another week

And so another week has come and gone. I am officially entering midterms this week. They shouldn't be too bad, just have 6 to take before Bry is home! I have my first german Test tomorrow, so we will see how that goes. And I will continue working at my new job! I had some training this last week and then spent the rest of the week trying to figure out what my schedule will be. It is a tedious process, having to look up every class I work in and write down what times they are not being used. After 6 hours I finally have that list compiled and now just need to figure out the most time efficient way to go about checking all the rooms. Good thing I get paid for all this! I really think I will like working at CMS. The people are all really nice, they say they are like a family and I totally agree. They all laugh and joke and I think it will be a very fun environment to work in.

Thanks to lots of help from Paula, and mom and dad, I was able to finally submit my scholarship application! That is a relief to finally have done!

The announcement also came this week that Vienna is offical! We have enough people signed up so it is a go! I have a meeting with the Director this week that should give lots of information about what is coming up/needs to be done. I am excited for this week!

Good News!

Over the last two weeks lots has happened! So last week I had an interview with Brother Minert, the director of the Vienna Study abroad. He asked me a bunch of questions, like what would I do in this kind of situation ect. At the end he said "me and Jeanne (his wife) really like you, so I'll change your status to accepted." SWEET! So I am official accepted, but the program is still not official, not until there are enough girls signed up. But the Minert's had a little meeting at their house on thursday that the director and two girls from this last semester abroad were at. It was really good to hear them talk about being there and ask them a few questions. Bro Minert interviewed 3 more girls that night and thinks we will have enough! I am so excited to go and experience this place.

The other good news is that... I got a job! yay! finally! So it is with BYU classroom support, I'm not sure what the actual name is, but its were Karl works. My interview went really well, they called and said I got it, and I go in tomorrow to get officially hired. I will be working 20 hours a week which is kind of more than I was hoping, but I am just grateful that I have a job. I'll let you know how it goes!

So last friday my roommates had a pizza and movie night. Stefany actually went on a date so we traded her for Spencer, one of our FHE brothers. It was really fun!






Then on Saturday, the boys were nice enough to come get me :) I decided to treat them to the creamery, as a thanks. Then I spent monday shopping with mom, Paula, Erik, Doug and Echo. It was fun and I got screaming deal on some shirts. Thanks mom!

at our ward talent show

So now on to another week. Luckily I don't have any tests this week, but they are coming. Here is a little German for the week:

Ich trage ein braunes Hemd. Ich bin gross und schlank. Ich habe langes blondes Haar und blaues Augen. Ich bin glucklich und verruckt!

Back in full swing

Well school has definitely started! I have already had a date with Harold. (the LIBRARY). I am liking all of my classes and don't think the work load will be to bad, although what we talked about in PDBio kinda went over my head today.... So I am taking Religion from Sister Black with seems really good. She is a funny lady with many quirks, but knows her stuff. I am sure I will learn lot from her. Next there is Book of Mormon, Humanities, (which I already read the Iliad for and actually quite enjoyed!) PDBio, Public Health Lecture and German. Ah German. It has been pretty fun so far, and pretty hard :). We jumped right in the first day and have been full speed ahead since. Understanding how the pronoun affects the adjective is going to take some memorization, but slowly I'll get it! Here is a little of what I know so far:

Ich Heisse Lindsay. Meine Jacke ist shwarz. Meine leibingsfarbe ist lila. Hope fully that was right... :)

So besides school, I turned in that application on campus, and had an interview with APX. Both of these I thought well and they said they would call me by the end of the week... Still no calls which is disappointing but we'll see. I got to stand in line for an hour at the book store, to first return a book and then wait in line again to buy a different one. Yay so fun.


I went to the Basketball game with Brooke and Brittany, and saw Shannon Timmons when I was there. That was so fun! I had 3 classes with Shan last semester and now we have none! I miss her already, so it was good to see her.


I also went to dinner at Costa Vida with my roommates. I love them all so much and am glad we get along so well. They are all amazing girls who I am learning so much from.

Lastly I have a funny story. So on Saturday night some kids in the ward went over to Ryan's sisters house to hang out. We had gone the night before and watched a movie, and not wanting to do that again we brought some games. Well I brought a game, uno, that i got for Christmas. So one we decided that we really didn't want to watch tv I went and got the cards. I opened up the nice new box, excited to shuffle brand new cards. (Uno cards are always destroyed) After a few shuffles I turned the cards over and actually looked at them, and what did I see?? ONLY yellow and red. NO blue, NO greeen. What the heck! haha you can't play uno with two colors! so that was an epic fail, but we had a good time any way.

I also went to the CES fireside and thought it was extremely timely with what seems to be going on in everyone's lives. Elder Christofferson said that we need not look to the future, but rather just focus on today. The Lord can provide us with our daily bread, all that we need to get through the day. I am grateful to know that the Lord does care about each of us and can give us the strength to get through anything.

This next week I hope to have an interview with the Vienna director, so we'll see how that goes!

Christmas Break

I have just enjoyed a nice two week break from school. I had lots of time to relax and spend time with my family, which I love. We started the break off with a party! Janice's 2nd Birthday party to be exact! I can't believe she is so old, but she definitely has good taste!

Us kids all comfy on the couch

Echo's baby blessing was the next thing on the list. I'm so grateful I got to spend so much time holding her. She is beautiful!

It was freezing all break! Which I was actually glad of because it hadn't felt like christmas time in Provo having been so warm. We kids took the chance to go out and play in all the new snow, and with Janice.

Doug and I made a snow man

We pulled Janice on the sled

Who knew making a snowman have a face would be so entertaining!

There was plenty of time for me to help mom dip the last of the fondants. Mmm... thanks for making them mom!

On "Chirstmas Adam" we had a Bethlehem dinner. It was an adventure to say the least!

Dallin, Erik and I had to unshell all the pine nuts... we had cooked them with the shells on the first time- whoops!

We ate Spinach puffs!! (Kronk from Emperors New Groove...)

There is the yummy dinner!

Christmas was next and it was great! We all slept in and didn't finish opening presents until around 3. It was great to talk to Bry, and being able to skype was even better. My favorite present was probably the book that "Santa" gave me, Europe on a shoestring, with $$ inside. Not that the book is my favorite, but the fact that it means my parents are supporting me in my desire to go on study abroad. That is probably the best news all break! and I finished my application today!

Echo looking quite festive :)

I played a lot of rock band, and did freaking amazing on the new guitar!

Lastly, the family went bowling and out to dinner, which was really fun.

Two sisters

It was a great break and I couldn't have asked for a better family to share it with! I am excited to be back at school, but do have a little bit of that "first day to school" feeling. I'm sure it will go away.... hopefully! haha but I am excited to be taking German, and to be back with my fun roommates. The best news about being back down here is that it looks like I just might be able to get a job. Karl brought an application over to me tonight! Hopefully that works out, as I begin another semester at BYU.