Hang on for the ride; An emotional Roller coaster.

Today was Kailey's birthday! It was fun! We got up and went to the Temple 1st thing. I LOVE the Manti Temple, it is so pretty. I like Mount Timp. better but Manti is still awesome.

I'm REALLY glad that I got to go there today! I have to give a talk--A BIG GIRL TALK!-- in church tomorrow, but going to the temple was really nice and I feel a lot better about giving the talk.
So after the temple I came home and got ready and then we made RAINBOW Pancakes! I loved them so much! The were really fun to make. I wish that we would of had a real yellow so that the yellow and the Orange would have turned out better. 

This is my favorite! I'm not Artsy but sometimes I like to
pretend that I am.

But the down side to today was that problems arose and then I got really home sick! First the New roommate made me really upset because I FINALLY worked up the courage to ask her about my pan and she flat out lied to my face so now I don't know what to do. I was so shocked that I couldn't even respond right. So I called my mom to talk it out. But that made me miss her lots. :(
 

Then after a long afternoon, my friend Ethan came over for a minute and he brought his Niece and Nephew. Which made me think of these kids:

Maddy and Ben

Except older and smiling.(:

That is when I got super home sick and started to miss all these people:

My Daddy

My PupPup-- ZooZie Lou

The Brotha

Matt

The Bestest Friend (other than my Mama!)
and my Auntie Ginger 
(PS Ging--Don't be offended that I posted an ADORABLE pix on you on here!)

The Sister From another Mr.. (and Mrs.)

Kaylynn

The OTHER sister from another Mr.
Miss Danielle Richards! 

The WHOLE family

Nathan Olsen!

Moe (and all The kids in the Peer Tutor Class)

Amy

 (from Special Needs Mutual)

And my Special Need Mutual Group
(Rita, Vaughn, Amy, Shelly, Shandra, and Becca)

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         And a lot of other awesome people too! (**Insert imaginary pictures here)

I Really loves my buddies...

                                      

...But the saying "There is NO place like home" is one of the best statements EVER made!  I'm SO glad that I have Alex and Kailey who really are like sisters to me because without them I would have been an emotional WRECK today! I just want so badly to have the best of both worlds! I kinda just want a repeat of Senior year and the summer. Those were some of the best days EVER, there was a lot of hard work, stress, and trials, but it was epic! College is so amazing! I learn and grow in new ways EVERY DAY! But sometimes I just want to say, "Okay, enough growing for a few days, Lets just relax and have fun!"

Just Me and the "Kailster" (so dubbed by Alex) being Nerdy :) 

 

The Al-pal/ Ali-Cat

But like my mom keeps telling me, I had to move out on my own so that I could learn valuable experiences. I need to learn how to grow up. She also tell me that I will learn far more in college about real life than I will learn from any text book. Let me tell you, AIN'T that the TRUTH! I've learned SO much! I learned a lot in the classroom but a lot more from my roommates, friends, and neighbors. I know who I am now, without question. I know that I have to choose everyday to be Happy. I'm Grateful for this opportunity, and also EXTREMELY  Grateful for all the help I get along the way.
So this is when I say to all of those people I miss, all of those people that I love, all those people who have made an impact on me in some way or another...

THANK YOU!