Moved to Logan!!!!! :)

Monday I got up early and went to work in Logan at Payless. It was a crazy day! SOOO many people came in! I came home and packed for Logan in spurts. Ha ha :) I had a hard time motivating myself to pack. I just hate it! But.... all that matters is....

Tuesday, I moved in to my new apartment! I met my new roommate, Bree :) She's a freshman this year and is adorable! I love her so much already! It was also good to be reunited with Christy and Lauren again, although Lauren wasn't there that night! Kaity and Bryanne didn't move in until Saturday. But Bree and I went and got pizza that night and talked for awhile before we went to bed.

Wednesday I went to work and then came to hang out at the Institute and use their internet. It was so nice to just relax :) I feel like I've just been constantly go go going! They had someone in the front entryway playing church music on the piano and it was beautiful. I was in heaven. I went home and took a nap afterwards :) It was a glorious four hour nap, but then I had a tough time sleeping that night. No worries, I'll figure out my schedule.... ha :P

Thursday, I went home and had lunch with my mom, Janet Green, and my little sister Brittany at Bella's. Mmm... so good. :) I went shopping with my mom, grabbed stuff I needed at home, and then came back to my home in Logan. I hung out with Whitni and we ended up talking in the parking lot when I took her home until 3:00 in the morning. :)

Friday I slept in and ran some errands. Then my family came up and they took me to dinner because I got a job! :) It was fun! After they left, I went to The Antics with Kaity and then played games with her and her friends afterwards. :)

Saturday I slept in again, because my sleep in days will soon be limited. :P I was a bum around the apartment with a few of my roommates until Bryanne moved in! Then I got ready and figured out our internet for the apartment. After two hours of dealing with that, I went and took care of some other things I needed to do. That night, I had Ryan Archibald come over and Kaity, John, Lauren, Ryan and I played Bubble Talk. It was quite hilarious :)

Sunday I went to church and then socialized with some people after church out on the lawn by my apartment! My family is coming up to bring me some things that I needed and then I have a Get-To-Know-You interview w/ the Bishop. Then I need to get ready for classes and work tomorrow! Yikes! :) I'm so nervous, but I'm really excited too!

Crazy Week! :)

Wow. I can't believe summer is almost over. It's insane! School starts on the 29.... CRAZY. I CAN'T WAIT for Latter Day Voices! :)

Monday I worked at Payless and then hung out with Brenna :) We got food and visited. It was nice to hang out with her! I've missed her.  I spent the night at Whitni's house. It was so fun! We stayed up until 5:00 in the morning talking! I enjoyed it. :)

Tuesday I worked at Payless and watched Soul Surfer with Whitni that night. :)

Wednesday, I drove home and worked at Megaplex that night. When I got home, I purchased my textbooks, wrote three missionaries, and showered. I thought it was quite the productive day :)

Thursday, I hung out with Carlee for her birthday on Saturday.  She'll be out of town on her birthday, so that's why we hung out early :) It was fun to spend some time with her before life becomes a lot more busy with work and school. After we hung out, I went to my little sister's voice recital. Boy, did she do great! She's getting more and more confident every time she sings! It's fun to see her improvement! She has a beautiful voice :) My sisters and I watched The Last Song that night while I packed for Logan to work this weekend and to move back up to Logan.

Carlee and me :)

Friday I drove to Logan and hung out with Shaun for the last time before his mission! He had to gain residency here and now he'll be moving back home to Alabama to receive his mission call and shortly leave after that :) Another friend off serving the Lord! I'm so happy I have so many worthy friends that are willing to drop everything for two years to bring others to the Gospel :) I worked at Payless that night and then went to Village Inn with Whitni to get some food. :)

Shaun and me :)

Saturday I hung out with Whitni, her roommates, and some of their friends before going to work at Payless. After work, I hung out with Brad, Whitni, and Amanda and we went to Village Inn again. Ha ha :) It was great fun!

