How this Utah Girl met her Cali Boy, part 7

On my Southern Utah trip for Fall Break, I found out that I had won a photo contest through UPC (Union Programming Council) at the U. The prize was tickets to that upcoming Monday's production of Thriller at Kingsbury Hall.

I was torn. Monday Night was FHE at the Corn Maze, aka prime time to see if there was anything with Cam. Monday was also my parents anniversary...which turned out perfectly. I ended up giving the tickets to them so that they could celebrate, and not with the YSA ward.

So, the time for the Corn Maze came. I was stoked. I was also happy because since it was the first week after Fall Break, the new rounds of clinicals hadn't started yet, so I was able to go to FHE at all. I met at the church, but then ended up driving myself because I stopped by my house to grab a bigger coat.

The rest of the corn maze is kind of a blur, but I remember that we all started out in a group, but then at some point Cam and I ended up going off on our own, away from the group. It was a dream come true. We went around the maze together, but he didn't hold my hand at all, even with me making it very available to be held.

We got to the exit of the maze before the rest of our group, so we decided to just wait at the exit for them. We started joking about how I am always cold so that I was glad that I went home to get a bigger coat, while Cam was just wearing a little jacket and said that he wasn't cold.  That led to me stating that my hands were still cold, which FINALLY led to Cam holding my hand...for like 5 seconds. Ha ha, he then heard our friends coming out of the maze so he let go pretty quick. (Don't worry, I have called him a chicken many times since then).

After the maze, we went on our frequent Monday Night outings to Applebees. Cam and I ended up driving together, so then we sat next to each other. I was really happy and excited...then Cam spent a good portion of the time talking with the girl sitting on the other side of him, which was a new girl to our ward. I was bummed. I was sure that he was into her more than me. So I spent the rest of the time at Applebees trying to make the best of it, which is actually the night that me and my friend Chase kind of bonded and became good friends.

I thought that any chance of something happening between Cam and I was dwindling before my eyes.

Around a Campfire

Summertime to me means late nights, many of them spent around a campfire. I am a huge fan of the roasted mallow stuck in between some grahams and chocolate, otherwise known as Smores! 

But even more than getting to eat smores, I think there is something to be said about the atmosphere around a campfire. It's almost romantic, even with the smoke and the forever lingering smell on your clothes. Now, while my love life is pretty non-existent, I think that romantic can mean many different things. In this case, I think that it brings people together, strengthens relationships/friendships.

This past week I was at a campfire with the Relief Society of the YSA Ward that I have been avoiding joining (but that my dad just got put in the bishopric). It was at this campfire that I saw my potential in this new ward, potential to make new friends and really be touched by the women in the Welby YSA Ward. 

This past Memorial Day weekend I went up to my cabin at Bear Lake with some friends. We spent time watching a meteor shower, sunbathing, making shadow puppets, watching the radiator on my car smoke, watching movies, and, of course, had a campfire on the beach. At that campfire, as well as the rest of the trip, I feel that I was able to get to know these friends so much better than I would have just hanging out at home. At the campfire, which was the same night that my car had been smoking after driving to get pizza in Garden City, we shared funny stories, sang Disney songs, and watched Josh's dancing side come out ;) All of my stress about my car faded away for a bit as I took in the moment of fire and friendship.

 Tiffany, Katie, Me, and Josh

Katie and Tiffany

So here's to many more campfires this summer and the kindling of new friendships and building up existing ones :)

I'm Going on an Adventure!

I was kind of like Bilbo. I had thought and thought about this decision, going back and forth and back and forth without committing. I was scared. I was nervous. I didn't know what to expect.

And then on the last morning that I could commit, I finally did. And I'm so excited. 

And just like Bilbo, I'm going on an adventure! 

I always thought, as I explained in this post, that my adventure would be going on a mission. We all know how that turned out. I never expected it to be this. 

At the U, they have a thing called MUSE, which stands for My Utah Signature Experience. This is mine.

