Dreams come true

Well. I should have done this blog earlier this week! But It was finals week, so I thought studying would be a better use of my time. :) But now I am officially on Christmas break, for one whole month. I can not even believe it!! I am so excited. I fly home on December 12, and that is only two days away. I have had a count down for like 70 days and its FINALLY here! YAY.
ANYWAYS. Last weekend I went down to Bountiful to go to my grandmas christmas party and also for my little second cousins 5th birthday party! It was so much fun, as usual! Bountiful is starting to become a new favorite place! Who would have thought...Bountiful. :) ALSO last weekend, a lifelong dream came true. My cousin Phaedra took me to see temple square at Christmas time. I had never been before. IT WAS SO COLD. But it was so worth it! The lights were so gorgeous! It really was a dream come true. I know it may seem really silly thing, but it was amazing and I love it! I would love to go back soon! :)
Here are some pictures from the weekend:
Phaedra, Earl, myself, Emily and Marilyn (eating delicious food!)


My cute grandma with her awesome present!


Me, my grandma and cousin Julie! :)


Emily, me and Julie! :)


Me with my adorable second cousins!


Virginia, Earl and Me! SO much love!


Phaedra and I at Temple Square


Gorgeous!!!!



Emily, Julie, Phaedra and I!


These pictures are from the last little while!
This is Stephanie and I. She is my birthday buddy and really really good friend!


I Colored Riley's hair! :)






Becca stopped by to say hi. :) (steph and I were already studying)

Thanksgiving!

So many things to be thankful for! This was the first year that I was not home in Colorado, and I was expecting it to be a hard one. When I was getting ready on Thanksgiving morning I was sad, and missed home a lot. But when I got to my Uncles house in bountiful, I knew it was going to be a fun time! I am so blessed!



It was such a fun time. It is good to know that I have family so close, and that I am loved by them. I love all of them so much! We had an amazing meal... and then watched UP (my favorite movie), and then some of us went to a Jazz game! SO FUN! AND THEN on Friday we went to Build a Bear!






Family is the most important thing to me! I am so lucky that I have an Uncle, aunt and cousins so close that I know love me and will take care of me if anything happens. They are my family here! I can't not explain how grateful I am for them. I love life so much!
One more week of school, then finals... THEN HOME! :)

TwEnTy DaYs!

Me and my count downs. :) It is only 20 short days until I get to go home for 29 days! This will be the longest trip home I will have had since I have been here at Utah State. Now, I LOVE Logan and I love school... But I just need a vacation from "real life" and I am excited to get to babysit and spend some time with the kids that I love and miss. I just love kids so much, they just make life so much better.
I had a really busy weekend and was all over!
Thursday:
1. Took a test (here in Logan) AND GOT A 98%! The highest in the class...YEP, i ranked one! I almost started to cry...okay lets be honest...I did cry. :)

2. Drove to Draper (after the rest of my classes), and hung out with Kasie (my roommate from last year, and a really good friend). I went down there so she and I could see New Moon at 245 AM. It was so much fun, and it was a really good movie! I loved it!

Friday:
1. Slept until 930.
2. Took a test online
3. Met my cousin Tyler at Jamba Juice
4. Went to Layton for some training for work
5. Went to Amber's (my current roommate whom I love) parents house...Watched a movie with her family. It was so much fun! It made me miss my family! I am so grateful for the kindness and love that they showed for me.

Saturday:
1. Had an amazing breakfast that Amber's mom made for me. (I could not believe she got up to make me a good breakfast for me! SO KIND and thoughtful.)
2. Went to the second day of my training (I had to take this training for work... it was so long....)
3. Went to my friend Nick's house and hung out with him before his bands concert. His band is Double or Nothing.. amazing. :)
http://www.myspace.com/doubleornothing

4. Went to the concert and hung out with Kellie! SO MUCH FUN.
5. Was supposed to drive home to Logan, but was too tired so watched a movie and then stayed at Kellie's house! Except we talked until about 5am. So i went to bed for 3 hours and then came back to Logan.
Sunday:
1. Woke up late and missed Relief Society, and Sunday School :(
2. Went to an amazing sacrament meeting (choir was the main event )
3. Ate lunch
4. Took a 5 hour nap :)
5. Talked to my parents, who I LOVE SO MUCH! :) I have the best parents in the world.

See, quite a busy weekend. But it was a really good one. Can't wait to come home in 20 days! Love you! :)

OH. I forgot to blog about last weekend. Last weekend my roommates and I did a roommate thanksgiving! It was SO much fun! I am so glad that we were able to do it and "bond" Here are a few of the best pictures. (Brittany and I had a pie eating contest... I won the first one, and she won the second. haha )
BeFoRe:


AfTeR:


Amber and I! Love her!


All 5 of us!


