The PERFECT fit!!!

October 5th, 2013

Mom took me on a girl’s night with her friends because all the men were at the Priesthood session for the LDS General Conference. My Aunt Anna and her kids came too because they were here in California for a Dr. Appointment. We all went to Dos Coyotes and I was really enjoying myself!

After Dinner we headed out, and standing outside was a man and a limo. He held a black sign with white writing "COURTNEY" I was so confused! He said "I was sent here to pick you up" (at this point I had so many emotions flowing through my body). WITH the encouragement of my family and friends, I got in the limo, and there on the shelf was a bouquet of soft pink Gerber daisies! Then I thought for a brief moment "DILLON!!... Could he be proposing? ... nahh"  then as the guy started driving I was able to process my thoughts a little better and was still so anxious to know where we were going and what was going on! He stops in front of Dillon's drive way and begins his 3-point turn. :) We drive down the drive was and I see cars everywhere! So I texted him "Are you having a party??" and no response... i thought "did he really rent a limo to take me to a party at his house?!" haha As we get closer i see nothing but people holding candles, at this point i knew what was going on... the limo stops and a beautiful picture is before me...

***PICTURE THIS***

people forming the perfect aisle with candle light, then a flicker of light and BAM... hanging above their heads are streams of cafe lights, and at their feet Christmas lights form the perfect 'U' shape and at the end is the most handsome man dressed in a black Slim Fit suit and tie

*****

No... that was not me dreaming trust me... that was REAL LIFE!!!

my mom comes to open the limo door and I realized I had been bawling this whole time... so I quickly wipe my face trying not to smear my make up... and the door was open... and I hear "A Thousand Years part 2" playing in the background!

after I saw everything, and heard our song and locked eyes with Dillon I had realized this was real, my mom began to escort me down the aisle but I couldn't take it I asked "do I have to walk?!" haha BTW I did not mean to THROW your arm mom...I am sorry! I just wanted to hurry!!

so I ran down the aisle and threw my arms around Dillon Simons... I began to happy cry again (NOT REALIZING a videographer was capturing the whole moment! and family and friends were around me..) but anyways!

In the embrace Dillon said to me "This is where it all began Courtney, with our first kiss... when I asked you to be my girlfriend...and now, to be my wife... (gets down on one knee)... Courtney will you marry me?"

*I CANT BREATHE! I CANT BREATHE!! WHY IS HE SO PERFECT!!* WAIT!!!*

"YES! YES! YES!!!" and I kissed him! and he takes the ring and puts it on my finger! (one of the greatest feelings IN the world bytheway!)

He turns to the crowd "IT FITS!"

and I realized so many people were there! hahaha

Here is a picture of the ring :)

Its a perfect fit!  Not just the ring but him! the timing! everything!
just a few months ago i was preparing to go serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but something felt strange about it and after sincere prayer and a big decision i decided not to go and continue school. Little did i know that that was because the Lord wanted me to get married, to go to the temple and partake of those blessings with Dillon Simons!

SO! before you all start freaking out on me YES! we are finishing school! (: Classes start January and we start taking them online, and after we are married in April the plan is to go back to Idaho and finish out school! Education is way to important to throw away just because we are getting married, we just wanted to get married and do it together rather than apart (:  don't worry people we have thought it all through!

Cause like i said... (: the PERFECT fit!

Inspiration, Revelation, Creation.

• "I bear witness that this is our Heavenly Father’s work and that He has a profound personal interest in it. I testify that as you act upon the direction that will be given here today, you will also come to know how intimately He is involved in this effort."

