Updates and Temple Square

Lets see.. I think the weirdest thing right now is only have one more semester of high school left. THANK HEAVENS!

I feel so old, and grown up. I cant decide if its a good thing or a bad thing.

I am however, very excited about this christmas season.

Putting up the tree was so much fun, and it looks so good.

I just love all the christmas songs, and the lights, and the feelings of joy, and kindness around the holidays. It makes me very happy. I just wish I could be around all my family for christmas.

That would make it the best christmas ever!

Yesterday I went up to Temple Square for Young Women's.

I couldn't leave without my camera, so here are some pictures from it. It was so beautiful.

Our Tree


Yes the water is running. :]


Temple


Sheep, part of the Nativity


Mary, Joseph, and Baby Jesus, floating in the water by the temple.


So Pretty. I love the Temple!!

Birthday and New Moon

I cant believe I am 18.

Its the weirdest feeling in the world.

Well it started out to be the best birthday ever because New Moon came out.

So i stood in line with Jessica. and saw it at midnight. :]] It was AMAZING.

After I went home and went to bed because I still had to get up and go to school the next day.

After school I went to In and Out Burger for the first time. It was fun.

I got a New Moon shirt. and I love it. :]

The Man in the Middle is the SEXIEST MAN ALIVE. :]]

Youth Conference.

Last Monday I dyed my hair blonde again. yess. finally.

it needed it really bad. so im glad I was able to do that.

School starts on the 20th, and I need to get my senior pictures taken.

That is why I went back blonde. :]

Yesterday I got back from Youth Conference.

It was sooo much fun.

Our theme was M.A.S.H.

Modern Armies Serving Heaven.

and we did all kinds of army things.. even waking up to exercise.

We had an obsticale course and I managed to get a few scratches.

but Im pretty sure everyone did. so its okay.

Then we floated down the river.

Yeaaah. i am super scratched. and my butt is bruised from all the rocks.

but it was definately worth it.

We went on a sunrise hike the last day we were there, and had a testimony meeting.

it was so beautiful and nice. we were on the top of the mountain. AMAZING.

one of the best testimony meetings ever!

We even had a Youth conference after party.

It was soooo much fun. Im glad we have a small enough ward we can do lots of fun things. :]

This is almost everyone that was there. and our awesome shirts. :]

One of my many scratches.

We went to Strawberry Pinnacles. and those are the Pinnacles.

We Hiked to the top of that mountain. where the testimony meeting was.

What A Dare Devil. HA. :]

Updates

Well. its been awhile since I have written anything. So I thought I would update everyone whats going on in Utah!
It's been summer. school is out, and not much has happened. Ha.
Since Brandon and I broke up, I have actually gone on a few dates. Its been fun dating other people, but weird at the same time. It is my first time going on dates with more then one person. A new experience for me indeed.
Last week I went to Girls Camp, it was really fun, and I feel like I got closer to all the girls, especially McKinlee. I have also managed to go to church 2 weeks in a row, and I went to YW last night. Im proud of myself. :]]
Im really hoping to be able to get to do more things this summer, and find a job, I need one.
That's pretty much it here. Take Care everyone. Love you All!!

The Snake :[[

Tuesday I went to Brandon's nothing new right? Brandon and I decided to go for a walk, it is so pretty by his house I have wanted to so bad. We were in his room and we were about to leave when he grabs his spear... I asked him what it was for and he said, "To kill any snakes if we see any" and I was like whaaat? no we are not going. hahaha. typical me. Well he assured me that we wouldn't see any, so we proceeded.

His mommy opened the gate so we could go down in the field by his house. I wouldn't move. He was getting very frustrated with me. haha. I don't like snakes and i surely didn't want one at my feet. He again assured me that if there is one, he will see it first and kill it with his spear. Still didn't take away my fear.. :[[ So we proceeded to walk..

All of a sudden what was at my foot and I almost stepped on.. This HUUUGE FREAKING SNAKE. I jumped so far ahead of me. I was so scared. Brandon of course Stabbed it. But I was still so scared, I started crying. Of course Brandon thought it was sooo funny, and started laughing at me. I told him i wanted to go back, and he said it would be okay, but I made him carry me back up to the house. HAHA. :]]

We get back to the fence and his mom was still outside so she asked what happened, cuz he went back to "get his spear" So I told her the story, and then he comes back up, with the snake on the end of his spear. EW. before he came in the gate he cut off the snakes head. um. gross. made me
feel a little better, but still freaking gross.

He takes the snake up to the drive way, and he spreads it out. It was so long, it was gross. So I walked back in the house to get a drink, snakes are so gross. His little sister Breanna came out and said that its mouth had opened. Remember, the head is not attached to its body. Gross huh. I walk back outside and the mouth of the snake was open. I was staring at it and all of a sudden it closed. EW. I freaked. hahaha.

Not only did the mouth open, but the whole body was still moving, why I have no idea, but it was pretty gross, if you ask me. haha. Brandon kept poking it and it would flinch and it would move even though it had been dead for at least 15 min.. I took a video of it, cuz i had his camera. Ill post them soon if you wanna see them. It was cool but so disgusting ya know? hahaha.
The worst part is like an hour later his brother Grant went and looked at it, and it was still freaking moving. AN HOUR LATER. It was so nasty.

I really really really hate snakes, and i could have gone my whole life without that experience, but it happened. But it gave me a good story to post, that's good right? :]