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Happy Holidays!

2011-11-30T23:31:00.000-07:00

It has been a while! I don't have a ton to update you all on.. I don't even know if anybody really reads this but I thought I would update a little about my life! I am still working as an aid at the elementary school. I will be starting school in January at Weber State and I have been accepted into the Education Program there. I am getting all of my pre-recs done and on the fall I will be starting my levels! WAHOO!! 5 more semesters and I will be done. Lets just pray I can make it through.

I have had a lot of fun lately. I have not wanted it to get cold.. but I am getting more and more excited for Christmas. I did some shopping (online) today and I am almost done with my shopping! YAY!! It feels good and I am very excited. Thanksgiving was amazing. We had dinner on Wednesday night with my moms side of the family and it was a success! Then on Thursday, my parents and brother headed down to Vegas so I went with my sister to her in-laws for dinner. Then I was lucky enough to head down to Southern Utah to do some slot canyons with my boyfriend. He was already down there with his dad so I waited all day for his twin to let me know when he and his wife were headed down. We left here at about 7:30 and I couldn't wait to get down there to see Steve. We got to our campsite at about 11:30 and we went and woke Steve and Paul up. We got in our tent (I was in the tent with Mike and Lori) and got all ready for bed and I tried to sleep.. It didn't work too well. I couldn't get warm and I most definitely couldn't sleep. Friday morning we woke up and cooked breakfast and got ready to go to a slot called "Leprechaun" IT WAS A BLAST!! It was super tight and there were some spots where I couldn't fit through! It was so much fun. We went down three weeks before that (Steve's brothers last weekend home) and did another slot called "Not Mindbender" I think I might have a new addiction!

Life is so good. I have the best boyfriend ever and I couldn't be happier! I have a good job that is so flexible and so good to me. I am excited for the holiday season. I love my family, I love Steve, I just love life! I'll add pictures so its not quite so boring! :)

Enjoy!

Throwing rocks during our lunch break!

Steve being the brave one to go check out how much water we had to go through!

Mitch staying high in the slot so he didn't get wet.

Us!

Its so beautiful in these canyons!

He is SPIDER-MAN!!

I love him!

Coming off of the last repel in my first slot! AMAZING!!!

IT WAS FREEZING!! (our first trip down) Luckily the second trip was MUCH warmer!

Me, Steve, Mitch, Lori, Mike, and Sami. Right before Mitch left on his mission!

The beginning of Leprechaun!

Bryce's first repel!

The Lurg and Myself!

On Saturday we went to Goblin Valley and Steve wasn't feeling too hot.. so he found a nice rock to relax on!

Mike!

The amazing rope swing that Steve and his dad made at camp before we got there!

Me, Steve, Mike, and Lori.

The sign Paul and Steve made so we would be able to find camp on Thursday night.

Twins.. they turn into little boys when they are with each other.. its cute!

Hiking up so we could drop in the slot.. Isn't he good looking?? :)

My Life!

2011-10-17T17:25:00.000-06:00

I have decided that I need to have a life when Steve goes away on the weekends! This past weekend he has been in Wyoming hunting and I decided that I wasn't just going to sit home and be lonely and miss him! Soo... I hung out with some of my friends (Thanks Taun for keeping me entertained!) and I spent a lot of time with my sister Angie and her boy Corbin. It was a really fun weekend.. yes I do miss Steve A LOT!! But.. I was able to cope with it quite well. I can't wait for him to come back though, today it is killing me just not knowing what time he will be home and if I will get to see him today.

On Friday I REALLY wanted to do a craft. I text my cousin Mandi and I told her that I wanted to do a craft. She asked if we could do one on Saturday. So I went over to her house on Saturday and we went to Wood Creations (one of the best stores EVER) and I picked out a couple of SUPER cute crafts! I was sooo excited. We went back to her house and I painted it all and put it today (I may have bought two but I am saving one for another Saturday!) We had so much fun being together and talking. I haven't seen her a whole lot since she got married (like 4 years ago) and it was so great to chat and have fun. She has the cutest little boy so I played with him and painted my craft and talked. It was a blast! After I got it all finished I called Angie and wanted to go over to her house to show her. I am so proud of it! The rest of my family was all in St. George so when my parents got home I had it displayed on our mantel. I could be a crafty person! Who knew?!?!

My Cute Craft! And the best part is, is they have a different "o"
for each holiday/season! So its an on-going craft!

I have such a good life! I have no complaints! I have a great job, an amazing boyfriend, the best family ever, and I am just happy and content! I'll just post a few of the pics of my life! Enjoy!

The Golf Tourny!

Not bad for my 2nd time EVER!

He is so cute!

Hiking Timp! Up and back in 6 hours!

Wow.. SUMMER FLEW BY!!

2011-09-13T14:36:00.001-06:00

It has been a while since I updated! My last update was about how I was thinking about going to Weber! Well I did it, got registered, and got on the wait list for a couple of the classes that I really needed. I was sooo excited and thought everything would work out great. Well.. I couldn't get into the two classes that I really needed so I decided to drop all of my classes. I didn't want to waste the money and still have to go another semester. So I am working on finding a full time job (or two part time jobs) and working lots and saving money so I can feel good about starting school in the spring.

An update on my summer:

It was an AMAZING summer!I worked as a nanny (which was by far the hardest job I have EVER had!!) and I started dating a really amazing guy! We did a lot of fun things together. I had a blast. I also had one of my converts up here visiting Utah. She stayed with us for about a month and a half and it was so great! We also had a Japanese foreign exchange student with us for 3 weeks. We were a house of MANY cultures and I wouldn't have had it any other way. It was a summer full of stress, anxiety, love, learning, fun, friends, and family. Words truly cannot do it justice! There were times when I was so angry and other times when I felt complete joy! I had so many emotions go through me. I learned a lot, it can probably go down for one of my best summers yet (even though I didn't get out on the boat as much as I would have liked!).

My Summer Job: I was a nanny for a 4, 6, and 8 year old and it was HARD! I love them.. but there were many times that I said "I NEVER WANT TO HAVE CHILDREN!!" I have since repented. It was honestly the most trying job ever. I was exhausted. They wore me out physically and emotionally. There were days when I just wanted to get off work so I could see Steve because I knew he would be able to say something to me to make me feel better. He would tell me that I was doing a good job with them even when I would tell him the horror stories of how they told me they hated me or how they wouldn't listen or how they would break things. I learned things that I want to do and things I don't want to do as a mother. They are cute kids, they have had a hard life, and I tried so hard to show them that I really do love them and that I care about them. I hope they know that!

My Jaedin Monster!

The Kiddos at Temple Square!

Marcela: Marcela is one of the amazing members from Chile. She came up here on July 4th and spent a month and a half with me. SHE IS AMAZING. I love her. I found her and started teaching her when I was in my third area. She got baptized after I came home and we have kept in pretty good contact. She said that she wanted to come to Utah with her daughter Sofi and we offered her a place to stay. Little did I know how much of an impact it would have on my life. She has become one of my best friends and I miss her so much. We would stay up late talking about life and boys and she would give me advice. She is just amazing. Her daughter is ADORABLE! We went to Salt Lake a few times, to Park City, we shopped till we couldn't shop anymore! I got to speak in Spanish a lot. We had BBQ's and ate yummy food (she didn't like anything spicey and she most definitely didn't like home made Root Beer) It was an amazing experience. She talked about her conversion and everything that she felt and how Alyssa and I (the two missionaries there at the time) were at the right place at the right time! I hadn't ever felt like someone had really been prepared for ME to teach, until I heard her life story and everything that she had to go through so she could find us and talk to us and learn of the truth! It was so amazing! I feel SOOOOO blessed! It was so hard saying good-bye to Marcela and Sofi. They are amazing and will do SUCH amazing things in this life! I can't wait for them to come back and visit!

Life: Life is good! Like I said earlier, I am not going to school this semester, which has been a blessing in some ways because I have been able to help out one of my good friends while she has been recovering from surgery. I have been able to work as the head secretary in her place for the past few weeks and it has been amazing. I love being at Kaysville Elementary! I wish I could find a position here! I love the people, the kids, and it is just fun. I find myself thinking "Man.. I could totally be a secretary! Which one would I like more.. teaching or being in the office?!?!" It is so good though. I don't want to find another job because I just want to stay here! Maybe something magical will happen and they will find money to pay me! That would be a miracle!! That is what I am hoping for!

I am happy. That is pretty much how I can sum things up right now. Here are some of my summer activities in pictures! Enjoy!

Before the Hike! WAHOO!!

We went up to Camp Loll To Visit Mike and we hiked Union Falls! LOVED IT!

Learning how to shoot the Pistol!

Skiing.. my favorite past time!

Batting Cages!

My Amazing Family!

Playing at the Gateway!

Ay... the decision!!

2011-05-26T23:35:00.000-06:00

The stress has once again come into my life!! Today I took a trip up to Logan to check out housing with my good friend. We looked around and around and around some more and we found a couple of places and a lot of places were already full! Well... I cannot make any decisions or put any payments down on anything until I actually get IN to the education program.

