If you build it.... they will come....

I'm not too sure what 'they' will be. Perhaps clothes? Junk? Who knows. BUT, I did build them!

The dresser... OH MAN. I almost gave up on that. This had 1,000 screws to put in and my little screwdriver was giving me blisters on my fingers (yeah yeah, sob story. 3 weeks later, and I still have remnants of the blister on my finger). I basically gave up for the day when I walked into the living room and saw that my roommate had a stinking electric screwdriver (uhhh are they called electric? I have no clue. But the kind that you can push a button and they screw screws for you). I dont know if I've ever used one of those before, but luckily it was pretty straightforward. pheww. Luckily for me I'm a college graduate. Otherwise I probably couldn't have figured it out. haha jk...

The instructions say you can build it in 1 hour, but I'm pretty sure it took me close to 3 hours. Hey-I've never built anything before! And they had probably timed Bob Villa building one.

The lovely bookcase that I built with my pink flowered hammer (that also transforms into a screwdriver).

Also, I hope Kate notices the 'Happy Halloween' thing hanging on the doorknob (and that door never gets opened, I have 3 doors to my room. So it's a perfect hanging spot. haha). The sign adorned me and Kate's bedroom wall during the Summer. Apparently Halloween is an everyday thing in the life of Berkley.

And please disregard the random clutter and junk inside the bookcase... haha

Family Vacation

After my graduation my family and I vacationed for a few days at all the random Utah tourist attraction places (whatever you call those things). I can now say I've probably been to anything worth looking at in Utah. haha jk...

Moriah and Jordan chillin on the tracks at the Golden Spike monument place.... There were ugly bugs everywhere that kept randomly landing on us.... don't ask why. I think they were friendly and liked people? They especially liked my little sister, Naomi. haha

THE coolest hat ever. We found it in a random gift shop. It folds up into this little round purse looking-thingy! I didn't get it, but we all had fun trying it on... That brim went ALL the way around the hat. Guten times. I also like how Jordan's face is creepy and slightly morphs into the background...

Another stop on our amazing race was Antelope Island. The sky was beautiful that day! The fam had fun skipping rocks and trying not to hit the people that were floating in the lake. But let me tell you what... that place stunk like no other! Please note Jordan and Naomi's faces. haha. Apparently me and Moriah are the only ones that can pull through the pain of incredibly smelly things.

Another random stop on our family adventure was the BYU stuffed animal museum (whatever it's called). They had a lot of really random, cool animals there. And yes, we're behind the barricade. Don't worry about it. haha

The whole fam also went to a Bee's game while they were in town. I enjoy sports, but sometimes baseball games get a little long for me... might have come from the time when my Dad drug me to one of my little brother's little league games when I was younger and the game ended up going into thousands of extra innings. Possibly the longest game on record. Seriously.

Graduation

HOLY COW! I finally graduated! About time, huh? Even though I'm making this update a month after my graduation, it still doesn't feel like I've graduated.... my mind is forever in the time frame of, 'work 4 months, go to school 8 months'. It's going to blow my mind when I finally realize that I have to keep working after 4 months is up. Ask me in December how I'm handling my job... I hope I survive. haha

But anywho... I finally got my degree in Business, Finance, and German.

I got to walk with my buddy Eric Katschke! I've known him since one of my first years up at school, so it was fun being able to sit with him during the ceremony.

Me with my roommates (and Chris Black). I'm going to miss these folks!

Me with my lovely sistahs. Yeahh for the Hughes girls! My sisters are the BEST!

Me with the coolest Professor of all time... Brother Kusch! (who also happened to be my Stake President).

My whole family came to see me graduate. I love my family!

Summer FHE times

This summer we had a blast with our FHE group! These guys are great. So many memories... Rigby Lake, water balloon fights, Logan splitting his head open outside our apartment, Stewart always crossing the chastity lines and attacking me in my bed or bedroom (or always attacking me in general), Michael Fish being Michael Fish (yeah Michael Fish!), Marcus taking us floating and me quizzing his German skills, Jason's longboarding and crazy entrances/faces, and yadda yadda yadda.... our lives have been changed forever. haha

Stewart is the craziest guy I know.

Michael Fish and Logan being their normal selves, with me looking guilty in the background... I wonder what I just did? haha

One of THE greatest semesters of all time! You girls are amazing!!!

Our amazingly attractive, hilarious, spiritual, nicest, uhhh what else... musically inclined, sportiest, manliest, strongest, corniest, FHE brothas!!! (Jason didn't make it to this FHE pic, but he's cool, too)

Hold on to your Horses

Hey friends. I know, I know, I've been told time and again that I should update my blog.... and dont worry. It will happen soon.... perhaps this week? Or maybe even the next?

Here's a sneak peak of what to expect:


Oh the joys and adventures of being a Hughes kid!!

Hopefully this can sustain you until I post more.

And expect a change in my layout... I'm realizing that my blog background is the boringest thing since 7am Business Law class. I'll try to get that fixed soon.