This last weekend was AMAZING! I spent the entire weekend hanging out and spending time with my sister :) I showed her around campus, had lunch at the cross roads, walked through and took pics in the Ricks Gardens, and created some awesome memories. My favorite part was just the time we spent talking and hanging out. I can't believe I'm actually in college! I think I'm liking it more and more everyday :) It's such a new and different experience and for those that are on the fence about going to college, do it. Yeah it may be scary and out of your comfort zone, but you will grow so much as a human being. I feel so free and it's really cool to make every decision for myself. Not all the decisions I have to make are fun, but it makes me feel independent and in control of my own life. Just remember to keep in touch with your family. They love you and want to be involved in your life :) I feel so blessed to be surrounded by such a strong support system, and to have a family that wants and loves me. I'm really excited because my roommate and I are volunteering at a Holiday Festival here on campus for the community! We get to help run booths and I get to play with little kids! I didn't realize how much I'd miss being around kids, but student wards are awesome! (I'm LDS btw) :) I hope you have a FANTASTIC weekend! We are suppose to have the first real snow this whole weekend. Wish me luck. Crossing my fingers that I don't slip and die. haha! :)

So this week has been crazy!! I had to write a 6-8 page synthesis essay and let me just say I hate writing papers. But last night I had a rehearsal for this concert I'm in tonight, it started at 7pm and was suppose to end at 9:45pm, but we didn't get out till 10:40pm. It felt like the never ending rehearsal. And because I had this rehearsal I missed my ward relief society activity where they made carmel apples and watched Enchanted. I was so sad that I couldn't go, and then when I got home from my long rehearsal I found out my AMAZING roommate had made me a carmel apple and brought it back for me :) Totally made my day :) It's those tender mercies all around us that help us get through the hard times and give us a little lift when things get though. I've experienced many tender mercies through my life for my family and for myself, and I try to return those. I challenge you to look for something you could do for someone else today. However small it may be, you can help someone else who may need it, and you can help make this world a better place, one small act at a time :)
P.S. MY TWIN SISTER IS COMING TO VISIT THIS WEEKED!!!!

So I spent my Halloween writing half of my 6-8 page paper because my teacher told us this last Wednesday that half of it was due Friday. Not cool. But now I have writers block and I can't seem to finish it. Just what I need on a giant paper. School is so chaotic sometimes, and I've learned that I just have to take it as it comes, day by day, assignment by assignment. College can be overwhelming and seem scary, and it is, but you learn as you go. No one expects you to be able to just go out and do everything on your own without help. Well, maybe some do, but they are crazy. We are here on this eArth to learn and grow as individuals and to make mistakes and learn from them as well. We are all human and we all have weaknesses to over come. We can do this! (as Rosie the Riveter would say :) ) When I look at what I have gone through so far in my life, I feel like I've been blessed so much! Yeah I've had hard times with my dad's health, or braking my ankle as I'm starting college, but it could have been so much worse. I could have been worse off and things could have been harder. Compared to others, I've had it pretty easy and I'm so grateful for that. I know I have a lot more challenges up ahead and a lot more trials to go through, and I'm SO grateful that I have the Gospel of Jesus Christ in my life and to know that he hears me and is there for me, cheering me on. I know without a shadow of a doubt that Jesus Christ lives, and that he died on the cross for me, and all of us. I know that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the true and complete gospel upon this Earth. I know that I am a daughter of God and that he wants me to return to live with him. I know I God has a plan and that I have a purpose from being here at this time. I just have to find out what it is he wants me to do. Just remember that God won't test you with more than you can handle. It may feel like you can't but he knows you can and that's all apart of the test. I hope you have a fantastic Sunday!