As I went up there I kinda felt a little... um... unsure about everything. It just didn't feel like the place for me. I dont know.. I am not making any decisions yet.. I came home and I was able to go to my nephews preschool graduation.. and it was SOOO GREAT!! I got to get my mind off of things for a while. It was wonderful! He did such a good job and he is SOO dang cute! While I was sitting there I thought, THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO! I want to have a pre-school.

After the Graduation I came home and I started talking to my mom. I told her that we had a hard time finding somewhere.. and I just felt a little unsure. She then told me "Well I wasn't going to say anything but I have had this feeling that it isn't the place for you to go." I then asked her "Well.... do you think I should go to Weber?" and she said "Well... yeah." I told her that I had that thought cross my mind SOO much in the past little while. Today I thought about it A LOT... and I just don't know.. I was SOO anti-weber when I came home from my mission. I did NOT want to go there. My dad has always told me that I should go there.. and I was so hard headed that I didn't even give it the time of day.

Well.. when my dad got home from work today my mom said so Paige is thinking about Weber without me even having to say anything.. So.. that is where I am at right now! I am also still trying to decide if I want to do Elementary Education. I do want to, but sometimes I am not very patient.. I am looking into options right now! If you have any advice.. please let me know!!

And sorry for the boring post with no pictures! I will get some pictures up soon!! :)

I have been tagged!

2011-05-10T09:48:00.000-06:00

My amazing friend Kiana Don tagged me... Soo... here it goes!

4 Honest Things....

4 shows I watch:

1. Say Yes to The Dress

2. Criminal Minds

3. NCIS
4. The Office

4 things I'm passionate about:

1. Family

2. The Gospel
3. Food
4. Life (most of the time...)

4 phrases I use a lot:

1. Don't Judge Me!
2. Be Strong.

3. Life is hard!

4. um... I dont really know... I will have to pay more attention to what I say!!

4 things I've learned from the past:

1. Life is hard... but if you put your faith in God.. everything will turn out ok!
2. I don't need a boy to make me happy, I am can be happy and independent! (sometimes I struggle with this one)

3. Its amazing what one friend can do, whether it be a simple text or phone call, it can brighten a day!
4. Be grateful for ALL that you have! So many people are less fortunate that I am and often times I am soo ungrateful. Gratidud is SOO important!

4 things I did yesterday

1. Worked at Kaysville Elementary

2. Played with my cute nephews Cooper and Brody.
3. Ran 4.3 Miles

4. Watched Say Yes to the Dress! (and The Office)

4 places I'd love to visit:

1. The Carribean

2. New York

3. Chile (not as a missionary)

4. Hawaii.. again!

4 things I'm looking forward to:

1. Going out in my boat!
2. Getting a tan!
3. Being a Nanny and playing ALL summer!
4. RAGNAR!!

4 things I love about Spring:

1. The warmth
2. Running outside.. when its not cold bipolar sprin weather!
3. New life, flowers, greenery, the beauty of the outdoors.
4. Ending another semester!!!

I tag... Kelsey Sorensen, Amanda Mitchell, Alison Jarret, and Crysany Bean!

Done for the semester!!

2011-04-29T10:30:00.000-06:00

Well let me first just say what a relief it is to be done with this semester!! LOVELY!! I don't have to worry about homework or driving down to Orem! Life is good!!!! I will be in lovely Kaysville until sometime in August.. and then I will be moving... somewhere! I am still undecided if it will be USU or UVU... but no worries.. I WILL NOT be commuting to either one of those schools. I am going to work all summer as a Nanny and earn money so I can move out and enjoy life!

I have kinda just decided to pamper myself this week... I went and got glitter toes done! Thanks Renae for the gift certificate! Baylie and I went and had a GREAT time!! And tomorrow I am getting my hair cut... I AM SOOO EXCITED! My ends are terrible! I have been debating to go short or keep it long... and I think I have decided with long for now. At least till after Ragnar... which I AM SUPER NERVOUS FOR!! I am starting a rigerous work out plan like today! And by the time I run it... I hopefully will not die! We shall see though! It should be quite entertaining! And by entertaining.. I mean dificult! I am excited... I just need to start training... I haven't ran in a while. Work and school has gotten the best of me! I have been SOO tired! Now is the time... it is only in 7 weeks... thats 49 days... not a long time to train! Oh well.. wish me luck!!

Well as for things/goals I want to do this summer... here is a little bucket list..

-Go Boating

-Frequent Yogotogo

-Get a nice tan

-Go Skydiving

-Take a trip somewhere

-Hang out with my friends

-Save money for college

-Have fun

-Not worry about guys and how lame they are

-Do things outside of my comfort zone!

It will be a good summer! I am soooo looking forward to it!!! Now if only the sun would stay around and be warm! I am so sick of this cold weather! BOOOO!!! One day it will come and we will be able to take the boat out. How amazing it will be!!

A No Good Very Bad Day!!

2011-04-21T23:00:00.000-06:00

Well.... today I have had a rough day! And since this is my way of journaling... I need to write it all down! I am usually a happy person but today I have not had a good day! Have you ever heard of this book??

Well that is how I felt today!! I am at the end of my rope. I am sick of driving to Orem on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I am sick of not having a social life. I am sick of hearing about people getting engaged and getting boyfriends. I am sick of school. I am just sick of being stuck in this same old life. I am ready for a change, and I will make it happen! But as for my no good VERY bad day... let me tell you about it!

I woke up this morning and everything was good. I didn't want to go to school.. but that is a natural feeling. My niece was here for grandma preschool and so I talked to her and my mom and my sister for a little bit. Then I got in my car and went on my way! SOOOO... as I was driving up the road to get on the freeway I was just enjoying my music. I got onto the freeway.. merged like normal.. well soon after I saw the cop lights behind me. I pulled over and gave him my license and registration. I had NO CLUE why I had been pulled over. I sat there... with TONS of anxiety and frustrations because I was going to be late to class.

Well the lovely officer came back and issued me a citation for not yielding while merging. Last time I checked it was okay to merge.. She slowed down and I sped up. If she would have sped up I would have slowed down. That is just how is works!!! I called my mom and just started crying! I was TICKED OFF!! I got a ticket in December and I cannot afford to get another one. It puts me at risk to get kicked off of the insurance. AHHHH!!! I am just angry! I am going to court and I am going to fight it. The cop was sitting on the side of the freeway IN FRONT OF THE MERGING POINT... yeah I dont understand how he can say that she had to slam on her breaks when he couldn't even see that.

Anyways.. I just needed to vent! Tomorrow will be better... and I just always have to remember that "Sunday Will Come" Thank you Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin. Your talk has touched my life and gives me hope. I love the gospel of Jesus Christ and when we feel like we are in our darkest moment's we can remember that Sunday will ALWAYS come. We have so much to look forward to. This life is not easy, but through Jesus Christ we can make it! We will all have our Fridays... like today.. it was one of those dark Fridays for me!

Personal Post... Beware!

2011-04-18T23:16:00.001-06:00

I have been home from my mission for almost 9 months... and I have had problems with my stomach ever since... ok well like since the beginning of my mission really! This is kinda a personal post with what might be TOO MUCH INFORMATION. {stop reading now if you feel uncomfortable with the subject}

So I will apologize now! I would like to start off with this lovely video.. thanks to my friend Caitlyn for showing it to me.. it made my day!!

Now that you have all watched this lovely video... I will explain! About a month ago I decided it was time to go to the doctor. There are times when my stomach just KILLS and I have a hard time keeping anything in me, and as we all learned from this lovely song... The answer is in your poo! I called a specialist and set up an appointment. {the morning I went to the doctor my amazing brother left me a note on the toilet paper in the bathroom.. he is sooo dang funny!!!} I went and she talked to me about all of the many different things that it could be like...

-A parasite

-I could be partially lactose intolerant

-Stress

-It could be from excersizing

I can't even remember everything that she said!

In the end she sent me to get a blood test and she also told me that she would need 3 stool samples. As the cute girl in the lab was telling me what I would need to do, I felt so embarrassed and humiliated! Talk about being humbled! I came home and that weekend we were taking a family trip down to St. George {and I wasn't about to take all of my supplies down there.} While I was down there I got strep and was put on an antibiotic, so those tests got put off. Well a couple weeks ago I finally got the courage to do it! I did my first stool sample and I have two more to go... I am suppose to go back on Thursday but I have these lovely tests to finish! Hopefully we will get it all figured out.. and until them... just remember that the answer is in your poo!

A wonderful week!

2011-04-07T17:17:00.002-06:00

I have had a VERY good week!! Let me just re-cap a little bit of what I have done...

(WARNING: LONG POST!!!!)

Not the best picture.. but it was my view from the very last session!

