Shiree

Spencer Made it to Sierra Leone :)

2012-04-12T14:56:00.002-06:00

Well Spencer made it to the mission home in Sierra Leone!

What a relief! I spent all of Tuesday waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting. He is only 6hr ahead of us and so I kept checking and hoping for conformation that he left or that he made it. I had my mom check her e-mail a few times and I kept checking his mission blog to see if they posted a picture. Well finally about 4:30 our time there was proof that he made it and I could relax. :)

I just love the kid so much and worry because he is such a 3rd world country and we know nothing about it. ( we were told not to look into it much or we would be scared.) I know that the Lord is protecting him and My faith is very Strong on that but I am a worry wort.

For those who would like to see and find out what is happening in Spencer's mission their blog is http://www.sierraleonefreetownmission.blogspot.com/

Here are the pictures that were posted.

Yeah for Missionaries!

Love ya Spencer!

Spencer In the MTC

2012-03-31T11:00:00.000-06:00

Yeah! He made it and is Alive!

Here is his first letter to let us know he made it.

Hello Mother. I have made it here to Ghana Safely. All is going well. They gave us a few short minutes to send a quick email saying that we made it ok. The plane ride was good. Long, but good. I was able to sleep most of the way. We all made it through customs ok. when they picked us up the stuffed all of our luggage into one van and all of us elders into another van. It was super packed and VERY hot in there. it was a cool to see all of the people on the street trying to sell stuff to the cars that went by. It made traffic pretty slow though. but we made it. The MTC doesn't have a lot of AC. only in the Chapel. That is now my new favorite room. :) I was still a little tired when we got to the MTC but after a nights rest I'm doing well.

It is super hot here! I don't think i have ever sweat so much in my life while just sitting down, or even sleeping for that matter. The meals haven't been too bad so far. This morning we had a hot dog for breakfast with some onions and some sauce on it. I guess that is pretty common here. And i guess you could have called it a hot dog bun. but it surely wasn't. it was just a big piece of bread that had a slice in it to place the hot dog.

My companion is Elder Ihejirika. He is from Nigeria and will be serving there after our stay at the MTC. We all got paired up with elders from Nigeria or Ghana. There is about 5 or 6 of us that will be heading to Sierra Leone together. All American except one, i think. They are all so awesome. They are all so willing to wait on us and serve us. They are really nice and awesome. I felt bad because when we were unpacking our things I have like triple the amount of stuff as my companion.

It isn't as sunny as I thought it would be, but that is because of how humid it is. It covers the sky. They said that it isn't always like this. So hopefully I will get to see some blue sky in a little bit. They said it might rain in the next day or so. so i guess we will see how bad it really is.

Well, my time is up and we have to go back to class now. I love you all a lot! I'll talk to you soon.

Love Elder Jones

Then we got another E-Mail :) (we were told the he would not be able to e-mail us so we are grateful that he can)

He told us that he is getting used to the heat. That he got to go to the Temple. and is just doing well. He sent some pictures and I am just so excited for him. I miss him tons and cried when I saw these just cause I knew that he is doing what he is suppose to and is actually there.

LOVE YOU SPENCER!

Elder Spencer Jones

2012-03-24T10:47:00.000-06:00

Wednesday the 21st was spent with Me, Mom and Spencer finishing all the last minute things to get Spencer packed and ready to go. We made 2-3 trips to Wal-Mart (we found out that Spencer had a secret love with Wal-Mart or that he was just going to miss having one). They covered Mom’s bed with all of his stuff and his suit cases. Mom worked her packing magic and got everything in. We sent him with 2 things of peanut butter, toothpaste, shampoo, and a lot of other things that we did not have to send DJ with. :)

We got ready and then Went to dinner at Red Robin for Spencer’s “Last Meal” then we went to President Richins office and Spencer got set apart. I had been holding the teas in all day but by the end of the night I just could not hold it in anymore. President Richins did a great job and gave Spencer a wonderful blessing. Mom got to put his tags on him and then we went home.

