arggg!

If you are looking for a light and uplifting read, do not even think about picking up Mockingjay!...I feel like my soul just died or something...I have decided to stick to Disney movies and cheesy Mormon romance book since I know they will have a perfect ending.  I know everyone complained about the Twilight series having a too perfect of an ending, but I just decided I much prefer that to the alternative.

Day two started off with a delicious breakfast courtesy of Sarah and then we went on a nice long bike ride to The Hover Dam.  The return ride was pretty intense because it was soooo windy and we saw a rattle snake!

Hermana Messina's Farewell - Day 1

My wonderful roommate Sarah Messina entered the MTC on June 2nd and gave her farewell address on May 23rd. Stacie Purcell, Kellie Wentz, Steve Hansen, Shane Johnson and I visited Danielle, Sarah, and the whole Messina family in Henderson Nevada so we could attend Sarah's farewell. I had the wonderful experience of riding the Greyhound bus for 5 hours each way with a bunch of strangers, but it was definitely worth it. We all had an amazing Weekend!


The day I got there, we went to Lake Meed. It was absolutely amazing! it was so much fun, it was great to see my friends again, and it was beautiful!

I tried to wake board
and water ski but this is as close as I got...I have now sworn to never again try any form of skiing again!

Then finally I managed to knee board...not nearly as cool as wake boarding but I guess it will have to do...

Summer 2010 so far...

I am back home in Poway, CA for the summer and I have been pretty much just chilling. I have gone to the beach twice, gone to a movie, went to six flags, and hung out with my friends and family a lot. Its been nice to have a break from work and school. But....at the same times, I kinda don't like the completely not productiveness of my life right now. I need to do SOMETHING productive! I applied for a camp counselor job that starts mid June and I had an interview this week so we'll see what happens.
In some ways I hope I don't get the job because I would have to wake up really early! and I won't have as much time to relax and have fun and I wont be able to go t Cammy's wedding :( But at the same time, it would be nice to be productive again, also I sure like money! and it doesn't pay too bad its about $12 an hour to play outside with kids so it would be an awesome job.
If I don't get the job I will probably go back up to Provo for Summer term. I'll try to work at the creamery and maybe take anatomy and another class that I want to get out of the way. But again, we'll see what happens.

Here are some pictures from 6 Flags...

At the beginning of out trip.

Four hours later...and still
stuck in traffic...ugh!

Finally at 6 Flags! Yay!

Wheee!

Wow! I miss having all of our guys friends. This semester I have all this free time but no one to spend it with. Currently Stacie and I are sitting in our apartment alone eating ice cream and moping about how our friends ditched us. Lame!! Last semester was so much fun cause we had friends. Now I am already ahead in almost all of my classes and still have time to spare. It sounds great but believe me the grass is always greener on the other side. All this free time gives me plenty of time to think about how I have no friends outside of my apartment. Basically no one wants us. The saddest thing was when we going to be like an hour and a half late to the barn dance no one cared! not a single person texted us and said, "hey where are you guys?!" For me the worst feeling in the world is feeling unwanted. :(

Winter Chiorfest

On Saturday, January 23rd Stacie, Shane, Katie, Brook, Cameron and I went to Danielle and Sarah's Choir Concert at the Provo Tabernacle. It was awesome! The coolest song was a crazy Indian song sung by Men's Chorus. The song started by the boys all oohing a very dissonant chord. Through out the song some guys would make animal songs, like birds and howling and stuff it was really cool. I also really enjoyed the My God is a Rock song that I had heard Danielle and Sarah sing a million times and that I already had practically memorized. It kind of stunk though because Katie and Brooke hadn't bought tickets before hand and the tickets sold out before they bought one. So for the first half of the concert they were stuck out in the lobby trying to figure out a way to either get into the concert of get a ride home. Stacie went outside to try to talk to the people in charge because we had two empty spots on our bench. Finally a woman and her daughter were leaving so they gave Brooke and Katie their tickets but the woman at the door thought that Stacie had brought them the tickets trying to smuggle them in. Fianlly they convinced her otherwise so they were able to make it just in time to hear the cool Indian song.

After the concert we went to The Malt Shoppe and had a good time just hanging out.

Yee Haw!

On Friday, January 22rd, our stake had a big barn dance in a huge barn in the middle of nowhere. Stacie, Kellie, and I arrived fashionably late of course because they were having crisis's about their hair and outfits. Our ward color was red so Kellie and Stacie bought us all red cowgirlish shirts.

We started talking with friends from our ward and ended up cutting half of the food line which was just fine with me! We ate the yummy food using a big hay bale as a table and we then ran into our FHE brothers.

For me the best part was going around the barn and taking pictures with Cameron Carr as our photographer. Kellie loves western stuff so she was super excited to take pictures with a cow sign and tractor.



After taking eating and pictures we joined in the dancing. I am not not on dancing, I just feel so awkward, so it took me while to get into it. But I love my ward! Everyone from my ward was right at the front of the dance dancing the whole time and at the end almost everyone else had gone home leaving just our entire group still dancing. We are such a tight nit ward.

While we were dancing and having a good time, it snowed a whole bunch and so when it was time to go home, the only road out of the barn was completely covered in ice. So the cars had to leave one by one down the hill. It was kind of scary. So to pass the time the remained of our ward had a dance party outside.