Homesick

I just spent some time looking at all of my siblings' blogs. I miss my family so much! I'm feeling homesick again after only one week back. I wish that I could go and hang out with Morgan and see her new puppy. Or visit Steph and Rich and see Alaina. Or hold Ethan and follow him around. I really miss Cory and Isabelle too. I can't wait until summer so that I can be with you guys for more than a weekend or two at a time. I miss you all and love you.

Kasi Porter

Kasi is the last roommate to be spotlighted. She is from Lindon along with Kim, Heather, and Emma. She is an Elementary Education major with an emphasis in Math. She is 5'1" tall, which makes me taller by a whole inch! She is one of the funniest people I know. We'll just sit and make jokes and laugh together nonstop. Kasi is our FHE mom. It's so nice to live with her in our apartment, because then we know exactly when and where FHE is. She is such a delight to have around. She is generous and always shares whatever she can. When I got back from the Christmas break, she was the only roommate there. She and I had a good time watching MASH and just hanging out. The next day, we built a tower of chicken bones at dinner it was quite hilarious. Kasi went snowboarding yesterday and she walked in the door with a big scrape on her forehead. It looked really bad, and she just said that she'd hit the snow. The picture of her is after an FHE hike. She sprained her ankle, and she barely complained. She's an adventurous person, and I love having her in my apartment!

Happy New Year!

Well, here I am back at school after a brief hiatus. This semester looks like it will be lots of fun. I'm taking 14 credits, and probably 2 Institute classes. I just bought all my books today and all combined they cost less than 200 dollars!!! This makes me really happy. Over the break, we had a major celebration for my father's birthday. It resulted in the Christmas tree being set on fire. Luckily, I had my camera phone at the ready to take pictures. It was a glorious sight to behold. I like the picture of the embers. I think it looks really cool. I'm glad to be back up here, but I miss my family dearly. I love you all!!

The Big Bang

So, yesterday I had a big fiasco. A big bang fiasco to be exact. Tired of the length of my bangs, I decided to cut them, because I looked so cute when they were short before. However, they are now shorter than that. My first attempt in cutting my own hair turned out to be a disaster. Here is proof.

Emma Newmeyer

Emma is the oldest roommate. She turned 20 on November 17. She is also taller than me (which is actually quite a feat in our apartment...) by one whole inch. She is a flute major. We have been serenaded by the lovely sound of that instrument from her bedroom many times. With her degree, she hopes to be able to teach private flute lessons. She is from Lindon, Utah, along with three of my other roommates. Home schooled until she was in high school, she is very smart. She is a senior in credits, even though she is only a sophomore. Emma is just a sweetheart. She often knows exactly what to say to comfort you. She doesn't want to offend anyone by doing anything. For example, she asked everyone if it was alright for her to play her flute for us for two minutes so that she could practice in front of an audience. She has a lovely singing voice in addition to playing the flute marvelously. She also plays the piccolo for the marching band. At the football games, when the band played we would all cheer for her. Emma takes very good care of herself. She goes running almost every morning. I wish I had that kind of self-discipline. Emma blesses our lives by living in our apartment. She is always willing to share insights and her testimony during scripture study.

The damaged flower,
the weathered bloom
rests in the corner
of the room.

A petal falls
the plant does wilt
One might almost think
it had been killed.

The people passing
pay no heed.
Perhaps she should
have stayed a seed.

And kept this heartache
from her soul,
she would have stayed
complete and whole.

This poem needs a title. Any suggestions?

Ballroom class

Tonight is our final for Ballroom dance. We have to go to some club and dance there for at least an hour. As part of the class, we split into two groups and choreographed a dance to perform for each other. We have the option of performing it tonight. Our group did Charleston. Josh came up with a routine, and we learned it last night and performed it for our class. Our group really liked the dance, and they want to perform it tonight. It will be wicked awesome. Even though some of them are not very good at the moves, they all have fun. It's pretty neat. Hooray for dancing!