mormon tweet.

i have been home for a little over a month now and it is definitely different than being in school. although i miss rexburg and my friends i have absolutely loved being home.
being around my parents more and living a slower lifestyle has really been a blessing.

something that has been on my mind since the first of the year is the gospel.
one of my (many) new year's resolution was to finish the book of mormon by april 10th. i have only finished this wonderful book once in my life and i wanted to challenge myself. obviously being home i've had way more time to read and ponder. But it made me think how sometimes i get caught up in life and seem to forget the real purpose.

for three full days in october i gave up my phone and all social media for a project for my communications class. i had become too obsessed with my phone that it was a challenge to be without it.  as ridiculous as it sounds  it was an eye opening experience. it just showed me how much things like twitter, texting, instagram, facebook don't matter. i have been distracted by these worldly things when i need to be more focused on what really matters in this life.

the church of jesus christ of latter day saints has just given me everything. it's the reason for all my happiness and i have no idea where i would be without it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Cw8I8eukaI
-video on how we should start making a change today.

so this is the new year.

[2 0 1 3] what a year it was.


JANUARY:

-i finished my first semester of college and was exhausted.
-spent the month sleeping and starting my new job with my parents.
-went to singles ward for the first and last time. 
 
FEBRUARY:

-my best friend in the whole world, kiersten kay, visited chan and i in south carolina.
-then the three of us headed to new york city for the first time. it was magical. 
 
MARCH:

-continued to work 24/7.
-caught up on alot of tv and went to the gym.
-took a much needed trip to charleston.

APRIL:

-made the journey to colorado to visit kiersten for a couple days before school. loved it.
-started spring semester in idaho.

MAY:
 















-hiked, paddle boarded, jumped off bridges, had bonfires, swam, schooled.
-enjoyed the fantastic weather of idaho.
 

JUNE:

-visited the great city of burley with my favorite roommates, rode a horse, that was cool.
-celebrated turning 19, got really old really fast .


JULY:

-visited montana for the first time for the 4th. caught my first fish, impressive.
-studied for exams and met some amazing people the last two weeks.



AUGUST:

-returned to the dirty south for the 7 week break.
-worked non stop for three weeks straight.
-hung out with my chickens
-saw ke$ha in concert with my columbia friends.
 
SEPTEMBER:

-started my second fall semester at byu idaho.
-roomed with my best friends in the world.
-began my classes with my new major: communications.

OCTOBER:

-celebrated everything fall related.
-attended my first general conference in slc.
-went to a hoodie allen concert. easily top 3 funnest nights of the year.
-went to some awesome halloween parties.



NOVEMBER:

-parents came to visit rexburg, didn't want them to leave.
-spent thanksgiving in park city with the whole fam damily. 


DECEMBER:

-finished up the semester with only 4 aniexty attacks during finals week.
-sang lots of christmas carols.
-hated saying goodbye to all my friends.
-flew across the u s of a to get back home.