My Life the Past Few Months

Sorry I'm so bad at posting, but here's a little about what I have been up to the past few months...

I've been pretty busy with school this semester so far. I'm taking 9 classes so it fills up quite a bit of time

The beginning of October, I had the privilege to go to Utah with my parents and attend general conference there. It was a wonderful experience that I will always remember. The spirit was so strong there. I'm so grateful to have prophets and apostles on the earth today and to be able to receive council and guidance from them in our day.

Another wonderful adventure that I was able to go on was climbing up a radio tower. My friend Ammon planned this adventure to go to a radio tower. We drove there a little ways away and then walked up a road to it. It was so tall, but we climbed up the ladder. I only made it about a third of the way up because I'm kind of chicken, but it was a great view of the trees from where I was at. It was a lot of fun!

Halloween was also very fun! There was a dance at the institute that we all dressed up for and partied at. I dressed up as a cow, and my roommate Katie Wilson was a farmer. My costume rocked! (Not gonna lie, I felt pretty stupid wearing it) But guess what?! There were 3 other cows there! Who dresses up as a cow? But the dance was a lot of fun!

Thats my life right now in a nutshell. Not anything too exciting. Sorry I don't have any pictures right now, but I will put some up soon!

Summer and Life!!!

Sorry I haven't posted anything in a long while. I spent this summer in Mesa working and spending time with my family and friends there. I loved being home with my family and I'm do thankful for them and all that did/do for me. I worked for Guthrie Mainstream while I was there and loved being able to do that. I also was able to take a summer school class during the month of June. It was US History to 1870. It took quite a bit of time to do all of the busy work required, but I finished it and am done!!! So ya, that was basically my summer.





Now, I am back up in Flagstaff for the next school year that starts tomorrow. I am starting my sophmore year fo college and am still doing music education (even though sometimes I think I'm crazy for doing it). I love being able to spend so much time learning about and playing music. I've learned so much so far and look forward to learning even more. I am so thankful for the oppurtunity I have to gain an education and grow as a person through it.





I moved apartments in Flagstaff over the summer. I am now currently living in the University Meadows apartment complex which is literally across the street from the music building. It was such a good move and so glad to not have to walk 15 minutes to get to school every day. I will post pictures of my new apartment once I find my chord that connects my camera to my computer.





A week ago, I had the oppurtunity to go to Lake Powell with the institute here in Flagstaff. We spent a good portion of the day there and yes I got sunburned, but not as much as I could have! It was so much fun to be able to spend time with friends and see the beauty that surrounded us there. There was a big slip n' slide that took you down a hill into the lake, boats and tubes to go tubing, food (of course), and a lot of sun! It was so much fun!

This is a picture I took of the lake with my camera, so it's not a very good one, but it's all I have for now!

That's pretty much all that's happening in my life right now, but I will try to keep updated on everything that's going on.

The Beauties of the Earth!

This past week I have had the opportunity to be in Flagstaff and see all of the beautiful nature that surrounds it. One night I was able to go on a night hike with my friends. We hiked up a mountain, and when we reached the top we were able to look up and see the stars that spotted the sky it was absolutely amazing!! It made me think of how big the universe is and how much there is out there that we don't know about. And about our Heavenly Father and all of the worlds that are out there. It made me feel really small, but at the same time really loved. I know that even thought I am small comnpared to the universe, Heavenly Father still loves me and listens to answers my prayers. He watches over me and cares for me because I am his child.



The next day, we were able to take a trip to the Grand Canyon and see the sun set there. It was absolutley breathtaking. It made me think of the hymn "How Great Thou Art."

Oh Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder

Consider all the worlds thy hands have made,

I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder,

Thy pow'r throughout the universe displayed;

Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to thee,

How great thou art! How great thou art!

Then sings my soul, my Savior, God to thee,

How great thou art! How great thou art!

I know that my Heavenly Father has blessed me by giving me all of the beautiful nature that surrounds me. It is so amazing that he would take the time to make it so beautiful and ornate for me. I feel blessed to be able to be surrounded by it all of the time.

These are pictures that I took at the Grand Canyon of the sun set.

I am also so blessed to be able to have the friends that I have. They are such good examples to me and are always there for me. Whenever I need a hug or a get-away, they are there. I have been so incredibly blessed in my life!

Lava Tubes!!!!

So yesterday morning, I went with my friends Ammon Naylor, Alyssa Alhmer, and Melissa Christensen to Flagstaff's one and only, Lava Tubes. It was so much fun!! You climb into this whole in the ground and climb down some rocks (that happened to have a lot of water and ice on them) until you get the semi level ground. You pretty much hike through a cave that was carved my lava. Sometimes the ceiling would get really low and you have to pretty much crawl to get through it. It was so much fun! and cold and dark... but fun! And now, today, the day after, I am sore. It's so pathetic that I'm sore from hiking, but alas, I am. I would recommend doing this hike!

I'm Still Here!!!

It's been a while since I've posted anything. That's probably because nothing exciting ever happens in my life. Pretty much I'm just going to school; 
it's such an exciting life. This past month there was spring break, which I got to go home for! It was so good to spend time with my family (even thought I was cleaning for a lot of the weekend). But it was so good to see my family and spend time with them. I love my family and miss them so much! Also, last week, I was awoken at 2 in the morning out of deep sleep by a noise that we soon after found out was a chain saw and maniacal laughing. And then a few mornings later, I woke up and found 4 roses, a bag of chocolates, and a hand written poem sitting on our table. These were both by the same person believe it or not. That made this week more interesting than the rest. But life is good and I am still alive!