VA day TWO

VA Day TWO!! I woke up in Reston,VA at Rob and Erin's and realized that I did not have any pantyhose. I am the kind of girl that likes to wear skirts and dresses no matter WHAT the weather is 17 degrees in Lewiston,Utah and I am wearing a skirt:) So Erin, Emily and I decieded to walk to the Safeway ( a grocery store that my dad retired from that is in that part of the US) The cool thing about Reston,VA is that the town was entirely designed and planned and one of the things that they planned is tons of walking trails in well the "woods" so we leave Erin's apartment and from the parking lot just like that are deeeep in the woods of Reston on a trail. I think that Spike would REALLY enjoy these trails a lot :)... I need to go have tithing settlement soon which means Spike's walk today is going to be in the dark... brrr...So Erin and I are walking on this trail and I was like these trails are SO COOL I mean EVERYONE in Reston should use these trails! she said that some people consider them unsafe and that some people will not even let their wives go on those trails. I did not see anything that I thought was unsafe and this is one of the reasons I got Little Boy Spike people are a LOT less likely to mess with you if you have a large dog with you that may or may not be nice but WILL jump on you if given half the chance.. The other interesting thing about these trails are that in VA there are houses EVERYWHERE like we are in what seems like a wooded area but if you look up you will see we are really just in the back of a townhouse neighborhood.. or someones yard... something like that..here in Utah places like that are NO WHERE near houses. It was harder to take pictures in VA because so many times there would be someones living space in the back of my picture! or cars goin by ! or well just tons of people... BUT don't get me wrong I really liked walking on that trail in Reston the picture above is one of Erin kissing Emily on the trail :)... Safeway is a huge grocery store. I am not used to huge grocery stores. I am also not used to a whole AISLE of wine....wow...back on the trail, I talked to everyone that had a dog and I noticed that most people there have mixed breed or shelter dogs. Spike may be one of the only full Labs there where here he is one of many..

That night I went out to eat in Washington DC at a place called Oyumel. My friend Dave found this place on the Travel channel and really wanted to go. Dave and his wife Crista and children Morgan age 6 and Hunter age 2 picked me up at Rob and Erin's and we drove to the Vienna Metro station. We took the orange line to metro center then the red line to Gallery Place/Chinatown. It was so amazing to be in Washington DC at night all those big buildings and bright signs. We walked down the street which was very full of people, it was Friday night and there was a Washington Capitals game at the Verizon Center. We passed a few homeless people including one that was sleeping in the door way of a building he or she was all the way covered with some of that stuff that goes in between carpet and the floor... there was another guy out there with a sign and a couple of kids and he was like I NEED MONEY I GOT KIDS! When we got to the restaraunt it was packed. They said they could sit us in a booth if we did not mind being squished. I thought that it was a regular sized booth and did not feel squished at all...but then again only Morgan was on my side.

The menu was very interesting they had beef tounge taco's which Dave tryed- I almost wrote on my FB the next day that Dave had got tounge but I did not think that sounded right so I did not.I was to scared to try that or the goat... I mean I like goat cheese all right but I just thought of all the goats around here and taking Spike on walks with Walter and Kellie's goats and Mitch's goats and well I was just not ready to eat goat. They also had crickets on the menu. I did not get those because to my knowledge Dave had not unknowinly cast us in a reality show like wait crickets? you mean people in America eat those that are NOT part of reality shows who knew?? I did get the baby pig... because well um I eat pork all the time and well um yeah... it was VERY TASTY!:) We also had a lady make avocado at our table and even though Dave and I said we were the only people that were going to eat it and both of us said we did not mind how spicy it was, Dave even said that he liked it so spicy that his nose ran. She did not put the peppers in she let us do that. She also made it in what looked like a HUGE BOWL when in reality it did not have that much BOWL space...I don't know what I expected though because she only had two avocados and anyone knows that you can not make much guacamole with two avocados.

