School's Out For Summer!!

Wow! I made it! I graduated from Snow College!
It feels so good to be done! And my graduation day was amazing! I got to be with some of my best friends and we had so much fun! Our cute, amazing boss got us all beautiful flowers and we were lucky enough to line up at the very front of the processional. We walked into the gym and I spotted my great parents smiling at me from the stands! Elder Jeffery R Holland was our commencement speaker and he did an amazing job! And I am proud to say that my coworkers and I were the very first of all the grads to walk across the stage and have our names read! After that was all done, the great PLTs had a little luncheon and then we all got to meet Elder Holland. He was seriously one of the nicest men I have EVER met! And his wife was SO CUTE!! I got my picture taken with him (unfortunately I don't have my camera so I can't post that Picture!) and my family got to meet him.
Then is was time to say goodbye. I didn't really have a hard time saying goodbye to my best friends...I KNOW I'll see them again. And a lot of them will be coming up to Utah State next year:)party right? I was packed up and ready to go in no time! The hardest part for me was saying goodbye to my great job at the Noyes Building! I nearly cried when I had to turn my keys in! But it was okay. I teared up a little as we pulled out of town. But I was ready. I was ready to say goodbye to that place for a while!
Now I'm all moved in at home. I have my own room now...something I've never had before. I have a desk, all to myself. I have a dresser, all to myself! And boy is it nice to be home! I get real bored, real fast, but it's all worth it! This summer is going to be good...I can feel it!
I can't wait to lay out in the sun. I can't wait to go to the pool for a day! I've already jumped back into the lovely game of babysitting. I plan on going boating and camping. But mostly I plan on just chilling. Taking it easy, having no cares in the world! It's gonna be great!

Quilts!

I am obsessed with quilts! I love them! I love looking at them, making them, dreaming about making them, and contemplating about what quilt I'm going to make next. I took a quilting class this semester and it's ruined me....I'm always going to want to be making a quilt! I've learned so much and I really enjoy everything about quilting! Is this a good thing? I guess so...but it's just so darn expensive! That's the only draw back...money...I don't have any. But that's okay...I'll find a way to feed my new obsession:)
My next quilt? A baby blanket. I haven't quite picked out a pattern yet...but when I do it'll be great. I've already got a color scheme going in my head! A baby blanket for whom, you ask? My future child. No, I'm not married, and no, I'm not even engaged. But one day I will be. And one day I'll be a mommy. So why not start now?

My new thing...

So recently I've discovered that the Ephraim Library rents out movies...and believe it or not...they have GREAT movies! I've already rented 5 in about 1 1/2 weeks. I watched everyone of them and yes...I plan on getting more. I plan on getting the full use out of my $10 one year library card. Britt and I have watched some good ones...like Charly and Saints ans Soldiers, which Britt cried through, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (at the end of that one we just sat there not knowing what yo say or how to feel). But we've also watched ones such as Brother Bear and He's Just Not That Into You. We have a TV in our room and Britt and I love to curl up in bed (any time of the day:)) and watch a good movie. WE LOVE MOVIES!!! Movies are a great way to have fun and forget about things. And we love movie quoting!!! Oh yeah...and we're legit! We movie quote like it's nobody's business! Ahhh...such good times!
We've also found joy in collecting refillable Maverick cups. We have "Happy Hour" runs weekly, or biweekly, sometimes more...but that's beside the point! Right now we have a grand total of 6...just from one week! We made a deal and we're not throwing any away. We're going to see how many we can get before the year ends. haha:)we're lame...I know. But it's all part of the college experience! GOOD GOOD TIMES!!!!!

Today is a beautiful day!!

Today is a beautiful day! The sun is shining, it got above 40 degrees, there's only 2 weeks til the much anticipated and much needed SPRING BREAK!!! and today is email day:)I love email day because I love Kevin! And I'm in a great mood:)Yesterday a friend of Kevin and I had a farewell and I was able to go to it. I was so touched by his sincere testimony. And I have a love for missionaries; they do hard work, great work, and bless the lives of many. I look up to them a lot, namely one in particular;)but it was a great talk. He will do great! I was also fortunate enough to see the Wilder family! I <3 them! They have become great friends over the past year and they always make me feel welcome and loved....who doesn't like that?! They invited me to their house for dinner and was stoked to go! It was so great!

