Disneyland

My best friend Kristi had never been to Disneyland so we decided to take a trip and bring her along. We had a blast taking her around to all of our favorite rides and introducing her to all of the ins and outs of Disneyland. I am so lucky to have such neat parents who gave me a season pass to Disneyland, how cool is that?

Updates!!!

I have been a horrible blogger lately!! I thought I should at least give some updates on my holiday break. I had a great holiday!!!

I spent the week of New Years at the Dunes just outside of Yuma.

I went with my uncle and his kids- it was great, except my quad broke.

Christmas Eve this year brought the usual festivities along with my best friends!!

My family in their Christmas Jammies

My best friends got Christmas Pajamas this year too!

So much love


My buddy Natalie and I made a Gingerbread Village

All in all I loved celebrating the season of Christ's birth with my family and friends. I am now gearing up for a family trip to Disneyland that we leave on this Saturday- our last little vacation before school starts up again for Kevin and I.

Gila Valley Temple

My mom, Jennie and I took a road trip to Eastern Arizona to visit the Gila Valley Temple. It is so beautiful there and it reminded me of my favorite temple- the San Antonio Temple.
I just love small temples and this one was no exception. It was such a blessing to be able to go inside the House of the Lord and feel of His Spirit there.
It was also great to spend the day with two of my favorite people!

Natalie's Mormon Birthday!

My best friend Natalie has been a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints for two years as of today! So we celebrated!!! We made cupcakes and had a great time together. I am so grateful to have Natalie in my life, her testimony and her bright personality bless me every day! I love her! Happy Mormon Birthday Natalie!

Morning Hike

We got up early this morning and headed out to Oak Flats to enjoy the monsoon season. There were some nice pools of water and the dogs had a blast! We got rained on a bit as we hiked which was really quite nice. It was a great morning!

My Week With Jo Jo

One of my Favorite mission companions came from Utah this week to visit me. Jo Jo stayed with me for a few days and we had so much fun together!! We had a week full of adventure! I loved serving with Sister Johnson in Pleasanton and in Encino Park but it was especially fun spending the week just HANGING OUT!!!! She is such a neat person and one of my closest friends- I am so grateful to Heavenly Father for making us companions in the TSAM.


We got together with a few other TSAMers that live here in Arizona and we went to a place called JumpStreet where the floors and walls are made of trampolines. We had a blast!!


We went to Fossil Springs to go hiking and tubing. This is us getting all loaded up for the adventure!

Passion

While on my mission I needed to find a new stress reliever. Something that was mission appropriate unlike my previous activities of skateboarding and motocross- those just weren't possible as a missionary. So I learned how to play guitar. I am still in the learning phase but it has become my new passion of sorts. I love to just strum away on my newest guitar "Clark" (furthest right) and let all the worries in my world float away. Guitar is a new passion of mine and I am grateful to my mission for helping me to find and develop it.