I must have drank 4 or 5 cups of water and Sprite while I was in there because I had to go to the bathroom twice while I was there and then when we got to the Metro I had to go again and I mean I had to GO... like I could not wait until I got back to Vienna and for Dave to find somewhere in Vienna I had to GO then. I was able to last while we waited for the metro at Gallery Place/Chinatown. there were a TON of people there because the hockey game had just let out and the metro was running less because it was later in the night Dave walked down to a big group of people and we found out they were getting in a fight. It took awhile for the police to come so they just stood there and screamed at each other while their friends held them back. This one guy was like " HOLD ME BACK! HOLD ME BACK!" I knew then that I had lived in a small town for a long time because I thought I was in the middle of a Law and Order episode or something like I was seriously WORRIED that someone was going to pull out a gun and just start shooting BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS ON TV!!! and I was like um where is Elliot and Olivia??? or Lupo and Bernard?? where is someone because we got Dave's KIDS here...but all was well it was just some drunk hockey fans getting in a fight. We finally got on the metro and took it to Metro center where I could not hold it anymore. Crista, Morgan and I went upstairs and outside to found somewhere to go to the bathroom. We found a very nice hotel that did not notice that we used their bathroom and wow I felt SO MUCH BETTER. When we got back we realized we had been gone longer than twenty minutes so we had missed our train to Vienna. so we had to wait another twenty minutes for another one. Dave pointed out that there was something on the computerized moniter that said the red line was running slow because someone fell onto the tracks at some station. Dave was like maybe that is why it took the police so long to get to that fight.

We finally got on a train headed to Vienna, VA there was a drunk guy that was sitting across from me and since I had been playing peek a boo with Hunter he asked me if Hunter was my son I said no he is her son and pointed to Crista. He asked if we were sisters and said that Crista looked so young that she must have been fifteen when she had Hunter. He asked how we knew each other and I said I dated Dave in HS and he was like WHAT and you are OK that you are all out here together. I said that was in the EARLY 90's! I said I dont even KNOW who I am going to marry but I certainly do not care what he did in the early 90's! HECK I don't even care what he did in the early 2000's. hahahah. The man asked me how old I was and I said I was 35. He was like did you graduate in 1993? I said that I did and he was like NO WAY I AM 35 and I GRADUATED in 1993.. Like YOU DONT SAY... that is freakin AMAZING... WOW... he then asked where I lived and I said Utah and he was like wait? are you a Mormon? I said I sure am and I thought OH NO PLEASE DO NOT THINK ME AND DAVE AND CRISTA ARE POLYGAMISTS PLEASE!!!! and he then went on to tell me that Mormons' should not drink caffiene because it is a stimulant and he met a Mormon once that said we don't drink caffiene because it is a stimulant. I said Mormon's can drink caffiene if they want but I don't. He was like NO YOU CANT DRINK THAT IT IS A STIMULANT... then he forgot all about what he was asking me about and asked me how old I was and when I graduated HS and you are NEVER GOING TO BELIEVE THIS : He is the SAME AGE AS ME and graduated the SAME YEAR AS ME! ...

there was also a drunk guy that almost fell into a bunch of people he waved his arms like a windmill and said whoa whoa whoa whoa and some people caught him and he was OK. The drunk guy by us talked to Crista about the Capitals game and other stuff then asked me how old I was and when I graduated HS ... and crazy thing is he is as old as me and graduated the same year as me... crazy how that works out...

after he got off another guy said he knew about Utah because there are a lot of ski resorts here and that he had been to Park City. I have never really had people talk to me about ski resorts before but hey I have not been home in the winter for a long time. so I guess winter sports are on peoples minds at this time of year

we got back to Vienna and saw a sign that said the "issue" as in someone falling into the red line train had been cleared up.. we have no idea what that meant..and Dave took me back to Reston. I got in at about 2:30 or 3Am which basically became my bedtime the whole time I was in VA.

IT WAS A GREAT DAY! I love going to cool restaraunts and just doing stuff like I did on this day spending time with wonderful people like Erin and Emily and Dave a Crista and the kids.

I am so grateful that I was able to spend such quality time that day with Erin and Emily. I seem to spend so much of my time in VA traveling from one place to another or at tourist attractions that I have not had much quality time with people and this trip I had a lot...in fact I even had some quality time I was not expecting... what a great blessing!

