Introducing....SARAH LYN MARTIN!!!

This is Sarah Lyn Martin.

This is the great girl that I live with.

And this is the same great girl in curling class. Yes. She does know how to curl. And yes curling is an olympic sport. She will proably be going to the olympics. Watch out world!

This is Sarah's favorite ice cream.

This is her favorite perfume.

This is Sarah's favortie drink.

This is her favorite candy.

This is her favorite sport.

She loves mascara.

Sarah loves making cupcakes.

Sarah is obsessed with nail polish.

and this is Sarah's favorite person.

Sarah is great at giving back scratches. She loves pasta. Twizleberry coconut frozen yogurt makes her happier than anything in this world. She has a fantastic yellow car that drives us around places. and it keeps us safe when she drives on the wrong side of the road. Sarah loves sweatshirts. Miss Martin has the most beautiful eyes I have ever seen in my entire life. Sarah is convinced she will be bald by the time she is 20. We are both praying she isn't. Often times she finds herself in very awkward moments. Sarah makes me laugh. A LOT. Sarah's best talent is giving hugs. Seriously. Sarah Sarah Lyn Martin is one the most amazing people I know. She has taught me so much about the gospel and she has helped my testimony to grow more than she will ever know. She has been there for me through the good times and the bad. Especially the bad. She puts up with my insanity. She lets me cry on her shoulder. Literally. Sarah has been a huge blessing to me and I thank my Heavenly Father every day that I have such an incredible person in my life. I love you Sarah Lyn Martin!!!!

We Appreciate Cows

I LOVE CHICK FIL A. It's a serious addiction that I have. I would eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner if I was a millionaire. Unfortunately I'm not a millionaire, I'm a poor college student. And since I don't have enough money to pay my rent, let alone buy fast food, I look for all opportunities that provide me with free Chick Fil A. About a month ago I got an email from my favorite restaurant informing me that  Friday, July 8 was cow appreciation day. What is cow appreciation day might you ask? Well if you dress up like a cow and go to your nearest Chick Fil A, they will give you free food. This was my dream come true. So for the past month I have been anxiously awaiting cow appreciation day and it finally arrived.

I told my roommates that it was a fantastic idea for us to dress up like cows in order to get free food. It didn't take much convincing that's for sure. With the help of  some black construction paper, and black eyeliner, we transformed ourselves.

Ashlena transforming Elise

Ashlena mooooing for the camera

Me and Betsy

We love our free food! Ash was very excited about the cool ketchup packets.

Don't we look utterly amazing?

Needless to say it was probably the best Friday of my life and I will be attending cow appreciation day EVERY year until I die.

I love swimming pools and Happy Brithday America.

On Saturday, Ashlena, Amanda, and Kelsie came and rescued me from the ten thousand degree firework booth and took me to their friend's house for a little swimming get together. Dang this boy had a nice house. Swimming pool, slide,  hot tub with a TV, pool house, awesome swing set, house, mini golf, and fire pit were our options for the night. I just might have to marry this boy. Seriously. It was a blast!

Then on Monday was the 4th of July!!! Now this was my first holiday away from home and so I was a little nervous that it wouldn't live up to the greatness that my family enjoyed during this day. Don't even worry though. My roommates and I definitely know how to party. It was a FANFREAKINGTASTIC day.

In the morning, Ashlena, Elise, Liz and I did the unthinkable. WE RAN A 5K. Yeah that's right. WE RAN OVER 3 MILES. WITHOUT STOPPING. It was a great way to start off our day. 

And this is me crossing the finish line.

One of the bonuses of being the last one to finish is that I am the only one with a picture of me completing the race:)

After the race, we went and found us some one of a kind patriotic outfits.

We were a little disappointed that no one gave us an award for the "most patriotic outfits" because we were the epitome of patriotism.

I mean come one. We had red and blue nails for crying out loud.

The only downside of the day is that Jamba Juice apparently doesn't believe in being patriotic, because they made me work that day. That's okay though because nothing could have ruined our amazing day. We ended it with a few games of sand volleyball, dinner at Wingers, and beautiful fireworks.

Thank you America for having a birthday, because it gave us a great reason to wear matching outfits and act like crazy people.

Yeah that's right. I live in an old sorority house. Don't judge.