Today I work at Megaplex for the last time this summer! It will be bittersweet. I'm sad I don't have free movies anymore... but the discount shoes pretty much makes up for it! I'll hopefully pack a little today as well, because my life seems to get crazier by the second! :) It's weird to think that a year ago today, I was moving into my dorm room to start my first year of college..... SO WEIRD how time flies! A year ago, I didn't know a lot of my friends that I have now. I'm sure looking forward to my  next adventure in life :)

A Week In Logan :)

Monday, I went to the eye doctor's in the morning for my preventative checkup and then went school shopping :) I got a new shirt and some pants for work! I love them! I came home, ate, packed for Logan, showered, and finally went to bed. My eyes were so tired after the dilation and the reverse drops. :P ha ha.

Tuesday I woke up early and went with Carlee to get a ring for Austen. After we were done, I drove up to Logan and spent an hour with Amanda before I worked. After work, I got some dinner and went shopping for some more school shirts and had no luck. But that's okay! I had some great time to myself that I needed. When Amanda got home from work, we went to Walmart to get some stuff and decided to pull out mattresses into the front room and had a gigantic sleepover with Kara and her little brother Emery. It was great fun!

Wednesday I went shopping and found some new school shirts! I was so excited! I got me a USU lanyard for my keys, and then went to work. I learned a lot at work! It's going great! After work, I went back to Amanda's and Emery, Kara, Amanda, Matt Robinson and I watched Hook before we went to bed :) Wonderful day!

Thursday was a blast! I slept in and went and visited Brother Salmond with Amanda at the Institute! It was so good to see him again! Afterwards, Amanda and I came home and fixed up something to hold us over before we went to Kaylie and Alex's wedding reception! I'm so happy for them! We drove back over to the Institute  for Summer Choir that night and then watched The Last Song together before going to bed. Had a blast on my day off!

Aren't we cute? Ha ha :)

I worked on Friday night and then went Michelle's house (she's one of my new coworkers) and we made cupcakes for our boss's birthday! When Amanda got back from work that night, we watched Free Willey before going to bed. It was great fun!

Saturday morning I woke up early to get back to Pleasant View and run some errands. I got my paycheck.... and I was pleased! It's really nice to get big checks you're not expecting :) I got a letter from Joseph as well! I was excited to hear from him. The newness of the MTC is wearing off, but he's doing well :) I also worked that night and made some more money! Happiness!

Sunday I sang "Beautiful to Him" in my home ward and then my family and I went to SLC for a family get together :) It was nice to see the family! I love them :)

School is going to start soon! It's crazy! I'm so excited to get back into the groove of it all and to start Latter Day Voices! I get to be in the choir for a full year this time! I'm really looking forward to it! I'm excited to have a job as well! It'll be nice to have that money coming in. I'm looking forward to meeting new people and having a whole new experience. :) It'll be hard, but it'll be SOOOO worth it!

My New Adventure Is Unfolding!

I slept in, showered, and applied for Payless in the morning and then worked Monday night :)

Tuesday, I was woken up by a phone call from Teri, my young women's president before I graduated to Relief Society. :) She called and asked if I would like to come with the Laurels on their Laurel Retreat! Thankfully I had work off, so I said YES! I packed my bag as fast as I could, threw my swimsuit on, and went down to Kathy's. We hopped into cars and away we went to Salt Lake Seven Peaks! Oh my goodness, it was a blast! We went down so many slides and floated in the lazy river and just enjoyed the water and sunshine! I loved it. While I was there, I got a phone call from Payless and they asked me to interview with them on Friday! I was so excited! It was such a good day! We went to In-N-Out Burger afterwards and then drove to Wolf Creek to stay the night :) It was so much fun! Wolf Creek was so cool! Such a nice place :) We played games, laughed and just had a blast!

 Me, Marissa, and Kennedy :)

 Most of the group :)

 We like to be goofy :P

 Ha ha ha, Becky's pose. THEE best. Ha HA!

