College Sophmore Year

Well, I am back in good ol' Rexburg and I have been awful about blogging!! BUT, here is a little recap of the last month and my first month back at school. The middle of August, I headed out to Blackfoot, ID where I worked at the Eastern Idaho State Fair with my aunt. She graciously got me a job there and let me crash at her place for 2 weeks and it was a blast! I got to spend time with her and my uncle and hang out with my cousins. So, I spent 2 weeks working (80 hrs a week) and made bank! haha Then I headed up to Rexburg to move in and start classes. I am living with my friends Brandi, Carly and Brittany and then we have two new roommates. They are both brand new freshman and are both from like 30 minutes away, so we don't see too much of them. My roomie Brittany and I have also been incredibly social lately! I think I made more friends in the first week here than I had in the last two semesters!! We made it our goal to meet as many new people as we could and we have been doing great at it!!! Other than that, we have just been staying up way too late, watching movies and catching up.
I am taking 18 credits so I am totally swamped but I am loving one of my education classes! I am doing my practicum and get to be in a kindergarten class two days a week in St. Anthony and I LOVE it!! I love my kindergartners and I have a great cooperating teacher!! I am excited to see what new things I learn this semester from being in an actual elementary classroom!
Well, here are some pics from the fair and the first few weeks of school. For the benefit of my family, I will try to be better about posting this semester!! :)

A Realization...

So, the last 3 weeks have been part of my 6-week summer break away from school and sadly I have to head back west next week. I am definitely not ready to go back! As I told my parents, they haven't bugged me enough to make me want to get out of the house that bad! :) I love my parents and love being home because it is so comfortable. I know that once I get out to school again, I will love it and realize how boring home really is, but every semester, it is always bitter sweet leaving.
Last night, I came home from a long day at work with a terrible headache and a fever. I then proceeded to have a breakdown about going back to school. (For those of you who don't know, I have a terrible problem with homesickness) I started balling and got really upset. My dear mother then came over to the couch and started rubbing my head and tried to calm me down. She then asked me what I wanted to eat, even though she had already made dinner for her and my dad. My dad is such a goof and knows just what to say to cheer me up and get me laughing. Last night when I was feeling bad, he started joking around saying that he and my mom are just too cool and too much fun and that's why I don't ever want to leave and that maybe they should tone down their 'coolness.' I am so blessed to have come to this earth into a wonderful family. I love my sisters and my mom and dad so much. I would be lost without them! :)

Family Reunion

The entire White clan (minus a couple of cousins who couldn't make it)

Last weekend was my mom's big family reunion. We all headed down out to Bear Lake, Utah where we stayed in a HUGE house and hung out for a few days. While there, we celebrated my Grandparents 60th wedding anniversary. It is amazing how they have been married for 60 years! It was so much fun to see all of my cousins and their kids. My mom has six sisters, so I have tons of cousins and we don't get to see each other a lot, so it was a lot of fun to see everyone. We did our annual bingo, had a water olympics, layed out by the pool, went to the lake, ate lots of food, and just relaxed!

Feels Like Home

About a week ago, Carly and I heard that it was storming outside, so of course, we ran outside to play in it. Within the first 15 seconds, we were drenched from head to toe. It was pouring and windy and thundering and lightening. So of course, Carly and I splashed around in the puddles and danced in the rain. We then headed down to the round-about around the corner, which was flooded with about 2 feet of water. There were tons of students surfing and standing around being splashed by passing cars! It was a blast! We had so much fun! It felt just like I was home in an Iowa thunder storm! We are now slowly counting down the days until the end of the semester. Today, we only have 12 more days! YAHOOO!!!

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! :)