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!

so call me maybe.

this is exactly what two boys wanted to do with their friday night, right?

once there was a snowman.

 

tall, tall, tall. 

 

 all the way to the second floor of madison, infact.

 friends gathered to admire their construction and hard work.

and it was lots of fun. 

..then some mean kids knocked it all down. and jaxon said he was going to use karate moves on them, but they couldn't be found. so hopefully karma gets them. 

the end.

happy chinese new year!

 yesterday was the chinese new year.

so naturally we had some martinelli's to celebrate!

 luckily, we had nathan and his belt buckle to open the bottle.

 and hayley for bottoms up.

and lots of laughter. 

love my friends and the activities in madison five.

the night i slept at vivint.

welcome to vivint. it's a pretty cool place to work in orem, utah. and it's even cooler because brittany works there. one night she had a horrible shift. well.. depends what you think "horrible" is. lonely is a better word. she worked from 6 pm - 2 am. so bryn and i went to visit her and keep her company.
we chatted,

got the grand tour,

got a drink- with good ice!!,

got a run down of brit's days, and.. wait for it..

got official fake vivint IDs. please don't judge what they say. i'm actually pretty jealous of brynley's. it turned out pretty thug i think.
also. please don't judge those embarrassing bathroom pics you just witnessed. it was quite late. 

anyways.
i did my reading and.. well who knows what brynley did..
the couch was comfortable. so comfortable i feel asleep and took a lengthy late nap.
so there you go, the night i slept at vivint.

post script.

pinterest accepted me. how exciting?
i'm addicted already.
pinterest with me at
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pinterest me

spontaneous thoughts tuesday.

yeah i just made up that title, but we'll see if it sticks.
alright.. here goes.
i'm back into blogging.
the flood continues but i'm a little more focused on other things..
but nonetheless its scary stuff at home right though.

-i went tubing down the river with rwade, berkley, and some others. it was way fun and i'd like to do it again, it the hot st. george summa heat.
-new guy cashier at work. hope he's an RM.
-i'm addicted to wendy's- frosty and fries baby.
-i don't think my friends from home understand how excited i get when they give me an ounce of hope they'd come visit.
-i like work. i like hours. i like my co workers.
-i want to do something big with summer next year. something different. efy counselor and washington dc are the hopes.
-my little brother sam got lost today, he decided he would walk to ace (our store, also where i work). i love that ace was where we felt he would be safe and taken care of. ace/now hurst general store was a place of comfort for me after my grandpa's death so i know that feeling. and i'm so glad our sammy john is safe.

there you go. have a good wednesday! :)

ew.

have you seen this?! do you know who AK47 is? (the person, not the gun..)
well. he plays for the jazz. has for a while. i always thought well of him..
until apparently he got this tattoo. i don't think this is going to wash off in a couple days.
tats are nast most the time, and i'll never get one, but this is realllly nast.
for the whole story, which doesn't say much more than we're all thinking, go here.

the moral of this story is, just don't get a tattoo please. in the end you'll always regret it.
(some sooner than later.)

what made me happy today.

i had to say goodbye to my family today
and
i was stuck waiting for three hours to board my plane
so
while i was hangin' in the terminal
this song..

came on when i was looking on this blog.

and for some reason it put me in a really good mood.

weiiiird.
almost time to fly to salt lake!

this is what i did my freshmen year.

these were my first friends at byu. minus mckenna, not to be a hater but this is the only time i've seen her :) haha. 

this was the first football player i met at byu. he's great with names :)

this was a late night adventure, and eric was the first boy i let drive chuck the truck. these two helped name him :)

we danced lots. (cue random boys.)

ward dances ..

even at paint dances

even fancy dances

this was my first road trip. i loveee these girls

random floats pop up sometimes, so we climbed them

freakin' awesome football seats.. this happens when you are friends with michelle wood

this is when we went to a movie two hours early, and had sooo much fun while waiting. aren't these boys cute?

oh yeah, random gorillas pop up sometimes at byu too

chocolate milk pong anyone?

AHH! i saw HP7 before the midnight showing! HIGHLIGHT

ps this is my roommate, we're perfect for each other, right?

i got to be closer to my fam.

ps kate's getting MARRIED!! AH!

oh yeah. byu basketball.. kinda a big deal.

yeah, i caught jimmer mania too..

you wouldn't believe the things i did for a seat at the basketball game..

this is the christmas party i threw. bomb. love these girls.

my first concert here was with this girl. DASHBOARD. SOOO GOOD!

roommate.

gotta decorate the space.

fun dates.

my baby wesley. now lives with rachael kohler. thanks chaych :)

this girl is a best friend. the best friend. i'm going to miss her so much next year. but we'll still be close.

oh yeah, more family :)

i got rich at nickle city on my birthday.

there are fun things to do in provo.. like the tumble gym. so naturally we went there.

crazy girls get married their freshmen year, so we threw a bridal shower :)

froyo..

and more froyo..

and more :)

oh yeah. my friends? they're winners. (and the boys are losers.) ps we LOVE spazz.

this girl and i are just going to get closer this summer. love stg girls :)

oh yeah. and i pulled the most legit april fool's joke you'll ever see/hear/experience

studying stinks, but doing so in forts with a sleepover helps we found :)

oh yeah. we're dirty girls ;)

AND I GOT TO SEE FAMILY :)

and i faithfully attended ward prayer. because i love being around these people.

and here comes the shout out i could not do this blog post without.
to the people of my freshmen year.
where to begin?
i came to byu not knowing anyone. i was psyc'd about my roommate i got to know throughout the summer, but from there i wasn't quite sure what was going to happen.
from there its all an answered prayer.
i met raleigh, who was cutest girl around and went spring/summer so she had the hookups.
oh yeah, and guess what? hailey and elisa, some of my best friends, i met them the moment i checked in. it was great, hailey was your classic bubbly orem, utah girl. it kinda scared me at first, but then i noticed how awesome of a person, and even better a friend, she was.
then i got to know the girls on my hall. turns out they're all pretty rad and we all get along great.
on the side i also got to know some st. george girls. turns out this summer will be bomb :)
and then came my ward. and here are my friends freshmen year, give or take a few.
but really, what i'll miss the most is my ward. this may be because its a big group and thus contains most my friends, but seriously. they are the BEST ward. it is the best ward. our bishop even said so :) our bishopric was released on our last sunday. the last sunday was perfect! with different quirks that come with our ward. and our bishopric even said we're the best ward they've ever had :)
my best friends come from my ward. and now half of them aka the boys are leaving.
i'm going to miss them SO much, but at the same time i've never been so proud of a group of boys. guys. men. whatever. :) haha. seriously though. they're devoting two years of their life to the Lord. and they've been preparing all year for it. they are great examples to me. and its the cutest thing to see them get their mission calls and see how freakin' excited they get. ah. they're so cute. i love every one of them. and the girls? holy cow they're going to be something awesome. each of them is special. yeah i know that sounds tacky but there are so many talented girls. i look up to them too, and i just hope that we will all stay close. so. with that. my freshmen year was perfect. my grades sure weren't, but the year was. they temporarily filled the place of my family while i was away from home. and they did a dang good job. they made church, prayer, fhe, really anything with them SO much fun. anyways. so here are some pictures of the crew. we're hot. admit it.