I am also glad that I got to meet Dave's wife and kids. His wife is very nice and very pretty and his kids are VERY CUTE and VERY WELL BEHAVED!!!!! SUCH GOOD LITLE KIDS!

made me want to move back and spend more time with those awesome families! :)

PS it is 14 degrees here now and I did take Spike on a walk in the dark:)

VA day ONE

I flew to VA November 19th 2009. In general most of my flights to VA involve me leaving here at some INSANELY EARLY hour of which I am NEVER EVER ready for and always forget something...this flight did not leave SLC until FIVE PM!!!! and all though I did not get into VA until about 11pm, for me it was so worth it!:)

I got this cool checklist at some clearance table somewhere so I remembered everything that I needed to remember and got everything I needed into one suitcase and two carry-on's it is AMAZING how much you down-size when they charge you for the second bag also..

I went over to Mandys and got my hair done, she did my hair so big and flipped up I am not sure how I feel about flipped up hair?but I looked cute, I love to get my hair done it just makes me feel so much MORE BEAUTIFUL :)

Steve and Carol gave me a ride to the airport which was REALLY NICE of them:) we had a nice ride down there. Steve and Carol carry concealed weapons with them. IDK if I have ever even known someone that HAS a concealed weapon but then again how would I know it is concealed. I knew for them because Steve took off his Carhartt vest because it was hot and I saw it and they talked about it. I thought wow I have only ever picked up a gun once, and all though it does sound fun to go out and shoot things and I would do that if the opportunity arose, I can't imagine myself carrying a gun on a daily basis... I mean I would feel like I was Olivia Benson or something...So we got to SLC with no incident I am really glad we did not need to use the gun.

Has any one ever noticed that besides the regular billboards in Utah on Rt. 15 that a great number of them are pro-LDS and LDS products or anti-LDS and our products. I noticed this when we took our exit and I saw one that said " addicted to pornography? ... there is help.. and a 1-800 number and a girl and a guy on it that looked very sad... Then right behind it was a billboard that said LIVE HOT SEXY GIRLS!!!! and a girl dressed in next to nothing spinning on a pole ( I could not tell if she looked happy) and some guys watching her that did look happy...and then it said to take exit whatever and go to some place... It is interesting to note we can make a good choice or a bad choice...and now there are even advertisments to help us do so...

I went into the airport and bought some Dramamine... don't want to get sick, I have to take Dramamine A LOT in VA those curvy roads just do a number on my stomach, our roads are straight here in Utah.I also bought a People magazine with Johnny Depp on it as the sexiest man alive.... I don't really think that Johnny Depp is the sexiest man alive but I knew that People would be a good read and I knew there was bound to be someone in there I thought was sexy... and there was:)

I sat next to some people from Fredericksburg,VA who had gone to Vegas for the weekend for REALLY Cheap, you can always go to Vegas for really cheap.. I mean it is Vegas they make their money in other ways.

one of the flight attendents looked like Adam Lambert! he even had Adam Lambert hair it was not done up as crazy as Adam Lambert but STILL... .He even had Adam's picture on his name tag over his picture.

We were the last people off the plane and then had to catch a shuttle bus over to where our luggage was because we got in so late the shuttle bus's were only running every 10 -15 minutes. We ( and I mean me and the couple just coming back from Vegas) caught the third shuttle bus... and all this time my WONDERFUL friend Erin and her daughter Emily were waiting for me in the "cell phone waiting area" something they have set up at Dulles Airport for people that are waiting to pick someone up they wait there until they get a call on their cell phone.

I got my luggage which was all wet. It rains a lot in VA...and went and met Erin and Emily. Erin almost did not recognize me because Mandy had done my hair so big speaking of big Emily was so big from the last time I saw her in April:)