When I got home I changed into jammies and lost it! Complete sobs as I lay in my bed. So I just pray and prayed and prayed until I felt better. I know that Heavenly Father is going to watch over Spencer as he is in such a 3rd world country and that he will watch over me and my family when he is gone.

I woke up the next morning with my eyes super puffy but ready for the day as much as I could be. I was hoping I could be all cried out. :) I got ready and then asked Spencer what he wanted for breakfast. He wanted his favorite French toast and some sausage. I headed to the store to get the sausage when I saw an accident. It was the car in front of me so I stopped and made sure they were OK, called the cops and waited until they arrived. In the meantime friends and neighbors saw that I was there and call to make sure I was OK. I told them it was not me but I was grateful they thought of me and offered to help. After that I continued on my trip to Bowman’s for sausage and then returned home. We had breakfast finished a few last minuet things (Spencer took another trip to Wal-Mart) and packed up the car and went to the airport.

We got there and went down to the ticket counter and got him all checked in. A very nice man helped us and gave Spencer some advice on his transfer and how to do some other things. We were doing good on the crying font until Mom started and then we all kind of lost it for a second. We pulled it together and went over to the side to wait for Brooke and Logan to come. When they came Brooke started crying and then Spencer and then it was a cry fest.

We finished taking pictures and then we went up to the security line. We gave our final hugs and Lost it again. We followed him through the line and until he made it through security. There were a couple of other missionaries in line with him so it was great that he had someone with him.

Even though I am going to miss him terribly Spencer is going to be a GREAT missionary! He is going to help so many people and touch the lives of so many more. He will face tons of new challenges and experience’s but he is young and brave and will accomplish a lot.

It is going to be weird not to have him around and I am going to miss his since of humor and a great friend and brother.

St. Patrick’s Day/ Spencer’s Farwell

2012-03-19T10:39:00.000-06:00

Wow what a weekend! The 17th and 18th were so crazy! Saturday the 17th Mom and I spent the whole day Cooking, cleaning and running around like chickens with our heads cut off. :) We made cookies, brownies, Oreo balls, and 28lbs of pulled pork. It was fun and yummy but so exhausting. I did get some laundry washed, dried and PUT AWAY! (That is a miracle) but by 9:30 I was ready for bed and was asleep by 10.

Sunday we got up and got ready for church, finished up the last minute things and off we went. Spencer spoke on Obedience and did a great job. Dad sang in a double quartet and it sounded great. Bonus Dad did not cry! :)

We had about 52 family members show up, lots of new and old friends, and neighbors. It was a packed house but it was so wonderful! Another Bonus we DID NOT run out of Food! Yeah!!! At DJ’s homecoming we ran out of food. It was crazy. This time we did not want that to happen so we prepared for the masses.

It was so nice to see so much love and support! Thanks to everyone how came!

Chloe and the Family

Spencer and His Friends

Gratitude

2012-03-12T16:06:00.000-06:00

I was asked to give a talk in sacrament meeting on the 11th of March. I was excited but nervous at the same time. My topic was a blessing in disguise. My topic was from the For the Strength of Youth Pamphlet on Gratitude. I found so many wonderful things on gratitude. There were quotes, stories, life experiences and many more wonderful things. I am not sure if anyone else learned anything but I did. My testimony of Gratitude grew even more than what it was. I did find this one thing that is so wonderful. It is a Gratitude Challenge. It is so wonderful you just have to do the list below

• Write 10 living people you are grateful for.

• Write 10 people who have died you are grateful for.

• Write 10 physical abilities you are grateful for.

• Write 10 material possessions you are grateful for.

• Write 10 things about nature you are grateful for.

• Write 10 things about today you are grateful for.

• Write 10 places on earth you are grateful for.

• Write 10 modern-day inventions you are grateful for.

• Write 10 foods you are grateful for.

• Write 10 things about the gospel you are grateful for

I have learned so much as I do each of these.  I am truly grateful for all that I have and all the many blessings that I have received.

San Francisco 2012

2012-03-06T16:05:00.000-07:00

We started March out with a bang. Me, Mom, Dad, Spencer and Skyler went on a road trip to San Francisco. We had so much fun!

