Sunday, December 8, 2013

The SNOOOWWW!!!

 Okaaaay! Well, now that I'm back from vacation- CHRISTMAS SEASON IS HERE!!! This week has been full of Christmas-ness. It all started on Monday morning when it snowed really hard and the tempurature got down to negative 14. I've never felt so much pain being in the cold- I honestly didn't think it was possible to hate being outside so much. Monday night I ended up working the FHE shift where I got there early and helped every one prepare to serve icecream to 100+ people. Meanwhile there were like two other parties happening at the same time so it was really busy for everyone. It was really fun though because we all finished our parties and all of us did dishes to fun music in the basement of the MC. Tuesday was good:) I went to the temple- trudged through the snow to the top of the hill. It was a great experience! Then the Choir sang "Glory to God" at devotional which was awesome! I had so much homework Tuesday night that I couldn't go to any of the things people invited me to:/
    Wednesday was a crazy day!!! We woke up and I realized that none of the lights worked or the fridge or anything really! I got ready in the dark and started walking to my 7:45 class then I got a text saying that classes were cancelled until 12:45!:) I went back to sleep and got to miss my first two classes!- That was lovely. Then I went to work at 10:30- nope. That party wasn't cancelled. Classes were good that day and after several hours practicing for the choir performance, I went Country dancing---SOOOO fun! Then I played basketball with some friends in the Hart.
     Thursday was my "kill the homework" day where I worked on homework for about 5 hrs. in the library and got all my homework done for the weekend. That night the practice didn't finish until after 11PM- I was a little bugged by how long it lasted because there were so many things I could have done that night. Friday was busy! I worked 10:30 until 2 and went to my classes. It was snowing a lot! I then worked out and did the choir practice that didn't go so late this time:)
     That night our neighbors invited us to join them for hot cocoa, treats and watch Elf in the lounge. It was relaxing to just watch a movie and hang with those girls. Saturday was interesting- I helped the guys that I did paintball with clean up a mess that they made a while back when we led the trip. I guess we had gotten in trouble. Then I did swing and tried to do lift practice which most people couldn't go to so they had to cancel it :(. I tried to get a big group together to go to the movie out in theaters "The Saratov Approach" about the missionaries in Russia who were kidnapped. College kids are hard to get together to do things because they all have fast paced lives so only 4 people could come. But it was still nice. The movie was fantastic!!! Then two of the girls and I went to Cocoa Bean for hot Chocolate- SO good. We were going to play snow games in the park but the girls had to get home. I was a little bummed- but it did give me time to get ready for the BYUI Christmas concert performance. It was AMAAAAZING!!!!! The concert was just so incredible to be a part of. Nathan Pacheco, an LDS singer (Mormon version of Josh Groban) was fantastic!!! The whole percussion symphony played. There was a full bell Choir, dancers, then the Men and Women's choir, and University Choir. It was just unbelievable- something I will never forget. When I got home, Megan and Katie made sugar cookies with me. They didn't really turn out- all the shapes looked a little distorted, but it was really fun! We then watched "The Polar Express" on Megan's projector. It was real fun:) Today I played my violin in church prelude, opening song, and closing song like my dad does. It was such a nice opportunity to help invite the Christmas spirit into the meeting. YEAAAAH! Life is good- 2 more weeks- I can't believe it!!!
                    Really snowy outside!- It hasn't stopped snowing for days!
 These are some pics I took of the Choir performance practices.


 Our Christmas-y dorm!!!


 My roommates:)


 Our "sugar cookie attempt!" If you haven't already noticed- us poor college girls who don't own a rolling pin made one out of the cardboard roll that we had from an aluminum foil roll- it actually worked well;)




 Our 'projectorized' Polar Express movie!





     

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