In a few short weeks I will be flying from Salt Lake to New York, then from New York to Accra, Ghana!

I'm going to AFRICA!!

I will be there for just under a month. I am going with a group of students that consist of 9 nursing students, 1 med student, 1 pre-PA student, and 1 pre-nursing student. While I'm there, I will be working alongside the community health nurses doing well child checks and growth monitoring, Vit. A supplementation, documentation of community health trends, family counselling, health promotion, community assessments, home health visits, health screenings in schools, and more. We also will be helping with an ongoing research project through the U of U's School of Medicine, with the topic of "Incidence of Skin Diseases in school age children." 

I still have a ton to do to get ready for it, but I'm working on it day by day. 

This is my adventure. 

It's nerve-wracking and exciting and terrifying, but aren't all the best adventures? :)

We are RAD!

A few weekends ago I had the opportunity to run the Color Me Rad 5K with my sister and one of her coworkers! 

I had to get up at around 6am to get ready and leave by 6:45am

The Before Picture, when we were still clean and pure

One of the awesome DJ's at the dance party before the race began

The Color Tunnel

After our first blast of color during the Pre-Party

We're ready to go!

At the starting line

At the Finish Line. That is me doing a cartwheel :)

After the Race

The Color Throw 

My mom took this pic. Perfect timing right??

After the Color Throw and Moshpit

Tan Line? Nope! Color Line!

This was seriously the most fun 5K race that I have ever run in my life and I'm so glad that my sister decided to do it with me! I look forward to being able to do it again! 

Pedicure, Parties, and Passing the Time

My Memorial Day Weekend was more eventful than I first anticipated it would be.

Friday afternoon we went up to the family cabin and spent some quality time with the HamFam :)

Taking crazy pics is the best way spend time in the car

My Family=The Greatest

That, my friends, is a Maple Bacon Shake! It is from High Mountain Drug Store in the tiny town of Kamas, Utah. All of their shakes are DELISH! Probably the best shakes I've ever had, and that's in comparison to La Beau's Shakes in Garden City, Bear Lake, Utah!

Up there, we have no cell service. So, as we got home on Saturday night and my dad plugged his phone in, he got a message that I had left my bathroom bag up there. Cause I'm a genius. 

Then, my phone fell out of my pocket and into the toilet. Again, genius. So, into the rice bag it went!

Sunday we went to church and it was wonderful, like always. After church, my dad and I drove back up to the cabin to get my bathroom bag. We hung out there for a couple hours and took naps, then drove home in time for dinner. Mom, Dad, Michael, and I then watched Get Smart. That movie is so so funny! I recommend it to anyone :)

Monday, aka Memorial Day, I was the first one up, at like 8:30am. My mom actually slept in for once! Crazy! I got ready and then watched an episode of SMASH on Hulu (super sad that the series got cancelled). Once everyone else was up and ready, we went to Village Inn for good grades breakfast! I love breakfast from that place! Yum :)

Then, later that day, Mom and I went and got pedicures. Mom has gotten them a bunch of times, but this was my first one. And I think I can say that I'm not a super huge fan of them. The lady working on me made me bleed, so that wasn't super comfortable. But, the whole time this video was all I could think of! 

This is the finished product:

Had to go with the bright yellow!

Then, Em and  Jess came over and we went to visit Grandpa Love's grave. The cemetery looked so pretty with all of the flowers there, but I forgot my camera so I couldn't take a picture of it :(

After the cemetery, we came home and had a BBQ! It was delicious! After dinner is when the fun really started! We had some wooden benches that were breaking, so we took a baseball bat to them. Now, we have a giant pile of firewood!

Overall, it was a pretty good weekend with some adventures! And my phone is now working again! Hopefully it stays functional! :)

I Blogged, WHAATT??

Remember that one time I blogged? Yeah, me neither.

It's been a while. Lots has happened. Some good. Some not so good. Some pretty fantastic. 

So, here is an update on me since March :)

School has basically been my life. So not much to report there. 

