Hello St. George!

I got to go home to sunny St. George for the second time of the semester! It was so nice to see my family and enjoy the warm weather! 

My sister is the cutest! 

So glad I got to go to the happiest place on earth aka Yogurtland with these chicas!

Confession: I have missed baking in a real kitchen A LOT! It's been a serious struggle! So I went a little crazy when I got home and made tons of treats! 

What I'm Thankful For

Hopefully you are all wearing your stretchy pants today and are preparing whatever feast your mom and extended family is preparing for tonight. 

I won't take up too much of your time but I wanted to use today to tell  you all a few Aggie-related things I am grateful for!

1. I am grateful for paying $16 dollars to see a movie

Sounds steep but it went towards a good cause! Relay For Life is a big deal here at USU and every year they host a really really early preview of an upcoming popular movie and this year it was the new Hunger Games movie! Next semester, they will actually host the relay where the donations go towards cancer research!

Abbie, Maren, and myself taking a selfie before Katniss arrives

2. I am grateful for diversity!

THE Braxton Beers. My Diversity Day Partner.

Last Friday, I had the opportunity to be a group leader for Diversity Day which the admissions office hosts every year to over 200 multicultural high school students! I had the honor of being partners with Braxton Beers! I didn't get a picture of it but my favorite part of the day was when Alex Boye spoke to us. My favorite thing he said to us was "There is a lion in your mirror."

3. I am grateful for being a mentor.

Remember those two new little bros I mentioned in my previous blog? Well they went through their ritual for Sigma Phi Episilon on Saturday and it was awesome seeing them go through. Some of you may be older siblings or a mentor to someone else and so you know how it feels to awesome it is to be that leader and example. For those of you who are not mentors, I would highly recommend becoming one because it puts a smile on your face when you see your mentee achieve something. 

One of my little bros Jordan and I taking a picture just after his ritual!

We call our family tree the House of Patriarchs. ( Braden (Trents big) , Trent (my big) , me, and Jordan (my little) )

4. I'm grateful for the Aggie family

This last one is the one near and dear to my heart. On Monday, I went to the Beards for Loretta showcase in the Taggart Student Center ballroom. This was the opportunity for all of the facial-hair growers on campus to come and show their beards to win prizes! There were some really great facial hair and even some ladies grew their leg hair for the cause!

What makes this so dear to me is because Loretta is the mother of one of the very first people who I met when I came to USU. Stephanie Mitzel Heinrich and her husband Scott (who is also my fraternity brother) were at the showcase to represent Steph's mom, Loretta Mitzel who was diagnosed with stage five pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer.

Seeing all of those students at USU at that showcase giving support to Steph and her family was overwhelming for me because it just made me realize how much I love being here at USU. You never know who is going to give you support but here at USU, you at least know you have support no matter what. 

Steph and I

Now after you finish reading and oogling over Braxton Beers (yeah, he is single), I want you to turn off your laptops, put your phone on silent and spend five minutes thinking about all the things you are grateful for. If you do it right and without interruptions,  your mind is going to think a million things you have that some others arent fortunate enough to have. 

Have a great Thanksgiving everyone!

Make good choices!

Can I Play Christmas Music Now? Part 1

The snow glows white in LOGAN TONIGHT!

That's right people, the snow has fallen here at USU and I could not be more excited. Yeah I know, with snow comes cold but I am here to tell you that you can set your minds at ease because you don't have to freeze out there when you are walking to class or all of the events USU because I have done a few things this week and not even a small amount of frost bite has touched me yet.

Snowy at SigEp

On Tuesday, I was honored become a big brother again for two new members of my fraternity. All 14 new members of our fraternity went through what we call it the "Burning Heart Ritual". I won't go into all of the details but at the end of the ritual, the new members climbed into this big cave in Green Canyon and all of the big brothers were there waiting to greet their new little bro's. There was a lot of hugging and screaming (coming mostly from me) and now I have three amazing little brothers in my fraternity that I get to be a big brother to.

You  may think I was cold but I had Jordan (Left) and Angel (Right) to keep me covered. 

Arctic Tundra with Ambassadors

Before I got to become a big bro, the ambassadors went out and did service with a frosty smile! 

Bree, Ryan and I getting a selfie during the service project.

Looking Hot in the Cold

I know all of you went out and donned on your favorite pair of winter boots when it began to snow! I for sure did and I know some of my friends did too so I decided to have a little fashion shoot with them!

Alex Geddes

Landon and Taylor

Andre

Nick

I think that way too many people think that Logan is the worst city to be in during the winter but to be honest, this is place isn't as bad as people make it. I remember visiting my high school for the first time as an ambassador and every high school student asked me, "I heard it is so cold up there," and I every time I would say, "Well yeah, I mean it is winter."

There will be more of my adventures in this winter wonderland later but for now, stay warm and I will see you all soon!

Make good choices!

Ambassadors..here to serve and protect...but mainly...SERVE

These ambassadors aren't just equipped to give tours, they are also big believers in a little something called "SERVICE". Recently, a great member of the Utah State family (Hailey Evans) was in a car accident, and was immediately life flighted to a Provo hospital. She is still recovering, but remains in critical condition. Upon hearing the news, the ambassador program took on the mission to raise money for Hailey, by going door to door asking for donations, performing service, and shouting carols to a number of local neighborhoods. We love you Hailey, and the entire ambassador program is praying for you. Come back to us soon! Here are just a few images of the glorious night of service that took place just days ago:

Ready to hit the doors

Caroling for Hailey

(Hailey Evans) Keep her in your prayers. If anyone would like to help/give please contact Samantha Burrows at: sburrows@aggiemail.usu.edu

I Volunteer to Help Fight Cancer

We have all seen Hunger Games and know how to Volunteer as Tribute. Well this time we were able to actually volunteer, through buying tickets, to help Relay For Life fight cancer.

So, as part, we got to see The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 two days before the original release date. :) and who wouldn't like that!?!?

 

 

Even though this is a very grimy picture, the night was actually really great. How fun is it that we got to see the movie early, with proceeds going to cancer, and being a part of the only school in Utah that is related to Relay for Life. There are so many opportunities around campus that everyone can get involved with helping out through service, many organizations that are here to help others who really need it. Through benefits of all, this was really fun in knowing that I got to see a movie early, and even though the tickets were more expensive than most, that the rest of money spent was to help fight cancer.

 

 

HOW WILL YOU VOLUNTEER?????