My LIFE...... Fun times... hard times... and everything in between!

Last 2 weeks of school

2008-12-02T09:57:00.000-08:00

Life has been fun! I am SO glad I had better roomies than last year! I am REALLY excited for the Christmas break! I am not really enjoying this semester class wise! I am glad to be almost done! I am looking forward to being at home and not having to worry about homework and teachers and anything else. I am excited to work with Luke and to hang out with all my Mesa friends! Life will seem easier for a bit.. and I will be able to redirect my focus to next semester classes. But I need time away from classes, school , and Thatcher for longer than 4 days!

Christmas....where did Thanksgiving go?

2008-11-13T12:17:00.000-08:00

Well here we are again skipping, what I think to be one of the most important holidays, Thanksgiving! We jump from buying pounds and pounds of candy to give to the children at Halloween to then buy even more AFTER Halloween because it is on sale and we know we will have a sweet tooth between now and whenever... and now we slip easily to Christmas. The stores are promoting the newest toys so children will say " Mommy Mommy I WANT IT NOW!!!" Each section of the store giving off a little Christmas cheer and color pulling people in for a closer look at the new tool chest for dad... the new pair of slippers for mom . But we are skipping the most important part of the store... the little Seasonal isle that reminds us of Thanksgiving. Why does Thanksgiving have to hide in a little corner why Christmas jumps out from behind Halloween and says HOHOHO! It's silly.... I enjoy Thanksgiving I love that I get to spend a holiday devoted to eating amazing food and giving thanks for all the things in my life! In my family on my dad's side we have this amazing tradition of pulling out a special table cloth that we all write at least one thing we are thankful for that year. I love it! I can't wait to start it with my own family (whenever that will be)! Well I just don't like seeing this amazing holdiday pushed under the rug when what we should do is blow it up so big it's too hard to ignore. So we remember that there are things to be thankful for even if it is just the little things!

2008-11-12T09:44:00.001-08:00

Make a Smilebox postcard

college second year!

2008-10-17T11:25:00.000-07:00

Hey! So... just an update... I have moved back to Thatcher for another wonderful year at EAC or for those who haven't been reading or don't know anything about my life.... Eastern Arizona College... I have 3 amazing roomies this semester Adri Nielson, Denise Lovell, and Kristy Partridge. Adri is loud and fun she has a fun personality and she is a music major. Denise works at the school cafeteria and takes like one class a semester. Kristy is a general education major she is really fun and I have had a blast getting to know her! As of late... I have just been going to classes. I work for a company called western watts and I find it VERY annoying! But.. It's just nice to have some extra money!

Sundays

2008-08-24T18:14:00.001-07:00

Sundays! I love the peace of just going to church and not having to do ANYTHING! I love sitting at home with my roomies and laughing at nothing, because we can. I love watching the sunset as we walk down the street just enjoying each others company! Sunday's are an amazing way to feel the peace of doing only what the Lord would want us to do!

The Lake!

2008-08-23T21:56:00.000-07:00

Ok So on Friday I went to the lake... AMAZING!!! I got to hang out with Jessie Merrill Kylie Schmidt Troy Geiger, and Thomas Gardner! They came up Saturday morning and we had SO much fun! We jet skied and swam and it was just an amazing feeling, to be among people I could be myself around! I didn't have to pretend to be somebody I wasn't which made me SUPER happy!

.... EFY catch up! Flag 1

2008-07-16T21:12:00.000-07:00

Hey ok....... so this is like major catch up time for me!......

