ashley clayton

NYC!!

2011-12-22T10:38:00.000-08:00

Well i'm back at home and New York was seriously the most amazing vacation ever!! This post has a ton of pictures but there is so much I want to remember! It was definitely no relaxing vacation my feet killed all day long but it was so worth it and so much fun. I am really wanting to go live there for a few months now maybe a year. I can't believe my mom let me go with 2 other 18 year old girls with no parents so thanks mom you da best :)!

This is Tiff, Meag, and Teegan. We stayed with my cousins cousin on her other side of the family and it was so fun! They had this adorably little girl we got to stay in the first two nights and babysit her while her parents went out. She is so adorable. They left to come to Arizona on Saturday so we were there in our own apartment basically Saturday-Tuesday. We felt like we lived there! We stayed two blocks from central park on the upper west side of Manhatten and it was the perfect neighborhood. We could go home and get somewhat away from the craziness...not that we wanted too :)
This is Shake Shack aka the best food you will ever eat in your life. I am a huge burger and french fries kinda girl and this was what this place was. They had the best burgers and cheesy fries. My mouth is watering right now thinking about it. The shakes were also so good! We ate here 3 times and I loved it every time. There is another one in Madison Square Garden that was very cute but it was an outside one and it was freezing so I kinda liked this one better :)
Oh the Subways! We had some adventures on here. I am easily amused so I loved riding on these things. Our favorite game was to look for the subway rats everytime we were down there. Those things are seriously HUGE! Ok so I think the funniest thing that happened the whole trip was one night we were totally lost like always and we were walking up from the subway and we get on the street this guy who was a typical new york creep came up to me with a mouth full of sprite and just spit all over my face and hair and walked away. We were in shock and didn't know what just happened but it was sooo hillarious. Might have been a had to be there moment. I probably should have been mad or freaked out but I just thought it was funny. Good thing we were on our way home! We also met lots of interesting people down there. There was always someone singing or playing some type of instrument. We met these real nice guys who invited us to a concert they were playing but we were leaving the day before. And there was this lady the last night who looked homeless but had the most amazing voice! We loved her and told her she should try out for X-Factor I think that made her life.
This was another crazy adventure!! Well one day we were getting on a subway thinking we were going to Greenich village next thing we know were going over the Brooklyn Bridge to Coney Island! We weren't plannign on going there and this took 3 hours and it gets dark there at like 5 so we kinda wasted a day but we loved it anyways. We seriously got lost so much. We would try to follow the maps on our iphones but we didn't know our N,W,S, and E so we would follow the moving dot and then we would see we were going the wrong way so we'd walk another way til we got the dot in the right place. This is how we got around ha.
Lady Liberty! This was a fun day. We went out to the Statue of Liberty and to Ellis Island. I love history so it was fun. It started snowing for like 2 seconds when we were on the Ferry.
Times square was one of my favorite parts! I loved just walking around with the million people and all the craziness. We went in the day and at night and It was so much more fun at night even though it was pretty crowded.
On Sunday we got to go to the Singles Ward in the Manhatten Temple. This was a good experience.. it was cool that we were going to church in a temple. It was the christmas program so it was all about Christs birth. They had some very amazing musical numbers. There was this one guy who played the violin and i am 80% sure he went to Juliard because he was one of the msot amazing players I had ever heard. Plus it is right down the street. I loved how you could be outside in all the craziness and go inside the temple and it was so peaceful. It really is a refuge from the wickedness of the world.
The Met Steps! This was another favorite. Me and Tiff love the show Gossip Girl and they come in here in almost every episode so we loved it.
Who goes to New York and doesn't see the big Christmas Tree at Christmas Time! We went in the day and at night for this too. You could not even walk at night because of how much people were here but it was so beautiful.
Ahhh Central Park! I could live here. A couple days we'd just walk through the park and that was my number 1 favorite part. It is so pretty and HUGE I couldn't believe how big it was!
Ice Skating!! so fun!
Another highlight was this... This is John Mayers apartment building. We all love him so we looked up his address and went to it we went inside the Duane Reads that is at the bottom and asked one of the ladys working if he really lived here and she confirmed it for us. So we bought some snacks and sat outside for like 45 minutes like the little creepers we are. The doorman would keep looking across the street at us and then go away so we couldn't see him. Then this black escalade came and parked on the curb and Meagan saw John Mayer peek out and then went behind so we couldn't see him and then he came out and got in the Escalade! Meagan and Tiffany ran down the street when it drove away... ya there freaks! Haha no but it was SO fun!!
Brooklyn Bridge!! It's hard to capture how pretty it really was with a crappy camera. All the city lights and tall buildings were so pretty. It is unreal. Walking down the bridge was so fun like everything else.
Love NYC
This is supposed to be last but I snuck a pic taking off leaving the city cause it was really pretty even though this picture is blurry...
Bryant Park and the Empire State Building. Going to the top of the Empire State Building was one thing we didn't do that most people do but I wasn't to bummed about that. Im just gonna have to go back now :)
Levain Bakery.. the best cookies in the world. I brought some home and I think i'm going to go eat them right now. If you're ever in New York and you love cookies go here.... My motto for the trip was less walking more eating cause the food is so good. Except one night we ordered some Chinese Takeout like the movies and we tried to talk it up even though we all thought it was gross. One more main thing about this trip that I forgot to put a picture of was the shopping!! Every store you went into has more than one story. The Forever 21 and H and M's were all at least 4 stories so we did some major shopping. I got lots of good presents and we went to China Town too and got some cute watches and purses. I felt like I was at the LA outlets but less Ghetto. Well that's all the main parts but I'm ready to go back again now that I've slept in my own bed for a couple of nights so anyone want to go back with me? :)

NOW its time for Christmas yay!!

Almost there!!

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I am soo done with this semester. I have never studied so much in my life I think my brain might explode. I keep reminding myself two more finals and two more workdays and I will be here! I cannot wait to go fly on a plane :), shop, walk around central park, freeze my butt off, ice skate and so much more!! We are staying two blocks from this very spot. 5 days 5 days 5 days ahhh!!!!

Birthdays and Friends!

2011-11-22T17:39:00.000-08:00

Not much has been going on so I don't really have much to blog about... besides this amazing man had a birthday!!

This is my Grandpa Rothlisberger and he turned 87 2 weeks ago. I love my grandpa so so much and I always have. He is the sweetest old man. Now that he is old he isn't really himself anymore and he can't see well or hear and it's hard to see him so sad. My grandpa is the most amazing man I know. My family went up to visit him for his birthday and we had a party for him, that night some of the grandkids sat around telling grandpa everything we loved about him and some of our favorite memories. I will never forget how happy he was when we were doing that. It felt good to see him smile again. My favorite thing to do with him was play Skip-Bo, he loves this game! He was such a stinker and would always cheat... against a little kid but that's why I love him haha. I'm so grateful for him I don't know how I got so lucky to have such a great Grandpa!

