New Roomies!!!!

I thing that came about with the end of the school year is.......

New Roomies!!!!!


This is Carissa Brimhall and Lanae Bendel my two new roommates! I have loved being able to spend time with them! They are such fun girls!!! These are some of the activities that we have done so far:

• bought fishes: their names are Adan, A- (Adash), and Addea
• ate fish tacos
  
• go on walks
  
• eat ice cream
• ride playground horses (Go White Thunder Go!!!!)
• Play volleyball

And I'm sure there will be plenty more activities that will be done as we live together more!!!

And to our surprise, we discovered yesterday that we are getting another roommate for the summer. Anne Carroll is moving in with us and I am so excited to be able to live with her! I was originally going to live with her my freshman year, but switched apartments the summer before. Now I finally get to! This is going to be a fun summer with new roommates and good weather to finally be able to spend time outside!!

Summer!!!

I'm done! I finished all of my finals and they all felt like they went well so I'm happy! And the best new is... (drum roll)... I passed my exit jury!! Hooray! My exit jury was my final for my viola lessons and since my major (BA in music) only requires 4 semesters of lessons, I was able to do my jury that passed me out of my lessons. And I passed it! (But don't worry, I'm still taking lessons). And now I get to enjoy a couple weeks of no work or school! Crazy thought huh?! It will be nice to relax and enjoy myself and hang out with my family for a bit before work and summer school starts. Gotta love life!

Recital...........

DONE!


Exit Jury...................

BRING IT ON!

Catch Up!

So I haven't wrote for a while and need to catch up on what's been going on. Life's been crazy and busy, but good! Here's an overview of things that have been going on!

Cavelcade!!
I went home to Mesa the first weekend of March and got to see my sisters play in cavelcade. For those of you who don't know what that is, it is a piano performance. There are about 20 pianos on the stage and there are a bunch of kids playing duets on them. It's always cool see all of the kids playing the piano! This years cavalcade was a special one because.... JON SCHMIDT WAS THERE!!!! He played a couple songs during the performance and it was awesome!!!! He is an amazing pianist and composer. I bought one of his books after the concert and I love it!!!

Aubree Fry!! My dear friend and used-to-be roommate had the amazing opportunity to be married and sealed in the temple to Aaron Fry on March 13. I was honored to be a bridesmaid and to see her throughout the day and help her. I want to congratulate her and Aaron and tell them good luck! You guys are adorable together! But now.... our apartment is down to 5. Back to normal!!!

Zoo!!
During I had spring break, which was very much needed and enjoyed. During Spring break I got to go to the Phoenix Zoo with Guthrie! I had so much fun!!! I got to play with the cutest kids and see lots of animals! One of the favorites was the flamingos.


Las Cruses!!
The weekend after spring break, I got to go to Las Cruses, New Mexico to visit my sister and her family and see her daughter get blessed. It was so good to see all of them and to be able to spend time with my family and to see Las Cruses. Saturday night we walked around an old part of town. It was really cool to see how different it was compared to Mesa. It had the Spanish feel to it.Opera!!
The past week my life has been devoted to NAU's opera production of Mozart's "The Magic Flute". It was a long week filled with long rehearsals, but I made it through! The last performance was this afternoon and now I'm done with it! It was an interesting experience playing for an opera. The cast did a wonderful job! I didn't get to watch any of it because I was playing most of the time, but I'm hoping to be able to watch a video of it soon.

That's been my life the past couple months. Nothing too exciting, but I certainly keep busy! Only a month of school left and then I have a break! Let's hope that I do well on all of my school work the rest of the school year, and then I will be a junior in college! I do not feel that old, but I am! Good luck to everyone on the rest of the school year!

Thoughts of the Day...

I have been thinking about life a lot lately, and how much it is constantly changing around me. For example, I have two roommates who are engaged, one who is planing on serving a mission in year, and another one who is moving back home with her family. This is just showing me that no matter how planned out your life is, those plans can change in the blink of an eye. And this is what I am seeing all around me; changes happening in everyone's lives. But through all of this change, I have been able to find some consistancy and stability in my Savior and the gospel, as well as in my family. I just want to say how much I appreciate my family. No matter how out of place I feel everywhere else I go, I know I can always go home and feel loved and have a place with my family.

They are crazy and goofy, but I love you guys so much! I am also so very thankful for the gospel and Jesus Christ, my Savior and Redeemer, in my life. Whenever I am having a bad day I know that I can turn to my Father in Heaven and my Savior Jesus Christ for comfort and guidance. They are and always will be there for with their arms reached out towards me. I have been pondering today and have learned that I need stability in my life. I am so glad that I have these two major parts of my life that give me what I need. Without these giving me this stability, I do not know what condition I would be in today.