a summer of adventures.

Projected outlook for SUMMER:2011

* ROAD TRIP to California for my friend Brianna's wedding in the Redlands California Temple.
*  EFY COUNSELOR. I'll get to spend 3 weeks @  this lovely campus: Southern Viriginia University.
* WASHINGTON DC - after EFY, I'll get to visit friends and family at our lovely nation's capital!
*NYC- after DC, I'll get to visit my sister and hubby in the lovely New York City!

I can't wait for this summer full of aventures! It will be so much fun to see new sights, meet wonderful people learn new things, and grow a lot. I cannot wait!

a tribute to my new and improved blog.

3 words. Sunday Family Rocks! Thanks to Melissa and Brandon, I now have a new and improved blog that is much easier to read and much more aesthetically pleasing (if you ask me!) Now that I actually know how to blog, expect at least 3 a year from me, maybe even a few more!

grateful.

No more promises to blog all the time! Let's face it, I'm not always up for the blogging world. But sometimes I want to take a minute to express how I am feeling. And right now, I am feeling grateful for all I have!

1. My family- my sisters for letting me call and chat with them, my brothers who I get to visit and BYU and for my dad who is always so selfless.
2. all of the good friends I have made at byu.
3. A good run!
4. having the freedom to be the person I want to be
5. The opportunity we have to change.
6. My sister Hermana King's letters - she is such a good example to me. She is serving a mission and I just love her, she is one of my best friends!
7. For the days when I have a chance to make a good dinner
8. Rediscovering my love for reading as I read for my children's literature class.
9. For my roomie, Christine who has become one of my best friends.
10. TO BE ALIVE!

A step into 2011

So I've decided I can't make new year's resolutions to blog, they just fall through kind of like last year's! But I am going to try and update some of the little things that go on in my life lately.
A summary of 2010...
- finished 1st year @ BYU
- had lots of friends leave on missions-fun they are scattered across the world!
- substitute taught for Provo School District
- roadtripped with my bestie, Cheri Peacock from North Carolina to DC (and loving every minute...well mostly!)
- got a job on campus for Byu Freshman Mentoring
- traveled and toured New England with my family. (I loved seeing Palymyra, Niagra Falls, New York City to stay with Em and Kyle, Boston, the lovely coasts of Maine, and Vermont)
- my first love
-getting my wisdom teeth out (ugh, first and something I'm glad I'll never have to repeat...)
- starting my 2nd year @ BYU
- decide on a major- Elementary Education
- meet lots of new friends in my ward and classes
- took a wonderful New Testament class where I learned so much about the life of Christ
- served in a Relief Society Presidency and came to love the girls so much
- my first break up
-Christmas with lots of family
But mostly I learned that even though things don't always go as planned, I can always trust my Heavenly Father's plan for me because he knows what is best for me and will help keep me on track!

To those dedicated fans...

How many of you grew up watching this show on summer mornings @ 9:00 am? I did! On campus last weekend they had a mock price is right show. Sarah, Amanda (one of sar's friends ) and I decided to ask dates to go to it. As we arrived, we signed our names on a paper. When they opened the the mock show "The Cost is Correct" with host Rob Blarker, they read 4 names to start the bidding. Whose name did they happen to read second? ME! "Hollie King, You're the next contestant on the Cost is Correct!" I was so happy to hear these words and I jumped up from my seat and ran down the aisle. Sad to say, the whole game went by without me guessing a right price. ( And I didn't end up sitting by my date for the whole show because I was up there, poor Bryce!) We still had a lot of fun though! At the end they gave me a gift card to Barnes and Noble for a whopping $5 dollars. Although not a huge prize, it was so much fun to have your named called down. I've always wanted to go to the Price is Right, and now I know I need to research prices a little more before I ever go, so when the real thing comes i will guess correct! Enjoy a few pictures of us!

Bryce and I were anticipating the start of the game show!

Team BOB: did i forget to mention we made matching shirts with different pictures of Bob Barker and the Price is right? I loved that old BOB, too bad he retired!
Bryce and I with my prize- a $5 gift card to Barnes and Noble.

I got a Job!

I was so happy to get this letter in the mail. I have been waiting for it all month.

I was even more excited when I read THIS!


Yay! I got offered a position as a peer mentor for next school year. I will be helping new freshman get situated in college as they get situated for college . I am stoked! My first real job!


Also, I had a great time with Sarah as we celebrated at Zupa's eating a wonderful salad called Nuts about Berries and a Hawaiian BBQ chicken sandwhich. What a wonderful celebration!

It's Been Awhile...

Okay, so let's face it; I am not great at keeping my blog updated. I just forget and then boom, it's been two months since i've blogged! So here is a little fun update
A dance competition!
My dance competition this past Saturday morning: I am in a dance class and we had the chance to perform in the dancesport competition in front of lots of judges. It was so much fun! My partner and i made it to the 4th round. It was so much fun to finally perform our cha cha moves in a competition setting! I had the chance to watch tons of amazing dancers- this was nationals for some of the teams. Also, we saw little kids that totally schooled us up. Some of them were only 7, but those little boys could sure move! What a fun day i had with this competition.

Our fans: Christine and Tyler - they came to see us! My dance partner Jeremy and I at the competition

Yes, We are dancers, that's right! :)