And so it begins. . .

I'm here! I'm in Logan, in my new apartment, with my new roommates, and about to start a new school year.

It's been one crazy whirlwind of a summer, but it's probably been the greatest summer of my life! I have made so many new friendships this summer by working at Aspen Grove, and I'm already loving my roommates here in Logan. They are all so nice, all LDS, and are so uplifting to everyone.

Church here was amazing today. Since USU is not a church run/based school, you don't have to go to church in order to continue going to school. So the kids at church are the kids who really want to be there, who really have a testimony of our Savior, and who understand the importance and significance of renewing our baptismal covenants by partaking of the sacrament each week and learning more about the gospel through the rest of the meetings. All the people I met were extremely nice, outgoing, and there are lots of really cute guys in my new ward. Just sayin'.

Overall, I guess what I'm trying to say is that I'm really excited to be living here, and to be attending Utah State. Even after just one day of living here, I'm in love with this town and this school already. I hope I never have to leave Utah State until I graduate.

So here's to a new school semester that starts tomorrow. I know it will bring so many exciting things, and lots of new experiences and friendships.

Live. Love. Laugh. Grow.

Good Things to Come

Like my recent blog posts can tell you, I'm very excited to start attending Utah State this fall. I'm excited for so many new things--I'm going to have a new adventure now. It's been a really great change, but, definitely one that is a little scary and unknown to me. I won't know who I'm living with, I don't know campus, I don't know what makes USU so great yet. I've left everything in Rexburg behind, and trusting Heavenly Father with where I am going and what I am doing. 

But that is what makes this process, this change, and this next step in life so exciting. Because it really is unknown. I don't know what my major will be like. I don't know any of my professors. I don't know who I'm living with, how to navigate my way around a much bigger campus, and much more. 

Am I scared? Yes. 

Am I excited? Definitely. 

I know this is the next step I need to take, and next week I'll be moving down and starting this new chapter of my life. 

Wherever you are in your life, whatever you are doing, and wherever you are going, place your trust in the Lord, and especially in His timing. It all will work out when you are doing what you need to be doing, going where you need to be going, and being who you are supposed to be. Your answer may not come when you want it, how you want it, or when you think it's convenient, but it will come, and it comes in the way that it needs to. 

Below, I've found a few quotes/pictures (thanks to Pinterest) that really relate to me, and can relate to many people who are going through change or are finding a new path ahead of them.

Live. Love. Laugh. Grow.