Christmas... I'm guessing 2005?
Happy Birthday to my Momma!
She's pretty much the greatest ever.
Birthday
Tyler is the little baby in the top right. Darling.
Anyway, Happy Birthday Tyler!
I plan to be around for many, many more.
reporting from WA
Hey!
Hows your break going?
Mine's fantastic.
I started out with an epic trek to Utah to drop off my car. Grandpa, whose super awesome, drove me back up to Idaho. He also took home all the stuff that wouldn't fit in my car.
That night Tyler and I set out for Stevensville, Montana. We got there at 11:30 PM.
The next day we headed out at noon towards Spokane, Washington.
Here's a little hello from our scenic stop in northern Idaho, close to Coer D'alene.
When I take the pictures, I cut Tyler's face out (as seen above). Thank goodness he's a little more coordinated.
This is officially the farthest north I've ever been!
P.S.
Getting engagement pics sometime this week. Its so pretty up here, it couldn't be more perfect!
christmas in appt. 603
Santa came and visited our apartment on our last sunday together. Here's some of my favorite moments.
new family
On the left is Jack, the two on the right are Zach and Noah.
Jack is my future nephew, he's the son of Tyler's sister Christy.
Zach and Noah are my future brothers-in-law; Tyler's little brothers.
This was taken when I first met Tyler's family back in September at Noah's baptism.
We went for a hike and I caught a frog! The boys thought it was great. Not gonna lie, it freaked me out a little. But it was so worth it! Love this picture, so I had to share it.
P.S.
When I say 'new family,' that doesn't imply erasing old family. Merely adding to it!
skinny jeans
Theres been alot of drama here in Rexburg (and apparently all over the country) about the testing center turning away students wearing skinny jeans. If you don't know what I'm talking about, here's some info. For the best account, check out ABC news. Articles appearing in LDS media, like Deseret News and LDS living have printed articles that blow things way out of proportion. The official position of the school explains the story.
That being said, this is my opinion.
On campus, I have seen plenty of girls wearing leggings and even tights as pants. Although the testing center employee may have overstepped his/her bounds, I appreciate that someone is willing to point out the problems with this trend. We are here because we want to be here. I know the standards are high at this school. Those who want to complain about it and find ways around the honor code should go somewhere else. No one is forcing them to be here. I am happy about the standards we have here. They keep everyone more comfortable and allow the spirit to remain on-campus. I have a pair of tight skinny jeans. I will continue wearing them on-campus, but definitely not to the testing center.
In case anyone wanted a students point of view.
Have a great weekend!
That being said, this is my opinion.
On campus, I have seen plenty of girls wearing leggings and even tights as pants. Although the testing center employee may have overstepped his/her bounds, I appreciate that someone is willing to point out the problems with this trend. We are here because we want to be here. I know the standards are high at this school. Those who want to complain about it and find ways around the honor code should go somewhere else. No one is forcing them to be here. I am happy about the standards we have here. They keep everyone more comfortable and allow the spirit to remain on-campus. I have a pair of tight skinny jeans. I will continue wearing them on-campus, but definitely not to the testing center.
In case anyone wanted a students point of view.
Have a great weekend!
[i said yes]
So I guess that makes today the best day of my life.
*****
We spent the week in Albuquerque, flew to SLC yesterday and spent the night in Logan at James & Holly's home.
9:00 This morning, I was sorry to here from Tyler that he would be really busy all day, but he had arranged for me to do stuff with his family.
10:30 His dad (Joe) came and picked me up from James and Holly's. We went shooting -.22 rifles - which was super fun. (I'm starting to love shooting; this is the second time his dad has taken me)
12:00 We were meeting up with his mom for lunch, but she wasn't ready yet. So we went to Jamba Juice then waited at Cafe Rio. She showed up and we ate a yummy lunch! Before Joe leaves, He gives me a small slip of paper with half of the alphabet and symbols below it. It was half of the key to a code. Tyler gives me codes all the time, so I didn't think much of it.
1:00 Shoppint with his mom (Anne), and eventually his sister came and met up with us as well. (Got a super cute skirt at Down East!)
