New Beginnings, Old Friends & Hot Volleyball Players

This week marked the first week of a new semester at BYU. I'v always loved new beginnings...a fresh start, a clean slate, all that jazz. As I thought about the end of The Great and Terrible 2013 and the beginning of 2014, I felt like this:

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Preach it Zefron.

I spent New Year's in New Zealand this year and because it was summer down there, the celebration was a lot like America's 4th of July. Everyone in the town of Rotorua spent the day outside counting down to the new year. We all gathered by the lake and at midnight, a beautiful display of fireworks went off. While I sat there listening to the music and watching the lights rain down onto the lake, I really felt like anything could happen this year.

That's what I love the most about new beginnings: Possibilities. 

I've also had quite a few of my best buddies come home from their missions in the last few weeks, which has been so fun. I love getting to reconnect with old friends.

Perhaps the most wonderful moment of this week was going to BYU's men's volleyball game on Saturday. We played Long Beach (the number one team in the nation) and we WON. The game brought back so many good memories of my high school team. Volleyball will always have a special place in my heart. 

But nostalgia was not the only thing I felt last night. Those volleyball players are dang hot, so I was hyperventilating a little bit just watching them play.

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As I was leaving, I just happened to run into the team and I was rewarded with glorious high fives from them as they ran by. *Sigh* I'm never washing my hand. 

BONUS:

This is an extra wonderful discovery I found this week.

Can't. Stop. Watching.

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