The REAL festival of color

A few weeks back, the Hare Krishna temple over in Spanish Fork held their annual Festival of Color in celebration of Holi. Instead of getting covered in chalk, Lauren and I had a very successful shopping trip. (Her blog: http://thelovelylifeof
laurenlytle.blogspot.com/)

To celebrate my birthday and the beautiful spring weather, Mom and Joe took me to the Thanksgiving Point Tulip Festival. According to their website, the gardens cover 55-acres and yield approximately 250,000 bulbs.

The Tulip Festival runs through May 1st. It might be wise to call ahead and see how the tulips are looking.

Tulips are definitely my favorite flower.

reading days are the best days

Dear BYU,
   
Thank you very much for Exam Preparation Days. Not only do they provide me the opportunity to catch up on my studies, I'm able to de-stress and have some fun.

[clubs & g-unit]

[Rachel & Ryan- models.]

[sticky, eyes burning, but oh so happy]

[they're just bruises, right?]

[G+T+K @ OG]

I definitely feel rested and ready to display my knowledge on these finals.

Unforum 2010: BYU Tube

This was the second year that I had the opportunity to participate in BYUSA's Unforum. Adam Ruri, last year's president, planned the event with Deidre Edmunds and they did a wonderful job.You can check out their blogs here: http://adamruri.blogspot.com and http://deejmbl.blogspot.com.
    
Divine Comedy, Rugby Team, BYUSA's Club Style, Living Legends, Folk Dance, President Samuelson, and Cosmo all participated. Unform us also where the 2010 Brigham Award winners were announced. These people are the top of the top. Only five were selected and truly are some of the most incredible people I've ever met.
    
Probably the coolest part about Unform was when we asked for help cleaning up at the end and 80 students immediately came down to lend a hand. That's just one of the reasons why I love BYU.
   
If you'd like to learn more-
BYUSA: http://byusa.byu.edu/
Divine Comedy: http://www.divinecomedy.net/
Rugby Team: http://www.byurugby.com/
BYUSA's Club Style: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2201308752
Living Legends: http://www.facebook.com/pages/BYU-Living-Legends/87491030773
Folk Dance: http://pam.byu.edu/similarpage.asp? title=International%20Folk%20Dance%20Ensemble

Shout HOORAY!

Best birthday ever. No joke. 

     

Tony and Blake greeted me in the morning with warm cinnamon rolls and birthday singing. My lovely roommates came in with balloons and more singing. At work we had doughnuts and even more birthday singing. 
       
I turned 20 at 2:33 out in the warm sun in Brigham Square on my way to the BYUSA office. I supervised the (final?) branding photo shoot for the giant pop up with a big group of beautiful friends. Precious Taylor bought me Jamba. Everyone in the office snuck up and sang just before the end of office hours. Thank you BYUSA friends!
     
Emmie called me in a British accent just after 5 to figure out where I was. Dinner with Emmie and Mom at Fusion Asian Grill; we loved our Korean food. Mom bought me 4 dozen blue and white balloons at Maceys. 

[childhood dream realized]

[BSE- 6 days short of 6 years]

Then it was back to the Wilk to set up for the surprise party. Yes. Surprise. That's what I wanted and that's what I had. 

    

My wonderful graphic design friend Zach Woffinden designed these beautiful invitations for me. You can find more of his work here: 
http://zwoffdesign.com/

   


The party was wonderful. In the end, over 500 guests were invited- woo! Mom and Emmie got to stick around and meet a ton of my college/high school friends. Thanks to everyone for making sure they felt loved and included in all our fun.

[Just a few of my wonderful birthday guests]  
     

It was such a fun night. After the building coordinator kicked us out, and a quick run to Wendy's, we had cake back at Liberty and my wonderful roommates gave me a beautiful painting; I think all my close up pictures of flowers inspired them. I can't wait to hang it up! The night concluded with a car talk into the early morning and reading "nice notes."

Thanks again to everyone that added to my birthday. I loved getting the texts, reading all your facebook posts, hearing your birthday wishes, and seeing all of you throughout the day.
   

That's why it really was the best birthday ever. Goodbye teens; I'm 20 now!

One year older and wiser too!

Happy Birthday to ME! With the inauguration of the 20th year of my life, I have begun a blog that will actually talk about me. Hooray! Please put this address in your RSS and blog reels. If you'd like to keep reading my assignments and random things, feel free to keep in touch with insert-stuff-here.blogspot.com.

So far the day has been wonderful. I've had many birthday wishes and am super stoked for my [surprise] birthday party tonight in the Wilk. Wooo! I'm almost done with the play list and just need to double check with campus scheduling about room times and how good the speaker system is. My mom and Emmie are coming down at 5 to help with the preparations. What family love :)

I should be finding out about campus tours today. Keep your fingers crossed!

Much love!