I'm back!

Well, I'm back in Hawaii! I was home for about two and a half weeks for Christmas break, which was wonderful! It was SO good to be at home and spend time with my family and friends. Plus not have to work or have any school. :) Christmas was tons of fun and so was New Year's! I got to spend it with family and relatives. But it helped the transition back to Hawaii to have my roomie Brooke on the flight back with me. It was great to see and talk with her again! Today our new roomie came, her name is Kelly and she's really nice. She's an RM and went on her mission to Russia! Today Brooke and I went into the nearest town to the mall and just the enjoyed the early afternoon there. And tomorrow begins my last semester ever in college! Ah! Hope it goes great! :)

Ward Waterpark Fun

Aloha! Yesterday I went with my ward to the waterpark that's on the island, and it was amazing! It was my first time to the one here. It was a beautiful, hot sunny day and perfect for having fun in the water. Thankfully I was able to have fun on the rides with a great group of friends. If you'd like to see some of the photos of the day, they're on my online gallery at http://gallery.me.com/jessicajudy#100052 . I love my ward!

I'll Be Home For Christmas!

In 6 days I will be flying home!!! I am SO happy to be coming home for the break and for Christmas! It will be so nice just to be home, and to see friends and family. I love my home! Haha, but I love being in Hawaii too... There's no place like home, but paradise isn't too bad. :) I really do feel very blessed to be able to go to school here at BYU-Hawaii, it is such a wonderful, happy, loving atmosphere. I live in a tiny little town that has many LDS members. The school campus is small compared to many, but I'm able to get to know people individually and see them more often than I would at a bigger school. I love the Honor Code, as well as how most people follow the Church commandments as well, it's so nice to not have to worry about hearing cussing or swearing, and many other things that seem more normal in the most of the rest of the world. I love this island too, it's very beautiful, and is even more beautiful when I'm able to enjoy it with my good friends here. It's sad that I'll only have about 4 months left here once I come back after Christmas... but I'm so thankful for my experiences here! It's been hard at times, and amazing at times. It has made me even more grateful for my amazing home and family in AZ, I love them with all my heart.

I love Christmas time!

This time of the year is so wonderful, I love it! I love listening to Christmas music, drinking hot chocolate, and getting to sleep with my big comforter feather blanket all night. I am so excited, in 10 days I'm going to be flying home!! It will be so nice to see my family and friends back home. Plus Christmas! It's going to be awesome :)

Fall

This fall has been great! I am so glad I'm blessed with great roomies and fun times.
I've had fun going horseback riding, going to the Fall Ball, seeing my friend Dave in a play, and being "cold" (not really) with hot chocolate. I love my Hawaiian home away from home!

October

Halloween is tomorrow, so Happy Halloween!!! Last weekend my roommate Brooke, her boyfriend, her friend and I carved pumpkins! It was great! I made pumpkin cookies, pumpkin pie, and bought candycorn for the event. My pumpkin is the happy one, Brooke's is the scary one. Thanksgiving is going to come up fast, and I'm so glad! I'm going to the Big Island! (with the same people who I carved pumpkins with) We're going to go to the temple there and go see hot lava!! It will be a great break in the semester. Haha, I'm already excited for Christmas! I'll be home for a couple of weeks, and my great Carli is getting married then too! So I get to see her come out of the temple. I'm so glad I'll be home for it.

Fall semester started!

Aloha! Well, on Thursday classes started for the Fall semester. So far I think my classes are going to be good! Some of them will keep me busy but I think it will be a great semester. I had my first paid photoshoot on Monday, with my old roomie and friend Rachel. She did great! We had a good time. It's so nice to have my friends back who were gone for the summer. Yesterday some of us had our "Saturday Breakfast Club" again, but had it as a brunch this time. It was so nice to start that up again. We just go to Caroline's house and can invite friends to join us. Then last night I got to hang out with my friend Dave, which was great. It's been a while since we last got together!