Woahhh slow down!

Time is flying by! 

It's kinda nice but also kinda crazy!

I had a moment today where I was a good student and decided to plan out my studying schedule for 

finals. (I did not come up with this on my own. My freshmen mentor gave me this idea.) 

After planning on what I would study each week until finals I realized how quickly they are coming up.

Meaning how quickly Thanksgiving is coming, Christmas, and a new semester. 

I guess it's good. 

I get to see my parents really soon,

my friends, 

and I get to move on to more exciting classes. 

But still..I don't want to look back on my college years and say, 

as my good friend Alex would say, 

"It all happened to fast!"

Which is bound to happen no matter what I do. 

Yup. 

Proud Sister

Here I am eating some Halloween candy waiting for my laundry to be done and all I can think about is how proud I am of my sister. 

She has decided to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 

I always thought that if anyone was to go on a mission in the family it'd be me. 

Sara had never wanted to. It was never part of her plan.

(Which is fine, women aren't required to serve a mission like the men are.)

But she had the thought come into her head and couldn't fight it anymore.

It just was right.

I was the first person she told. 

ME. 

Of all the important people in her life she choose me to tell first.

Probably because she had the opportunity to and it just happened..

but still, she told me first.

For those who don't really know my relationship with my sister let me explain:

We were never the best friend kind of sisters.

We didn't fight all the time we just were so different we never really were best friends.

Of course we had our fair share of fighting but as we got older we saw more of our similarities instead of our differences and we have grown pretty close.

We try to go to lunch once a week, mostly cause I pay with my meal plan, but also I think it's nice to catch up.

Anyways...

I love my sister. She is such a great example to me and I'm so proud of her and all she is accomplishing. 

I cannot wait to find out where she is serving. 

I'm hoping somewhere cool, like Europe or something, so I can go pick her up in a cool place. :)

Also another little thing I thought of is now all the attention is going to be back on Sara. 

Which I am ok with. haha

Sara had all the attention basically from her senior year until her junior year of college.

With graduating, starting college, London, etc.

Then I had it with my Senior year stuff, my knee, teeth, starting college, etc.

Now it's back to Sara. 

I guess I have to think of something exciting to happen in my life for when she gets back so we can keep this trading of attention going. Any ideas?

What a good week.

And it isn't even over yet.
Here are a few things that happened to me this week-

• I went on a run, and trying to push myself I tried to set a fast pace. I was on my way back after gaining quite a lot of speed and I was passing the boys dorms (so downhill) and I was behind the cannon and as I was passing a boy (a pretty cute boy may I add) I tripped. I tripped and fell flat on my face. Seriously so embarrassing. The guy was like "Oh my gosh! Are you ok???" and I quickly got up and was like "yea I'm fine!" and he was like "are you sure!?" (obviously trying so hard not to laugh) and I was like "yea thanks!" and ran away. Limping. I was limping. Pain. Knee skinned (I guess this wasn't go great but I got a good laugh out of it. I hope you do too.)
• I got my teeth! Refer to earlier blogs for full explanation about that. But they look so good and I am so happy.
• I graduated from physical therapy! They think I'm pretty much good to do anything. So here you go people. Technically my Doc said not to play lacrosse or any competitive sports until May but..I've been cutting and running hard and everything had been fine. I'm gonna take it easy no worries but I'm just ready to be active again. I think I'm going to try to hike the Y. I'll let you know how that goes. It's not as easy as you may think.
• I got to pick my classes. So far things aren't working out exactly according to plan but when does anything ever go according to plan? Oh yea. Never. So I'm accepting that this is part of the plan. (A little trippy huh?) Things will work out. They always do. 
• It's Halloween weekend! I was going to go up to Idaho to see Shaunessy but something came up so I can't. I'm pretty bummed about that but I'm sure fun things will be happening this weekend down here in P-town. I just need a good costume idea. Any suggestions? 

Anyways. That's been my exciting week. I guess not too exciting but I'm excited. have I said excited enough? I think so. Anyways..Keep it real my loyal bloggers. 

The Deed is FINALLY done!

Finally.

The day we have all been waiting for. 

I got my permanent teeth. 

PERMANENT.

It hasn't even sunken in yet.

I'm so used to going back in a couple weeks to get different ones.