We got up early on Thursday morning and left the house about 7 am. We stopped at Maverick in Farmington to get gas and Mom saw Casey from Chanel 2 new doing a report and went up to him and was on TV. It was funny because she was in her jammies. We had to give her crap since she would never let us out of the house in our jammies and she was on TV in them. :) Then we just kept driving. The weather was not the best on the way there. We stopped in Winiamucha to get gas and lunch and there was a sideways wind/hail storm. It was crazy! Spencer had some super high winds Dad started driving after Reno so he could drive Doner’s Pass. It had snowed over the pass and they were requiring chains on all cars. So we pulled over and put chains on (a first for all of us) and drove 30mph. it was so crazy. We did not even need the chains. We left more snow in our driveway than what was on the road. We even asked them how much snow was on the road to see if we even needed chains and we told them we were from Utah and drive in snow all the time but the just said that Chains were Required. Oh well, we made it. We saw some way cool animal life along the pass also. We got in to California and found this farmers market and they told us of a great place to eat dinner. Oh my it was so so good. It was an Italian restaurant. We all loved it.

Then we drove some more and finally got to our hotel. It was a nice hotel. We had all of us in the same room. We were a little squished but I was still wonderful. We had a Great view from the room. We could see the Bay Bridge, Golden Gate Bridge and a lot of other places. That night I did not sleep much. Dad and his snoring kept me up. I then learned for the next nights what to do (sleeping pills and ear plugs ) then we got up really early and got ready for a fun day of adventure In San Francisco.

We started out our trip at Alcatraz. We were on the first tour. As we were standing in line Dad ears perked up. We looked at him and asked what’s up. He said that he think he hears Swedish. And he did there was a group tour and he got to talk to a lot of people in Swedish. It was fun for him and for us to see him use his Swedish. It was also great to see him explain about the church and why he was there and how he learned Swedish and to tell them that Spencer was going on a mission to Africa. It was really cute to see him have so much fun.

On The Boat over to Alcatraz

At the main entrance on the island. now a hike up to the jail. it is not bad i just remember the first time we came and we had grandma and grandpa with us and they could not do it very well. :) we all did just great! plus there was such a great view out to San Fran.

Inside one of the Jail cells. It would be so uncomfortable to have to stay in one of those everyday for years.We all really loved the tour, the history and the fun guy we met that told us all sorts of cool stories that were one part of the audio tour. he told us that it is really possible that you could swim across to San Fran. so maybe some of the escapees actually made it to freedom. :)

Here are some of the sea lions at Pier 39. They were so much fun to watch. We ate lunch here at the pier and window shopped. I got scared by a bird as it jumped on my table and gave me this scary look to give it my food. everyone around me laughed as i jumped and screamed but they were all on my side and Spencer helped me scare it away.

We then walked up hill a few blocks and caught a bus. to take us to the Exploratorium. When we got on the bus it was not super full but then 2 stops later a whole school field trip got on. it made it super crowded. we rode the bus to the end and got off to walk the rest of the way. We have decided that we LOVE walking in San Fran just to see all the houses. They have so much character and they are so beautiful and interesting.

We get to where they said the Exploratorium is at and we did not think that it was it so we started walking around and we found this wonderful collum thing. it looked like we took a trip to Rome. It was beautiful!

We Finally found the Exploratorium. OH MAN! We LOVED it! It was so so COOL! It is a whole thing full of science experiences that you can play with. Totally hands on and we all had fun (even mom and dad)!

This was in a section of the museum about violating social norms. it was so much fun.

We Played with the bubbles for a long time. it was so much fun and we got some really big ones :)

This was so funny of Skyler. I don't remember what the propose was but it was funny!

After we played for a while, we caught the bus back down to the Pier and went to the Aquarium and played and watched some fish. Then we went back to the hotel and went to bed.