We went back to Reston,VA where Erin and Rob had sit up a really nice air mattress for me ... and I went to sleep, happy and peaceful at Erin and Rob's house!:)

field trip

Spike and I drove up to Bear Lake in November 2009. He was VERY GOOD in the car. So good in fact that I am proud of him. It was a beautiful drive. I am glad that I went up and hiked the Limber Pine trail in October because the fall colors were gone. When we pulled into Garden City,Utah, my tire burst, had a blow-out whatever you want to call it, the only reason that I am grateful that these things happen to me is because I can now handle many stressful sitations and stay calm... it blew out right next to a gas station. I drove into the gas station and the girl behind the counter said that she knew how to change a tire and that she could help me since the tourist season is over the gas station was not to busy and she was able to help me when no customers were there. A good looking fire fighter showed up and I asked him if he could help me. The girl and I had all ready started changing the tire. He said that he could not because he had something else to do but he would call his friend Tom and that Tom would be up here in like five seconds... I thought um ... who is Tom?? and wow you all must be pretty good friends if he is just going to come to the gas station on your command to change someones tire that you do not know because you don't have time...

So the gas station girl and I kept working on it between customers, a few other guys came and besides buying gas they totally ignored us and I did not ask for their help because they were not hot..

Then this one guy said he WOULD help if he did not have a bad back but he did so he could not help us

Then a cowboy guy showed up and he was like OH MY GOSH YOU HAVE A FLAT TIRE!!!?? you girls should not be doing that by yourselves!!!! so he said that he would call some of his boys on his ranch and he would send them RIGHT OVER... He said he would go back to his ranch and he would let them eat the hot dogs he bought them and then he would send them RIGHT OVER.. I thought well I hope that they don't show up at the same time as Tom...

Then a lady came over and said I can't believe that you girls are doing that by yourselves and that a guy should be helping us, I said well a guy named Tom and some ranchers are suppossed to be coming back to help us.. She made small talk with me and asked me where I lived I said in Northern Utah on the ID border. but not that part of Northern Utah on the ID border.. she was like hmmm Lewiston??? and then she said you came all this way and did not bring me any Pepperidge Farm cookies???? I live near a Pepperidge Farm Factory ( it is in Richmond,UT about 10 minutes from here) I thought you know what YES that is what I should have done... I should have gone to the Pepperidge Farm Factory and got one of those big bags of Goldfish seconds and in case my tire blew out and some random lady that said she might call her husband to chang my tire wanted some because I live so close to there and why would I ever think to go there and not have something from Pepperidge Farms ... RIGHT???

So me and that girl were still changing the tire and Tom, the ranchers boys, or this lady that wanted Pepperidge Farm had still not showed up. we got the whole tire changed and Spike just sat in the car and waited ... you would think he was a really well trained well behaved dog or something...So we got the tire changed all by ourselves... OK it was mostly the gas station girl but still I helped some and Spike was good so um that counts for SOMETHING right and we realized we were not sure how to get the other tire ON and were not strong enough to lift the flat one into my car, when a man that must have been like 80 came along and he did not have to call anyone he just came over and said ladies, let me help you with that and he finished right up! :)

a somewhat attractive man came over and helped us hoist it in and that was that...

So Spike and I drove down the road to the Bear Lake Marina which cost's like 8$ just to park. The park ranger was just sitting there in his truck and I asked him if he wanted me to pay because all I had was a check and he said not to even worry about it and went back to surfing the web.. all the boats were all winterized and sitting in the parking lot except for a police boat and that was sitting docked in the water. a few people drove up and used the bathroom while we were there and drove around and we saw some guys in wet suits coming back with their boats but other than that it was just me and Little Boy Spike...

Spike was to scared to walk down the pier with me he just stood and when I got to the end he looked worried and said "bark bark"

he had fun playing in the water as you see above. I think that he had the most fun when he found in two different places some dead dryed out fish and he rolled in them and carryed them around and just had a lot of fun.

I took a picture of my self because there was no one else to take one and after walking around for a bit we drove back home, the drive went flawless and I am glad because I was worried with the spire tire on and such..