EFY 1
Flagstaff 1
I was scared to death... I drove to Flagstaff on Saturday I had training and meetings all afternoon.... met a bunch of counselors and calmed down a lot..... Sunday went to church with counselors and that evening we had our session directors message and we were given our assignments. I had 8 girls.... I was excited nervous happy scarred and many other emotions but none had the affect I had as I prayed for each of my girls! I felt love and joy for each one of them. I had 14-15 yr old kids! I made their door tags and met with my co- counselors Derrelyn and Brian! I had known Derrelyn from EAC (school) and was glad I knew someone. Brian was awesome and really funny!
Monday- Check in
Scary.... at 8:30 we had meeting and a quick devotional where we got our duties for the week.... I was kinda bummed I had dance duty both Dances.... then we went to get set up for check in which was at 11 am.... at 10:30 kids parents and siblings began to line up in the hallway. I was worried again I felt a jolt of unreadiness.... 11 hits and kids swarm into the check out room.... after check in duty we had maybe 20 min to run up to our rooms grab our gear and meet the kids.... now it's 1:30 and we start to explain rules and expectations for the week. after the "Meet your counselor it was time to meet the company our company name was Fountains of Water.... I found it strange but cool. We met and played some games and then it was time for the kids to meet the session director, Brother Layton. That was fun then it was dinner time! After dinner it was time for FHE and after FHE it was time to talk about and set some goals and have a devotional then Lights Out.
Tuesday
I had meetings starting at 6:25 I met with my Co Councilors or Co-Co's, Brian and Derrelyn, as we call them in the EFY world. After that I had a BC meeting. Then at 7 we had particapint devotional. After that it was breakfast and then Scripture study! Then we had ?Morningside with Brother Layton. After morningside we had classes and then Lunch. After Lunch it was back to classes. After classes and dinner it was DANCE time!!! We danced the night away and then it was devotional and lights out.

Wednesday

again meetings and then Devotional then breakfast and scripture study. Morningside then classes and then lunch (as you can see by now our days were VERY monotnous) then more classes. After 2nd classes the kids had free time and then dinner. After dinner we had Banner and cheer preporation. The kids painted a banner and then created a cheer! Then it was OFF to game night. On to gamenight! Game to game to game to Cheer off which we won 4th place. Then it was headcount devotional Pizza Lights out! ..... It was Pizza Night and lots of fun! Boy talk and cinestyx.

Thursday
So today we had a different kind of morning! The kids had to dress in Sunday clothes all day! The boys had the Young Mens activity and the girls went to a special morningside! Then we switched the boys went to morningside and the girls went to the Young Women activity, which we disected the Living Christ. After that we went to lunch.then it was time for the varity show! Lots of SWEET talent.Invatation to revrence was next. The kids were asked to be silent and to and to be open to the spirirt. After the fireside we had testimony meeting! I cried I loved hearing how the kids had grown and not just hearing it but seeing it in thier eyes! Then we had devotional and lights out
Friday
Breakfast scripture studay and morningside! After that is was the taking it home activity and then lunch and the service project. The kids had fun witht he service project. then it was Lunch free time and dance preporation. After the kids got dressed up it was off to the banquet. A really nice meal... VERY different from the cafeteria ffod we had been having! after the banquet we took LOADS of pictures and exchanged phone numbers and addresses. Then it was time to break out the groovy dance moves! then it was devotional and lights out!!!

Saturday
Kids woke up EARLY and we all met at 7 to say our final goodbyes and then they were all gone! *tear*

Colorado Trip

2008-06-09T19:40:00.000-07:00

So I got to Colorado on Wed. the 4th of June. I have been having SOOO much fun! Here's a small recap of each day so far!

Thursday was a rainy day so My aunt Chris and her 3 kids, Truman and Jack (twins 6yrs old) and Quincy (2 yrs old), and I went to the Denver Aquarium.... it was pretty cool! I got to feed the sting rays that was an interesting experience.....

Friday was and ok day the boys had baseball camp in the morning and when they got back my aunt the three kids and I went to the art museum.... Aunt Chris was surprised at how willing I was to just do the kids stuff... she thought I'd want to look around more, and I would have if we didn't have kids, but all in all it was a nice trip ( to the right is a picture of a piece of artwork outside the museum)

Saturday was Tom's birthday so we got up and sang him happy birthday and chilled at home .... then that night My aunt and Uncle went to dinner for their aniversary (not sure which day it is but anyways) so I babysat the kids! it was nice! Tom got a hammock for his birthday!

