the great outdoor adventure

This is why I love Utah so much


I went up the canyon with Andrew on saturday evening (mind you, it had snowed that morning, but the sky cleared up by the afternoon and it was a beautiful day!) and here are a few things we found...


mountains!

Hercules!


cool rocks with the red sunlight on them!
and a little cave we climbed into!and then the sun set :)

Homecoming

And as October rolls around, we celebrated homecoming!
of course, I've been around all summer so it wasn't exactly a coming home, but it's so much fun to see all the students crowd the campus again; and it's finally cold! hurrah! (yes, I celebrate the cold)
The Ballroom dance company was in the homecoming parade of course, so we all lindy-hopped down the streets of Provo!!
It was really cold, and it even started snowing at one point, but although we were in short sleeves and skirts we weren't bothered: we were dancing!
My favorite part was the little kids :) I wish we had had candy to throw to them though (haha, sounds like I'm talking about feeding the monkeys!)
As exhausting as it was to dance and run, dance and run, it was fun to be in the parade and get to represent BYU. Go cougars!

These are my wonderful roommates at the fantabulous birthday bash they threw for me-- plus Amelia, because she's my sister (therefore my appartment's sister :) Ashley, because we're making her move in with us next semester-- Laurel is leaving for Paris in the winter! :(

These girls are amazing, because even though we're all very different, we get along so well; I think one thing that helps is that we try to keep a good atmosphere in our appartment--I love our nightly devotionals and being able to talk and laugh with them. And I'm so glad to have my Haleigh back!!! Next she goes to Paris, I'm going with her!!!

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