Long Time No Write

Well, it has been a long time since I put anything on this blasted blog of mine :) I think today, being as it is Christmas and all, I will put up some of the things that I love and thoughts I have been having :)

1. I love traveling- my goal is to one day travel the world (hopefully with a husband ;) and visit every temple. I want to go all over and experience everything the world has to offer.

2. I love my family- even though they all have their flaws I wouldn't trade them for anything else in the world.

3. I love my roommates. I have heard my fair share of horror stories about roommates. I lucked out definitely :) Aurelia and Kels have become two of my best friends.

4. I love to cook. I am going to put a cookbook together while I am in college and publish it. I like reading cookbooks and sometimes recipes can be too elaborate or expensive for college students. So, I am going to put one together specifically for college students.

5. I love pictures. I haven't been good lately about taking pictures but I am going to catch up on some soon and I love looking at pictures my friends and others take.

6. Soon, I am going to put a list together of everything "Morgan". I want to make sure I write down everything that I come up with because there aren't many people I can talk to... so, I want to write it down... this probably doesn't make any sense at all, but oh well!

7. Christmas is my favorite holiday. I love picking things out for people and seeing their faces when they open it. It is also a whole month long holiday if you really think about it so, why wouldn't it be the coolest holiday?

8. I love going to the gym. It not only is helping me get into shape but it gives me more energy. I may not especially like it when I am there but afterwards I feel so much better.

9. I want to go on a mission. I have decided that I need to start saving for one, in case it is what my Heavenly Father has in store for me. So, I am going to.

10. I need a job :)

Well, I hope this is sufficient... I must go now, and play Wii with my brothers! Merry Christmas everyone!

Changes

So I have been thinking a lot lately about things. I have changed so much since I have been at college. In a good way of course. I have learned so many new things and also things about life in general. I have learned a lot about friendship as well. When I graduated high school, I thought that the friends I had were great. I thought that we were relatively close. I have learned that that's pretty much not the case. Just being here at BYU, I have learned that friends are so much more. I have found the best friends a person could have- I can talk to them, we might not all love the same things but we are all willing to try new things and all of our diversity just meshes. I love these people so much and I am so glad I have been given the opportunity to grow and to learn so much. I have been able to get to know so many good people and experience great things. Yep, that's my life and I love it!

You've Got Mail

Also, I love writing to missionaries and getting mail in my cute little mailbox!

Sniffles and Lawn Mowers

Doing laundry on Tuesdays/Thursdays makes me happy. It is when the grass around my house gets mowed... and I love the tantalizing smell of freshly mowed grass.

That's all.

P.S. I hate being sick and everything that comes along with it :(

Hmmm... Just Some Sunday Pondering...

So basically if you haven't already heard, President Monson came and spoke at a devotional at BYU! YAY! It was so overwhelming to be able to see and hear the prophet speak directly to you. It was a totally different experience being able to see him speak directly rather than hear him on TV or on the radio... So yes... it just made me super-duper excited for general conference... I can't believe its THIS WEEKEND! AHH! Super exciting! But yes... just thought i would share that with ya'll...

Another thing I have been thinking about lately. I really need to start making sure I read my scriptures and say my prayers everyday. And with a temple so close, I need to make it a priority to go every week. So basically I need to do this!

President Monson! Yes we were that close!

The line was forming... It was so long...

Me, Julia, and Bethanie... the three amigos who camped out starting at 6 in the morning!

Julia and I waiting in line... listening to some tunes.

Bethanie and I... waiting in line...

Livin the Life

I have been super busy lately, so now that I have a chance, I will update my many readers on my life thus far at BYU. I have two amazing roommates, Kelsie Carver and Aurelia Andrews. They are a total blast to be around. Haha. My classes are going good, overwhelming at times but I am loving them for the most part. I am taking Music 101, Biology 100, Sociology 100, and New Testament. They are fun- I have Biology and New Testament with my cousin Jeremiah and I have Sociology and Music with Mikelle. Fun times. In October, I start my Nursing 180 class which should be ultra fun. My ward is amazing too, I was called as the Relief Society 1st Counselor and it is definitely a ton of work. I thought Young Womens was a lot of work but this is insane! So many meetings! But I am having a blast doing it- the other sisters in the presidency are so much fun! So yeah, just a little update on my life and how I am doing!

Paige and me... I seriously haven't seen this girl since I was a beehive! Great times!

Jeremiah and I. He kind of needed to shave lol... But he looks like Danny from Grease in this pic! Haha...

Mike, Marci, Jordan. John, my awesome roommate Kelsie and me... at the Fall Fest... total blast!

Me putting my STELLAR orange KitchenAid mixer to good use!

9/16/09

So yesterday marked the fourth year since my father has passed away. I wasn't sure quite what I should do, because I was all by myself. I prayed about it and I ended up having actually a really good day. I baked chocolate chip cookies, because I always remember my dad eating the cookie dough while my mom and I were baking cookies... and she would always get mad at him... Then Kelsie (my roommate) and I watched Bedknobs and Broomsticks because I always used to watch that with my family and it tends to remind me of my dad. Then I went to the Provo temple. That was so cool because I was able to take pictures (below) of the temple... I think our temples are so pretty. But I took a few pictures of my CTR ring at the temple because it is so special to me. My dad actually ordered my ring for me a few days before he passed away and I didn't know about it until it came... so I guess you can say that it was his last gift to me. Then I came home and watched The Princess Bride with John and Kelsie. A great ending to a hard but rewarding day. Then today I got up the nerve to give blood! AHH! I am so afraid of needles... and I figure that I need to get rid of that fear if I want to become a nurse. And, my dad always used to give blood because we have a rare blood and he felt it was his "duty". So I made him proud the last couple of days and I know that he is proud of me for being at BYU... so there... my last two days basically in a nutshell...