, monday 2:30 am, tuesday 5 am, wednesday 3 am)

i CANNOT wait to see my family. they are so cute. every day my mom tells me how excited she is an usually something that a sibling said about me coming home. abby sends me emails and that make me even more excited. 

i have not been home since july, and that was when the flood was just about to get done "peaking," so i'm excited to see my house/community/state not in a state of disaster and my backyard filled with snow- not sand bags!

monday study- 4th floor of the JKB. it was one of the better spots.

tuesday- 2nd floor of the JKB. chamber of secrets. first official meeting of the club.

wednesday- 4th floor of the JFSB. dumbledore's office. real official. favorite spot. 

study activities:

library. where we went to study play football. see video below.

posed harry potter character pictures

if you're not done with finals, i'm so so sorry. i suggest locking yourself in a room for a few hours to study. i kindaaa wish i would have done that. bad idea to have friends finals week. what was i thinking? 


happy christmas, muggles!

hi.

i'm struggling with the right title for this post. sorry for the awkward result. let's get started.

does any girl have a problem with this picture? didn't think so. either do i.

friday was SO random, but so fun! long story short.. erin, brittany, holly, and i ended up at a jewelry store. obviously no one was opposing the idea. (ps holly is a friend from high school, long story short this summer she got baptized, married, and moved to utah. her husband goes to snow and they have came up to visit a couple times now, but this time she left in provo for a weekend with me! it was lots of fun, who would have thought? not me. but it definitely works!) we were at wilson diamonds next zupas. they were so nice and put up with us clearly single girls just wishing and dreaming. (minus holly, holly most definitely has a ring and boy.) long story short, we found plenty of dream rings. i was actually surprised how picky i was.. okay not exactly. but i definitely have a "type." (now i just need a boy.)

this was the winner of the night. someday this post and this picture will actually somehow help me with something real :)
random friday girl's night out? success.

(clockwise starting with the left: erin and i at the game, starbuck's saturday morning, cosmo sighting of the game, vivint trip to visit brittany at work.)

oh yeah.. it's homecoming week. i dug out my warmest jacket and went to the game. i was somewhat dreading it but i'm glad i did. we won! and i got to see girls from my hall last year. win, win.

rings, starbucks, byu football, vivint, good friends? overall success.
bye.

happy.

this week has been a good one. i don't know really why.. when i actually think about it nothing has went particularly awesome, i've just been really happy. 

one thing that's been a major contributor is my school. i used to be a hater. i didn't even want to apply to byu.. but here i am! and i can't imagine it any other way. 

one thing that really "got me" was tuesday at devotional.. neil a. anderson from the quorum of the twelve was our speaker- i've never appreciated how great he is! 

right off the bat he told us how the first presidency send their love and how president monson is proud of us and they talk about us frequently, etc. he said the same for the entire quorum of the twelve apostles. to be honest i almost started crying. we are so lucky! a prophet of the Lord thinks and prays for us and our school is under his direction. not many people can say that.. i'm a pretty lucky girl. 

in utah i'm family-less, but not really. i have real family, aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents, as well as fake family. on friday i went with brynley and her grandparents to a little town somewhere in the middle of no where to watch her brother, davis, play football. we met up with her other grandparents and parents. i felt like part of the family, it was fun! i love being with the andersons!

bryn, aimee, and i trying to keep dry. i was wearing her grandpa's sweatshirt, don't even worry about it.

i'm loving living with alex and rachel this year! it's so much fun. i particularly enjoy our spontaneous sonic runs, as seen here.

i'm currently on my way to st. george for the royal wedding, aka jared and elizabeth's wedding. i'm in charge of the photobooth. the props are here.. thank goodness we have boys like these to test them out.

can't wait for a weekend of family and wedding bliss!

introducting my sophomore year.

roommates: kimmie, alex, rachel, samantha, (me), hayley.
location: liberty square.
stats: one freshman, four sophomores, one junior.
two showers, two sinks, one big mirror.
an oven, fridge/freezer, dishwaster, sink.
additional appliances purchased. (including my ice cream maker- stay tuned for details.)
two tvs, one mine, one borrowed and bigger.
alrighty. moving on.