This week my friend Mary came down to visit from Idaho for Thanksgiving! I'm loving having her here. It is so fun having all my friends together and laughing so hard we can't breathe. I miss high school and seeing my friends everyday but having them gone makes it that much more fun when they visit. We sure missed her :). Yay for no school!

Quotes

2011-10-20T23:23:00.000-07:00

I love quotes! They are so fun to read and are so inspiring, these are a few of my favorites thanks to pinterest :)

This has always been something I say to myself when I start loosing sight of the main goal, love it
I seriously could not agree with this one more! Working at FroYo I see people who come in and are nice and others who are rude. I've really grown to appreciate people who are always nice even on a bad day... That is the best part of my job is all the friendly people who talk to you and they are just so great, I feel like I have so many new friends who are just customers :)... This is my goal to ALWAYS be nice no matter what!
I love this quote. My daddy will always be my number one man! Always. There is nothing that compares to knowing you have a dad who loves you more than anything. Of course we all have our moms who love us but there is just something special about a dad. I still feel the love my dad has for me even with him being gone for so long, that's how strong it is... that means its pretty dang special!
Lets just face it, missing someone stinks! Not only do I miss my dad everyday of my life now I have to miss Dallin too. I really did not expect myself to miss him as much as I do.. I live for pday now so I can hear from him! I just miss my best friend. But its ok I've got lots to do in these next two years :)
Seriously my brain NEVER shuts off. I'm always thinking about something. Sometimes I wonder if I have ADD because one word can throw me off on a completely different subject. I'm always curious about something and why certain things happen... Google is basically my best friend I use it probably 10 times a day ask anyone. I just really like to learn. I could write a whole post about Google and my love for it.
So true.. I am so grateful for the struggles in my life because they've made me wiser and have helped to be more compassionate and to help others through their struggles. God works in mysterious ways :) There is always a lesson to be learned when your given a trial and they always make you better if you trust Christ and his plan for you.
LAUGHING! I love to laugh. You can just look at me and I will laugh, I love it. I am the person who will be sitting in my room at two in the morning watching something by myself cracking up. I think it is heredity because my whole family is laughers and we all have the weird dorky laugh. If you ever want to laugh just call up my friend Taylor Michelle Thomas, she's a crack up :)

Thatch Town!

2011-10-16T23:41:00.002-07:00

A couple of my friends and I took a little weekend trip to go visit our friend Lyndsey up in Thatcher. She is going to beauty school there so she pampered us one of the days :) It was one of the best weekends ever and it was a much needed short vacation... hopefully there will be more trips to see her! I had never been to Thatcher just the Gila Valley Temple and it is so pretty, I loved it. Im a big scenery junkie I loved all the mountains and cotton fields. I could definately live there for a semester. It made me want to move out and go experience the college life! I met so many new people it was great. My cousin Bryce is also going to EA so I got to hangout with him for a little while and I loved it, I've got the greatest cousins :)... AND friends! I'm so grateful for them and for the good examples they are too me. I am so lucky

Bucket List

2011-09-26T17:23:00.000-07:00

I'm a dreamer and have so many things I want to do with my life. I even want to go to school and become so many different things i'm a little crazy. Besides school most of my dreams involve traveling. There is nothing I love more than a vacation, whether it's camping, the beach, a cabin, you name it and I'll go! I have only been to California and I went to the Bahamas last year with my mom but there is one place I've always wanted to go.... New York City! My best friend Meagan went there when we were in 7th grade and i've secretly hated her ever since so we decided it's time I go so I can get over my grudge :). Not only am I going to NYC but i'm going at Christmas time with two good friends. I'm crossing off number one on my bucket list and I can hardly contain my excitement! The best part is we got super cheap flights and I have a relative (kinda) who lives in New York who is letting us stay in her apartment while she comes to AZ for Christmas and I am so so grateful. We are going to save a whole lot of money. This is just what I needed to get me through this semester.

I've always wanted to write out a bucket list so I will finish this post with my Bucket List:

1. Go to NY at Christmas time

2. I dream about going SKYDIVING every night (who wants to join?)

3. Be married in the temple and raise a famliy

3. Have my own horsies

4. Own a cabin up in the mountains

5. Go to Paris, London, all those fun places with my husband

6. Go to Hawaii

7. Spend a summer in Africa helping at an orphanage

8. Nanny on the East Cost

9. Go hunting (weird right? I dont want to shoot any cute animals though)

10. Swim with sharks, in a cage of course

11. Go to New Zealand and zip line and bunjee jump in Queensland

12. Ride a horse on the beach

13. Do a triatholon

14. Scuba Dive somewhere super cool

15. Learn another language

16. Teach English in like China or something

17. Learn to play the piano

18. Learn to yodel (Just Kidding! would be cool though ha)

19. Go on an airboat ride through the everglades (done and was awesome)

20. Ride in a hott air balloon

21. Ride on a motorcycle

22. Go hiking in the rainforest

23. Ride on a subway

24. Go to Cedar Point in Ohio and go crazy riding rollercoasters

25. Swim with dolphins

26. Ride an elephant

27. Go on a safari ride and see lions

28. Visit the concentration camps in Germany ( I love learning about the Holocaust)

29. Become pro at ping pong

30. Learn to quilt

32. Have a freaking amazing shower in my bathroom

33. Kiss Josh Duhmal

32. Meet Jack Bauer and Michael Scofield

Obviously the last two will never happen but I can dream! Next one on the list I wanna do is Skydiving so im serious who wants to go with me!!

The Help!

2011-09-26T17:17:00.000-07:00

Ok so I went and saw The Help last week and I loved it so much I just couldn't not do a blog post about it! Im a big movie person and this movie is definately in my new top 5 (anyone know how to spell definately? it says im doing it wrong haha). Anyways , I don't think I have ever cried so much in a movie I went with two friends and neither of them cried... they are definately heartless :)! The message behind it was so powerful and just AMAZING! Ah I want to go see it again right this second. Once school is out or I have some time you better believe I will be reading that book. Book's are usually better than movies and this movie was the best so I can just imagine how good the book will be. Another thing for me to look forward too :)... Whoever is reading this and hasn't seen this yet go, now. Serious it will change your life

Labor Day Fun!

2011-09-07T22:26:00.000-07:00

This was hillarious. We were playing catch and looked over at Pacer and he was facing the road just going to the bathroom!
Brooklyn loves her flowers
Cutie Pie Pacer
I love this little girl so much
Enjoying the nice weather outside!
Love this place!

