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So I'm sitting in my computer literacy class and we're talking about blogs. Don't ask me why, I don't know, but since I have about an hour left for this class (yeah, it's THREE HOURS!!!), I figured I should probably do something useful... like update my blog! :) Yeah, yeah. I know this post is WAAY past due... well, sorry.

So, guess what... I am a sophomore... in COLLEGE! Woah! When did that happen?! Well, it's actually been really fun! I spend a lot of time in the institute so I've made a lot of new friends and this year has just been great so far! I am taking 4 (yep, FOUR) institute classes and it has been just great!

My favorite non-institute class so far is LATIN/SALSA DANCE!!! It makes me excited to just say it! I have learned so much already and I'm becoming less awkward at dancing. Ha! Who knew??

There's so much else that's going on right now, but it needs a separate post. So for now, just know that I am alive and well... oh! and happy! (:

Success!

Yesterday was great! I was a little worried when things didn't go according to plan, but I did it! I sang in church and it wasn't that bad!

I'm so excited for this week! ASU starts on Thursday and I am taking some great classes. I'm even taking a Salsa/Latin dance class! Ooooh! We'll see how that goes, but I think it'll be fun! Besides dance, I'm also taking elementary math, second language learners, computer literacy, and geology classes! Oh! And don't forget the 4 institute classes I'm taking as well. This year is going to be super fun!

On another note, I wanted to talk about my dear, sweet grandma. Her birthday was yesterday and we had a family dinner to celebrate. She has 5 children and their 5 spouses, 21 grandchildren (including spouses), and 1.5 great-grandchildren. That's 31.5 lives that she's touched just within her own family. She is an incredible lady and I love her very much! Happy Birthday, Grandma!

Uh... help!

I don't know what got into me. Maybe it was guilt, but whatever the reason, I am SINGING in church on Sunday and I am kind of freaking out! Any tips that you have used that help? Please let me know!

On another note, I got this book

I thought the name was hilarious!

And I am knitting these slippers! Yay!

Considering that the last time that I tried to knit something I was about 10 and it turned out to be a lopsided, sad excuse for a washcloth, I am very excited to try. Hopefully this time, it will actually look like the picture...

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All these sounds are made from the jeep. Pretty cool, right?

Heber-Overgaurd. Who knew it was so beautiful?

So a few weeks ago I went to Heber-Overguard after visiting some of my friends in Showlow. Here are a few pictures that I took up there that I love!

This is a real restaurant in Heber-Overgaurd. I wish I had eaten there, it looks so classy!

These ones are actually from my backyard. I guess I was feeling artistic that day.

Okay, okay. I know I have been a slacker with my blog, but life is pretty slow right now... it's probably of this ridiculous heat! It's basically impossible to feel comfortable, even inside my house. It needs to stop! Oh wait. This is Arizona, the heat never stops! Bummer!

Well, anyway, I was looking through the list of blogs that I read daily and I came across this:

It is a paper cake treat box! Such a cute idea! If you want to make it as much as I do, go here. If you end up making it/ want to make it, but need some help/ want me to make it, let me know! Have fun!

Summer in Sedona

So this past week, I went with my family to Sedona to celebrate my grandparent's 50th anniversary! I love spending time with my extended family and since some of them live in Nevada and California, this week was extremely special because I got to see them!

My camera is a little bulky so I didn't bring it everywhere we went, but here are a few pictures that I really loved!

Isn't it beautiful?! This picture doesn't do justice to how bright and colorful the mountains were. It was truly breath taking!

Gene and Jackie Williams. Aka: My Grandparents! I love them so much!

My grandpa is a major tickler! If you get within arms length of him, he tries to tickle/poke you! It's a little annoying, but really funny... when it's not you!

I actually wasn't there for this picture, but I think this is way too cool to leave out!

Some of my cousins and siblings before we went to slide rock. No, my cousin isn't smoking, she just wanted to look like she was. Rebellious.

I don't know if you've ever been to Slide rock, but there's about a 5 minute walk from the parking lot to the actual site. On the way there are all of these old buildings. As I was looking at this building this elderly woman walks by with some other people and she said that when she was a girl scout she stayed in this cabin! How cool is that?!

This is Slide Rock. It is a naturally built slide that pushes the slider along with the current. The water comes straight from the Rockies so it's pretty freezing, but super fun!