The next day I went to the redneck tire place in town and got a new tire... which set me back... well we wont say ... we are just not going to go into that...

field trip

Spike and I went on some really cool hikes in October 2009. He is barking a lot right now so HOLD ON...He does not really bark a lot these days he is growing up. I think that someone is on the rodeo grounds right now and he wants them out of his yard or something...So anyway... we went WAY up Logan Canyon and when I mean WAY up Logan Canyon I mean WAY up like farther than I have ever driven up Logan Canyon by myself... we were going to hike the Limber Pine Trail. I asked several people if they wanted to hike with me and all of them said no... which is annoying but this is one of the reasons that I bought Spike so that I could go hiking or be outdoors and have big wonderful Spike to protect me. So we are driving and driving and driving and I am starting to think that I have totally missed this trail. I mean I have even passed Beaver Mountain! But it said that you can see Bear Lake from this trail so I thought that I had to go pretty high... I saw a sign that said Rich County and I was like um ... uh oh... THEN I saw this HUGE sign that said Limber Pine trail!!! I got out of my car, there were only a few other cars in the parking lot... and took Spike off his leash... even though it was October there was all ready snow on the ground because we were really high up. It was a really easy trail that I did not even breathe hard on at all...it was also very pretty! and the Bear Lake over look BEAUTIFUL!!!!! Spike was good and stayed near me, he had a lot of fun running and playing and exploring... we saw one other family that was way below us when we were high on the trail ( it is a loop) and I thought for a minute he was going to run down there but he did not... at the end a man was walking with his two older elementary school boys and Spike ran to them and walked with them and well yeah those boys and that man were not fans of Spike. They were even a bit scared of him... which I thought was crazy like are you FROM HERE???? most boys and men around here are NOT scared of dogs because they own one or two or three... The trail was a little over a mile and we really enjoyed ourselves...

Another day Spike me and my friend Dawnette and Spike's gf Hoshi went hiking in Smithfield Canyon. I did not even know where Smithfield Canyon WAS... turns out you just drive past Mack park and keep on going... we went so far back in that there is NO WAY you could get in there with a car or with out four wheel drive...it was hunting season and we even saw hunters and hunters camps I had never hiked anywhere that I had encountered hunters.. that was a BEAUTIFUL HIKE the colors were so pretty and Spike and Hoshi had so much fun running and swimming and just playing... we did not see anyone else, until we were driving out we saw a hunter with a huge gun... I never see wildlife and did not worry about getting shot because I talk so much and so loud that I think they know I am there...

I am so grateful for my little boy Spike boo! and that he can accompany me all over Cache Valley to go on wonderful hikes

Spike is STILL out there barking and HE NEVER DOES THAT ANY MORE... so I better go check on him :)

holiday

I HEART HALLOWEEN!!!!! seriously I just LOVE HALLOWEEN!!!!

I also love everything that goes with it:).

I love corn mazes and all that fun stuff. I convinced Cindy and her fiance, Kelly to come to the Green Canyon corn maze with me in Logan,Utah. (if I had the chance I would have done ALL the corn mazes in Cache Valley but could only find someone to go to one of them with me)... When Kelly and Cindy and I got there we realized that we were the only people there over the age of 18.. there may have been a few Utah State students there ... if so not many it was MOSTLY kids that were so young that they had to get a ride to be there...two girls that were about 14 decieded to lead Cindy and Kelly and I through the corn maze which was cool at first but then it got to be to much they were very much 14 year old and kept getting side tracked... at first the corn maze was cool. ... then we got lost and the girls were of no help and we were totally ready to leave so after ALMOST cussing out a gorilla ( yes I was that frustrated) every zombie and ghoul there kept telling us directions like yeah just take a left and you are out ... like um no that was a dead end.. so finally a guy with a chainsaw and mask led us out...I am still glad we went though I mean it is a part of FALL and HALLOWEEN and the Green Canyon Corn maze is a part of CACHE VALLEY!!!!

The Ward had a party this year in addition to the trunk or treat which I did not go to to, I did not want to wear my same angel costume that you will hear about below to it. So I went by Somebodys Attic and I found a Sombrero and a Mexican Blanket looking vest that I became a Mexican. for only 3.00! I really had fun at the ward Halloween carnival in the picture above Harley and I are fishing for candy :) a funny story, I had my tan coat and I could not find it at the end of the night and I told this on lady Andrea I can't find my coat and she thought I said I can't find my Coke so she said well did you put it in the fridge or maybe someone else did, and I said um why would someone do that??? but I looked anyway...then she said maybe someone threw it away because Andrea was talking about a COKE I was like I hope that someone did not throw my coat away!!! I mean it isnt the coolest coat around but it is MINE!... so then I went and told all the people in charge to let people know that my coat had been STOLEN! so I went and told Andrea I did that and she said well how many Coke's do you need to drink a day??? I mean can't you just go buy another??? and I was like NO MY COAT!!!!! and she was like OH YOUR COAT!!!! I THOUGHT YOU SAID COKE ! I said no wonder you told me to look in the fridge and the trash!, so I got home and was thinking of how I could not believe that someone stole my coat and Brinna came by and it was found at the church:) and now it is hanging safe in my closet :)

This year I was determined to dress up like Hermoine Granger, I thought how hard can that be I got some shoes from my mission still that would look right Im sure I can find a white shirt and a skirt that would look right at the thrift store and then all I need is a cape and a tie and wand.. turns out all year I looked for a white shirt that would fit me and skirt that would be Hermoine like... but I never found just the right ones... well if any... then when I priced the cape and wand and tie on line they were almost as much as my Maid Marian costume from last year... and we are not going to go there with that price... so um yeah... and how would I get my hair in just the right Hermoine do anyway..So I went to Somebodys Attic and found somebodys old temple dress on the Halloween rack ( because I hung it there) and a pair of wings and thought I CAN be an angel :) so my costume is 1. an old prom dress that we were getting rid of at Somebodys Attic that give me the poof that I needed in my skirt area... because I don't want to look like I am wearing someones old temple dress.. or even worse MY TEMPLE DRESS like how tacky is that, I want to be an angel, where is my temple bag oh here it is I will wear my dress... so anyway I got the old prom dress under, then a white tank top and shirt over that to cover the top of the prom dress so it wont be see through... then my white dress, then I found a really cheap wing and halo set at Smith's for like three bucks so I actually have two sets of wings on but hey they look cute and no one noticed the halo came in my wing set and it saved me from making one... the little kids skirt I put around my waist and I tied my gold belt from my Maid Marian costume of '08 around my waist...my kit also came with a wand...I have no idea why I mean I am an angel I have wings, what the heck do I need a WAND for I really don't know...

As for Spike, My friend Dawnette said that Petsmarts costumes were on sale for like 3$ so I went down there and got him a firedog one which doesnt really fit and a vampire cape, my idea is I am an Angel and Spike is dressed up like Angel the vampire :) I also let Spike try on Hoshi's lion costume..

so on Halloween DAY I got up and dressed as an angel and Spike as a fire dog then walked over to Marian and Vern's so they could take a picture that is what sucks about being single and living alone. you have to go somewhere or call someone to get a picture taken of you. Spike's fire dog costume had flames on it and I could not get the hat on him so people that saw us walking though that he was a devil and that I was an angel...There is a cute picture of us together on FB for anyone interested.

I then went to Somebody's Attic and I also want to add I love working on Halloween I love seeing how people dress up and stuff like that...Toni was dressed up as a Bollywood dancer ( with an outfit she got there) and she looked stunning!. Amber was dressed as a fairy with some wings that she got at Savers, and Toni dressed up Carl as a woman he had on a blonde wig and a skirt and a vest... he looked HOT..it was so fun to be there all day dressed up and working. I went to 7-11 to get lunch, and a guy I worked with at Qwest told me that it was way to early to be dressed up. I said it is HALLOWEEN IT IS NEVER TO EARLY TO BE DRESSED UP!!!! that night I came home and waited for trick or treaters, I had 7 of them!~ well 7 groups:) only two kids I did not know. This one little boy down the street came three times, twice on Halloween then the next day he came back again and said see I told you that she would give us candy! I had this cool book that you open up and it says different Halloween sayings in an old lady voice. all in all it was a great day :)

field trip

In Relief Society, they announced that they had tickets for General Womens Relief Society broadcast at the conference center available. I guess we live far away from SLC that our ward gets stuff like that, which is... AWESOME.. because when I lived in Springville, Provo and Orem, we got like maybe one or two tickets PER STAKE... but hey when you got to drive two hours or so to get there I guess it is different... I invited my friend Elizabeth who lives in Provo to meet me in SLC.

IDK why but I have always wanted to see all the prophet's graves so Elizabeth and her husband Ryan and her baby Verena met me at the SLC cemetary. I was not as organized as I usually am and should have had a map printed out and a list of exactly who's grave to see and where and a quote from everyone that I could read there and maybe even a flower for every grave... which is how it went in my mind... BUT I had the Princess Party on the SAME DAY as I went to SLC... yes that is right I had the Princess Party for an hour in the morning then the little girls left ... I changed my clothes modifyed my princess hair do and left for SLC... and well I am just not organized ENOUGH to plan a really cool party and then a really cool expierience at the cemetary... I am just not..so I got in Elizabeth and Ryan's car and we drove around to see which ones we could spot, we did spot quite a few, it was really cool to see President Hinckley's someone had put a cane on his grave :) I am so grateful to be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and I know that a prophet leads and guides us in these latter-days:)

While at the cemetary I asked a lady if she wanted me to take a picture of her and she said no thanks, I made some small talk with her and said that I lived up in Northern Utah on the ID border and that I was in town to go and see the RS broadcast. She asked me if we had tickets I said of course :) and she said well can you take mine, and give them away there? because I can't make it tonight, I said for sure, then she said now these are very special tickets they were given to me by Barbara Thompson ( who is in the RS general presidency) I said that I would do that. I got back in the car and looked at the ticket and where my stake presidents name is on mine Barbara Thompsons name is on her's.... Elizabeth and I quickly decieded to give away MY tickets from the Richmond,Utah Stake...which were waaaaaaay up in the highest balcony and use her tickets which were on the FLOOR... so Ryan and Verena dropped up off at the conference center and we went in I LOVED our seats! we were sitting with all the SLC temple square sisters and it was just SO COOL! we even met a sister from PAKISTAN I did not even KNOW the church was IN Pakistan... or sending out MISSIONARIES???.... and SISTERS... WOW!!!! I look so forward to being a mom and raising my own little missionaries :) Barbara Thompsons talk was my favorite :) and the spirit was just so strong. If you have time please read it it is called "Mind The Gap".

I am so grateful that I live in Utah and was able to attend general RS meeting at the conference center with my friend Elizabeth. I am so grateful for my MEMBERSHIP in the church. we sang HOW FIRM A FOUNDATION and I want to say that I will NEVER NO NEVER NO NEVER FORSAKE!!!! I so grateful for the atonement and because of that, I KNOW that I am a daughter of God I know who I am and what I want and for this I am MOST grateful.:)

party

In September I had a Princess Party at my house... yes that is how behind I am on my blog :). I love to have theme things, theme dinners theme parties whatever, so I came up with this idea :) I invited all the princess's in the land...which really meant all the princess's in the Lewiston 3rd ward. My friend Rachael helped me make the invitations which I then rolled up and tied with a ribbon. I invited EVERY LITTLE GIRL in my WHOLE WARD!... and eight showed up. I had :

Princess Kortnie

Princess Jocee ( I love this name FYI)

Princess Jocelyn

Princess Dakota

Princess Ryleigh

Princess McKenna

Princess Taylor

Princess Mary

I also had two bigger princess's helping me,

Princess Melissa and

Princess Jaci

and a baby

Princess Janessa :)

and we even had a Prince Charming show up

Prince Charming Tegan :)

My friend Marian helped me with all the preperations, we made heart-shaped PBJ's , pink chocolate covered strawberries, princess tea ( which was really pomegranate 7-up or strawberry lemonade)

each Princess and Prince Charming got a sugar cookie that they got to decorate with pink frosting and pink sprinkles.

We did Princess dancing, ( I turned on some kids music and we danced to it)

everyone was in Princess clothing and Prince Charming Tegan had a little tie and dress clothes on so everyone had fun dancing around in their princess clothes

then we did a dancing game and everyone got a princess prize that I had bought at the Smithfield $ store, where they had lots of princess themed stuff.

I got some wall stickys that you can put on your wall and peel back off, and I made a back drop and took everyone's picture. ... I should get these pictures developed and given to their parents at SOME point..

so that is it that was my Princess Party which was a SUCCESS and I could not have done it with out Rachael, Marian, Jaci and Melissa THANK YOU GUYS!!!:)