We love the woods
Hiking up
Yee-haw!
Lake Mountain "Lake"... with no water
For Labor Day weekend my family and Taylor went up to St. Johns to visit my grandparents and have a nice relaxing weekend! It was awesome just being able to sleep in and stay up late after waking up early everyday for school and work. I've had a busy couple of weeks and its just going to get worse! I started at a nanny job last week so now i'll be doing that and working at FroYo and school homework and we will probably just have to cut out the whole social life. I like it though it feels good to be busy! Anyways, We went up Friday after school and stayed until Monday. Taylor and I had a blast making videos of ourselves singing but those are for our eyes only there a bit embarassing :).... Also, small towns get pretty boring so we found ourselves hanging out with my younger cousins friends at the park and im pretty sure we went to the gas station 15 times the whole weekend to get food, we were hungry :). On Saturday we went up to Vernon where my family goes camping every year for our family reunion and went and hiked up a mountain to a little fire watch tower, my family does that every year when we go in May. I loved it, that spot is probably one of my number one favorite places to be! Monday my cousins Josh and Meagan were there so we just played with the kids and played some football before it was time to leave. The weather was wonderful and I dreaded coming back to the heat. Now it's back to school!

He will carry you

2011-08-20T17:32:00.000-07:00

I love this quote and it is so true. This week I had one of my friends lose her dad and it has brought back a lot of the feelings I had when my dad died. Going through something like that has strengthened my testimony more than I could ever put into words. I have learned more from that trial then I think I could ever learn in anything else. I just feel so incredibly grateful for the atonement and for the plan of salvation. The only thing that brings me comfort is knowing that we will all be with our families forever in the next life. Knowing that Christ suffered for every one of us and bled from every pore makes me want to do what is right. Every time I hear a lesson on the atonement I can't help but feel overwhelmed with not only the love Christ has for me but the love I have for him also. He suffered through every thing anyone could ever have to go through so that we can repent and live with him forever. If everyone were to keep that in their mind I know we would all be much better people. All of this relates to everything in life not just losing someone. Everyone has trials some are small some are big but I know that if we go to the Lord that he will help us through them. There was a song that I really liked that was sung at the funeral called He will carry you so I will just end this post with the lyrics from a part of that song:

And when there are moments when no earthly words
can take away your sorrow
And no human eyes could see what you’re going through
When you’ve taken your last step and done all that you can do

He will lift your heavy load and carry you

And he's off!

2011-08-19T14:43:00.001-07:00

Dallin left for his mission on Wednesday and I am so excited for him! It was definately bitter sweet having to say bye for two years, he even got my mom to cry when we were saying bye haha. He has basically lived at my house for the past 10 months and has been such a great example to not only me but my whole family. The week before he left he gave my little brother Travis a fathers blessing before school started and it was hands down the sweetest thing i've ever heard! He has such a strong testimony and love for the gospel and such an excitement to serve a mission. The people of Singapore and Malaysia are going to just love him, I know it! I'm a better person because of him and everything he's taught me I could go on and on but I don't want to bore you all :) Good luck Elder Parker.. time to start stalking the mailman!!!

I have this new obsession

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..... Pinterest! Seriously all I do now when im on the computer is get on this website and look at pictures all day long. Anyone who doesn't have one needs one, now! There is the cutest ideas for decorating a home, hairstyles, wedding ideas, great quotes, food to make, everything you could think of basically and it is addicting. Im going to re-do my room soon hopefully (i've been saying this for awhile) and there is so many great ideas on this website I just want to do them all! Here is a few of my favorite pins :)

This headboard is my absolute favorite!

Welcome Home Branny!

2011-08-07T16:07:00.000-07:00

My Brother got home Thursday afternoon from serving a mission in Ogden, Utah and it has been great having him home! His plane landed earlier then it was supposed to so we barely got there in time, thank goodness! It still feels weird having him home after him being gone for two years. Brandon is still exactly the same. He has definately grown a lot spiritually and has become an even better person than he was before. Brandon has always been a good example to others and is one of the most faithful and obedient people I know. The night he got home he gave my sister and I a little church history/scriptures quiz and it was fun to learn some new things from him I didn't know before. I'm very happy to have him home he entertains me a lot haha:)

Going back to Cali!

2011-07-31T19:21:00.000-07:00

There I go again neglecting my blog! I got a computer yesterday for school so I will definately be blogging more. Anyways, every summer my family and a couple other family friends go to Oceanside Beach for a week and stay in some condo's. It is always my favorite part of the summer and i'm already looking forward to next year! Sandra and I both brought along friends and we have a couple other friends that go too so it was a blast! I loved going from the ocean to the pool all day long. There was alot of sting rays this year and my friend Hailey caught a baby shark one night right where we were swimming so I was always on the look out when I was in the water. Speaking of sharks, its Shark Week, YAY!

I'm Back!!

2011-07-07T14:19:00.001-07:00

Wow... I have not blogged in FOREVER! I even forgot how to blog, this post took me way longer then it should have. I've been telling myself for awhile now I want to start again but just never did.. yesterday my friend Taylor told me she would give me a dollar if I did a post so that was all the motivation I needed so here I am! Im pretty sure no one even reads this anymore its been so long. Alot has happened in the past year but it would take me forever so I will just start with what's going on right now!
First and most important i'm a High School Grad! Whoo hoo, finally! It is bitter sweet i've loved high school especially Mesa High and all the wonderful people i've met there. I couldn't have asked for a better school or for better teachers. One of the things I miss most is all of the random people you meet and become friends with that i'll probably never see again :( I have also had so so many great teachers that i've loved I can say that I never had one teacher I hated... But anyways im excited to move on and start my life. I will be going to MCC in the fall to do my prerequisites (how ever you spell that?? maybe I shouldn't have graduated) for dental hygiene school which I will apply for next year hopefully.

A couple of weeks after graduating three of my very best friends and my friends parents which are the coolest people ever by the way took a trip to California for our senior trip! We all pitched in and rented a beach house for a week and it was a blast! We were right down the street form the beach so we spent alot of time there. We also went to Knotts Berry Farm which was so fun, i'm a rollercoaster junkie! Us four together are really loud so props to Shep Dawg and Shep Mama for putting up with us! I didn't want the week to end.

