Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity-Jig

I went home this weekend :) yay!  When I pulled into O town I rolled down my window so I could smell the sweet Ogden air,  fist bumping the whole time. :) I could drive around those streets with my eyes closed, probably not a good thing.

I visited the new Mrs. Eborn! She got a new yellow slug bug so we were zooming around in the cutest little car. Honestly fits her perfectly :) We went to Kneaders for dinner and her apartment to make an adventurous dessert from pintrest :)  this is how it happened....

 Choosing a recipe...out of millions!

Mixing the Banana Bars :) 

our  first attempt to make frosting, how did this happen? it smelled disgusting

2nd attempt to make frosting, we could squeeze the butter out of this.  Fail

After our second fail we decided to give the frosting up (our hips were thanking us)

30 minutes later....Voila! 

Delicious bars and great company :) 

I loved every minute we had together. I miss my sister time :) Then Jenn and Rach had a sleep over ready for me when I got home :) We all slept on the floor together and I heard all about their latest crushes, school, and favorite videos. I love them. Look at the cute note Rachel left for me :)

Notice the BYU blanket they had me sleep in :) 

Sunday we drove to Idaho for my new baby cousins blessing. Boy he is adorable :)

straight from heaven

I haven't held a new born in years, I loved every single second of it:)

It was so great catching up with everyone, all my aunts and uncles and cousins and extended family! We even got to skype with Grandpa and Grandma Browning (their on a mission in Riverside California) Love them! 

How adorable is My Aunt Amy?? 

Baby loving :)

Family :) It's like therapy. Especially when you haven't seen them in a while.  It was a wonderful weekend! The kind when it makes it hard to go back to school..... I'm So grateful for my family, the 40ish cousins I have, and all of my amazing aunts and uncles. It makes family get togethers become one BIG wonderful party :) 

Living Young, Wild AND free :)

Life is going by so fast! It's already 9 weeks into the semester? Seriously where does the time go. Means finals are coming...

 And it means that the leaves are dropping there leaves! Whenever I see a perfectly crunchy leaf I have to run over and step on it, :) It makes the coolest noise, walking to campus has become very difficult thanks to these crunchy fellas. On campus they have machines that suck the leaves up so I have to search for them. I found these at my apartment

All ready to be stepped on

 The whole Y mountain has turned a deep red, it's seriously gorgeous!

Ignore the wire at the top, I'm no professional :)

Last week was Homecoming, I had to work during the game, but I went to the dance with my roomies, it was literally us and all the Freshman. I felt like a Cougar, in every sense of the word. Apparently it's a freshman thing to do here, oops :) I also need to reign my dancing in a little bit, I guess I was going a little crazy to Gangnam Style and I almost got in trouble... So I'm back to the signature moves I learned from my mom like the lawn mower, the shopping cart, the pizza and some exercising dance moves. Thanks mom! I learned from the best :)

Dancing with the freshman

This week Todd had his State Cross Country meet. Go SCOTS! I seriously could not miss this race, (I've missed all of his races this year and it drives me nuts not being there to support!) soo I made a little surprise visit :)

Mom and I at the start line :) 

Todd's had some health problems running this year, not really sure why? He was rushed to the hospital....in an ambulance after one of his races. That scared me so bad, they couldn't really find anything, but I was so worried for him! For this race I kept calling him to make sure he was drinking lots of fluids and eating good food. (I'm sure he wasn't getting annoyed ;) )

Dad in his natural habitat 

Todd did such a great job! So proud of my brother :) He didn't even pass out, this race was a definite success. 

All done and still standing! :)

The course brought back so many memories of being in high school.... My heart was racing so fast.  it's been 3 whole years since I ran there! I can't believe it's been that long! Running there is one of the biggest adrenalin rushes, I was really happy to be a spectator this time :) 

Watch out college scouts! Todd's on the loose :) 

It was so good to see my family, like a breath of fresh air! I get to go home and to Idaho this week. My Uncle Curtis and Aunt Adie are blessing there new little one! :) I have a new cousin! Yay :) Can't wait to be with the whole Browning Clan. It's always a big party.

