A few more reasons I love Fall.

German friends at Siegfried.

my favorite season

Conference weekend with roommie and two of our favorite boys.

I got to spend the whole weekend with my best friend. :)


CORNBELLY'S Corn Maze


I love our ward. :)

7 days.

Thanks Matt.

Randomly I get a text tonight that says, "So I had this idea and want to invite you to join with me. For one week starting tomorrow only listen to church music and see if you feel a difference."
I happily accepted this challenge from this dear friend and immediately switched out my music choices.
It is amazing how these "ideas" or challenges come when you desperately need them most.

The words to these songs mean so much to me. I feel blessed to have the friends and family that I do have.
I don't know who the missionaries are that found and baptized my dad, and I am not sure why my mom felt inspired to read the Book of Mormon as a teen...but I will be forever grateful that she did. Thank you to those missionaries that I may never meet, who laid the foundation to who I am today. I don't know you but I thank you and love you.
Also, to the missionaries that came to my home as a kid...thank you. I remember one missionary that was so amazing to me. I don't remember his name, but I remember watching as he played "Right Here Waiting" by Richard Marx on the piano each time they stopped by to visit and wanted nothing more than to marry someone JUST like him when I was older.
I often plunk that song out on the piano and think of those elders who ate dinner with us often and brought such a sweet spirit into our home.

Ohhh Cougars...

BYU vs. FSU

86 was a hoot.

Those are some biiiggg boys...


Jeff (friend from work) and I took this RIGHT before FSU killed BYU. lol. :(

...and my voice is GONZO!!! I tried to play guitar tonight and basically cracked my roommates up with my squeaky raspy voice. Mahhhh Good times.

Fireflies and Hiccups.

I think we all still look like babies...haha. In our twenties!! (Well...Shell, almost!)



We didn't know what to do w/ our hands...



I love my sisters.

I went to CO for a quick visit last weekend. It was a blast. :)
(Ps...notice my necklace...I make reference to it later in this post)


My Math phobia is no longer in existence. I focused much of my spare time to practicing and really understanding math, giving it a chance, to prove to myself that it isn't MATH that is bad...I just had some really really bad math teachers.

I really like Math!! :)

I got a new necklace that I am obsessed with!! It is white and gold with diamonds...and it is a Swallow. (bird). When I saw this necklace on the mannequin I was instantly intrigued by it. I couldn't stop starring at it. The closer I got to this necklace the more I "needed" it. After snatching it off the mannequin, and trying it on, I felt like the necklace was made for me.
Okay okay...a little dramatic. Really though, I was in love. Of course I bought it...and I wear it with everything, and it seems to just "work." I looked up the symbolism of a Swallow and it is said to bring wealth. It is also a symbol of loyalty.

Today is the first BYU home game...Goooo Cougarssssss!

On a downer note;
My heart is healing...but it still hurts. I know that is something really bold to write on a public blog...but I am honestly still hurting from my 2008 losses. I am just now realizing this is not something that goes away over night. It isn't something that you just forget about...no matter how angry you are, or were. (...or are).

I love my home, my roommates, my school, my friends, my life. (And of course my family.)
My life here is good, but I feel a change of wind coming very very soon. I am not sure what it is...but EVERY single time in the history of Melinda Blogging that I have said, "There is a change coming..." it is always something massive. The anticipation is killing me...but I am trying to be patient.
These are some good times...but these are also some very hard times. I know I am going to miss this time in my life. Trying to soak it all in and enjoy my twenties. :)

Well, I just got invited to go to the BYU game...soooo it looks like I might need to hurry and get ready for the day!
<3 besos.

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Knocks You Down

Wow...

With 13 credits of school and working 40 hour weeks...I am officially exhausted. My days are crazy from 8 am until about 10pm.
I have a lot of updates...I just don't have time to blog about them.
Life is really good right now. I like all of my classes and feel that I can conquer a 4.0 again this semester. We will see!!
K a few quick updates...
Labor Day weekend coming up and I am doing nothing but playing with friends and relaxing in the sun. :)
Still loving my new phone...catching on to the touch screen finally...haha.

Piano lessons are a blast. I feel like a 3 year old learning to play but it has always been a goal of mine, so I know this will do nothing but benefit me...even if I don't end up with an A in the class.

Ummm... making and keeping friends...spending time with them when I can...

K it is bed time. haha. Sorry I don't have anything exciting to share!! Gute Nacht.