Last weekend... It was CONFERENCE WEEKEND! Sooooo amazing! It was definitely needed and made me feel so much better about life! On like Wednesday I was chatting with my friend Dane and I had mentioned that I wanted to find tickets to conference, well he invited me to go with him but I wasn't so sure if I was going to be able to go because we were going to have a Final 4 Party... I was TORN! I knew that conference would probably be a better choice.. more inspiring.. but I REALLY wanted to go to this Final 4 party... however I did not tell Dane that that was why I hadn't said yes. So... Friday night came along and I got a message on Facebook from Dane telling me that he wanted to try and get tickets for the morning session and then go to the afternoon session also.... I texted him but it was at like 12:30 AM... well along came saturday morning and my phone rang at about 7:15 AM, I was awake because of my lovely stomach problems. I usually wake up anywhere between 7:15-7:45 with my stomach just hurting. Sooooo..... I was already awake and I answered (in a very groggy morning voice) and he said do you want to go? And I said... SURE! What the heck! I should go to conference and then I can go to the Final 4 Party after (since the first game started at 4) I figured I would make it for about half of that game.

So I drove down to the conference center, got out of my car, walked up through all of the lovely street preachers, and held out a sign begging for 2 tickets to conference! Lo and behold! I got them! And we got to sit pretty close! So that was super sweet! It was an amazing session, I always feel so great after! That first session ended and we went and ate some really good Chinese food, then we got some frozen yogurt! YUM! Thanks Dane! During that 2 hour break I found out that the Final 4 party was off... BUMMER! But I was o with it since I was going to be late anyways! Then we went to the second session, and it was equally amazing! It has to be one of the best weekends of the year! After conference I drove home and turned the game on! It was a good game and very good on my bracket too! Both of my teams won!! Wahoo! I watched the games and my brother in law brought over his kids and we watched them while all of the men went to the Priesthood Session. We watched Tangled... ohhhh how I LOVE that movie!

This guy is my favorite down there.... Gotta Love It!

I really have the cutest nephews!!

My cute little nephew Brody... he is so happy!

Brod and I just chillin!

Sunday morning came around, my mother fixed a very good breakfast and we watched the Sunday Morning session of conference, and while watching I was texting my friend Darek about our mission reunion that was to take place that night (my mission president was called as an Area 70 so he was in town and I was SOO excited to see him!!) Darek had a ticket to the afternoon session but didn't want me to have to drive out there alone so I decided that I would go with him and try and get me a ticket into the afternoon session. My trusty "1 Ticket Please" sign did not fail me! And soon enough I was in the conference center watching the last session of conference. I sat by some people from Washington State that go to BYU and we chatted for a bit. It was fun meeting new people!

After conference I met back up with my mission friends and we headed to the reunion. It was sooo awkward at first but A LOT of fun! I talked to a lot of people and best of all I got a hug from my mission president. He is such an amazing man and I am SOO grateful that I was able to serve under him for all but 3 weeks of my mission. He taught me a lot and is always so inspiring! He spoke to us for a bit and then his wife spoke and she challenged all of us to go to the temple this week. Well I made that a goal and yesterday I was able to attend the temple and it was AMAZING!

My AMAZING mission president... Elder Esteban Resek


The Cute Sisters!! Love each of them!!

Reunited with my trainer! Katie Hatch

Before I talk about the temple... let me just say that I was VERY disappointed in the NCAA Championship game.. in my bracket I did pick UCONN so that was good for me (I took 4th in my bracket so I didn't win money but... I did beat Zackery McKee so he now owes me Cheesecake!!) But it was a very lame game and I was not completely satisfied!

Now back to the temple.....

I went with my brother (who leaves on his mission in 6 days to the West Indies) and our friend Nate. It was so great! I felt the Spirit a lot and I gained a stronger testimony and knowledge of how much He loves me! After I got all dressed to go home I was sitting waiting for Nate and Daniel to come out of the dressing room and I saw Elder Russell M. Nelson. THAT WAS THE HIGHLIGHT! It was so great, Nate came out of the dressing room and we went to talked to him for a second. Being in the presence of an apostle is something so amazing. I loved shaking his hand and just being in his presence in the temple.

After that amazing week, I had to wake up and come to school today... NOT something that I was looking forward to... but it is life and I had to do it! So hear I am... waiting for my last class to start. I left my camera in my car today but I will put all of the pictures on here today. I had an amazing few days! And I cannot wait till I am done with my commute to UVU! It will be so wonderful to be done with that drive and hopefully everything works out and I will be at USU in the fall! Life is good! I am grateful to be where I am in life and doing what I am doing!!

I have been inspired!

2011-03-25T10:53:00.002-06:00

Man! Where do I begin! I have been inspired to have a cuter blog, and to write better posts! Mine just seem so boring and... well boring! I am not the best writer, but I am going to work on it! I don't know how many people actually read this thing anyways! But hey! Its worth a shot right?!? Last night I worked on cute-ifying by blog, and I am quite proud of it! Hopefully it only goes up-hill from here!

I have had a few good weeks (well this last one has been pretty crappy but I will get to that later on). Last

week was Spring Break so I didn't have to drive down to Orem at all! WAHOO!! It was so nice, I realized how much I will not miss that drive! I don't mind it that much when I drive it, but not driving it makes me realize how awful it is! I will hopefully be able to say good-bye to UVU (If I can get into the Education Program at USU). I think as of now I only have 8 drives to Happy Valley left and then depending on finals.. so either 8, 9, or 10. And that makes me very happy!!

Well many of you know that my brother is going on his mission on April 13th! Time is going by way to fast! Last Friday, as a family we all headed down to St. George to spend some quality time together as a family! All 13 of us! It was a blast, it was so much fun being with my niece and nephews, my sisters and their husbands, my brothers, and my parents. They are all such great examples to me! We took family pictures, and they turned out really good. We hung out, played some games, ate, and just had a good time! The worst part of all was on Monday after we went to the Brick Oven for dinner I started feeling like crap! My stomach started hurting (which is actually pretty normal for me) and my mom needed to run to Smiths to do some shopping so I took her there, but I had to go straight into the bathroom!

Families are Forever! We are so blessed to
have this knowledge! We stopped at the visitors
center at the St. George Temple and it was so
much fun. It is such a gorgeous temple!

Taylee, Brody, and Cooper. Such cute kids!!

Grandpa told Cooper about the Dinosaur
Tracks in St. George so we had to take
him there! I was not impressed.
I would not recommend it as a must see!
But we made the best out of it!


On morning Cooper and Grandpa decided to make a castle out of Dominos! It was huge and so much fun to watch Cooper admire Grandpa for his castle making skills!!

We made it home and I started getting the chills and I knew I had a fever, so I went into a bedroom and just layed in the bed and listened to music and tried to do some homework. I was suppose to head home on tuesday morning so I could go to school... that didn't happen! I just got worse and worse! I took ibprofun to bring my fever down, and I as soon as it wore off the fever was back. It was awful! I ended up coming home on Wednesday morning with my family (still feeling like crap). My throat hurt, I had a fever, aches, chills, stomach ache, just everything! And I was SICK of it!! This might be a little too much information, but I would look in the mirror at my tonsils and they were huge and had white spots on them. I knew that wasn't right!

On the way home from St. George I tried laying down in the back seat of the car, but my tonsils were so swollen that as soon as I was falling asleep I would have to wake up cuz I couldn't hardly breath. Well... I finally gave in and went to the doctor yesterday. I hate the doctor. I hate going. Especially to our family doctor cuz he just doesn't know what he is talking about. I always say how big of a wacko he was. I haven't been a fan of him. So my mom scheduled me an appointment with the Nurse Practitioner. Which was MUCH better. They took one look at my throat and said "WOW! YOUR TONSILS ARE HUGE! We don't even need to do the test, its definitely strep!" She also told me that it was the 2nd worse case she had ever seen. She gave me a shot, and 3 medicines to start taking. Needless to say, I am feeling MUCH better and as much as I didn't want to go to the doctor, I went and I am glad I did. I feel like I am getting back to normal. I did wake up in the middle of the night just sweating to death (I think my fever must have come back and then broke).

Waiting for the Nurse Practitioner to come in and
give me the good news!

Hopefully things keep going well and hopefully I didn't get my whole family sick! I would feel terrible! Other than this past week, I have had a very good month. I am excited for my brother and his mission, I will miss him like crazy but he will be so good! He is one of my best friends, and it will be so weird without him here. I just have to remember that if I can do it, he can definitely do it!

Also if you need a good laugh... go watch this video of my cute niece!!!

The past couple weeks!

2011-02-15T13:02:00.007-07:00

As many of you know I STRUGGLE WITH WINTER!! Especially since I didnt get a full summer... I have not been in love with winter... but I finally made it out snowboarding and I had a blast! I think it will officially become my winter sport so I can survive!! I had SOO much fun! I went up to Bear Lake a couple weeks ago with my friend Tauni and had such a fun time! We watched Jazz games and went boarding :) It was SOO much fun... I am definitely not as good as Tauni and Zack.. but we had fun!

Me.. getting ready to head down the hill!

Me, Zack, and Tauni on the lift... we are also known as the 3 Assassins.. And don't ask about my face... I just don't know!!

I was also lucky enough to get tickets to Jerry Sloans last game coaching! My sister offered me the tickets and I invited Zack to go with me. We had SOO much fun.. even though they lost... which was super lame and made me really mad. It was still a fun game, we had awesome seats! Thanks Mel and John for not being able to go! haha

After the game we went down on the floor and took a pic! I've never been down on the floor before so that was pretty cool! It was so much fun! Those are just a few of the things I have been up to the past couple weeks! I am having tons of fun! If only I didnt have to drive to Orem twice a week (or last week I was down in orem pretty much EVERY DAY!!!!) And gas prices are RIDICULOUS!! One day I wont have to make the drive anymore though... and that will be a happy day! For now I am just enjoying the thinking time in my car!!