Sunday Tom had a shoot (he works for food network he does Unwrapped... the food challenges and another one I don't remember and he also does on HGTV the "Our first house" and he will be starting another show called the Diet Detective) So while he was on location with Marc Summers (host of unwrapped or the old show Double dareand producer of Dinner Impossible) and crew Chris and I toom the kids to Pikes Peak...... that was WAY fun It's a tall mountin over 14,000 ft tall..... we rode the Pikes Peak railroad all the way to the summit. The top is past the timberline and on this particular day it was about 29 degrees at the top. COLD!!! It's very pretty up there though!

Monday I got to go to a shoot with Tom. It was WAY cool to see how they create the TV show! I was on the set of unwrapped.... We were shooting at the big theme park in Denver... SO I go into the park for free and got to meet Marc Summers.... he was a nice enough person. I got to be in one of the shots as well! I don't know when the episode will be shown but it will be after September! It was a lot more relaxed than I expected it to be...

Tuesday The boys had Magic Tree House camp in the morning and My aunt took me to get our toes done! Then we went back to the house for a while... when the boys were done with camp we had lunch and then went to the pool! We had a lot of fun swimming and playing around. When we got back from the pool we got cleaned up and Tom took the boys and I to see the new movie Kung Fu Panda.... very cute movie! Good moral to it as well!

Wed..... tomorrow I fly home!

SUMMER!

2008-05-29T12:55:00.000-07:00

What happens during the summer amazes me! meeting people nothing important going on.... I am so glad to have nothing stressing going on this summer! so far I have done 3 babysitting jobs I leave in 6 days for CO to visit my cousins for a week! then I have 3 weeks of EFY counseling and then a 2 week break and then another week of EFY and a week cruise with my family and then a week of nothing and then I move back to school!

FISH.............???

2008-05-16T19:03:00.000-07:00

Ok.... so I was sitting around not doing much of anything today and a fish popped into my head. Then I started thinking about all the things I like about fish...... I like eating Salmon and I like fishing. I like to watch them swim. One thing I didn't get was why people compare fish in the sea to looking for a guy/girl. I mean when when two people break up we sometimes use the phrase "there's more fish in the sea I'm sure you'll find a better one!" Trying to encourage them to keep dating and enjoy life. But WHY FISH??? Why not...... Birds, or cats or dogs? I'm not trying to change the saying. I'm just questioning it! I just don't get it!

Bed

2008-05-15T18:59:00.000-07:00

Bed! What a thing! I can't wait to get home to mine! They make sleep worth looking forward too! I love my bed! sleeping on a bed that isn't mine has thrown off my sleeping! it's killing me! haha oh well!

Babaysitting.... just like a mom!

2008-05-14T21:00:00.000-07:00

Ok.... so I was asked by Jacque Arnett tobabysit about 5 months ago.... I'm glad she booked me in advance! So I started babysitting the kids late last night. I am staying with them till Sunday night and they are so much fun!.... Since I've been here I have made lunches made sure they brushed their teeth and even got to go to Callie's t-ball game! It was really fun(I'd never beeb before)
So the title of my blog is what I want to jump into.... I have been having lots and lots of fun! but at the same time I am realizing all that mothers do for us at such a young age. I mean I have 2 roomies getting married and in about 2 years they will probably have kids of their own... They will each only be barley 20... I am so excited for both of them! but still at 20 and with a kid that is going to be a lot of work! since I am babysitting for about 5 days I really feel like the kids are mine! I do love each one of them! But at the same time i know that I only have them for a short time..... this is what mother in a VERY small way must feel like as wither their kids grow up and move out or they lose a child before they even really have a chance to get to know it! i mean when you really get down to it we are ALL God's children and we will all hopefully return back to him. But our mothers get to barrow us for a time. they get to teach watch us grow from teeny tiny to (for some) over 6 feet tall! that's CRAZY! I am so glad for my mom! She had a hard time I'm sure!!

Well I hope we all thank our mothers weather they are still alive or just around the block! they have done SO much for each of us! Love you mom!

first date since moving home!

