My chunky monkey :)

My dad just sent me a few new pictures of my darling niece Madelyn. I just love this little chunk! Sadly, she was born 2 weeks after I headed out to college, so I didn't get to meet her until she was about three months. However, when I did finally meet her, I feel in love with her! She is my little chunky monkey!! I can't wait to see her again in just over three weeks. From what I hear, she has already changed so much in the 2 1/2 months I have been gone again. She is crawling and jabbering away! I love being an aunt to her and Brooklyn and Jace!

Here are just a couple other pictures from events earlier this week. Enjoy :)

This week in a nutshell

Well, here I am....a blogger. Don't ask me why I am doing this, I just thought it would be fun and a good way to keep track of what I am doing up here in Rexburg. So this past week has been Spirit Week, so we have all been super busy. On Tuesday, my roommate Carly and I took a little trip to DI to get yellow shirts to support our ward in a 50 lap relay at the stadium. Then on Friday night, we headed to the Rexburg fairgrounds for the rodeo. I must say, the rodeo was pretty lame compared to the rodeos back home. The horses were pretty much just ponies and the bulls were little baby bulls..pathetic! Then we, along with our roommate and some friends went bowling and then came home. Saturday was a beautiful day and so we took advantage of it by driving down to Rigby Lake for a swim and a picnic. It was so much fun, except for the fact that I got fried and am now in terrible pain from my back peeling. It was all worth it though! :) The rest of the weekend was basically spent relaxing and recovering from all the fun. Only 5 more weeks left in the semester and I can not wait for the much needed break and vacation back home! :)