Homecoming

So yes my friends and I still go to our high school's homecoming game. Our Alma Mater is being torn down this summer, so we wanted to go get a few pictures in front of the high school before it's gone. I hadn't really been back to our high school since I graduated and it was very interesting being back. A flood of memories washed over me.

Cheerleading on the field. Homecoming Royalty. Got Milk photoshoot. FBLA meetings. Crush sodas for Valentines. Coca Cola tours. Long bus rides. Even longer bus rides when the football team lost a game.

Countless times of missing class with the bestie. The musicals. Madrigal performances. Cheerleading competitions. Sadies with Manu. Braces. Christmas season. 

6 AM cheerleading practice. Mr Granger Performances. Seminary Council. Painting the Seminary Shield. Making Seminary videos. Chemistry class with Atkins. Swim meets. 

G-Rides with Manu and Nate. Skyroom performance when Ty got drunk. The boys getting arrested. The boys coming back and talking about the horrible jail food. 

Dances with the räpêr. Going to business conventions with the bestie. UBW. Girls State. The bestie and I were given the wrong topic for our business presentation. Senior class farewell assembly. Lots of laughter and tears. The list could go on and on.

It's amazing how things have changed, but I guess that's what happens with time. You move on to bigger and better things. 

A Bicycle Built For Two

One of the coolest guys I know got home from his mission in Panama a few weeks ago. I met Jason six years ago at EFY. We've stayed in close contact during those past few years. So after not seeing each other for two years we decided to go on a tandem bike ride. Best idea ever. The weather was perfect (I was worried that it would rain on us because you never know what will happen with Utah weather). And the views were gorgeous. We biked up the Provo Canyon Trail and saw the leaves changing colors.

It has been funny to have him back home and still being in missionary mode. He speaks in English the majority of the time, but every once in a while he will great a random stranger with an "Hola" or "Buenas." He may be white on the outside, but he is Panamanian on the inside. 

Birthday Time

Hooray for more family birthdays! Today is my mommy's birthday.
So Happy Birthday Mom. Can't wait to see you this weekend.

Thanks for always being there for me, letting me post this picture of you on the internet and for being the best mom ever. 

Bienvenidos a Tejas!

Today Elder Manu Mulitalo leaves the MTC after 8 and a half weeks. He reports to the Texas McAllen mission today and I could not be any prouder. 
I won't lie, one thing that can always brighten up my day is getting a letter from him... in Spanglish. I can't wait until he sends pictures of him next to some little 4'11 Mexican that he baptized. 
Here's to the next 22 months of his mission.
Do great Elder Mulitalo and make me proud.

Chanco, I Need To Borrow Some Esweats.

Richard, my construction management friend, came over a few days ago. He had just gotten back from playing basketball and he got all sweaty. So he borrowed his sister Selica's hoodie so he could get out of his esweaty t-shirt.

This is what appeared at my door that day.

Ladies, he's single.

Building A Bookshelf

Once upon a time, I bought a bookshelf. I brought it home and decided I would wait a few days until I had time to put it together. Finally Sunday rolls around and after church, I decided to put it together. I pulled all the pieces out of the box and then I realized...I don't have any tools. I asked my roommates if we had any and we pulled out a very sad looking hammer. 
Luckily Richard was over at the house and he came to the rescue. He (being a BYU graduate with a major in construction management) has plenty of tools. 5 minutes later, we started on the bookshelf. 

About an hour later, we finished the bookshelf. Richard turns to me and says, "I don't think you're gonna like me very much." I asked him why but turned around and saw the bookshelf. It looked like this:

I didn't really want a bookshelf that had crooked shelves. So we took another 20 minutes to finish it. But in the end it was beautiful. And that ladies and gentlemen is the story of what happens when you ask a construction management major to help you build a Walmart bookshelf.