On Saturday, Spencer and Dad went to the Oakland Temple to do a session and I drove all by myself(well with Lola the GPS) to Martinez to get my car fixed. then I picked the boys up and we got mom and Sky and headed into SF and we went to Golden Gate Park. We rented bikes and rode around. It was a great Idea but we were out of shape and SF is up hill both ways. then we went to a science museum. we saw some penguins being fed and we went into the rain forest section and we were all grateful that Spencer was the one going to Africa. humidity is a killer.

Then we went to dinner. I was able to pick one restaurant while we were there. I got online and did some research and picked a restaurant from Diner Drive-in's and Dives. and i found one that was good priced and the food looked good. We went and LOVED it! It was so so yummy!

After that we rode the trolleys/cable cars all around SF and we stopped at China Town and did some shopping. We were really tired and did not stay long but we did have some fun riding the trolley/cable cars. I think we took them everywhere they they could run. It was a lot of fun. We learned that the breaks for the Trolleys/Cable cars are nothing but wood.(2x4's) and they change them out every 5 days. At one point when we were stopping it smelt like a campfire. :) We really enjoyed learning about them. When we were done with went back to the Hotel.

The hotel we were staying at had this "Gateway"ish mall across the street. I saw a store from the window that I had heard some friends talk about and wanted to see what it was. So, me, mom and dad went over there. Spencer and Skyler went to the pool to play.

The store was called H&M and oh my we LOVED it! and there were some other fun stores there also. but i was getting late and we were hungry so we scoped out what they had there. Spencer and Skyler got some hot dogs, Dad got a shake and onion rings, mom got a salad and i went to this little Italian place and got the Yummiest things Ever! I got a Butternut squash ravioli in a brown butter sauce with crispy sage. HEAVEN!!! seriously i could eat it all the time. no one else would touch it, they were totally missing out!
Then we went back to the hotel and crashed.

We all slept in on Sunday and then got everything packed and ready to go. We took a trip over to the Temple to get some pictures and see the visitor center(Spencer wanted to see the cute sister missionaries.) They had given us directions to Fentens, which is the ice cream parlor that is on the movie UP at the end when they are counting red and blue cars. :)

It was fun to see this.

We then went back to SF and got some pictures of us in front of our favorite places and on Jones Street. :)

After that we drove across the Golden Gate Bridge and went to Muri National Forest to see the Red Wood trees. On the way up there we got stopped for a little while for traffic to go down the mountain but then that got backed up. we were so confused and so were the construction workers. and then we found out a semi was trying to go up this very small very curvy road and blocked traffic.once he got out of the was and the traffic cleared up we were able to make it there. it was so beautiful and quiet and the temperature was just right. The trees were so tall and beautiful. We actually bought a Sequoia tree and brought it home. I am hoping it will look like the trees we saw.

We then started the drive home. We got to just outside Reno when we decided to stop and spend the night and drive home in the morning.
The weather was much better on the way home. we did not have any real problems excpt that Spencer ended up with a speeding ticket.We felt so bad for him. but it won't effect him to bad since he is leaving for Africa and by the time he comes home it wont be there anymore. :) We got home about 4-5 pm on Monday. we shower and put stuff away and then went to bed.

It was a Wonderful Family Vacation!!

February

2012-02-29T10:47:00.000-07:00

So, I have not gotten better at updating my blog. Here is February in a nut shell. Skyler turned 11 and we had a huge family dinner with cake and Ice Cream. It was a blast.

Valentines was spent working and then Skyler and I had a Heart shaped pizza from Papa Johns and he did not realize it was a heart. :) LOL Mom and Dad went to the neighbors for a party and Spencer and DJ took dates to the Dessert Star Play House and had a blast.

On the 15th Spencer went thru the Bountiful Temple for his own endowments. It was so wonderful that he could do that and we could all be there for him.

I also got a Job promotion in the middle of February. I am now a Loan Interviewer. I am learning a lot and have a ways to go but I love it.

March Is more eventful and posts will come very soon!

I am alive!

2012-01-13T15:45:00.000-07:00

Happy Halloween, Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year! and any other holiday that I have missed. :) Yes, I am alive and well. Life got a little crazy and I did not have time to blog. I am hoping to be able to get back on track and blog.

