The Fort! :)

This weekend, I went away to see my Grandparents in Utah and meanwhile, my room mates made a fort and slept in it two nights in a row! They had a bunch of fun and Miriam's Aunt took them shopping and out to dinner!  Sounds like they really enjoyed that too!  We are well taken care of by people who love us here!  They also made hearts out of paper and "heart-attacked" our head resident's front door! :)

 

Eating on the floor!

For fun, Miriam decided we would eat on the floor for dinner on Sunday.  She made us a delicious meal of Chicken Azteca, one of her family recipes from home that she’s been excited about making most of the semester so far! 

Our dishwasher was broken, and our good friend, Ben helped us with the dishes!! :) YAY!  It was a good day!

Birthday

 For my Birthday, Krystal made muffins...

 …in the evening, we had dinner together!  (Miriam made delicious enchiladas and I LOVE Mexican food, so I was very excited!)

 THEN, Krystal lead me to the mail box where I found some clues that led me around the dorm complex –even a tree – until I found the place of the party!  Whoo-hoo! (These are some of my clues)

 

    We had a party of confetti cake and ice cream, and watched UP, one of my very favorite Disney movies!! I felt very celebrated!  (The next day, my birthday wish was ultimately fulfilled as I started my first day doing an early morning custodial job. –I’d been looking for a job for a while and hoped find one as soon as possible so that I have enough money earned to go to school next  semester too!  I verbally wished to my mom earlier that week on the phone that it would be a wonderful birthday wish to get a job.  Then, of all days, it was my birthday! that they had an opening for me and I started the very next day!)  It was a good day!

Ben Making Candy

On Saturday, after a splendid time canoeing on the Teton River, Ben had an urge to make cupcakes, and went and got some ingredients to make these! :)

They were chocolate lined cupcake liners with cheese cake filling and fruit on top!  it was delicious.

...And Ben was even wearing a candy factory shirt.

Girls Night at the Dorm

Tonight, Trishia was gone to a soccer game, but Miriam, Krystal, & I enjoyed our lovely night just for girls with ice cream and giggles. :)  It went something like this: Krystal, Miriam, and Heidi are tired and ready to have fun!  We've worked hard and it's been a long week, but before we can really do something fun, we must make dinner!  Thanks to mostly Miriam, we had delicious Mexican food-a reoccurring style in our dorm! :)

 THEN, it was ice cream!   :)  Here it goes!

 Miriam said that the bowls were SO small, that we could have fourths!  :)

Overall, it was a good night.  We girls had fun together! :)

Dating! :)

On Friday, Miriam and Ben went on a double-date to a Masquerade Ball with Jessica and Addison! :) Generous Janika from next door, came to help Miriam do her hair and it was AMAZING!! ...  

 Miriam, Ben, Addison, & Jessica

 Afterward, the couples came back to find Krystal and I enjoying a girls night! :)

But, Krystal's time was coming!! 

The next day, I was studying in the library with Krystal and she received a phone call from Ben asking her if she wanted to go to a concert that same evening.  It was around 4:30 and she had until 7:15 p.m. to have her homework done, eat dinner and get ready for this fancy date! :) We had fun getting her ready!  By the time she finished her homework and ate her dinner, she had about 20 minutes to get ready, ...SO, Miriam did her hair-REALLY fast!, I helped paint her nails, and Krystal did her make-up.  All this happened almost simultaneously! :)  It was really fun and after she left, Miriam and I had a good time doing homework, eating a delicious chocolate banana milkshake (compliments to Miriam), and watching part a movie while we did dishes!  (Our dishwasher is malfunctioning lately.)  Later, Jessica and Addison came over and we all waited for Krystal and Ben to get back from the date while Miriam and I enjoyed some POPCORN!! :)  It was fun! 

Silly Geese! (Krystal and Ben) ...It was a fun weekend! :)

Apple Picking

 On Thursday, Krystal, Trishia, and I went to the Horticulture Gardens to pick apples.  They allow you to pick your own genuine apples off of the trees, weigh them at this little station, and then pay only 50 cents per pound!  :)  It's great!  We had SO much fun! :)

 

 

 Next to the gardens there's funny, creative, and clever exhibits made of old shoes and stuff, so we stopped to "smell the roses" and took some pictures! :)

Krystal and Heidi doing Homework...and laughing! :)

So this weekend, Krystal and I did some homework together for our Science Foundation class. :)  It was SO fun.  I can't believe I just said that, but it honestly was a bonding experience.  We did some homework and found out that we did one very important item wrong, so we redid stuff...long story short, it was late, and we were tired, and fed up with the homework, so there was lots of laughing, almost crying, frustration, and ...delirium.  Eventually, there was prayer, and we finally got the assignment done, but it was LONG and LATE!! :)

Debut of the Polka-dot Plates! :)

Here are the lovely plates that we used for the first time this week!  :)   I was so excited to use them because they're so cute! 

Picnic in the Gardens! :) for our Friday Night Activity! :)

This weekend, I wanted to do something fun, but my idea consisted somewhat of watching a movie in the dorm with just us girls and Krystal had a different one.  We decided to have a "Girl Night" and watch a movie on Saturday and do something more fun to Krystal on Friday!!  Her idea was to have a picnic!  So we did!  We invited our friends to come over and Miriam made sandwiches.  Ben and Addison brought Cream Soda and juice for our drink and we all went down to the beautiful gardens.  We ate at this conveniently placed table and played some Frisbee afterward! :)  The weather was beautiful and it turned out great!  Thanks Krystal for such a wonderful idea!