AVATAR

Oh my goodness, I just have to get the word around.

AVATAR is the best movie I have seen in a long time!!!

And if you have not seen it...you should totally go.

There is not one specific part that I like. It was pretty much totally awesome. Tori and I went to go see it as my "late" birthday present. I have got to say money well spent. :)

I AM 21!!!!!

So, it is official. There is none of the whole being 18 and an adult and not able to do adult things anymore. I can now gamble, go rent a car, and rent a hotel. So pretty much, I could go to Las Vegas in a new rented car to get myself there, be able to find somewhere to stay at a Hotel, and just have fun gambling away. :) I can do whatever I want.

Do you know what is more amazing about being 21? I can now go on a mission. You want some update with that? Here it is...I have started doing all the things everyone suggested to me. There are alot of things to do so just started is what I mean. I had the privilege to go to the oral surgeon on my birthday. How fun is that? I had to fill out some paper work and keep putting the wrong year. Instead of 2.11.2010 I put, 2.11.1989. The year I was born. I thought it was funny...I get to get them out soon though and I am so nervous. March 5Th is the day. Boy oh boy. I hope it won't be such a bad experience. The doctor told me that it would be easy and that I should recover fast.

Anyway. Thank you for the birthday wishes those who remembered. :) Life is amazing isn't it???

Pictures of Me...

So, I got all the paper work I could do accomplished for the mission. I now just have to wait for the bishop and stake president from here. One of the things I had to do for the application is find a picture. Believe it or not, that was one of the hardest things to do. I just could not find a picture that was up to date and one that I liked. Sooo, to problem solve, I got Tori to take some pictures of me. She is a really good photographer. I was surprised. :) We went to Freestone Park and for some reason I thought it was bigger than it is. So, we had some fun that one day and I got some good pictures that I liked. Here are some of them. Oh, I needed the picture becuase this picture will be sent with my papers and sent to my mission president.





This is the picture that I sent with the papers.

Meditaion? Maybe?? Hope the train doesn't come.

Yes, I am a tree hugger. :)

One of my favorites.

Some New News!!!

So, as many of you know already, I am going to go on a mission and I can't be anymore excited for it. How did I come up with this decision you may ask? I will tell ya.

It all started before christmas time. Even before seeing the christmas lights at the temple. My friend Jackie was about to start her mission and I was thinking about me going on a mission. I am almost 21 and am to that point of time where I could start my mission papers. So, I got to thinking about a mission but it was not a very deep think. So, I thought about it maybe once or twice and then we did our christmas eve tradition and went to see the temple lights. We went in and saw the Christus (is that how you spell it?) and then we went to see the Luke 2 movie. We left and then right before we left the temple gates, something was said that got my attention. Maybe because it was about me. :) I don't know who brought it up, maybe toby, he said that him and emily had an impression that I should go on a mission. They were just looking at the sister missionaries who were giving there testimony about Luke 2 and they thought that that should be me. Then my dad pipes up and says he thought the same thing and mom said that also.

So, I got to thinking about a mission deeper. I really didn't know where to choose. I have this amazing boyfriend who I have been waiting to marry and now I had this opportunity to think about a mission. What to do what to do. My goodness what a hard decision. So, I emailed my friend Jackie and asked her to tell me how she chose to go on a mission. To my surprise she actually called me and told me. She was in the same boat as I was. She had a boyfriend and trying to decide on a mission. She ended up going on the mission.

Then the bishop called me in to his office two sunday's ago and it was a "brithday interview." :) It was kind of like a birthday interview but different. This time, he talked about a mission. And I told him about how I was thinking about it but it was not very indepth thinking and that I still had to really fast and pray about it. So, he challenged me to go to the temple and pray about it. He also challenged me to read me scriptures for 15 min everyday because I am not doing so well with that.

I went to the temple that next thursday and prayed and read the scriptures and read my patriarchal blessing. One paragraph stood out to me. It was not about my marriage which I thought surprising. It says this. "You will be a teacher. A wonderful teacher and leader. Many lives will be changed as a result of your testimony and ability to teach with clearness and power." Whoa. That totally stood out to me. I am not a good teacher right now and I don't lead very well, but I am certain that as I serve the Lord with all my might, I will learn to have the blessing and I will be a teacher that knows her stuff. :)

I am so excited. I meet with the bishop soon to start my papers I think. Wish me luck!

