Thursday, August 4, 2011

All Dressed in White

Maddie looked like a little angel in her white dress. She came out of the temple and ran and gave me the biggest hug. It was adorable.



It was so much fun to see Robyn's family all so happy and ecstatic to have gone through the temple.



Tyler looked so excited and happy :) He couldn't stop showing all his pearly whites!

I can't wait to get the the "Castle" someday and be sealed for time and all eternity to my family.


~All Dressed in White~


We Believe - EFY Texas!! :)




This pictures are a bit out of order but I would write the same thing whatever order they would have appeared. This is where we started off our adventure... In a very (interesting) family. It topped it all of when we got in a large and in charge van that we could stand up in! Haha. It was great.



The Bernie!! The best dance movie ever created! Taught to us by our counselor, will now be incorporated into to every school dance and stomp by the "Utah girls" -Bringing Bernie Back Baby-

The Zimmermans! Cole and Adam are some cool cats we had a blast with at the dance and some handsome men at that. No complaining by any means! :)


We were lucky enough to actually have my dad fly our exact flight back to Denver from San Antonio! It was so much fun! He talked to us on the intercom thingy and the Flight Attendants even brought us food! That's saying something for United! We even got to sit in the cockpit! So much fun! Good Landing Daddy ;)


These are are Session Directors. The Bacons. Great amazing people that taught me so much. Including the all treasured bacon dance :) Grab a pan. Grab a pan. Everybody grab a pan.


This is Michelle's mom's cousin's family we stayed with to start off our journey. The owners of the van/house on wheels.





Four Besties!! Michelle and I lucked out with some rockin' Suite Mates. Maddie and Lauriann. We had the most fun all week staying up late, partying, giggling, and much more! We were always stuck together and this friendship we have made I know will last far into the future.


This is our counselor Will and Lauriann. This flower in his hair is the flower I used to propose to him. He was a good a lookin counselor I will tell you that!



I was so excited to give my flower to Will. Can't you tell??



These are the male specimen in our group. We honestly had some of the nicest sweetest boys in our group :) So much fun!




We are hott. Can I say much more?? We got roses from our cute boys. :) Our cows gave them to us. COW= Crush of the Week. Gooby I know :)




Haka! I made up our skit and brought some Utah flair by adding the Haka! We made it to the finals! Sadly we didn't win but I know judges just had to pick someone else to make them feel better because we were so good.

It was so hot and humid in Texas. Our clothes were soaking we by the time we would walk to our next class! I could tell you one thing, we weren't in dry old Utah anymore.



Our Company name was "We Will Serve." Coming from the scripture Joshua 24:15. This was a good scripture for me to remember the importance of service and the blessings that are rewarded from it. "When ye are in the service of your fellow beings, Ye are only in the service of your God."

~Mosiah 2:17


Talent Show! I clogged in the talent show and had a blast! It was so much fun performing and getting the crowd interacting with me. They loved it! My sounds were so loud everyone's jobs were dropping. Haha I felt like a celebrity after because everyone wanted a picture with me and "cool shoes"


When I told people I was clogging in the Variety Show they asked how I fit my "Wooden Shoes" in my suit case.....


Besties! Looking gorgeous on the most amazing spiritual day! I have never balled so much as I did during testimony meeting on Thursday. I know that this church is true and I can say not only "WE" Believe, but I believe.


Make Up Fest! We had such a blast! This was probably about 2 in the morning. Haha. We all just bonded so well and had so much fun with everything we did. Who says we are too old for imagination??




Texas like my blood. The first day at EFY I got 55 bug bites. Youch! My legs were so shiny from all the nasty spray Chad (The Health Counselor) sprayed on me. I called them Chicken Bites because they looked like Chicken Pox.


Michelle and I truly had the most fun adventuring wherever we went, having a blast in all circumstances. WE LOVE EFY! WE LOVE TEXAS!! :)


I felt the spirit so much at EFY. I met awesome friends and laughed so much a six pack started to appear on my stomach! I know it wasn't a coincidence that I went to the San Antonio 02 session. My testimony was strengthened so much and I am already looking forward to next year :) YEAH FOR EFY!!

If you want to see all 200 pictures go check out Michelle's Facebook! :)














Team Domination- Youth Conference Lake Powell

Team Red! These are the lovely ladies of the group! We had a blast winning almost every competition and having fun in the sun :)




Hole in the Rock- The canyon behind me is the awesome intense hike we (hiked) following the path of the pioneers. This pioneers went down this canyon with their wagons, cattle, kids, and food to settle the glorious city of Bluff of all places. It showed us the obedience the pioneers had to go wherever the prophet called them and the rewards that would follow if you obey that commandment.



The Crack- This hike was to much fun! We swam through the intense nasty brown water to get to a slat in the rock where if I stretched my arms out I could touch both walls. At the end of the (hallway) so to speak, Brother Hansen was repelling from a rope to push us on away from the cliff as we were free falling. It was really exciting and a blast! It was so amazing to see the sun through the slats in the rock giving us the little light we needed to see.


Lake powell was a blast but exhausting. Through long days of playing in the sun, and late nights talking with my girls under the stars.

My version of Camping: Sleeping on a sleeping bag under the stars on the roof of a houseboat on a lake :) I love Summer and LOVE the water :)