Graduation!

I've finally figured it out! After countless hours of pondering and searching byui.edu. I have a grad plan!!! I also just declared my minor something my major is required to have. So here you have what my degree will be in.

A BS in Health Science, Empahsis in Public health. Minor in Organizational Communications.

Here is what my year will look like. I am moving to Alaska for yet another summer but I will be taking 6 credits online. This fall I want to move to SLC and complete an internship. I will also be taking 6 credits online. I then will move back to Idaho to finish my last two semesters! Yes I have decided to stay the spring semester. Hopefully with that I will finally be able to put on a cap and gown!

Another tid bit of exciting news. I called the Dean of Communications and asked her if my summer job working for Alaska Coach Tours would count as an intership for my minor. She said no thats not really what we're looking for, but I think it will be a great practicum. All I have to do is email here every other week telling her how many hours I have worked, what I did during those hours and what I learned. And I get full credit! WOO HOO!!!

I am so happy that I finally have worked this out!

What I have learned at College

After standing in lines for a collective total of 5 hours, talking to adivors for over 2 hours, being sent form department to department which are across campus......

I have learned

College allows for no degree of indecivesness.

My Crazy Year

I just read Melissa’s blog about her year. I thought it would be fun to do the same.

January: Started yet another semester of school. I was called to serve as the Relief Society president in my student ward. With that I had the huge blessing of seeing firsthand how a ward is organized.

February: Seriously, cannot think of anything eventful that happened during this month. Probably just the same ol’ studying and stuff.

March: Started my training as a bus driver. Before I could even step inside a bus I had to pass 3 written exams. So not fun.

April: Successfully wrote a health program and decided that I wanted to make that my career.

May: Moved to Alaska for my third summer. It was my favorite summer yet. This was my first summer driving a bus and I really enjoyed it. I had so much fun.

June: The company that I work for in Alaska asked me to help out in Juneau. I started flying there almost every weekend. It was really fun to switch up the routine, and meet some new people.

July: With the hottest weather on record for Southeast Alaska we celebrated the Nations birth with fireworks on the 3rd at 11:00 p.m. Funny little tradition but so much fun. On the 4th we celebrated with a full day of activities. Town egg toss, parade, dunk tank, BBQ, cliff jumping, and last but not least my crazy friend Ali performed a FIRE DIVE for us. One of the coolest things I have ever seen.

August: I went on the craziest impromptu camping trip with my great friend Ali. We ended up camping just off the Davidson Glacier. On the 18th I turned 22. On my birthday I had the director of The Simpsons on my bus and he drew me a picture of Homer.

September: I started the fall semester at BYU Idaho. Moved to a new place. A very cute little house.

October: I went to Lake Powell for the first time. So beautiful and fun. Stayed on a house boat and slept under the stars with my great friends Liz, Ali, and Savi. On the way to the Lake. My beautiful little car suffered a tire blow out. My first time experiencing that. I also went wake boarding for the first time. I was able to stand and move around a bit. I call that a success.

Halloween was an event to remember. I dressed up as Audrey Hepburn and attended that crazy party that the cops shut down at Melissa and Kaylin’s.

November: Thanksgiving Break was crazy. I bummed around stayed with friends all the way from Ogden to Provo which is so far but crazy when it is all on the spur of the moment.

December: During the semester at school I was on a talent board committee. We were in charge of the final show of the semester where we chose the best talent from all the previous shows and let them perform in a show called the BEST OF show. After the show I was able to plan a surprise birthday party for my friend with out her knowing.

I drove home for Christmas with Melissa and Kaylin. I literally did not leave the house for 6 days. It was great just spending time with the family and recharging my batteries.

There you have it a recap of my year. I think I need to do more exciting stuff..

Goals!

Last night I spent with my great friend Ali and her family. It was really fun. Her family had an FHE on goal setting. We all wrote down some goals for 2010. It really made me realize the importance of goal setting and even more the writing down of those goals. I always seem to have a goal in my head but everyday that I don’t do it it’s really no big deal other than it just bugs me. So I decided that it would be a great idea to write a check off list in my journal so that I would see my goals often. I want to share some of my goals, maybe then they will be accomplished.

So here are a few.

Write in my journal at least 3 times a week.

Complete an Internship

Have 100% visiting teaching

Work out at least 3 times a week.

Learn how to cook some healthy meals

Cook and make meals so that I do snack.

There you have it. Some of my goals for 2010.