2008-05-10T22:08:00.000-07:00

What a day it has been!!! I spent the night at my grandma's to help my cousin watch my grandma! It was a LONG night. I then went with my mom cousin grandma and aunt to get our toe nails done! We had lots of fun! Then I came home to get ready for my date!
He picked me up around 1:30 pm on his motorcycle (that was probably my favorite part) We rode down to Golf-land and putted 18 holes of miniature golf! Then he took me to Subway to get our sandwiches for our picnic in his backyard! We sat under a grapefruit tree and when he finished eating before me he began to juggle some of the fallen citrus.... kinda cute... Then we went inside and played Phase 10 (card game). We watched the part of Superman Returns. After about 45 min. of the movie we made a Brazilian dish together for dinner (if you've ever had Shepard's pie it's a lot like that. And he also made a Brazilian dessert ( avocado mashed with sugar in it and chilled) It tasted to me like a sweet banana. Then we played Uno and watched CSI Miami. The he brought me home.
All in all a fun eventful day! I had so much fun! I am also very excited for mother's day tomorrow!
I wish all mothers who read this a Happy Mother's day!

Home again home again jiggidy jog.......

2008-05-09T17:13:00.000-07:00

I'M HOME!!!!!!!!! That is fun to say! haha! I am so glad to be back in Mesa! I arrived about 3:15 today! It wasa long ride home.... I have been organizing my stuff to get in a use-able order! I have TONS and TONS of laundry...... well actually only about 5 loads......compared to my noraml 2 that's a lot! haha..... oh well, at least I don't have to pay for it any more. My roomies are all still in Thatcher Emily leaves to come home tomorrow.... she lives in Mesa too! Shannon is staying for a semester over the summer and Dyanna is leaving at the end of May. Every thing is great! I love not having to worry about waking anyone up in the morning when I get up at 7:30 or anything else for that matter. I am just glad to be home in general!

SUMMER IS HERE!!!!

Life in General

2008-05-08T21:01:00.000-07:00

So Today I cleaned my apartment and packed my stuff to move home for the summer! Wow that is cool to say! I am moving home Friday night! I am so excited! I got to play video Disney Monopoly with my friend Becca! Becca is a sweet girls she found out at the begining of the semester that she had a tumor in her brain stem. It was not cancer, thank goodness!!! She had part of it removed but she couldn't have the whole thing removed because it's IN her brain stem. She has recovered well. She came back to school and has been ok ever since. She has a very strong spirit and has had the best attitude about it all!. I love her to death!
I went walking tonight just for the heck of it and I was looking at the night sky which I learned in Astronomy class. It's a lot of fun! I feel really cool being able to point them all out! haha.....
I also got to talk to my roomie Shannon! Who is ENGAGED to a really sweet guy named Jacob Perkins. They are so cute together. (thats her and I together on the left)! Life down here in Thatcher has been really fun! I have really enjoyed living here and can't wait to come back next semester!

My First Blog

2008-05-08T13:38:00.000-07:00

Well this is my first blog! For all who read and keep up with my life this will be like my open journal! I want to keep everyone up to date on my life!

For those who don't know me very well I am a fun outgoing person! I love to watch movies (all kinds, mostly action) and hang with friends. I am big on family! I love mine with all my heart! My Sis is so FREAKING awesome! She is 16 and is an amazing musician! I love to listen to her play piano and violin. I love soccer! I am a huge fan of the fine arts. I love to be in and watch theatre. I like to sing and dance. I love ballroom dancing! It is so fun to watch the dances. When I grow up I want to be a 2nd grade teacher. I love little kids! I can't wait to meet Mr. Right, but at the same time I don't want to rush anything. I am not dating anyone at this point in time but I have been talking to this boy Michael and he is a sweetheart..... we will see where things go. I like to be outside! Some of my favorite outdoor activities consist of horse back riding, paint-balling, camping, fishing, swimming. I am always up to try something new!

Goals/wishes
I want to travel the world.
Marry in the temple
Live life to the fullest

I just finished my first year of college! I can't believe it! That is amazing! I am excited for the summer I am going to be working as an EFY counselor for 4 weeks and working with autistic kids!