Right now I am most excited for my big brother Branny to come home from his mission! His release date is August 4th and I really can not believe it has been two years, it has flown by. He has spent the last two years in the Ogden, Utah mission and has loved it. Im so proud of him and for his choice to willingly serve a mission. Even though Utah is one state away and everyone thinks evryone there is already mormon Brandon wouldn't have wanted to go anywhere else he has the greatest attitude, I love that about him. He has worked very hard and has been a great example to me and my family. I love him sooo much! 1 month :)

While Branny is coming home Dallin leaves two weeks later! I don't think i've ever seen someone so excited to go and serve a mission then Dallin is. He is going to the Singapore, Malaysia mission August 17th and is going to be the most amazing missionary ever. He has such a strong testimony. I'm so excited for him!

Well besides that my life is pretty boring... in California I was introduced to this game and I can't believe i've missing out on it for so long. The next week I came home and bought it immediately and it's not cheap either but It is so worth it! I've played it basically everyday so If any of you want to play settlers give me a call :)

Hopefully this won't be my last post, i'll be better I promise :)

Fam Reunion!

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Graduation :(

2010-06-07T12:07:00.000-07:00

I will miss ALL these seniors SOOO much. Im glad school's over but so sad they all won't be here next year.

Prom!

2010-06-07T11:36:00.000-07:00

sorry don't know how to delete this one

Prom was a blast! I went with Kyle Clifford.. we went and got our pictures done then out to dinner I can't find my pictures from my regular camera so these will do. For our day activity we went to Six flags we left at 1 in the morning and got back at 5 in the monring the next day it was sooo much fun!

Memorial Day Weekend

2010-03-15T16:22:00.000-07:00

We left Saturday for a girls getaway!

Can't not take an ugly picture :)

This is a jeep we are inside... crazy i know!

SNOW

Our perfect snowman with the most delicious oreo truffle eyes :)

All of us with our snowman

We spent two hours digging out a picnic table just for fun... couldn't get enough of the snow!

we went exploring and this is the view from someones porch looking out

lynds

the jeep

This is taylors actual cabin.. completely covered in snow.

Our only way of heat haha

For Memorial Day weekend Taylors parents took all of us up to her cabin in Forest Lakes... it was one of the funnest weekends ever! There was snow much snow we all couldn't believe it. We spend alll day everyday outside and at night we watched movie after movie. It was way to much fun!

Winter Formal

2010-03-15T16:14:00.000-07:00

Chase broke through this ice haha

Zac, Kyle, Callyn, me and Em

Me and Braden making our beautiful gingerbread house!

Me and my bff Ciara at the dance :)

Lynds

Me and Braden at Dinner.

For winterformal i asked Braden Abel and our day activity we went to Bailey Richardsons cabin and it was a blast!!! This was my favorite dance so far!

STATE!

2009-12-17T15:40:00.000-08:00

Singing Carry on at the end of the game... one of my favorite traditions!

Number 9- Jaymen!!

Koltn

There were TONS of Mesa fans!

All the boys walking out holding hands.

singing carry on again as a school after our assembly for the boys the day before

All the guys

Duece Lutui came from the cardinals to pump up the crowd!

Waiting for the game to start

Mesa High made it to state this year and everyone was SO proud and so happy!
They did so great this football season even though the game didn't go as well as we wanted we made it this far and it was awsome! On Saturday they got to go play at the Cardinals Stadium against Hamilton High who is crazy good. These past couple of weeks everyone has been so pumped at school and im so glad I go to a school with so much tradition and spirit! GO MESA!

Fun stuff

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We went out to the desert a couple weeks ago to watch a movie on a projector..

My Friend Mary's sister is getting into photography so she took our friends pictures a couple weeks ago and here's a few.

We had our swim banquet

We've been playing with snow alot. The boys go and get the left over snow at polar ice and we have snowball fights, sledding, snowboarding. These guys layed in this for a minute just for some gum haha.

Halloween! Me and some of muy friends were trolls.

SWIM!

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haha one day annie gets up without saying a word rolls down the window and does this... I love her :)

our relay team

Fun team building activities.. Golfland!

All the Juniors

The whole team

Emmy

Swim is over again... it went by so fast and im so glad this was my last year doing it. It was fun but not as fun as last year! I love my team so so much and we have the funnest times at meets and just hanging out. Even though we stunk it was a very good time :) go Mesa Swim!!

Just Messin Around!

2009-11-11T10:53:00.000-08:00

Tay Tay!

Mesa Highs Homecoming Bonfire... by the way I LOVE MESA HIGH!

We went to Gecko Grill for Emilias Birthday

Friends at QT haha

This is how Lyndsey answered Jaymen to homecoming... LOTS of baloons!

Playing on Em's Roof. Me Nathan and Em

This was the funnest thing.. we went to our friend Sheridans surprise party thinkin it would be a nice clean environment later on we brought out the flower and water guns it was SO much fun!

Homcoming 09'!

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Ciara Jenkins my best friend since kindergarten!

Em Shep

All the boys minus two

Em and Bailey

all the girls minus 2

Me and Sam

Homecoming was the begining of October and I went with Sam Heywood. I had a great time!

Catch up!!

2009-10-11T10:13:00.000-07:00

Chelsea had 38 grapes in there i think haha.

So my friends decided to shave all there heads about a month ago dallin got the star

Brody did a coldasack but shaves it all the way off a couple days after and kyler did a lightening bolt but i dont have a picture of his.

Dressing up and crashing parties haha

in August i went with my friend Taylors cousin to the Secondhand Serenade Concert!!

this is from our first school dance we were supposed to dress hardcore..

Golfing with the swim team.

Team Pictures!

ET!

Party at Brimhall pool

Goofing around

kyles upper half and trevors bottom half haha

TALL taylor and SHORT jason!!

We LOVE football games!

Wow.. i cant believe i went two months without updating this but anyways.. alot has been going on! School started and i did swim again even though i told myself a million times i wouldn't but its been really fun and its almost over again so im VERY happy about that.. were already 1/4 the way through the school year its crazy!! Now that the first quarter is over we have a whole week off next week for october break and i couldn't be happier. And Last Homecoming was last night i went with Sam Heywood and the dance was so much FUN! Ill post more about that later!

Branny Boy!! and travy!

2009-08-10T15:34:00.000-07:00

random picture of brooklyn and grandpa!

Lots have happened... Travis got baptized and Brandon is in the MTC now! Travis was baptized by tyler and confirmed by Brandon and me and sandra gave talks... 3 days later brandon was off! We all miss him but are proud of his deisicion to serve a mission! Love you boys!

Powell

2009-08-10T15:13:00.000-07:00

Powell was a blast this year!! It was fun seeing all my family and playing on the lake all day!

Cali the 2nd time!