And that is the update on my life right now!! I will write again soon! Thanks to class being cancelled lots I have lots of time to update this... which hasn't happened for a while!!

Big Decision Time!

2011-02-03T13:40:00.003-07:00

Well I figured it was time for a blog update... Since I don't have a class right now and I am just sitting in the computer lab and I finished my homework... I decided... WHY NOT!?!?! I haven't been a very good updated! But life has been good! I am loving life and I have had quite a bit of stress the past few weeks! As many of you know I am currently a student at UVU. I commute from Kaysville two days a week and I have the BEST job in the world!! My job will be ending in June... and that makes me soo sad! But hopefully I will be able to find another job! The past few weeks I have been thinking about how much I want to study Special Education, and sadly that degree is not offered at UVU. I have thought about it a lot and looking around, and come to find out, Utah State has a composite major where I can do both Elementary Education and Special Education. Call me crazy but I am transferring again! In the fall I will hopefully be starting the Education Program at USU. Logan is VERY cold and I don't do well in the cold... but I am very excited. I think that Logan is a better fit for me anyways. No offense Happy Valley, I just am not in love with you!

That is my lovely and exciting news! I have the take 2 tests tomorrow for the special ed program up in Logan and then later on this month I have to take the Praxis test to get into the Elementary Ed Program. Life is exciting and a bit stressful! After that I should be able to apply and hopefully get into both programs. I am planning on going to school for... the rest of my life! haha JK! But I will hopefully be able to finish everything relatively quickly with summer school and all!

And here are a few things I have been up to lately!!! I threw a mission party! We had a great turn-out! It was so much fun to see everything! Here are all of the sisters that came!! There were about 30 return missionaries there! We are SOO BLESSED!
My best friend Whitnie left on her mission, this was the night before she left with her little sister and her best friend. It was hard, but I know she will be SOO great in Romania! Love you Whit!Before Whit left we were able to take a trip to Hawaii! Just the two of us! We stayed wit Kohl and Lindsay Perkins and it was an amazing trip! We went to the temple and played on the beach! It was SO MUCH FUN!! I miss it there! And one last pic! This is my Best Friend Janalyn and I at the car show! She is such a great friend!! Thanks for letting me crash at your place when I come down here the night before school! I will miss that when I am in Logan!

My Amazing Family

2011-01-22T18:12:00.001-07:00

This is my amazing family. I love them!

An update... FINALLY!!

2010-10-22T12:53:00.000-06:00

It has been a great three months of me being home! It has flown by!! I have been able to see some of my friends and hang out lots with the family! A few weekends ago I was able to take a trip down to GOOD OLE SANPETE COUNTY!! On my way down I stopped in Provo for a mission party! The picture above is of all of us hanging out! It was so much fun to see everyone and my first stop in Sanpete was to see my old boss! I was there for quite a while and I was able to talk Marci and her kids and catch up with them! Marci just had a baby a couple months ago so I got to play with Baby Brenna, Jess, and Kayston. Marci and I got to catch up. It was SOO good to see them!

Me with Baby Brenna :)

Jess, Kayston, and I.. I love them!!

My Cute friend Kelsie let me crash at her place! She was also nice enough to come with me to Levi's homecoming! It was a great weekend!!!
I love this place... I wish I could go back!!!

I also took a trip down to Lake Powell with my family and friends and I have just been able to have fun!! I love being home... most days! I have made new friends, caught up with old friends, laughed cried, thought a lot about my mission, and yesterday I was able to go out to lunch with the Masons. They were the couple missionaries in my mission and they really were like my parents. I lived above them for the first 6 months of my mission (in the same building) and they were such a strength to me! I dont know if I would have been able to do it without them!
Here is our Powell Group!!

My Hero!!

2010-10-01T14:03:00.002-06:00

I am privileged enough to work with Gabe and it is THE MOST rewarding job ever!! Gabe has quickly become one of my best friends and my HERO!! I love him to death! He can do anything! I wish we all could have the same attitude that Gabe has in all he does!! Here are a couple of articles that you all should read about Gabe!!

Kaysville student climbs mountain on brother’s shoulders

By Rosemary Winters

The Salt Lake Tribune

October 1, 2010 12:55AM

Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune Gabe Adams, who does not have arms or legs, joined sixth-graders from Kaysville Elementary on Thursday to hike Adams Canyon above Layton. His older brother Brennan Adams carried Gabe in a backpack on the hike.

Layton • Gabe Adams, 11, writes with a pencil clutched between his chin and collar. When he wants a drink from the water fountain at Kaysville Elementary School, he scoots into the hallway on his mobile chair and taps the button with his shoulder.

But because he was born with neither arms nor legs, Gabe didn’t know whether he could join his sixth-grade class on a big adventure: a four-mile trek into the Wasatch Mountains and back.

On Thursday, he did.

With the help of his 24-year-old brother, Brennan Adams, Gabe went on his first hike. Gabe stood more than 6 feet tall, perched above Brennan’s shoulders in a large backpack made to carry a toddler.

Landon Adams, also a sixth-grader, walked alongside his brothers.

Adams Canyon had their name on it.

“This is my canyon,” Brennan teased Gabe.

More than 100 Kaysville sixth-graders hit the trail, which leads to a dramatic waterfall, to study nature and spend some quiet time reflecting and writing.

Teacher Cindy Barney said the field trip tied into classroom lessons about microorganisms in water, writing poetry about the physical world and, well, courage.

The students have been reading Hatchet, a novel about a 13-year-old boy who winds up alone in the vast Canadian wilderness after a plane crash. The boy finds a tool that is key to his survival — a hatchet.

Gabe’s family also hunted for a tool to help him brave the mountains. His mother, Janelle, considered whether Gabe could be pulled in a cart. But Brennan, familiar with the canyon’s tricky terrain, ruled that out. They looked at buying a backpack. But two days before the hike, Janelle Adams, a mother of 14, decided the family couldn’t afford it.

“When you have 14 kids, $200 is dear,” she said.

But Kaysville Elementary stepped in and worked with the REI store in Salt Lake City to arrange a free backpack rental.

“I am excited,” said Gabe, who was born in Brazil and was adopted, at 9 months old, by the Adams family. “We were still deciding [two days ago] if I was even going to go.”

Gabe peered through orange scrub oak and green fir trees.

Brennan carried him across a creek, and Gabe spent some time taking notes on his surroundings.

The most striking sound, he said, was the rush of a nearby creek down the canyon. He also wrote the words “plants” and “nature.”

Hiking, Gabe concluded, is “fun.”

Carrying Gabe, who weighs 50 pounds, wasn’t as awkward as Brennan thought it might be. The pack was comfortable, he said, albeit consistently heavy.

“I’ve hiked 50 pounds around before,” he said. “But, usually, I get to eat some of those 50 pounds, so it’s lighter on the way back.”

Lizee Jensen, one of Gabe’s 11-year-old friends, said it was “pretty awesome” that Gabe got to hike, too.

“They found a backpack so he gets to enjoy the wilderness as well as we do,” she said. “I knew he was coming. I was just wondering how.”

rwinters@sltrib.com

Post Mission Life

2010-08-10T13:44:00.005-06:00

Well I have been home for a week and a half now and I think that I am adjusting quite well... I am a little awkward but that is expected! haha I had my homecoming talk on Sunday and I am so glad that it is over. I was so nervous but I made it through!! Thank you all so much for your love and support!! I wouldn't have been able to make it through the mission without each one of you. I am going to try and put some some stories from my mission on here with pictures so that you all can hear a little about what I was doing for 18 months. Here are a few pics from my homecoming and all that good stuff! It has been so great to be able to see my family and friends again. I love being around you all and I cant wait to see the rest of you that I haven't seen yet!

MY BFF JANALYN WASHBURN

CUTE KAITLIN LIVINGSTON... THANKS FOR COMING UP!!! JAKEY POOH PORTER.... BFF FOREVER!!! OH KIANA DON... THERE ARENT WORDS TO EXPRESS EVERYTHING...

OH DANE.... HE IS AMAZING!

JANALYN DRINKING SOME MATE... :)

MY SISTER... I LOVE YOU AND I MISSED YOU SO MUCH!!

There were so many more people that I was able to talk to that I didnt take pictures with! But I will keep updating! And I have a cell phone now so if you would like my number... send me an email and I will give it to ya... paigegines@gmail.com

Homecoming Talk...

2010-08-03T16:40:00.002-06:00

Hey Everyone.... I just wanted to let you all know that I am going to be speaking on Sunday in my ward and whoever wants to come... can! We meet at 1:00 PM And I will post the directions on here!

View Larger Map

If you take the Kaysville Exit you can just head west... you will then pass a park (Barnes Park) and after the park you will take your first right. After that you will run into the church. It will be on your left. There are 3 churchs really close right there and it is the one in the middle. There will be one on the left when you take your first right onto Flint Street, then after you turn right you will see another... it will be that one. If you run into the third you have gone too far and must turn around. Hope you see you there!!

