I ❤ to see the temple...

CONFERENCE

Wow were there some really great talks or what? Elder Holland is my favorite. He ALWAYS says it just how it is... There are no hidden messages. My boyfriend's grandparents scored us some SWEET tickets. We were sitting just about 18 rows back. Such an amazing experience. If you have yet to actually go TO conference, I HIGHLY recommend it. Here are a couple pictures from the day (:

My Husband

I got a little bored last night and decided I wanted to make a list of qualities I want in a future boyfriend/husband, so when the time comes I won't have to worry about finding Mr. Right.

1. Return Missionary

2. Athletic

3. Tall, dark and handsome

4. kind

5. great sense of humor

6. a supporter of my goals and dreams

7. passionate about his work/studies

8. sweet and loves to hold me

9. a little boy at heart -- has a child's innocence and innate trust in the world

10. highly-tolerant; open-minded

11. sweet to his mother

12. well-read

13. LOVES TO TRAVEL

14. remembers things I say

15. someone who always looks after my welfare

16. has a great deal of respect for women

17. a hopeless romantic

18. loves to give me back rubs

19. smells good

20. LOVES MY FAMILY & friends

21. fiercely loyal and honest

22. someone who dresses well

23. has a STRONG testimony and temple worthy

24. someone who openly considers me his best friend

25. someone who surprises me with nice, little meaningful things

26. outdoorsy and adventurous

27. has wonderful, expressive eyes

28. courageously pursues his dreams

... more to come I am sure.

future set in stone

If you heard the rumor that I got into Dental Hygiene school, you're RIGHT! After a year of not knowing what in the world I wanted to do then another year of prerequisites I have finally been admitted into the dental hygiene program. I start at the beginning of May and it's basically year round, but I'll be DONE with my bachelors after 22 months. After I finish the program chances are I'll get right into the new world and start to work. BUT I may come back to BYU and get ANOTHER major in either Public Health or Communication Disorders.

UCDH

Where I will be doing most of my clinical work (:

New beginnings (:

Fall semester has already started.  I can't believe how fast time flies by.  I wish I could just be done with school!  Still got tons more schooling to get through before any of that happens.  Anyway, here are so new pictures since my last post (:

Katelyn (my niece) and I on our last night at Bear Lake

My awesome friend Sean and I at the last Bee's game of the season.

YES this is my new room and YES I have a walk-in closet.

Human Anatomy

Wow!  I can't believe that summer is basically over.  I feel like I never even had a summer because I was SO SO busy in school.  Everyone thought I was crazy for deciding to take Human Anatomy (one of the hardest classes at BYU) during a summer term.  BUT I'm SO happy I did.  Forgetting about the thousands of hours I put towards this class, I actually really enjoyed it.    This class has actually made me change my major.  I really hope to go into nursing.  So right now I'm in that stressful part of college life trying to apply to a million different programs to see where I get in.  I just can't wait to get past all the prerequisites and push forward to the REAL stuff :)

Happy Birthday Katelyn!

Eric and Rebecca invited me go to bowling with them on Katelyn's birthday.  I could tell she had a really good day and didn't want her birthday to end!  Here are a few pictures/video's from the night...  Sorry some of them are sideways...

Her great grandma Murray sent her $10 and she had to lay it all out and count them.

Awww Whitney was SO happy :) She even got to bowl some!

Tips of the week.

Having a personal trainer has taught me a lot.  So I figured, why not share simple eating tips with the rest of you...

1.  For a midnight snack, eat a little protein, but no carbs!  Try protein powder in water, or my favorite - Celery and Peanut butter.

2.  Cut back, don't cut out.  Do you have a comfort food that messes with your diet?  Have you tried giving it up for a little while then find yourself gorging when you can't stay away a day longer?  Don't try to eliminate that food, instead, just cut it in half.  My trainer told me that 10% of my days diet can be whatever I want.

3.  Alright this one may seem kind of weird...  But if you've already had your 10% for the day and you have another craving, go brush your teeth.   It's a simple way to beat your cravings 

4.  Find yourself getting lazy every once in a while or if all your buddies want to eat fast food, it's okay!  As long as you find the right thing on the menu...  Sometimes I find myself trapped thinking what should I get that will do the least damage to my healthy goal.  Go for the grilled chicken instead of crispy (fried).  For example if you're at McDonalds get the Grilled Chipotle BBQ Snack Wrap.

That's it for now!  I'll try to come up with more later :)