  —Jeffrey R. Holland, "Welcome and Opening Remarks"
  Heavenly Father loves to put you in situations that you can learn from. He leads and guides us through the inspiration and revelation we can receive on our own. What I have relearned the past few weeks is that you need to put yourself in situations where you CAN receive the message that God has for you. He wants us to be happy, He wants us to do the things we love and enjoy doing, He loves to watch us be successful, and most importantly He loves hearing us tell Him how happy we are, and how much we LOVE the blessings that He brings into our lives.
  As you all maybe wondering "Whats going on?" "Are you OKAY?" "Why are you coming home?" to make a long story short, Heavenly Father has more to offer me at home. I am off track so no I am not missing school. I am just saving money, staying up here I would have to worry about rent, and a 30 mile commute to work, and at home I don't have to worry about rent and I can get a job that is so much closer. 
  Heavenly Father put me in a situation where I was inspired with many different outcomes. 1. stay, continue to work a job I know that I will continue to have 2. stay, find work IN Rexburg, 3. go home, and find work. ALL of which are GOOD things but it was up to me to take it to my Heavenly Father and figure out my BEST interest/outcome. It took me 3 weeks to figure out what was happening. And even just 10 days ago I was still not so sure what would happen. But I called one of my very favorite people, my grandmother. I knew that she would be able to tell me what I needed to hear. Quite frankly I thought that Heavenly Father was going to give her the answer I needed to hear, but you know what she was prompted to say?
  "These are all good options, these are all things that are good that will continue to bring you to success and greatness. He gave you a brain, so He has given you the opportunity to think, so chose. make a decision in your mind and go to the Lord about it, and He will let you know. But since these are all equal in greatness maybe you just need to make a decision for yourself"
  WOW!! Grandma, you are so wise.
  So I did, I made the decision that I was going to stay in Rexburg and work IN town, a week later I had received no phone calls about new work, so I decided to put my contract on the board to sell it. It sold with in 5 minutes. I instantly prayed and told Him what had happened and I felt for myself that this is what I need to do. I said "I'll go where you want me to go dear Lord". The very next day I put a notice in at work, and prepped everything I needed to go home.
  Heavenly Father put me in a position where I was inspired with ideas, through revelation I found what He wants for me to do, and with this decision that I have made I am able to create something of myself to do what I can to meet the potential that my Father in Heaven has for me to meet. 
  
  
  I want to bear MY testimony of those three words, "Inspiration, Revelation and Creation" and how they go hand in hand when you are keeping yourself on the right track with what Heavenly Father has for you. I know that through this experience I have grown closer to Him and found a piece of myself, and was able to learn and grow. I know that our Lord and Savior has us, to fulfill His work, and its up to us to be the best we can be, in the way that He wants in order to fulfill every detail that he wants completed. 
  
  
  I am so grateful for the support system that I have, my parents, my grandparents, and Dillon. They are always praying for me and guiding and teaching me so that I can do what I can to meet my potential. Without them it would be so much harder for me to make the decisions I need to learn and grow in the way God wants me to. 
  I write these these in hopes to provide inspiration or maybe even revelation to some of you.
  In the name of Jesus Christ amen.

Lord of The Rings and the New Testament

So, great things happen if you keep a light and yet serious “relationship” with your teachers… I had an AWESOME Spanish professor this semester. It was an online class, and we meet virtually twice a week to ask questions and listen to lectures. On the final week we had quite the interesting conversation. It started with his dog whose name is “Frodo” and I commented on how “Epic” I thought it was.. Then we talked about how we are all (Me, Dillon, and his roommates) in love with the Lord of the Rings series. Then he mentioned that Tolkien was a Catholic and wrote the Lord of the Rings as somewhat of a parallel to the New Testament. Here was a crappy copy of our conversation.

He (Sr. Swenson asked me about each character and who I thought it was in the New Testament)

Gandalf the white; we believe to be a representation of the resurrected Christ

hobbits are pride and Frodo is charity

hobbits are us trying to overcome everything this life

Samwise the Holy Ghost a close companion but who will leave you when you lose your way but will come back when you are ready for him

Legolas James    Gimbly- John

The white city  the temple?

What about Lord Elrond?

Gollum is regret, or consequence

Elrond writings of the prophets or the law of moses

Éowyn then she might just have to be a doctrine she could be diligence

i love the prophesies from the bible, Book of Mormon and the latter days... the way God comes about doing things is just so incredible

and he IS God so He will choose great ways to come about it but (: still

I have a testimony of My Heavenly Father, and that He works in mysterious ways. I know the prophesies of our Father will happen on His own time and in ways He wants... Many of His prophesies have happened already. and THESE are the LAST days. i know that He is pleased with me and i am ready to be His hands in this world, to be the one to further His message.

 i love you guys and hope you can all feel what i feel in my heart right now!

