On Having Classy Friends.

This weekend, we had quite a fabulous time. Friday was full of The Bachelor (thanks boys for enduring it) and a private dance party in our apartment with finger lights (thanks DeAnne for supplying such a fabulous entertainment gift). So maybe we weren't the classiest that night; however, that's not the point of this post.

Saturday night, we were able to go and celebrate Christopher's  birthday at his "Kennedy Administration" themed party. We all dawned our Black Tie, 60's apparel and headed out. My oh my did we have a fabulous night full of good appetizers, fake cocktails, and The Gentleman's Game. It was quite the evening and a very wonderful opportunity to make new friends and feel oh so sophisticated.

It's good to know that I have classy friends. Granted, I have always known my friends were classy, but you should have seen some of them play The Gentleman's Game- impressive, to say the least. Class is something that I really appreciate in a person which is why Christopher and I get along so well. Not to mention that those two boys up there have made our year so fabulous. Honestly, I could not ask for two better guys to be our closest friends. They are always willing to help us out with whatever we need, and they're just fun. Plus, we're all pretty sure we would never leave our apartment during the winter if it weren't for Chad, his fabulous winter-weather driving skills, and his sweet snow-tires that contain mini shards of glass. Aside from that though, they're just two of the nicest people you will ever meet. I adore Joey and Chad (Joey is on the left, Chad is on the right).

Also, it would be ridiculous if I didn't mention how blessed I am to work with such great people. The amazing thing about our office is that we are all friends- and not just we-are-nice-to-each-other-in-the-office friends, but real life, let's-hang-out friends. It is a blessing that few people can claim. Thankfully, they're all very classy people too. We just regret that not all our work friends joined us. I love you, Sophia, Blake, and Christopher!

Love always,
Ems

Lots to Talk About.

Hello, people of the blogging world. 

There is a lot to talk about, just as my title says.
We have....
boys
weekends
pictures
adventures
music
school
school
school.
And, some more school.

Let me tell ya, I love school, but it's gosh darn hard.
But still, I love it.
I've switched my minor...
in my head....
I never actually declared it with the officials.
I've decided, for now, on communications and possibly a double minor in French.
We will see how that works out for me.

As I told Becca on Saturday,
I think I'd rather clean houses all day then go to school.
Something is wrong with that sentence.

So, here's a quickie update on life in the room with a view.

We spent a weekend up in Park City a while back and Kassie about broke Caroline's finger in our adventures in baking. Kassie was traumatized. The rest of us were just trying not to die of laughter.

This was the night of technology overload. I was on the phone with my dad, texting Jacob, and also on goggle docs with my dad editing my essay. It was a lot to take in. Regardless, please just be so amazed at this conversation Jacob and I were having. Really, I'm still trying to figure out if this kid is real or if he's just pretending....

One of my favorite things?
Smart Water.
Especially when I get the otter.
Not so much when I get the lobster.

But really, how can you refuse to recycle with such a cute thing encouraging you?

One night, as we were sitting at dinner, Asa calls Alex and Alex sprints out of the Cannon Center.
Next thing I know, I'm getting a call from Alex who tells me I need to smuggle out food because they have a kitten and he's starving.
I, of course, made the boys do it.
So Jacob made this nasty meat sandwich....
And then he had to throw it away because you cannot take food out go the Cannon Center.
Operation Food for Kitten: fail.

I've never seen boys so in love with a kitten.

Here's another tragedy.
Mr. Collins got knocked off the window sill....
We replanted him in Javert's pot.
Hopefully that doesn't kill him.

One night I walked into our room and found our sink a war zone.....
Who knows what happened;
however, now I am an expert light fixer.

HALLOWEEN TIME!

We had an awesome Halloween. 

We dressed up as 80's rockers,

and our favorite ward boys had the most creative outfits. 

Exhibit A. 

Dallin and Michael dressed as Michael and Dallin.

If you knew them, you would be laughing a lot harder. 

All our ward boys. 

Included in the array of outfits are Winnie the Pooh, a Utah fan, thugs slash mobsters, a pirate, and a Hunter (because his name is Alex Hunter.... it's puny...)

Our very favorite Salt Lake City boy came and visited us!
We were so very happy to see him even though his costume was a bit pathetic....
And Nate is excellently photobombing in this picture.

So yes, that is the life from the room with a view.

Life, my friends, is good.
I love being up here at the good 'ole BYU.
There really is not a better school, and most definitely there are no better people than the people I have been able to become friends with.
Isn't it great to look around and realize how blessed we are?

Love always,
Ems

The Weekend in Review.

Bonjour, les amis!

Let me tell you, this weekend was beautiful in so many ways.
It made me really want to be in love.

No worries, Mom and Dad,
I'm not getting married anytime soon
(although, I wish it was the future so I was...)

Regardless of that desire, I'm loving being a freshman,
promise.

Here's why this weekend made me want to be in love.

My cousin, Shawnee, got married and my family and I spent the weekend in Salt Lake enjoying wedding stress and festivities.

Here's the thing,
it rekindled my love for weddings more than anything before.
There's no degree for wedding planning though,
and therein lies my dilemma.

Anyway, here's the happy couple enjoying their first dance.
It makes my heart melt.

True love.
It's very much worth the wait,
I just keep saying that to myself.

In other news,
I had this frustration the other week about how sad it is that little children in other countries cannot enjoy Dr. Seuss because his wit and rhymes would not translate well.
Lo and behold, I found this in Anthropologie.

Green Eggs and Ham in French.
French, my beloved language.
I added it to my birthday list the moment I saw it and I am now satisfied to know that children in other countries can appreciate Dr. Seuss as much as I do.

Here are some other pictures from the weekend. I was so happy all weekend. Nothing better.