AMAZING SONGS!!!

2010-08-02T10:36:00.003-06:00

I'M HOME!!!!

2010-08-02T09:19:00.003-06:00

Well... I made it home! I got home on Saturday morning and I had the most amazing 18 Months. It definitely wasnt the easiest thing I have ever done... it was probably the hardest but I am so grateful for all of the experiences that I was able to have! I was also able to spend a week with my parents in my mission and it was great. The enjoyed it alot and I am so glad that they got to meet the people that I love so much! I speak this Sunday.. the 8th of August at 1:00 PM... you are all invited!! Here are a few pics! I will make sure to update soon!!

The count down is on!!

2010-07-03T09:58:00.003-06:00

Just a little update..Paige will be home on Saturday the 31st of July. My parents are going to go spend a week with her in Chile and then they will be bringing her home! We are all so excited. A lot has changed while she was gone, so hopefully she can adapt to it pretty fast :)

Update on Sister Gines!

2009-04-24T12:13:00.002-06:00

Well, Paige left the MTC on Monday the 20th! We all got to talk to her for a little bit, and she sounded so good! She loves it. She said that sometimes she still cant believe that she is really on a mission. But, we all know that she is going to be amazing out theree and do many great things! My parents got an email from her on tuesday to let them know that she made it there safely, but she didnt have long because she had to get to her first appointment with her new companion! Im sure she is loving it. I will try to keep you posted as we hear more from her!

My last one!

2009-02-16T22:36:00.016-07:00

Here are my addresses! This is a long post so I will put them first if you don't want to look at the rest!

Sister Paige Gines
Chile Rancagua Mission
Provo Missionary Training Center
2005 N. 900 E.
Provo, UT. 84604
(I will be in here for 9 weeks)

Here is the pouch.. there are more stipulations for it now so you will have to check them out (http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/51446/Pouch-service-has-new-regulations.html)before you send anything to it.. also www.dearelder.com will send letters for free to the MTC and pouch missions!

Sister Paige Gines
Chile Rancagua Mission
PO BOX 30150
Salt Lake City, UT 84130-0150
USA

And here is the mission home address

Sister Paige Gines
Chile Rancagua Mission
German Riesco 230 Suite 703
Rancagua
Chile

Well the past couple months have been so much fun! I have been able to spend a lot of time with my family and with a lot of my very good friends! I told many people that I would put my addresses up on here and when my family gets it! I am going to try and have on of my sisters keep my blog going and maybe put some pictures up and some of my letters! If you want to be put on the list to have email's forwarded to you, just leave your email address either as a comment or send me an email at paigegines@gmail.com

In the past few weeks I have felt so blessed to be able to be with my family and friends! I have been able to get to know some really great people and I have also been able to see lots of old friends and talk to a lot of my friends that have gotten home from their missions! I have loved every second of it!! Here are just some pictures of what has gone on the last few weeks!!

My good Friend Ashley that I worked with at Tasty's

Me and my sis! I love you Angie!

Mel and Tay at Playhouse Disney Live! I won tickets and got to take Coop, Tay, Mel, and my Mom!

Coop and I getting a Hot Dog!!

Cooper LOVED it! It was so fun to watch him!

Tay enjoying the Super Bowl!

Coop and I watching the 3D Pre-View

Everyone in their glasses!

Mom and Tay!

Baylie and Me

Me and My sis!! Love you Melly!

Mel and I during the super bowl

Mel brought her play group to Tasty's for a tour and Cooper LOVED it! It was so fun to have them come into my work!

Coop with Baker Maki!

He loved the donut holes!

Ash and I.. My last day at Tasty's

We were all in Coops Bed!

I went to lunch with my roommates my first year at Snow! It was a blast!

Me and Candis

McCall and Jennifer

Maser! He is on his mish now! We will be in the MTC for two weeks together!

The girls....

And Jakey at dinner in Ephraim! I love you all!!

Us at the Jazz game! :) It was AMAZING!!!

Ang, Coop, and I after the Jazz BEAT the Lakers! It was awesome!!

This is after my farewell talk.. Me and Kiana! Thank you for blessing my life so much!!

Kelsie... You are amazing and I love you so much!!

Kyron! You are awesome! Such a fun person! Keep me updated with your life!!

Ash and I.. Thanks for being one of my best friends lately!

My old Roomies! :) Love you girls!!

Cutest baby girl EVER!!

Whit.. I love you! Thanks for being one of my best friends!!

Me and Zacky! Love you Cus!!

Me, Zacky, and Hilary! Thanks for all of your support!!

My favorite boys! I love you Jakey and Kyle! BFF's!! :)

My other favorite boy! I will miss him a lot!

The Parents! Love you! Thanks for ALL of your support!

The Girls!! :)

Yes.. we were wearing the same shirt! I love you and will miss you lots sister!

Some amazing people! Thanks for your support!!

Me, Janalyn, and Ryan--They will have such a happy life! Congrats again you two!

One of my best friends! You helped me through so much Janalyn! You have no clue!

Dane.. what more can I say? He has been such a great friend and I will miss him!

Dan and I.. I will miss my brothers a lot!

My BEST Friends! They got me through high school and have helped get me to this point in my life! Thank you so much! I love you guys and will miss you a lot!!

Sorry this is so long.. but its my last one for a while! Please write if you want and I will do my best to write back! Thank you all for all of your support! I love you all and hope you have a great 18 months!!

One Month Left!!!

2009-01-12T20:40:00.006-07:00

Time has been FLYING by!! I can't believe I have just about a month left until I enter the MTC!! I am so excited and I have LOVED spending time with my family and friends! This past weekend my family was able to spend a very fun and relaxing weekend at Wolf Creek in a very nice condo! It was a blast! We got up there on Thursday and hung out, Friday my Dad, Brothers, and Brother in Law all went to Wolf Mountain to Snow Board. It was a lot of fun watching how good my brothers are getting and also watching my brother-in-law! They are so good! My dad and I are at about the same level and we both ended up tweeking our knees pretty bad and that ended the day for us. The snow wasn't the best but it was still fun to go with them! Then on Friday night we had a Talent Show! It was so much fun, we all complained about it at first but then Melanie, Angie, and I decided to do a Lip Sync to the SPICE GIRLS! We got all dressed up and I dare say we stole the show! Daniel started it off with some knock knock jokes that were quite funny! Then Cooper sang "I Am A Child of God" which was ADORABLE! He also stole the show! John balanced Taylee on his hand and then John and Jason did an amazing juggling act! We did our amazing dance and Cooper sang a couple more times, then my mom talked to us and it was a lot of fun! I loved every second of it! Here are a bunch of pictures because I haven't updated for a VERY long time!!

Our Lovely Host... He had many very funny Knock-Knock Jokes!

Cooper singing "I Am a Child of God" He is the cutest boy ever!

They were amazing!

John juggling Eggs!! He didn't even break one!

Cooper watching his Dad and Uncle Jason juggle! He LOVED it!

Taylee doing her talent! I am going to miss her a lot!

We were AMAZING! :)

After our "Show"

We also went on a Horse Drawn Sleigh Ride on Saturday! Cooper was SOO cute and it was such a fun little ride!

Cooper LOVING the horses!

Me and Coop enjoying the ride

My Family! I love them a lot!

More family!

This is Cooper and boy and Cooper the Dog! He LOVED the farm and seeing the horses and dogs and seeing the elk!

He LOVES Tractors and did not want to leave! He is so dang cute!

Cute Tay Tay!

Sorry this is so long but I am so glad that I was able to spend this whole weekend with my family! They are so amazing! Thank you so much mom and dad for all the hard work you do for me and thank you so much for an amazing weekend! I really do appreciate all you do for me! Love you all!

My Nephew!!

2008-12-17T11:06:00.003-07:00

So this morning I have had the opportunity to watch my nephew! We played play-dough, coop took a bath, and we played cars!! While he was sitting in the bath I was listening to his conversation with himself and a ducky...

"I'n naked... are you? Oh you are too.. oh otay... we naked"

It was so funny! I can't even give it justice! He is the cutest little guy ever!!

This is "grampa's boat"

And our "Nose Man"

He is the best little kid! I love being able to hang out with him! He is so cute and says the funniest things!! I love him to death!! :)

Support Our Troops

2008-12-11T11:37:00.002-07:00

Everyone.. go to this link and send a quick post-card to our troops! They do so much for us... this is the least we can do for them!

Elf Yourself!

2008-12-04T15:04:00.004-07:00

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

This one is of my sister and her cute family! I hope you don't mind :)

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

This one is of me and my sisters! I love them and hope you guys enjoy this! We should try and make a dance like this haha!

I love this website! These are my first two of the season but I always get a good laugh out of it! Go to... http://elfyourself.com and try it yourself! They are so funny! Send them to me because I LOVE seeing different ones! Hope you enjoy them and Happy Holidays!

Wow...