Did you know if you dress like a 3 year old and walk around campus people don't recognize/notice you?                              

this happened today

XOX

Missions :)

General Conference was this last weekend and the prophet made a HUGE announcement  Boys can now serve a mission at age 18.....and girls at 19!!!!! Words cannot express the emotion's I felt when I heard that. I had to leave the room. Modern revelation in action. :) I know of so many of my friends prayers are being answered. I'm so grateful for a living prophet who receives revelation.  Many life's are about to change :)

Soo true :) 

Saturday Morning session....it was early

I got to go to Conference on Sunday! I haven't been sense middle school, (and I'm from Utah!) it was just as good as I remembered. If you get tickets defiantly go! You don't even have to be a member :) It's always good to hear inspirational advice. 

So much fun! (thanks Brooke for this picture!)

Dear Protesters, thanks you for entertaining me. You actually strengthen my testimony. :) 

If you want to know more about this check out mormon.org 

I got to watch the Sunday afternoon sess with my sweet adorable Grandma! I love spending time with her, she's amazing, and She literally made a feast for us. Yum! and Amber and JT stopped by on their way back from St. George. JT just ran the St. George marathon, he's pretty hard core) I was completely surprised to see them. I absolutely love them! 

My wonderful Grandma! Love her :)

I probably should do laundry, my basket is getting dangerously high. Until next time

XOXO

Heather Sue 

Falling in Fall Time

Falling It's a cool feeling, . It happens to all of us.  Some fall in love, for some Fall is their favorite  season and some just plain fall. I fall. Hiking, biking, rollerblading (I took my date down with me 3 times on that one, poor guy) It's one thing that makes me laugh really hard. At least it usually does, on Monday I was walk/running to class because I was running a tinny bit late. And BAMB I tripped over a little rock and sailed through the air. My shoe went flying. (A video worthy fall) I just laid on the ground for a minute, the skin on my hands was torn and bleeding. There just happened to be 8 other guys walking to class by me, embarrassing. My hands and knee were bleeding pretty heavily so I hobbled over to Helamen Halls to clean up. I walked around campus with paper towels strapped to my hands to stop the bleeding. One hand was oozing this white stuff....don't know if that's normal? I was hit by some major laughing attacks walking around campus. It was one of those days.
 

Band aid's make everything better :)

On the other hand I had a wonderful weekend. I went to a 90's dance party. (Yes 90's?!) I knew a total of 3 songs. Guess I wasn't really conscious during those years. We (roommates and I) had a wild dance party in our room.
Saturday we drove up to Park City #1 to see the pretty sites and #2 to go shopping. I only got us lost twice! (thank goodness for smart phones) On the way back we stopped at a random body of water and had some quality roommate time. Poor Gabi cut her foot, and there WAS A LOT OF BLOOD! like a trail. I ran down the beach yelling for help and band aids. and someone had a first aid kit.Thank goodness. With a band aid and Kadie's tank top they wrapped Gab's foot up and got her back home. She's A OK now! (thank goodness!) We ended up watching Women's Conference in our apartment. It was amazing.


Shopping time with the Roommates

I got to see my FAMILY on Sunday!! I drove home with my cousin Brooks and they fed us Sunday dinner. It's therapy going home. Ogden is so beautiful, the mountains are so welcoming there (I might be a little biased though)

Saturday Funzies

Did you know Once Upon A Time started again?? It's amazing. I can't wait for the rest of the season :)


I took my first test on campus last week, it's a beautiful building but super old school. There are no computers, everything is hand written tests, your in a room with like 1,000 other students (I'm not exaggerating either) It literally felt like I was in Harry Potter and taking my O.W.L.'s. Hopefully I'll still like that building by the end of the semester.



Absolutely love these girls

This weekend is the first week of October, which means Conference weekend! Can't wait to hear the messages they have prepared for us. It's always so inspiring.  Just a couple more days!