called to serve!

Hey!!! I am on a mission! Can you believe it!?! Cause I can't! Its crazy awesome here though! I love it, this is where I am supposed to be! ok. done using the exclamation points. But yes. its awesome. Spanish is crazy!!!!!! alskjflaskdjfsldkfjsdfkl. But I really like it. It's not always the easiest...but I think i'm getting the hang of it. I get to say the closing prayer in sacrament meeting on Sunday. So wish me luck. or pray for me!

I leave for the DR MTC next week on the 25th. We have to be up at THREE in the A.M. for our 6 am flight. We are supposed to get to the DR around 8 that night i think. so loooong day right there. But I think it will help with the Spanish tons and tons and lots.

My comps! There are 2 of them! They are way cool and keep me going. One is from Idaho and has a Math teaching degree, and the other is from Utah. And she is 4'6! And awesome! We all get along really well.

kk. i'm using up my email time writing this so i'll be done now!!

(yeah in case you were wondering. i'm not on my blog. I'm emailing it and then someone is posting it for me. You weren't thinking I was breaking the rules were you??)

oh yeah! Write me! I will be in the DR on the 25th so don't write to Provo after that!! dearelder.com is still free for the DR MTC too!!!

K

So this is really it. for reals. you're probably thinking...why is this girl on her computer the DAY she leaves for her mission.

i had to print off some stuff for my mother. so i thought i'd get on and write one more rambling post. well not really one more. i think i'm gonna send some stuff to my friend and then she'll post it on here. not very often but you know. just so you know i am alive!

my address is posted on the sidebar right over there. hopefully i'll be able to let you know the exact days of leaving provo to go to the DR mtc. and then when i actually get to the mission. the address is also on my facebook! there isn't the MTC address cause its easier to just use dearelder. cause its free. and i know you like things that are free. so now you have no excuse!!

get writing!!!

well folks...

this is it.

the part where i leave.

but you have to be packed first to do that. so once thats done....

haven't been near as many tears as i would have thought, but then again there never are. don't get me wrong though. there have still been plenty of tears.

i feel like i should say something really profound or awesome. but i got nothin. except. wow. these suitcases are REALLY small. i think they might be getting smaller by the minute.

i'l just post a picture instead. 

allergies...

I don't have them.

the little brother does.

my mom always thought he had some allergies. but since he has had pneumonia for the fifth time in 5 years plus the flu TWICE she took him to the allergy doctor. they did that test where they stick you with different things and if your allergic your skin goes red or swells. 


well. 


it worked. his arm was red. and swollen. pretty darn bad. they judge things on a scale from 2 to 5. and the doctor said he rarely sees people who get 5's. 


the little brother had like 6. the doc only sees a few (as in 3 or 4) people a YEAR with allergies that bad. 


hence the reason the kid is always so sick. 


so now he's going to get shots every week. 


i know you are all so interested in the well being of my little brother, as you should be. so i just wanted to update you on the latest. 


(and this post looks weird. aljskdjf the spacing is to big and its driving me CRAZY)

still need a new ipod...

ok. So that youtube movie. HOLY COW. I LOVE IT. i think i cried for several reasons.

1- when there is times to cry in my life. i usually cry at the wrong time. hence the crying during this awesome movie.

2- pretty much i am insanely jealous that i did not get to be a part of one of the coolest things ever. there were a few other videos like this (improv everywhere is awesome) but this was by far the coolest.

and....i guess my reasons end there. but it was SO COOL. i still kind of get choked up when i watch it.

HALLOWEEN!!!!

pretty darn fun.

and...you definitely missed out on what my little brother did with his friends...i would post pictures but...i don't think you want to see it.

try not to judge...

but this totally made me cry.

swine who?

that's right.

i got my swine flu vaccination injected up my nose today. at approximately 3:40. now my mom can start worrying about something else.

so i like cake. right? and if you didn't know that. then we weren't friends. but now you know. so we can be friends! my mom ordered a cupcake book for me to give me for christmas. but then she was like...there won't be much time for baking where i'll be for christmas. so she just gave it to me now! its so cool. i could sit and look at the pictures all day. they have a section on how to decorate cupcakes to look like food. ya know, april fools day style. and they look like the acutal food. there is a ton of other things to. animals, holiday stuff. you know. cupcakes.

i love those things.

can't believe it.

gladiator.

i have seen bits and pieces of it on tv. tonight i saw the very very end. he killed the evil emperor and then bites the burrito also. (your fault if you haven't seen it yet). i was shocked though. so sad. i didn't know he DIES at the end. but then my dad says. no its ok. he's going back with his wife and kid. then there's a cute scene and he is walking towards them and his little boy is running towards him. o.m.g. i got all choked up. oh gosh.

now i want to cry again.

itunes.

i got a gift card last christmas i think. or maybe my birthday. and i like it. cause whenever i want a song i can just go buy it. its like its free. awesome. so i still have about 10 bucks left. question is. do i buy church music that i can take with me....or blow it on songs that i can listen to at top volume for the next week and a half??

ha-ha. if you thought i was going to buy church music. you're wrong. as soon as this blog is finished i am off to blow 9.96 cents on music i can scream along to in the car.

cause thats got to be one of my most very favorite things to do.
hmm...which songs to buy....

halloween.

the roller derby team fell through. i didn't want to spend any money on it. cause i don't have any of that stuff. so i broke out my container thing with all the old dance/cheerleader clothes. so guess what i'm gonna be?

a cheerleader!!

go team.

the outfit still fits pretty darn good. the shirt is a little bit shorter though... its even got capped sleeves though! TAKE THAT!

on to the itunes!!!!

i want to win this.

Yellow Finch Designs GIVEAWAY!!!!


it would be awesome.

stressed much?

my mom has sworn twice in the past two days.

she never swears.

maybe she is under a little bit of stress? lets review:

her house is totally torn apart. there is no kitchen. the fridge is sitting in the middle of the room. food and dishes are all over the house. everything is super dusty from the sheetrock. she is always making decisions about what to do, what kind of floor, or tile, or paint....blah blah blah

her daughter (that'd be me) is leaving in two weeks. for a year and a half. she wont be able to talk to her at all. and she still has a bunch of stuff that needs to be bought so she is prepared.

the her youngest son. he is causing her strife. the kid missed over a week of school cause of the flu(swine?) his homework may or may not be all caught up. grades are out next week. she doesn't like this.

those are just a few of the things. stressed much? i feel bad.

feel bad for me to though. i freakin woke up at SIX THIRTY this morning. to go get my swine flue shot at EIGHT THIRTY. when i got there at 7:45ish (to wait in line) the line was already HUGE. there were about a million and one kids there with there parents. i finally find a place to park. i call my mom. she says your to late. just go home. it will take for-ev-er and they'll probably be out by the time they get to you. so i ask the man behind me (i was double parked. luckily he was still there) to move so i can get out. he pulls out and this lady pulls right in behind him. excuse me? MOVE. I'M LEAVING. so yes. were going to try again when davis county does theres, or somewhere else... so i'll probably have to BE THERE at 6:30. so that means i'll get to wake up at like 5.......

so i am swine flu shotless still. but i will prevail.

i am reading the last harry potter book. HOLY DEPRESSING. I AM ALMOST FINISHED THOUGH. i forgot how many people die in this book. sooooo sad. oh gosh. sooooooo sad. i mean. c'mon. i have KNOWN these people since i was in like 6th grade. it kind of makes me upset. ugh.

think i'm stressed to? maybe a little....

so here's some pictures for your viewing pleasure.

strange...

ok. i had lots to say like 4.3 seconds ago and now i have gone totally blank.

i guess i'll tell you about my dream last night. it was soooo weird.

so my friend becki is having a baby. a baby girl. and i probably wont get to see her till she is a year and a half old. sad day huh? anyways. last night in my dream my friend had had her baby. and i was going to see her. and the baby was REALLY small. like were talking SMALL. like ...................... maybe that big. crazy. and she was attached to a necklace thing. pretty much the baby was a necklace....(now as i am writing this. it seems a bit creepy?) anyways, its wasn't creepy at the time. just strange. so i am trying to hold this baby. and for some reason its not going very well. i kept losing my hold and having to hold on to the chain....so weird. so then i gave the baby back to her and she put it in a car seat and we left....from where ever we were. and then when we got to where ever we were going....i lifted up the blanket and there was a real, cute, normal sized baby in there. and i was just like...wow she sure does grow fast.......the end.

so. strange.

my friend kristin took pictures for my mission. they are soooo very awesome!!! you should go look at them on her site. cause there are so good ya know? i will post some of the others later.

I hate sheetrock.

argh.

I am so sick of hanging, and handing screws, and lifting, and getting all dusty white.

and the little brother jammed his finger at practice. its huge.

uh oh...

Something is wrong. He's sick. i think its terminal.

the only thing he'll do is make an awful clicking noise and this sad sad face.

its been going on now for almost 2 weeks.

i might have to pull the plug soon...

tear.

ugh.

hi.

my weekend was crazy.

we replaced the water heater. and my dad was putting in new pipes and stuff.

so we had no water or gas for almost two days.

ugh.

then the power was off for about 2 hours on sunday.

ugh.

it was crazy.

but its fall now. i like fall. i think i like the in between seasons the best.

one of my favorite things about fall?

pumpkin shakes!!!!

wanna see my house?

Here are some pictures of my house. It's comin' along....We actually have stairs on the deck now (they are really finished.) And the kitchen is messy. Cause we only have bottom cupboards at the moment...makes finding things a little difficult since there all over the house. And that is the little brothers head sticking out of the ceiling.

Do You Know?

ok ok ok. So.

Enrique. Love him. Always have. Always will. Excellent for singing with the volume full blast in the car. And dancing in the rain.

His latest song that I love.

Do You Know? (The Ping Pong Song)

I've listened to it....way too many times. English, Spanish, it doesn't matter. I mean its not the best lyrically seeing as he pretty much says the same 2 lines over and over for the entire song...but hey! thats my kind of song!

The music video? its ok. first half is kinda trashy. But i think the second half is hilarious. no clue why. i laugh really hard everytime i watch it though. Cause i've watched it a few times now...

go now. watch it. sing it. love it.

you know....

when you see a person. And it totally, completely, makes your day? or week? or even month?

Well my month has been made. And since its the end of the month we'll say its good for September and October.

i hear someone crying.

So in case you didn't know my little brother got the flu (again) 2 weeks ago. Then he got pneumonia. So needless to say he has missed a few days of school the past 2 weeks. So now he is a little (a lot) behind in math. And this makes my mother a little (very) stressed. And for some reason her stressedness makes me feel stress for no particular reason and not even necessarily about the little brother.

And now there is a fly in my room. I can hear him buzzing around. And that doesn't make me feel stress. It just kinda pisses me off. We have now moved away from the mosquito era and into the fly and spider era...with the occasional moth. There was a giant wolf spider on my floor the other morning. I killed it.

Did i tell you about my weekend? Well it was good, I mean, staying up till 2 every nights means you had a good weekend right? I think so. Friday was fun. Saturday was FUNNER though. I went to the USU homecoming game (they won). I saw lots of people there. Then we went to the white out dance. To bad I didn't have anything white though. By far one of the funnest dances I have been to up there though. For lots of reasons.... it was outside which was way cool, plus it wasn't 3 million degrees. I saw some people there too. Super duper fun.

I hope you have enjoyed these 3, seemingly unrelated paragraphs.

(mother still stressed. no good)

Books.

Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary. By Brandon Mull. It finally came in at the library! I was like number 57 in line to get it.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. By JK Rowling. I started reading the 5th Harry Potter book again. I'd have to say it's one of my favorites. I love me some Harry Potter.

Where the Wild Things Are. By Maurice Sendak. It's being made into a movie. And every time i see the commercial for it i get the chills. I am so excited!!!!

I. Like. Books.

Today i...

Took the dogs on a walk.
and listened to enrique on said walk.
met my mom at her work to acquire a birth certificate.
got a flu shot.
ate costa vida. yum. yum. yum.
saw saren and her mom. in a slightly random place.
came home.
let my brother rave on about how awesome my mission is going to be.
sat on the computer for at least 2 hours.
i think i found a cute calf length dress....we'll see.

now i'm off to make dinner!!

chicken pesto pasta goodness.

California part 2

I'm so sorry. I haven't felt the need to finish blogging about my awesome trip. So I will do it now...even though it seems like a long time ago.

OK.

DAY 2.

We were originally going to go see these redwoods that are just outside of San Francisco. So we got there. Drove 3 miles past the park to find parking. We got out of the car, walked about 4 feet and decided to go to the beach instead.



My socks are awesome right?

Then on to the beach!! So very fun. All these pictures are ones from Saren's camera.





People played in waves. And me and Saren flew away.














I. Loved. The. Ocean.

After lots of awesomeness at the beach we headed to see the Golden Gate Bridge!!

Thats where the real adventures started...

So we see the bridge. Drive across. Was way awesome. We go to a beach. Baker Beach. Cause it has a good view of the bridge and such. So we get there. Park.

We are walking out to the beach. I walk past this boy. He coughs and falls to the ground... Nate kinda poked him cause he wasn't saying anything and then checked his pulse. Then these other people walk up. Real adults. The dude checked his eyes and straightened him out. He was having a seizure. The lady called 911. After a jew minutes...he just gets up and walked away...didn't say a word...he turned around in the parking lot and gave a little wave...it was so strange.

So then we get on the beach. Are walking along. saren and Jessica got all wet cause one of the waves came rushing up and they couldn't get away from it fast enough...then....we see this man. Were like...thats a log of flesh coloring clothing....oh no. HE WAS NAKED. ugh. OLD. NAKED. MAN. we all avert our eyes as he walked past...



So we continue on. Take pictures. Get ready to go around a rock...and there is another one. sun bathing this time. TWO. NAKED. MEN. ugh. so disgusting. They didn't believe me at first...i couldn't believe it. gross. Then a nice asian man took our picture and gave us lots of advice about what to go see...even though we were done seeing things. And Logan lost his shoe in the waves...twice.












Then we walked back. Saw the naked man again...he only walked up and down the beach like FIVE times while we were there. It was pretty (the bridge/ocean). The waves were big. I could have been there all day. Then we woke up at 5 the next morning and drove all. the. way. home. ugh. long day. So worth it. So fun! I'm ready to go again. (and go to alcatraz this time!)

Californiaaaaaa...Californiaaaaa...here we come

I went on a road trip this awesome Labor Day weekend! It was so very much fun. None of us thought it would really happen so i am glad that it did.

This is what happened.

We left at 5:30 on Friday...in the evening...so we got to our super crappy hotel around 2 that night. It was slightly creepy. Next morning. We woke up. Tahoe is way pretty. We drove around the lake a little before shooting back up to get on I 80.















This was at the rest stop at the Salt Flats. We were there for like 30 minutes taking pictures. It was one of the funnest parts of the trip.

Then....we started off. We made a quick stop off at the Jelly Belly factory. We decided against a tour though...Then we drove some more (There was a lot of driving on this journey). We parked the car at the train station and road in to San Francisco. I love to ride the train/subway. Then we walked around a lot. And it got windy and misty and I got cold. But I survived.

A few places we went to were...Lombard Street...the most twisty road ever known to man kind or something.

And...we ate at Fishermans Wharf. And went to Pier 39 and Ghiradelli Square.
















And Chinatown!




We found some pretty interesting stuff there...




















Hmm....Thats about it for Day 1 of San Fran. We stayed at Logan's aunts house that night and sunday. Which was awesome. Cause she fed us and had the most adorable dog. And i don't think i could have stayed in another hotel like the first night....

Here's a little video from Day 2...which was a VERY interesting day indeed....

twilight anyone?

ok. I've got a lot on my mind today i guess....well not really. Just this i guess.

so. Twilight. Yes, i've read the books. was I a fan....maybe? I read them all pretty fast...but i still think they're stupid. i always read books fast. soooo whatever. anyways. In the books though i am very much an Edward fan. He's awesome in the book. And attractive also. So book. Edward fan.

the movie though? Well that, I definelty thought was pretty dumb. I laughed out loud quite a few times during the movie. And Edward? Ugh. ugly. and not a good enough actor to be a good Edward. Ugh. THE HAIR. the hair is so awful. And he looks like he could be slightly handicapped in this picture to.

just. No.

not gonna work.

But Jacob on the other hand...



Just look at the boy.

He even gets to have short hair for some of the movie! (his long hair is pretty awful to...) But come on. And he might be a better actor to. And its raining. He even put on 30 pounds. of muscle. nice. and he acutally has a nice face. So movie. Team Jacob. Which i won't even be here to see.

Go Jacob.

Edward. your ugly.

Can you tell that it was kind of boring around here today....?

helloooo september!

So september has started. The school year is already going by really fast. I have stuff to do know! Like going to institute. Piano is awesome! oh dear. Its awesome that I get to take piano for free. I am also going to west weber elem. on monday, wednesday, and friday to help sarens mom for a few hours. And its fun. I'm just doing busy work kinda stuff....which i like. And the kids are all way cool. WAY different from what i'm used to though. So its a good change.

And...we have started knocking walls down in my house. crazy.
This is what it used to look like.


Then they took the sliding glass doors out.

Then the wall came out...

And then there wasn't a wall. The picture doesn't really do it justice. They have knocked the walls down that were around the bathroom in my parents room to. Its crazy. This house is crazy. It will be awesome when its all finished.

Me and saren got pedicures yesterday!! we were determined to do this before she left on her mission. HOLY COW. pedicures are awesome. If you haven't had one. Get one. I would get one once a week if i was a rich person. Since i'm not i've only had 2 in my whole life.















It was so very fun. really. I want to go back. now. THEN. we went to our cooking class!! Saren got me a gift certificate for my birthday waaaay back in feb. We are just getting around to it now...it was so way totally awesomely fun. Plus you get to eat the food the chef person makes. And you get the recipes. So i will be making the best carrot cake i have ever had in my life very soon. mmmm... THEN. we went to Star Trek. at the HPER field. Love that show. THEN i left logan very late at night. And tried to not fall asleep on the way home.

a few things...

I would like threadless to please have another 5 dollars t shirt sale.

i just bought a pair of neon green shoes. try not to be jealous.

i have to go pick my mom up from work today. boo.

its friday!

and tomworow is saturday!

....we might be knocking the wall out towrmwow

...of my house...were adding on. did you know?

went to eat today with the gma and mom. good stuff.

i can't think of anything else to say?

good bye!

Back to school...

or not.

Last night I was thinking that it was really weird that I'm not going back to school. There hasn't been any of the nervousness or anticipation of a new school year...its still summer isn't it? Heck yeah! ha ha suckers! Just kidding... It's kinda sad not getting to be up in Logan right now. I have never not gone to school. And since I still have TWO more grueling months of waiting till my adventure starts! It's weird. Good thing I have lots of things to keep me busy...like:

finishing the scrapbooks for me and the little bro.
doing dishes and laundry.
reading!
being on the computer....
uh...
oh yeah. chillin with my gma.
shopping. (i wrote a list of everything i still need....its long.)
umm...getting the mail.
picking up the little bro.
oh yeah, going to institute!
going to logan to see folks (this doesn't happen as often as it should, this week and next though!)

yeah...so as you can see, I am a super busy gal...hahaha. It really isn't as awful as it sounds, or maybe I am just used to it. But it seems like i am usually busy. oh well. I hope all you school goers have a grand day! Study hard! I hope you made a back to school playlist!

ummm..