Let's see.. since last blogged I had a birthday, Spencer got back from Alaska and got his mission call to Sierra Leon Africa, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, My car broke and got fixed.I moved back to Kaysville and started working at my new branch.

Life has been crazy but I am really excited for the new year and for all the fun things to come! Yeah for 2012

Brooke's Birthday :)

2011-10-05T21:58:00.000-06:00

So Yesterday was Brooke's birthday! She turned 21! We celebrated on Sunday with a wonderful dinner and cake! Brooke I hope you had a great day and that this year will bring you much happiness! Thanks for being my sister!

Changing of Seasons

2011-10-03T10:14:00.002-06:00

So this years weather has been nothing but crazy! Who would of thought that it would be 85 degrees in October. we had a very long winter hardly any spring and now summer is going into fall. I really love the fall. it cools down a little but is not to cold. I love the wonderful fall colors and I get to wear sweaters :) I was wondering if it was ever going to come... and today as I was driving up the canyon back to Logan i saw this... and it was a sight for sore eyes! Fall is coming! :)

Taking Chance

2011-10-03T10:02:00.003-06:00

OK so this is one of the best movies i have ever seen! Oh I love it so much! I watched it for the first time on Thursday and then I watched it again on Friday.

I am so amazed by all that goes into and the honor that the soldiers receive. I am truly grateful for them and all that they do! I am Proud to be an American!

The Help

2011-09-20T17:27:00.000-06:00

OK so I have been reading the book The Help and I finished it last night! Oh man! I LOVE this book. It is so good. I love how it is written just like the people talk in the south. I can't wait to go and see the movie now. I highly recommend this book!

Waterskiing 2011

2011-08-19T14:36:00.010-06:00

Yesterday was our family tradition of going water skiing with Bro./Bishop/Dr. Hall:)

It was so much fun! I was My family and the Folkersons. We went up to Pine view and the weather and water was great. We are so grateful for Bishop Hall for taking us. He is such a great man. We all had a lot of fun between Water skiing, Tubing and riding the Jet Ski. Below are the pictures to explain our fun. :)

Me Getting up on the water skis. It was my second attempt :)

Me just having fun :)

Logan did a great job of getting a picture of me letting go :)

Dad getting ready to Water ski

Dad water skiing

Logan Getting ready

as Logan was skiing Brooke and Sammy were on the jet ski watching him

Logan Water skiing

Nate on the Wake board. He was totally Awesome!

Skyler playing in the water. He was always in the water any chance that he could. he was a little fish.

This is Sam Mathias getting ready to get up on the water skis.

Brooke Water skiing

DJ I think on the Wake board.

DJ Catching some air and water :)

Sam and Sky on the tub ready to go out and have some fun!

Sam and Sky on the tube holding on for dear life. The both went flying off a few times. I think that we gave them a 10 for all the rolls on the water that they did :)

Me and Bishops granddaughter Lauren. We went slow and it was fun and super bumpy and we laughed a lot. it was great!

DJ, Chris,and Nate on the tube

DJ and Chris.. Nate has flown off....

Oh man they were going off the tube left and right. it was awesome!

DJ was being stubborn and at one point was barley hanging on and the tube flipped and he made an air pocket so he could breath... then he finally fell off :)

Bishop hit a really big wave and got mom and Marci soaking wet with all the towels and they were trying to ring them out. :)

Brooke and Logan on the tube. They had some good rides.

Logan in Brooke's spot and if you look really close you can see Brooke rolling across the water. :) lol. this is why we love "Death Tubing"

DJ tried this new thing called a Wake Skate. Hi did really good. :)

I love August for this reason! what such great memories and so much fun. The next day you are sore but it is totally worth it!

Happy Birthday DJ!

2011-08-16T14:19:00.002-06:00

So Yesterday August 15th Was my brother DJ's Birthday! He turned 24! Happy Birthday Bud! Love Ya!! I hope you have a great year!

Teen Wolf

2011-08-16T13:49:00.004-06:00

Ok so my friend Kirsten got me addicted to this show. :) And I Love It! It is so good! It is suspenseful and funny, cute, and has Hot guys! :) Last Night was the Season Finale. I am sad about that but cant wait til the next season.

