My Grandpa

A lot has happened in the two years since I have blogged and I have so much to say but right now one person is on my mind and that is my Grandpa.

When I left for my mission I wasn't sure I would get to see my Grandpa alive again. In my second interview with my mission president I had the overwhelming feeling that my grandpa was going to die while I was out. From then on I prepared myself for the day when I would hear that he passed. Then about a year after that when I had about four months left I had started to think that my grandpa was going to be there when I got home.Then one Monday my mission president called and asked us what we were doing and asked us to be home in about 15 minutes. My companion and I rode our bikes as fast as we could home. We hurried and cleaned a little bit and we were both wondering why he was coming to visit us.When President and Sister Lindsay showed up we were still both a little nervous. They came in we sat down and that is when I was told that my grandpa had passed away. I burst into tears, we talked about my grandpa, and then we had a prayer. The rest of the day was kind of a blur but I survived. It was a rough few months after that but I made it through and learned so much about myself. During that time I forgot myself and went to work, I worked harder during that time than I had up to that point in my mission. I am grateful for my companion who made me laugh during my time of sadness. It is also hard to believe that was about a year ago. I sure do miss my grandpa but I know he is in a better place.

Top 11 of 2011

Here is my list of things that have happened to me and people that have made my life great this past year......
1. My Patriachal blessing- on Febuary 8 I finally got it!!!! I was really struggling not know what was going to happen, if I was going to finish school or what to do with the rest of my life. I after I got my Patriachal blessing all my worries seemed to disappear because it was then that I knew what I was do was right.
2. Mission call- On August 3 I got my mission call!!! I was so excited that if finally came after wanting it for about 8 months. When I was working on my papers and people would ask me where I wanted to go I would say Australia. Looking back I never thought it would actually happen but I am so glad I got to go where I want to go and where the lord needed me.
3. Temple- On September 7 I went to the temple for the first time!! It was an experience that I didn't think I was old enough for. Now that I have been to the temple more it means a lot more than it used to and I love walking out feeling really calm.
4. Next is the people that have made a difference in my life this year......
Tyler- I met him in math class the very first day and we were instant friends. He made a boring math class bearable. If he wasn't wondering if the couple of us were dating or married he was asking me if I wanted some, or gum, or anyother candy that he had.
Laura- I met her at ysa she just moved her from Iowa (I think). One activity we started talking and were basically instant friends. It was great to have her at the activities because I always knew I would have a friend when I went to the activities.
Marti- She is the ysa relief socitey president. She is always very welcoming and I have loved getting to know her.
Mackensie-She was my roommate this year when I lived in Glenwood. She was the one who would come with me really anywhere I wanted.
Paige-She was my roomie too. Paige was the best example to me on how to study. Often times she would lock herself in her room and study for hours.
Amy- She was like the mother of our roommates (she would hate when I would say this). She was always the one who could tell when were having a bad and would try to make it better.
Brittnay-She only lived with us for fall semseter but I sure loved having her there. I would often get woken up by her singing some werid song at like 7:30am. She also lived on cereal and I had a ton of it so when she was gone I actually had to eat my cereal.
Larissa- I shared a room with her and it was great. She never slept talked or kept me up at night but she was always there when I needed her.
Ashley- Well she is my best friend and has helped me through so much.
Mindy- She was a great relief society president and I would be in trouble if I didn't include her
5. Journal- this year my journal has become one of the things I cherish the most. Sometimes I just like to tell my stories and not have anyone there giving me their opinion and for that my journal is great.
6. Ice cream- I loved ice cream before this year but I found the best flavor ever. It was Red Velvet cake ice cream. I discovered this ice cream at Wal-Mart one day and now I am addicted.
7.My blog- it was created this year in January. I was really good at blogging when I was in Logan but now that I am living at home I just don't think about it as much.
8. Best friends wedding- My friend Kaila got married in march in the Odgen Temple. I was so glad that was able to be apart of her day.
9.Twizlberry-This the best frozen yogurt place in logan. They have punch cards and on Tuesday it was double punch day so that was the day that my roommates and I always had to go.
10.Unplugged week- I stayed off Facebook for one whole week this year and it was a hard week it also did me a lot of good. It created more time for my friends and homework which was muchly needed.
11.Pants- I have ripped 4 pairs of pants this year that is a grand total for me. I think I have maybe ripped 2 pairs in my whole life. The lateset pair I ripped was yesterday and I was hopeing those pants would last so I could take them with me on my mission but I guess they had other plans.
Well 2011 was a great year and I am sure next year will be great because I will be in Australia. Well I hope you all have had a great year!!!!!! Have fun!!!

Unlucky days....

It seems to me that ever since I got my mission call I have had some bad luck especially with my car. Well you see it all started a couple weeks after I got my call. I was on my way to a concert with my sister when my car died in bounitful. So we got a tow truck to get me to a Wal-Mart parking lot where my sisters mechanic picked it up to hopefully fix it. The mechanic had it finished the next day, he had replaced the fuel filter and had driven it around and it ran great. So I was off and I missed the entrance to the free-way so I decided drive through odgen and at 23rd street my car started slowing down but I wasn't pushing the break. Luckily I was able to turn left and coast it into the very first open spot. When I stopped my car I just started to cry and then I called my mom, and then a tow truck. While I was waiting for the tow truck I called everyone I knew in odgen and no one answered. But about an hour and a half later the tow truck came to my resuce but before we left odgen the tow truck broke down. I just began to think I am never going to make it home. Finally about 30minutes later the tow truck finally started and I was finally on my way home. By the time I got home I thought my car is a goner but it was just the fuel pump and it took my mechanic 4 days to get it fixed. Lets just say all of that took a big chuck of my mission money. As time past I became more confident in my car, well that was till last week. I was on my way to brigham and I had stopped at Dairy Queen and my car started smoking. I thought my it was going blow up. I cried a little and then called my uncle and he came to resuce and my cousin drove my car back to my house where it smoked some more. Then next day I took it to my mechanic who said it was my radator. So there went some more of my mission money.

Just when you are thinking oh my what else could happen well more has. I got out my christmas tree yesterday and a couple hours later I went to turn the lights on in the bathroom and they came on but quickly shut off. I thought oh great both of the lights went out at the same time but I soon realized that not just the lights went out but I could no longer hear the tv. So I went to the breaker box and found the one that had been tripped and I flipped the breaker back to on and nothing happened. So I tried it a couple times and nothing so today is the second we only have power in half of our house. It is supposed to be fixed tomorrow. I really hope it does because I hate not having a tv and I have realized that it is more of a comfort because I hate being alone and hearing weird sounds outside.

The little brother I always wish I had.....

About a week ago one of the best people I know was in a tragic car accident that took his life. His name was Logan and I went to his house everyday for about 7 years. Growing up he was kind of like the little brother I never had. I was at work when the accident happened and I remember hearing the ambulence and then I saw the fire truck and thought oh no something terrible has happened. After that I had forgotten about the fire truck and ambulence till my mom called me at 10:45 and told me that Logan had died I just started crying. My mom got home from work about 10 minutes later and we went right up to his house. It was so hard to be in his house I hugged all his family and just sat in chair till my mom had said "I think we should go," twice. That night I had a hard time even wanting to go to sleep but I finally did and I dreamt about Logan most of the night. I don't have a lot of memories of Logan because I was so young that last time I really hung out with him. But the strongest memory I have is the day I graduated from high school he asked me if i had a cell phone and what the number was. I thought it was a little werid but I gave it to him and he just texted me for a while, all he wanted was to know how was doing. That made my day even better, it let me know that he still still cared even though we didn't talk very much. Today was his funeral and just before was his viewing and as I was looking at him it still didn't seem real. I know he is a better place and I will see him again soon. I am just going to miss seeing him around town.This is the only picture I have of Logan and I it is really old because I was like 9 and he was 7.....

This are Logan's lovely brothers and sisters, they are also like my second family and I love them so much....
I have been looking at a lot of pictures of him lately and I have realized that he loved to make this face. I am really going to miss seeing this face.

I am going...........

On a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints to the Australia Perth Mission. Well it all started about a year ago when the thought of you should go on a mission popped into my head, and with all my heart I tried to ignore that feeling. Then I met a pretty nice guy that helped me forget this prompting that I was having. Then after about 3 months me and that guy ended. I knew it was for the best then but it still hurt. Then about a month and a half after that ended I got to the point that I felt like I was over it but I still wasn't happy. So I went and had interview with my bishop because I figured it was time to get my patriarchal blessing . Then a couple of weeks later it was time to get my blessing and after much prayer and fasting, I was ready. A couple of my friends had told me to go to my blessing with questions I had prayed about and asked should I go on a mission, was the very first question that I had. Let me tell you I got a pretty clear answer and from then on I knew I was destined to go on a mission. And as soon as I accepted the fact that I was going a mission, my whole attitude changed and I was the happiest I have been in a while.

Angel Moroni

So a couple days ago in Brigham city a friend and I went to watch Angel Moroni go on top of the temple and man I have to say it was way cool to watch. We wanted a good seat to see it go up so we got there two hours early and we sat through the wind, rain and intensen heat. The best thing was seeing all the missionaries walking around... I was jealous and wish I could leave my real life for a while to teach the gospel. Anyway at 12:30 the construction workers annouced that Angel Moroni couldn't go up till the wind go below 5 MPH and finally around 1:45 he finally went up and it took about 30 minutes to get him secured and then at end everyone cheered. It was so great and I am glad that I decided to go.Here the temple is before Moroni...Here he is just hanging out...Me and my bestest friend with the temple behind us

Here he flying....There he is finally now connected to the top of the temple.......and here is the finished project.

Oh p.s. I will have a big annoucement to make in about 3 weeks so keep watching my blog and facebook and you will be really excited for me I just know it.

Fun lately......

I know I haven't blogged very much lately... it's just harder to do with a home computer that sucks. So whenever you see that I have blogged it means that I have gotten my lazy butt off the couch and made it to the library to use their internet.

Well a lot has happened.....

Like on the 4th of July two friends I drove down to provo to the Stadium of Fire. We really went to see concerts that come along with it. We left Tremonton at 2 and the doors didn't even open till 6 but it was good thing because we got lost and it took us 3 hours to get to provo instead of hour and fourty-five minutes. We learned that there is no BYU exit and then I remembered hearing that BYU and UVU share housing so we found a UVU exit and evenutally found our to BYU but then we had no clue where to park so we drove around trying to decide where to park and eventually we just parked at a random house hoping we wouldn't get a ticket. Then we finally got in and had to wait forever for it start to we walked around and bought Brad P and David A shirts. Overall I loved Stadium of Fire and I would go again if someone amazing was performing.This is us leaving we look so excited and refreshedBrad brought 7 semi's with him crazy huhWe stopped at a random gas station and man I was so happy to see an ICEE machine... It has really hot this day.This is us at the end of the night trying to pretend that we weren't tried but man we had really done a lot