Becky and I :) She's been in Young Women's since I was a beehive. She wasn't in YW for a short while, but then got put back in at the end of my YW years :) I just love her!

Wednesday morning I woke up so sore from Seven Peaks! Ha ha :) There were so many stairs! I felt so out of shape when I woke up, ha! I was sore. I don't think I've climbed that many stairs in a day, and that's saying something since I lived on the fourth floor my freshman year of college! Ha ha :) We had a great breakfast prepared by Teri and then we packed up and went home! I came home and talked with my family! I found out my aunt's surgery went well and I was happy for that! I also got a letter from my friend, Skylar Combe, that's on a mission! I was happy to hear from him! He's sounds like he's just loving the MTC :) I love getting missionary letters! I watched some Bachelorette and cleaned my room before heading to work. I got sent home early cuz we were so slow, so I finished watching the Bachelorette. (SPOILER AHEAD) I do have to say that I was really sad that she broke Ben's heart. Ben was my absolute favorite. But oh well. It's just a show, ha! But I felt bad for him. Poor guy. I was sad to see the show end! Ha ha! It's been my summer show! Well.... besides Vampire Diaries, ha! But a new season of Vampire Diaries is going to start in the fall, I'm stoked! :D

I woke up and put papers in my "Book of Remembrance" Thursday morning and then my family and I went swimming at Spilker's pool! :) I hung out with Carlee that night and we watched Vampire Diaries, talked, and saw Planet of the Apes for a work screening. I thought the movie was good until the end. It had my attention until the end and then I was really disappointed. Oh well. Ha! It was fun to chill with my coworkers :)

Friday I woke up, got ready, and headed to Logan! I met up with Amanda and hung out with her for awhile before Daniel came over. I'm gonna miss that boy! Today was probably the last time I see him before he leaves on his mission on August 24.  He's serving in the Mexico Monterrey West mission, the same one as Justin! The three of us had a blast! After that, I went to my job interview with Payless and...... I got the job. I was SO EXCITED!!!!!!! :) Finding a job in Logan is so hard to do! It's crazy! It all fit together perfectly! The whole story of how I came to apply for Payless in the first place is just hilarious. I start on Tuesday of this upcoming week! No more working with food!! (for the time being) :) It'll be sad, once again, to say goodbye to Megaplex, but I'm excited to start this new journey! I can do Latter Day Voices with it as well! This has been such a blessing! I'm so grateful for it! After my job interview, I went back to Amanda's and then we met up with Brad Rassmussen and Whitni Gardner at Panda to have dinner! That was yummy :) Then we went back to Amanda's and started watching a movie and I drove home. I was happy to have a letter from Joseph waiting for me when I got home! He was homesick this last week, but still loving the MTC. I hope the homesickness passes fast. I felt bad for him. But he'll be okay :) He's amazing!

I worked all day Saturday and then went over to my grandparents house to visit while my sister mowed the lawn (her summer job)  After Grandma and Grandpa's, my sisters and I came home and we watched Soul Surfer. AMAZING movie. So touching. What a beautiful story. I loved it!

Sunday I slept in and went to church :) I went right to work after church. It was a good day at work cuz I worked with Marcy! Just love her. I got to talk to my new roommate today as well! Her name is Bree and I'm really excited to meet her in a few weeks!

This week, I really contemplated how the things of my past have made me the person that I am today. How the little decisions and the huge decisions have made me, well, ME :) The friends that I have, the attitude I have for life, the way my life is going are all outcomes of decisions that Me, Myself, and I have made. The gift of free agency and the gift of the Holy Ghost have been such important gifts in my life that I have utilized and hope to continue to use the rest of my life to make the best decisions I can make. I am so grateful for the Plan of Salvation and the Atonement and ultimately, the Gospel! What a blessing to have to be able to be born into the covenant and have the truth right there for me my whole life! I'm grateful for a loving, wonderful, and caring family that loves me for who I am and has greatly influenced who I am today.