So the show is on MTV and it is about werewolves. Below are some of the main characters and how they fit into the show. :)

This is Allison. She is not a werewolves but her family hunts werewolves. She just found out in the last 2 episodes about her family and their secret. She is also in love with Scott and the are on and off again boyfriend girlfriend. She is super beautiful and is amazing at an bow and arrow.

This is Stiles. He is Scott's best friend and the comic relief in the show. Love Him! He is not a werewolf but helps out his friend. He helps Scott to keep his werewolf identity a secret and control it. He also is helping him find the Alfa. His dad is the town sheriff.

This is Scott McCall. He is the main character and a werewolf. He is a great guy that does not want to be a werewolf or kill anyone. He is trying to find the alpha so that he can kill it so he does not have to be a werewolf any more. He is in love with Allison! She keeps him calm and his wolf powers limited.

This is Derek. He is also a werewolf. He has a great body in this show and most of the time has his shirt off. :P He is also trying to figure out who the alpha wolf is. he teaches Scott about what and how to be a werewolf.

This is Jackson. He is a school mate of Scott, Stiles and Allison. He is not a ware wolf but wants to be one. He wants the power and strength. He is a spoiled rich kid who feels entitled. he sometimes helps Scott and Stiles.

I can't wait til next season. :) but for now i will just have to re watch them on the Internet.

Moving Day Again!

2011-08-12T11:13:00.003-06:00

Ok so I think that since i started this blog that I have moved like 3 times. But oh well, such is my life. I moved again on Wednesday. Hopefully I can stay here for a while. This move felt like a bigger change for me. I moved to the west side of town and that makes a big difference. I am no longer on the Student side of town. the ward I moved into has people more my age and I am excited about that. I can pay monthly which is great and it comes with a pool, small gym, playground, basketball court and a lot of grass. It is a newer apartment then what i have been living in. I am excited but my life has been filled with a lot of change lately and i am not going to lie I am having a hard time with it.

Well Brooke and i got all the small stuffed moved before 1 on Wednesday and Mom, Dad, Skyler, Grandma and Grandpa came and helped with the rest. They are so amazing and I am truly grateful for them and all that they do for me. They put together my whole room. It is wonderful.
Here are the Pics below...

Love it! it is so cute and wonderful! Grandma said the next time I move I better have a Husband to help us. :) I hope so grandma, I hope so!

Baby Shower!

2011-08-12T11:04:00.004-06:00

On Saturday August 6Th there was a baby shower for my cousin April! I am so excited for April and Ben and their soon to be Baby Girl!

Brooke and I drove down to American Fork. I was so great to be with family, laugh and talk, hug, and to make girly noises at all the cute little baby things. Why are things so much cuter when they are smaller? I just can't help but melt and want to buy it all.

I can't wait to see their sweet little girl! Congrats April and Ben!

This is the cute little onssie that we got for the baby and then we got her some diapers. :)

Crafty

2011-08-12T10:52:00.003-06:00

So I love to blog stock.. this is not new news.. but I found this way cute tutorial about how to make a pear ribbon necklace( sorry I don't remember where) and I decided that I was going to make one.

Well, I bought all the stuff and started, and re did, and started and redid, and then i decided it needed a flower and then i had to find a flower that I could make that was cute and that took some time and then I had to find the time to do it and ....... Finally it looks like this!

It is not the best picture but you can kind of tell what it looks like. So now that I have made one I can make more :) yeah!

100 Posts!

2011-08-12T10:48:00.004-06:00

YEAH!! I HAVE MADE IT TO 100 BLOG POSTS!!! Wow I started this blog about a year ago and never thought that i would use it this much. It has been fun to have a blog. I LOVE it! What a great milestone! I can't wait til i hit 200 :)

My Friend Dave Herd

2011-08-12T10:41:00.002-06:00

This is my friend Dave Herd! We have been friends for a long time! Luv this kid! He is so sweet and such a great friend. When I was working in Ogden and Close to Kaysville We went on a friend date to go and get some Frozen yogurt and catch up. He is such a Stud. He calls me"bee". I am so grateful to have such wonderful friends especially one like Dave! :)

Ok so this place is in Kaysville and it is so so so so Yummy!!!