So there is this old sorority house on 8th North. It's in between two fraternities. It got shut down because the girls were involved with someone dying of alcohol poisoning and they were doing sketchy rituals in their crawl space. This is where I am living this summer. NBD.
I love this sorority house with every fiber of my being. It is the place where I spend time with my 9 new best friends, aka roommates. We bake cakes, cook magnificent gourmet dinners, paint our nails, watch chick flicks, have dance parties on chairs, spy on awkward first dates, take naps in the backyard, have sleepovers, laugh our heads off, and die of heat thanks to the fact that there is no air conditioning. It has giant rooms filled with couches that we use for napping, jumping, sleepovering, nail painting, and hair wrapping. It has a pole-for dancing of course. There is a creepy crawl space in one of the bedrooms that is GIANT. Inside the crawl space there is a ditch with black garbage bags filled with who knows what. Sheets divide it into sections, and the walls are lined with candles and covered in writing. The dirt floor and low ceiling adds to the creepy effect. One day we will watch a scary movie in there and play murderer in the dark.
This house has a piano that allows Elise to play beautiful music. Our kitchen is on the smaller side, but it is big enough to house all of our food, and of course, my beloved bonsai trees. This house has a humongous old school TV provided by Betsy. The dining room has enough table space for a banquet, and one day we will serve one on it too. This house has a giant window in the front room that allows us to spy on all the people walking by, to and from campus. It also allows us to spy on our fellow roommates when they get picked up from dates. The door has a hardcore key pad lock on it that you have to open with two hands. This house gave me a giant room all to myself. Its big enough for all 5 of my Justin Bieber posters, ketchup lava lamp, and for me and four of my roommates to sleep. I have four closets and two dressers. If only I had enough clothes to fill all of them. This house has a creepy boiler room that the sorority girls supposedly lost their virginity in. This house may or may not be haunted. We're praying its not.
This house makes me happy. Very very happy. I am so glad that it is where I will be spending four months of my life. I live in the old Chi Omega House. NBD.

My Lightbulb Moment

I CAN DO HARD THINGS. I CAN DO HARD THINGS.
I CAN DO HARD THIGNS.
I CAN DO HARD THINGS.
I CAN DO HARD THIGNS.
I think i'm acutally starting to believe it.

Triplet/Friendship/Three Amigo Tuesdays

One of my favorite things about my Freshman year was Triplet/Friendship/Three Amigo Tuesdays. Every Tuesday, Sarah, Brant and I would go toour favorite place called Twizzleberry and get frozen yogurt. On the way there we would listen to Taylor Swift, and occasionally go tanning and to Taco Tuesday. I looked forward to the "T" filled day all week long. It was a time when the three of us would stop whatever we were doing and just take some time for ourselves to have fun. We became regulars at Twizzleberry and when they started "double punch tuesday" for your frequent yogurt cards we couldn't have been happier:)
Today is the second Tuesday of the summer and I'm in Logan without Sarah and Brant. I miss them and they had more impact on my life than they'll ever know. They made me laugh. They made me cry. They loved me for who I am. And they made me happy. I love you Brant and Sarah and I hope you two have a great Tuesday:)

This little thing called CHANGE

Dear Change,
YOU SUCK. You cause me anxiety. You make me cry. You make me miserable. You put me out of my comfort zone. You scare the living daylights out of me. I dread you. At the same time you make me stronger. You teach me things about myself that I never would have learned otherwise. You cause me to grow. You cause me to be happier than I ever thought was possible. You cause me to be independent. You have made me realize what is important in life. You have caused me to have a stronger testimony. and for those things, THANK YOU.
Love, Kinsey

Hardly anyone actually jumps for joy at the thought of change. Change is hard. Change means that everything is going to be different. I means that you are going to have to start over. I have found that I dwell on the negative parts of change. It is a lot more easy to be negative and positive. It takes less brain cells. Even though change is rough, a lot of good things come from a change of pace. Moving up to college was the hardest thing that I have ever done in my life. I have never been at a lower point in my life. But guess what? I have never experienced anything more rewarding either. I learned things about myself that I would have never learned if I stayed in my comfort zone. I realized I am stronger than I thought I could ever be. I made some of the best friends that a person could ever hope for. I laughed harder than I have in my entire life. I gained a stronger testimony. I excelled in my church calling. I got good grades! I not only survived my freshman year of college but I thrived. As much as I hate change. I am trying to embrace it because I know great things are going to come of it, even if it sucks at first. You just have to endure to the end! Even though this summer in Logan is unknown and scary I'm going to make the best of it and embrace the change that it has brought into my life.