Attempted Dancing

The face of someone who gets stood up. 

Okay okay it didn't really happen like that. Taking a dance class at BYU means you get to compete at DanceSport in the Marriott Center. It's a really cool competition that runs three days. The dances range from beginning BYU kids to elementary school kids (who are way better than us) to pros. So many dances are performed by people all over the U.S. Briggs and I were suppose to compete in the Silver Waltz in the the 8am heat on Saturday. I didn't plan on spending $10 and waking up at 7am on a Saturday just to watch everyone else dance, but Briggs slept through his alarm and didn't text me apologizing till noon. I knew we wouldn't place and that it was just for fun, but it was disappointing and a little embarrassing since so many people are there. The next week of classes he apologized profusely. Oh well. We can't get everything.

March 15th

Awful picture, I know. However, there is significance behind it. I got free nail polish at the Women in Business meeting. It was clear and sparkly. I was walking to a ward activity and happened to glance down. RED NAILS! For a minute I thought my nails were bleeding. ;) After closer inspection I realized the nail polish changes in the sun. Outside, my nails turn almost red while as inside they are clear and sparkly. I don't know how this is accomplished, but it's really cool. 

Ward Activity: Bowling in the Wilk. 46th Ward rented out the whole alley for two hours and we played as many games as we could. Bowling is not my forte, but it was fun. Kaylie is taking a bowling class so she had lots of tips and facts for us. Joelle and Dillon really dominated since it is a frequent date night for them. I'm most proud of staying on the strike streak during the first fame. Only strike I got the whole time.

A Night in New Orleans? Not really. I showed up to the dance to find Miranda stranded on a chair, waiting for medics to get there. She had twisted her ankle and her foot swelled twice its normal size. Her boot was really difficult to take off, but nothing was broken. She was stuck with crutches for two weeks. Dancing wasn't really an option with her giant foot, so we picked up a pizza and went to her apartment for movie night. "The Croods" is a surprisingly good movie. We finished a carton of ice cream while cracking up during the movie even though some of her friends had already fallen asleep. I can't wait to be roommates.

Fail.

Meeting Sister Dalton

 I love the General Young Women Broadcast. It was never a burden to go to that fireside as a youth. Not only did our ward always go out to dinner together afterwards, but President Uchtdorf and Sister Dalton spoke. I love both of them. I especially love Sister Dalton since we don't often hear from her during General Conference. Shortly after I left the Young Women program, Sister Dalton was released. As silly as it is, I was heartbroken. She was a wonderful president. At least she finished out with me. 

At the Women in Business event for March I was able to meet Sister Dalton. She is just as wonderful in person. You can feel the love she has for all of us radiating off of her. She's getting older now, but she was just as classy, fun, and uplifting as always. I wish I had a better picture with her. The girl who took the pictures didn't seem to realize how awkward these are. Oh well. Experience documented. The whole event was great. The Women in Business Club rocks. I honestly don't know why more women aren't drawn to major in business.

Marie accompanied me to the club major fair and we saw this seen as we were walking back. ...? The "teacher" had a box on his head and was teaching to a classroom of horse heads, box heads, and people with masks I think. Too weird. It must have been a class assignment, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was just for fun. Music video perhaps?

Recently Anna Sue made Melissa a little pig out of playdoh. The pig sits on top of our living room window. Marie and I decided the pig needed some friends. We picked up the leafy green giant and his pet bull at the Women in Business meeting. Free stuff rocks. 

March 14 - Pi Day! The reception after Brent's recital was pie in honor of our dorky math holiday. The pie was delicious, so no complaining here.

Too many people to name, but here is 46th ward supporting Brent at his oboe recital. He is really really good. Shout out to the old man photo bombing.

Melissa's and Dillon's soccer game was after the recital. Don't they look like a cute little soccer family? <3 Joelle and I went to watch them destroy the other team. For finals they were moved up to the top bracket so they didn't place, but their team was really good. Sometimes Joelle and Dillon feel like our parents. They're always making food, studying, going on adventures, and planning out their future home. I can't wait for the wedding! 

