Er, 4 months of blogging?

So my first semester at BYU-I has been pretty awesome. So awesome, in fact, that I didn't have the time to blog. Or rather sleep was more important than blogging. Or maybe I was just lazy. So here is a little slice of what life has been like (aside from the lovely hours spent searching for research or reading textbooks or writing papers etc) I goofed off sufficiently at the beginning of the semester to earn me a 3.1. Now my cumulative gpa is only a 3.5. Please do not accredit that to this next picture because my grades were on the up-bound the entire time I was dating her.

Biggest event of the semester was this girl here (not the fatty dandelion). Her name is Hailee, and yes, we are dating. And no, I am not planning on proposing anytime soon. And yes, she can sing. Gorgeous voice, actually, and yes, she can sing soprano, but prefers alto. Um, I can't anticipate any other questions from the family right now so you'll just have to ask them later.
I finally got to go camping with Andy's family. I'm rather jealous that he has a great campsite 20 mins away from his house. It was a fun weekend and we shot lots of cans.

While visiting an old friend before she went on a mission, a crazy lightning storm came up and I ran home and got my camera. To the left is President Eyring's son's house. It was a fun night.
On a Sunday drive I, along with 4 others, went for a drive to Tetonia. We stopped along the way a couple of times for pictures. It was a much needed break.
The blurry head is one of my fhe sisters. I don't know which one. I was mostly interested in the mountains, anyhoo. I really want to climb that big mountain.
The view. Almost worth the -20 degree weather in the winter.

On another trip I went to cress creek with some friends. As you can tell I like to look my best on these little excursions. The picture was a request made by Barbie, one of the sisters I hometeach. The flower smelled like fruit loops. Not even kidding.

This is the view from cress creek. Its about 20 mins away from campus and it overlooks this nice little valley. One of the places I like to go :)

Mesa Falls. It was really pretty, and my econ partner, Betsy, wanted to go. See, going places and doing things was always better than doing our weekly econ assignments, but this was our "reward" for getting it done. She brought along her roomates....uh.... (forgot the names. they're the girls) She is the one with her arm around Jordan. (i tried to set them up but it didn't work)
And of course i couldn't leave out my fhe sisters. We had a lot of fun even though half of our lessons were spent harassing me.
I made many an excursion to take pictures with dates, friends, and by myself. Photography was my escape from going insane.
My other escape was going to the temple. It has been such a blessing having the temple only 20 mins away if I walked. (only walked twice)
Now seeing how its good ol' Rexburg, there isn't that much to do for fun. You have to get creative. VERY creative. I apologize to those with sensitive dispositions, but you chose to look at this blog, nobody made you. This was an 80's night date that was a lot of fun. It turned into an impromptu dance party that made our manager come up and tell us to be quiet. Ooops?

My semester has been an eventful one. I grew a lot. I had more powerful, spiritual experiences in the one semester than I perhaps did in the preceding two years after my mission. I've met a lot of people who will be my lifelong friends and made a lot of great memories. This is only a very small slice of life since April but hopefully it will update y'all to whats been going on in my life as of late.