Courtney

Time flies when you're Living life

Wow… one wholes semester down, ii am so sorry that I having posted anything.. But I have done a lot.

Semester began and semester went, I can’t tell you how many times I have thought about writing, but each time it was while I was laying in bed about to fall asleep.

As you all know I have a job. I work at Chick-fil-A. Because of this job I have made the decision not to come home during the summer and the fall. So I will be living in Idaho all year round. It was a hard decision to make, but after much conversation with my parents, and My Heavenly Father, I have made the decision to stay up here. No that does not mean I am not coming back to visit, in fact I am setting aside some time to come down 2 weeks before thanksgiving for my roommates wedding, and another time for Christmas, and hopefully another time sooner than November.

This semester has had a lot of learning. And I know it wasn't in my classes. Yes I learned some things, but nothing too important. I learned more about myself more than ever.

My New Testament teacher gave the class a challenge, for one hour a day we were to read scripture and write in our journals. I was doing great for about a week, and then kinda fell out of habit. I didn't stop completely!! But I didn't do an hour a day every day. Then I found this book, “Return” By Robert D. Hales. I love this book, it is so inspiring so instructive and so spiritually uplifting, in this book it talks about our “Decades of Decision” and how with each choice we must try to “return with honor”. It talks about Preparing for priesthood, Daughters of God, Preparing for the Temple, Temple Marriage, and so on. I am re reading this book, and this time I am making notes.

I am Courtney Newbold, I am a second semester freshman soon to be sophomore at Brigham Young University of Idaho, I am...18? years old, and I do have to think about that, sometimes I forget that I am so young, because I feel so old and my friends are all so much older than me. I have a testimony of Jesus Christ, I have a burning testimony of His gospel. I know that everyday I am trying my very best to be more like him.

  

I am dedicating this blog as well as my Facebook to be in a way, be my “spiritual journal”.

I don’t know if you watched the “World Wide Missionary Broadcast”, but I did. And after watching I had the burning desire to do what I can in my everyday life. Though I am not serving a full-time, set apart mission, I am dedicating my life, starting now, to be a missionary, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, every day. That broadcast did so much for me, and yet again confirmed to me that what I am doing in my life is right, that He is very much pleased with me and my works.

**To clear up some rumors**, I am not engaged, I am not married and no I am not eloping. Every day I am praying and Dillon is praying about what our next step is. We openly talk about marriage because, that is inevitable. We are going to be married, but no not this year. I do know that this semester I have been praying, and fasting and really turning to the Lord much this semester, and I have received for myself that going to the temple my next step. I have begun temple preparation studies, not in a class, but through what the church has posted about temples, and preparing to go. That doesn't mean I will be receiving those blessings of the temple today, tomorrow or this year. It just means that right now in my life I am preparing myself to receive those blessings soon (I don’t know how soon, but you can never start preparation too soon).

Now, I love you guys. I love you with all of my heart. And I want you to know just how important this gospel is to me.

Hello, my name is Courtney Newbold, I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and some people call us Mormons. I stand as a witness of God and His son EVERY SINGLE day of my life. This gospel has done so much for me and so much more when I continue to apply it. I pray Morning and Night, feeling so close to my Savior so close to my Father, every day I study for at least a half an hour scriptures of this gospel. I have a great testimony of prayer. Heavenly Father is always there. Seriously. ALWAYS. When you are feeling, sad, mad, angry, alone, stressed, happy, joyful, grateful, He is there to take your heavy burdens and make them light, take your happy and grateful feelings and make them grater. I have learned and have gained a great testimony of the Atonement, our Savior suffered on a cross, but before that he took upon Himself the sins and afflictions of the world. Key word, afflictions, everyone who suffers, anyone who is alone, sad, hearbroken, stressed and overwhelmed the atonement fixes that. Christ is there for all of us and for all reasons. I have a testimony that turning to Him will fix all things. I know that Christ was resurrected and so will we, we will be resurrected and have perfect bodies, like His. I know that we are all brothers and sisters in this world, because God is our Father, we all have the potential to be like him! it is what we do and how we take advantage of the talents and blessings He gives us that will determine whether we have reached that potential. I love my Father in Heaven, I love my Family who has taught me about Him, and I am grateful for temples. Temples are here on this earth for us to be in the House of our Lord and Savior, it is a way for us to receive blessings that is waiting to give us, and a way for families to be Sealed together, a way to connect families for eternity. Infinity is a great way to explain the purpose of temples, because it connects past generations for infinity, and future generations for infinity. I am SO grateful to have this gospel and a current temple recommend so that I can do this work and create my own family (in the future) and connect other families, for infinity! This gospel brings so much hope and joy into my life and I am going to share it. (:
In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen

So, thank you for taking the time to read this, and letting me share my testimony with you! I love you and hope that I can to all that I can to be an example to at least one of you! Please feel free to come back and comment and share your testimony/ thoughts in comments below (: 

Home sweet home!

so we made it! (: 
mom and amy came up to bring home the gang (: 
(Dillon, Me, Chelsea, Rachel, and Mitch) that was so crazy and fun! having mom up at school for the last day of classes was fun. i took my math final in the morning (92%) thank you very much miss Chelsea for helping me study! and then mom performed with me in my theater final. 
she and i (the dynamic duo) dressed up for the scene "Popular" from "Wicked". it was awesome! i love performing with my mom!! 
Wednesday night was a fun night we had a pizza party with my roommate, partied in the closet (long story) and just laughed.  my mom talked my cousin Mitchel into coming down with us so that was awesome!

the ride was long! and soooo not comfy. 7 grown people in a 7 seated van was just too squishy for me... but it was an adventure nonetheless! we got home at 8:30 after dropping people off it wasn't too bad!
it was me, mom, mitch, and d just sitting at the house waiting for my dad and the boys to get home! they were so happy to see us! it was nice.
i have missed my brothers so much!  i mean Josh is a man... deep voice and everything. i swear he is almost taller than me! and hes only 14!!! Zachy too... he is pretty tall now... and skinny, no more baby round face.. his a little man! ): what in the world happened! and i swear my dad  is like 15 lbs he is SKIN and BONE! i have GOT to fatten him up while im here!! As for Tyler. i found myself just staring at him earlier tonight. his jaw is more formed and manly, and he is getting tall, his hair is super curly, i just don't get it... 3 1/2 months is way too long to be way form growning teenage boys... i want my little brothers back!! :( i miss them... well their faces.. i love my brothers, now that they are older we laugh and joke and just have so much fun! i am SO looking forward to this week of being home (: i have missed them so much! like.. i just want to hug them all the time!! (: wow... now you've got me crying! ahaha, everyone is asleep because of school and work tomorrow... haha man i remember when i had places to be and people to see.. now i have 10 days of ME!!
my plans while i am here include finding ways of earning money!, a sewing day with mom, and a party with all of Dillon's friends other than that i am hoping to relax and visit and just enjoy the nice California weather! 
well i hope that i can get on SOMETIME to keep y'all up dated (:
thanks for caring! <3

squirrelfriend..girlfriend?

okay so this! is funny (: Dillon and i were walking home from class one day and he was finishing some fries so he had a fry in his hand hoping to be able to feed a squirrel.. (:

as we are walking up the hill Dillon stops to see a squirrel in hedgehog stance (its so funny to see them like that!!)  Dillon crouches down and this squirrel crawls up to him, he grabs the fry and the squirrel takes it!! (: out of his hand!!!!(: it was the cutest thing ever!! (:

so now everytime we pass that tree he always looks for his friend.. (:

California... California... California!!

all i can think about is getting home!
i just wanna see my family! my friends!! and of course you guys are included as family ;)

well i know its been a month since i have written or posted for that matter but i must admit it has gotten crazy.. but let me do a recap

three weeks ago Dillon and I hitched a ride down to california.. not very many of you knew that becuase we only went down as a surprise for his dad (it was his birthday weekend). my parents were not even in town, they were in Portland.. but don't worry haha they knew we were coming! and it made me so sad to be in my own home and not be able to see any of them...
here are some pictures of Kevin's surprise (:

First things first... brotherly love with never die (: from the diapers in the bottom picture to the hansdome young men in the top. NOTHING will get inbetween these two boys.. they are best friends and brothers to the grave! (:  and i was so lucky to see these boys act like boys haha (: no girlfriends not inturruptions haha just each other and the video games they played sunday morning til we left (: it was so fun!

