any thoughts?

ENCHANTED...

so saturday we went to the free movie...and i love it! the soundtrack is great, and i was so greatful to lisa and bonnie for telling me all about it before i watched it! it really was so much fun. plus it has sexypat....(aka patrick dempsey) for those of you who need a better pic of him...i will add him as well! so there you go! anyway, for those of you who love princess movies i think that this is a must see... really... i know that there are a few of you who are princesses at heart! (:

temple dedication

so yesterday was the dedication of the rexburg temple. i have never attended a dedication before and was very moved by how amazing it was! there was such a reverence in the building that we were in, and to see those men, called of God speak about the temple with such a love! i felt the Spirit so strong as we sang "the spirit of God". i also loved the counsel that we were given about temples. elder bednar told us to go to the temple often. he also said not to always go seeking for the right answers...but to go to find the right questions. i know that the temple is a place that we have to feel love, to be taught, and to escape from this world. temple work is so important. i know that we are blessed everytime that we go. all temples no matter where you are have the same teachings, the same feeling, the same goal....to help us move forward in the work of the Master.

my parents house....

since everyone is talking about snow, and sharing pictures i thought that i would share the one that my mom text to me yesterday. so yeah- that is my parents house. i am really trying to remember to take pictures of my own place of residence so that you all can see how pathetically lazy we all are. we don't shovel at all. we just prefer the ice. plus our rain gutter is breaking off... you would think that our land lord would fix it, but not in this weather. we'll see if i can get some pictures in the next couple of days. this morning i decided that i would sleep in, and then walk to class instead of catching a ride with one of my roommates... not a great idea, it was so windy and snowy when i left...i ended up walking in a drift that came up to my knees at one point. i just had to laugh! this is when i say to myself "jenn, you are an idiot girl!" so there you go. (: thursdays are my fridays! horray for another week of classes behind me! only 12 left!!! for those of you who are wondering, i am trying to get my family to make blogs as well....at least i can get my mom, lisa, amy, and most likely erin, but we will have to see! on to other things...so one of my friends asked me to send her a list of songs so that she could make me a CD. so i decided to create the most random list... so many of the songs have memories attatched to them. i was talking to riv yesterday and we just laughed about some of the memories that we thought up. groups like "fun factory" and songs like "new age girl".. don't you just love music?

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"by their feet ye shall know them." so spencer sent some pictures of his shoes! wow! can you believe this? anyway, it is always so good to hear from him and to hear how he is doing. i heard from him this week...he is such a great missionary. he said that he weighs 173 now, and that he is getting transferred in about a week. he reallyl is doing great, and is excited for the change, even though he will miss the families that he has gotten so close to.

things with me are good. i really have not had too much of an update because i have been so busy...but really things have been great! school is really kicking my butt, i had 4 papers due this week, a test, and a quiz... "kill me!" just kidding. it is going be really fast, there is just so much to get done. about 95 days. it is so hard to believe. i was talking to my mom the other day, and she says that i sound just like erin. i never thought that i would graduate at the same time as my sister. but its all good, it is kinda fun! last week one of my roommates decided that we needed to date more, and that we were all going to go on a group date saturday. so we all got dates (making 5 couples) and planned it for last saturday. i was not in the planning, and i must say that we all had so much fun. we came to our house where alisa had made some really yummy chinese food. we ate picnic style in our dining room with candles everywhere. then we went on a picture scavenger hunt (planned by heidi) -- for those of you who do not know what that is.... each couple has a list of things that you need to get done...you take a picture doing the task/activity, and then you come back and have a slideshow of all of the pictures that you took! heid was quite creative...we had to do things from bagging someone’s groceries, to trying on the same outfit as a mannequin (standing side by side for the pic), to kissing in a phone booth, going to a cemetery and taking a pic with a gravestone with your first or last name on it, and finally xeroxing your face and then taking a pic of you and the copy of your face! but there were 20 things that we had to do...those are just a few. honestly i have not laughed that hard in such a long time. we watched the slide show and then we split up into whoever just playing games. someone got the great idea to play four square in our dining room... i am not sure, but i am pretty sure that all of our parents would have cringed at adults playing 4 square in the house....to those playing Dr. mario in the room below the 4 square, it sounded like a herd of elephants pounding around up there, and then just laughing. eventually we had banana boats from the oven and banana splits and then we were all downstairs for cards and more Dr. mario. everyone was singing along, (some making up their own words) and mostly laughing at each other. we all had a great time. (: that's about all of the update that i have for today...hope you are all well!

the Hinckleys

these pictures have such a feeling with them, i had to share.

HOLA ARGENTINA!!!!

wow! i mean really, can it get any better than this? i cannot understand how some people can live in this kind of beauty and not believe in God. to me, this photo screams that there is something else out there. The Master, the Creator of everything, our Father. i am humbled as i look at this! for those of you who can't really see who the person is, it is spencer. that's right. Elder Anderson!!! they spend some of their p-days in the mountains! i love it!!! and if he is looking a bit on the skinny side, you are not seeing things...he is losing weight like no other! anyway, he is doing great. the family that he is with (see the picture on the left side of my blog) is great, and he loves them. He loves so many of the people there. He is the branch president in the branch that he is currently in, and he thinks that he will be getting transferred in a week or so. his testimony and love for the gospel has grown so much. he is a great example to me, and as i get pictures or e-mails i am reminded of my own mission in australia... and my testimony grows. i know that he is where he needs to be. i also know that we can all do so much as members to help the missionaries around us! this Gospel is good news...it gives us hope, happiness and love... we should share it!