Who's Student ID Card Is This???

Heeeeeeeyyyy thats me and my name on that UVU student ID card!! I think I am now a full time student there?? WOO YA!!! Everyone I did it :) I know shocking… I am a little shocked myself to be honest. I didn't think I would make it this far. Just teasing :) 

Well guess what guys? I officially made it through my first week of college annnnnd I raced my first race as a Utah Valley Wolverine!!! Kind of REALLy weird to not be wearing my blue and gold stuff and bows (</3). The best part is… I AM ALIVE!! Crazy to think I did some pretty hard things this week and I am here to tell you I am alive, breathing, sore, doing homework 24/7, missing Wyatt, and not eating as much chocolate and candy. But I am as happy as a lark ;) jk I am really happy with where I am and what I am doing. The Lord has blessed me immensely with an amazing family, great team, wonderful bed, a mom who will cook anything for me at anytime of the day oh and she does my smelly laundry oh and always is so willing to rub my feet and calfs out (i know she is THE best), a cute dog that will do the craziest and funniest things, and temples all around me to go and clear my mind and get in tune to the spirit so I can carry on with my crazy life. I am extremely excited for this fun journey/adventure I have begun. OH guess what?!?!?!?! Wyatt's been out 6 months this week!! HOLLA 18 more to go :) I am such a lucky girl <3

The world is a big place full of amazing people…

One of the latest adventures was shared with Emma Sordes. 

Emma is from France and you pronounce her last name like Sword. That was for you Emma ;)

Emma and I met in a interesting way…. I had been wanting to go up to the Draper Temple 

(a.k.a my absolute favorite)

 So my mom and I picked a day that we could go on a fun trail in the morning and then go home and shower and head up to my "Castle" My mom went upstairs to do her thing and I headed down to do baptisms.While walking to the dressing room this beautiful girl was right behind me. My first thoughts were…. "Where did she get that dress?" "Holy moly she is gorgeous!" Then I went on my way. As I was sitting and waiting somebody sat down right next to me. I looked over and it was her. She then leaned over and asked where I was from I said "Orem, you?" she quietly answered saying "France" like it was not a big deal at all. After we had finished everything she asked what my name was because she wanted to add me on Facebook. We then began chatting back and forth and eventually decided we needed to do a little outing together :) We picked a day and went. 

I then met her at the Draper Temple we did baptisms. After I asked her where she wanted to go eat lunch… She of course did not know.  So I said In n Out you must try their AMAZING hamburgers :) 

But she wasn't impressed by the In n Out hamburger :( She said it tastes like Mcdonalds at home… 

I think she is crazy…. So after we ate we spent the whole day shopping. We then headed to one of my good friends wedding reception. Then we could NOT miss Morgan and Addison's food truck. But sadly they closed right before we arrived. But Emma wanted to go and talk with them because their food truck is based off of food from France. So anyways…. 

She got talking with Morgan and Addison and it turns out that morgan served his mission where Emma is from and he knows her older siblings. So seriously the world gets smaller everyday. 

Who knew a piece of paper could mean SO much

This is a delayed post and I am sorry…. I am a busy busy girl ;) anywhooooooooo

I got a surprise letter from the one and only Elder Wyatt Payne!!!! It came at the perfect timing! I couldn't have been happier to have received a letter from my sunshine around the world :) 