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We did lots of sitting on the beach!

the golf course! we went there every night ha

no idea what were doing

nathan lookin good on the pier

me and j on the beach

walkin to the harbor

he was supposed to be a mermaid but kalvin messed it up

me and j

mom marlene and patti

rosson branny and bryce

travisa

i lovee oceanside!

wet suit haha

watching the waves

the hotttub.. we went from ocean to hottub all day everyday

i love boogie boarding!

A couple weeks ago my family went to Oceanside beach and stayed in condos right on the beach at northcoast village and it was sooo fun! definatly my favorite vacation ever! We had lots of friends to play with so it made it a blast. The Larsons, thompsons, Shumways, and some of their cousins were there. and two other kids i knew! All day we would just play in the ocean. I LOVE oceanside beach!

California the first time!

2009-07-07T16:08:00.001-07:00

PLayin Some Volleyball
shopping right by huntington
Crystal Cove Beach

crystal cove

at the hotel
Newport
out of order... Brandons Farewell
I went to California with Taylor Thomas's family from Friday to Saturday and it was a blast! Friday we drove up and ate at applebees checked in at the hotel. Saturday morning we got up and went to Newport Beach! Me and taylor tanned went boogie boarding in the COLD water and looked for crabs and starfish. There was a huge Jelly Fish someone caught it was SOOO big! I dont remember what we had for dinner then sunday we stayed at the hotel mostly all day played guitar hero went to the pool watched tv then we went to crystal cove beach for a nice walk on the beach. After that we went down to the Newport Pier and ate at this place called Charlies Chilli haha it was yummy. Monday we went to Huntington beach shopped boogie boarded and tanned again. then went to Chronic Tacos for dinner. Me and Taylor got friend and now im going to Lake powell tomroow i cant wait to play with all my cousins and ride Jet skis!

Catchin up

2009-06-29T16:10:00.000-07:00

this is where i will be friday and i cant wait!!

Girls Camp!! this is from canoeing

Harmony Park Ward!! i love them alll!!!
just getting back from the 4th year hike.
Mountain View

Lots of swimming!
Well June is almost over and im glad.. im going to be gone almost all of July! Im going to Newport beach Friday with Taylor Thomas's famliy we come home Tuesday and Wednesday I go to Lake Powell with all of my family then back to california to go to Oceanside beach with my famliy and a couple others! I cant wait.. im LOVING summer!!

Family Reunion!

2009-05-31T21:49:00.001-07:00

Trav and Brent
Aunt Dodie and Uncle Roger
hahahhah

Family Reunion was so fun this year! I love having lots of babies to play with!! haha. We went up to st johns on Friday and stayed the night then in the morning loaded up the motor home and went to the reunion spot. We rode quads horses sat around the fire played signs and ninja and had a GREAT time!! the weather was alot nicer then it was last year to!! ill take rain over snow!

Sophmore Year in a nutshel!

2009-05-13T15:36:00.001-07:00

I met my future husband this year.
And Had my First Dance

Some Australian Exchange students came down in January and i fell in love with them and their accents!!
We had a little Taylor Junior High reuion haha
BLONDIE... my favorite person ever
Halloween was a blast!
Swim Banquet. I Love Annie Jones!!
This humongous punpkin at Chris's on Haloween

Ok ill start with Swim... Swim was such an awsome experience and im SO glad I did it. It was soo hard but the people and coached made up for it. Everyone on swim got along their were so many different people with different personalities being with them 4 hours a day was so fun and sometimes 6 oclock mornings on Saturdays for meets and practices. Not only were the people great but getting VERY tan wasn't to bad either! I will never forgot those people. 10th grade was sooo much fun sometimes kind of hard and boring. Being at Mesa this year was soo fun again haha it is the best school ever, not kidding! All the people are so fun and the teachers too. I cant wait to start a new year at Mesa High! (i really can wait because i hate school).

Prom, Ice Skating, Swimming

2009-05-12T22:51:00.001-07:00

I love my friends!
Kort
Kort Chase and me
This is Candice Lesueur... the most AMAZING girl ever!! she texts me every single night and reminds me to read my scriptures

Alison Linford and her brother wore matching hats and they were hillarious
Brandon me Kari and Chris... siblings!
Branny and his date Kari Lesueur
Kourtney!
All the helpers

Wow school is almost over! well this month i helped out at prom went and set up the whole thing then went to it and just did what the people in charge needed then took it all down.. it was a very tiring day but pretty fun! I loved just sitting their and looking at everyones dresses haha. Then this last weekend I went ice skating for the first time in a long time with some friends and it was a BLAST! I loved it. Then we went to Wades and went swimming. Well that's it for now. haha

Happy Birthday Caleb!

2009-04-28T21:46:00.001-07:00

Taylor put 5 hot sauce packets in her taco.. GROSS!

Caleb loves taco bell so me taylor and meagan went there to eat some food for caleb since he is in New Zealand and cant HAHA. Today he will be 16 and sure doesnt act like it!
Happy Birthday Daniel McGuire!!

Morp 09'

2009-04-19T13:22:00.000-07:00

our whole group
meg and hurcelues, tarzan and jane, the girl who dates superman?, and dorothy

Bunnys? haahh

Barbie and Ken, Edward and Bella
Herculeus Meg, Tarzan Jane
Silver and Gold, and dont remember haha.

I went to Morp with Wade Andes this year it was girl ask guy.. We put together our costume really last minute... thanks Meagan for letting me borrow it! For dinner we went to Arbys haha then went to the dance and after went to Bailey Richardsons house and watched Twilight. It was such a fun experience all the costumes there were sooo awsome and hillarious!! The theme was once upon a time.

Oh boy!!!

2009-04-10T17:17:00.000-07:00

Brandon got his wisdom teeth out today so he was put on laughing gas it was pretty funny! When he first saw me he came up to me and said hi im brandon whats your name? and he didnt remember he had a dog.. he said some pretty funny things! haha and he called about 20 people.

Wisdom Teeth

2009-04-10T16:17:00.000-07:00

I'll miss you baby!

2009-03-22T17:59:00.001-07:00

theres more pictures of this cute little boy i want to put on but there on meagans phone.
Sparkey loved to sleep with me !!

Tickleeee!

He is spying on ashley and her boyfriend right here..

Yesterday sparks got hit by a car while i was in st johns and died :(. Me and him were quite good friends. He loved me most of the time just not when me and meagan would blow in his face haha. He looooooves bubbles and i loooooove him!! Ill Miss you Sparkey!

David Archuleta!

2009-03-15T23:51:00.000-07:00

Tonight there was a fireside in the Mountain View area and David Archuleta went to it. Lets just say it was AMAZING and i want to marry him. He is so short and cute and the most spiritual famous person i have ever met. He answered questions and sang How Great Thou Art, I am a Child of God, and Be still my sould (his favorite church song by the way).. he got sidetracked and would talk about something totaly different all the time and was really funny.. After he went in the Relief Society room and let people come shake his hand and take pictures. I LOVE HIM!

