20 hours of driving, 2 days of being home, 3 farewell talks

Please notice Miya's wand of honey.

The turkey on CCJ's head even sings

Lovely friends that I hadn't seen for quite some time

All three missionary boys... and a million girls.

I am really excited that CCJ is going on his mission!

We have been asked if we are related.... apparently we look a lot a like.

CCJ, Rachel (me), Markie... with Sarah behind us.

In case you were wondering...

I am going home back to Mesa after this semester.

Which is a little bit sad because

I have realized that I love living with roommates!

So much fun!!

And I do like BYU.

But, I feel like I should go home after this semester so I will.

Plus I was talking to Al the other day and she said that her older sister stayed at BYU for a semester and then felt like she should go back home.

And that made me feel better.

I do get a little bit of crap from people when I tell them that I am leaving after this semester.

No, I don't hate BYU.

There aren't any problems between me and my roommates.

Honestly, it is fine here.

I just feel like I should go home and so that is what I am going to do.

And for some reason these people think that I am going to ignore these feelings and listen to them instead.

No offense or anything,

but I would rather listen to the Lord than these weirdos.

That is just not how I role.

Moustache!

On Friday night, my ward had a pumpkin carving activity/contest

This is the pumpkin that I carved.

I take a lot of effort when it comes to getting ready for ward activities.

You gotta impress all those boys.

I mean, just look at that face and hair and outfit.

Top Notch, I say.

I wonder why I haven't gotten asked on very many dates...

Mystery of the ages!

Also, I would love to see my nieceeees and nepheeees Halloween costumes,
So Ashley and Jessica, you should put up some pictures.
I am so sad that I missed out on that.

Tender. Yes, I know.

I was just on Facebook and I saw something that made me so happy.

Which is probably super lame because I was not even there to witness it, but honestly it made my day!

So this past week has been Homecoming Week for the school of my origin. Mesa High school.

Love that place. I have so many fond memories there.

My Grandma, my Grandpa, and my Great Grandma went there.

I think that is even where my Grandparents met.

So me and Mesa High, We go way back.

Any way. I was on facebook and I was looking at pictures of Homecoming Week for Mesa High

Because Homecoming Week is the BEST!

No joke. Especially in Student Council.

You stay out till super late working on all sorts of things,

Wake up early to prepare for something else,

There is just not a spare moment of time

AND IT IS WONDERFUL!

SO FUN

Sorry for all of these tangents that I continue going on,

But anyway:

Facebook. Me. Pictures.

I was curious to see who the Homecoming Royalty were because I noticed that my good friend Holly Dixon was nominated, which wasn't really a surprise.

But then I saw this picture and I got sooooo very happy

The Royalty Picture.

The queen in this picture happens to not be Holly.

(even though I would have been so very happy if Holly had won, because that girl is sublime)

This is Annie. She is a Special Ed student and is possibly one of the friendliest girls I know.

It is definitely a heartwarming moment to see that the students of Mesa High did not vote for the most beautiful, talented, or involved student.

But someone who is special in their own way.

Seriously. When I saw that she won,

It was the Happiest part of my day.

Also Joseph Speakman was King.

Which is great.

I mean he is a Speakman

And is such a friendly and happy guy.

He is probably my favorite scripture budy that I have had of all time.

Ah, this just makes me so dang HAPPY!



Dancing With Bears

When Miya came and visited Jaron... uh.... I mean General Conference... I mean me,

We went to the Bean museum and there were some bears that looked like they were dancing.

Naturally, we danced with the cute little bears.

Unfortunately, I don't have one of Miya dancing with her bear... Oh bummer.

Also dik diks are my favorite animals, as of right now.

Isn't it so cute! Plus its name is dik dik which is hilarious in my opinion and makes it that much better.

This particular dik dik looks like Severus Snape.

Therefore its name is Sev Dik Dik.

I told my roommates that for my birthday I want a pet dik dik.

Soooo cute!



Snow? In October?

Two days ago I went to school wearing shorts and a short sleeve shirt. The weather was sublime! Perfect weather, no joke. The sun was shining, it wasn't too hot and it wasn't too cold. Perfect.

And then, I woke up to this:

Yep. Snow on the Mountains surrounding the area.

And foggy-ness everywhere.

I did love that I got to wear me some scarves and jackets though.

However, it snowed in October.

Lame.

Word Throw Up, Yes I have it.

Last night I dropping The P. R. man off at his dorm. As he was leaving my car, I felt words emerging from my throat without my consent. They just popped out like throw up. The words were "You should take me on a date. K bye." And those were my parting words.