home for Christmas :D

I'm writing this post at home in Idaho :) Finals were last week and I'm  finished with my first semester at BYU! 

So many books! Writing a research paper. 

Classes I took this semester:

-ballet
-religion
-writing
-geography and world affairs
-history: world civilization to 1500
-sociology: current social problems

Best things about BYU:
*Living by the "honor code." Before coming to BYU, all students sign contracts in which they agree to live with integrity.  When you've got 30,000 kids on campus who are working to become better people and do what's right, amazing things happen.
*The campus.  It’s beautiful!  It's right in the mountains.
*Parties without drugs and alcohol. We have fun without getting messed up.
*The professors.  
*L&T.  It's this restaurant with the yummiest vegetarian wrap! Try a wheat wrap with spinach, black beans, craisins, feta cheese, tomatoes, water chestnuts, and poppy seed dressing.
*The Provo temple.  It's only a 30-minute walk.
*Diversity.  Students come from all over the world, so when you’re walking around campus you usually always hear different languages being spoken.
*Starting classes with a prayer. 
*The religion classes.  Every time I leave religion class, I'm determined to be more like Christ, I'm more thankful for everything I have, and I have a clearer perspective.  You have to go to one of these classes to understand.  Come visit and we'll go :)

Important things I've learned:
1. If I put God first in my life, everything will work out
2. It's better to study sooner than later
4. It's good to clean the apartment a little bit each day rather than doing big cleaning overhauls every few weeks haha
5. Grades aren't everything

Random pics from the last few months