Growing up I always thought I would go to Brigham Young University. My mom, dad, Grandma, and Grandpa went there. Sometime in high school I realized going to BYU probably wouldn't happen for me. I had good grades, but not great grades. My ACT scores were just above average, but not quite up the the BYU standard. I also soon realized I loved American Sign Language and realized I wanted to pursue that in my education. As I began researching my options for schools, I found that BYU wouldn't make sense for me even if I could find a way to get in. They just didn't have the degree I needed. The most you could do with ASL at BYU would be to minor in it. Salt Lake Community College offered and interpreting program, Utah State Offered a teaching program, and Utah Valley University offered a General Studies, Interpreting and Education program with American Sign Language. I prayed, and looked at my options and came to the conclusion that UVU was where I felt I needed to go.
The thing is, I still love BYU! Thank goodness so many of my friends attended BYU. Bryan let me purchase a sports pass through him, and before you knew it people on social media had begun assuming I went to BYU with how many posts about their athletics I had. Bryan left on his mission, and I continued to go. Brooke Saunders who had been a friend of mine in Madrigals let me purchase a ticket through her. We were decent friends, but I didn't realize that we would become such great friends by the time we got through college. I got to make new friends like Whitney Simmons through going to games. I became close with my sweet friend Kylie Anne. At the beginning of Junior year, my roommate Becca Gearig began attending games with me. I've gotten to bring other friends, and even my sister to games. BYU is wonderful, and I love that I have been able to go to all of these activities with my friends and how we have been able to enjoy so much time together while rooting for our Cougars. I didn't have my blog back then, so I figured I needed to share some of these memories. Here are some of my favorite times with so many different amazing people!
