Recsports Retreat

So I work for Recsports on campus and we had a retreat last night. The whole thing actually made me feel really ungrateful. I had been dreading this retreat since the day I found out about it. I don't really have a lot of friends that I work with at Recsports. I mean, don't get me wrong, everyone is really nice, but I don't feel like I have any close friends in the program. So I wasn't looking forward to spending a weekend out in the middle of nowhere with a bunch of people I don't know very well. Then of course I had to have a statistics test this weekend that I pretty much had no time to study for, and I really needed to go to the lab to ask some questions, and I couldn't because of the retreat. So basically I was pretty unhappy about the whole thing.
At this retreat, we played a lot of games and got to know each other a bit better. We also had lots of lessons and discussion time. We watched a video with Elder Bednar's talk that he gave at the groundbreaking of the addition to the hart here on campus. It was about how we need to be grateful for the things we are given. One of the things he said was that when Elder Eyring was there to look around, his last stop was in the Taylor Chapel (just another building on campus) and just stood there pondering for a minute. Elder Bednar asked him what he was thinking and he said "I was thinking about how much we do for so few, and how little we do for so many." This really made me think about how ungrateful I am for the opportunity to attend this wonderful university. Here I was, dreading this retreat, when I should be grateful that I have the opportunity to go on it. This university is definitely a great place to be. The spirit is felt everywhere from church, to classes, to devotional, and study groups. I am so grateful for all the people around the world that actually pay for this campus, and essentially my education, with the sacrifice of their tithing money. Most of them will never see anything so great in their lives. I'm just sorry that they can never see what a blessing it is to me and all others that go here.

This is the whole staff and volunteers (that came to the retreat, we were missing a few).
It was Recsport's 80th anniversary so we had cake and ice cream to celebrate!


The view of the tetons from the back door of the cabin we stayed in :)

The cabin we stayed in was called "Teton Lodge" and it was so cool!

Ultimate Frisbee!!!

So I'm on an ultimate frisbee team here at school. We played the whole season and lost 1 time. The last few games we've scored from 11-15 points against other teams that scored 2-5 points. We've been doing sooo amazing. So tournaments started last week and we won our first game, then the semi-finals, then finally the Championship!!! It was so exciting. What a good night!



The whole team before the game.

Hanging out on the sidelines. I pretty much love my green shoes.

Yay for team spirit! :)

After we won our championship shirts! Our team name was "Joe for President" cause a guy on our team (Joe) is an amazing player and definitely carries the team.

Update

Well, first of all...I got some low-lights and decided to show you all. I kinda like them a little. :) Do you? Second of all...just to avoid awkward conversations in the future....Pete and I broke up this week. Its been a long week, but I'll be okay. I know everything happens for a reason. Well, I hope everyones week was wonderful. See ya!

Sorry, no pictures.

Well, I haven't been taking pictures lately, but I figured I should update my blog since it's been a while. School has begun and I'm already swamped. Accounting 202 is kicking my butt already. I've been seeing a tutor once a week and doing all my homework, and I'm still not doing great. Hopefully it will improve soon. Pete and I are still dating and I'm living with 3 girls that I had never met before this semester, but things are okay in the apartment. I feel kind of lonely sometimes though cause I don't have any really close friends in the apartment, and Pete works all the time, but other than that, things are okay. I'm on a softball and ultimate frisbee team this semester, and I'm having fun with that so far. Anyway... I hope all is well with everyone else. See ya later!

Vegas/California/Utah Vacation!

Pete and I landed in Vegas at about 4:45 on Tuesday the 28th of August. My parents picked us up there and we went to the hotel...this is it. We walked down the strip for a little while, and realized that Vegas is a nasty town. There was porn everywhere! We couldn't handle it anymore so we decided to go to California a day early.

Here we are in Hollywood.

My uncle John took us four-wheeling one morning... it was pretty fun. This is dad and I on the four-wheelers.

Then they took us the beach. It was beautiful! The water was a lot colder than I thought it was going to be though. But we boogie-boarded and it was a ton of fun!

This is my dad's sister Nikki and her husband John when we went out to dinner.

Then we drove back to Utah and went to the annual Fail Family Reunion. This is pete and I at the little Rodeo they planned. It was fun.


Pete and I again with cheesy smiles :)

We played the Great Dalmuti...it was a lot of fun.

Dylan and I just playing around...he's such a cute kid!

Trip to Utah

So we went down to utah for one of Pete's old companions wedding reception.

We wanted to go hiking and drove up by Sundance, but we couldn't find the trail because of all the construction :( So we turned around, and drove home. Lame.


We ate lunch with a couple of my old roommates at an Indian Restaurant in Provo. It was delicious.

Apparently he got bored on the way home while I was driving.

Why I blog...

Well, the reason I started blogging was because I figured my dad would enjoy seeing pictures of me since he wasn't around to see or talk to me about what I'd been doing. He's coming home soon, but I think I will continue blogging. Its a lot of fun to post pictures of the fun events of my life. I really enjoy looking at other peoples blogs and seeing pictures of what they've been doing so I figure they might enjoy seeing pictures of me. Now...I nominate Dad, Jen, and Emily