YAY YAY and more YAY!

So my previous post was kind of an appetizer for some of the EXCITING things that are going on right now... I'll explain in the order that I found out the news.

Friday night my bestie friend Alisa and I went to our mission reunion which was kind of blah but you know we had to go and support our beloved OCM and the Motzkuses. It was really fun to see some old friends though...anyway...we then went up to Bountiful to stay the night at her parents' house. Whenever I go up there it's like going on vacation and staying at a 5-star resort. It's always so relaxing and fun and Ralph and Teresa are the bomb.

Saturday morning I watched the first session of General Conference. Like maybe 10 minutes into it I got the best news EVER! President Monson announced 5 new temples. I was happy you know to just listen and be excited for whoever got a temple but then he announced the GREATER KANSAS CITY area and I grabbed Alisa's leg and gasped so loud and screamed! Alisa and her family are from KC too so it was super exciting to be there with them during the announcement. Ralph of course, being a church employee, was involved in the decision process so he already knew and then he gave us the inside scoop on where it will be located...between Lawrence (go Jayhawks, kind of) and Leawood. Kind of in the middle of nowhere but still in a very prominent place.

St. Louis Temple

I'm so excited for all my Missouri and Kansas friends and family! When I was twelve and went on my first temple trip with the youth, we had to rent charter buses and drive 12+ hours to Dallas to go to the temple! FUN trip but lame so far away. I did enjoy meeting all the cutie texas boys though. Anyway then we got a temple in St. Louis which was awesome and so beautiful. That was 3-4 hours away. I've seen so many of my family members and friends religiously devote entire Saturdays to going to St. Louis and spending the whole day in the temple and driving. Soon we'll have one only about 45 min away. SO MUCH BETTER and so exciting. The temple is the most wonderful place on earth. My family and I have received so many blessings through the temple including the opportunity to be an eternal family. Only through the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ and the blessings of the temple is that opportunity possible.

I was also really excited about the ROME temple. I learned last night that it will be right across from the Vatican. HA! In your face! And I really hope it has awesome architecture.

OK next news...I hope you're still reading because I know this is getting long. After the afternoon Saturday session I checked my e-mail and found out I was accepted into the Washington Seminar program for winter semester 2009. It's a program that BYU has that takes a group of students to D.C. and we do internships in our chosen field. I'll live in the Barlow Center which is a BYU owned facility and I'll intern at a museum! I'm not sure which one yet, but the rest of this semester will be spent working with the program to secure an internship. I'm really excited and can't wait to immerse myself in a world renowned museum like the Smithsonian and learn so much, not to mention spend time with some great friends that will be in D.C. namely, Sheryl, Ginette, and Kiersten. Also I totally want to take trips to NYC! ok That's my good news. Have a good day!