Soul Surfer

2011-08-12T10:23:00.003-06:00

My parents went and saw Soul Surfer when it came to Kaysville theater. After the called me and said that I had to see it. That it was so amazing. Well I could never get to the theater up here in Logan and when I went home I never could find the time.

The last week of July I was scheduled to work in Ogden to do some testing on a new program for work. I was done at 5 so that gave me extra time at night to play with my family. On July 28Th Dad, Mom, Me and Skyler went to the movies. Mom and Skyler saw Poppers Penguins and Dad and I went and saw Soul Surfer.

Oh man I was so so good! I SOBBED through the whole movie. It was so so good. It was so inspirational and had such a good message. It came out on DVD on Aug 2ND and I bought it! I highly recommend it.

July 24th 2011

2011-08-12T09:49:00.005-06:00

So, the 24th of July is one of my favorite Holidays. I love the history of the Pioneers, the fireworks, the day off, the time to spend with family and the celebration of 3 months til my birthday. :)

This year it was on a Sunday and it was my Beautiful Cousins Homecoming also.

I love this cute girl. She is so so sweet, kind, genuine, amazing and any other wonderful words. She just got home from her mission and I am so excited that she is back. I missed her so much. She served such a great mission and so many wonderful stories. After church we went back to their house and ate some wonderful Mexican food and chilled and talked with family. It was wonderful.

DJ knows a family from his mission that live really close to Aunt Sue's house so Dad, Mom, DJ and I went over to see them. they were so awesome. I loved their accent and their southern attitudes. It is so wonderful. So when we were trying to find their house we had to flip a Uie and we saw this sign. We were laughing so hard and I had to take a picture of it.

Seriously the could of spaced it out better or changed the color, but it makes for a good laugh.

Then we headed home to do Fireworks! DJ had some leftover and bought some of our favorites that we liked when we sold them. It was awesome! we invited the neighbors and they brought some fireworks too. we also had a bunch of neighbors just show up to see what all the noise was about. It was a great show and we had fun. I love Holidays and the family, friends and neighbor get togethers. :)

Massive amounts of fireworks

Me, Nate, Brooke, Logan

Neighbors!

Minnetonka Cave

2011-07-22T09:44:00.005-06:00

Yesterday Me, Mom, Skyler and Brooke went up to Bear Lake and went and Hike the Minnetonka Cave. It was so much fun! I have not been there since I was little. We learned a lot and got our exercise in. :) I think I heard out guide say it was like 850 stirs round trip. lol

This is one of the Chipmunks that were out in the parking area. this one was the fattest of the all. you could tell that people fed him a lot but he was so so cute how could you not. :)

Brooke, Sky and Me at the entrance

Pictures inside the cave. We learned a lot of interesting facts and had a few laughs.

After the cave we stopped at La Beaus and had hamburgers fries and Raspberry shakes! Yummy! What a wonderful day! Thanks Mom!

Harry Potter 7.2

2011-07-22T09:29:00.003-06:00

We saw the movie in 3D and our glasses looked like Harry's :)

So on Friday July 15th Skyler Mom and I went to go and see Harry Potter. Oh Man I love that movie! It is so so so good! I am kind of sad to see it go. It has been so fun to see the movies and to watch the actors go up. I am happy with how it ended. :) I love Harry Potter!

Hawley

2011-07-13T09:50:00.004-06:00

This is my cousin Hawley! She passed away last night. I am going to miss her very much! She has been sick but I was not expecting this. I am glad that I know that she is happy and not sick anymore and that she is surrounded by love.

I love hawley so so much! I remember that she taught me to do a "Magic Twist" ponytail. I loved doing that hair do because she taught me. I remember her and my mom went to a concert and came back with no voices because the cheered so loud. She was always sweet and loving and kind. She is just so amazing!

I LOVE YOU AND WILL MISS YOU DEEPLY!