But not this time!

This babies are staying in! 

If you are confused by what is going on please read this post>>

http://annieturner126.blogspot.com/2011/10/zombie-week.html

It will explain everything. 

Here are some pictures of my lovely, expensive (thanks mom and dad), and OH SO WORTH IT teeth. :)

My New Favorite.

One of my new favorite things to do is to wander around campus on Sunday. 

No one is there. It's quiet, and beautiful. 

Especially now with the nice weather. 

It's beautiful. 

I love to sit and watch people walk by on their way to church, and just take in the sun. 

I like to find a nice place in the sun to sit and call home.

After that I just love to sit and take it all in.

I'm trying to enjoy this weather before the long, cold, snowy winter comes. 

Also side note- my backround on my computer changes everyday and recently it's been pictures from basketball season. It makes me miss it a lot. But it's also great to be reminded of the good times with those boys. And Emily of course. :)

Anyways. Maybe you should try walking on campus on a Sunday sometime. I might even let you sit and watch with me. Might being the key word. :)

Things I love..

In the spirit of my incredibly happy mood that has now spilled over into today I want to make another list of things I love. :)

• My recent new favorite snack- a PB Jamwich.

• Waffle Crisps. Best cereal ever.

• My Weekly Routine. Finally I have some order to my life.
• The Utah Mountains (especially now with the changing leaves.)
• BYU (pretty much everything about it but here are some specific things-
• The Clock Tower Hymns. They always seem to be perfect to the moment. 
• Praying before every class starts (At first this was weird. But now I love it.)
• Well-dressed boys. Of course there are some that need some help (plaid on plaid disease is rampant here.) But there are a lot of very well-dressed men.
• Politeness. Doors are held, smiles are given, compliments from random people are received. etc.
• Family. My sister is here I've never been so close to my extended family. It's wonderful.

• Rain. I love when I get to put on my raincoat and rain-boots and go jump in puddles.

• Twitter. I love reading friends tweets, tweeting things on my mind, and getting celebrity updates. Like Hilary Duff is having a baby boy!

• Sweater and Scarf weather. It is currently the perfect temperature for a cardigan and scarf. Perfect.

• Running.
• a) that I can run.
• b) that it's perfect weather right now.
• c) alone time to think and clear my head of all my stressful plans. Nothing else seems to get the job done the same
• My lax bro shorts. So comfortable. Best DI purchase. Only 3 bucks!

• School Supplies. I love markers, crayons, pencils, pens, paper, notebooks, chalk, any and everything Crayola makes, etc.

• My new BYU friends. So much fun is had. We may not get the men, we may not go to crazy parties every weekend, but one thing is for sure, we know how to have a good time.

Don't be deceived by the boy in the picture.
We don't go on dates.
Besides Alex.

• My Herndon Friends. Of course I still love them. And I miss them everyday. I cannot wait for Christmas.

• My Family. DUH. I love their support and just how well they know me. Most the time I think they know me better then I know myself.

• My Gospel. I love that I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I love my God. I love my Savior. I know that this is the only true church and that is the thing that keeps me so grounded. Without it I'm pretty sure I would be going nowhere good, fast. It is the thing that brings me pure joy. It's the reason I'm so happy. I am so blessed. God is so good. So very good. 

Oh So Happy!

Today I am extremely happy. 

Like ridiculously happy.

 And for no specific reason am I happy. 

I just am. 

It may be because of these things that happened today:

I accidentally slept through physical therapy..(that wasn't so good).

I sat outside and enjoyed the weather.

I had an amazing Book of Mormon class.

I went for a run.

I got passed while running cause my knee makes me slow but instead of being discouraged I giggled.

I ran to the Temple.

I stopped and sat in front of the Temple for a while just trying to take in the beauty of it all.

The mountains are changing colors, the sky was bright blue, the grass was super green.

The temperature was just perfect.

As I finally started to run back to my dorm I passed a old man on a bike and he gave me a big hearty smile.

Had a nice chat with Emily (nothing has changed since high school.)

I had dinner with some fun people.

I'm pretty funny on twitter.. (at least I think so)

And now I'm blogging. Which makes me even happier.

Overall it was just a good day. 

No particular reason, just cause I'm happy.

And cause God is oh, so good to me.