i love it here!!

College life is great! Alisha and I are having tons of fun! As requested, mom, I have included pictures of what our room looks like...

Call me selfish, but its nice to have a roommate who has as much homework as I do! Since Alisha is doing nursing too, she is experiencing the full joy of anatomy and physiology. College is a shock from high school.

I am having fun in my anatomy and physiology class, I really just love learning about it and so its not hard to study. Except the biochem part. I went on a date last Saturday with a cute guy named Cade, we met in Anatomy and Physiology 265 last semester. It was lots of fun, we played frisbee golf and won, made pizza bombs (calzones) and played an interesting game where everyone had to look stupid, ha... Anyway Alisha has a hot date this Friday with a kid who we met at devotional last week!

We already have like a million inside jokes and are always cracking each other up, our other roommates always ask us what is wrong. We enjoy frequent dance parties, late night subway runs, soccer, movies, we went to a Jon Schmid concert two weeks ago which was super good as well.

We enjoy the opera singer who practices two hours a day in the apartment next door and the harp selections of our roommate across the hall, never a quiet moment here! haha.

Alisha's Side:


















My Side:

back in the saddle

Well it's been a long week! It has been so fun! On Saturday I flew into Salt Lake City and stayed with Melissa for a couple of days, we had fun going to cafe rio multiple times, thank to mom :) and shopping, blading a fun trail, and watching movies. Melissa is such a great hostess and I love staying with her and Sam! She even gave me a nice present when I left. I then headed up to school and arrived on Tuesday at around 2pm. I was nervous about meeting my roommates because 4 of them were surprises, but they are all so nice! We are all going to take turns making dinner for everyone on Sundays so I better freshen up my cooking skills! We all get along so good and just hang out and talk a lot so its fun. The classes I am taking are New Testament and the teacher seems really cool, Anatomy and Physiology 264 again! since I got an 86% last time I have to retake it to get an A :( My friend Lyndee is retaking it with me though so it should be fun... I love the subject so there is always more you can get out of it. I am also taking Math, English, Jazz, and auditing a ballet class which basically means I can just go take class whenever I want and it doesn't count towards credit so that will be nice. I think I will drop my jazz class though because the teacher does not seem like the nicest person, she told us she was the meanest in the department and that she would only give you an A if she would pay money to see you perform, sooo I don't think I will risk getting lower than that!

Alisha and I met some really cool people that were Caitlin's friends in Tucson so we have been hanging out with them and their apartment. This weekend has been a blur of watching movies, playing soccer, hot tubbing, the Jon Schmit concert and a Mindy Gledhill performance. I just got called as the Relief Society Secretary for this semester so we'll see how that goes! I have never had a big calling like that so it makes me a little nervous!

This is random, but as I was walking home from church today I was thinking about how crazy it is that I am in Idaho of all places! I just feel so good about being here its comforting to know that it is where I am supposed to be, I look back at my experiences these past three semesters and I can really see how the Lord has blessed my life with the friendships I have made and the people I have met. I feel like my every move has been inspired by the Lord whether it be the classes I have taken, the professors I have had, it has just been a great experience and I love it!

Cake

If I never see another cake again, it will be too soon. So my friend Kamala and the food network inspired me to try to make a fondant cake! It is quite typical of myself to jump right into complex things instead of starting with something simple. So I decided I was going to make a 3 layer fondant ocean cake with chocolate cake filled with chocolate chip buttercream, sugar coral and gram cracker sand. I set out to work at about 4 and worked until about 7. I used a great fondant recipe that involved marshmellows and tasted really good. Lets just say, food network is deceiveing because it is not as easy as it looks!! The filling tasted really good, but it was not firm enough so as I layed the fondant, it seeped out the sides making part of the fondant tear. I decided to take off the top layer and make that a separate cake, and then make the bottom two layers into a birthday cake for Rhett, he loved it!


Not quite was was intended... The top represents the beach...














I knew that Rhett, Ethan, and Kade would like any cake with juju fish on it. haha!

Home Sweet Home

I had a great flight home and met the nicest girl on my plane, she is also attempting the nursing major and told me about volunteering at Phoenix Children's Hospital which made me really want to volunteer there when I am off in the winter! I am also going to get my CNA during that time so I can work other places and get a little experience in the field I want to go into. It was so fun to have Melissa here when I got home, so we shopped, swam, ate, and played lots and lots of board games. (by the way I am the "Clue" champion) haha! anyway it was so fun! Then we went to wet 'n' wild the following Saturday and I got an awesome tan! may I just say that 2/3 of the people wearing their swimwear show wayy to much! eh, that is the downside to waterparks. We went to In and Out for lunch, which I missed so much since there isn't one in Idaho! Then we took a break and Brooke and I went back at night. I had so much fun, thanks for the tickets dad! I have also been working at Cody's office a lot for Edward Jones! It has been so nice to have so much work during the break, a great blessing! I also have been nannying for Stacy and her two cute kids. Erin is going to be a neurosurgeon, I mean what kid can spell the numbers 1-11 on command at 2 years old, well shes almost three, but still!

