Distance makes the heart grow fonder

I went up to provo for the weekend to be with Matthew and we had a blast! Like always.

Matt is the sweetest boyfriend in the world!! On Friday we went to my friend Clayton and Malaes reception. We went grocery shopping at Wal-Mart and it was SOO much funner than it sounds. Like dancing in the cheese isle, holding our breath past the throw up that they didnt clean for like 20 minutes, circling around the store twice cuz we didnt know what we were getting and guestimating our price when the woman rang up our food (she was hilarious). Then Matt made the BEST dinner- Penne Cardinale from Buca di Beppo Restaurant.

I am so lucky and I know he loves me so much!! I love him too! He makes me laugh so hard I almost pee my pants!

The next day we hung out with his family and looked at all this jewelry from his grandma that she passed down when she passed away. She was a beautiful, stylish lady! They even gave me a ring.....looks like Im almost in the fam!!!! :) (i wish...lol)

COOKING!!

The other day I went out to lunch with my friend Angela at Panda Express and my fortune cookie said: A Miracle is Coming. I think its here....Im learning how to cook!!! And I WANT to. Im so excited and I'm going to try a new recipe at least every week. I found some recipes while waiting in the hospital looking through magazines and then I made a grocery list and bought the ingredients so I can make some new meals.

Beefy Potato Salad with Green beans:

1 lb beef top sirloin, cut 3/4-1 in thick

1/2 cup vinaigrette dressing w/parmesan cheese

2 TB veg oil

3 cups frozen green beans

potato wedges

1. cut steak in strips, combine 1/4 c dressing, marinate 2 hours

2. Heat 1 tb oil in skillet med heat add beans- stir fry 5 min, add potatoes stir fry 4-6 min. Remove. keep warm.

3. Stir fry 1/2 meat add veggies. Repeat.

4. Add 1/4 c dressing, toss to coat. Season with salt and pepper. Serve!

Matt is so good looking! I would love to cook for him any day!

I made lasagna for our bid day party and felt like a little house wife.
Sunday I made German Pancakes and bacon for brunch after church then we baked choc chip cookies. Last week I also made chicken in a blanket for me and Kady. (pillsbury crescent rolls, canned chicken, cheese or cream cheese, cook in oven for like 10 min= delicious) And I made a chicken wrap for lunch one day......im going to be such a chef one day haha.

im in love

Matthew came down to Cedar this weekend and we had a blast!! I love my roommates too.

Kady, Kaily, me, Matt

On Saturday we went down to Zions with the school and some international students. It was a beautiful hike and we had tons of fun.

Kady, Matt, Me, Nick on the rock

Our new friends from Japan and Columbia
Beautiful
Matt and Shar

Saturday night we went to Wingers and watched a movie with my favorite couple ever- Ada and Dion.

I love Matt and it was fun being together for the weekend. Thanks honey for everything you do for me!

no sleep...all play (aka college)

Last weekend was very busy!!! After Rush week we had our fun bid day party Friday night, Saturday we had yummy breakfast and watched movies at the Alpha Phi house. That night Elder Quinton Cook from the 12 apostles came and spoke to us about strengthening our own testimonies. It was really good and so awesome to have an apostle come talk to us.

After the Elder Cook fireside we went to cafe rio (they just opened one in Cedar :) !!) then down to St George. We wanted to go caving but there were problems at the caves so we covered ourselves in glowsticks and hiked up Dixie rock. It was a blast!
We got back like at 2 in the morning and I called Matt. He had to get nose surgery on Friday and I was so sad I couldnt go up since I had a so many things to go to and do this weekend so I decided after we talked on the phone that I miss him and had to see him. So its 3am and I drove to provo. about 2 hours into the drive my gas light came on so at the next exit I pulled off and into the gas station. I look in my purse and wallet to get my debit card and much to my surprise I had left it in the pair of jeans I was wearing earlier and it was back in cedar. it was 5 AM, noone knew I was coming and I still had a ways to go. I found $4 cash in my wallet and rounded up $2 in coins in my car- luckily I made it to Provo! I slept in the car for an hour then sent matt a text saying knock, knock (little did he know I was at the front door) and luckily it was unlocked so I just let myself in and then Matt calls me on my cell phone and I burst in his bedroom door. It was so exciting. He was really surprised and I'm so glad I went up. It was the best Sunday just hanging out and went to his church. His surgery went well and I made get well soon signs and made him chicken and rice for dinner.
I decided I have the cutest nephews in the world! We went over to Jessica and Scott's to visit and just talked and played. That was fun Jess. Jackson took the picture above- he's good! They are getting big and are so cute!

