The Rose Parade

OH! I also forgot to put up pictures of the Rose Parade! New Year's day my dad and I always to go to the Rose Parade. I look forward to it every year! We started the tradition a few years back when we learned that we can wake up at 8 and get to Pasadena (about an hour away) and still get there in time for the beginning of the parade! The trick is that you go to the end of the parade route. It's five miles long. and it takes a long time for it to go all the way to the end. I think it's the best way to celebrate the new year! Happy New Year Everyone! 

Natania and Brady's Wedding!

So here are some pictures of my adventure in Seattle this past week. My friends Natania and Brady got married! And I got to be a Brides Maid for the second time. Only 2X a Brides Maids so I may still have a chance! (J/K) I have fallen in love with Seattle and "Natania's Island". It's so beautiful there. We stayed at Natania's house for a few nights and then went into Seattle. The Hotel we stayed at was amazing, and the Wedding (and everything) was wonderful too! It was very much "Natania." Congrats again to Brady and Natan!

Christmas

I know Christmas was a while ago... but I thought I would still post some of this stuff up. Before Christmas we took a family picture (which really just means it was of my sisters and I) by the beach. You can probably tell by the pictures, but it was an extremely windy day. 

Day Two of Finals

I have been studying Genetics for like 6 hours. I never want to see another punt square again in my life. I also have run out of food at home because either everything has gone bad or I actually ate it recently. I feel like I live in a cave where I must go out and "hunt" (try and desperately find some food in the cupboard), and then return and do more Genetics. I am a new type of homeo sapien- the "hunter and learner." Tomorrow is the big day, when I take Genetics and determine weather this semester was a huge waist of time or not.

Christmas with the Entrikins

Today is day two of reading days, another whole day with nothing scheduled. I don't know how many more unplanned days I can deal with, so today I least planned a few things. MUST DOS: sell back text books, volunteer, get free boxes (and maybe check out the really cute shoes in the bookstore-you know while I'm there), and STUDY. Today looks pretty normal, but I'm way excited about Sunday! So the Entrikins (close family friends) like to have Christmas on a different day than actual Christmas (family tradition). And this year they've decided to do it while I'm still in Utah! I'm actually really excited to have Christmas with them. I've gotten to know them so well this semester since I go over there every Sunday night. Their like my "peeps." Everyone visits someone on Sunday it feels like at BYU (well to me it does at least). And when the week is over Sunday night I go to the Entrikins. I went shopping for them this past Tuesday and got them all something! I got teddy bears for the boys, a tie for Blake and a ladle for Sister Entrikin. The ladle is the funniest! It totally just looks like a ladle with rapping paper on it. I can't wait to give them their gifts. Then we're going to have a nice dinner and go to a Christmas fireside in their Ward. 

Until next time...

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My First Blog

Well here's my first blog! I don't know how much contact I'll be able to have when I go to Chile, so I thought I would get a blog so all my family and friends can still see what I'm up to. I don't leave for another 28 days (not that I'm counting or anything :D) but I though I would get a head start. 

Today is day one of reading days, which really means day one of the most boring part of the semester, and one of the most air headed days of my life. Somehow I wrote in my assignment notebook that my IAS final was at 11:30... yeah it was at 11. Showing up half an hour late was awesome. And I found out I get a free backpack for just paying tuition before I leave for Chile! That just makes leaving the country totally worth it right? :D 

Until next time.... 

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