update.

It has been way too long since I have blogged. 

I am officially nineteen. :) I had the greatest birthday ever! Due to the fact that I have to most amazing friends and fhe brothers ever. Here was my day. I woke up, watched movies, received many calls and texts from family and friends, then some of my fhe brothers came and took me, Addy and Zoraya to dinner, then the lovely Chelsea Swensen took me and Addy to get ice cream :) 

This whole time I am oblivious to the fact that back in my apartment are crazy people setting up a surprise party for me! Chelsea was driving home so freaking slow... I still didn't catch on... then we went to her apartment... then we started walking to my apartment and they were both walking behind me very very slowly... now I was confused. Then I opened the door to see a cake literally on fire. Then the lights came on and revealed a ton of people who starting singing happy birthday to me. Then I made a wish and blew out the candles. 

All everyone needs to know is that it was the best birthday ever. 

Here are some great pictures :)

ohhhh fhe brothers :)

so surprised.

then I got a cake in my face :)

Now on to Valentine's Day. 

We all know that on Valentine's Day every single girl hopes that a boy will show up on her door step with a dozen roses and take her away. Okay, maybe not exactly like that but.. we all know what I mean. 

The original play for V-Day was to go to b dubs with my roommates since more than half of us are single, but a couple of my "home teachers" had other plans for me and Carley. So we walk into the boys apartment and there are rose petals on the ground and candles lit. Then they turn on saxophone music. hahahahahahaha I couldn't help but laugh... 

But it was SO cute. Eric Washburn and Eric Anderson win best home teachers award. Along with Brigham and Logan.. even though they weren't there. 

Then I got to go home for the weekend. Then I finally got my birthday surprise from my mommy. 

FRONT ROW TICKETS TO WICKED!!!!!!

Best night ever. I got to meet Fiero and Glinda. ahhhhhmazing. 

I got to take my little brother to Bahama Bucks :)

My amazingly gorgeous cousin Cynthia got MARRIED! 

I am so happy for her and my new cousin Owen! what a great guy... Best of luck you cute newlyweds!

And this goober, Eric David Anderson, texted me every single day while I was home :) what a catch, right!? 

Keep calm and carry on, we passed our clean checks today. 

thank goodness. 

I'm just gonna say it.

It's my birthday in FOUR days! I can't help it but tell everyone. Seriously, I am telling everyone. 

I am just so excited to not be 18 anymore! People keep telling me that they might actually like me when I'm not 18... whatever that means...

Today I made the most beautiful chocolate rose! It is so pretty and it smells AMAZING! 

Just like chocolate :) mmm.

amazing right!?

I am so obsessed with my confectionary class. 

This semester has not been easy at all. But I think Sunday may have made up for everything bad that has been happening. On Sunday I got to give the lesson in Relief Society and I was freaking nervous out of my mind. I felt so insignificant and I keep feeling like there is so much more I can learn from the return missionaries than they can learn from me. Sometimes I forget that I have been through a lot in my life, more than most people a lot older than me ever go through. 

I gave my lesson and I look up to finish barring my testimony and I see one of my roommates crying! At first I thought, no, there is no way she is crying because of my lesson. I then opened up the lesson for the other girls to bare their testimonies. Wow. So many girls stood up. I was in shock. They kept expressing about how they felt the spirit so strong during the lesson and the room was just so warm. 

We all know I am not one to get all spiritual on people, I believe the church is true, but I am not going to get all crazy and teary about it. I never cry. But as soon as we closed the Relief Society and the bishop's wife came up to me and told me how amazing the lesson was. I started crying! Where there tears came from... I do not know. But I just could not help it. It was such an amazing Sunday. Knowing that my lesson touched atleast some people in the room means the world to me. I think I have finally got over my feelings of thinking I am inferior to people. I can be a good teacher and I know what I am doing, thanks to all the crazy and hard things that have happened in my life. It is weird to actually be thankful for those things now, when there was a point in my life that I couldn't help but absolutely hate my life because of those things. 

This blog is out of hand. I am not enjoying the cold, at all. Hello, I am from Arizona, stop asking me if I am enjoying the cold. I don't even think people from Rexburg are enjoying the cold.

I am so excited to come home and visit for a weekend. Even if it is just a short break from the cold it will be really nice :) 

10 days till home!