I got a new calling! I am the Ward Bulletin Editor! That means I make the paper program each week for Sacrament Meeting. So if anyone has any tips or things that have been in your Sacrament Meeting paper programs that you loved, please comment below and let me know! Or email me at beccafoth@yahoo.com.

I made it through the semester without Advanced Anatomy destroying my GPA! I ended up actually doing fairly well and getting an A- in the class! Only 1 person got an A so I am feeling pretty great about my A- :)

"Rocked the U" for Cancer Research! I danced for Lizzie Hammer! :)

I found out that I got into Nursing School at the U! I am so so excited! I start my program in the Fall and it is a 2 year program, so by the time my brother gets home from his mission, I will be a nurse! :)

Road Go-Karts at Miller Motor Sports Park and had a blast!

Hiked up Ensign Peak with the silly parents and crazy brother :)

Yes, my mom is making a duck face. 

Went to "The Really Big Cooking Show" at Thanksgiving Point with my mom and now want to be domestic and make food and treats all the time :)

Was chosen as a new member of the University of Utah's Student Alumni Board! This group is so great and I'm so excited to be able to be a part of it next year!

Went Cosmic Bowling with the brother (and Muffin) for his birthday! Then stopped for Smile Fries from Sconecutter! We were 5 year old hooligans with a driver's license and our mom's credit card ;)

Had Easter Saturday up at the Cabin with the HamFam, and Easter Sunday at home with Bro!

Finished up the semester and school year with my awesome Spirit of Place LDSSA Committee at our traditional breakfast at Village Inn for the last meeting :) I love these kids and am going to miss those who won't be back next year! 

Fell for a guy and was twitterpatted for a while. Then experienced heartache because of the situation. This guy is an amazing guy and reminded me what it felt like to love and be loved, to care and be cared for, and I am so grateful for that. I have no bad feelings towards him in anyway and I wish him the very best in life and in love. Thank you T for giving me a great month and helping me get through many days and nights of stress and worry with school and grades. It meant the world to me :)

Now, it is Summer time! I am excited for what is to come in my life and to embrace whatever comes my way :)

Superbowl Surmises

Watching the Superbowl

Eating great food

Lets get this Niners

A win would be good!

I would like to recognize that I just thought that up in a period of about 30 seconds. 

It is the 4th Quarter with 4:28 left in the game and the 49ers are down by 2. I gotta have faith that they can pull it out! 

Anyways, vegging on the couch, eating my weight in bread and spinach artichoke dip, and feeling guilty that I haven't been working on my homework at all, I decided that to not feel so guilty that right now would be a good time to think and blog. 

This weekend has been a pretty interesting one. Friday day I got to watch my High School Drill Team, the Copper Hills Azurettes, take state for the first time! Then, I got to go over to my great friend Whitney's house and watch a movie with some great friends and some fairly attractive men :) Eye Candy is always great right??

Then, Saturday was interesting. I had my LDSSA retreat up at Camp Tracy. We had dinner (Cafe Rio, awesome as always), then had some leadership training, then went sledding. It was a pretty fun night, but I just felt out of the loop with everyone. Maybe it was cause the sledding was kind of terrifying and the hill was way longer than I expected. 

Then on the way back to the institute,there was a conversation in the car I was in that I had to hold my tongue multiple times. Turns out, the other girl in the car had the same thoughts as I did. To sum it up, one of the guys in the car was talking about how he was glad that girls could go on a mission sooner so that he wouldn't have to wait as long to marry a returned sister missionary that was younger than him, and that he only wants to marry a returned missionary because they "are better" than women who don't go on a mission (Those weren't his exact words, but that was what I took from what he said). The other girl in the car is in the same boat as I am. We want to go and have always thought about going, but we are meant to stay here for right now. 

Alright, now to what I really wanted to post about. Is that really what young single adult men are thinking? That if a girl isn't going on a mission that something is wrong with her? I don't know if any guys read my blog but I am really wondering this. Now, I am sure that not all guys think this, but is it pretty common nowadays? 