On top of the world a.k.a Mount Timpanogos

Hiking Timp has been one of my life long goals/dreams. With living right at the bottom of it and have been running on all of the lower trails my whole life. I had always had the desire to hike this HUGE mountain I look at everyday of my life. I finally got the opportunity to hike up this wondrous mountain with some pretty amazing people. We all met at the Young's home at 4:30 am we said a prayer and we were off. We started our long journey. I was amazed the whole time. We are so blessed to have such an amazing place to live in. I could not believe the fact that I had not been using all of this to my advantage my whole life! It is so beautiful. While hiking up we not only had the entertainment of the beautiful scenery we had Brady and Cade talking about The Lord of the Rings the whole way up and down. They would reenact scenes and explain it all to us. It was very entertaining. Once we got to the very top my breath was taken away (literally haha). It was the most rewarding hike to see "on top of our little world"… We decided to take the most adventurous and dangerous way down. The glacier…. We all had garbage sacks that we wore like diapers and off we went down the glacier. As we all reached the bottom we realized that our bottoms and hands were ice burned. But it was so worth it :) The glacier ended at emerald lake. As tradition follows in their family, everyone must jump into the ice cold lake (except hayden…) So we all took our shoes off and dove into the lake. It takes your breath away!! But so worth the jump :) We then began the long journey to the bottom. That was the longest part for me. We could see the parking lot almost the whole time! Kim and I were so tired of walking so we ran the whole way down. The hike was beautiful and so much fun:) I can not wait to go up again. Anyone want to go?? Seriously I will go!! 

Counting my many blessings. This one is at the top of the list!

Elder Wyatt Christian Payne 

I am extremely grateful for this sunshine in my life. He has changed my life since day one. We have had some fun, hard, happy, sad and everything you can imagine. Elder Payne has changed my life. Maybe one day you will all get to hear the stories of our adventures. Oh by the way Elder Wyatt Payne is serving in Taipei, Taiwan serving a LDS mission :) 

A little change has never killed anyone… Right?

Summer days are filled with laughs, late nights, swimming, getting sunburnt, spending time with friends  and family, and the worst part working. But while that is all great… You still get bored of the same day to day life style. I am a victim of this boredom… But not the typical "Mom I am boreeeeeeed"
It was the I am SO bored of my boring brunette hair!!!! Soooooo I decided to use the handy dandy google to find the change I was searching for. GUESS WHAT?! I most definitely found it!
I would like to admit this decision in my life did indeed take weeks for the actual phone call to happen and set up an appointment. I went to many friends and family members and asked for their honest opinion. I got the thumbs up from almost everyone. Guess who the hesitant one was?? My mother of course :) She loved the idea though. I called and set up the appointment…. Then the wait began. All of my worries kicked in.
THOUGHTS
What if it looks bad?
What if I hate it?
I do NOT want to look like a Barbie. Or ugly...
Will it make me look "fatter"? haha
Will she do what I want?
I can't do it. Should I call and cancel? NO abby… You are doing this!!
The day FINALLY CAME…
Of course while I am driving there I am shaking, almost crying, extremely terrified.
I walked in still shaky. The desk lady asked me to fill out all of this paperwork. OH my it was weird, kind of a big step for me. I have never gone or done anything that big without my Mommy by my side. Buuuuut I was brave ;)
I then went and got settled into my chair. We then began discussing what we would be doing with my hair. THEN IT ALL CHANGED!!!!!!!!
Just so you all stop wondering….
I LOVE IT!!!!!!!
I am extremely happy with how it has turned out. I would say that I am pretty "proud" of myself for being so brave and taking a "BIG" step in my life ;)
I can now check off two things off of my growing up list…
Fill out paperwork without my mom… haha CHECK
Change my hair… CHECK

 I would like to apologize for the repost of my picture of me in The Great Lake Powell…..
Deal with it :)

THE GREAT LAKE POWELL

I had the amazing opportunity to go to Lake Powell this past week. Guess what? It was my very first time to THE one and only Lake Powell. I had all of these ideas built up in my mind and how amazing this lake would be. While driving there I started getting nervous that had built up this amazing place in my mind and that it would not live up to "imagined" Lake Powell. But just to make it clear, my doubt was completely shot down. Lake Powell is the most amazing place I have ever seen and been. Just the simple cruising on the boat and exploring all of the canyons was my favorite part. Every corner you turned there was something even better than the last corner. I was and am so amazed that our Heavenly Father has blessed us with a little bit of heaven on earth. I can not wait to go back…. Anyone wanna take me ;) I promise to be on my best behavior. Just teasing. But I really can not wait for the next opportunity I get to go back to Heaven on Earth :)