I thought I might take a moment and write some of my thoughts down. :) About what has happened and what is going to happen in my life. What HAS happened??? Christmas, Tori's (14th) Birthday, New Years Eve, New Years Day, Bubba's (40th) birthday, and everything in between which is pretty much work. I have enjoyed this winter break though. ALOT. It has been so enjoyable. I have almost finished one of my songs that I have made up. It is a silent night song and it is very very pretty. I can't wait to get it done. Hopefully soon. Um, what IS going to happen? School is going to start soon. The 19th. Yikes. I really hope this semester is going to change. After getting put on probation, I want/need a better semester. Pray for me and I will pray for you. :) Okay. This is kind of a pointless blog but its all good. :)

Thanksgiving and More

Emily gave my mom some pictures of Thanksgiving so I thought I might put them on the Blog.

The Food

Ryan (my cousin) got married this past weekend. He got married in the Manti temple. After going through work issues, I got the weekend off and I got to go. I am glad I have a nice manager. I WAS scheduled for saturday but I got the day off. So, we left on friday morning at 6:00 in the morning. The car was cramped! It has been a while since I took a Utah trip as a family. I was so used to there being younger smaller people in the car so there was more room to move. But, this time we are all grown and all big. It was a long 10 hour drive. We made it though.

I got to see snow! Even snow falling. I was so excited! I have not seen snow in a long time. It was fun to play in it. I even made a snow angel. But, it was so cold. Definately not cool. :) The day of the wedding, I got to drive to the temple. My first time driving in snow. I was kind of scared. I got all the way to the temple without any mishappenings but when I got to the temple entrace, oh boy. There was snow and mud and I started sliding. I was so scared! I had no idea what to do so I stepped on the breaks. Later I found out that I was not supposed to do that. Scary. I am so glad no one else was there because I am pretty certain I would have crashed into someone.

I was so not prepared for the winter. I had a dress on, no nylons, and open toed shoes, in the snow and cold winter. I do not believe that is a good combination. I definatly thought my toes would fall off. You know that feeling when you can't feel your toes but they hurt? Yeah. I had that feeling. Not very pleasant.

My family decided to take pictures together and I will post some of them up. Bubba didn't smile in a lot of them but they are pretty good anyway.

We had quite an eventful day on the wedding day. Going to the wedding, going to the lunch, realizing that buck ate 2 pounds of chocolate, trying to get buck feeling better, Audrey eating some of Grandpa's medicine, Audrey going to the hospital, buck eating rat poisening, giving buck so liquid stuff to make him throw up, and just all the other wedding things. Quite eventful. Oh and Jaden was sick the whole way up. It was almost like we were not supposed to go on the trip, but I am glad we did.

We went home on Sunday and there was a lot of snow falling at one point. You could barely see three feet in front of you. That hapened for about an hour or more. Kind of scary. We got home safely though and buck is still living. :)

Here are some pictures.

This is kind of an awkward moment but it was so funny. You had to be there.

My Fabulous Parents

Candid Moment

Family Pictures

And the reason we came up

Gobble Gobble

This weekend was really fun. It was really relaxing. I probably should have done some studying or something but did that happen? Nope. It was just nice to spend time with family since I don't get to do that very often. I somehow managed to get the day off on turkey day. How I managed that I have no clue. I didn't even get called in. Phew! So, I woke up and said that it was going to be a great day. We cleaned the house up really well and then it was time to go eat. So I got all prettied up and went over to Toby's house to eat some Turkey. It was really really good stuff. Although, there was just not enough potatoes. I don't think there ever is. I LOVE potatos. After dinner, we all rested for a while and then it was time for a game. A game of Settlers. I have not played that game in a while. Turns out, I didn't win. But I got really close. Jaden beat me. By one point. It is fun when you are the one about to win instead of the one watching a person win.

While playing the game, there was some yummy yummy pies going into my stomach. My favorite one was the bannana pie. Love bannana pie! Tori, Tessa, and I planned to go take pictures this day and it seemed that we were not going to be able to. It gets really dark fast now. I don't like that. But, even though it was dark outside, we went to go take pictures. So, here are a few pictures we took.

Okay so that was a lot of picture and we still have some more. I have become a big fan of Picasa. Free photo editor. Not the best but I like it. There is a really cool one of Tori and her cello but I can't seem to get it to come up :( Oh well. Hope you enjoyed the many pictures of the fabulous turkey day. There are other pictures I will post up because I remembered that we did something fun Thursday morning but it is time for me to go to bed. :)