MTC




I spent two months in the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah learning how to be a missionary, as well as how to speak, read, and understand Spanish. It was a tough experience, but looking back on it, it was also a very necessary experience. I made some great friends in the process and learned a ton. I also gained ten pounds...just look at the pictures.

leaving for mission




There were tears. It was sad. And exciting all at the same time. Let's just show some pictures to relive it.

driving home



At the end of April I packed up my bags and headed home to Washington. On the way home I stopped in Boise to visit Mikenzie, who was at Boise State at the time. The 12 hour drive nearly drove me crazy, since I was doing it alone. I took a series of videos along the way to record the experience (and to give myself a reason to talk since I was alone in the car for so long!).


mission call

Just watch the video.

classes- winter semester 2006

American Heritage- This is a required class that a lot of BYU students dread. I loved it. It was hard and intense, but it was one of the best combinations of American History and Economics I've had. I learned a ton and finally felt like I understood the basics of the US Constitution and Bill of Rights.

Accounting 200- I took this class on a computer with an online professor who would lecture us through video and then we would see his slides displayed next to him on the video. After taking this class I decided I wanted to be an accounting major (laughable now) but I honestly thought accounting was so much fun. And it was! It played to my analytical side and my need for there to always be a right answer to the question.

Book of Mormon- My first graded religion class at BYU. Small class size made it personable and I learned a ton.

Sharing the Gospel- This was my mission prep class and it was taught by a wonderful professor- Dr. Livingstone. He was from Canada and served his mission among the Cherokee Indian Tribe. Sometimes he'd switch into Cherokee when he thought we weren't listening. It always caught my attention.

Entrepreneurial Lecture Series- Every week the Marriott School brought in different entrepreneurs to talk about their experience in starting their own companies and share lessons they had learned. It definitely lit the entrepreneurial spark that I think my Dad has been trying to get into me since I was 15.

Spreadsheets/Powerpoints- These were two .5 credit classes that taught the basics to Powerpoint and Excel. Who knew those programs could do so much?

Arriving in Utah!



Arriving in Utah was fun. I moved into the Belmont Condos...a huge upgrade from my dorm in NYC (and about a third of the price). On my first weekend in Utah Maeve and I decided to take a road trip to visit her sister Meghan in Denver, Colorado. It was a fun way to start my time in Utah: by escaping!

Oh yeah, and I bought a car. It was a Nissan Pathfinder. I'm pretty sure I named it but I can't remember the name now.