Sunday afternoon, Bexs decided to be a hippster for .5 seconds.
Doesn't she look like a genuine hipster?
Fake glasses, obscure band t-shirt, jean jacket and all!

 Scotty, Bexs, our home-ward friend Alisha (she was visiting from Idaho) and I decided to go on a little walk after dinner.
We got stuck outside the Marriott center because the grass looked so lush that I just had to lay in it.
It ended up that Scotty became our photographer for a bit.
Scotty rocks, needless to say.

 Bexs wanted to creepily crawl towards Scotty....

The reason for our walk was to delivere a package to Morgan, but she was in church.
So, logically, we hid the package in a bush outside the Marriott center while we went to the temple.

The temple was beautiful. 
I actually would consider getting married there if my dear Mesa temple were closed. (a very real possibility)

See all the missionaries behind us?
It was temple visiting time for a large portion of the MTC and it was crazy how many missionaries were there! I named it the missionary invasion.

On our way home, we ran into none other than Elder Conrad Nicole!
This is our super confused picture.
It's a classic, obviously.

Last, but most certainly not least, a plant update.

Javert, unfortunately, died. 

We were going to have a proper funeral for him last weekend by throwing him in the river, but, he was left in Alex and Lindsey's room.

So, last night, as we created our Scale, this package slides into our room.

I just about died of laughter, as did Bexs and Scotty.
Night, made.

Life is so wonderful, my friends!
Keep on keeping on!

Love always,
Ems

Life is Grand, so Grand.

Hello friends!
Life over her at Helamen Halls is going well,
of course.
This week was a bit stressful between sickness, homework, and midterms but, we pulled through most successfully and then had a most wonderful weekend!

Last week, we took a trip to Costa Vida after our Friday classes. We really miss our weekly Cafe Rio trips so we had to settle for the second best- Costa. It was satisfying, but not as much as Cafe. Someday we'll get down to Cafe.

 The Gang:

This weekend was started off with a bang! We went to the BYU vs. UCF game which BYU won! Oh happy day! And we had 4th row tickets! FOURTH ROW TICKETS PEOPLE. It was awesome!

Here are some happenings at the game. We love BYU football. Especially when they redeem themselves from the game that must not be named.

I don't know what's going on in this picture....

Becca and Sean know a secret, apparently.

Yup, Cosmo came up to us. Becca screamed so loud every time he was close. (oh an ps please love the girl in the background... it makes me laugh every.time.)

 Yesterday, after the Alumni lunch for Arizona kids (which we won stuff at!), Becca and I went to take some tests- the testing center was CRAZY. Then I came home to study and she went about doing Sean things. Anyway, as I was walking in the hallway, Alyssa, the RS president from upstairs asked if I was going to the Marriott center for the RS broadcast then gave me a ticket to got to Salt Lake to see it in the conference center! It was an AMAZING experience. And Pres. Ucthdorf's talk was astounding... it brought me to tears.

After, the five girls I was with went and walked around Temple Square. It was so lovely.

I came home, Tyler helped me with my French homework, and then got his guitar and played for me. Yup, I spent the rest of the evening being serenaded. Ya know, the norm.

So life is grand.
We love most everything about it.
Except the stress, but with chocolate milk, it's all ok.

Becca's words of advice for the week are,
"When you're having a hard time motivating yourself, just use a green pen. It's more fun!"
Thanks, Bexs.

I hope everyone has an amazing Sunday!
I'm quite certain we will!

Love always,
Ems

It's funny....

Cause I will probably post again tonight.N.B.D. But I will do an update NOW. :)

The first weekend of school was a party.

No Joke. 

school started august 11th btws

We all went ice skating

then Bahama Bucking 

(not a real phrase)

and then Just Dancing. :)

Have I mentioned I Love Just Dance?!  

 Becca and I outside Bahama Bucks

JUST DANCE ACTION

 I swear this was candid!!!!

hehehehe. Curtis.....

There was a girl pile on the couch.... of course. :)

 

And yes, this is how we play Just Dance....

We ALL play together! 

 

 I was missing Cody Hunt one day...

So I 'held his hand' on the choir wall :)

 

And kissed it....

NBD

JOHN MAYER CONCERT
absolutely amazing. 

like wow.

I love him.

Nough said?
 I think so!

 

These are our 'excited' faces

 

Definitely we got free upgrades from lawn to seat tickets...  Thanks Saron!!!

It was the best thing ever.

Did I mention Zack was with us?

He missed the picture opportunity because he was flirting...

go figure. haha

Then last weekend....

GNO!!!!
We ate at CPK and then watched

My Best Friend's Wedding

at Caroline's.

I most definitely cried....

I forgot how sad that movie is! 

We are all Julia Roberts addicts!

And Meg Ryan. :)

Best Chick Flick people EVER!!!!

Alex was doing her awkward pose.....

 

They were pretending to be ASU fans....

It was a pic spot at TTMP

We couldn't resist. :)

p.s. TTMP= tempe town market place

 

We are soooo pro at self-timer on appetizer plates! 

joke. 

And don't worry...

The camera probably only fell down about 50 times...

Becca joined us later.....

 

We were pretending to be like the 'party girls'

at the table next to us...

we thought we were REALLY funny

with our lemonades....

hahaha.

Maybe a "You HAD to be there" moment. 

:)

So in other exciting news, 

I GOT ASKED TO HOMECOMING!

By none other than Mr. Austin Flake!

 I am very excited to go with him!
I would share pics but my mom has them all....

so that's coming in the future.

Along with sugar cookie baking from tonight. :)

And I fell in love with.....

 

  again.

i am an addict.

And I wish I was Hermione Granger

 

And that Hogwarts were real.... 

 

 the end.

Have a fantabulous night/day/afternoon. :)

Love Always,

Ems