a day with sister

Today was awesome!! I got to spend the whole morning and a good part of the afternoon with Anna. She took me to Provo and showed me some must-sees, including

Costa Vida

DI

Jamba Juice

Cocoa Bean

I stole Anna's camera while she is upstairs so I could upload pics of the hike :) your welcome.

back to my earlier post;

 I <3 JAMBA

on our way home it started to Downpour with some hail. so what do we do? park the car under a tree and go dance in it of course.

Going to Salt Lake tonight! 

Happy wednesday!

check that off the bucket list.

Hey! so today was one of the first days were I have really got to experience the beauty that is

Utah! that's right..its 

HIKE TIME. 

I cannot believe how absolutely incredible the mountains are, especially while IN them.

we were able to hike up to a waterfall!! I have never seen a legit one and have always wanted to! so there you go! The sweet crisp air from the fall felt like an air conditioning, which was a nice break from the steep climb we had just completed.

sadly, my sister has those pictures on her camera, so I will maybe get those later!

we drove past the Provo 'Y', which sadly we did not get to hike :( I guess I will just have to wait until I come to Idaho for school next year! 

(sporting the shirt even as a senior)

every time I looked at the Y I thought about Stephanie Nielson  and how she worked little by little to hike it after her accident...and it was hard for me to walk up just a short ways to the falls. ..I think I'm going to read her book again before school starts...

Its sad to think I have less than a week left in Utah...

Sister time tomorrow! can't wait :)

EFY

This past week was the best of my life!!

It was all about getting to know my Savior, Jesus Christ, better and on a deeper more personal level.

I went in thinking I had a good relationship with Him, but I came out with a so much stronger and more meaningful one.  He is my best friend!!
It really hit me when I read the Living Christ.  It just shows how absolutely perfect Christ was, and how he knows each and everyone of us personally. Its just incredible
My testimony has strengthened so much over the week. and I will never be ashamed of the things I love ever again.

I met some absolutely wonderful people there as well:

this is my beautiful roommate Jessie. She helped me understand that life is a gift, and we should not waste a second by being scared or afraid of what others might think or say.

these are our bathroom buddies Dominique and Mikayla :)

they are a ball! we would stay up so late talking about everything:) 

they are such sweet girls, so close to the spirit.

this is my efy bff, Lexi. she is the sweetest, cutest girl ever. I am so grateful for her lovely friendship :)

my beautiful councilors

Alisha was over my group of 12 girls and Tyler and Joyce were over the rest. 

I love them all. They were so fun and helped me so much to feel the spirit while I was there

I can't thank them enough.

Our group was named "LAKE OF FIRE" for the scripture found in Revelation 

I wish I could tell you about every single one of this amazing group. they all had such a big impact on my life and I will never forget what they did for me, and taught me.

I love you guys!

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today my sister took my senior pictures!! It was so fun!....except I ripped my pants  a little :(

tomorrow we go for a hike and go to a movie!

have a wonderful day!

getting to know Utah

I love mountains. 

While we were on the road, I decided to take a break from the flat(ish) lands of New Mexico and take a little nap.  When I woke up, I was surrounded by the most majestic mountains. I have only seen them one other time in my life, and I forgot how much I loved to just look at them.

Utah has been experiencing some wild fires up in the mountains. 

The last few days, we have been blessed with RAIN! I love it. its cool and refreshing here, much unlike 120 degree humid Kansas. 

I do miss my Kansas...

yesterday Kent's brother Derek took me, Hollie and Carissa (Kent's sister and cousin) to CAFE RIO.

I have heard it was delicious

I did not realize how delicious

I got a sweet pork salad. 

The only thing 'Salad' about this was a few lettuce leaves.

I felt like I was about to explode trying to eat it. 

This will be my midnight snack tonight !! 

TOMORROW is EFY!!! I cannot wait. i'm super nervous as I have no idea what to expect, 

but pumped all the same.

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Spiritual Enlightenment here

Happy Sunday!

update

hey howdy hey!

okso. this is what has been goin on.
Anna Kent and I have been in Okie dokie Oklahoma for about 5 days. We stayed at this awesome family's house who only spoke Spanish, Kent was our translator.  It was fun and we got to practice our Spanish skills. 
The mom was so nice...but she fed us all the time. whenever we came home she would always say "sientense, comen comen!" which means "sit, eat eat!" haha her food was MUY Delicious but I feel really fat now.

We drove all day today and we stopped in New Mexico for the night.  I will see Utah tomorrow! woo! 

Pics to come.

Enjoy today!

goodbye Kansas.

Today I am leaving with Anna and Kent. (3rd wheelish I know.) We are going to Oklahoma to visit the place Kent served his LDS mission.  We get to stay with a familia that only speaks spanish so that will be fun.
Then we are headed up to Utah and staying with the Buys family.  I'm going to EFY (especially for youth lds church camp) for the first time! I have heard so many good things about it and can't wait to go!

We are leaving today at 2pm...and I have maybe 4 shirts and a dress packed...i need to get moving but decided to blog and watch Arturo instead.

Happy Summer everyone!

pin your interests

Goal:  Make this for PK's 8th birthday in August...perhaps a bit smaller. 

hp!

i love harry potter. after the competition was over, Sidney, me and our moms went to UNIVERSAL STUDIOS!!! Here are some pics of that day:

<hogwarts!!!>

<platform 9 3/4>

<honeydukes and the 3 broomsticks!>

 

<My first butterbeer-->contains no beer.>

<...I admit I said about 10 spells in an English accent when I picked this baby up>

<Sidney and I were rebels and got out of line to take a picture going up the Gryffindor common room...we felt apart of Harry Ron and Hermione's gang already>

best time ever.

crazy week

For the past week, me madre and I have been in Florida.
The week went "well". I was in a competition that was not in my 'special skills' category..it was embarrassing but helpful. However, when I first arrived, I was really struggling.  I really didn't see myself doing anything relating to the topic of this competition anytime in my future. EVER.  I really just wanted to go home. I was studying my scriptures one night in my hotel room and I came across a scripture in the Book of Mormon that read,  


And now behold, I say unto you that myself, and also my men, and also Helaman and his men, have suffered exceedingly great  sufferings; yea, even hunger, thirst, and fatigue, and all manner of afflictions of every kind.

But behold, were this all we had suffered we would not murmur nor complain

Wow. was I really complaining? I had had no troubles like they had to endure and still I was complaining. Maybe not aloud, but definitely in my head.  I decided to suck it up. and actually, once I tried having a good attitude, there were times I really did enjoy it.  I loved my mom for helping me out when I didn't feel comfortable and for always being my friend.  I looked at awkward situations as a moment to break out of my shell a little bit, and grow from that.  I even ended up winning an award.  the conference ended up being helpful in  ways.  Sure there were times where I felt awkward and murmured a little...but no one is perfect.

Here are some pics from the event:

<this is Chad Brodsky. basically the best looking man alive. He acted on Wizards of Waverly place>

<my  favorite event was creative runway.  Me and my newspaper skirt on the left and my friend Sidney's outfit on the right>.

<---interviews      night on the town^

I won 1st place in my division for my creative runway outfit, and Sidney was a finalist.

                                                        Our group. we are basically family.
I also competed in

• monologue
• cold read
• improv.
• photography 
• and a few others.

I had a lot of fun with the ladies my mom and I roomed with (sidney and her mom) they were pretty much exactly like us. Overall, I am grateful for the experience.  I probably won't do it again, but the knowledge I have gained from it was well worth my time.