I LOVE my grandma and grandpa!

2009-02-22T22:04:00.001-08:00

Make a silly face!
My favorite person in the world!
Catching Flies! He always sleepd with his mouth just like that haha.

I love my grandma and grandpa so much! I don't know what i'd do without them!

Friends <3

2009-02-22T22:00:00.000-08:00

Snowboarding!

2009-01-25T16:25:00.000-08:00

Rockwell was there!
Me and Holden
My cousin holden was there and was so nice to teach me... or try to atleast

gooo meagan!

Nick and Chris... Nick is illegal
Driving in the clouds.

This weekend Wades parents took us up to sunrise for his birthday.. we stayed in a hotel Friday night then got up really early and went snowboarding Saturday. It was all of our first time and now im REALLY sore but it was definately worth it! I now want a snowboard so i can go alot more!!

St Johns and New Years!!!

2009-01-05T15:16:00.000-08:00

Yumm!!

Travis is a punk
noooo man nooo man but a snoowman!!

There goes travis again.. putting snow on bryces bum

Taylors tie die shirt is hott!
Wadeo dancin on new years eve

The day after christmas we went up to st johns and played in the snow.. you know the usual just sit around eat watch tv be bored alot... then i came home for new years eve for some fun! We went to a party then wade had to stay at meagans so we had a dance party in the harmony park parking lot it was a TON of fun. then we went to meagans for waffles yumm!! then the next day i had to go back to st johns so it was a pretty boring break but oh well...

Christmas!!!

2008-12-26T00:57:00.001-08:00

Well i decided i better do this now at two in the morning before we go to St Johns. Christmas Eve we shopped til right when the store closed.. i knew everything i was getting including stockings but it was still fun! Right when we got home from shopping we left and went to Grandma and Grandpa Claytons and just hung out went to the temple lights then came home watched a christmas story and wrapped presents for a couple hours then slept in moms bed woke up around 8 opened presents went to Aunt Pams for dinner came home and went to the movies with our family and Tanner. That's the short version cause im tired haha. but it was a really good christmas! All of the kids got quilts with my dad's shirts on them and pictures and they all had the nickname dad called us Tyler- Gomer Brandon- Pahinko [no clue why haha] Mine- Lea Sandra- Sandi and Travis- Stinky Butt he got called that every day haha. They were soooo great i love mine so much! I better go to sleep now maybe ill write more later, doubt it though. I hope everyone had a GREAT christmas!!

ya im a creep
the back side of my blanket
and the picture side!
Tyler got mom a Garmin :)... its a GPS incase you didn't know

The Jacket Tyler got me from the back
Sandra is spoiled and got the LG dare
i picked those out but i had to act surprised!
Sandi's jacket from tyler
Tyler acting surprised for the snowboard he picked out
Presents
two in the morning christmas eve.. not tired AT ALL
Loves!
All of our blankets
Reading books at Aunt Pams

Temple lights on Christmas eve
Grandmas Christmas Eve

Finally a new post!

2008-12-16T17:32:00.001-08:00

I dont remember if i posted this but annies sister made annie is my bff stickers for all of us it was SO cute.. we all love annie!
Twilight at midnight

Girls!
i LOVE my friends!
Callyn me and Kourt
Socks! This was at a sock exchange for mutual.

Swim is OVER!

2008-11-06T20:08:00.001-08:00

Logan and his funny towel
Tommy
DONE!
Wade wanted me to post this because he thinks its "hott"
This would be my best friend
Logan again

playing some B.S.
Brend and Meag
Hottie

oh wade

Bus rides were the best!
Reagan fell asleep one day on the way back from swim.. just like this!!!
This is what chlorine does to your hair!
Mushroom head :)

Moses shoes.
Moron!
Wade's adorable cap
Dylan Wade Andes
all the sophmores
me rea and brenda

Swim is finally over! im very very happy but it was also alot of fun so i guess im a little sad! The people are all so much fun and ill miss them very much! it was a great season even though we didn't do to will it was alot of fun and im actually really glad i did it!... plus i got a really good tan :)

Sleeping

2008-10-27T14:25:00.001-07:00

even meagan got her picture taken!

I was looking on the computer and i realized my mom take ALOT of pictures of us sleeping! This isn't even half of them.. she even got some of meagan. creepy huh?

ET is 16!

2008-10-12T13:35:00.001-07:00

Beautiful Emily is 16 today!!! She didn't want me to do a post for her but I did just cause she said that :) i love you em!

please don't hate me for this i couldn't help myself.
and this one is a classic... I LOVE YOU!

Happy Birthday Dad!

2008-10-10T10:44:00.000-07:00

Today is my dad's 50'th birthday... wow!!
i LOVE this picture!

Things about my dad:
-He loves his family
- He LOVES my mom
-He loved candy.. especially Runts, Twizzlers, Milk Duds, Sour Straws and just everything
-He would always say he was on a diet then i'd walk in the room and he'd be eating a HUGE bowl of ice cream.. i LOVED his big belly!!
-He could make me smile even when i was in the worst mood
- He would wake me up everyday for A hour and drive me and Emily to school and sometimes even Meagan
-He was all about service.. always helping people move, the day he died on the way to the hospital he dropped off food for a dinner for church because he said he would even when he felt like crap
- He absolutely LOVES Tyler and talked about his mission all the time
- For Thanksgiving he wrote down four things he is grateful for and I think this sums him up.. he said his loving family, great friends, heavenly father and his son jesus christ, and Tyler who was serving a mission
- He could be the FUNNIEST guy even though he didn't show it all the time haha
- I always got to ride home alone with him from St. Johns and im so glad
- He picked me and all my crazy friends up from EFY and took us all to breakfast
- On my Birthday he surprised me and planned for me to bring like 5 friends out to breakfast
- He always made sure we were ok and worked so hard just for us
- He hated to see us sad and would do anything to make us happy
-He absolutely loved camping, hunting, fishing, and anything outdoors
- He had great friends who he loved very very much and still hung out with them even though he was old haha.
- Every morning he would read the newspaper and has for as long as i can remember
- He would wake up the whole family at 6:30 for scripture study and was so determined to do it.. he did this even the day he died and that was the last time i saw him
- He hates boys haha.. only ones that talk to me though
- He always wanted to be a Firefighter and tried so so hard to be one
- He introduced me to Wings Express and i LOVE that place
- I introduced him to Gecko Grill and he loved that place!
- He loved to take me out to Dinner when it was just me and him home
- Everytime he'd get a letter from Tyler he would get so exited, everytime! One time him and Sandra even fought about who got to read it first... he won.
- He has such a strong testimony and was a great missionary, everyone loved him
- He was a convert in highschool and is the only member in his family
- He loved his mom dad sister and brother and called them all the time just to check up on them
- He loves ASU and the Suns he'd always watch the games with me
- He loved his girls

I have the best dad in the WORLD!!!! He taught me everything I know and even though its SO hard without him he's still here. I look up to him so much and if I am ever half as good as he was I will be a happy girl haha. I love love LOVE my dad!!!!! Happy Birthday Daddy!