4:00 Anne and I go for icecream and she gives me the second half of the alphabet key. She lets slip that we are going to the temple. At this point, I become somewhat suspicious and text my roommate. She replied that Tyler was proposing at Christmas and not to get my hopes up. So then I figured maybe he had a scavenger hunt or something cute set up, because he's just super good at dates and stuff like that.
4:30 Anne drops me off at the Logan Temple. I walk up to a beautiful view of the valley at sunset, and a small red box waiting on a bench. Inside was a locket engraved with "I'll always be crazy for you." And inside the locket was a coded message. Still thought it was a scavenger hunt at this point.
Then I sat on the ground and used the codes Anne and Joe gave me to decode the message. The first word was "will." Thats when I knew. But I kept going! it said "Will You Marry Me."
He came up from around the corner. I was still sitting, so he got down on one knee and said "Do you wanna get up hon?" I said "No not really." He smiled and pushed me up. And pulled out a little box. And in the box was the most beautiful ring (He picked it all by himself!)
And I said yes.
His dad was around the corner filming the whole thing, so eventually I'll get my hands on the footage for sharing. (Update...video above!)
4:30 We walked down the street to where he had a horse-drawn carriage for us. Inside there was a bouquet of roses!
5:00 After our ride, we drove over to Pizza Pie Cafe to meet up with everyone for dinner.
He called Grandma and James, So Grandma, Grandpa, Austin, James, Holly, and all their kids were there along with his parents and sister from Logan. My two roomates who are visiting for Thanksgiving came too, and a few of his freinds from Provo. It was so sweet. He did great. He is so amazing!
*****
So now I have a beautiful diamond ring on my left ring finger and about a billion things to do in the next few weeks. But I've never been happier!
jackson, WY
Last thursday, we took a lovely little drive up to Jackson, Wyoming.
It's 2 hours from here, but we all have class late, so we left about 4:30.
Now, I've never lived this far North, but its super wierd- the sun doesn't come up until 9 and it's dusk at 4:30. The sun is never directly overhead, it just rotates on the horizon so it constantly feels like late afternoon.
Anyway, it was dark when we hit the road. But there was still a full moon so we got to enjoy the beatuful scenery to some extent! Noone remembered a camera, so all we have are these ridiculous iPhone ones. But better than nothing eh?
Left to right: Craig, Andy, Larz, Summer, Camy
Clockwise from the girl in purple/ highest up: Janet, Summer, Camy, Larz, Andy.
Apparently they like hunting there. The park behind us had 4 arches like this, made entirely of antlers! Ew! So redneck. So hilarious.
Anyway, we hung around for a few hours, ate, then drove home. We still had plenty of time until curfew, so...
We rolled eachother up in the rug
And threw muddy buddys at eachother!
It snowed the next day!
So
Rexburg is freezing.
I've visited 2 new states this semester.
Finals in 4 weeks.
cake off!
Last night we did an epic 6-couple date! We split into 3 teams, 2 couples each, and all made awesome cakes.
(the judges names were lisa and michelle)
Left to Right: Camy, Landon, Janet, Chandler
Right to left: Tyler, Me, Ta...something (one of tylers FHE sisters) and up above her is Cody (Tylers roomate, her date)
We tried making a castle cake. It didn't turn out but it sure was fun!
Left to right: Kallie, Kylie (roomate from last semester), Andy, Craig (from Albuquerque)
They made a dinosaur cake, complete with river blood from strawberry jam!
