I moved up to Bellingham, WA this past Monday & I am falling in LOVE...

no, not with someone (don't get your hopes up people), but I'm falling in love with the Pacific Northwest all over again, I don't think I ever lost the love I have for this place, it just keeps growing the more time I spend here.
I can't even tell you how lucky I feel to be up here. It's amazing!!! It's such a beautiful place (ocean & mountains, what more can you ask for?) with wonderful people. I can't wait for classes and to start developing a thesis (nerd...duh!). Although I do miss Utah and BYU (shocking I know!) I am ready for this next step, I've waited so long for this to happen and it finally is!
I have had some free time since I've been here because classes don't start until Wednesday, so I was able to go to Shannon Point Marine Center (SPMC), in Anacortes. I spent 6 months out there for MIMSUP and I was so excited to go back. It was fun to see and talk to everyone at SPMC. After my visit there I stopped by Washington Park and met a guy from Rotorua, NZ, nice guy, we talked for a bit about NZ & the similarities to Washington (which are A LOT!).

The view from Washington Park.
On my way home I decided to take a detour to Deception Pass, just look at the pictures



I LOVE the house I moved into, it's so cute & my roommates are awesome (shout-out to Emily & Kim!). Here are some pictures,

don't mind the plastic over the windows, the house is in the process of being painted.
OK, I only put one picture of the house...I'll put more up later this week, once my bed arrives.

The picture above is a picture of a park about 5 minutes away from my house.
Moral of this post: I love my life right now, I probably won't be singing the same tune once classes and TA stuff start, but hopefully.
Man I love this place