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Greetings from Provo, Knudson Family!

I don't know if anyone ever reads this blog besides Meagan and Kristi and me, but I decided to let the family know what is going on in my life right now anyway.

I don't have a whole lot going on, just school. Homecoming is this week and it's neat to see the Y all lit up. I'm not going to any of the dances, and I wish I were going to the Spectacular, but I'll settle for the football game. GO COUGARS! Like Sister Samuelson says, this is a great season to be a fan of BYU Football.

In school, I just finished my 4th midterm of the past 2 weeks marking the end of the first period of extended stress. I do have another midterm next week...and one in volleyball as well...so maybe I should be a little more worried than I am. I like my classes and I'm learning a lot this semester. One thing that helps is that my geology and geography of landforms classes cover a lot of the same material, so I kind of learn it twice and that helps my grade in both classes. Volleyball is fun, and we might actually start playing in teams soon instead of doing drills to practice specific drills. Yesterday was the worst! The skill was blocking--probably the thing I'm worst at, and the drills are horrible. In the gym, there are three full volleyball courts side by side. For the drill, we learned the two-step block and had to do it all the way down the line of all three nets. Step, step, jump, step, step, jump...all the way down 3 nets. Then we learned a three-step block. We did that all the way down the nets: step, stepstep, jump, step, stepstep, jump. Then, we learned another three-step block. Same thing, all the way down: step, step, turn, step, jump. Finally, we had to go all the way down the net in combination! step, step, jump, step, stepstep, jump, step, step, turn, step, jump! I seriously wanted to run out of the gym screaming. Blocking is my worst skill because jumping is my worst ability. My teacher did say that if any girl gets a block, she gets an A. For me, it's out of the question as the nets we use are even higher than MEN's standard height. So, that was my 15 minutes of torture yesterday. I came out smiling though. Something I've been working on in volleyball is not getting embarrassed when I can't do something. I'm getting better, too.

My one activity outside of school is tutoring at a local elementary school. This semester, I'm working with an after school program to put on their school musical: ALADDIN! 2 weeks ago I helped some 6-year-old untie his shoes after he tied them together. This week, I learned a Halloween dance. It was a lot of fun, and I really like the group I'm working with. Some of the kids are a little crazy, but those are the ones who need someone to work with them the most.

That's pretty much all that's going on in my life. I have 2 new roommates and one that's the same from last year. All are sophomores and for the first time in my life, I'm the oldest! It's a weird feeling, but we get along great! In weather news: The snow has arrived, in the mountains anyway. All that rain that came just for Conference weekend translated to snow in the highest places.

Goodbye for now, family. I hope that you all enjoyed Conference. I know I did! Have a wonderful day, and KEEP BLOGGING!

RISE AND SHOUT!!!!!!!!!

GOooooo Cougars!!!!!!!!!!! We're on a role this year with and undefeated record, recently concreted by TWO shutouts in a row! And I get great seats at every home game to boot! I'm in the North nzone, row 9 with my friend Sadie, who is in the picture with me below.


I tried hard to get you a video of the fight song in the sold out stadium, but I sadly found out that the video on my camera has no sound. The fight song is no fun without sound, so we'll just have to be happy with pictures. Next home game: October 11!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday, Sarah! Teenager no more! That was a long 10 years. ;)

The word is no

So, I didn't make it. See my blog for details

Callbacks for singers

So, about halfway through Nebraska I got this call from my friend Camille, telling me I am on the callback list for BYU Singers!!!!! Even though she told me, I still had to look at the list about 10 times before I believed it. I went to see Dr. Staheli on Thursday, and sang for him again. I think that went pretty well, as did my audition for Concert Choir the next day (just in case). The list that's going up today includes all those who were on the first list (we tried out during the spring and summer) as well as those who are returning to singers and those Dr. Staheli wants to hear again after this past weekend of auditions. I may go look at that list just to see how many are on it, but most likely I'll just wait until 12:30 when we are all together for the beginning of callbacks. It's really hard on my nerves to walk down that hallway, so I might save myself at least one trip. Oh, nevermind. I have to look at the list today to see if Dr. Staheli changed his mind about my singing soprano or alto. Today I'll have callbacks with the other girls in my section, and tomorrow morning I'll have to walk down that dreaded hallway again to see the final list. My friend Becca Whale and I practiced together yesterday, and we're hoping to walk down the hallway together for moral support. Going by yourself is the worst. Pray for me today! I'll let you know tomorrow how it all turns out.

First Day of School!

Well there's no avoiding it now. Classes start tomorrow. On the bright side, I only have one class on Tuesday and Thursday, and it's at 8 am. So tomorrow should be too bad.

In other news: Meagan and I made it safely to Provo once again. It was a long trip and we started crying when we passed the sign for Minneapolis (just kidding), but we made it. Also, Meagan found out that she made call backs for the Singers. She'll have to explain that though because we weren't sure exactly what happened next. All I know is that she'll be stalking the HFAC tomorrow waiting for the list to go up...I'm just not sure what the list is for. Needless to say, she's really excited. Especially since the Singers are going to Ireland this summer.

More news: BYU won their football game on Saturday against Northern Iowa. GO COUGARS! And there is another game this Saturday. We're definitely looking forward to that out here.

That's it for now. KEEP BLOGGING!!!!

my trip to the caribbean

i just got back from this awesome trip to the Caribbean and i learned how  to Sail and everything. there iare some amazing stories to tell that i cant do it right now. call me facebook me or talk to me in some other form or shape to sak but right now i will put up some tight photos of me !

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