Tagged!

2008-10-05T15:25:00.000-07:00

I've been tagged!

rules: Each player answers the question themselves. At the end of the post the player then tags 5 and posts their names. Have fun!

10 years ago I:

1. I was 6!

2. got teased by my big brothers alot

3. loved barbies

4. had a dog named ozzie that i loved

5. was best friends with jade gilliland

5 things on todays to do list:

1. do my homework :(

2. watch a movie

3. eat some alfredo!

4. talk to my friends

5. listen to music and fall asleep

5 snacks I enjoy:

1. chocolate

2. ice cream!!!!

3. cucumbers

4. gold fish

5. saltine crackers
6. i had to add one more, PEACHES!

5 things i would do if I were a millionaire:

1. buy my dream home

2. go on a lot of awesome fun vacations

3. buy a lot of clothes

4. donate some of it.

5. give some to my mom brothers and sister.. and my other family

5 places I have lived:

1. i

2.have

3. never

4. moved

5. !!!

I tag: anyone who wants to do this

Random Pictures

2008-09-14T19:50:00.001-07:00

Chase haha
Wades cute cap

Wade had some rope shoes on and stole that stick it was really funny.

Change!

2008-09-07T12:23:00.000-07:00

All 140 quarters

Well Tyler got me that coconut thing in Hawaii and now i love change.. haha i have almost 60 dollars now and im really exited!!

ASU!

2008-08-31T16:36:00.001-07:00

All these are from the Scrimmage game last Thursday we got to go down on the field and meet the players.

i LOVE football season!

These are from last nights game against NAU. I went with Taylors dad and brother and Meagan and Emily was there so we went down and sat with her like ten rows up from the field. After we went to Nielsons.

Happy Happy Birthday Meagan Dear!

2008-08-23T12:55:00.000-07:00

Tomorow is my very best friends 15th Birthday.. I could write SOO much about Meagan. We know eachother so good its almost too much. I have been going to her house almost every day for 4 years! Her and her family know me better then probably anyone. and they all mean so much to me. she is always there for me when I need her especially this year. The day my dad died she left school early and during sixth hour I was texting her telling her how i thought something was wrong and it just got worse when I got out of school so I called her and when I got home she was the first person I called and her whole family left what they were doing right away and came over and it meant so much to me. And that whole week she would come over every day. Thank you Meagan! Our friendship has grown so much! We always have so much fun together even if it's just sitting on her couch doing NOTHING. We don't fight very much but when we do two seconds later its fine. Meagan is such a great example to me every single night she reads her scriptures even if we go to sleep at two in the morning she will still read them and she has a very strong testimony and loves her family so so much. Thank you for being my bffe Meagan I love you.. Happy 15th birthday! 1 year and you can drive haha.

Lake Powell

2008-08-21T12:35:00.001-07:00

Me and Kendyll

They tipped this before they even started going.

Brycey

This is really late i've been so busy.. School started and I love Mesa High.. Lake Powell was alot of fun this year and I got really burnt again. My face was peeling really bad for the first day of school but It was worth it haha. We went up Wednesday and I came home Friday with Sam and Tyler.. We just rode jet skis sat on the beach and played in the sand. On our way home we stopped at my grandparents in flagstaff.. This is short because I don't feel like typing but it was very fun!

St. Johns

2008-07-27T21:56:00.001-07:00

I took WAY to many pictures!
Reinacting Romeo and Juliet
Trav's boxers
We walked to Corkys and Trav didn't bring his shoes
The puff monsters
cute little babies
im wearing my moms prom dress and kourt my grandmas dress.
at the campfire circle
another one of my grandmas dresses.. this ones my favorite!
travisa
the mulberry tree that i love
grandpa!
brooklyn loved the baloons!
terd.
funny faces
more of grandmas dresses
apples to apples baby!

he SHOVED those buns down!
me and my mommy
trav and meagan
putting bugs on meagan
goodnight
more apples to apples
making some chicken salad
cuddling.
kisses
brent and brooklyn and my double chin
the parade
this one looked fun
goggles
parade again
ruso.. his real name is caruso
haha
tired after the second dance.
more kisses. she liked it.
on the way home
Meagan and Amberlee
parade

Sorry all the pictures are so out of order it takes forever to load so i don't feel like arranging them. But anyways I went to St Johns for the 24th of July and brought Meagan and Kourtney. When we got there we went to the Ice cream social when it was almost over then we went to the dance for the teenagers.. it was kinda lame but it was still fun. Then the next day I took them to the snowcone shop then I don't really remember what we did the rest of the day except that night we went to the campfire circle where the whole town comes and its like a huge circle and we ate dinner and then we went to the family dance and it was the funniest thing ever. I don't want to write the whole thing on here but we saw two boys from our school there and I had to dance with both. and Saturday we went to the Parade and had lunch with a bunch of my Grandmas family and then Blake took us to where the "Skinwalkers" are... im still not sure if I believe that.. anyways after that we went spotlighting with Josh and Mark and had a very funny carride. And Today we went to church and drove home with Keith and Jamie Bloomfield. sorry that was very boring.

Travisa!

2008-07-21T13:40:00.000-07:00

On Wednesday is Travis's Birthday and im doing his post now since im going to St Johns on Wednesday... Watch out there is a TON of pictures, he's just so cute I couldn't only pick a few!

Trav and His Best Friend Brigham
This is Supposed to be at the bottom but this has already taken forever so im not going to move it but My parents anniversery is also on Trav's birthday, I love you both!!!!
We all love to play with him!

Him and Brigham made 30 of these plates with just paint on them and were very proud of them
He's my favorite person to cuddle with!
He's very friendly

Trav Thinks all my friends are his girlfriends. But Meagan is his number one girlfriend!
My mom has a picture of Tyler when he was little on the same three wheeler doing the same wave and she got one of them together doing the same thing

He loves basketball but hates to go to practice..

Travis and Tyler both stay up VERY late.
He's a goof
He loves to play with his daddy

I LOVE this picture
Best friends

On all the rides he would get SO exited.