These are my two adorable cousins! They absolutely loved slide rock and they refused to get out of the water. Here's a better picture of them.

Tyler is 11 years old and he is the sweetest kid ever! He doesn't care what others think of him and he'll even give me hugs in front of his friends. Aw!

Spencer is a stud! He's already been kissed by 2 girls! (They kissed him not the other way around... ) He is as cute as can be! Each night we would get everyone together and eat dinner and each night he would ask me if I would sit by him. It made me so happy that he wanted to spend time with me even though I'm 10 years older than him!

I think this picture is hilarious! My cousin Courtney and I both got holes in our water shoes and we spent the rest of the time there pretending to be hobos.

This is the cutest little girl ever! Allie is one and a half and she has an attitude like no other! Up until a few weeks ago, she would not talk to or smile at anyone but her parents. What a funny little girl! I love her and I can't wait until her little brother comes in August!

Sedona was absolutely amazing! The days were packed with games and swimming and hiking and swimming and eating and watching movies and laughing... oh yeah, and swimming! What an amazing week!

p.s. Isn't this dress uber cute? I think so! (:

I go to college.

Do you remember how I use to hate college? Well, if you don't or you had no idea, let me fill you in... I kind of hated college. If it weren't for church and institute, I probably would've died. Yeah, pretty serious. Well, anyways I use to hate college until I started hanging out with Jessica and Blake.

Yeah, they're pretty much awesome!

Jessica and Blake were in my history class (one of the classes that I was really struggling with, which by the way, I got a B in. Hallelujah!) and they were also in my ward. Yes! Well, anyways, we would hang out in history class, but we never really did anything outside of class until the last week of school. By that time we started hanging out everyday and we ended up doing some crazy, but awesome things!

First

I learned how to longboard. No joke! It was really fun, but I do need to work on turning, it's kind of tricky. Also, my mom said that we would look for a longboard that I could buy! Ha! I don't know if I'll actually get one, but it would be pretty awesome!

Also

I went cliff jumping! (The picture is of Jessica and myself) Probably one of the scariest things I have ever done in my life, but it was so awesome! I'm not sure if I'd go again, but maybe...

We also had a war...

With nerf guns and a few other friends. It was intense and the best part was that it didn't hurt... well, except for the battle wound that I got. No joke, but I still don't know how I got that.

On the same day as the war we went to

and we played Sardines. I highly suggest doing this. It was REALLY fun!

Sadly, after that day, Jessica had to leave to go back home to Sholow. Luckily for me though, Blake decided to stay in his apartment for another week before he headed up to St. Johns, so today wewent to Tempe Marketplace and...

Gave out free hugs/compliments! It was hilarious to see the varied reactions that people had when we asked if they wanted a free hug. I would suggest this too except a security guard told us that we had to leave. Why? I'm not really sure, but it was fun while it lasted!

I am so grateful for my friends and the memories that we made this year and I can't wait to see how sophomore year plays out!

Oh it's just a coincidence... not.

Do you believe in coincidences? I don't. I believe in tender mercies from the Lord. A tender mercy isn't usually something big, but, to me at least, it is a way that God shows that he is aware of you and he cares about you. Well I had an amazing tender mercy the other day that truly touched me.

I have been really worried about my grades. Well, kind of. I had two classes that I was really worried about and I thought that in order to keep my scholarship to ASU, I had to maintain a 3.5 GPA. So, I was really concerned about these two classes because I was pretty sure that I would be getting low B's in these two classes and when I tried to figure what my GPA would be, I always just barely fell short of the 3.5 mark.

Well, after a night of intense study for one of the classes that I was worried about, I prayed that I would be able to retain the knowledge that I would need to know for my final. I was begging the Lord to help me do well. Right in the middle of my prayer, I had a thought come into my head to check the requirements for keeping my scholarship. Low and behold, you had to have at least a 3.25 GPA!

I can't even explain how much of a burden this lifted from my shoulders. I wanted to laugh, sing, cry and dance all at the same time. I didn't have to know that I only had to have a 3.25 GPA, but the Lord knew that it would help me concentrate and it would relieve my stress. It was so wonderful that after my final for the difficult class, I nearly burst into song and dance. In fact, the whole day I felt the urge to do heel clicks where ever I went.

I LOVE MY LIFE!!!

College Finals

Hate them!