It was alot of fun! Afterwards we all went ballroom dancing on campus.
discourse on the Gospel of John
I'm taking Book of Mormon part 2 and New Testament part 1 right now. In new testament, we've been studying the gospel of Matthew, but part of the coursework involves studying the gospel of John on our own, then writing an essay about it. I am so amazzed by the things you miss when you read on your own! They included so many little nuances that are simply astounding. This has been really fun and I've enjoyed it so much! Here's the opening paragraph of my Discourse on the Gospel of John:
The many testimonies of Christ found in the New Testament all contain important doctrines. Although they each tell essentially the same story, each narrates Christ’s life in a unique way in order to accomplish a specific purpose. The gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke all present the life of Christ in a missionary method by writing for a certain audience. They’re main goal seems to be conversion and the spreading of the gospel. By contrast, John is writing to those who already have a knowledge of Christ and the Lord. He is preaching to members of Christ’s church. The gospel of St. John is organized around five central themes: light versus darkness, water and life, seven signs and the seven discourses, the replacement and fulfillment theme, and the seven “I am’s” of Christ. All of these themes tie together to emphasize the divine nature of Jesus Christ, and His role as the Son of God here on the earth, and to strengthen the faith of the saints (see John 20:31). These three concepts are the most important teachings found in the gospel of John.
The many testimonies of Christ found in the New Testament all contain important doctrines. Although they each tell essentially the same story, each narrates Christ’s life in a unique way in order to accomplish a specific purpose. The gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke all present the life of Christ in a missionary method by writing for a certain audience. They’re main goal seems to be conversion and the spreading of the gospel. By contrast, John is writing to those who already have a knowledge of Christ and the Lord. He is preaching to members of Christ’s church. The gospel of St. John is organized around five central themes: light versus darkness, water and life, seven signs and the seven discourses, the replacement and fulfillment theme, and the seven “I am’s” of Christ. All of these themes tie together to emphasize the divine nature of Jesus Christ, and His role as the Son of God here on the earth, and to strengthen the faith of the saints (see John 20:31). These three concepts are the most important teachings found in the gospel of John.
Really, it's nothing spectacular. Just thought I'd share. Have a great weekend!
pinned
Dear Pinterest,
You are a horrible, horrible creation. What you do is wonderful! So wonderful, in fact, I cannot stay away. Since I created my account (yesterday), I've spent upwards of 8 hours pinning. To get homework done, I would work for 30 minutes and pin for 10. I have my wedding planned. I've outlined my dream house. I've picked my top 10 dream vacations. I've discovered enough crafts to keep me occupied for 30 years.
And now you won't show me any of the pictures I want to see, and I don't know how to fix it.
How cruel.
Love/Hate,
Summer
http://pinterest.com/summersusanna/
By the way, went to meet Tyler's family last weekend. We got pictures together! ...But they're on his dad's camera. Anyway, it was super fun and his sisters are so sweet! And it was really exciting to travel farther north than Rexburg. We hit up the beautiful town of Sevensville, Montanna. Shockingly, it makes Rexburg look like a thriving metropolis. Man it was green!
You are a horrible, horrible creation. What you do is wonderful! So wonderful, in fact, I cannot stay away. Since I created my account (yesterday), I've spent upwards of 8 hours pinning. To get homework done, I would work for 30 minutes and pin for 10. I have my wedding planned. I've outlined my dream house. I've picked my top 10 dream vacations. I've discovered enough crafts to keep me occupied for 30 years.
And now you won't show me any of the pictures I want to see, and I don't know how to fix it.
How cruel.
Love/Hate,
Summer
http://pinterest.com/summersusanna/
By the way, went to meet Tyler's family last weekend. We got pictures together! ...But they're on his dad's camera. Anyway, it was super fun and his sisters are so sweet! And it was really exciting to travel farther north than Rexburg. We hit up the beautiful town of Sevensville, Montanna. Shockingly, it makes Rexburg look like a thriving metropolis. Man it was green!
crawdad adventure
last tuesday, Tyler and some of his freinds wanted to go crawdad fishin.
So we did. At 8:00 at night. It was freezing and we got like 15.
Everyone else wanted to throw them back, but I was like, lets cook them!
Tyler took most of them . I brought home 3 for myself.
They died pretty fast.
But after that I was super grossed out to touch them. So I basically killed 3 crawdads for nothing.
Heres the one I was brave enough to pull apart.
It was all full of eggs. EW! Tyler said his were all good... but I will probably never do that again.
conference weekend
We had an awesome weekend! We got in at 8 PM friday night, dropped off our stuff at Delos and Mistys, then headed over to Grandma's for a DELISH dinner of Hawai'ian haystacks.