His cotton candy mustach

He loves superheroes
His thanksgiving hat he had to wear while he ate his food.

This is kind of a inside joke but it was the funniest thing ever
i love this one it makes me laugh so hard

He always asks to take funny pictures

Travis is my favorite little boy in the world! He is everyones best friend especially mine :)
He loves Tyler and calls him T or TC and now likes to be called TC to. He loves to play with Zack Shepherd (i forgot to put a picture of them in here) and Brigham Spilsburry. He gets teased a whole lot since he is the baby but its just cause we all love him the most! Me and Sandra probably got him the most by turning him into a girl and paiting his nails so much that he even started to like it until my dad and brothers told him he was a boy and not a girl...he was pretty dissapointed to find that out. Every night he comes and gives me a hug and a kiss goodnight and he is the cutest kid ever!
I love you Travisa! Happy 7th Birthday dude!

Tagged

2008-07-16T14:36:00.001-07:00

Tagged

How To Play This Game of Tag:Post these rules on your blog.List: 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions/collections, 3 random surprising facts about yourself.Tag 5 people at the end of your post by leaving their names. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog!

JOYS:.. only 3?!
1. friends and family.. all of them!!
2. FOOD! i LOVE mexican food especially gecko grill and i want it all the time.. and i love applebees
3. I love movies.. especially chick flick and anything that makes me laugh!!!

FEARS:
1. Bee's i hate them so so much just ask Meagan
2. sharks even though ill probably never see one.. there just creepy
3. getting kidnapped. that would suck.

GOALS:
1. get married in the temple
2. have a good job. and graduate with good grades
3. always stay strong in the church

OBSESSIONS/COLLECTIONS:
1. Puppy Chow! YUM.. i make it atleast once a week. its delicious.
2. My piggy bank Tyler got me in Hawaii.. its a coconut and i love putting quarters in it haha. i have twenty dollars in it now!
3. um.. probably clothes i love finding new cute clothes but i hate spending money

RANDOM:
1. I really like cocoa pebbles and they are the only cereal I like to eat except Captain Crunch.. i have been eating them since 6th grade
2. I feel like Gecko Grill right now.. see i told ya
3. I think showering is boring.

Okay... I tag Meagan Emily and Taylor

Magazines I read regularly:

People mostly. or Teen Vogue

Teachers who made a difference:

Mr.Walters, 6th grade.. i love him!
Mrs. Caruso 7th
Brother Arnett!!!!

Books that made me think:

The Book of Mormon.
that's all i read except twilight

Sights that made me awe:

The Beach
I love seeing people who were just married at the temple

Careers that fascinate me:

Gross ones cause i think people are crazy for doing it
I don't know?
photography

Colors that make me happy:

yellow
PINK
green

Words that make me shudder when said aloud:

scratch
singlet
chalk
greenbeans.. ew
cat

Websites I check every day:

facebook
blogger
hotmail

Restaurants that make my mouth water:

el ray
gecko grill
and sadly enough, in-n-out
applebees
rositas
costa vida
cafe rio
olive garden

Sounds that make me groan:

Alarm clock
Whistles? dont know why! haha
umm...

Experiences I don't plan to repeat:

January-Febuary
Being obsessed with Guitar Hero
Getting a really bad sunburn that hurt like crazy

Songs that pump me up:

Eye of the Tiger, by Survivor
Face Down, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Yeah, by Usher
I like to Move it move it
Ice Ice Baby, Vanilla Ice
Wannabe, Spice Girls
It's My Life, Bon Jovi
Keep Bleeding Love, Leonna Lewis
Somebody to Love
Don't Go Breaking my Heart

Happy Happy Birthday Emilia!

2008-07-12T22:39:00.000-07:00

Her Birthday last year! how cute!

Me and em have something in common.. we share the same best friend, Sarah Beth

Today is Emily's 13th Birthday!!! She's my little sister and i love her SO much!
She's a great cook, beautiful girl, and let me use her blanket today! And that's a rare
thing.. I LOVE YOU EMMY!

4th of July

2008-07-05T17:11:00.000-07:00

pretty picture of meagan sleeping a long time ago :)

My 4th of July wasn't to exiting.. i was at meagans all day and her family came over and then we went to the Raines in her ward and played some guitar hero then back to her house and more guitar hero and Chris came over and we did nothing.. then i came home and at like 12 me sandra and trav went in our backyard and lit like 50 firecrackers haha.

Swimsuits

2008-06-23T14:13:00.000-07:00

I want to get a new swimsuit but i can't decided on which one! Which one do you all thing is the cutest?

Taco Tuesday!

2008-06-18T17:28:00.001-07:00

Me Meagan and Ash have been meaning to go to Cafe Rio for there Taco Tuesday thing and FINALLY we remember to go yesterday and get there very yummy tacos for just a dollar!! They were sooo good!

Girls Camp..

2008-06-14T15:27:00.001-07:00

ok so valeaki cut her hair a couple weeks ago then at camp she wanted to cut it more so she had someone cut it with a POCKET KNIFE! then someone who cuts hair had to fix it but im really sad she cut off all her pretty hair :(
My ward
Sandi
Emily i took this one for you, its courtney eyring. she was the only one to hit the bullseye with the bow and arrow haha.

Aunt Amy, i love her!!!
About to hike fossil springs
One of the springs
infront of it.. it looks kinda green and ugly in this picture though but oh well.
another one we went too
crossing the river.
another one.

canoeing
so happy to be here...

Well this year I was a fourth year so we were up in the woods while everyone else was at Camp Lomia... Tuesday we got there and went canoeing and then we went back to camp and set up and ate dinner and stuff. THEN Wednesday we went and hiked Fossil Springs it was a 10 mile hike but for me ended up being longer... we came down and it was easy we went to the Springs and swam but I didn't cause I forgot my shorts.. Then we went to another one and just walked around and I wasnt feeling good so I went a different way out with a couple other people it was supposed to be a "Short Cut". Ya it wasn't it was WAY longer i have a picture of how far we hiked but I forgot to put it on and don't feel like it now so oh well.. But anyways we were on a road that seemed like it would never end then finally we saw the parking lot so we went down a trail that said it led to the parking lot and it was all down a mountain when we got to the bottom there was a RIVER! We had to walk all down and find somewhere to cross and that took a hour.. One of the leaders crossed at a different spot and slipped and floated downstream haha. Then we finally got out and back to camp two hours late and had dinner. The next morning i was so sore we just did certification and a service project. And Friday we FINALLY went back to Lomia I liked it alot better. I was very homesick so I was happy to see my sister and a couple other people. We had the night program which was good and Testimony meeting this morning.. Wow sorry thats so long i don't blame you if you don't read it.