September in a blog entry.

I feel I owe all of my readers a very sincere apology. It's been almost a month since my last post, and some of you have been after me about posting again. I'm going to make an honest effort to post something on here every Sunday night. I realize that in the blogging sphere, consistency is key, and I'm sorry that I have fallen short there for a little while.

If you've been wondering what I've been up to in the last month, here's a succinct photo and video summary of just where I've been. :)

I've gone to school.

I've been attending school. Shocker, I know. But sometimes class isn't quite like you would expect it to be. Especially when you're taking American Heritage from Dr. Patterson. Here he is with the cheerleaders trying to learn the cheer to the school's fight song. I think he was making some kind of point with it, but who knows.

I've gone to RHA orientation.

This is me at the top of Ensign Peak in Salt Lake City. 

Hello, Urban Outfitters. Nice to see you too.

These are pictures I took when I went to Salt Lake on the 7th and 8th of September. I was recruited last minute into a group called RHA (Residence Halls Association). My council is responsible for putting on activities for those living in the Helaman halls. In all, that's 2000 residents we're responsible for. We spent the weekend training and bonding in Salt Lake City. We hiked Ensign Peak, did some training in the BYU's Salt Lake City Center, and went to the Gateway mall for lunch, where I saw my first Urban Outfitters. I was pretty stoked. And then I got made fun of for never having seen an Urban Outfitters before. The pains of being from Wyoming.  

I've gone to Hokulia.

What is that thing, you ask? It's the biggest shaved ice you'll ever encounter. Unless you buy the large, which is even bigger than that. It's from a little shave ice stand called Hokulia, which is about a two second walk from where I live. Yeah... I've got a punch card and everything. 

I've gone back to my roots.

Last weekend I went on a trip to Salt Lake with my friend Samantha. I think I might have freaked her out a little bit with just how excited I was to see a Bennion Jewelers. We went in and talked a little genealogy with the nice lady. For those of you who care, she's from Sam. She told me to come back when I'm engaged and she'd give me the family discount. Score!

We spent the rest of our Saturday at City Creek mall. After all was said and done I had a full tummy, two new dresses, a new pair of jeans, and a little less money than I started out with. What more could a girl ask for? It was a long day (totaling 4 hours on trains and busses) but it was some good times. :)