homecoming week!

These were taken at the Pep rally on Thursday. The entire week was filled with Homecoming-galore it was pretty exciting. The following day was our game against Jordan-we won. For a while there I thought that we would loose, but luckily our boys came through yet again. This was one of the few games that I didn't really pay attention to. I was too distracted by friends and Alumni but it was still an incredible game! 

homecoming!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!  oh wow I'm okay now! This way of being asked was great It cracked me up! :D The dance was soo much fun and amazing! Our group had a picnic at the park. The boys tricked us into thinking we were having McDonald's-it was pretty hilarious. We hung out for awhile. After getting ready, we went to Red Lobster for dinner. I had never been there before and I actually ate shrimp....and liked it!!! The dance itself was(like I said) amazing! So much fun! I think that I have been converted to dances YAY!!
(hopefully, I will be able to get my hands on a few more pictures of the actual dance)

Moab Pictures

family Moab trip! yay!

Oh boy do I love Moab! This year we managed to do quite a lot. we sort of cheated and went "cabining" instead of camping but hey, I go camping enough I guess haha. Some of us went on a boat tour which was cool. Honestly, I was expecting more, but for a show that my gramma saw too a ways back it is pretty good :).  The next day was all hiking in Arches National Park. We tried for some new ones which ended up being worth while. Some overall favourites are: Landscape Arch, Balance Rock, and Sand Dune Arch-we have gone to these every year. My brother-in-law and I were able to go on a guided hike in "The Fiery Furness"(sounds scary huh? LOL) which was remarkable! We learned a lot, got to see amazing sights and do really cool hiking. The guide described it as "hiking yoga"(oh yes :)) That night we went to dinner for Matt's birthday and the pizza was delightful!(yuummmm)  The following day we went to 2 more sights and had cake and presents for Matt as well. overall, I would give the trip a definite 2 thumbs up!

If only all classes were like this..:) this is actually a fairly common thing to see in medical Anatomy & physiology. My favourite part was when the attendance office called me down and more than one person was concerned

READ IT!!!

May I just say that I LOVE The Work and the Glory series?! I really truly do. I just finished the second book and I love it more than ever. If anyone is interested in the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Ladder Day Saints this is perfect. I am not trying to sell it but simply share my feelings. For me, it has given my the chance to get up close and personal with events that happened. It has also brought a much deeper appriciation of many things. I would recommend this series to anyone. I hope that it will have an impact on someone else that it has had on me. I have had and continue to have a want for not only knowledge but understanding of things. This has really struck me in this issue. A few weeks ago I heard a return missionary say "Don't take my word for it, go and find out for yourself." and I LOVE that! So that is my rant. Go read the books, it could seriously change your life. Once you do read it, call me, and we will TALK!

my thoughts

I feel like I should say something for 9/11. I did not know anyone there or have seen the impact it has really had on people. I envy the half of my classmates that have seen a very powerful and extremely real video of it. at least I have been blessed to see people come together. Even my classmates seem to have a sense of "oneness" in this season as they together watch known but unthought of horrors. This day hopefully will bring new appreciations for not only our heroes like our amazing fire fighters, police officers, and others in uniform, but also for those who took a very giant stride from "everyday hero" but still does not get the public appreciation. 10 years ago, I remember watching cartoons before school. And for some reason the news came on. I remember watching over and over again watching the towers going down. I knew it had to be big but did not understand it at all. I remember telling my parents that something is going on in the news that must be important. The next thing that I recall was sitting in my classroom at school and my teacher was talking to us trying as best as she could to come to wrap our young minds of the impact that has just taken place. We had to write in our journals of our feelings of watch just happened. I doubt that any of us had any idea what to say. All we knew was that something big just happened and we are supposed to be concerned. Even today I cannot say that I can truly see what that one act meant and what it did to my country.
187 years ago a revelation was given to Joseph Smith the prophet on September 11 1831. In the Doctrine and Covenents section 64:9-11
"Wherefore, I say unto you, that ye ought to forgive one another; for he that forgiveth not his brother his trespasses standeth condemned before the Lord; for there remaineth in him the greater sin. I, the Lord, will forgive whom I will forgive, but of you it is required to forgive all men. And ye ought to say in your hearts-let God judge between me and thee, and reward thee according to thy deeds."

These are a few of my favourite things!

                       I love my walks and sunsets      

                           the city lights

 this spot just in general and at that time of the day

Or place would be more accurate! A few months ago, my sister and I were driving through our neighbourhood, and she noted, "you know, we have a really nice neighbourhood." I do not intend to brag, but I really LOVE this neighbourhood too! With the exception of construction, it is really beautiful, the people are amazing, the mountains are spectacular, the houses are nothing special but nice, in the evening it makes me even happier...and I really could go on! Every so often, I will look around and notice how much I really love it here. I also find something else to fall in love with quite often :)

senior sunrise

Every year at school, the senior class gets together one morning and watches the sunrise. Every year I was always jealous that I could not go. It was so cool! There was people, and free breakfast(more than my usual Pop-Tart I usually grab) and of course the sunrise. I did not have to wake up early because I go to early morning seminary any ways.(which for anyone that is considering it, I HIGHLY recommend it! it is worth it!) the only thing about the sunrise it a giant tree was right in the way! plus we all sat there for an hour and the sun did not show itself, so most students wandered back inside before the sun could make it's appearance. I still loved it!

guess what I learned at school today?!

My guitar teacher and I had a laugh about this:

Currently, I am taking a guitar 1 class in school. Although I have been trying to learn piano through my best friend, Mom and myself. In piano, I know what keys are what notes but I need my mom to write what letter the note is on the sheet music! Anyways, while in guitar class we are learning about notes and I got excited because I could sort of understand it so I went home and on the piano, tried playing some of the HYMNS out of the simple book for kids that I had never played before. And guess what! IT WORKED!!! I am so ecstatic! So even though I cannot really play guitar at all, at least my guitar class taught me how to play piano! The irony makes me happy:)

Fire truck!!

Yes, as it is every kids dream to sit in a fire truck! this was for our ward's emergency preparedness breakfast :)