I have also been taking dance classes at my old studio and teaching some so it has been great! When I came into teach the cute(and dramatic haha!) little 3rd graders that I used to teach a long time ago they were so funny, I was immediatly hit with a million hugs and questions: "Brittany!!! You're here!" "You smell good" "I like your shorts" "you look So cute!" "Why did you go to alaska?" "You came back because you missed us huh?" "Why are you going back?" "You don't drink beer do you?" that one was pretty random haha! I love those girls! I am taking advantage of having my car again and drive everywhere! I also love shopping for back to school stuff and can't wait to use my new catwalk shampoo it smells SO good! Its also nice to have time to read for fun now! So I am currently rereading "To Kill A Mockingbird" -love that one! and "A Separate Peace" -love that one too. and a new one "The Help" which I heard was really good. I'm also really excited for the new book in the hunger games series, I think it comes out this month. haha I am such a nerd I used to make weekly trips to Thrifty Joes(used book store) and drag Ally with me, still do occasionally and she hates it haha! SYTYCD finale tonight! I am rooting for Kent or Lauren they are both really good. ciao!

blessings

I would be very ungrateful if I didn't recognize the Lord's hand in my life this past semester, and my whole college experience to be honest, I am constantly amazed at how much I have been given, the blessings I receive, and the tender mercies of the Lord. I just got my grades back from last semester and am happy to say that I got straight A's! except for a B+ in chemistry which I am very grateful for because it was such a hard class, I thought I was going to get a B so that was a huge blessing in itself. This semester I made a goal to go to the temple every week, let me tell you that was the best decision I ever made. I never knew all the blessings that could come from it because my first semester I only went like 3 times. I could physically tell a difference in my ability to learn when I started going, I was able to understand the hard concepts that I had a hard time with before and they came easily to me.

Next, my ward. I had an amazing ward and bishopric and also got a very interesting calling. Relief Society Chorister. When I was called to this I was very confused to be honest haha! seeing that I had never led anything in my life. Every sunday my roommate Katie would show me how to lead the songs we were singing! During being set apart I was promised that I would see the tender mercies of the Lord everyday, and I really did. People would say things to me when I was having a hard day that was exactly what I needed to hear, a lady that I didn't even know wrote me such a sweet message on facebook because she was looking for another "brittany flake" but felt prompted to tell me what she did.

Lastly, my best friends. Jill, Lyndee, and Katie. I have never met crazier or funner girls in my life!! We all met last semester and are all trying to get into the nursing program, applying for the spring and decided to be roommates! I really don't know what I would do if I hadn't met them, they are the best thing about college! I have never had such good friends as they have been to me. We talked about everything, we helped each other through our anatomy class, we studied together at the library for hours on end, Lyndee and Katie went to our end of the year dance showcase even though it was probably so boring for them and took us out to get fro yo afterwards. We made videos, had dance parties. late night taco bell runs, picked up random guys off the street(prob not that smart, but oh well!), pricked each others fingers in lab, gave EKG's. I don't think I can write how much these girls mean to me!! When we were all super stressed we would talk about how much mulah we will make as nurses!

I couldn't have been more blessed and I am so thankful for everything!! I am sure next semester will be just as fun because Alisha will be here! :)

Summer Wish List: A girl can dream can't she?

I'll be the first to admit that I am obsessed with online shopping. But..since being in college I have had to treat this condition, so instead these are the things that I would buy, if I had some mulah!
1. A pair of cropped white pants.

Lately I have been obsessed with gold accessories and light purple, I think its really cute and have seen it around lately. I have never been a fan of gold, but I think it looks really cute with purple.

2. Lavendar Top

3. Gold Heart Necklace

4. Destroyed Denim Shorts. I used to have a pair that were my favorite ever, but then they got a big hole in the butt for wearing them so much.

As an update on lately...Jill and I went to guitars unplugged a couple weeks ago which was fun and Lyndee and I went to the David Arch book signing. I also went to the midnight showing of Eclipse with Katie, Brittany, and Janelle. It was so good! We have been studying like crazy for our leukocytes test, and I am trying to juggle chemistry tests, labs, digestive paper, 6 hour heart test, endocrine, respiritory, digestive, reproductive, and urinary system tests!! ah! I am going insane from studying so much.

We also started to watch all the seasons of Lost when we need a break from studying so that has been fun! Lifes good and I LOVE my roommates!!

We gave Elizabeth a make-over for her BIG date!! Katie did her hair, I did her make-up, Jill lent clothes and perfume, it was so fun!

Poor

It's a sad thing looking at your bank account and seeing that you have $24.66. It was fun being poor for a while, but that was then, this is now. I am ready for my scrubs, $50/hr job, bachelors degree, and New Honda Civic. I have never been one with much patience. Instead I guess I'll have a bowl of cereal, chemistry homework, and multiple study guides. I know this is pretty pathetic and I really should be thankful for this opportunity for college life, but I had to tell someone, I HATE BEING POOR!!! Okay moving on.

Today we had a ward FHE, a flour war. I thought the idea sounded fun, until I was hit square between the eyes with a huge nylon flour sack. (I hope they weren't so cheap as to buy the nylons from DI) Eyes watering, lungs of inhaled flour, and face white as snow I staggared to the side lines and then got my revenge. Overall I guess you could say I had fun, still scratching flour from my scalp, but hey I guess seeing the look on the girls face as my not so good aim brought her a nylon sack straight to the tush was worth it.