Swimmin in the Mainstream

On a roll with the bread (no pun intended)! This is crock-pot bread that I found on pinterest after talking to Moony about it. It was really easy and I would definitely make it again. This bread was consumed when we had #4204 over for dinner on Sunday, April 9th. Our friends next door were nice enough to invite us over the next week. Having dinner plans make meals much more fun and all of us more motivated to make and eat real food. The first time we had baked potatoes at our place and the second time Michaela made lasagna next door.  

Melissa posing with more food. I love her funny t-shirts like this one and her galaxy shirt. This one is suppose to be a natural shot from our dorm life... I'm not sure if we succeeded. ;)  Seems to fit with the food theme to this post though.

Birthdays at work always call for a party and March is the months of birthdays. I think there was one every single week. Usually Emmy leads planning the parties, but this time it was her special day. Emmy loves to talk about hipsters, so I decided we needed a mainstream party for her. How does one throw a mainstream party? Well, we could have made a generic birthday banner and then celebrated by playing the top 40 songs while eating out of the vending machines. However, that didn't sound as fun as a main-STREAM party. All of the treats were ocean or water themed. Here are some pics of the mint sharks I made swimming in a sea of vanilla frosting with a funfetti beach. 

Marie was a huge help creating the ocean scene on each cupcake. Naturally Melissa wanted to help too. Her cupcake was a little more hipster than mainstream, but this octopus was too cute for us to care

Shark cupcakes, Goldfish, and Hawaiian Punch. 

Mack's blue ocean jello with vanilla wafers crushed to be a beach. I forgot the little umbrellas to stick on the beach, but he still had other beach accessories and fish swimming in the ocean. This tasted much better than I though it would. Blue jello may be hipster, but it was pretty delicious.

Happy Birthday Emmy! I'm surprised she hasn't drown in all the mistakes we make that she has to correct. I think she was happy with her ocean party.

One party down, several to go. No one parties like Imaging.

Night at the Capitol

After weeks of apartment hunting, Miranda and I finally signed with Regency Apartments south of campus. It's all girl housing and just across the street from J-Dawgs, the Copy Center, and campus. There were lots of good options, but this one seemed best. I can't wait to room with her and start with a new ward.

Friday, March 7th - Our new room! 301

March 8th - Marie, Sarah and I went on an adventure Saturday morning to south of campus. We visited a traveling boutique at The Village and ended up touring a room. The Village lives up to its reputation. Afterwards we got crepes at the Awful Waffle. Don't let the name throw you off, this place is delicious. A little pricey, but what can you expect being housed in The Village? I would definitely go again. 

The whole restaurant had a fun feel with mismatched chairs, chalk tables, and an industrial design. The girl working the counter still had us take a number even though it was so early we were the only people there. Sometimes I wonder what everyone is doing on Saturdays or after school. Housing seems to be deserted. Passing periods are so crowded during the day. Where does everyone go? 

The Heritage Halls and Wyview Park's Formal Dance.

The theme? Hunger Games!

Our R.A. didn't promote the dance too much. We didn't realize till we got there and saw how classy everyone looked that it was a serious dance. To be honest, we mostly just went for the food. Marie and I still dressed up and did our make up a little crazy though. We ran into a few friends at the dance and took pictures. We didn't stay for long though due to homework and being tired from the random morning adventures. The dance would have been an awesome date if we were asked or had the persistence to find enough people to make it a group.

Everyone was a little wary to taste the blueberries. ;)

I described the large number of people in formals, but there were many people in costume too. Here are our friends Sam and Caleb dressed very to theme. My favorite themed outfit was probably a man who had drawn on the Seneca Crane beard and resembled him so much it was scary. Another weekend to show why I love BYU.

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

It's baseball time folks! These pics are credited to the lovely Melissa McMaster. March 6th I do believe.

