summer '10 in tejas

I had 3 jobs: Journey's, Aeropostale, and Dental Care 4 Kids! Whoo!





I hung out with Friend Ashley, had movie nights and sleepovers!


love and miss you, friend ashley!






I got some awesome new quotes to tease my daddy about....

Scenario #1)
[dad opens box of Mini Nilla Wafers, and gasps at how tiny they are]
dad: Allie! Look how tiny they're making these Nilla Wafers now!!!
me: ....Daddy....you bought the mini ones. They're not shrinking.
dad: .....right.

Scenario #2)
[We're watching country music videos, and Kidd Rock comes on, singing "Born Free"]
dad: What does he keep saying?
me: He's saying "I was born free"... why?
dad: Oh... I thought he was saying "I was born a freak!"

hahahahahhaahahahahahahahahaha. I love you dad!!!

summer 2010 at byui-i :)

SPRING 2010

April 17 through July 23... an amazing semester at BYU-I :)

My roommates (aka best friends :))

My goofy boyfriend :)

Conquered my fear of heights and climbed giant scary rope-courses!

Hiking in Zion's National Park and Jenny Lake

My first date! (that ended in a water-fight!)

Birthday party - I turned 19!

Overall... a pretty amazing semester. :) I love you all so much! I miss all y'all already!

4 days

Well... there's one more week left of school! Not even a week... I leave for home this Friday! By 11PM, I will be home! I cannot wait to see all my family and friends :)

But first, I've got to get through this week. I thought last week was tough with all the preparation for tests... this week I've got to prove that I actually learned stuff by doing well on my tests (wish me luck)!

You see... I should be preparing for my math and science tests tomorrow -- I've got class from 9-11:15 AM (not bad at all) and then take my tests... then STUDY for the rest of the day! I've gotta take notes for that darn psychology test! But as you can see... I am not preparing... it is 2AM and I am up blogging. But in my defense, I was up until 1:30AM trying to register for classes!!

I'LL SEE YOU IN 4 DAYS, TEXAS!!! <3

be grateful

Just a few things I'm grateful for:

- the priesthood and worthy priesthood holders
- This amazing gospel!
- cereal :)
- my family and all the support they give me
- roommates who take care of you no matter what
- good music
- that SKADOOSH won the frisbee championship!
- nail polish
- the sun and amazing weather
- my amazing boyfriend
- being here at BYU - IDAHO!
- Going home in 2 weeks!

Last week Josh took me to St. George, Utah, and we went hiking in the Narrows! It was SO awesome - pictures coming soon!

Monday, or BME (best monday ever) organized by Derrick and Michael, was a success! I jumped off a bridge, and went to the sand dunes, and played frisbee! ALL DAY!

"Knights of Cydonia" - Muse. LOOK IT UP! <3

:)

So the other day, Breanna and I were talking. She said, "Wow, the East is really flooding!" and I was like "With what?" then slapped my forehead and cried "Water! DUH!"

Allie moment. It reminds me of the time I went to Sonic with Tristan and Kyle after our failed attempt at the Flaming Lips concert, and Tristan told me the tots were free, and when I ordered, I said "I'll have the free tots! ... wait - are those free?" and they both died laughing.
WHOO-WHOOP!

so.... the splash park and my fhe group = cutest thing ever!



<-- so the girl in the green shirt on the end on the left...... none of us have a clue who she is. I guess we're just so cool, people want to jump in pictures with us randomly! :)








And last night was this big ward running thing! A bunch of wards got together, and had fifty people per ward run. 52nd ward (my ward) was blue!
My roommates and I got all fancied up!

THANKS CARYSSA FOR DOING OUR MAKEUP :)

I love my roommates!!


Shout out to my Texas peeps:
DC4K: Save me 6 donuts! Michelle, don't be jealous of my wicked texting skills! All y'all are SASAFRASSES!
D-Town: Tristan and Kyle specifically... can't wait to go on this crazy forest road you found in The Lieutenant! I miss cooking bratwursts with you in church parking lots!
The Fam: I love y'all and miss you! Mama, dad said you're still drinking his drinks and eating his food cuz you only want "a little" ;) Tyler - feel better!
Flo Mo Friends: Heather I miss our tanning sessions! Alyssa...I LOVE YOU MAN!! Everyone else... can't wait to see you in the summer!

