Leaving Teenagehood...

That is right everyone, I am finally TWENTY!  I am so extremely excited to get to say I'm "in my twenties."  You know, after hanging around twenty-somethings for a while, being a teenager feels so young... I mean, it was great and all -- I sure have millions of fantastic teenage memories!! -- but I'm excited to see what this next decade of my life brings me :D

Friends came over Saturday night and we all hung out, played Stuff Your Mouth (never played? see link {here}... I highly recommend it for some good laughs), ate cake and ice cream, and ended the night by my friends throwing a blanket over my head and taking me to a spectacular view of Seattle!  It was the perfect party!  I do have to say though...my favorite present was that MY PARENTS CAME AND VISITED ME!!!! Seriously, I loooooved having them come up.  I was so excited just to show them my apartment, give them the campus tour, eat my favorite food here, and just be in Seattle together :D They made it the most perfect weekend and I couldn't have asked for anything better!  I love my mom and dad :)

Thanks to everyone both in Utah and in Seattle (and elsewhere) who made my birthday such a special day!  I felt so much love and am so lucky and blessed to have the incredible friends and family that I do.

I am so blessed to have such wonderful examples in my life!

Cuz what's a party without pictures on the roof?

HAPPY EARTH DAY

Dear Earth,

Happy Earth Day.  Thank you for your incredible sunsets, majestic mountains, mesmerizing forests, the intricate circle of life, stunning waterfalls, colorful skies, that perfect powder, and just being all around fascinating.

Yours truly,

Courtney

Another Whirlwind Update

They say there are three S's as a college student -- Study. Social. Sleep. -- and you get to choose two of them. Well, apparently "Blogging" is not an option, so I apologize to my few readers (shoutout to Ashlyn, TayJ, Kathy, and Aunt Marge) that these last few weeks of my super exciting life of studying, socializing, and sleeping have gone undocumented (although, I would like to note that despite the sparse posts lately, I am defying scientific evidence through this blog since "Blogging" does not start with an S, right?) Anyways... what have I been up to?

I have been enjoying the BEAUTIFUL UW campus -- rain and shine.

UW Lacrosse home games!  Three games in one day leads to major soreness, but it was so worth the undefeated weekend.  It's only been a couple weeks since the season ended and I'm already having withdrawals...I want to play more lacrosse.

Thanks, James for coming and supporting!

Tina, Yolanda, and I all went to the temple together one Friday afternoon.  It was their first time inside and was quite a special experience.  I love the peace and the Spirit that I always feel at the temple.  If you have not yet, go listen to this awesome talk by President Monson from the recent General Conference about the importance of temples :D

Traveled to Oregon for Regionals (took second overall in the region!) and THE NUGENT GIRLS CAME AND VISITED ME :D :D :D  Seriously was such a treat to see them and spend an evening together.  I love my family!

College night at the Mariner's game.  I can never pass up a night of baseball, friends, and garlic fries.

Had the awesome opportunity to volunteer at Special Olympics Washington's first ever unified soccer tournament.  I loved spending the morning helping out and learning about this really neat program.  Each team played with two college students and three disabled members from the school's local community.  It was really neat to see schools from all over the state (and even outside of Washington) and people from every walk of life gather and play soccer together. #playunify