Semester 2 at BYU: {these may be slightly out of order...forgive me}
Lots. And. LOTS. of this. Snow. every day. All day. From October-April.
{Sarah, Brooke, Emmy, Hunter}
Ward party: ice skating. A huge success.
{Stuart, Alex, Chris, Jordan, Emma W., Sarah K., Hunter, Chrissy, Emmy, Calvin, Brenna, Brooke, Hanna, and Sarah C.}
Ward sledding party at Soldier Hollow: PRIME.
First birthday away from home, celebrated with my brothers at Bombay House
We started Valentine's Day an hour or so early with some Krispy Kreme's and oreo cheesecake.
We got a big group and went country dancing. Yes. You read that right. I went country dancing. It was as big of a shock to me as it is to you. But it was fun to be with friends! :)
Early morning trip to the temple on no sleep. Food for thought: If you're planning on leaving your room at 4:45am, don't stay up all night.
Made lots and lots of cupcakes, for LOTS of different occasions.
AND, this is my representation of ALL my friends getting mission calls/leaving on missions! It was seriously amazing to see the response to the mission age change. Being a freshman at BYU made it so obvious! So many of my guy friends decided to turn in their papers and leave earlier. And SO many of my girl friends decided to go! I have some freakin amazing friends, and they are all going to be powerful missionaries. It's such a blessing to see so many people headed out to share the joy of the gospel! I'm so proud of all of them, and I can't wait to be their support, and cheer them on from home! Lots and lots of packages and letters for me! :)
I took a floral design class, and I loved it! Here are some of my creations: My 1st boquet, that I got to make on my birthday for myself. :)
Bridal boquet
Oriental design
Spring design
We went to a fireside and got to shake hands with THE Elder Holland. They weren't letting us take pictures, because it would've taken far too long, but we still got one of E. Holland photo bombing us. :)
{Emma W., Aidan, Cayson, Will, Hanna, Emmy and Sarah K.}
There's a big festival at a Hindu? (I think..) temple, called the Festival of Colors. You go, and you buy chalk, and then they count down, and all at once everyone throws their chalk in the air, and it comes down on you! This is our before picture. As you can see, some people just like to be annoying and throw chalk on you before stuff really starts. Hanna got a mouthfull of green chalk, and I got a little girl's hand print on my stomach, and then her mom chucked a handful in my mouth. That stuff is NASTY. But it was super fun!
Right after the throw. It's seriously so cool though--if you ever have a chance to go, don't pass it up! You look up and the sky is a rainbow of colors, and then all of a sudden, they all mix together, and it is just this nasty BROWN color, and it just comes all over you. You can't really breathe all too well--I recommend having something to cover your mouth/possibly eyes. But totally worth it!
Post color throwing
{Julian, Bennett, Becca, Brian, Mary, Thomas, Heather, Hunter, and Thad}
We were running out of ideas for FHE, so my group decided they wanted to take awkward family photos. And boy, were they good at it. Here's my lovely crew--the ones that showed up that night at least.
{Hanna and Sarah}
We celebrated Jakelle's birthday by wearing yellow. It's amazing the affect she still has on people today, almost a year after she passed away.
{Brooke, Leen, Emmy, Hunter, Becca, Karma, Hanna, Mary, Heather}
We went HAM. For Dayz.....
{Back row (left-right): Lydia, Meg, Hunter, Emmy, Chrissy, Mads, Becca, Rita, Rachel R., Heather, Emma W., Brenna
Front row:(left to right) Sadie, Brooke H., Sammy}
These girls. <3 I already miss them. We seriously had THE BEST hall ever.
We had lots of these nights, singing and dancing and talking all night.
{Becca, Emmy, Heidi, Chrissy, Emma W., Sarah, Mary, Hanna, Meg, Sarah C., Brenna, Sammy, Mads, Sadie, Chrissy, Aleksa, Brooke H., and Hunter}
Like I said, I had the best hall ever. We won our ward indexing competition BOTH times, and got to go to Brick Oven pizza to celebrate. :)
{Brooke, Emmy, Hanna, and photo bomber Aidan}
We went to an Ipod dance party on the roof of Zion's bank. (they told us to wear red in case you were wondering)
The group at the Ipod dance party
I signed my very first apartment contract. Norma's Apartment, number 3. SO excited!
{Hanna, Hunter, Tiff, Sarah}
Like I said, everyone went on missions! This was at my roommate Tiff's farewell! Miss this girl! She's doing such great work already though!
{Brooke, Becca, Hanna, Hunter, Thad, Emmy, Heather, Thomas, Julian, and Sarah}
Our last ward activity. Bittersweet. I was SO blessed with such an outstanding ward.
{Thad, Parker, Thomas}
My two boys who were in my FHE family went to AZ to see a concert. They stayed with my family while they were there, and Parker (and my mother) LOVED them!
{Thomas, Thad}
So we had to take a picture to show Parker. :)
{Hanna, Emmy, Mason, Aaron, Chris, Alex, Brooke and Sarah}
I seriously had the best friends ever. And it's so sad not being with them anymore. But I'm so glad we got to hang out and get to now eachother!
{Brooke, Hanna, Hunter}
Saddest hug in the world, right before Hanna took off to go home.
{Brooke H., Hanna, Hunter, Brooke W.}
Final picture of the semester. LOVE these ladies and miss them so much!
I'm so sad that freshman year is over, but it was definitely the time of my life! Numberless nights spent talking, laughing, dancing, singing, yelling, and making great memories! I can't wait til all these people get home from missions so we can play again! Until then, we'll just have to remember the great times we had together! :) So, all in all, Freshman year 2012-2013 was a SUCCESS!
And for your viewing pleasure, the video we made as a hall:
And, my favorite, our awkward videos. With a guest appearance of the Old Fart slippers:
