Last Supper... er- breakfast

Today Tela went out for one last big breakfast at Village Inn in Provo. A lot of her family and a few of her friends came to have one more meal with her and visit before she left. After breakfast we all went over to Amanda and Bryce's condo to chat a little longer before Tela reported to the MTC at 12:45pm. It was a teary and bitter sweet good bye. We know she'll do great and can't wait to hear updates from her over the next 18 months!

Grandma, Tela, and Grandpa

The Family

Tela, Megan, Janae at breakfast

Lunch Dates

Two great days in a row of lunch dates with old friends. My friend Hailey (Jeppson) Allsup who I played volleyball with for many years has been married for two years now and is pregnant with a boy . She is sweet, nice and so cute with her little prego belly. It was great to meet up with her again and talk about old teammates and friends.

The next day I meet up with Chelsie (Thurgood) McCage who is an old ward friend. We grew up as beehives together with her mom as our leader, it was so much fun. She was such a great leader and example to me.  We were the only two girls in our Sunday school class till we became juniors, so we had tons of crush on all the boys our age and older. She has been married for three years and just barely had a baby girl named Brylie 5 week it ago. Ah, it was so much fun to hold her Brylie she is so small and had a cute chubby face and tons of hair with a big bow. It was a great two days to meet up with old friends that are still so sweet, kind and fun as they were in high school and I’m so glad to know them both.

Singing in the Rain

Megan and I went to support my lovely BFC Danielle and her friend A.J. in the play Singing in the Rain. It was the first time either of us had seen this story line so it fun to watch people you know perform in it. They both did a wonderful job dancing and singing the night away.

Way to go Danny and A.J. 

Imagination

Coldwater Creek

Today started off great JaNae and I went to the Mt. Timpanogos Temple to do work which was our first time, making it a great experience. Later that day JaNae invited Megan and I to head up to Park City outlets to do some missionary clothes shopping with here two Aunts.  The first store we all three purchased cute items from was the Coldwater Creek store which is made primarily for older women aka moms and grandmas. It was funny to be in the store with so many older women, as we were trying on outfits for ourselves and liking them. We then departed from her aunts heading into younger stores like Rue 21 and Vans store to make us all feel young I guess. 

Manti Pageant

Megan and Danielle

Megan and I were able to attend the Manti Pageant for the first time this year with the whole YSA Stakes. We drove down with my Uncle Zane who is a new YSA Bishop and his family which made the road trip fun. We had an outside turkey dinner while it rained on us, but luckily it stopped before the pageant started.  As we were waiting for it to start I asked Megan to spray me with bug repellant in which she accidently squirted it my eyes. It burned so bad I had no idea it was possible to get in your eyes when have your eyes shut. The good thing about her spraying my face was that I had no bug bites on my face.  The Manti Temple is the background drop for pageant and it is gorgeous, I was so surprised by how big and tall it was up on the hill. The pageant was .very well done, a little cheesy here and there; however it was worth the drive

Donut Falls

Me, JaNae, and Megan

JaNae, Megan, and I decided to head up Cottonwood Mountain to do some hiking with the beautiful weather that Utah was finally getting. So we get up there all pumped up to go hiking, dressed in basketball shorts, t-shirts and sunscreen when we notice a mile into the hike that there is tons of SNOW on the ground. How is this possible it is mid JUNE and half of the mountain is covered in snow? Luckily it was warm weather while we hiked, the hike was fun we were slipping, sliding, and getting our legs knee deep in certain areas of snow. We were lost for a while but finally found our way to the fall which was pretty hidden. We ended the day with a stop at the Frozen Yogurt place which was a great way to end this exciting journey with two great friends.

Work=Fun

Work has been going GREAT within the last two weeks I have gone swimming, had two BBQ, played Just Dance, Sorry, Uno and watched many movies in the classroom and at the Scera. The students are done with school so I won't be working with them anymore, but the adults are still here so I will be with them which is still fun.

SORRY

This weekend I was able to go and visit my dad which I was excited for because we play tons of games. It started off great after just arriving I received my mission president letter in the mail, which was so exciting to read!! Later that day we went to see X-men 4 which was good. The next day we played the board games Sorry and Parcheesi. During on the Sorry games my dad was in last place and Roland and I were exactly 5 spaces away from winning when my dad went all the way around the board to win the game. Ah, how does that happen!!! Oh well good thing it was my dad and not Roland because he would have for sure gloated. 