Anyways, the Niners just lost. Boo. But it's ok, I'm not super upset about it. 

January Jumble Jamboree!

School is crazy, so I don't post. I'm sure if I prioritized my time better it could happen more often, but I have yet to perfect that skill. 

Alas, here is a look-back at my month of January.

Week 1:

~New Years with the Parents

~Cleaning up Christmas Decor at home and the Institute

~Dentist Appointment=No Cavities!

~Stake Conference

Week 2:

~School Started

~Bagels at the Institute

~Went down to Orem to have Dad set up a computer for Brother

~Electronic Interview for Nursing School Application

~CES Fireside with Pres. Uchtdorf and my Bro in the Choir

Week 3:

~Picked Up 40 Dozen Donuts for the SOP Day of Institute LDSSA Week

~Finished and Submitted my Nursing School Application

~Learned how to organize/Update house/played with an adorable baby at a Relief Society Activity

~Had my first Advanced Anatomy Lab

~Worked at the airport as a Greeter for Diamond Limousine for Sundance

~Saw Jane Lynch at the Airport

~Went to the Red Rocks Gymnastics Meet with Muffin/Lisa Johnson

~Headed up to my Cabin above Oakley after church

Week 4:

~Spend MLK Jr. Day up at the Cabin- riding snowmobiles, putting together 550+ piece puzzles, finding out-houses and playing in the snow

 ~Made Cupcakes

~Took an incredibly tough Skull Quiz in Advanced Anatomy Lab

~Brother's Mission Call came on Thursday instead of Wednesday  

~Found out Elder Michael Fotheringham will be serving the Lord for 2 years in the New York New York North Mission, preaching the Gospel in American Sign Language, entering the Provo MTC on June 26th, 2013

~So Proud of my Little Brother and am grateful for the example that he is to me everyday

~Went to Dinner with the Fam in celebration of Michael's Mission Call

~Went Visiting Teaching

Week 5:

~Exams on Monday and Thursday

~Studied for days

~Got home from school on Tuesday at 10:50pm

~Slept over at Kara's House on her couch Wednesday Night

~Wanted to drop Advanced Anatomy

~Played with a Skull for a total of 4 hours in TA lab hours

First 2 days of February:

~Watched the Copper Hills Azurettes Sweep the State Drill Competition at UVU

~Watched a movie at Whit's house, then stayed for 2 hours after everyone left, the majority of the time spent laughing

~Now sitting on my couch, avoiding homework that I really need to do

~Tonight going to an LDSSA retreat at Camp Tracey

And the majority of all of this happened while trying to make my way through freezing temperatures, blizzards, slushy roads and sidewalks, and the one weird day of freezing rain!

I am now ready for a Fantastic February! 

It's my birthday month! Woohoo!

Final Summer Post

Alas, summer has ended and school has begun again. 

Here are the final few pictures from my last weeks of summer :)

On the way to Bear Lake, braiding Michael's hair :)

Crazy kids!

Brother!

ZOOMED IN!

Red Sunset!

Lizzy :)

The magnificent photographer!

On the way home :)

Crammed in the back...

Playing in the fountain at City Creek!

We went downtown on trax so that Lizzy could experience more of our wonderful Utah :)

Cousins :) Love them!

Alright, so here again is my "Summer Bucket List" with everything I did crossed off!

1-Learn to golf

2-LOTR Movie Marathon

3-Hike the U

4-Read the entire Old Testament

5-Go to a Bees Game

6-Play in the fountain at City Creek

7-Hike Ensign Peak

8-Go Rock Climbing

9-Run the Oakley 5K

10-Go to a drive in movie

11-Go Skydiving/Hang Gliding

12-Look at the stars with a good friend

13-Eat a pound of jello with my brother

14-Play in the fountain outside the Marriott Library

15-Lay on the grass and look at the clouds

16-Have a picnic in the canyon

17-Go to Lagoon

Alright so, 9 out of 17 things! More than half, which I think is a win, considering I was in school for the summer! :)