Before any of them even knew that we were in town... we snuck into the house and decotrated (: with balloons and streamers (: it was awesome! here is dillon about to fly away with all those balloons!

oh man... this guy is so special. he is so hard working, so loving and cares for his family with all that he is. he deserved every minute of being pampered and surprised. (: 

so here's the story:

Dillon was planning on skyping his dad because there was a huge "presentation" for class he wanted to practice on his family. He was waiting until 4 so both his dad and jessie were home so they could see it. little did the family know we were in town waiting for this "presentation". after decorating the house, Dillon and i drove my car to CVS so that no one would see us or my car when they got home from work. We were picked up by lovely Annette (who i will mention later (: ) who drove us back to the simons house. she went inside and we snuck around the house to the backyard. Dillon called his dad and asked if he was ready (ironically the internet was down at their house so they couldn't skype). when they said "no... the internet is down i don't know if we even will be able to".. Dillon goes through the back door.. and walks in saying " awe man.. dad i really wanted to see you and j..." (putting his hand on his dads shoulder...) (:
this could not have been more perfect, Kevin and Jessie were surprised. Kevin was moved to tears with this simple surprise and birthday present (: i was so blessed to see this. (: here is kevins reaction after it all kicked in and everyone realized we were not ghosts ahaha (:

Here is a picture of Dillon's family... (not everyone is there but from left to right) Justin, Jessie, Dillon and Kevin... ahaha my apologies to you because Kevin cant just smile for a picture.. haha (: i don't have a single one (: but i guess thats the package (: if you want Kevin in the picture hes gotta make a crazy face (:

(: this is Annette. Annette is probably the most thoughtful, caring, loving person you will meet in your entire life. this lady was the only contact we had that was able to help us with the surprise. She is so incredible, she bought the decorations, bought the cake Dillon designed, and bought us all dinner to help celebrate Kevin's birthday.  She loves this family with all her heart and you can tell because of everything that she does for them. (: and to top it all off the day Dillon and I left to head back up to Idaho, she sent us with "care packages", "early easter baskets", and "two blankies to keep us cozy on the ride back up.. (:
Annette if you get the chance to read this. we love you so much and thank you for everything you did... PS the pork chops were delicious! and the potatoes?? how did you do it?? (:

ART!! i totally forgot! (:

as  you all should know from previous updates (: i am in an art class up here (:
i love this class so much! (: we go to class, learn, watch a demo, are given an assignment, then stay (or leave to go home and work at home)... it is so fun and i have learned so much, from capturing light in a picture, to scenery and watercolor!! look at my most recent project!

ice ice baby!!

So i walked with Dillon to his guitar class today and we saw these ice cycles hanging from a tree! so i hopped up on the railing of the ramp and broke it off! (: look at it!!

 i thought that was something i had to share!! it made me smile! hahaha something also that made me laugh.. (loooking back through my pictures ahaha) VVVVVVV haha as you can see Alyssa is very very happy about something! 

 ...this something was cookies!! this lovely lady is getting married March 9 (:  every sunday after church (other than fast sundays) our ward provides us with a "cookie linger longer"  and when she heard the announcement she turned to me "cookiEEZ cookiEEZ COOKIEEZ!!" haha with her beautiful excited face (: it made me so happy haha (:

 fun times (: above is a picture of Jenga (: and in the background you see a guy lining up cups for the infamous beer pong (: but dont worry we made the game much better (: its water filling the cups!!! its sooo fun!! and... im even getting kinda good at it (: 

so i have had a really hard time getting to sleep, and walking normally because of my back.  it really bothered my lower back up through my neck. i blame my backpack, and the gym... im not using that as an excuse to NOT go to the gym.. but maybe to just go 3 times a week instead of 5.  i threw out my back one evening recently and just crawled into bed, and looked for a massage place. FOUND ONE!! and it is relatively cheap! (:

Dillon and i called and made an appointment so this last saturday we went. and it was a legit massage! where you strip to what you are mast comfortable with and she uses oils and lotions, it was incredible... i loved it (: now for my joints i just need to find a chiropractor (: hopefully they are still pretty cheap. darn my back.. haaha i love you mom but why do we have to be so screwed up?! haha

well i hope 'yall are having a great week! (: thanks for reading and following (: i love you guys i hope California isn't getting too hot (: haha 

uh oh spaghetti oh...

a month already??
i am so sorry guys that it has been so long since i have written but not much has happened.. though i did fail to update about the pain fight... haha i can't believe i didnt before the last post..

January 25, 2013 at 8 PM there was a crazy fun dance. mine and dillons FIRST dance!! can you believe it!?! crazy.. i KNOW!! but here it goes.. picture this (before you see the pictures..)
mens white T... ripped at the sides to show off a neon green tank top... neon green little girls "running" shorts with jeggings underneath and (my favorite part..)  gramma temple shoes.!!! (white comfy ballet flats)
if your confused 1 we were supposed to dress crazy and 2 there were going to be black lights (: haha so i went all out (:   i just couldn't resist!!
this is a before picture... before the paint...

and an after! haha i hate this picture of me but love!! Dillons face (: so i had to post it!!

here is us back at home! in case you forgot this is my roommate analiese.

 here is a collage Dillon put together of the crowd, and us.. (: i LOVE the botttom right!

 more pictures,.. these were from the website and instagram. (: it was so fun!

(: balloons dropped and then squirt guns were handed out full of paint! (: so freakin awesome!!

a few weeks ago i did henna art on my roommates foot (: i was so proud it looks so good...
(:
art is going good (: im learning so much!! we start water colors tomorrow and i am so excited (:
ps (: i am headed to california on the 7th of march and will be in town for the weekend.. i am busy all day saturday but i am free friday (: so i should see some of you (:
okay i will update sooner than last time. sorry guys.. (:
until next time! (:

DROP IT LIKE ITS HOT!!!

tomorrow begins the 4th week of classes here at BYUI and i cannot freaking take this class any more...

lets start at the beginning of registering for classes.. 

it was so chaotic! i was so stressed out because classes were filling so fast!! i needed 2 credits to be a full time student and could not find ANYTHING!!! until i found this class called "NUTRITION!!" i was so excited to learn and do it! it would be fun! but one problem... it was an online class and my great and wise cousin (KENNA! Doty i love her so dearly and cannot freakin wait for her to come up in spring.. anyways), she told me to not take online classes if i can help it. and in this case, this is the only thing i can find!

little did i know online classes SUCK!! (excuse my language)

it was a 3 credit course and i am doing well in it but it is way too stressful, when i am not IN classes i am supposed to be doing this class 24/7 and i cannot handle it, projects are assigned but you don't find them online until way later (3 days before due) and group projects are too difficult because my computer wont load the adobeconnect that we use to video chat and do the assignments..i saw online friday night that i have until the 29th to drop a class without recieving a "W" on my trascript so the searching for a new class began..

i found an art class that i at first wanted to get into had been reopened! so iwhipped out my phone and emailed the teacher so fast! she emailed me that next morning telling me that i am more than welcome to take her class, i will most likely be behind for the first two meetings but i can easily catch up and do well!! i am so excited!! i am buying my art kit tomorrow and begin class monday at 2pm! i am soo soo soo excited! 

bye bye nutrition HELLO ART!!

i will let you guys know how that goes later this week! i love you guys!!

the First three day weekend of FREEDOM!

so there are these daily texts i get called the "Rexburg Dealios" and on January 17, 2013 i got a text message that said :

Subway:

$.50 for a 6" sandwich

 with the purchase of a

 reg. prices 6"

SL Express:

$50 Round trip to 

SLC. Code

Dealio0117

i saw that and freaked out because it was a three day weekend!! and Dillon had never been to Temple square before!! i thought about the weekend and what was planned, Friday was the concert and Saturday my roommates and i had plans to go to Idaho Falls to go on a little shopping trip ( and i really wanted to go and spend time with them) so i  considered just going Friday after classes the following week, and come back that Sunday, but it expired so if we wanted to make this trip work for this cheap we HAD to act now! (: so i texted my Irish twin Brittany Knudsen and planned out Monday and then BAM Dillon bought the tickets! it was scheduled we were to leave Rexburg on Sunday 4:30 pm and arrive in salt lake at 9:30 that same night!! 

haha i love traveling with this kid!! (: he is absolutely my favorite and i love love love him! he knows how to keep me company!! 

 my moms friend Payslie picked us up in Salt Lake and she was so sweet to let us stay the night at her house! (and for you moms that are freaking out, we slept in two different rooms... don't worry!)

TEMPLE TIME!!!!!!

 here are some BEAUTIFUL pictures of us! and the TEMPLE!! (thank you i phone cameras!)

The four of us walked around temple square, the Joseph Smith memorial, as well as the Beehive house and Lion house. 

here is the gang:

here is my favorite in the visitor center

this was an incredible trip and i am so grateful that we jumped on this opportunity!! it was super amazing!! 

and Dillon says "there aren't really words to describe it, it was almost unbelievable!"

now we are back at home... back to reality... back to schedules, but today (Thursday) we are headed to the REXBURG temple! i am soo excited! 

VoCaL pOiNt CoNcErT!!!

January 18, 2013
oh my gosh! i LOVE college! cheap entertainment but GREAT entertainment (:

Dillon took me to this concert and we were BOTH blown away with how incredible they are!!
it is so mice being on a campus where everyone has the same goals.. school, graduation, and most importantly our salvation! i love it, beginning classes, activities, and CONCERTS with an invocation!! it is an INCREDIBLE spirit!!

days and days and DAYS later!

okay so its been quite a while and i apologize.. but i LOVE my roommates! we have been doing everything together, dancing, dinner (out and at home), joke, and movie nights. in fact this sunday we are planning on building a FORT in the living room after we make our "mexican dinner" and then watch a movie in it!!
the picture on top is Morgan (incredible girl! she is in the nursing program her at BYUI and is in her fifth semester) and on the right is Analiese Nelson she is a goof ball but absolutely the first to put a smile on my face! oh and incase you were wondering... they are doing the "Creep" haha (DONT ask haha)
THIS however... the beautiful cupcake v v   v v     v v    v v    v v   v v vv soo delicous!!

 it is from "COCOA BEAN!" it is this incredible little shop that makes delicious cupcakes and sells AMAZING hot cocoa oh my gosh! for $5 you can get a cupcake and a cup of hot cocoa (: or you can do what Dillon and i do is the "date deal" where for $9 we can get 2 cupcakes and 2 cups of hot cocoa its awesome!! here is a picture of us girls (Me, Chelsea, and Analiese) heading out to run errands and go to cocoa bean ahaha (:

 oh... okay so for the first four days of being up here and going to school i had 3 bloody noses just because of the weather and the dry air and elevation... so i set out to Walmart 1.17 miles in the snow to get myself a humidifier !!! yay!! (now i am just waiting for mom to send me "Breathe" and the flu essential oils) and i am happy to report that i haven't had a singke bloody nose since!!

 here is a quick pic of the four of us out to dinner!

 