Meteors and Jump Rope

As you may know the Leonid Meteor shower was in full swing last night. Some friends and I decided to drive out to the dunes and see what we could find. My car was packed meaning there was 6 people in my little 5 seater. In the freezing 20 degrees we all huddled up and peered into the abyss. After seeing a few here and a few there. We decided to call it a night. Driving back towards town we were about to drop some people off, we saw an intense burning light. I looked over just in time to see a bolide meteor, which means bright flashing meteor. Apparently, It is pretty rare but not too terribly uncommon. According to some news reports it lasted around 13 seconds and was seen from Southern Idaho across Utah. It was a magnificent sight. I only wish we were still out in the boonies where the meteor would have been optimal to see, instead of in town.

Here is a picture of a bolide meteor although this is not the one that I saw.

On Saturday Tim and Kaitlyn's jump rope team put on their annual Extreme show. My first time seeing this show was last year. And it was just incredible! My friends all thought it was weird that I went to got WATCH jump roping. This is is how I explain it. It's like jump roping and gymnastics fused together. A friend of mine who was the only one willing to go with me, Loved it. We both felt the urge to jump rope after watching this show. Here are some highlights!

It's pretty crazy what these kids can do. Good job Tim and Kait. It was a lot of fun. And so cool to watch!

Brownie, Anyone?

For Environmental Sanitation class my teacher signed us all up for a presentation. No big deal right? Well, it wasn't necessarily a requirement but it is common knowledge that if you bring in treats then 1. Everyone loves you, and forgets if you didn't do such a good job because you brought some yummies 2. everyone else before my partner and I brought in a treat and 3. This particular teacher really really like treats. I think this is why we are required to do presentations because he gets treats.

My presentation was on Mold. Now, what kind of treat do you bring in for this? Of course there is the option of reaching in all the way to the back of the refrigerator and finding the leftovers that you have completely forgotten about that now have more hair then Donald Trump. But I didn't want to gross everyone out. So, I started asking around. About 2 days before the presentation and still nothing. The only thing I thought would be cool enough was to make a "mold" of my teachers face fill it with chocolate and hand that out. I thought that was really funny and clever, but that far exceeds my artistic abilities.

So this is what I decided on. Well, with a little help from my boss Kristine. I was going to make Moldy Brownies. Just sprinkle a little powdered sugar on them and bam!...moldy brownies. Now, to go way above and beyond. I tried to dye some of the powdered sugar a lovely blue gray mold color. Only to find out that powdered sugar and food dye do not mix at all. Really, the food coloring will just sit on top. So I mixed the food coloring in with water and then added it to the powdered sugar. What did I get then?.....Paste. So I then added as much powdered sugar as my concoction could take and let it sit over night. I broke it apart the next day. I was hoping it would still have powdered sugar texture, but it didn't.

Here's how they turned out.


Surprisingly, they were almost all eaten. I really wasn't expecting people would want to eat these, but they wolfed them down.

Another Ali and Alicia Adventure!

Ali, my roommate from Alaska, and I always are up for adventures. Considering we only live 4 hours apart we decided that that we would have yet another adventure. So, I packed my bags and headed to Utah. This time my adventure included a stop to Sarah and Jimi's so that I could meet little Gracie.

It was so good to see this little girl. Everyone in the family has been waiting to meet you ever since we heard the great news. I especially loved this part of my trip because I got to talk to Sarah and Melissa about my Grandfather's funeral. It was really good to hear their memories. Sadly, I was unable to attend because I was in Alaska working. While talking about the great memories we have of our Grandpa we also talked about the special connection Gracie has with Grandpa. Just another reason to love this baby.

Meeting Gracie! So Adorable, I love her crusties and all.

The next day Ali and I geared up to go four-wheeling! We got up at 7 which was not fun considering we stayed up talking! We headed to Ali's dads work to pick up the four wheelers. At first Ali's dad seemed concerned with my driving, but then he chuckled and said, "I guess if you can drive a bus, you can handle one of these little things." I thought it would only take an hour or so to get ready, it took about 3. After all the business of getting ready, we finally hit the road. Here are some of the pics from the day.

Ali and I 20 minutes in and already dirty!

Our great Lunch. Chase took care of us!


Apparently you're not supposed to put sunscreen on right before you go out. Because all the dirt will stick to you!


I look like a little Kid. All Dirty. Actually this is my first time riding a motorcycle.


Proof that my teeth would be whiter if I had darker skin.


When we got back Ali broke off this branch with the trailer. We later hid the evidence!