November Summary.

I wasn't too good at blogging towards the end of the semester, but I figured school was more important.

Here's a little summary on November, just for the sake of documenting history.

Skydiving. Yes. I went skydiving. Yes my Mom was freaked out. Yes I put my Dad and brother John as my liable guardians in case of emergency. And YES IT WAS AWESOME. The whole weekend was super fun. The crew was me, Garrett Clements, Cameron Cox, Emily Awerkamp, Peter Fuller, and Meghan Derrick. It was so fun. We left right after my biology exam and headed for Moab. We hiked a little, ate food, napped, stayed up late talking, made fires, roasted marshmallows and starbursts, and cooked our food with the exception of a few McDonalds runs. The boys went mountain biking and the girls hung around the camp. Definitely a solid weekend.

My Mom came up for my orchestra concert. What a FUN weekend that was. I love "Mom-Heidi-Abbey" time. SO MUCH. We went out to eat, shopped, and just hung out. I love you both. After class one day, Me and Grant met up with Heid and my mom for lunch. 

My orchestra concert went really well! My cutie cute roommates all came to hear me. I am SO glad I decided to audition for the orchestra. I really do enjoy it and it's a nice way to kick back mid-week on Wednesday nights for several hours.

my BFF

IT SNOWED. I scraped my car for the first time. I drove home going 12mph from work and watched a few accidents happen right in front of me. I wear boots and scarves for protection now instead of for fashion. This is all a big deal for me!

my mom laughing and taking this pictures as she drives away... literally my first time.

boots and scarves. f'real.

Heidi and I worked together last month. That was so fun. I also played in her ward and I always love playing with her. I love my sissy!

Went to a Ute basketball game and I swear they were playing SCHS. The other team had almost IDENTICAL jerseys to Snow Canyon. It was so funny. We barely lost. By like 3 points. Still a fun game!

go SCHS... wait whaaaa?

Olivia Earl and Kennedy Neilson came up to SLC to go shopping and we met up at Noodles and Co, ate dinner, and caught up on life. It was SO good to see them! I love catching up with my friends from high school (still kind of weird to refer to them as 'friends from high school')

THANKSGIVNG WEEKEND IN ST. GEORGE: oh what a glorious few days that was. The drive down with Heid was great, I love sister time. I was so excited to see the fam. The whole weekend was a success. I got to spend a lot of quality time with my cousin Jordan and I loved that. Going to the corrals is always so good. I like getting on the fourwheeles and horses every once in a while.

love his shirt.

-loved seeing the boys and everyone in the fam (except Er. What the heck). 

-My exec council got together and had a reunion, we skyped Marissa Martin at BYU- Hawaii and Irfan at Harvard. The whole gang was together!

-had a little girls night in my bedroom with the crew from STG. 

-went on a bike ride/longboard ride with Garrett, Savannah Rea, and Henrie Walton one night. The weather was beautiful.

-met up with Carol Taylor for some ice cream. What a gem she is.

-David Lloyd gave his farewell talk. So good to hear him speak and see the crew.

Elder Lloyd, Texas McCallen mission

part of the crew. 

Some random photos:

I VOTED.

^ got myself some bangs.

she's gon' be the cutest wifey on the block.

biology, all day err'day. and maybe some distractions..

hey essays. i hate you.

my cute roommate saw me running around the apartment one morning and when i got to school this was in my lunch :)

If you made it to the end of this post, high five. This was huge. But all in all, dang. I am blessed. I have learned that diligence in the small things in life bring you happiness. I am so blessed. Some days are hard and sometimes I want to go home. But you have to stick it out and rely on the Lord. 

peace & love,

abbey rose.