okay so this picture is a little embarrassing so let me explain... 7.5 is NOT my max weight!! and 25 are CERTAINLY not Dillons! but this is proof that we are working out! haaha we have made it a goal to go to the gym (everyday) i say as often as we can and so far we have been rocking it!
arms (bi's and tri's) , shoulders (I HATE THOSE), legs, abs, and we have yet to work back (i am too scared... as you all may or may not know i have a bad back like my mother.. ) its not fun!
i am sorry for the short up date, but i have homework, and a long day ahead (VOCAL POINT CONCERT TOMORROW NIGHT!!! WOOOOO!!!) don't worry you will all get to hear about it on Sunday (most likely) when i post again...
i am so happy you guys care enough to bug me about updating i need those reminders! it just gets so busy sometimes, and when i am not "busy" i am napping.. i always feel like i am running around
wake up classes homework grocery store (Did i eat lunch? idk but i ate a snack) then dinner, homework, sleep. all over. so when Thursdays come i sleep in (no classes) and just want to be lazy, do laundry and make food.. but today was ridiculous  i had two meetings, 1 with Brother Merrill about how i can get involved with musicals on or off campus, and he told me about a really great summer program, and auditions are in 3 weeks, but its something i certainly need to pray about before i make a decision here's the link if any of you are curious Play Mill Theater (sorry mom if this is where you hear about it first... this is what i a had to tell you yesterday on the phone but i forgot.. after classes i will be SURE to tell you all about it i need advise)
then i had a meeting for the Cheer/ stunt team (try outs are next week) i am so excited!!!
anyways after that i came home and slept, then went out with dillon and analiese to get dillon a guitar case, and string! what i absolutely love about my roommates is that they LOVE having Dillon around, and love being around him!  well... his ROOMMATES haha my girls are crushing on his guys and his guys like my girls and love flirting with them and spending time with them, haha what can i say (: i got great girls!! (: 
well i really gotta stop procrastinating my homework, off to do math! 
I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!

...as my good friend Nemo has said "FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!! FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!!"

 if you cant see the schedule and you CARE haha i have (on MWF) Math, English and Theater studies... and Tuesday book of mormon with an online nutrition class i can do whenever..
classes were great i have a good feeling about this semester (: i am so excited for my theater class and the opportunities that come with it (:
as for english haha i have a corky teacher.. but my best friend and boyfriend to help me through it! (yes Dillon has the same english class!! exciting right?!)
oh! haah here is a video after a 5 min walk from my theater class to Dillon's apartment ahaha it was so fun walking in the snow!!!

i miss you all so much! but thanks for keeping up with me and my fun at BYU-I (:

Move in day!!

January 3rd marks the day that I officially got the key to my apartment.  I picked my room and my bed and began to unpack! I moved in a day early so it was just me and my "crew" (: that was my lovely mommy, brother and grandpa! (:
Here is my complex (and address) (:

 

Here is my kitchen:

 

and the before of "Corky's corner":

 

 

 

 

HERE is where is got crazy... we had boxes after boxes after one more box coming up two flights of stairs.. HA! oh! did I mention I am on the 3rd floor?   oops! well there ya go ;) my room is 313 (:
ANYWAYS! (: we had boxes for the bathroom, the kitchen, my closet, and my desk for school stuff...the list went on. but OH! it didnt stop there...we went shopping so many times, and I got so stressed, and I just wanted to be done shopping, done unpacking, done walking... I just wanted to sleep.
BUT! i must say if it wasn't for my amazing mother I wouldnt have gotten much done, and so organized right away!
here is my closet:

 

that is half of my closet! i made it fit...kinda... i have two drawers dedicated to my jeans and colored skinnies... (:  and thanks to black friday shopping i got a really cheap and nice printer and i have all of that set up on my desk along with my really cute note pad and pen from my little cousin Megan (:

by now I have my necklaces hanging on my bulletin board along with my "Never let anyone dull your sparkle" poster Brittany got me.. and pictures of Christ, my brother Zachy, my Aunt Chelsea, and Dillon (:

As for "Corky's Corner" i LOVE it! i love my space, my bed, the colors, the "me" thats there... i mean after all it IS mine... (:

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so that was packing day (:
as for todayyyy..
January 4th, i met all my roomates and they are all so incredible! i am so excited for this semester with them!! i got my i card today too!!

 

(DILLON SHAVED) :) he's so handsome! :")

 i also had freshman orientation today where i met a bunch of girls from my apartment complex and guys from next door! they are all pretty funny, we'll see how the rest of the semester goes! (: We had talent night too (man we are all so talented its incredible!!)
i am just so blessed to be here. to be a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and be here with others with the same standards as me, all here for the same reason... to learn, to grow, and strengthen my testimony.  so far i love this school and the people here are great! and believe it or not i can't wait for classes to start! (:
well until next time!! :) thanks for reading (: