FHE... what an adventure :)

Well... FHE (family home evening) was tonight... and it was... how do i put it.. very... eventful. It started out normal... a thought by Liz...yummy pie and ice cream... then after a bit of water balloon volleyball with the towels tossing the balloons back and forth things got a bit... interesting... meaning... we decided to ditch the towels & have a water fight... and the cooler, bowls, red and yellow bottle squirty things that are usually used for ketchup and mustard all came out. Well, me being me... who is one of my main targets? The Bishop of course!! Well after several attacks that weren't really being retaliated... not good enough at least... one small bowl of water sooo does not count as a war... well a bit later after what I thought was just one more fruitless attack... he decided it was FINALLY time for the  war to begin... so a WAR definitely  he made it...I'm making my escape from Jeremy i think... maybe Ben.. I don't remember... who ever was my latest victim mwahahahahahaha... and the next thing i know... im tasting chocolate, seeing chocolate, and hearing laughter all around me... it took a second for me to realize what had just happened... then it hit me.... I just got a chocolate pie smashed in my face. So I do the only logical thing that a sane person would do... I bust up laughing!!! I thought it was HILARIOUS!! So yes, slightly wet one moment, the next... completely covered in chocolate pie all the way down to my toes.... yea, all over my face, arms, shirt,  pants, & my super cute new hat! So I'm looking around at everyone laughing trying to figure out who the culprit of this awesome form of retaliation was. My first thought, Jeremy. He would do that... but no..maybe Ben... yet again... NOPE. Alas, the pie thrower steps up and takes responsibility... yes, yes, you have all probably got it figured out... it was Bishop Boren who decided water wasn't good enough to fight back with. It was Bishop who had resorted to covering me with pie. it was Bishop who felt that he would take it upon himself to improve my face with a chocolate pie. So, after a picture, what do think to do, yes i wipe a small portion... there was A LOT... and smear it on his face! I wasn't gonna be the only one going home chocolate-a-fied!! He thinks we are even... ha he wishes... now I just need to devise a plan to really get him back!!! mwahahaha. All in all it was Super  Great & Totally EPIC night!!! :)

Bishop & I :)

  Peace :)

I almost died and it was AWESOME!!

ok so technically I didnt almost die but it sure felt like it. I have now decided im going to work out  A LOT more often. I just did a hard core Ripstick session. I loved it. I have improved soooo much!! I don"t crash anymore. I only get off by choice... usually jumping off to avoid a collision with a child. It was so awesome. And Im not afraid of the steep-ish hill anymore! I can go down it with ease! I am having so much fun. I have decided that one of the best feelings in the world (for me) is the feeling after you just have a fabulous work out! Ya'll know what I mean... heart pumping in your ears, the heat emanating from your skin, sweat drenching you, being short of breath from exerting so much energy,  face red from the blood rushing through you, the compleate lack of energy for a few mins then your up and ready to fight the world feeling so good and proud of yourself you could literally do anything. Yea, that feeling. I love it! I mean REALLY love it! It energizes me! So, Chris & Holly, I have finally found my hobby/passion... EXERCISE!!! And I will Definatly be doing it a ton more! Whether it be takin' my Ripstick for a spin, running, dancing,  biking.. WHATEVER... I will be exercising a lot more! 

My new motto :)

Oh and just in case Ya'll haven't figured it out... 

Peace :)

A Small Taste of Home

  Tuesday the 24th was an awesome day! It was the Shelley 2nd wards Youth Conference. On their way to the Manti Pageant they stopped in Salt Lake at Temple Square. So, of course, I booked it over there to see them! It was sooo great to see them.
As much as I love SLC, Im not gonna lie, I have kinda missed home a little bit. More the people and my cat then the town but you know what i mean. and ok Mom, ill admit it... I do miss Levi a little bit... but not that much so don't get too excited & don't tell him that. I still miss Boo WAY more! Give her a hug for me please! 
  Anyways, I got to see a lot of my friends, YW leaders, my second & third families (Starks and Kotters) and of Course my adopted parents (Glen & Ginny Russell). When I got there I was able to locate the ones I was looking for at the time.... they spit into different groups. They didnt see me tho... I booked it to them dropping my bag in the process, & in full flight to give Melanie (my best friend and sister practically) a hug, I accidently hit Bishop in the face or the arm, im not sure which... he was in my way & I needed to hug my best friend!! So, Sorry Bishop... next time dont be in between two best friends who haven't seen each other in a month! 
  Anyways, as we were eating, well,  Hilary & Dalas we eating,  Mel & I were just eating ice cream thingys... Hilary saw Russells (my adopted parents) out the window and makes a comment... well thats all it took for me to be out of my seat sprinting for the door with my ice cream cone thing sitting on the table. Next thing they know, Im flying out the door attacking them with a hug! I guess Im pretty good at that. Surprisingly, my camera didnt surface too much... just one picture of Mel & I being Goobers :)

Mel & I... yea we probly wont ever get a normal picture
Ignore the fact that my head looks deformed 

  I enjoyed seeing my "little sister" aka Maria!!! She is soo silly! She kept rambling on about some white guy who walks around Temple Square... she gone a little crazy... I  wish i had a picture of us but I forgot to take one. But her mom has one of us. yay!


  I really got a good  laugh at everyone's reactions when they saw me. Every time I was asked, " what are you doing here?" haha but I gotta say... Marsha's reaction was my favorite... our converstion was the best!
*I walked up to her* (yes i walked well kinda jogged but I didnt attack her is what I mean) and our converstion when like this:
Me: "did you miss me?"
*gave her a hug* 
Marsha: "what are you doing here?"
Me: "I liver here!"
Marsha: "at Temple Square?"


Haha it made my day! Actually just seeing everyone made my day! I wish i had more time with them all but unfourtanatly... public transportation is kinda on the slow side sometimes and they had to get going so they wouldn't be late for the pageant. But I loved seeing everyone. It gave me a small piece of home for that little while, which I am grateful for. And I promise... I DON'T live at Temple Square!!! I do have a home! :)


& just as a side note as not to confuse anyone.... Russells aren't really my adopted parents. I adopted them & they adopted me but not legally. We are just super close. Glen is just one of the 2 Father Figures in my life. & i do love him like a father... same with Ginny, Shes one of my 2nd moms...& I love them both dearly... just thought I would clarify that! 


Peace! :)

My SLC Adventures thus far :)

Well it sure has been a super aweome crazy few weeks but I am LOVING it here! It has been so much fun. Hard, but fun. Salt Lake is oh so very different than little old Shelley, but a good different. There is so much more for me to do and I love it. I can pretty much anywhere with my new mode of transportation... which I have pretty much mastered after a few times getting lost. 

My partial way of transportation 

The U of U Shuttles and the TRAX but i dont have a good picture of them... but after my few adventures ending up in random places(all of which i was able to get home eventually on my own with out help) I have the system down and can go anywhere my lil heart desires!  

So My adventures... 

Well one of the first few days of being in this awesome town i was doing what i usuaslly do and was out for the day hangin out with myself around town. I was on the TRAX by myself and had an unexpected but awesome surprise. Instead of just sitting by myself or near a strange homeless person..... this awesome blonde haired blue eyed girl who looked around my age came and sat by me. Little did I know that she would soon become one of my greatest friends. This amazing persons name is.....drumroll.... HAYLEE!!!  I had just been to the library (which is amazing btw) and so that is where she started our conversion. After talking for a while she being as observant as she is says that since i havent been here very long i probly dont have very many friends my age. oh how right she was... and gives me her number. and SHA-BAM! INSTA-FRIEND!  (I know I totally stole that from you Hay!) So I text her later that night and yea we hang out the next day. It was Awesome! We had TONS of fun! We ate yummy food at Padna Express & Subway! It was FABULOUS! Its kinda funny how alike we are... we like the same  food, we both want to be a kindergarten teacher, and we both want a bagillion kids! Anyways we go to Temple Square and watch the Joesph Smith Movie. AWESOME. Then we have some more free time so what do we do... we take a tour to the top of the Church Office Building to the look out point. The view is absolutely breathtaking!! It was so cool to see all of Salt Lake laid out in front of me. Sometimes i want to be a bird because their view is so incredible all the time.  It was a way sweet experience and im glad that we hung out. & not only that im glad that we hung out! Haylee sure is awesome besides the fact is making me fat! :) 

Haylee & I on top of the Church Office Building 

The Library.... seriously one of my favorite places... it is soooooo HUGE! Its 5 stories high and has 40 copies of pretty much every book!  I made a friend there. His name is Paul. He works there in the Children's Library in the bottom floor. we have some pretty great discussions about books!    

Draper....

So a couple Fridays ago I rode the TRAX into unfamiliar territory...and LOVED it! Draper is a smaller town south of SLC which is where my really good friend Melissa lives. So I went down to hang out with her for a while. It was super fun! We played soccer with her YSA ward followed by Popsicles and a bon fire. Then we all went bowling. It was great! i probly wouldve done better if i could actually stay on my feet.... it was Lis, Jon, & I playing in out Lane... yea Lis totally trashed us! Shes got super skills!! It was super duper fun! Melissa is seriously one of the funniest people i know... and one of the funnest to be around!! I love talking to her! She gives great advise! :) Lis was worried about sending me home in the dark, cuz ya know... all creepers and weirdos come out at night (I'm so cared about haha). So I spent the night at with her in an extra bedroom. Mike, you would be proud of me... it was completely all decked out in U of U Utes stuff....  mean bedspread, light fixtures, the works. It was pretty sweet. I was impressed! Her family are BIG fans! The following morning we went and cleaned the church... it was awesome! Then Lis took me back to the TRAX  station and i was on my home...which was a whole other adventure entirely... It was super fun tho!!  The whole time was just super fun! I met new people, made some friends, and had a blast.  If described in one word... EPIC!

Lis & I :)

Silly Faces!!

Along with all the fun Ive been having I have been endlessly been filling out applications & job searching! I am sooo glad the hunt is over! I start work on the 30th at....(DRUM ROLL).....

Im excited! Its gonna be great! :)

My last adventure of this incredibly log post is... MY RIPSTICK! 

I love my Ripstick! for those of you who dont know what is a Ripstick its a funky 2 wheeled skateboard type thing that you have to move your hips in a swivel movement to ride it. I won it at my senior all night party. Yea im pretty skilled at Plinko! :) It has definitely been an adventure learning to ride it thats for sure! I got some pretty epic battles scars on my legs! They are mostly healed though which is good. Im actully pretty good at it now. All it takes is determination not to give up - no matter how much it hurts, a desire to ride, and a couple of hard tumbles... at least for me.    

Im not going to post pictures of my actually legs... they are too horrible too gruesome! They would make ur stomach turn and scar your mind forever! Seeing those pictures would be a terrifying and traumatizing experience! And I do not wish to invoke that upon you. 

well, I think thats it for now! 

Peace :)