2008-11-20T15:22:00.002-07:00

So this is just a little update on the past week! I have been struggling a little bit and I haven't been the happiest person.. which is weird because I just got my mission call! Well I was talking to my good friend Kiana today and as she was talking to me and giving me advice I have realized that this is Satans way of getting to me and trying to bring me down! It has been a hard week, well mostly just today has been really hard. I have decided that I want to go to the temple the week right after I move home, so either Dec. 19 or 20th and I was told that he was going to start working on me. I now know that this is SOO true and that he is trying to make me feel like crap and make me not be happy! Thank you Kiana for the amazing advice and for making me realize that life is so great and that no matter what, I ALWAYS have my Heavenly Father and Savior there for me!! I can't wait to go serve the people of Chile!! I am so excited and I hope that Satan knows that I am not going to let him get to me and bring me down! Its just not going to happen! :) I am feeling much better now and I am done letting him make me feel like I am not good enough and like I am alone, because I'm not!

The Guessing is Over... :)

2008-11-13T23:11:00.005-07:00

Hey Everyone... I just wanted you all to know that I have been called as a Missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to serve for 18 months in the Chile Rancagua Mission!! I am so excited and I cannot wait! I report to the Provo MTC on Feb. 18th at Noon! I am so excited! Out of all of the guesses I had... no one guessed it and I think the person who is the most surprised is... ME! I honestly thought that I was going to be in the States, I never guessed I would go out of the country! I will be speaking spanish and I really cannot wait! It was a very long day but I am so grateful that I have an amazing family! I am glad that they could all be there for it and I am so glad that I was able to spend a lot of the day at my sisters house helping her with her kids. They kept my mind busy and kept me from going crazy knowing that my call was just sitting at my house! Then my good friend Spencer Wallin who just got home from his mission came and picked me up and we went and got Rainbows. Yesterday we starting talking about how he was going to teach me spanish and now I am really going to hold him to it!! I can't wait to learn Spanish and even more I can't wait to preach this amazing gospel! I love it so much and I know that this is what I need to do in my life!! Thank you everyone for all of your support! I love you all!

Guessing Time....

2008-11-01T16:13:00.005-06:00

Hey Everyone... Tomorrow is a big day for me! I am meeting with my Stake President for my final interview before my mission papers go in!!! For those of you who didn't know... It was a really recent decision, made up not even a month ago that I was going to go on a mission. I have been contemplating it for quite a while and I always just pushed the thought to the back of my head saying that I just wanted to get school done and if I took a break from school I wouldn't go back, well over Conference weekend I got to go to the first two sessions of conference IN the conference center... AMAZING! There isn't an experience that compares to being in the presence of The Prophet and The 12 Apostles. It is the coolest thing I have ever experienced! I went in the the question in my head... "Does Paige need to go on a mission at this time in her life?" Well seeing how I didn't really WANT to because I just wanted to get school done I was overwhelmed in the first couple talks of the first session with the feeling that I needed to and then my good friend Whitnie who actually invited me to go with her leaned over and just simply said "Paige do you want to go on a mission?" I told her I didn't know but I was trying to figure it out. I think those simple words that she said in the conference center, and me trying to be receptive to what Heavenly Fathers plan was for me I was overwhelmed and I knew it was what I needed to do! I didn't say anything to anyone and on Sunday night I was driving back to Cedar and thinking so much about it, I talked to my sister about it and also to my good friend Kiana and they both gave me such great advice. The next day I called my mom and said "Hey Mom, what would you think if I told you I was thinking about going on a mission?" She said that it would be great but I needed to tell my dad. So later that night I called my dad and asked him the same thing and he said that he would support me and that if it was what I thought was right then he would be there for me. That Thursday I went and talked to my bishop and the following Monday I got my papers all set up. It has gone really fast but the Lord truely does work in mysterious ways!

Now its everyones turn to guess where I am going to go... I should be getting my call in a few weeks so please comment! I can't wait to hear what all of you have to say! Also thank you so much to EVERYONE for the amazing support that you have given me over the past few weeks of me making this decision. Especially to my amazing family! I love you guys so much and I will miss you so much but I can't wait to go serve the Lord with ALL my Heart, Might, Mind, and Strength! Thanks again! Love you all!!

(PS The pic at the top is the one that is on my papers!!)

Quirks...

2008-10-15T15:04:00.003-06:00

My good friend Amanda tagged me so... here we go! I don't know if I can think of any of these but I am going to try my best! haha

Rules: Link the person that tagged you. Mention these rules on your blog. Tell 6 unspectacular quirks of yourself and tag 6 fellow bloggers. Got it? Let's go!

1. I LOVE ICE CREAM! Anytime of the day or night I can be found eating ice cream! I think right now if my freezer there are like 4 difference kinds of ice cream!

2. I hate french fries... ever since I can remember I haven't liked them! What little kid doesn't like french fries??? ME!!! I don't know what it is but they just have never tasted good to me!

3. I also don't like popcorn! I would be the perfect date to take to the movie because I don't drink soda and I don't like popcorn... :)

4. I hate odd numbers... if you turn the radio up it has to be on an even number or a multiple of 5! I can't stand it when its on like 17 or something... I have to change it! I might be a little OCD!

5. Um...... Lets see..... I can't think of anymore!! So use your imaginations I guess and fill in 5 and 6 for me!! haha

6. See Above

I Tag... anyone who wants it! Crysany, Kiana, and anyone else who wishes to do this :-)

HAHA I'm Mooning You All!

2008-10-09T09:31:00.003-06:00

I got this email from my friend Ben and I thought it was so funny, I emailed it to a bunch of people and then I thought I should just put it on my blog so I could "moon" everyone!! Have a Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!!

You've been Mooned!!

Conference Weekend

2008-10-05T16:26:00.004-06:00

I got to go home this weekend and be with my family for conference weekend! It was SOO much fun and it was so fun to finally be home again. I hadn't been home since before school started and it was great to be able to just spend time with them. I also was able to attend both of the saturday sessions and it was amazing!! My friend Whitnie asked me if I wanted to go to the first session then our friend Libby let us go with her to the second session. Both were VERY amazing and it is so much easier to pay attention when I am actually in the conference center but it was also great to be able to sit at home and hang out with my family all day today and watch conference! Here are a few pictures from this weekend.

Here is Whit and I getting ready to go into conference!

Me, Whit, & Libby. Whit and I got all wet in between sessions so we don't look so good! haha But it was way fun!

My cute neice and nephew!! I love them and miss them so much and I hate it when I have to leave them. They really are the cutest EVER!!!!

Taylee and I, she is growing so fast and I feel like I am missing her growing up!

My sister Angie, I love and miss her also!

Coop and I, he loves taking pictures!

His Kissey Face... Check out those lips! I love them!!

Cooper wanted his mom to put Taylee's bow on him so she did and he was posing for us. He is going to kill us one day when he see's these pictures and realizes what he was doing!
He is so stinking cute!

Also... last week I had to make a bulliten board for my creative class (i call it my creative class because all we do are creative little assignments!) I wanted to do something with the season.. so here it is!

From Blond to Brown....

2008-09-25T13:08:00.000-06:00

Before............

And AFTER!!!

Tell me what you think! My good friend Ashlyn did it for me! My friend Janalyn pointed out to me that summer must really be over if my hair is changing colors again! :( but change is always good!

More Homecoming Fun!

2008-09-25T12:55:00.004-06:00

On Saturday Ashlyn and I went to the tailgate party and the football game! It was so much fun but so depressing because we SHOULD have won that game! Our team did so good... if only we had a running back and some offense... but it was still great and tons of fun! Here are a bunch of pictures from it!

These pics with the tank are going to be sent to my friends who are on missions who just got back from Iraq... It was pretty cool to see inside the tank!

Before the game they pulled out the HUGE flag and it was amazing. They also had 4 F-16's do a fly over. It was pretty awesome!

Jeff... Who knows! haha We had front row seats and had SOO much fun!!

We got cookie sheets for being part of "Thor Corps" and made a LOT of noise! So much that the football team actually started telling us to be quieter!

Ash and I are SO fun!

This is our beautiful campus and our amazing Bell Tower! Its the view from the football field! I love it!!

I've Been Tagged!!

2008-09-24T12:26:00.003-06:00

I've never been tagged before... but here we go! haha

8 TV show I love to watch:
1- One Tree Hill
2- Gossip Girl
3- America's Next Top Model
4- The Office
5- Everybody Loves Raymond
6- Reba
7- Friends
8- According to Jim

8 Favorite Restaurants:
1- Costa Vida/Cafe Rio
2- Applebees
3- Olive Garden
4- Freds Sports Grill
5- Fat Jacks... (I AM NOT CALLING IT ROYS hahaha)
6- Wingers
7- The Pie
8- The Pizza Factory

8 Things that happened yesterday:
1- I went grocery shopping
2- I bought Emergen-C
3- I studied for a test
4- I cut out thing for my bulletin board
5- I bought playdough at walmart
6- I ate a quesidilla (pork barbacoa.. homemade)
7- I read my scriptures
8- I brushed my teeth and went to bed :)

8 Things I look forward to:
1- Going home!!
2- Sleeping
3- Christmas
4- Thanksgiving
5- Eating
6- Having fun with my friends!
7- Getting mail!
8- The Future... sometimes I just want to know what will happen!!

