Happy 2011

I just recently decided that since my last post was about my Halloween weekend, I was probably due for another one. Remember back when I set up my blog exactly two years ago and I wrote on it at least twice a week? Oh, how the tables have turned. Well, life since Halloween has been great. Thanksgiving was full of family, delicious food, and gave me a little taste of what Christmas break would be like. I somehow finished up the semester on a strong note and finally moved home for two and a half weeks. Arguably two of the best weeks of my life up to this point. I have never been so sad to return to Provo. By the way, I've been wondering today, who thought it was a good idea to put BYU in Provo? Didn't they know that someday a girl would want to live about an hour north of here to be a little closer to a boy she really likes? Seriously. And better yet, why doesn't the BYU Salt Lake Center offer any Elementary Education courses? Maybe I should write President Samuelson a letter. Well, enough of my ranting.

Needless to say, Christmas break was perfect. I spent the entire time with my family and Bennett and it flew by way too fast. We ate tons of food, played new games, watched far too many episodes of Psych, spent who knows how many hours playing the X Box Kinect with Bennett's family, celebrated Christmas and New Years and just genuinely enjoyed every second of those two and a half weeks.

While I'm sad to be back in Provo, I am glad to be in school again with some structure in my life. It was good to have a schedule today and to feel like I'm being productive again. I always love the start of a new year: setting new goals, looking back at the past year and looking forward to the new one.

Here's a run down of the major events in my life during 2010:

• Studied abroad in Jerusalem for 4 months and had the most life-changing experiences that I still think about everyday
• Attended a spring term in Provo for the first time
• Finished all my generals
• Moved home for the summer and spent quality time with the fam
• Traveled to Boston and Sun Valley
• Turned 20 years old
• A pretty awesome guy came into my life
• Had my favorite job I've ever had as a secretary for the University Advisement Center
• Finished up my first semester of the Elementary Ed program at BYU and loved it

It was a big year. It was a great year. Here's to 2011...I have a feeling it's going to be another big and another great one.

And so, while I'm going to miss seeing this face every day, it's good to be back to a routine and starting a new year. Just cross your fingers that the next four months go by as quickly as the break did...

(Bennett and I on a carriage ride around Salt Lake)