trampolines and soda bars// general conference.

Last night I did several things: I mean, first, I made Paninis with a boy that asked me out completely randomly. And... it was just super fantastic! After I got back from my date, I went to Hang Time with a few of the kids from my ward. Basically, hang time is a  h u g e  room completely filled with foam pits and trampolines! For 5 bucks, what else could a college student ask for?!?

Then we went to a soda bar. yep, A SODA BAR people. It was called Pop'nsweet Candy and Soda Bar and I highly recommend it to everyone! It has tons of different kind of sodas or floats, plus candy from, like, everywhere!

It was just simply adorable! 

{shout out to Nathan, Joseph, Harrison, Dylan and Auburn!}

Today I got the AWESOME opportunity to go to General Conference at the conference center! Kayla had tickets and so we made it a girls day with a few girls from the hall (:

"Doubt your doubts, before you doubt your faith"

I can't believe how lucky I am to be at a college where "what're your plans for conference weekend" is a completely normal question. I love being surrounded by girls with the same beliefs and standards and who are just so much fun! I also can't get over being on a campus where I have the opportunity to learn so much! 

Thanks for making the day great, girls!

I spent the rest of the day at Danielle's, just hangin out with my adorable niece and nephew!

Sincerely,

Erica Michelle

well, hello there.

my roommate > yours

volleyball games, midnight french toast, ultimate frisbee, playing tennis, jamba juice, random dates, amazing roommate//hallmates, cafe rio, random dance parties, shopping at the mall, RMs, girls night with sam, buying much-needed vegetables, one million and one essays, sweaters, new music, study abroad application, hot chocolate, crazy pictures, funny stories, vending machine runs, girl talks, twitter addictions, whiteboard drawings, printer problems, BYUSA, front row tuesday devotional, lots of walking, church church church, freshmen fifteen challenge, snow on the mountains, missing the stars, tons of new mission calls, laughs for days, missing my colorado, best friend facetimes, hours upon hours in the library, late-night dances, crepe bar date, depressing humanities novels, planning for next semester, study groups, 400 notecards down, inside jokes.

great memories.

"If you want to be successful, it is just this simple: know what you are doing, love what you are doing, and believe in what you are doing."
-Will Rogers

if you can't tell, I've been having a lovely time here. so lovely that I spend most of my time doing homework and then basically every other moment is spent making great memories {please note- I didn't really include sleeping... I mean, I do that once in awhile too} So... I was planning on doing a massive blog post so I could catch up on everything, but since I don't have time, and this list is just as effective for my personal record keeping, this is what I've got (: Hope you are all having a great time! I'm off to finish up some homework and head to bed!

Sincerely,

Erica Michelle

happy friday!

this week has been... interesting. {both good and bad}

I mean, I took my first test in the testing center today. {that would fulfill the "bad" part of my week}. Seriously, who thought of making nervous freshmen wait in line for close to an hour just to take a test? Because it is not nice.

Anyway, on a happier note:
last night we went to the football game! ...ok, we got there late because it was most definitely a last minute decision, and we left early because it was ffrreeeezziinngg, but it was still fun!

Secondly, I owed Joseph cookies... so we baked chocolate chip cookies a couple days ago, and decorated them ourselves (:

{yes, my name is backwards.}

After the game, we celebrated one of the girls from the ward who turned 18! How did we celebrate? Apple cider, of course!

Life is great! Also, this week Kayla talked me into actually using my twitter: https://twitter.com/DeckerErica

Sooo yep (:

Sincerely,
Erica Michelle

we like to make crazy music videos.

So, we have a ward facebook page, and last weekend some of the boys made a completely random music video. obviously, we had to make a response (:

just rockin' out to some spice girls... don't worry about it.

aren't these girls just great? I absolutely adore every single one of them! I would love to show you the actual music video {which, quite honestly, was pretty amazingly choreographed by the way} but it got taken off facebook for copyright or something. llaammee.

In other news, this is what's been going on in my life:

hanging out at church meetings with lots of food. don't worry bout it.

stealing hunter's cat decorations. {yep, you read that correctly}

trying to go to the bathroom and seeing these two lovely ladies just hanging out

fire drills that come at inconvenient times for poor Kayla

Sincerely,
Erica Michelle

the holy war.

that's what people here call it. the rivalry against Utah.

we lost.

I really am not being a bitter fan when I say that it was partially the refs fault. but actually... I don't even know anything about football and I could tell.

My wonderful roomie (:

stolen from someone on facebook... relavant

I am a failure guys. I didn't take ONE SINGLE PICTURE at the game. not even one. not even of our awesome seats, not even of Joseph and I's matching shirts {seriously, we were like the only ones in the stadium with this type of shirt}, not even of the awesome group! nothing. I am an awful blogger. NOT ONE PICTURE.

nonetheless. it was an absolutely fantastic day! so great. even though we made a bet and now owe 4 boys breakfast.

I promise I am going to hop back on the blogging train... it's just been crazy!

{oh, and tonight we made a music video in response to some boys in our ward. it was legit.}

Sincerely,
Erica Michelle

I'm running out of titles for these posts.

Last night was... pretty dang hilarious. Only at BYU do things like this happen.

So, after watching some random kid open his mission call, Kit and I went to watch some of the boys play Ultimate Frisbee! I am convinced you can't be a freshmen boy at BYU without liking Ultimate. Seriously though, it's like one person pulls out the frisbee in the middle of the dorm lawn, then all of a sudden, there are like 30 people. But this game was for their intramural team:

see, even the sign is wrapped in plastic!

I'm sorry that the quality of my blog photos are slowly going down hill! I've found that my phone is the easiest thing to carry around and, well, my phone is not the greatest camera.

Well, we ended up walking around, playing video games at The Wall, and walking around some more.

And now, Utah VS. BYU!! {and more homework}

Sincerely,
Erica Michelle

dating games and random whatnot.

So... over the past few days I've learned that I work really well at the library, BYU is the funniest place on Earth {possibly}, and there is never a dull moment at college!

let's start with why BYU is strange//never a dull moment. Exhibit A:

Wednesday night we went to "The Dating Games". The boy {or girl} sat behind the wall and asked the contestants 3 questions. Then they choose who wins the date! Auburn won a date (: and Cady did awesome {and totally should have won a date} It was hilarious to say the least!

So it was Sara's birthday and we decorated her door...

Also, it's rivalry week {Utah vs. BYU!} so all the statues are wrapped in plastic so that they don't get painted red. It's just a little funny.... so Sam and I took some pictures (:

Well... I have quite the pile of homework, and plans for tonight, so later (:  Sorry, there really is even more I could talk about, but time is short, so adios!

Sincerely,
Erica Michelle

the cool kids have M&M dispensers.

So, Kayla brought an M&M dispenser to college. I guess you could say our room is basically the coolest.

Unfortunately, it wasn't working, so Cady tried fixing it.

And this is what followed...

And it was possibly one of the funniest moments of my life. {it was also super late, another good reason we were laughing so much}. And there were M&Ms everywhere.

Have I mentioned that I adore college and all these wonderful people I've met?

Sincerely,
Erica Michelle