When I got back to Ephraim it was like a party! Me and the roomies had a fun fun night! I got to bed way late...so needless to say I am dead tired, but it was worth it! And this morning I woke up to lovely, wonderful, amazing messages from Kevin. I love him and he makes me so happy:)And to top it all off...it was warm outside!
The best part is....the week is only going to get better! Tonight I get to go to yoga. Tomorrow morning I get to sleep in and I only have 2 classes. Wednesday I don't have work and I only have 3 classes, one of which is stage makeup and I get to make myself look like a witch...with a prosthetic nose and all! Thursday will kinda suck...but my Thursdays always suck. Fridays are just good always and I'm not helping with a snow blast this weekend!! And on Saturday my family is coming down to me! It's family day at my ward and they are coming! I'm stoked! It is a great day!

UP!

I love the movie Up! It is so magical. I want a love like Ellie and Carl! I want to get married and have a cute little house where we're both so happy together. I want to have picnics and a "Paradise Falls" fund. I want to have babies (I realize this is different than in up...). I want to grow old with my Carl. And love my Carl so much that I'd fly my house with helium balloons to his dream destination. I also want to effect someone's life the way Carl effected Russ' life. I want to have a dog...and however cliche it may be, I want to name that dog Dug. I want to sit outside an ice cream parlor and count the red and blue cars. I can't wait to watch this movie with my Carl....it will be so magical. I want to mean to my Carl what Ellie means to her Carl. This movie has also given me a new motto...ADVENTURE IS OUT THERE!!! So, for the next little while, that is my motto. With the spirit of adventure I will tell myself "Adventure is out there!"

I'm ready to be done!

Snow College has been a really great experience and boy have I LOVED it! I've met great people...including my best friend, Kevin Wilder...I've had the BEST job ever that I have loved so much and learned a TON from, I've had fun times and sad times, high times and hard times, I've grown up a lot, I bought my FIRST CAR, I did great in some classes, not so great in other classes, and I would hope that maybe, just maybe, I had an impact on someone's life. As much as I have enjoyed my Snow College experience, and as much as I will miss is here, I am ready to be done. I want to be closer to home, I want to be with a different crowd of people, haha:)I want to get out of Ephraim! I might miss it later, and regret wanting to get out so soon...but for right now...I just can't wait to be done!

Christmas!

Sheesh! Sorry it took me so long to post about my glorious Christmas! I had a nice long break...I got to go home on Dec. 11. It was so nice to be home with my family. and it was SUPER NICE to be away from school! No proffesors, no homework, no roommates, you get the idea!

I had so much fun hanging out with my family. We ate out (probably more than we all should have!), went to see movies, played games, and just chilled. It was great! I also got invited to my best friend's house for his family's party! It was great to see them and hang out with them. Santa and Mrs. Claus came and I got to sit on his lap:)

Then we had the usual family parties. On the 23 Grandma and Grandpa Bennington had there infamous party! It was a sad day though, grandma had to get her gallbladder removed so gradma and grandpa weren't even there! But, we still had the party, and it was still great! We have the REAL Santa come to our party...and yes I still love to sit on his lap:)I got a lovely purple sweater:)

On Christmas Eve we had a party with my mom's side of the family! We went to the Henderson's in Holliday. We always eat potatoe bacon soup and rolls and yummy yummy things! Haha:)we all got so entertained by some kaleidescopes in the front room. Unfortunately I was unable to get pictures of all of us looking into them:)

Then it was finally Christmas Day! We woke up at about 8 AM and went downstairs together! I got some really great stuff! It was a great Christmas! I got some new clothes, an iPod dock, and UP! I LOVE THAT MOVIE!! AND...our family got a wii!!! It was such a great morning. After a slow get-ready, we went to Kurt and Pam's house to see what Santa left them and then headed down to my Aunt Paula's! In the car...I got a phone call...a very special phone call! It was my cute missionary boyfriend:) I told him I was in the car so he told me he'd call back in a few minutes.

When he called back, I couldn't help but cry! I miss him so much and to hear his voice is like music to my ears! My most favorite part of the phone call was simply that it was like he had never left. We picked up right where we left off and it was just another great casual conversation. I got to hear about his mission and some of his investigators. And he said a prayer for me in Khmer (that's the dialect of Cambodian he's speaking) and I LOVED IT!!! I told him about my life back here in Utah...about school, roommates, and general life. It was so magical. We got to talk for about 45 minutes. When it came time to say godbye I was extremely sad, but I knew that we had the BEST talk and it would be okay to let him get back to serving the Lord. This phone call made for a VERY happy Whitney. I got everything I could have asked for on Christmas.

The day after Christmas we went to my cousin John's house for his HUGE party. He serves the BEST food ever! It was delightful! New Years Eve was pretty bleak...I stayed home with my family. It was fun...we played some fun games and of course had yummy food! After the blur of fun holiday days...I had to wake up and come back to school. I was sad...and maybe cried a little. But it is nice to be back in Ephraim!