The next day, Tyler got us tickets to the saturday morning session of conference. So we woke up at the crack of dawn.
We drove to the tracks station in sandy and rode to salt lake from there.
Me, Kylie (roomate from last semester), Kallie (kylie's old and current roomate), and Lynelle (Kallie's freind from home)
By the end of the trip, we were the best of freinds.
We all wanted to stand on the train... it seemed like more fun. :D
It was my first time live in the conference center-- so exciting!
The lighting is so good.
President Monson was an hour late! He arrived while we were singing "Redeemer of Isreal."
But holy cow! Second temple in provo? Everyone gasped when he announced that.
Before conference started sunday afternoon, it was orange instead of blue!
Kylie on the ride home... so cute!
All in all, an awesome weekend! Everyone was super nice and all the girls love the family. They want to make another trip down.
The food was great, the people were awesome, the drive was easy, couldn't ask for a better conference weekend.
******
So here are some pictures of the glow-stick art mentioned in the post below.
Me and tylers: complete with flying fish, dinosaur, and UFO
And the other couples. In the bottom left-hand corner is a little man in a boat! :)
adventures
I've had such an awesome week! Tyler always has such fun things planned. Too bad neither of us ever remember to take pictures.
Anyway, heres a few of the new things I tried:
Anyway, heres a few of the new things I tried:
- Latin Dancing
- Pasta Salad (for some reason it always freaked me out until now)
- Doubling with a married couple
- Canoe-ing (?)
- High ropes course (I do have pictures of this, but noone is ever allowed to see them)
- Painting with glow-sticks
- 2-on-2 basketball with all guys
- Drawing with pastels
- Looking at a freinds ultrasounds
- Conducting music in sacrament meeting
roomates fall 2011
Hey! Check out our gorgeous photos. What a lovely bunch eh?
Me, Bekah, Janet
(L to R) Michelle, Lisa (Shes from canada!), Cami
Glamor shot!
And the three girls from albuquerque: me, janet, cami.
top tens: music
where to even begin on this one?! I think I need two categories:
Songs (and here I have to cheat and make it 15)
Songs (and here I have to cheat and make it 15)
- Beethoven's Symphony no. 7 - II, lately performed in The King's Speach soundtrack as "Speaking Unto Nations"
- L-O-V-E by Nat King Cole
- Lucky by Jason Mraz, featuring Colbie Caillat
- Can't Take It In by Imogen Heap
- Beer for My Horses by Toby Keith
- The Planets, Op. 32: IV. Jupiter by Holst, performed by the London Symphony
- Sous le Vent by Celine Dion
- Glitter In the Air by P!nk
- This Is Home by Switchfoot
- A Thousand Miles by Vanessa Carlton
- Homeless by Michael McLean (from the Forgotten Carols)
- Book of Days by Enya
- Halleluja Song by Julianne Hough
- You're Gonna Miss This by Trace Adkins
- Jar of Hearts by Christina Perry
- Carrie Underwood
- Kelly Clarkson
- Owl City
- Jason Mraz
- Rascal Flats
- Colbie Caillat
- Journey
- Lady Antebellum
- Vanessa Carlton
- Mandy Moore
rexburg.... round 2!!!
So I'm definitely here! I'm all moved in, I have great roommates, and classes start tomorrow. I've got some pictures of where I live, in case anyone was wondering. Warning: they are super terrible pictures.
Here was our "entertainment center:"
Super ugly, right? So I bought a little shelf at walmart for it. Janet (below- my wonderful roommate!) and I spent an hour on STEP 1 before we finally called in re-enforcements (a.k.a. my boyfriend Tyler.)
Here's after! (Sorry... I really should start trying to make these not sideways!)
Kitchen bulletin board- I covered it in wrapping paper! Plus my AWESOME green kitchen aid!
My shower! LOVE the ikea curtains.
Storage above my bed
Bed below (with wall decal!)
Desk (That Eiffel tower thing is gonna hang up there... eventually.)
Very full closet.
Awesome semester? I think yes.
First day of classes tomorrow- Wish me luck!
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