Picturesque

Life has been good. So good that I haven't been blogging about it. Or maybe my internet connection dies every time I feel like blogging. So I guess its high time for me to post an update. Lets just say that my life has been full of laughs, smiles, tears (usually from laughing), and cupcakes. Life for the past two weeks has truly been picturesque, which is why I must warn you now that what follows could be classified as death by pictures, so continue at your own risk.

Above is a day in the life of me and my roomies, random fast food runs, taking crazy pictures, and laughing 'til we cry.

This is my most recent project.  I printed off 120 pictures of my favorite moments and put them all around my bed.  Every time I crawl into my bed after a bad day I just lay there and look at all of the good days I've had.  Every unhappy moment I've had shies in comparison to even one of the 120 good moments I have all around me.

Roomates. Are. So. Great.  Nuff Said.

Sweaters, stripes, and polka dots.  Just a few of my favorite things. Must be a good day.

Yet another wonderful football game.  Of course, what made it so wonderful was probably the fact that we were able to squish ourselves into the front row, being that close feels like you are watching a whole different ball game. 

Any who, thats all I really have to say for now..... life is good, I couldn't possibly ask for anything more than the wonderful friends, family, and opportunities that I have right now :)

A Great Place To Be

Maybe we aren't always great at sports. Sometimes we lose the "Holy War". In some cases we may seem too restrictive. But it doesn't matter because BYU will ALWAYS be a great place to be.  I am so lucky to be here in a place of continual self improvement. I am so lucky to have challenging classes that expand my views of everything. I am so lucky to be able to pray with my classes, attend weekly devotionals, see and hear apostles speak, and be among thousands of other people that believe in the same things I do. I'm so grateful to be close to so many temples. I'm grateful for my wonderful roommates, my awesome ward, the beautiful mountains, and the gospel of Jesus Christ. I am so unbelievably grateful to be here.

Freshman 15?

Food. Its so good. Especially junk food. And I have discovered that now I can eat WHATEVER I WANT.  Agh freshman freaking 15, its killing me.  I need to do better but have you seen the cupcakes and frappes at the cocoa bean?!? (They are as cute as they are yummy! and they have edible sparkles!) And whats a girl supposed to do with a gallon of ice cream waiting in the freezer? Certainly not leave it there!!! Ice cream is made to be eaten!! And a food plan solely for the purpose of shopping at the Cougar Eat and the Creamery? Could things get any better?!?! Its a good thing I have such great roomies that are always up for a last second cupcake run and an Icecream study party, lets hope they will be just as enthusiastic about running it off with me haha.

I also discovered the wonders of cheese/bacon/mayo/pesto paninis and cherry chocolate ice cream. Eating a delicious lunch and people watching is the perfect way to spend extra time on campus :)

My Deepest Apologies

Im extremely sorry for failing at blogging. I feel like I fail at life. So much has happened and I didn't even write about it!! Fail fail fail fail fail!!!!! I moved out and started college and I didn't even write about it? yes Im terrible. BUT, I did have an excuse, my internet decided to not work.  Unless my internet connection shapes up I don't think HousingSecure wireless and I are going to be very good friends. So anywho, this is the first thing I've been waiting to write about:

I made a crayon melting project yay!!!!!!!!

I painted a girl with an umbrella, covered it with tape and some tinfoil to make the wax runoff the umbrella, hot glued crayons to the top of my canvas, held a hair dryer to the canvas and voila! 

I would definitely recommend putting trash bags or newspaper around the canvas, the wax sprayed EVERYWHERE.

My final step was painting the letters up at the top of the canvas! Now its hanging in my dorm room :)

Well, thats all I'm going to talk about for now, college life is good, I'm having so much fun!! I will tell you more of me and my roomies' adventures in another post!!!

Good times :)

Aaagh I haven't posted in quite a while but this has been the best few weeks of my Summer by far! I even completed a few things on my bucket list! Mud fight? Check. Dance in the pouring rain? Check. Learn to water ski Slalom? Check. I had all of these pics to put up of our Lake Powell and Cedar City trips but then my sister Mallory made some videos!!! Enjoy! (And I apologize for those of you that follow both blogs because we basically have the same lives and do the same stuff until we move out, so our posts are always similar)

Other than that, Ive just been Pinterest craftin' for my dorm.  I'm sure I'll post all about it so get ready for a whole ton of crayon melting, spray painting, and glittering fun!

Bored.....

The day before a vacation = THE LONGEST DAY EVER.  Im so bored right now I might cry. Not really, life is great, Im just tired of waiting around until tomorrow comes.  I might just go to sleep super early.  But for now, let me update you on the latest Pinterest craft my sister and I tried.  It was a success if I do say so myself.  (Forgive the crappy picture quality, it didn't upload too well)

Traditionally the Sampson girls always wear something matching on the first day of our Cedar City trip, which is usually white or black shirts with jeans. But this year we decided to get creative.

Brynn, Carli, Mallory and I had a blast making these!

 

We started with a bunch of wide legged white pants from Savers and Plato's Closet, then we sewed up the inside of the legs, and cut off the extra fabric. We had a great time using our sewing skills (which are basically non-existent) to make 8 of these beauties:

The dyeing was a whole new adventure. We had absolutely no idea what we were doing.  We stayed up just a little later than expected. Or maybe a lot. As we waited for the dye to wash out we curled up on the hard laundry room floor and inside the laundry baskets and fell asleep.  It hurt, I do not recommend it.  But it was all worth it when we woke up to 8 pairs of mint skinny jeans :) 

Well I'm checking out for the week, here I come Lake Powell!

Wicked

I do believe I mentioned that I was going to Wicked, and..... I went!! It was pretty much the best date I've ever been on. Thank you Nik Anderson! We started by going to the Roof restaurant. Have I mentioned how much I love the Roof? I don't think I have yet, let me fill you in: I LLOOOVVVEE the Roof restaurant.  The gorgeous view, the pretty clear piano, the great food, a great date, and all the Creme Brûlées that I could ever ask for, what more could a girl want?

Then we went to the Capitol Theater to see Wicked.  It was AMAZING. I cried, I laughed, and I loved every minute of it. 

So that was all that we had planned for our date, but probably the most fun adventure of the entire night was when we got lost driving home.  I have no idea how you can get hopelessly lost driving home on a familiar route but somehow it happens. I blame it on construction, because I swear that is the cause of all driving troubles. Anyway, reeaaaallly long story short we got lost for an hour and a half, ended up on some obscure road by the Salt Lake, practically got attacked by some bat/bird/flying creature (literally one of the most terrifying moments of my life, there was lots of screaming involved) and we drove until suddenly the road completely disappeared and we were driving on dirt and weeds.  I was laughing the entire time (except, of course, when I was screaming).  It was a fantastic night.