I finished my second semester at BYU and am officially a sophomore, ahh yeah. It was a pretty rad semester that went by SO fast. Some of my classes were a little tough, but that's what I get for being an engineering major. Next year is going to be even more rough though, I'm taking chem 105, engineering graphics, material removal, statics, and marriage prep. Super excited, but super nervous as well because who actually ever wants to take a chem class? Not anyone, ever. Luckily I have a good friend from my physics class that's taking chem (and statics and graphics) with me so we're gonna rock it.
Let's be honest, it was so so so hard to say goodbye to my friends and move back home for the summer. I was extremely blessed with an amazing roommate that I miss more than anything! I have honestly started talking in my bedroom expecting someone to be there and talk back, so rough! I can't wait to be back in Provo! Here's some lovely pictures of my this past semester:
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| For Easter, Rem, Jon, and I went up to Rigby, Idaho to visit the Paige family, it was so much fun! |
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| Johanna and I got bangs! |
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| Festival of Colors, SO MUCH FUN! |
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| Most of my FHE family, such a fun group! |
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| 117th ward. |
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| My lovely roommate Lauren and I. |
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| On one of the last nights of the semester a few friends and I decided to hike the Y at like 1 in the morning, such a rough hike! |
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Rem, errr Elder Steele, my womb buddy, left for his mission! I'm so excited for him! It was a hard time saying goodbye, but luckily I have amazing sisters, and two of them took me to the mall and hung out with me for the day, while my dad let me take the rest of the day off of work. My family is the best!
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| Seriously the worst picture of us ever, but this is like two seconds before he left for two whole years. Love my womb buddy! |
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This last weekend, my brother Jon and I went to a regional YSA conference called Gathering in the Grove. Honestly, I was less than thrilled to go because the ysa in our area are all either too old for me, related to me, or... not my type. It was such a good time though! It really taught me that you can't judge people if you don't know them. Johanna, Katie Jacobson and I shared a tent and camped out in Zion's camp at the Hill Cumorah along with most of the other YSA. On the second day we met these crazy fun Canadians and hung out with them for the rest of the time. We made abc books for the soldiers to give out, played some ultimate, ate some good food, danced our little hearts out, and just had a good time, even though we were hanging out with canadians! Funny story though, after GIG was over I was sitting at home reading/texting on the couch and my dad (who is watching some show with my brother) tells me to be more "social" with my family and asks me who I'd been texting "nonstop" (as he put it, which actually means once every 10 minutes or so). I told him I was texting some canadian guys I had met at the YSA conference, and he told me not to talk to them because all they want is a green card... all I could do was laugh. Another funny story: right before Jon and I left to go to GIG, my dad told my brother to watch out for all the predators (single guys) trying to prey on me. Someone doesn't want their daughter to ever get married. |
| Love these guys! |
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| Such an uncomfortable way to take a picture. |
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| Ahhh yeah! (disclaimer: not actually engaged, haha) |
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My amazing older sister got married to a fab ginger named Brandon Steele! She didn't have to change her name or anything, super lucky! She looked gorgeous and his hair was a gleaming, fiery red as always. Everyone kept telling me, "you're next," haha, right... I love weddings though, so tender! (Photo cred goes to Lisa Ruth photography, she did an amazing job!)
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| Top: Savs and Grams and Jerry. Bottom: The whole fam-bam. |
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| Yeah, I have cute nieces and an handsome nephew. |
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I started working at my dad's insurance agency, Stan Steele Insurance Agency. It's weird to be working full time like an adult. The ladies I work with are hilarious. I literally laugh the whole time I'm working. Mostly I can't wait to get back to Provo where there's always some clean, fun thing to be doing.
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One of the first weeks I was back, my friend Hannah and I went to visit a good friend at Cornell (ahh yeah, my friend's are smart!) for their end of the year campus wide party, called Slope Day. It was a lot of fun! So weird being on a different college campus and not be surrounded by mormons though! We got to see Neon Trees and Taio Cruz live, it was so amazing!
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| Hannah and I on the slope. |
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| Neon Trees! We were so close! |
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| After the concert, SO fun! |
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All in all, life has been pretty rad lately. Tonight I watched the vow, so naturally I was crying like a two year old. Here's a pretty sweet cover of a pretty sweet song though:
Also watch this please:
I love that talk by Elder Holland. Shortly after Zac and I made the move back to NY from Seattle, I caught him watching that video and CRYING. It was tender.
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