carson and jackson

RUSH WEEK

I LOVE Alpha Phi!! It is a great organization full of great girls that I will have friends and sisters for life!

Here is a collection of pictures from our fun filled week

Everything turned out great and the new girls are so amazing. On Tuesday we had skit night to tell the girls about what Alpha Phi is about- the 4 S's 1. Sisterhood, 2. Scholarship, 3. Service and 4. Socials. They sang remixes to songs with awesome words written by Kady! Our theme this semester was "Pretty in Pink" (in case you cant tell from all our pics!) this night the theme was Barbie so the skit had diff girls dressed up 1 for each of the 4 S's and others dressed up like rockers, drop-out barbie, gangster barbie and we had to decide which barbies seemed like they'd be in alpha phi in hilarious way.

Wednesday we had Meet the sisters and just got to know everyone a little bit better and ate dinner. My name tags turned out great. Thanks everyone who helped me with Rush! Thursday was pref night where just the girls who get invitations come and its a fun day and always helps me remember why I love Alpha Phi so much. We had cheesecake and on the sides of the plates we wrote their name in chocolate cursive using frosting bags. It looked beautiful.

Friday was our bid day party. We have 30 active girls and 25 new members now! We had dinner and a dance party at the Alpha Phi house. I love these girls so much! We played some fun get to know you games and laughed a lot!

Labor Day Weekend

I had a great weekend!! I went up to Provo and met up with my roommate Kady to go to Applebees and NICE black and white party at this mansion with Matt and his roommates. It was so beautiful and a fun date with my man!

On Sunday after church Matt and I went camping with his family at Cherry Hill and we played games, watched Forever Strong, and hung out. Monday we went swimming and it was the best weekend ever!! It was nice having a day off school.

Alpha Phi

I love my Alpha Phi sisters!

We have been having tons of fun and doing lots to get ready for rush week- painting signs, club fair, and more.

no one was looking but look at this cute board you can kinda see. It tells about us and what we do - sisterhood, scholarships, service and socials. Visit our personalized website www.alphaphisuu.com

Kristy, Meg and Raquel

random passerby, Michelle, me and Roz

On Wednesday we had a Greek BBQ and it was a blast! I made lots of new friends and met tons of cute girls. and got free food....always good for a college kid.

Kaily, me and Mikella (We miss you Alicia, Sally and Tamara)

Our theme this semester is An Alpha Phi is Pretty in Pink. So our shirts say "It's no Secret I'm an Alpha Phi" with the pink victoria secret dog on it.

All of us girls!

Today was our first football game and SUU WON!!!!!!! We played Dixie and creamed them! It was a great way to start off the season. I love football games!

After our great win we celebrated at Wingers for dinner and it was delicious and fun.

Noel, Brooke, Kaily, Me, Amanda, Kevin

crazy awesome roomies

I am so lucky to live with some of my favorite people in the world! I love Kady, Kaily and Tiffany. Please keep in mind we are crazy and these are mostly taken late at night so we definitely look our best....right before bed.

Tiff, me, Kady

Kaily and Kady

This picture has a story... Kady comes walking out of her room with one big hoop dangly cute earring and Kaily questions her "Are you a pirate??" I said "Oh wait I have something for you!!" and happened to have a few things for addition to her pirate earring. haha

Beware!

Wearing scarves around her head is a favorite past time that is now reacurring and noone knows why.

The other night Matt, Sabrina and I went bowling. When we were getting into the car we saw this awesome praying mantis and Matt wanted a picture with it! haha. We have fun.