Los Angeles Temple

Brother Patton and Me

Today I was able to have Denny's breakfast with the Posse which was way overdue! I then was able to attend a Los Angeles Temple session for the first time. It was so beautiful and peaceful  inside and outside of the temple.  Brother Patton and Sister Ward were there also which made the day even more special!!  

College Grad

Best Parents!!

Greatest Family!

 

Even though I finished school in December I hadn't celebrated being done with school till now. It was a beautiful day, I started it off with a visit to the San Diego temple to do a session with my mother, grandfather, and aunt Susan and then drove up to Northridge. I had my commencement walk that evening at 6:30pm, it was so weird being there knowing that after 4.5 years of college and volleyball it was finally done. It was a long and hard journey, but worth every second.  I was happy to find out that I earned the Varsity N' Award which is obtained by receiving a 3.5 gpa or higher while in volleyball season. 

San Diego Zoo

Secretary Bird

Hayden and Roland

Takin

Sloth Bear

Dad and Me

I was able to visit the San Diego Zoo today for my first time with my dad, my brothers Roland, and Hayden and Aunt Susan. It was a HUGE zoo making it so fun. It was so beautiful they had so many unique animals and most of them were awake while we were there. A lot of the animals cages were only a few feet from people which made the experience more like a wilderness park.

Cinthia's Wedding

Cinthia and Me

Me, Shanda, Cinthia, Megan, Talita

My old teammate and friend Cinthia finally tied the knot!! I'm so happy for her she looked so gorgeous that day! Cinthia was the star of my SLCC team and had the greatest personality to go with it. Her and Talita are Brazilian making the SLCC volleyball team a little more vibrant then the others. Cinthia was sometimes hard to understand and to get along with, but she was a funny and wonderful friend who has stayed in contact with me still to this day.

 I love you Ci and wish you the BEST!

Bowling at Work

Strike Dance

Spare Dance

The class

The girls

Today I was able to go with one of classes to the bowling alley. It was so much fun, these kids had such a great attitude and so much joy when they would knock over any of the pins. They even had their own unique way of bowling whether it was like " Fred Flintson" or doing lunges each time. 

Prom

Me and Ashley

The train

Me, Kristie, Mom

At school today all the students were so excited about that evening because it was PROM. They all kept dancing all through out the day and asking if I was going. Being a dance I couldn't resist so I went to my cousin's home and borrowed a big yellow dress, which made me feel as if I was 18 years old again!! The students were so fun to watch they were dancing all over the place and didn't care who was watching. We did the boot scootin and boogie, the train, and  many more fun dances.

ATEC

After 3 months of fun in Cedar City it was time for me to move back up to Pleasant Grove after my mission call. I moved back the weekend of Conference after applying to 25 jobs or so in the Alpine School District. I finally received a call from my mother's work Alpine Transition & Employment Center (ATEC) asking  me to come in for an interview. ATEC is a place where they have all varieties of  Mentally and Physically and Learning disabilities students and adults. ATEC provides jobs for the adults and helps the students transition into the work force and community. It took two weeks after my interview, but I was HIRED!  I love this job, I 'm a SUBSTITUTE AID which allows me to work in many different classrooms allowing me to meet all the students. I also get to work with the adults in their job areas. I have enjoyed my two weeks here very much, I mean how can I not when my first day we went to the movie theaters to watch "Mars needs Moms". 

Escalante

Mi Familia

Devils Garden

The Gang

Slot Canyon

The girls

This year for spring break my family and the Berry's decided to head to Escalante this year. I was super excited because I had heard so many fun stories about it when my family went  a few years ago without me. This year was awesome because Roland was able to be there  making this a complete family spring break unlike many years before. We arrived Friday and went to Devils Garden where there are these random pillars in the middle of no where. The next day we went to the Slot Canyon were the rocks had been molded around running waters making a tight squeeze to fit through them all.

April 13th 2011

Today I was able to go through the Mt. Timpanogos Temple for the first time with my Mom and  family members and special friends. It was a neat spiritual experience and I'm so thankful for all those who helped me prepare for this day. I can't wait to go and share this experience with other family and friends in the Los Angeles Temple. I am so grateful for this beautiful day and the chance I had to share with so many people that I LOVE .