Lauren's Happenings

Yesterday was my dearest friend, Vanita's birthday!! When I think of her name, I think of her great laugh, and all of our fun adventures together. Whether it's going to disneyland, or going for drives around boy's houses to drop off anonymous goodies. She always calls for a good time. She is an especially good friend and always listens to my venting for hours. She is a gem and I love and cherish her. She finds joy in all the little things, and is basically a part of my family. Happy late birthday Vanita!

This morning, I volunteered at the Institute Blood drive, no I did not donate. My excuse was that I recently got a shot, so I wasn't allowed. Really I'm just worried I would pass out. Anyway, I was in charge of the registration, which was the best duty because I got to talk to everyone. Whether they were getting ready to donate, or eating snacks so they wouldn't pass out. I also met a few people. It's funny because I get to a point where I think I've met everyone, and then a new person will come along! I love it!! 
The rest of the night consisted of my Ecuador meeting (which was mainly just socializing), then I met with my group to finish our group paper. We didn't finish til 7:30 so I caught the last 30 minutes of FHE. We were all combined, don't you worry! When I arrived, they were playing conference jeopardy. I ended up getting pretty into it and a little too competitive. Whoops! 

Saturday- the start of General Conference! 

Tuesday.

It was april fools day, luckily no one played a trick directly at me. Unfortunately, Facebook ticked me off and I couldn't look at it. Everyone was announcing they were engaged and pregnant. I'd say every week I see an engagement post on Facebook, so I have grown accustom to it. So when I would see the posts on April Fools Day, it never occurred to me that it was a joke til I read other comments. Good thing they have good friends that call them out on it! Derek Funckes ALMOST fooled me! He posted a video of himself opening his mission call. I thought for sure it was fake, but he had a letter that looked like the one's missionaries get, friends were there, his mom was there recording and his sister was even there interpreting for his mother. I thought, no he wouldn't trick his mom. Well the last second of the video he says, "Happy April Fools Day". Most people didn't watch til the very end, but thankfully I did! That little sly one!

Wednesday.

So in case you weren't aware, I am doing Relay for Life again, which is a 12 hour walk to fundraise money to help fight against cancer. It is an amazing experience and I am so pumped for round 2! Well we had a little percentage night at U-Swirl (frozen yogurt place) to kick things off. As a member of the team, I was asked to be there all three hours of the event. It was fun socializing and taking a little break from school. All photo credit goes to Ali Hayes on these next few photos.