Round 2... Britt won

I can not believe it is November!

Where has the year gone? I feel like the older I get (yeah I know I am only 21, but there was no other way to say it) the faster time goes. I do not want to complain about it going fast, I kind of love it. I use to hate how fast I felt life moved. But now,I am grateful for life, every minute of it... Even if it does move fast. There are so many things that I have learned this semester that I would like to share.

1. Love Every minute of life
2. NO REGRETS
*regrets get us no where in life
3. Tell the people closest to you that you Love them... OFTEN.
4. Don't hold grudges
5. Always put others before yourself
6. Life just plain sucks sometimes, but only if you let it
7. COME WHAT MAY AND LOVE IT
8. Sometimes, just sometimes school is NOT the most important thing
9. I am a nerd, and I get excited to register for classes
10. Reading my scriptures in the morning... makes a huge difference
11. I really love music, and I can not live with out it
12. I get addicted to TV shows very easily
13. I still HATE Halloween
14. I miss working with kids
15. I can not wait to be done with school and be a Speech Language Pathologist
16. I have some of the best friends in the world
17. Family is key in my life
18. I am not as good of a cook as I thought... better work on that. :/
19. No matter what... I will ALWAYS be excited to go home and be with my parents
20. I am a very lucky girl

The list could go on. But I just have been thinking about life and everything a lot lately. Today I didnt do too well on my Stats test, and I realized that there are more important things in life than tests. I still don't like that I didnt do well on it, but it is not the last test I will ever take, AND there are more important things. :)

Anyways. Life is good. I wish I had more things to actually blog about. Life has slowed down to.. TESTS and more tests.
As hard as funerals are, especially of a loved one, it was nice to see family that I have not seen in years. My grandmas funeral was on 10/30/2009 in Idaho. It was a beautiful service, and I am glad I was able to go and help honor the life that she lived. I learned things about my grandma that I will remember for ever. I love my grandma and I will miss her dearly, but I know she is in a better place.
Pictures from the funeral...
My Brother...


My dad...

The Jar of Candy..

My brother "sneaking" one

Us kids with the candy!

My aunt with her cute grandkids!

Me, my cousin Michael and his adorable son cameron

The glade family

Angie, Grandpa, me and Rachel..

My dad and his brother Roger...

45 Days

Well. My Grandma Turnbow passed away on October 23, 2009. Although we all knew it was coming, it does not make it any easier to see her go. I am happy that she is not longer in pain, three years is a long time to be in an uncomfortable/painful state. I do not know that I would have been as strong as her and to do as much chemo as she did. I am glad that I was able to see her a few times in the last couple of years. She was/is an amazing lady and she will be missed by all who knew her. Here is her obituary:

http://www.legacy.com/PostRegister/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=134929052

I have also been sick... not with the swine flu, I am not sure what i have been sick with... but anyways I am just now starting to feel better! School is the same... BUSY. :) But mostly I am excited because in 45 days I will be flying home for Christmas, and I get to be home for pretty much an entire month! I leave utah dec. 12 and I fly back Jan. 9! I can not wait!

October is my new favorite month!

So many fun things, and so many things to keep me busy. I am so glad that i decided to only keep one job, I don't know how I would be able to do everything if I had two. I have study groups and work and I have to have some sort of social life! :)
First thing that I was really excited about is.. I got a 92% on an anatomy of the speech mechanism test! I was so proud of myself, I almost printed off the results and put it on the fridge... but then I knew my roommates would probably mock me.



Second. I got to go to Idaho and spend a weekend with my grandparents, one of my cousins, my parents and aunts. It was so nice to be with family and to enjoy the time there that we got to spend with my grandma. She is an amazing lady. I am so blessed to have an amazing family.










Third. I just got back from Colorado... What a fun time that was. I was able to go for Ericas baby shower... and it was just nice to be home and spend time with the family. I love Colorado so much, and going home will never get old or boring for me. It is so fun to see my cute niece and nephew and how much they change and grow! Also while i was home i cut my hair! It is now in an a line again. It has taken me a few days to adjust to it, but yes, I LOVE IT. :)











Fourth. I am so excited to go home for all of December! WOO.
Here are some random pictures from this month!

Lovin Life

Well. Life is great. This week was a little stressful...with 3 tests and such. BUT it was my first week of only one job. SO it has been great. :) AND I am going to be home for like all of my christmas break! My boss is amazing and is going to let me have it off!
Also last night I went to the double or nothing show with some friends! I just love music and friends!
Here are some pictures from the last couple of weeks...

Bretts Funeral... It really was a beautiful funeral


Dinner with the girls at Texas Roadhouse


USU Homecoming game! WE WON!


Kellie and I before the show


More from the show...




The girls I am pointing at... VERY ANNOYING


Love Them!