Roommate Pictures

From the Left: Lauren (parents own the house, a Middle Eastern Studies major, friends with her since freshmen year, super athletic), Me, Kamila (engaged, English major but learning Arabic) and Nacia (Middle Eastern Studies with Lauren, super cultured and knows Arabic very well).

Okay so in our living room there is a giant bookshelf and all of the shelves were empty. The empty space bugged me so I decided to use my love for pictures and picture frames to spice it up. One of my old roommates Lauren, took a bunch of pictures with her roommates and made a frame out of them. I thought it was priceless. So I begged my roommates to take pictures after church one day so I could copy Lauren's idea. At first they mocked me because of how cheesy it was and the fact that in some of the ones that were supposed to be "candid" we were fake laughing the whole time. But after we got the pictures back, which were taken from my friend Kristin that has a really nice camera, I think they were happy we did it. If you read my descriptions of my roommates you can see I'm basically the only one in the house that doesn't know Arabic. Haha who would have thought? Each of them is very open, cultured, and Lauren and Nacia spent the summer in Jordan. So I am learning a lot from them while they learn how to do make up from me. :)

GO COUGARS!

"Rise and Shout the Cougars are out..." Yes that is part of the BYU fight song that is sung after every touchdown. Thanks to my very generous father, Michael Blevins, I have an "All-Sports Pass" and can attend all of the BYU sports games. This includes the exhilerating BYU football games. I roam from group of friends to group of friends cheering and yelling and sweating(because it is at 1:00 in the afternoon)...all watching our football team in their "Quest for Perfection." Can they go undefeated? They killed UCLA 59-0, let's hope they can keep it up.

My Bedroom

Hello my dear family and friends. I just have to say how excited I am that my sister Monica has now jumped on the Blogger bandwagon. It motivates me to post more often! Okay so I am at BYU starting my Junior year. I now live in a house that is 10 minutes walking distance to campus. It is a cute little house- there are three bedrooms, a large living room and kitchen. But here is the best part: I have my own bedroom! After weird roommate after another this is my little piece of escape. Mom spent three days with me decorating it and buying lamps, pictures, and drawers. With her help and the help of Heather putting up my clothes in the closet, my room turned into (in my opinion) one that is better than those in "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." Here are a few pictures so you can see for yourself!

San Francisco Fun!

First of all, I realize that I am very far behind in this blog. I am in awe at my sister for her dedication in updating daily and I hope some day I will be as on top of it as she is! So I ended swimming lessons this summer and basically had one week before I went back to school. My cousin, Kristin Koyle, drove down from Vacaville to stay for a few nights. As we sat and pondered how I should spend my three days of summer vacation we came to the realization that we could not remember the last time we had gone to San Francisco. This is pretty pathetic considering people travel far and wide to see the great city and we live a few BART stations away. Thus, we set out on our journey to San Francisco--but not without preparation. My mom must have been a travel guide in another life. She had put dollar bills with sticky notes and paper clips attached explaining what the money would be used for. For example exactly 4 dollar bills were attached with the sticky note on top stating "F LINE." We had a clear map and exact change for every mode of transportation. Fabulous. It got embarrassing at one point when we were in the Rainforest Cafe and had to pull out our money with paper clips on it to pay the waiter. It could have been that or the fact that I pretended to have an anxiety attack when the fake storm goes off in the restaurant. I'm pretty sure Kristin wished she wasn't related to me at that point. We also saw many street performers and homeless people along the way. Overall, it was a wonderful day. The city is wonderful and it was the perfect way to end a tiring summer! So thanks to my mom and dad for helping us kids out.








Funny glasses, me with the famous homeless "BUSH MAN", and some other pictures from our day!