Mission Pals

There is just something super special about the friends you make on the mission. I feel like we just have an awesome forever bond! I don't know how to describe it but I am truly blessed- that is for sure! Plus the best part is I still have A LOT of my mission left, which means even more awesome mission pals! But anyway, today I had lunch with my pal Elder Woodhall. He and I were in District 44D (best district ever) in the MTC and both came home early on medical release. Elder Woodhall has only been home about a month and he goes back hopefully week after next. We live with in about 20 minutes of each other so we finally got together today and caught up. We had so much fun just talking about the past, present and future! We both will be serving in the San Antonio Texas Spanish Speaking mission and we are so excited to get there! I am so grateful for all my mission friends! Basically they rock! :)

Dancing in The Rain

Since I started to struggle in the MTC and all the way up until now several people have recited this quote to me: "Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass... It's about learning to dance in the rain!!" It is truly a great quote and has been a strength to me but well this week I took that quote seriously!!! lol

Monsoon season has begun here in AZ and it is the BEST time of the year!! I love watching the storms and I just can't help but play in the rain! Luckily I have an amazing best friend who loves dancing in the rain as much as I do!

Cristina says "Yay for dancing in the rain and jumping and splashing in giant puddles!!"

Getting wet- fun fun!!

Jump Cristina jump! I caught Cristina in mid jump- I love her hair, it looks like a mane! he hee

And then Cristina caught me in mid jump- but apparently while I am jumping in puddles I look kinda scary! ha ha

Super wet best friends! Yay for spontaneous fun!

Test Run

On Saturday Dad, Brad, Uncle Jeff and I loaded up our quads and headed out to the desert to ride! We had to try out the new quads, of course. lol My quad looks so good with some mud splattered on it and my helmet resting on the handle bar. I was so excited to get this bike out there and give it all I got! Man can it go fast!!!

My uncle Jeff- this wash that he is in was really sweet, we booked it up and down that thing! I followed Jeff most of the time we were on the trails, which was so fun cause he was always gunning it so I got to go as fast as I could so I could keep up with the 400. I always like riding with my Uncle, he is so cool and he likes to go fast just like me!!

Dad spotted a cave up in the rocks so we all turned off the engines and Brad was the first to go explore!!

Look what I found in the cave! lol Wonder how long that's been there, do you think it was from the cavemen?

Mother Nature provides everything you need- even bandannas. lol My dad found this bandanna in the dirt and decided to use it to keep the sun off his neck. I said GROSS! He just shrugged. Boys are totally dirty! lol

Another perk to riding, when you stop to let the engines cool off you can actually see how beautiful nature is out there. But when I'm on my quad I never pay attention to that stuff- I am always going too fast anyway, everything is a blur! ha ha

Quads rock!!! I used to only like dirt bikes, always wanted to race motocross- but now I am taking quite a liking to quads as well. I totally love riding and I can't wait to go out again! I especially can't wait to take my new quad to the dunes- my dad just bought me some sweet ITP Sand Star paddles too!

Dinner at Joe's

Joe's BBQ is one of my absolute favorite places to eat, so I was thrilled when my friends decided to go there Thursday night. Kendra, Jordan, Cristina and I all had a yummy dinner and enjoyed the random conversation and good times! It was especially fun for me to hear the story of Jordan's proposal to Kendra as well as all of her wedding plans and what not! So exciting!!

Jordan and Kendra- the newly engaged couple!

Kendra so cute showing off her ring! It's gorgeous!!!!

Cristina and I perfectly content with being single- for now at least! lol

My New Quad!!!

Technically it is not MY quad, it's my dad's- but he has basically said I've got it as mine until I go on my mission!! Dad got a really good deal on it because he traded his old C-J jeep for two quads. My quad is a Honda 300 EX and it is in excellent condition with several nice after market parts on it. It has nerf bars and a super sweet pipe on it! It's loud and fast! My favorite combo!!! So anyway I am super excited about my new quad. I finally have a quad that I can race my friends on and win!!! Also I now have a quad to take to the dunes- which is coming up here in October! Another awesome week out in the dunes with my cousins and now with my new ride- SWEET!!

My new quad along with my dad's new one (a Honda Fourtrax) puts our fleet of off road vehicles at 7!! So awesome! So if anybody wants to go riding just give me a holler and I will be sure to take you out for a good time!! -If you can keep up with me that is!! lol ;)

Splash'n Around With The Skousen Girls!!

Last weekend I took the Skousen girls over to my grandparents house for a fun filled afternoon of swimming and playing around in the pool. We had a blast- I had been so busy lately that I have hardly seen the girls since I 've been home. I am so glad I got to spend the afternoon with them!! They are such sweet girls and I love them all so much! They always help me to remember to enjoy life and cherish these good times! Having them in my life is such a blessing.
The girls had a great time jumping off the diving board and I got lots of hilarious pics of them- several of which will be blackmail one day! ha ha lol j/k

Hailey hales!!

Maicy loved stashing away all of the splash bombs- that way she couldn't get hit with them! lol Clever girl!!

My parents came over and joined us for a little while and dad had fun playing with the girls. He started throwing them off the diving board and once he started they wouldn't let him stop! They loved it!!

Cutie Pie Kiley

Time for a little break- and pictures!! he hee

And of course snacks- yay for graham crappers!! he hee

Silly Maicy!

The ballerina jumps off the board- so graceful! ha ha

More of that goofy maicy girl!!

Retaliation

Pranks are just a little harmless fun right? lol I sure hope so cause if not I have sure got it coming to me!! Ha ha ha. At my work we are constantly messing with each other and goofing around- we work with kids everyday and sometimes we get a little crazy! Today I took our little pranks a little bit further and I am just waiting for the retaliation! ha ha. Good times!! With the help of my new pal Kara I decked out two of my co-workers cars with window paint! Ha ha some serious random inside jokes on their cars- that ought to get a reaction out of them! lol

There are stories behind all of this- the story for this happened yesterday. This is Chelsea and Stephanie's car (they're sisters) and yesterday I parked next to them and we all left at the same time. As I was pulling out they backed up right behind me so I couldn't get out without hitting them. Then Chels got out of the car and put a Walkie Talkie on the trunk of my car (she had walked out of the building and forgot to put it in the office) so she ditched it on me and then they sped off!! So today I got her back!!!



Muwaha ha ha!

This story happened today- Megann was supposed to get another counselor's kids along with her own, so I laughed when I found out cause I was so glad I wasn't stuck with them and she was. Well it turns out the kids didn't want to be with her- they wanted me, so I got 24 kids! Blah! Then Megann laughed right back in my face and I said it was ok cause Karma was gonna catch up with her. She said she didn't believe in Karma. Ha ha so I gave her a little lesson in Karma!

Muwaha ha ha!!