Well I flew into Salt Lake around 3:30 Mountain Time on Monday, August 18th. My uncle picked me up from the airport with his wife and they drove me to Provo. I kept taking pictures of the mountains because they are so pretty. But the pictures don't really do them justice. I spent the rest of the day watching the Olympics with the family I am staying with right now, the Vanfleet. She was my mom's roommate at BYU and moved down to Oviedo years ago and we randomly met up with them in the church building. She taught me piano for a few years, then they moved to Provo so her husband could teach at BYU. So I am staying with them, and this week I am attending Education Week and it is really great! I'm learning my way around campus (as in, getting lost and having to find a way back) and I'm just getting more familiar with the area in general. I rode my bike to campus this morning and had a few classes today. I got to attend a Campus Devotional with Elder Robert D. Hales, and my favorite class today was a tag-team class taught by John Bytheway and Brad Wilcox! The best two youth speakers, together! It was the funniest thing ever. Their topics was "If you can laugh at it, you can live through it." It was all about humor. They just kept telling jokes and at one point Brad was laughing so hard at the long joke he was reading he could barely speak. I was really great. Then afterwards, like I'd hoped, we got to meet them and I got pictures with each of them and they signed my booklet. It was so cool to finally meet John Bytheway! I also met a nice girl my age, named Brianna, who's going to be a freshman this fall as well. We ended up talking for like 45 minutes. She was really nice and we exchanged e-mails and numbers. She's so sweet. That's about all the excitement I had today. Here's some pictures:
Mountains!
Provo
Provo Towne Center
BYU Football Stadium!
Me in Utah! Woo
Provo Temple with sun coming over mountains!
Campus Education Week crowds
Me and John Bytheway!
Brianna, Brad Wilcox, and me!
The Y!
4 comments:
Alexa! I love your face! You did tell John Bytheway to come do a fireside in Orlando, right? hehe. I'm a huge fan. It looks like you are enjoying yourself so far...keep it up & just look at your blog if you feel homesick. Seeing campus & the mountains made me miss Provo; I have some very dear memories of that place!
P.S Don't look at my blog yet; it's uh...can we say, unfinished? :D
hey lexa!!! i miss you already!!! so does my whole family!! i hope u hsve a great time doing all that fun stuff.. its a little refreshing to see what real college life will be like..unlike chris getting beat up :) .. so u better come down and visit all the time!!! love ya!!
savannah
You got to meet Brad Wilcox and John Bytheway? So jealous of you right now! Anyways, I'm glad you are having fun! I miss and love you bunches! Have a great time in Utah, and I like your blog! :)
~Shaina♥
How fun! I wish I could come down and hang out with you! It sounds like you are really going to enjoy yourself! Sometime we are going to have to climb the Y! That would be total fun! Let me know when you get a free minute! I would love to come and see you! Miss you tons! Hope all is well! Let me know if you need ANYTHING! Food, a shoulder, a tutor (Even though you should know by now I AM NO GOOD! LOL!) ANYTHING!
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