Pond Skimming!

Last night we went and watched an event here they call Pond Skimming. Basically crazy people dress up in costumes and use either skiis, snowboard or sled and go down a hill and try to make it across this long pool of water. It was pretty funny to watch, but it did get pretty cold.. especially after getting splashed with water. I couldnt imagine how cold it would be after actually going in the water!

Here is one video I took at the pond skimming for this year. There were about 100 people total who went down the hill. Some crashed before even getting to the bottom, some made is halfway across or just barely into the water and some actually made it all the way across. Luckily there were no major injuries. Here are a couple other videos.. These one have better costumes. 

Missionary Letters

So far I have been so lucky to hear from Peter on a regular basis. I love hearing about how he is doing and everything going on. It just makes my week whenever I get a letter, I am just so excited to read what he has to say(: If you are interested take a look at his blog http://elderreese.blogspot.com/ Also he has encouraged me to set up an account on mormon.org (I haven't yet but will soon!) please feel free to take a look at this site if you are interested in learning more about the Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints or if you are a member please join and share your testimony. It is a very useful tool for Missionaries and is a great way to learn more about the church

Valentine's Day!

To start off I went down to the Cocoa Bean Cupcake Shop and saw this cute shirt so I thought it would be nice to wear on Valentine's Day.

Then I made some Valentine's for my roommates and FHE Group. That night for FHE we made homemade pizza and celebrated the Birthday of one of the girls in our group. 

Here are all the Valentine's I received. I got some hearts and a letter from Peter(: I got a card and a few small things from my parents. And Jenny gave me, Rose and Alissa a flower. All in all it was a pretty good day.

MormonAds

So I got a bunch of the MormonAds and copied them together in to small posters and then laminated them to use them as decoration for our dorm! They really make our living room less plain(: I really like them too! They have some good messages.

Here are all the posters you can read some of them(:

Here is our living room with the new posters. Oh and the monkey poster Alissa got(: 

Aunt Fran's Banana Bread

A few weeks ago I bought some bananas but didn't eat them all. I had three left and they had started to go brown so i decided to make Banana Bread(: I used Aunt Fran's banana bread recipe! Its an old family recipe that my Grannee uses. It was pretty good.

College Life Begins..

I've had a few weeks now to get adjusted to life as a college student. So far its been pretty good. I like most of my class and they haven't gotten too hard yet. I've also had some pretty fun times outside of class. I've started going to a zumba class! Its so much fun and definitely a work out. Here is a video to explain a little what the class is...

The other day I went sledding for the first time here and had tons of fun! One thing i have to say is snow in the face is a whole experience in it self haha.

Every Sunday so far my roommates and I have taken turned making a "family" dinner and also inviting another dorm over. The first Sunday Rose made dinner and invited a dorm from across the hall. Since then we have all become pretty good friends have have done a lot together. The next Sunday Alissa cooked and invited our FHE sisters over. It was great getting to know them better. Last Sunday I cooked, I made a recipe that Peter had given me that was super good (and cheap which is nice on a college budget) and then for dessert I made Oreo Cheese Cake! Yum(: I invited a dorm from across the hall and it was a great chance to meet new people. This Sunday is Jenny's turn to cook and she invited our FHE brothers over so we can get to know them a little better too.

Speaking of Family Home Evening (FHE) our group is pretty awesome! We have a family home every Monday night were we all get together and have a lesson and then do something fun. The first week we were supposed to go ice skating, but sadly the rink was closed because apparently it wasn't cold enough.. which i disagree. oh well so instead we went bowling! Then last Monday we had a game night which was fun. I'm excited to get to know my FHE group and have fun as well as learn.

Welcome to Rexburg!

On December 28th, 2010 I left Elk Grove, Ca and headed to Utah were I was able to spend some time with family. On New Years Eve we all stayed at the cabin and made a sign for my cousin Jake, who is currently serving in the Billings, Montana Mission. 




On January 3rd, 2011 I moved in to my 105 Virginia H. Perkins Hall in Rexburg, Idaho. My roommates are my best friend Jenny and then my new friends Alissa and Rose. I'm so excited and we are all getting along great! On January 5th classes started. I am currently taking Book of Mormon, Science Foundations (they call the General Education classes Foundations) American Foundations, Math Foundations 108, Money Management, and a general studies class called College Success (which helps with adjusting to college life as well as skills such as time management and studying). So far I am loving all my class and am looking forward to the semester ahead.

On my Birthday, January 14th 2011, I woke up to find my roommates had decorated the living room, made a cake and even had a card with a bunch of totsie rolls for me (:


Alissa even wrote me this poem! It made me laugh. She is awesome.

Jenny made me a sign and put it on my bed(:

Cards I got from people! It made my day.






We all went to Sammy's (a local restaurant) and had some amazing shakes! We stopped along the way and took a group picture.






After Sammy's some one of the dorms were having a sleepover so we all went over there. We tried to make a pyramid, but it didn't work out so well so we did it the easy way(: I love this picture.

For my Birthday I asked my mom to get me the Missionary Outfit from build-a-bear! So I put it on the build-a-bear Peter and I made(:

Katie Hogge and Jackie Milligan stopped by and brought me flower and a cupcake! They are so nice!!

Utah Trip, St, George.

So we left for our trip on Friday after school and headed for Vegas. By one o'clock in the morning we got about and hour out of Vegas and decided to stop and get some sleep (Which was nice because the car isn't very comfortable and i didn't get very much sleep). But anyways to make a long story short the next day we got to St. George, went to the temple, visited with my grandparents and great grandparents. Sunday we went to church did some more visiting and had lots of FUN!. Peter had a good time. :)

Halloween

Halloween was pretty fun! In the morning after i was done cooking fingers and toes with grannee and courtnee, Peter came over and we carved Pumpkins :) it was my first time using the stencil designs. I liked how they turned out. Mine are the first two (the face and Cinderella), then Peter did Buzz Lightyear and Scar and my dad figured he was too good for designs and came up with his own face :)

Powder Puff

This year I finally was able to play powderpuff football. It was so much fun! Luckily i didn't get to hurt, just sore for a while. There were a few people who ended up with broken bones. OUCH. I was so happy that i had people there to watch and support me. It was great!

Then afterward we ate in-n-out :) and my dad went a little over board with the camera.