happy presidents' day!

The final few hours of freedom before I have to go to bed and the school cycle starts up again....sigh. Man, it was hard to come back to the dorms tonight. It was so much fun to head down to sunny St. George and see Pa+Louise, travel with the W's, and watch S. play some awesome games of soccer on two beautifully sunny days. I'm just not ready for tests, quizzes, and a forecast of snow on Wednesday...

I don't know if it was because I spent so much time with family for so long and then it had to end abruptly or what, but when I got back to the dorms I was struck by how much I miss my family back home in California! Don't get me wrong-I'm super happy to be at BYU and am having a great time, but every once in a blue moon I do get a little sad that I can't see their smiling (or yelling or screaming or crying :) faces all the time!

Anyway, sob story over, the weekend was great! I even got a little pink on my shoulder from soaking in all that sunny sun! It was quite the shock to unload the car in Spanish Fork and see that the thermometer read a balmy 30 degrees...

Thanks again to all of you who helped get me down there! It's nice to take a break from the bubble every once in a while.

house. in the SUN.

barely a cloud in the sky...

soccer fields.
go shooters!

gas station rocking chair photo op.
random? you bet. but why not?!

This week is pretty light, but I do have a Spanish test this Friday/Saturday that I want to be extra prepared for. Other than that, it's just the usual classes/homework/exercise routine!