8 Things I love about fall:
1- The beautiful mountains with the changing leafs.
2- Becoming a brunette again!
3- Halloween Candy
4- New TV Shows!!
5- Bonfires and fun!
6- Getting back into a routine.. I won't necessarily say school but the whole routine thing is good!
7- College Football Games
8- Meeting new people

8 Things on my wish list:
1- New wardrobe
2- A new car... one day!
3- A family some day
4- I wish I could go home soon and see my family and niece and nephew!
5- A scholarship!!!
6- Unlimited funds for shopping and food!
7- Someone to love me for eternity--In the future of course, not anytime soon!
8- World Peace

8 People I'm Tagging:
Amanda Mitchell, Mel, Kate, Jen, Challae, Michelle, Lindsay, and Ally

Homecoming Week!

2008-09-22T16:31:00.007-06:00

This past week was HOMECOMING week!! It was so much fun.. well the last part when I actually got to go out and do stuff instead of studying because I did A LOT of that last week so lets hope and pray that it pays off and that I get good grades! On Thursday there was a pep rally and a BBQ where a car got smashed that was all painted in NAU's Colors (who our football team played on saturday). There was free food and just a good time all around! After the BBQ they smashed the car and then they turned on a movie and it started POURING!! They had to hurry and clean everything up and Ashlyn and I helped our good friends get all the food and everything put away, it ended with the cart falling over and tomatoes being thrown (between Jeff and I) and just a big mess. It just kept raining and we decided we wanted to play in the rain.. hence all of the pictures where we are all SOAKING wet! These are my good friends down here, they are so much fun and always can make me laugh!

This is Jon.. The Student Body President and the coolest guy in Cedar City! He is so great!

After our adventures in the rain we were all by the little statues and took pictures with them!

Oh yeah... :)

Tony and Carl... they gave us an Ashlyn/Paige Sandwich!

The Cool Boys! I am lucky they let me be their friend :)

Haha.. Jeff and I think we are pretty cool!

Me and Tony after playing in the rain!

On friday there was a big SMASH MOUTH concert! Haha... Ash and I got tickets and we were sitting in our seats for the first little bit and then we decided that it would be more fun down by everyone in the front so we just walked on down there and had a good old time!!

We were SOO excited for the concert!

After we went down on the floor and found Jeff we had a lot more fun!!

After the concert.. possing in front of the stage.

After we treated ourselves to some dinner at Applebees! YUM!! Love ya Ash!

Saturday we went to the tailgate party and had a blast! I will post all about Saturday's festivities in a few!!

First Weeks at SUU

2008-09-12T16:11:00.007-06:00

Wow... Sorry it has been such a long time. I gave my friend Kiana a hard time because she didn't post for a while and then I did the same thing! So a little update on my first few weeks of school as a T-Bird! Well my first week of school my mom and grandma came down and visited me and it was so much fun to have them here. They went to a couple plays and they bought me food and all that good stuff! It was good to spend some time with them! That following weekend my good friend Ashlyn and I went on a long bus ride with a bunch of other SUU students to Colorado Springs to watch out football team play against Air Force. It was a BLAST!! We lost 7-41 which was crappy but we got to meet and hang out with a bunch of way fun guys! The next week was way fun also! We did a lot of fun things including going to a bon fire! And we met some more guys! Then that weekend there was a home football game!! We actually won!!!! 38-10! First win in two years for SUU so it was a pretty big deal. It has been fun to date a lot and to hang out. I have also been doing okay at keeping up on my school work.

Only some of us that were on the bus! It was a blast!

This is Tony and Ashlyn, we had lots of laughs together in the couple days we spent together.

Ash and I posing in the mirror :)

Before the game.. getting our food at the tailgate party
(Jon.. AKA Mr. President, Me, & Ashlyn)

At about the 3rd quarter everyone started getting depressed and sad because we hadn't scored so Ash and I took this "Sad Face" picture and seriously right after we took it... WE GOT A TOUCH DOWN!! It was great!

So then we took a happy face picture!

After the game on the LONG bus ride home... 12 hours with out hardly sleeping at all!

My classes have been pretty good! I like them and I think that I will do okay in most of them. I had my first test today and that was not very fun but I made it through and we will see how I did on it!! I've made a lot of friends and I have been SOOO busy!! I haven't had a lot of free time and I have been way busy at work also. It has been wonderful! This weekend I am headed to Ephraim and I am so excited to take Ashlyn up to my "home" and have a good time! I am so excited and I will be sure to post all about it next week! That is the update on my life! I miss my family so much, I miss my neice and nephew and I hope that I can see them soon! That is the only thing I don't like about being down here is being so far away from them. I feel like I am missing them growing up and it makes me so sad.. It always makes my day when Coop calls me! I love and miss my family a lot but I am having a lot of fun down here!!

Some of our friends we met at the Bonfire--Very cute boys!

haha this is Puddin!

Ash, Me, and Melissa We love bonfires!!

Melissa, Me, Ash, Trevor, Some girl, and Josh

Farewells

2008-08-26T11:37:00.005-06:00

This past weekend two of my good friends had their farewells! It was a hard weekend but it was really good because I know they are going to be such great missionaries! They both have been in Iraq for the past year and now are going on a different mission... to Serve the Lord and to teach the gospel to those who don't have it in their lives. On Saturday I set Josh up on a date with my friend Whitnie, we met Josh and Levi at Texas Roadhouse and also a couple of their other army buddies and their wives. It was a lot of fun to meet them and go to dinner. It was delicious. After dinner we got a picture of the army guys before Josh and Levi left of their missions. In the one that I got Levi was getting a big old kiss from Micah! It was way funny!!

(Micah, Levi, Josh, and Rob)

After dinner Whitnie and I went up to Snowbird with Levi and Josh and met more of their army buddies. It was a lot of fun and it was fun to look at all their pictures and just talk and catch up with them! This is a picture of me and Whit out on the balcony.. the view was amazing but it was too dark for the camera to pick any of it up.

Then on Sunday I woke up way early, packed all my stuff, and headed to Salina and Aurora for their farewells. It was really good and they both did AMAZING! During Levi's I was sitting in between his mom and sister and it was hard, I was crying through a lot of it but he did so good and it is one of the BEST farewell talks I have EVER heard! They both will be amazing missionaries and I am so proud of them for doing what they need to be doing right now!

After their talks we all went to the cute Aurora park and ate some really good food. It was a lot of fun and I was able to talk to some of my friends from Snow that I haven't seen for a while. I also got to hang out with Levi's sister Heather for a while and she is the cutest girl ever! It was way fun and I am so grateful that I was able to go and listen to these amazing guys and see how prepared they are to go serve the Lord. They will do amazing things! Levi is going to North Carolina and Josh is going to Puerto Rico.

this is Heather and I.. She is so cute and so much fun. Its hard for me to believe she is only 15!!

This is Caci.. my roommate from my last semester at Snow. I love her!!

Kyron, Me, and Caci, My good friends from cute little Aurora!! :)

I am so glad to say that I know these guys and that they are some of my best friends! I know they will do so great and I am so excited for them!!

To The Birthday Girl!!

2008-08-20T13:27:00.004-06:00

Today is a very special day for one of my best friends!! Janalyn Peatross is 21 today!!! She is so great and has been there for me through A LOT!! It was about a year ago when I (along with my amazing boss Marci and Co-Worker Kaylee) interviewed Janalyn to become apart of the President's Leadership Team at Snow College. We were impressed with her and about the time of President Wyatt's Inauguration (yes through the weeks of planning I did FINALLY learn how to spell that word) we bonded. I saw her at a football game with someone I knew and started talking to her about him. We became INSTANT friends. I knew who she was before we interviewed her because she was in my ward my first year at Snow. She was really quite and I wasn't very social but we were in the same FHE group and so I saw her whenever I would go. I didn't go to our ward very much because I went home almost every weekend. It was crazy become that good of friends with her SO fast! We also made some of the best friends we could ever ask for at Snow. We all got along so well and had some of the best times of our lives hanging out with the boys of P2-10!! They have all taught me so much and I miss them a lot! Janalyn has been such an amazing example to me and when I was having some of the hardest months of my life.. she was right there for me. Always letting me cry to her or just talk. She is such a great listener! I always am so happy whenever I get to talk to her, she makes me realize that everything is going to be okay and that life is good. She is so upbeat and positive. She makes the best of every situation! I wish I could be with her on her big birthday but this is going to have to work for now!

Studying for Courtship and Marriage... SO EXCITING!

Us... and we rock!

Kyle and Lynnie (The nickname they gave her.. I liked to call her minnie lynnie but she doesn't like that one too much!! )

Lynnie and Jakey Pooh! I love them both!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANALYN!!

Oh the helicopter ride....

