roommate glamour shots and gingerbread houses

the roomies--me, lauren, heather, and courtney
me and lauren (don't go, lauren...we be missin you bad in p-town!!)
for our december ward activity, we built gingerbread houses and wrapped christmas presents for families in utah county...here's the house i built
these houses were legit. there are some creative people in my ward!

it's beginning to look a lot like christmas!

a group of friends and i went up to see the lights on temple square...they were as pretty as ever!

the salt lake temple
by the reflecting pool
the temple and the tabernacle
lauren, heather, and me
the assembly hall (i loved the red and orange lights!)

arizona desert and riverwoods!

the arizona desert over thanksgiving break...this was taken around mile marker 92, right before we met our pee-destrian friend...
lauren, me, heather, and courtney
the girls looking at the lights at the riverwoods--lauren, hillary, courtney, heather, and allison

happy birthday, lauren!

this is a birthday shot-out to my friend lauren reilly. she da bestest, and i love her a lot. happy birthday, lauren! love you!

burr!

welp, it's official. the psychological barrier has been broken. it is cold here in p-town. we had our first snow last week, and it has been chilly! here's to winter hibernation. see you all again in the spring!

i love provo canyon in the fall

so, i have become semi-obsessed with provo canyon this semester...i can't get over how beautiful it is ! every once and a while i treat myself to a sunday, or weekday, drive to chill out and enjoy the beauty. here are some highlights from last sunday's drive.

provo temple at sunset
a view of utah lake at sunset
more of utah lake
aspen loop (the road up to sundance/aspen grove)...and yes, that is snow on the mountain already!
the entrance to aspen loop

halloween!

my school-inspired pumpkin...

thanks to a great ward and a great activities committee, our ward halloween party was super fun this year! some highlights include...

the costume walk-off (me and lauren)
the dance
and english musical chairs!

more football!

have i mentioned recently how much i love going to byu football games?!

me, aubrey, friend, and heather after our victory over unlv (55-7...woot!)
jake, friend, terrell, lars, heather, me, and adam

provo canyon!

today tayler, andrew, heather, and i took a sunday drive up the provo canyon to vivian park. it was a beautiful day! here are some highlights...

sundance!

friday night some friends and i went up to the chair lifts at sundance for the midnight ride. it was fun! i especially liked telling jokes to the random strangers in the opposing lift as we went up and down...

tayler, me, and andrew on the lift
some of the group--heather, quinn, andrew, katie, me, tayler, and lauren

happy birthday, quinn!

the group...aubry, ben, allie, tayler, scott, quinn, andrew, and heather
the birthday boy and me

potent potables!

a look at some of the randomness of this week...

tayler and i found a sweet swing in front of the miller apartments...

the cake that tayler and heather made for andrew's birthday
happy birthday, andrew!

opening socials!

last friday i went to the byu 1st stake opening social at helaman fields. it was themed "ward olympics." after some intense competition, my ward, the byu 164th ward, pulled out the first place victory. woot! woot!

here we are celebrating...
the ward...

on thursday we had our ward opening social/bonfire up at vivian park in provo canyon. it was a beautiful night and great to meet the new wardies. i love the byu 164th ward!
some of the ward...
more of the ward...
i love fall time in the canyon!

graduate school!

so, i started graduate shool this year...it's crazy busy, but i love it!

it's official...my undergraduate diploma finally arrived in the mail.
last thursday i went to the graduate studies welcome/orientation dinner. true to redd tradition, here is a picture of the dessert...it was delicious!
some of my cohort and me--nicole, cambrie, me alyssa, sarai, katie, cristi

i heart football!

last saturday marked the beginning of football season. the cougars started off strong with a 23-17 win over the washington huskies. let the good times begin again!

some ward football friends--jake, adam, ryan, lars, john, terrell, emily, kelsey
more ward football friends--terrell, spencer, johnny, becca
heather allen and me
the half-time show--coach lavell edwards invited all his all-american quarterbacks for a weekend reunion. some people you may have heard of--elder jeffrey r. holland, elder cecil o. samuelson, lavell edwards, steve young, ty detmer, jim mcmahon, and many more!
love it!