Goodbye College...

see ya in 2!

My Moving Crew!

 

Yeah…it was a little exhausting…haha

 Welp, freshman year was magical and I made some wonderful friends :)Can't wait to see them all again!

 P.S Haylee I love you…the hunt for a picture of us continues!

Guess Who Got His Mission Call?!

CHRISTIAN!!!!

Torreón México August 7^th

Spanish Speaking :)

You know, I always pictured my last day of the school year quite exciting.  I pictured a conflicted mix between relief and tear-filled goodbyes, but it was so much better.

There I stood jubilantly singing “Called to Serve” in Book of Mormon class as I thought of the people in Uruguay.  There I stood as I thought of my family and friends.  And there I stood right next to my sweet little roommate who held me as I cried so many nights.  (I know, I’m a total crybaby, but sometimes life is rough and you’re a girl so you cry).

I love it “here.”  Here, where I lived my religion without any criticism, here where my testimony grew beyond anything I could have ever imagined, here where I was loved and watched over, here where I truly came to know my Savior and of His infinite love for me, here where I learned to rely on heavenly help daily, here where I saw the blessings of temples and scripture reading, here where I learned what true beauty meant.  I love this moment in my life.  I wish I could hold on to it forever, I wish I could freeze time and never let go of here.  But I know that later will hold many more blessings.  It will have trials and sometimes I will sit and daydream about “here” but later will be good too and soon enough “later” will become my new “here.” (yup…, made sense in my mind, hope it made some in yours too otherwise…welp sorry for hurting your brain! Haha)

Anyway, I’m going to miss….

·      My little Temple Tuesdays (and trying to sneak in with 10 temple cards as oppose to 5 which never ever happened)

·      The little ring of “There’ll be a 5 dollar late fee with that today”

·      My little thinking sessions by the duck pond

·      My late night ice cream pig out sessions with Zan Zan

·      The awkwardness of passing people in your ward somewhere other than church and pretending your awkward self didn’t see them even though you definitely saw them and they definitely saw you and they’re definitely pretending not to see you too.

·      My professors bearing their testimony while teaching grammar

·      The silly stress that came from forgetting to call mom back

·      The little chit chatters in the testing center that I felt like throwing my books at (the soft cover ones of course :)

·      Making my poor RA come open my room that I just so happened to ALWAYS lock myself out of!

·      The late night chats with Z

{That's me on the left next to my teddy bear Henry and that's Zanna on the right hanging her head over the bed. Oh and did you notice it's 1am (mom, dad you didn't just read that) hehe}

I’m going to miss all of these things (and many others) but I can’t wait to see my family and to serve a mission and well…whatever it is that creates the next part of my life.  I just know I’m going to love it. …Like Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin said, “Come What May and Love It.”  And trust me, I will :)