I love my major

Sometimes I forget how awesome my major is. 

Technically my major is: 

Recreation Management and Youth Leadership, Leisure Services Emphasis, Commercial Track. 

Yeah, I know it's a mouth full. 

What it all means is that I want to be an Event Planner when I grow up. 

Since my major is in the RMYL department there are some required classes that I never expected to take.

For example RMYL 223R: Outdoor Skills Leadership.

In this class we learn about leadership and modules but we also go on awesome (free) field trips

including cross country skiing, scuba diving, ropes course and a camping trip.

This past week I went Cross Country Skiing for the first time ever.

Since moving to Utah I have taken up Skiing and snowboarding but never this.

It was quite the experience. 

I was surprised by how hard it was at first since it is like a cross between hiking and downhill skiing. 

Overall is was a great night and I only fell twice!

San Francisco: Part 2

I am in love with San Francisco! 

Day 2 in San Francisco was even better than the first.

And much colder! 

Highlights from our Sunday adventures: 

Oakland Temple 

AT&T Park a.k.a Christine's favorite place in the world

Ghirardelli Square

Fisherman's Wharf

We found some hotties on the beach. Walter was my favorite :)

Alcatraz

The Sea Lions on Pier 39 are the most hilarious animals ever! 

If you don't believe me then check out this website. (best during the day)

Bistro Boudin

DELICIOUS clam chowder in their famous sourdough bread bowl

Cable Cars- also bought that awesome sweatshirt because it was FREEEEZZZZING

Lombard Street

Mary's Cathedral

Actually riding the cable cars

View from Top of the Mark

Chinatown

24 hours of driving was worth the 48 hours in San Francisco

"Leaving San Francisco is like saying goodbye to an old sweetheart. 

You want to linger as long as possible."

-Walter Cronkite

San Francisco: Part 1

#24hoursfor48hours

A few friends and I decided to take advantage of this glorious 3-day weekend and go to
SAN FRANCISCO!!!
best idea I have ever had.

We left Friday afternoon and drove 12 hours to spend 48 hours here in SF. The drive was not as bad as I expected thanks to the Wicked Soundtrack and the large amount of junk food I purchased. also getting pulled over by the popo was probably the least favorite part. But we made it to SF and spent our first 24 hours outside of the city due to the 49ers game. 

Here are the highlights from Saturday.....

UC Berkeley

Muir Woods

Golden Gate Bridge

Ocean Beach

(clique beach jumping pictures were a must)

For more pictures check out my FB album!

Carl Bloch

This summer I had the wonderful opportunity to go to Copenhagen. Around the time I was helping plan the trip, BYU's Museum of Art had an exhibit of Carl Bloch paintings. While visiting the exhibit, I learned that there were a bunch of Carl Bloch originals in Denmark. I was ecstatic to go to the Frederiksborg Castle and see 23 original Carl Bloch paintings in the place they were designed for. We planned an entire day to travel outside of Copenhagen to tour the castle and see the paintings.

When the time finally came to visit the castle, I was so excited and had researched exactly where in the castle the paintings should be. I had seen the pictures of the room they were housed in and knew it was by the chapel. To our surprise, we walked right through the room with out realizing that was the room with the Carl Bloch paintings. We had to back track through the castle to get back to the room once we realized we had passed right through it.

The room was surprisingly small and dark. The paintings were tiny and easily glanced over. To me and my family these paintings were beautiful and meaningful yet so many people just walked right through this room without taking a second glance. (we did the first time)

Carl Bloch is such a significant artist to the Mormon culture yet most people in the world couldn't care less about his paintings.Each painting is a beautiful depiction of a part of Christ's life. It is sad to think that these paintings are so often overlooked and passed over. His paintings are incredible and I wished he received more recognition for his incredible paintings.

Real or Not Real?

One of the best parts about Christmas Break is free time.
During the semester I have free time but in the back of my mind there is that nagging homework that I know needs to get done or studying for that big test I have coming up. 

This break I chose to reread the Hunger Games series in preparation for March 23!

I've never been good with words and can never find the right words to say (or write) to express my true feelings but this blog hit it right on the nail.

This break Taylor Swift ft. The Civil Wars released a new single that will be in the movie. I have definitely had it on repeat the past week :)

Here are a few of my favorite quotes from the series:

“Only I keep wishing I could think of a way to…to show the Capitol they don’t own me. That I’m more than just a piece in their Games” -Peeta

"It's only now that he's corrupted that I can fully appreciate the real Peeta. Even more than I would've if he'd died. The kindness, the steadiness, the warmth that had an unexpected heat behind it. Outside of Prim, my mother and Gale, how many people in this worl love me unconditionally? I think in my case, the answer may now be none. Sometimes when I am alone, I take the pearl from where it lives in my pocket and try to remember the boy with the bread, the strong arms that warded off nightmares ont he train, the kisses in the arena. To make myself put a name to the thing I've lost. But what's the use? It's gone. He's gone. Whatever existed between us is gone. All that's left is my promise to kill Snow. I tell myself this ten times a day."

"Did you love Annie right away, Finnick?" I ask.

"No." A long time passes before he adds, "She crept up on me."

" 'You're a painter. You're a baker. You like to sleep with the windows open. You never take sugar in your tea. And you always double-knot your shoelaces.' Then I dive into my tent before I do something stupid like cry." -Katniss

"It's a long shot, it's suicide maybe, but I do the only thing I can think of. I lean in and kiss Peeta full on the mouth. His whole body starts shuddering, but I keep my lips pressed to his until I have to come up for air. My hands slide up his wrists to clasp his. 'Don't let him take you from me!' ... 'Stay with me.' ...His pupils contract to pinpoints, dilate again rapidly, and then turn to something resembling normalcy. 'Always,' he murmurs."

"You're still trying to protect me. Real or not real," he whispers.

"Real," I answer. "Because that's what you and I do. Protect each other."

"That what I need to survive is not Gale's fire, kindled with rage and hatred. I have plenty of fire myself. What I need is the dandelion in spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That is can be good again. And only Peeta can give me that."
"So after, when he wishers. 'You love me. Real or not real?' I tell him,'Real.'"




I love The Hunger Games......Real or not real?
REAL!