One of the guys in our ward is a pitcher at BYU, but who needs an excuse to go to a game? Not us! We played University of Utah and DESTROYED THEM. It was a little sad. I think we left during the fourth inning since it was 20-3 or something crazy like that. It was also wicked cold. I keep thinking it should be spring in lovely happy valley since all my siblings are swimming in pools and wearing shorts back home. Spring is very different in Utah. It means the weather changed every single day from wind to rain to sun to snow. Literally. It still snows. I love Utah though. 

Not only did Jeremy share his candy, but Chris's mom bought everyone hot dogs. Too nice. We're spoiled, which can be life saving as a college student. What is food? ;)

March 7th - Learning to french braid! I'm sure we were suppose to be doing something productive like homework, but it was much more fun to teach Marie to French braid. I'm not pro a I don't know how helpful I was. Marie has been on a hair kick learning how to curl it several different ways and do different styles. I think not having the internet at her disposal everyday during the mission has started to sink in.

The first few attempts weren't fantastic, but she got it within two days. I thought that was extremely impressive since I don't think I've been great and I've been working at it for three years. 

Friends From Middle Earth

Marvelous March. On the first day of the month I was able to watch the Gilbert Temple Cultural Celebration on abc15.com. I loved it. To tell the truth, I was heart-broken that the Cultural Celebration happened after I went to college. I was so excited for the large musical numbers from the moment the temple was announced in conference years ago. We watched the steady progress of the beautiful building while driving to play practice and performances at the Higley Performing Arts Center for months. I went to the temple the day Captain Moroni was placed on top of the spire and even flew home to go through during the Open House. I am crazy jealous of my sister, family, and friends that got to participate in the youth Cultural Celebration. Megan laughing was actually the last image the broadcast showed of the rainy night. It was great. Gilbert temple is my temple. I can't wait to be sealed there someday. 

Being domestic. This banana bread didn't seem super banana-y, but it was delicious. I made it all by myself while Jenni and Marie watched Dragotopia... Dinotopia? lol some old movie. Then Mady from work came over and we watched "Catching Fire." The movie is so much better than the first movie. We've been listening to the books at work. I love that she is team Gale with me and agrees that they just get dumber as the story moves on. It's fun to listen to Mack analyze the books. I think he makes it a little deeper than Suzanne Collins intended, but I like analyzing too. BYU must be the right place for me. I almost miss AP English classes a little. 

Even though Mady was over, our room was still in charge of decorating 176 for Marilyn's surprise party. (That was there number in Carroll at least. idk their number now.) Melissa got a text from Bex that she THOUGHT was the go-ahead. We walked down the hall with our arms full of streamers, balloons and signs. Melissa walked in and then ran back down the hall. Jenni, Marie, and I followed her back, confused. When we got back to our room we realized that the text from Bex said they were about to leave. Melissa had almost walked right into Marilyn. Hilarious. We went back a little later and successfully set up all the decor. I think Marilyn was still surprised when she walked in and a handful of people from the ward were hiding in the dark to surprise her after her roommates took her out to dessert for her birthday.

Sunday, March 2nd - I like to fold paper during Sacrament Meeting. I don't do it all the time, but I thought I would look up some new oragmi animals since I usually just do hearts, fortune tellers, and cranes. I found this on the internet... this is not a polar bear. I tried it just to see if it looked better in real life. Nope. It looked even dumber when physically folded. Not a polar bear! 

"Tape it to your back!"

Monday, March 3rd - We ventured to the Jensen's for FHE. Last semester Marie didn't make it to this activity, but we sent her snap chats of the wonderful Lord of the Rings cardboard cutouts. It might have been then that she told us to steal them by taping them to our backs, so no one would see. It's been an inside joke ever since. This semester Marie was finally able to meet the cardboard cutouts. Not going to lie, I still really want them, but Brother Jensen said they got them in Europe so I didn't ask. We were able to jump on the trampoline and venture around the rest of the large house too. 

This first picture was with the five hobbits. This is Aragorn, Marie, and Gandalf.

Still a better love story than Twilight? ;) jk

Each of the Bishopric members and Brother Jensen are so nice to open up their homes to us. Being away at college gets a little weird. Their games room is top notch.