The End. :)

epic weekends win

everyone loves an epic weekend. :)

This is what my cousin and I do when we visit our grandparents for three days...


And then, to make it even more epic, you add a hike to the Tetons around Jenny Lake with your bestfriends...


And then on Tuesday, your frisbee team (SKADOOSH!) wins, 16-4!
So, overall.... Yes, extended epic weekends win. :)

<----this is for mommy!
(basketball shoessss)

bubba sez...

So I was eating breakfast the other day, and I saw this on someone's bagel bag....

<---- it says... "Bubba sez... Eat Lots of Bagels"

...I died laughing!




So yes. It was funny. Also, I finally made apartment 7 one of the two cakes i owe them! I made it all super fancy with pink sparkly gel. :)

Date last night = funnn! It was Joe, Carly Jo, Josh and me. We went to someone's house and watched August Rush (ah-may-zing), then rocked out with Rock Band! It was quite excellent. :)

conversation between my parents and I...
me: i need food. can i have grocery money?
dad: your mom and i are at sonic. want me to send you a burger?
me: yes, send it express, please
dad: tell your mom to stop drinking my drink!
hahah. Gotta love parents. :)

2 Nephi 8:17, 24-25.

17) Awake, awake and stand up, O Jerusalem... 24) Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments.... 25) Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit down, O Jerusalem; loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

....i love da skippers. :)

tender mercies

I'd never realized how many tender mercies the Lord blesses us with...

It's incredible, when you really start to think about it.... I've been blessed with so many things here up at school, both big and small:

• I got the most amazing roommates a girl could ask for
• I love all of my classes, and am actually doing well
  
• The temple is so close, you can walk! AND you can go whenever you want!
• Being in such a church-enriched environment
• I'm actually sleeping well!!!
  

I could go on forever.....
There's this hymn that I love... I can't remember the name of it, but I have the lyrics posted on my wall, and they're so amazing!

"Cast thy burden on the Lord, and He shall sustain thee.
He never will suffer the righteous to fall.
He is at thy right hand.
Thy mercy, Lord, is great and far above the heavens,
Let none be ashamed to wait upon thee."

:)

sundays = best days.

day: SUNDAY.
weather: GORGEOUS.
waffles at the waffle party: DELICIOUS. thank you, apartment 7, for being awesome.

epic stake conference... best talks given by Elder Hales and President Monson. Simply ah-may-zing. Basically.... our homes (future homes, in my case) need to be gospel-based. I need to share with my children what I know and share my testimony. And we must reach out to those who have fallen away from the gospel, and need uplifting. It's our duty. Two very powerful talks.

Michelle and I matched today :)
She's even wearing my shirt! -->

This is the "sassy pickle" after which I am named (according to Josh).
<-- Thank you, Brolium's.

So.... yes. Sunday's are the best day of the week. :)

great. day. :)

So there's a few reasons as to why today is a great day. :) (Friday, May 14).

First of all.... it's a FRIDAY!
Second.... only two classes!
Third.... went to the temple with Cami!
Fourth.... I learned how to play tennis!
Fifth.... awesome date with Josh tonight :)

I mean really... does it get any better than that?

hi :)

sooo this is my first blog :) ... here we go!
i'm loving it here at BYU-Idaho! my roommates are the funniest, craziest girls you'll ever meet, and I love them to death! I'll post pictures...eventually!
But for now...
My friend, Ben, went to the Mute Math concert (SO JEALOUS!) and he got me a shirt! :)

Okay. So. I went on these really fun dates with Josh :) The first one we went lunar mini-golfing, and afterwards we had the most MASSIVE water-fight ever!! Michelle, Ben, and Joe were there too! I totally won that water fight, by the way.............. (not haha) anddd last Saturday we went and got pizza and he taught me how to long board:) Aaron snapped this cute picture of us... :)

So ... basically ... I'm loving being at school. THE END