there's a couple things you should know about our apartment. we have a couple honorary roommates.

one being j beibs. no one's complaining.

we had a ward activity. we fled to the swings. nothing personal.. but byu has made me not care at all for ultimate frisbee. it's so annoying how convenient it is to play it EVERYWHERE.

class started. so did the big bucks being spent on books. i feel bad for the people who had to buy this book.. i can't even read the title.

being a byu means multiple things, but the things i had forgotten about were:
the couples
the foreign languages
the waaaay happy people
the everyone randomly being connected
the cute boys you check out, then see the ring
the people who give their introductions in class and you already know they're messing up your curve.

last, but not least i have another intro.
introducing: "the" roommate- hayley.

 i'm loving this picture. it's on top of the jfsb. we didn't have devotional today so i met hayley up there during our down time. i forgot how cool it is up there, and hot this time of the year. but.. the view is spectacular. note the "y" on the mountain. and just the mountains in general. oh, and the girl with me.
hayley is a california girl. i scored. so far, so good. she has put up with me and we have already "clicked" and made some memories. she's a chemistry major, aka way smart. she's so cute and gets along with everyone. she fit right in with our apartment. and, she is better at going to bed than me. i know it sounds weird but i really need to do better, and she's helping me get out of my night owl habits from last year. so.. if things continue like they've started this will be a great year.
i'm happy with the girls i'm with every day, my classes, my school, oh yeah, and i need a job. i have an interview on thursday. keep your fingers crossed for me!

the end.

rewind. review. continue.

so here's what's going on, according to my iphone picture timeline.
ST GEORGE

this baby is on sale. its literally a baby. a baby grand that is. got it up and running on craigslist while i was in stg. k none of you probably cared about that.

i started on the photo booth for jared and elizabeth's wedding. this is the bunting.. you like?
DRIVE TO PROVO

listened to this song. i just liked that it said this on the little thinger. (oh yeah, recently i discovered i used the word "thinger" for just about everything.)
WORK IN HEBER 

i saw this and just couldn't help but wonder.. is this a utah/mormon joke? only the utah/mormons will get this.

i visited the local favorite, well apparently state favorite, dairy keen. yummm chocolate strawberry and coconut shake.

 this was my favorite work project. i mostly did inventory but on the last day lynne (my boss) had me make a sign for the barn. i'm not going to lie to you, timberline ace hardware is pretty country. we sell ifa goods. don't know what that is? me either. its stuff for your farm. represent.

in between work days i got to spend lots of time with the cousins. the clarks are the greatest and i stayed with them for two weeks. i took over sophie's bedroom and everything. one night i went up to salt lake and babysat this kid and his siblings. i love them all!
DRIVING

in the past few weeks i've probably driven around 800 miles. actually i might dare say more 900 to 1000. a trip to st. george + heber every day for work gave me lots of alone time i guess. and i became slightly obsessed with the utah skyline, aka the mountains.

PROVO

meet my new home. cozy right? ha. it'll do. i'll have to do a before and after once i get settled. but this is what we (hayley and i) started with. ps hayley is my roommate. i'll introduce her soon. she's basically the best thing ever. i scored.

i won't lie, my eating habit were HORRIBLE before i went to the grocery store. yep, this was my dinner one night. can't say i minded it. but now i have some sweet peas and strawberries, and good stuff like that :)

let me just tell you a little secret. this is how you make me happy.. invite me to froyo (rachael kohler) and then give me a froyo coupon (molly flanigan). ps.. here's a shoutout to good ol' chaych.

that's her in the middle. she's twenty. yeah. old. so. anyone who needs to get married soon... kidding :) ps the crazy on the far right is on his mish! ah. miss ry reich. all these boys are just leaving left and right! i guess i should say something about kels too.. kidding. i love her lots. and am so glad we're reunited. just like old times. for realsies.

confused by this picture? its the view from my bed on friday night/ sunday morning. yep. outside. nope.. i wasn't in the woods camping. just outside my window in the parking lot trying to get a parking pass. got one. better be worth it!

and that's all.
classes tomorrow.
do i have any of my books? nope.
great start.
peace and love -alexis halladay