Welcome to the Family!

I got to meet baby Gavin! Kariesa, Jared, Addie, and Gavin stopped in Lehi on the way back from California for the night. Courtney and I drove over, and I got to hold my newborn nephew. He is such a blessing and a beautiful baby!

Addie is growing up so fast! What a cute little baker...

Oh, Courtney and I had fun with the Valentine Decorations...:)

Thanks Aunt Sue!

Aunt Sue gave me four tickets to the Jazz v Nets game. Courtney, Mark, Chase, and I had a great time (even though my poor Nets got destroyed.)

Although not much of a Nets fan, Chase wasn't afraid to represent Jersey with me! We were two of three Nets fan in the entire arena. (Brook Lopez is totally looking at me in this picture. At least I wish he was!)

Oh, how I love Brook Lopez!

BYU part II begins...

Its good to be back!!

Courtney, Parker and I were excited for a new semester!

It was nice to be reunited with my partner in crime/twin/other half. (nicknames given us by everyone on campus)

Intramural basketball begins! Go Taylorites! We are so pumped for an intense season!

home for the holidays

So the Jersey kids packed up and flew out from Salt Lake City. It was fun seeing so many random friends from school flying home for the holidays. We luckily just made it in to New Jersey before the snow storm hit and delayed several flights.

Evan had a mission farewell at his house, and it was nice to see some of the old Freehold kids.

And I absolutely loved seeing some of my nieces and nephews! I met Carter and Brooke for the first time, and it was fun to see how much Jax has grown!

It was so nice being at home and with family. It was such a nice break from school and the BYU bubble! Yet, at the same time, it was nice to go back and start a brand new year!

19th Birthday in Salt Lake City!

I got to spend my 19th birthday shopping with my best friends!! Could you ask for anything more??

We also went to the BYU men's basketball game at the Energy Solutions Center in Salt Lake City! BYU won, as their present to me.

We had dinner at Olive Garden, and then spent the night at Whitney's house in Bountiful. We stopped at Nielson's frozen custard on the way, which was so good!

Temple Lights

Nate, Jenica, me, and Caleb in front of the Salt Lake City Temple.

I ran into so many people at Temple Square, including future roommate Kari! :)

We had a very nice dinner at top floor of the Joseph Smith Memorial building, and had a breath-taking view of the temple as we ate.

The Tabernacle was still decorated from the Christmas Program, and was absolutely beautiful.