Halloween Extravaganza!

This past weekend was AMAZING. On Friday night, after a swim meet, we had a ward Halloween party (even though Halloween isn't for another week). I just have to say--BYU has some pretty impressive Halloween costumes! It varied from crayons to skyscrapers to superheros. Super Karalee and Super Chelsey were the sweetest superheros out there. All it took was a DI/Walmart run, some inspiration from So You Think You Can Dance (season 5), and Grandma's unitard, and our costumes were complete! Needless to say, our costumes were the bomb. Aubrey was a genie and Makena was a nerd. We love dressing up!

After the party we went and hung out with some friends who were camping out for the ESPN Game Day...tent and all. I'm pretty sure they got on TV the next morning.  Side note: I've never been honked at so much in my life. That's how cool our costumes were :)

Saturday was just as fun with the Homecoming Parade that I was in for swimming, and the football game later that night...even though we lost to TCU. I even got to go up into the box seats to visit my Dad, who got tickets from his friend! (He came for a quick visit this weekend). Best quote from Dad recently? "In life, all you need to do is make rich friends. It doesn't matter if you're rich. It just matters if your friends are rich." haha love ya Dad!

Pacific Invitational in Stockton, CA

I just got back from the Pacific Invitational in Stockton, CA with the BYU swim team! We had such a fun time soakin' in the sun and swimmin' fast. We had lots of fun adventures on the way, including (but not limited to)...

Getting up at 4:30 a.m. to make our flight from Salt Lake at 7:00

Trying to keep up with Tim as he sped through the Oakland Airport, just expecting that everyone else knew where to go!

Having the Hotel we were staying at lose reservations for fifty people

Going to San Fran and Pier 39

Eating LOTS of yummy food

Having bubble fights in the hotel bathroom

We had a blast!!! I love my teammates, and wouldn't change any of these experiences that come with being a part of this team. I feel honored to wear BYU blue and white.

Quick Update

Here's how my life has been going lately...

• School is always a struggle, but so far so good! I'm applying to the Elementary Education program in January and I'm super excited to be done with all my GE's. I've already started taking some classes for my major and absolutely LOVE it.
• Swimming is hard, as usual, but soo much fun! We've had two meets so far, the Blue and White meet and the Freshmen/Sophomore meet vs. Utah. This season is going to be very exciting! The girls are really hoping to be repeat Mountain West Conference champs this year.
• My friends are awesome :) They make me laugh everyday...usually at something ridiculous  Chelsey says or does! Weekends are a blast
• Right now I'm in Irvine, California for the weekend visiting Cheley's brother, sister-in-law, and niece. We've had a really fun afternoon, just hanging at the beach, window shopping, and visiting the temple. We took some really fun pictures on the Newport Beach Pier. I absolutely love California and dream of living here someday!