A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum

Last Friday I went on a double date to see the play "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum." I went with Anthony and my roommate Stephanie went with her friend Mike. We had a lot of fun, it was a really funny play and I got a few cute pictures afterwards. My roommate Stephanie and I-cute girl's.

This is a picture of us four that went together and a random kid in my band and percussion class that jumped into the picture. Isn't Anthony a cutie? He was my first kiss-which happened that night. :D

This is Stephanie and I with our friend Katie who had the lead part in the play and she did amazing!!

Then after the play we were hungry so at 10:30 at night we picked up a pizza then went home and ate it. Afterwards we played cards and ate a really yummy ice cream cake that I made. Then we got super tired and ended our fun night. :)

Trip to Salt Lake City for General Conference

When it was conference weekend I was able to find a ride with my friend to go up north for conference, a date, see my dad and friends. I only have two pictures unfortunately, sorry. Here's how my weekend went though, it was really great. I left Friday afternoon and my grandma picked up me up when I got there and we met up with the youth of my home ward at a sandwich place called Spanky's. It was so exciting and a real treat to see my dad, my brother and the youth. Then that night we went to see the Joseph Smith movie at the Legacy Theater in Salt Lake. I actually saw it with a date, but my home ward was there too. He met my dad and whole ward before we went in to see movie. Then after the movie my ward went to the house they were going to stay at and my date-Anthony and I went to his hotel and I met his parents then he took me to my grandparents house which was were I was going to stay. It was a really great date, I had a good time. Then the next day I went to the morning and afternoon session of conference, and it was a neat experience to be there for the Solemn Assembly. In between both sessions we went to another sandwich place, but this time it was Gandolfos (I hope I spelled that right). After the afternoon session we went to Nielsens Frozen Custard and it was so yummy! Then the boys went to the priesthood session and the us girls went to the YW leaders sister's house and took a nap and some of us went shopping as well while we waited for the boys. We ended up meeting them at Cafe Rio for dinner and that was delicious! Then I went to my grandparents house and the youth left too. The next day I didn't get to attend the morning session so I just watched it at my grandparent's house, but I was able to attend the afternoon session. Afterwards I had to say my goodbyes to everyone because I was leaving in a few hours and the youth were going to dinner at some one's house. Obviously I had a busy fun trip and this wasn't everything I did, it was the major things but I did do other things too. I didn't want this to be too long of a blog post even though it already is. Anyways, I had a great time and I'm really grateful that I was able to go. :) The girl's and I at Spanky's.
Brooke and I, we're cute. lol.

Fun Sunday afternoon!

These are just some fun pictures that were taken a few Sundays back... I had just put some mint brownies in the oven and my roommate Stephanie, and I licked the bowl. This is a fun picture of us with the yummy batter on our lips.
These last two pictures were taken by roommate Courtney, and this is how we take naps in our apartment. Yes, we lay on each other and cuddle with that big stuffed animal. :)

This is Steph and our good friend Gary cuddling with the other huge stuffed animal. Honestly these things are so comfortable! When my roomies or I need some "cuddle time" we just grab the bear or dog and cuddle with them-funny, eh?

My Spring Break!!!!

March 10-14 I had spring break!!! That's definitely one of the greatest pro's about Dixie. Anyways I drove down on friday the 7th and got in at 12 the next morning. I had a fun filled week. And this is how it went (sorry I don't have pictures for everyday). Anyways on Saturday I was able to see my sister kirsten and my brother Travis in their unbelievable roadshow play. Actually before that, all the youth in the play came over and I got to see all the girls and that was a real treat. Then on Sunday I got to go to my home ward and it was fun to see some old friends and the YW again! Later, we had family dinner and that's always nice to have on Sundays and to be home for that. Oh and I also met up with my friend Brooke and we went to the park and talked before we both had to leave for dinner. Now moving to Monday, I got some hw done (yes I did hw during spring break) then later I went swimming with Brooke (we walked to one of the pools in Ladera).
Then later Travis joined us at the pool too!

