Thanksgiving ABC's

Yesterday before we began feasting, each of us were given a piece of paper by my Grandma and asked to write down one thing we were thankful for, for every letter of the alphabet. Here is the list that I came up with:
Atonement
BYU
Cars
Dairy products
Energy
FHE family/Facebook
Grandparents
Hot chocolate
Ipod/Internet
Jacob the werewolf
Korea... south of the border
Letters
Missionaries
Novels
Oreos
Pictures
Queen, Oliver (Smallville)
Randomness
Superman/Scarves
Taylor Swift's music
Unicorns...it's so fluffy I could die!
Waffles
XOXOXO
Yellow sunshine
Zac Efron

Whitni's baptism

Whitni's baptism was just as awesome as I expected. The spirit was so strong and she was so happy it just emanated from her. In fact when she came up out of the water she was beaming and let out a little laugh she was so happy. It was pretty funny, but it didn't disrupt the amazing spirit there. At the end of the meeting before the closing prayer she got up to bear her testimony, it was then that I could tell she was truly converted and wasn't getting baptized for anyone else other than herself because she knew that it was true. Afterwards I came up to give her a hug and the water works started. We stood there hugging and crying and it was a pretty great moment. I was just so happy for her and I know that this big step will have such a far reaching impact on her life. It was also fun to spend time with people I hadn't seen since this summer. There was a big group of us high school friends who had all gathered from our different colleges to come to her baptism. It was really great to get back together for a weekend, especially for such a special occasion.

I'm in love... with Jimmer :)

This Friday we had our first home basketball game of the season against Fresno State. We left at about 5:30 in order to get seats for the 7:00 game. That might seem kinda early but the entire Marriot center was packed before it was even time for the game to start. My roommate Alysa and some of our other friends actually began waiting in line outside of the Marriot center at 1:00 pm in hopes to get really good seats. They did really well as they ended up only 6 rows back, but I just didn't have the time to join them as my last class on Fridays doesn't get out until 4:00 pm. Brock, Andrew, Bridger, April and I ended up in seats quite a bit higher but we still had a really good view.

 The game had an awesome start as they turned out all the lights and dropped giant white sheets from the ceiling on which they played a video clip of the basketball team that got everyone pumped for the game, it was way sweet.

And then the game began. Fresno hung on for a little while but they soon gave way to our team as we went on to beat them by almost double their points. It was a great game, we have some really great players this year, especially the up and coming legend Jimmer Ferdette. Let's just say this guy is amazing and I basically fell in love (along with the rest of the crowd) after watching him play, pretty impressive. We play Utah State this Wednesday and I'm hoping the basketball team can redeem our football team's loss to them earlier this fall.

Howl of the Dead!

I know this is a week late but I haven't had a chance to post about my Halloween adventures. Although there were plenty of awesome parties here in Provo, Brock, Andrew, and I decided to make the trip up to Utah State for the legendary Howl (pretty much the biggest, greatest, college halloween dance party in Utah). It also provided us with a great excuse to visit all of our high school friends currently attending Utah State, including Whitni :) We drove down late Friday afternoon and arrived just in time to get ready for a 1920's themed party. My good friend DJ recently was asked to join the Mormon frat at Utah State, Sigma Phi, and got us all invited to their party. We all dressed up snazzy, I lucked out as my planned halloween costume happened to be a flapper dress. The party was way fun, they had a dj and dance party down stairs with a fake bar serving different fruit drinks. Upstairs they had music in the style of the 1920's playing with more people dancing and others sitting on couches with big fake cigars to add to the mood of the time period.

(I just realized I got way more pictures of the guys then girls, they were just looking so classy)

(Now all I need is a black boa...)

The next we all woke up late and decided to explore Utah State's campus.The day was rainy but we had a blast exploring their different buildings, checking out the "True Aggie" monument, eating in the Market Place, and walking through their cemetery (which is surprisingly large and has the most beautiful trees). Then we made a stop a DI to outfit those of us who didn't yet have costumes. My personal favorites were Whitni and Danny who dressed up as a cheesy tourist couple, they pulled it off quite well.

(Unfortunately I didn't get a picture of the two of them together)

The rest of us when back to the dorms to change. Since I'd already worn my costume the night before I decided to go with my classic gangster attire as it's much more comfortable. After some pictures we were on our way.

 (My awesome new gangsta shoes)

Lets just say the amount of people who attend the Howl is insane. I saw people there all the way from BYU I and most Utah colleges. We had bought tickets in advance and still had to wait an hour just to get in the door. The giant ballroom was filled to capacity for the dance. The djs were great and I had a blast in there. Then came time for the We the Kings concert. With the ballroom still full, another huge mass of people was congregated in the field house in order to see both The Format and We the Kings live. We switched over to the field house just in time to see the latter take the stage. They did an awesome job. Overall the Howl was so much fun, even more so because I got to spend all that time celebrating with some of my closest friends. The trip was definitely a success and I can't wait to go back in a couple weeks for Whitni's baptism :)

P.S. One more thing I have to add. Just outside Whitni's bedroom, posted in the dorm hallway is something called the Hot Wall, I thought it was pretty great so I had to take a picture.