There And Back Again- Not a Hobbit's Tale

This last week I went home for Thanksgiving! It was wonderful to go home and see my parents and some friends!! 

Thursday I went to pick up my friend Danielle from her university, about 45 minutes away. We left there at five planning to have a delicious Thanksgiving dinner at 6... well 2 and a half hours later we pulled into the driveway, ready to eat.... a lot. We don't know quite what happened. Well I forgot to print return directions, thinking that Danielle would know how to get back and if not then we could back track. Directionally challenged.... yes, yes we are. But it was a good excuse to talk a lot and catch up. We started driving up a mountain and we knew we were in trouble, flat terrain is what we wanted. But we made it after calling Danielle's dad, asking a very nice couple in McDonalds for directions, calling Danielle's dad yet again, and finally calling my mom. Dinner was delicious and it filled hungry stomachs, the company was wonderful. Thankfulness. The word doesn't really describe the way I feel about my family and friends, the freedom I have to worship my Savior, and the food we have on the table. I have been so blessed!!

Danielle and me :)

Sunday my parents drove me back to school. It is really strange being back because I am still in break mode. Maybe it is the Christmas music, or the thought that the semester is done in 17 days. It is just going to be hard to get back in the swing of things (which I need to do soon because I have a BIG group presentation on Wednesday). It will get done though, it always does - as my wonderful R.A. pointed out.

The first semester is almost over.. "okay" she says "I can do this"

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!

<3

11-11-11

WHOOO 11-11-11 was today! Pretty crazy and as my roommate pointed out: It won't be 11-11-11 for another 1000 years. That is a long time away, so we made a good night. 

Our brother and sister floors all got together and ate dinner. And then our amazing R.As put together a scavenger hunt for us all. 

Okay so it wasn't the Amazing Race, but it was pretty epic.

We were split up into teams, to get to know people and not just the same ol' friends we usually hang out with. My group only had 4 people, which was good, we had a grand time!

The trick to this "race" however was this: Each one of us had a handicap. 

1st person had to address the clue givers as "Captain Silly Pants"

2nd person could only talk in opposites (basically had to lie the whole time)

3rd person had to be silent

4th person was to talk in a British accent the whole time. 

I was the 2nd person for the first half of the game. It was kind of confusing. Then for the other half I was the silent one (which was really hard to do). The clues had us running around campus like crazy people.

One of the clues even had us asking the President of the school for the next clue-yes this included saying "Captain Silly Pants". It was pretty hilarious since she was in an art gallery with tons of people who didn't know what was going on. 

The end of the hunt led to a campfire where we roasted marshmallows and sang some fun campfire songs. 

It was a good time, one definitely to be remembered :) 

And to our Veterans: Thank you <3

What's this?!

Well it has come... the first snowfall of the season... 


S
            N
                        O
                                    W


Craziness since it is not even November yet.
It surprisingly (considering how much rain we have had the last couple of days) stuck a little.
Now reality hits, that winter will be with us for a long while. Time to bring out the warm jacket and mittens, I think so.   

hmm... Hot chocolate, cozy blankets, snowball fights, snow-angels, sledding, 
snow, snow, snow, snow!
I guess it's not that bad, we will survive :) 


<3 

Sometimes. I need a reminder of how truly amazing, awesome, wonderful, majestic,

and powerful my God truly is.

We sang a song at KOIN tonight called "Revelation Song" and the words were really beautiful. 

"Holy, Holy, Holy

Is the Lord God Almighty

Who was, and is, and is to come

With all creation I sing:

Praise to the King of Kings!

You are my everything

And I will adore You"

"Filled with wonder

awestruck wonder

at the mention of Your name"

"Jesus, Your Name is power

breath, and living water

such a marvelous mystery"

"Holy, Holy, Holy

Is the Lord God Almighty

Who was, and is, and is to come

With all creation I sing:

Praise to the King of Kings!

You are my everything

And I will adore You"

<3

We've Been Scarfed

We are now official! 

Every student who attends my school

 gets a scarf with their graduation date on them

Now, put your computer up to a mirror and you will be able to read that I am... 

Class of 2015

(Ha. Don't worry I am not ready to graduate YET, I've got a few years: 3 and 3/4 to be exact. And I am going to make the most of those years :)

But! I am almost done with the first half of my first semester!! I only have one more mid-term to go!

 

Ayumi, Livi, and myself rocking the scarfs and p.j's :) 

Go back 2 hours or so...

Homecoming Banquet! We got to dress up and eat some good food, it was fun!
Though I am not sure how I felt about the mimes...

That's all for now. We are going to have a pretty eventful week. Like I said Homecoming and all the wonderful hoopla that comes with that :)

P.S. I SURVIVED MY FRENCH AND CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY MID-TERMS!
just saying. no big deal or anything