I'm a little overdue for my recap of Winter Semester in Idaho but here goes. I lived at The Colonial House again for my last semester on campus. (This post probably isn't that cool to anyone except me... like usual! but oh well! Its kind of like a journal entry for me so its worth it)
Roommates: L to R: Me, Rebekah, Catherine, Kelsey
Kelsey Johnson was my room-rommate. (Denver CO - Social work Major) She was the very first person I met as a freshman and we lived together before she went on her mission to the Philippines. Kelsey never sleeps, is always laughing and I've realized there is nobody in the universe like her. She's quirky yet quality!
Rebekah Zarkou (Boise - Interior Design Major) and Catherine Bird (Thousand Oaks - {Psychology Major) - previous roommates whom I adore, couldn't have asked for better friends.
Kelsey Robey (Exercise Phys Major)and Michelle Campbell (Public Health Major), both from Bellevue. They were new to our apartment. Kelsey was engaged all semester so we saw a lot of her man Zach and Michelle was dating a kid too. Very compassionate girls, always ready with a compliment, hopefully in an Asian accent if you're lucky. :) They wanted to set me up with different guys and they asked "Do you care if we've both kissed him?" haha!
Classes I took: Health Program Planning and Implementation, Epidemiology, Drugs of Use and Abuse, Environmental Health, and First Aid... I think that's it?
I didn't take many pictures this semester but here's a few.

Lunch at Great Harvest (personal favorite) with my Health Science study buddies, Erin Wade and Eric Nielson.

Quick trip to Jackson for a hockey game on my birthday.

Lincoln Reed, Danny Jackson and Marc Lefevre have become close friends through ups and downs but mostly lots of tears of pain cuz I can't breathe I'm laughing so hard. The day I was leaving they brought me flowers and chocolate. My 2 favorite things. So thoughtful. I mean really... who does that?
After finals wrapped up, I said my many goodbyes, cleaned out my apartment, loaded up the old Jeep with everything I own, and pulled out of town. Oh how emotional I was! I've always been grateful for BYU-Idaho but I was officially leaving the best thing that ever happened to me. I'll be back to Rexburg the end of July to officially graduate once my internship and online class are completed. And then... on to the next... whatever that is!

I spent June 1st-8th in Maui with my mother Jana Bell, my sister Amanda and a good friend Lindsey Glauser. Oh it was FABULOUS! Aderder (Amanda) took some pretty sick pictures on her phone.


Lindsey and I took surfing lessons and then we went again the next day. Loved it! Here we are riding the same board!

Right before the "That can't be real" sunset

Loved the Luau on the beach @ the Marriott

Luau boys!

For Amanda's Birthday we went to Kimo's in Lahaina. I had coconut crusted swordfish!! YUM!


One of the many waterfalls along the Road to Hana.
I attempted studying on the beach but my notecards blew away into the ocean. These are a few Amanda recovered. That was my final attempt. For some reason I just didn't want to memorize nasty reproductive infections while Lindsey was next to me browsing through this month's InStyle.
Lindsey and I chattin it up.

My Mudder in the shade

Sunscreened Forehead

Happiness:


Those are just a few out of the hundreds of photos we took. Oh I'm ready to go back!!!

I just came home from a week in Hawaii and I'm having trouble being back... I have to study and take my Pathophysiology Test which is always a beast and now this beast is about to own me after a week of basically zero studying. I just have to be grateful I got to go at all. I miss Hawaii. I miss living there and how simple life is on the island. Shorts and a T, flip-flops, no make up, the warm sun, easily entertained by just being outside, people are generally very friendly... I was always healthy with out really trying. Walking everywhere, swimming, boogie boarding, hiking, living on fresh fruit etc., which in turn makes me feel better about myself all around. I'm trying to rearrange my life right now so that I can move back there. My family is moving to Alaska and I have to be an adult soon. UGH. I know what I want to do but I also know that I'm only happy when I'm doing what the Lord wants me to do. Dangit.

For my mom's birthday I got her tickets to Mary Poppins! I took my little envelope of garage sale cash and walked up to the box office after work. I had told her to clear her schedule and I surprised her that morning with the tickets. I'm so the favorite child.

The Rexburg Temple is my favorite! I watched the construction of the building, ushered during the open house, attended the dedication broadcast and gained a testimony of temples while in it! Here I am with Rebekah, Catherine and Kelsey on a a usual Rexburg evening - windy with a pretty sunset. (Oh how I will miss the love and laughter of these beautiful girls!) I'm grateful to have had the temple so close the last few years.

My beautiful roommate Catherine Bird:



She's a fabulous friend to me!

I watched The Sound of Music today! I've always loved the movie and we all know Julie Andrews is stellar.
When I went on the European Humanities Tour with BYU-Idaho, we went to Salzburg and saw some of the places it was filmed. Oh man I was a giddy little girl! Let's remaniss...



Do-Re-Mi :)

For my birthday this year, we had a party and a friend brought the game Just Dance on the wii - such a fun game! This birthday was a good one :)

I'm a little off on this one!

Grandma Savage

Over President's Day weekend, my mom traveled to Logan to visit her mother, so I traveled from Rexburg to Logan to visit MY mother and grandmother! Most of my life my Grandma Savage has had Alzhemier's. Even though she doesn't know who I am, I always feel a special connection with her.
I remember summers sitting on her porch swing as she repeated the same stories of her brother Everett and their horse. Eating Sandies- those pecan cookies, watching Jazz games, and cuddling at night.
She now lives in an assisted living home. She's in a wheelchair and can't formulate words to communicate but I think that sometimes she understands whats going on. This last weekend she actually made eye contact and smiled at me! When I hugged her she hugged back. That doesn't sound like much but I had a moment where I knew my Grandma wanted to express her love to me and it was great!


I also caught a great picture of her with my mom.

I need an internship! I'm graduating in Public Health but I'm also considering PA school so its pretty broad but nothings coming together! HELP?