2008-08-18T11:20:00.004-06:00

Okay so a kinda funny.. crazy.. weird story about the guy I went on a helicopter ride with... In my last post I said I met these guys at Maverik in Richfield and the one that was talking to me a lot was texting me for quite a while even after the helicopter rides he would still text me and be really friendly and it was kinda weird. I knew he was a lot older than me but he wouldn't ever tell me HOW old he was. I figured he was in his late 20's or early 30's. He was way funny and way fun to talk to but one night last week we were texting and he wouldn't ever answer my questions so I was getting quite suspicious of him. I knew he was from St. George but that is about all I knew about HIM. I didn't know his last name, what he did for a living, really I didn't know ANYTHING about him. So I finally got him to answer some of my questions and I found out a little bit about him. It was really strange because he kept asking me if I liked to share... I told him I liked to share but it depended on what I was sharing. He said something about sharing him and I told him that I would not like to share a guy. We were texting for a little while and he was asking me what I want to be when I grow up. I told him I want to be a mom and then he sent me a picture. It was of 3 VERY cute kids. They kinda looked like him so I started to freak out and I asked him if they were his kids. He said that they were WAY to cute to his kids and he kept avoiding the questions. Finally he told they that they were his kids and I asked him if he was married.. again he avoided the important questions. So.. I asked him again and he told me "I am very very happily married. Hence the sharing question." At this point I was really freaking out. I had been texting a married man that has 3 kids for almost a week and he was asking if I liked sharing.... CREEPY! He told me that he didn't want things to go in that direction ever (yet he was texting me and being very flirty) and I always knew that nothing would happen but it was so crazy and caught me really off guard! He told me that I should be his nanny and it was just really weird and I told him that it would probably be best for his wife and kids if we didn't talk. It was really weird because he was the one who would start texting me and start flirting with me. It sure made for an interesting night and a very good story! Don't worry.. I don't usually text married men all the time!

Camaree.. the girl I work with was like Paige this is a great story for your blog! You have to put it on there and since I already wrote about the helicopter ride I thought this would be a great update to that story! He did text me the next day and say "My wife wants to know if you will assist her in killing me for not telling you I was married sooner" I didn't reply because it wasn't even worth it. It is a good thing that I was skeptical and knew that something wasn't right! So.. if anybody wants to take you on a helicopter ride, make sure they aren't married first! :)

Weddings & More!

2008-08-09T16:25:00.000-06:00

This week has been pretty crazy! One of my good friends Crysany got married on 08/08/08 and so I went up to her reception and also on Thursday night my good friend Kelsie called me and wanted to go on a little trip but was supposed to work on Saturday so since I was already going to be in Richfield on Friday night I though I might was well go all the way up to Ephraim and work all day on saturday! So Friday after the reception I stopped at Maverik and used the restroom and met a couple of guys there.. they said they were staying in Ephraim and that they would take me on a helicopter ride... I thought it was pretty cool and sounded fun... so this morning we went. I was really skeptical at first and quite nervous but I decided to go and I had a lot of fun! I'll post some pictures of the reception and the helicopter ride!

Crysany, Me, and Matt

The were SOOO happy!!

This is our "We LOVE Weddings" face!

The view of the BEAUTIFUL Campus from the chopper!

Me in the Chopper.. I was so excited!

On our way up the canyon. It was so pretty and so green!

I can't get enough of Ephraim!

2008-08-09T15:29:00.012-06:00

Last weekend Kelsie talked me into coming up to Ephraim and playing in an ALL NIGHT softball tournament. It was a blast. We started at 7 at night and ended at 7 in the morning! It was insane and we all got a little crazy but we had a lot of fun! I played on a team with Kelsie and then a whole bunch of people I didn't really know. By about 3 in the morning we all kinda hit a down and then at about 4:30 we got our.. like 50th wind. And by our 6 o'clock game I think we were all ready to be in our own beds! I also worked in Ephraim all weekend with Kelsie and Kiana and had a blast! We were at the GBEEC all day on friday babysitting the kids at a family reunion. Saturday we went to the farm and then helped with dinner then Kiana and I got to go to a Private Michael McLean concert. It was AMAZING!!!

Kelsie, Me, And Kiana up at the GBEEC

Kiana and Kels took a nap while Marci, Kaystan, and I went on a walk and found this butterfly!

Yes.. this is us playing softball in the middle of the night!!

Way fun weekend!

2008-07-24T16:47:00.003-06:00

Last weekend my good friend Kelsie Johnson (who I worked with at Snow) came down to visit me. On Friday we hung out and just talked and had fun and pretty much stayed up all night. Saturday we went boating with Jimmy at 4:30 in the morning!!! So we didn't get too much sleep. Jimmy and his parents were nice enough to let us come and wakeboard and ski. It was a lot of fun. Meagan hadn't ever been before so Jimmy got to teach her how.. it was precious :) Kelsie tried to tell me she wasn't very good but she pretty much rocked! Jimmy and Todd are just amazing and way fun to watch! Heather was really good too! We all got out and wakeboarded and I was SOO happy because I jumped the wake again! It was so much fun! I tried skiing but didn't do as good as I would have liked to.

Meg and I at 6 in the Morning waiting for the lake to open!

The sun FINALLY came up! :) There was sunshine in our souls!

She did so good! Good teaching skills Jimmy Joe!

One Sunday Evening

2008-07-24T16:28:00.004-06:00

Last Sunday after church a bunch of us went to St. George to go to the Joseph Smith Movie. It was so amazing and such a good experience. It was way fun to not just sit at home and to get out. The ride back to Cedar was scary because it was raining really hard but we all made it back safe and sound. The temple is so gorgeous and it was so fun just walking outside around the Temple. It was a lot of fun and I am very glad that I went!

This is our group of people that went! They are all very cute and very nice!

Meg and I walking around the Temple. I am so glad she is always there for me!!

My Summer Fun!

2008-07-17T19:53:00.008-06:00

A few weeks ago my whole family went to Lake Powell! It was so much fun and so relaxing. It was different than any other Lake Powell trip we had been on because it was just our family. We usually have another family come with us.. but not this year! It was really nice and a lot of fun! We even had the babies with us and they were SOOO good!! Cooper didn't complain at all about his life jacket and Taylee slept and ate and smiled a lot. We all got in a lot of very good skiing and wakeboarding! The water was AMAZING!! We had really smooth water a lot of the time. All I had to do was say.. "Dad I really want to ski right now" and in about 2 minutes we would be out on the water skiing. It is one of my favorite things in the whole wide world!!

I felt so good skiing even though I was VERY sore after!
Taylee was so good and she always looked SOO cute! I do have the cutest niece ever!!!

Cooper was my little boating buddy! He would come sit on my lap and was so good and usually he would end up falling asleep. He is such a good little boy!

Angie and I layed out and we played a little bit of iPod Idol.. we weren't very good!

The boys all fished a lot, I think John caught the biggest fish... barely! Angie decided she wanted to fish and caught a fish that was barely smaller than Johns. Coop even had his little fishing pole and loved to fish in the bucket, then throw his fish into the lake where I had to jump in and get them. It was funny.

Cooper loved to drive with Grandpa!

It was such a fun vacation! I am so glad that I got to spend all of that time with my family. I love them so much and I love being able to spend time with them and have so much fun. They are amazing.

Even though I have been living in Cedar City, I have been able to go home quite a bit and I have been able to do some other really fun things! I took a trip down to Moab at the beginning, I went too Zions and repelled in the narrows, I went to the Mormon Miracle Pageant, I hiked up Timp and camped up there, I also rode the front runner to Salt Lake with one of my best friends, and I have been able to hang out with a lot of my friends, friends from high school, snow, and friends that are in Cedar City. I feel so blessed to have so many good friends. There are times in everybodies lives when they feel like they don't have anyone to turn to and I have felt like that, but looking back on things I have so many people that are there for me and that support me! Thank you all, family and friends! I appreciate everything that you do for me!!

Kelsie and I jammin out in the beamer :) We were coming back from the Manti Pageant

One of my best friends that has helped me make it through my summer in Cedar City! Thanks for everything Megs!!

This is in the middle of our Hike up Timp, a few of my best friends were there! Jake, Kyle, Ben, and Janalyn... I don't know what I would do without you guys in my life.

This is in the Narrows in Zion's. It is probably one of the coolest places I have been, and repelling down was even cooler. It was so much fun!

This is a picture from Moab where we rode down the Creek looking for the cows. It was a very fun ride! Moab is a blast, it was my first trip down there!

My First Blog :)

2008-07-17T11:39:00.001-06:00

Hi Friends and Family! Welcome to my Blog!

My good friend Kiana has been trying to talk me into starting a blog, and since I have a lot of free time this summer I decided to give this a shot! This summer has been a very different one for me. I graduated from Snow College on May 2 and a couple weeks later I moved to Cedar City for the summer and I will be starting at SUU in the fall. Living away from home during the summer has not been my favorite thing in the world but it has been a good experience. I have learned a lot and gone through a lot that I think will make me a better person. While I have been down here I have missed my family so much. I have a new little niece who is 2 and 1/2 months old and she changes so much every time I get to see her. My nephew also is getting cuter and cuter every time I get to see him. I love it when he calls and talks to me and tells me that he loves me and misses me. He is so cute and is getting quite the little personality! He is so funny and I wish I could see him every day and play with him. I love going to visit him when I go home. His face when he see's me is so great! It makes me feel so loved and I love it when he runs up and gives me a big huge hug. He is the best!!

This is Cooper John Ferguson on his visit to Ephraim!
We had so much fun!

This is Taylee Paige Ferguson.
She is so precious and I love her so much!