On Tuesday I did an egg hunt for my siblings (every year I do an egg hunt for them-this year it had to be early because I wasn't going to be home more closer to easter). Oh and earlier that day I went to Jerry's Dogs in Ladera and Juice it Up with Brooke, Travis, Weston, Andrew and his girlfriend.

Hurry Travis! ha ha.

On Wednesday I went to Cheesecake Factory with my friend Bree. Then later that night the youth put on thier show again for the ward so I went to that and it was a lot of fun.

Thursday I got my hair cut and colored and that night I babysat for a family in my home ward.

On Friday I went bowling with my friend Christian, spent time with some friends in the ward I used to babysit then I babysat for another family in my home ward.

On Saturday I did hw in the morning then I went to Olive Garden with my dad then when we got back it was time to leave for the airport and that night I flew back to St.George.

So overall it was a pretty awesome trip!

Moment Of Glory

So this is my moment of glory, being in the newspaper. On Monday a girl that I work with asked me if she could take a picture of me, I said, "No, I don't like my hair today." Then she pleaded with me then I gave in and afterwards she told me that it was going to be in the school newspaper!!! I got excited, but at the same time worried. I didn't know what picture they'd be using so I just hoped that I looked somewhat decent. And I'm pleased with the picture. So I thought I'd share my small moment of glory...
Underneath the photo; there is, a small description about me and what I'm doing. If it's not legible for some this is what it says, "Freshman Alyssa Grossen, a nursing major from Ladera Ranch, Calif., takes a break from studying to re-pot a flower to take home to her apartment. Small potted flowers brighten a room and are easy for students to take care of.

MORE SNOW!!!!

OK, So this is a really late post. This great event happened last Sunday and I'm just now posting it. Anyways, so the weather on Sunday was pretty intense. It rained all morning, I totally loved it. Then as it got toward the evening and it got colder, a slight snowfall started. Now for those of us living in St.George, we thought it was cool but knew it wasn't going to stick. But as the night went on, it started to snow even harder! It was amazing! I was in heaven! I went outside and jumped up and down in excitement. My roommates laughed at me, they thought I was hilarious because I was so excited. Anyways, the snow ended up sticking, and we got about 2-3 inches total! Here are some pictures that I started taking when it first started snowing till it stopped... Oh and all these pictures were taken right outside my apartment that is upstairs...I didn't want to get out in the snow-It would've ruined my hair.lol.

This is the last picture I took before I went to bed, because it stopped snowing I didn't want to stay up super late. Actually a friend of mine, Gary, came over and we made cookies and watched "Testaments." Then we decided it was pretty late so he left and I went to bed.

When I woke up, to my suprise there was still snow outside!!! It didn't melt overnight!!!!

As I was on my way to class with my roommate, I had her take a picture of me in the snow with a look of joy on my face. lol. She laughed, because she loved the look on my face. She said I looked so happy because it snowed.

Bonfire!!!!!

On friday night, a bunch of friends and I went out to the Arizona strip for a bonfire. we had a lot of fun. Here are some pictures... This is how the fire first started out...pretty sad.
Still waiting... oh and if you look closely you can see the rib cage of an animal that the boys put in there...sick!!!

Finally getting somewhere...it probably took an hour for the boys to get a real fire.

A few friends of mine and two boys who jumped in the picture at the last minute.lol.

Close up with Katie (on the left) who I just became really good friends with. And Megan on my right who I met last semester. I love these girl's! Oh and congratulations to Katie who got the lead part in the school's upcoming play! yay!



And this is a video of something the boys like to do...they put one of those mini camping propane tanks in the fire, the rest of us stand back pretty far. We wait for it to explode or something then someone shoots it with a gun then it blows up and the fire gets huge then goes back to it's original size. It was scary the first time but then rather exciting the second time. check out what I'm talking about below...