No energy for posting this month. sorry. umm...i don't know what to say.

Family pictures today! Very excited.
I like animal crackers.
I just bought pajama pants. (You have know idea how hard a time i had trying to find capri length pajama pants. and on sale. twice!)
I mowed the lawn today. go figure.
plaid is still ugly.
i was on a softball league. we won both our games on thursday!
i am going on a road trip. don't try and stop me. (well jessica can. cause its her car we may or may not be taking)
i like to read. a lot.
taco wednesday!
i took the little bro school shopping. he wanted to buy shirts off threadless. i am so proud.
firefiles by owl city. good song.
got my letter from the mission pres. very exciting.
i am taking piano at the institute. so excited.

i think i am all listed out.

Pictures stolen from Saren's facebook.

nice.

Just when I decide to go on a mission and must purchase some collared mission kinda clothing. PLAID comes into to style. Thanks. A. Lot.





NOT.

week in review.

ok ok. I'm sorry. I know you've all been sitting at your computers for the past week waiting for me to post. So here I am! taadaa....

Anyways...

.KINGS PEAK.


Was awesome.

It was 8 miles in to where we camped. 6 up and 6 back. and then 8 miles back out to the car. so...28 miles in 3 days. I thought I was going to die. I had a 30 pound pack. I figured I was gonna hike for a mile or so and then die. But it actually wasn't that bad. And. Confession. I didn't actually make it all the way to the top....you see...my brothers were way fast. And my parents were way slow. So by the time they caught up to me, they decided they weren't gonna make it to the top. And I wasn't about climb the last mile alone...cause its super steep and your just climbing over all these crazy boulders and stuff...so I almost made it...only 1 mile short. So I want to go again...Weather was awesome though. Usually it rains crazy hard. But it didn't for us. Super super duper windy though.



The night I got home. Which was last Saturday. I went to some fireworks with my friends. I couldn't walk cause I think I pulled a muscle or something behind my knee. So I was all exhausted and limping. But it was sooo worth it. Cause they had a dance after the fireworks. And it was a bunch of jr. high and high school kids standing around...trying to look cool. And myself and my friends were dancing around like fools. Literally. Well at least I know I looked like a fool. It was so very much fun though.

This Friday. I went to a friends cabin in Heber. We were up till 6 in the morning. Well thats when I fell asleep. The first person went to sleep around 4 and some never went to sleep. Good times though. We played that around the world pool game. And Nightmare! Have you ever played that?!? I had never heard of it. Its a board game and you watch a video with it. It was so crazy. Like an old school interactive dvd game. Only on vhs...so it wasn't really interactive. You just do what it says and stuff. and disturbia. and there was dinner. and...shark week on discovery channel. and my awesome oreo cookies. and mafia. hilarious.

And we went to some hot pools...i guess there called. They were sooo very hot though. I really couldn't even keep my feet in for more than a few seconds. But some of my crazy friends were swimming and doing cannonballs and diving in, the crazies.


















They were insane. Good times though. The rest are posted on facebook for your viewing enjoyment.
and then.... (sorry i am posting about a million boring things. get over it.)

Katie (friend/roommate) got married on Saturday. So after getting less than 3 hours of sleep and an awesome breakfast I headed back down to Layton for wedding festivities. The luncheon was delicious. And the recep was way fun to. A bunch of the friends came and I got to see a bunch of people from logan that i hadn't seen in ages. Good food. Chocolate dipped strawberries. mmmm. And wedding cake. mmmm. good times. Then i came home and was in bed before 10:30 and slept for 12 hours. lovely. Saren has pictures of that joyous occasion though. so sorry. you don't get to see any from me.

The End.

tired.

I got home today from hiking King's Peak. 28 miles. wow. knees hurt. Full details and pictures to come.

Did i never tell you that i went to the midnight showing of harry potter?? (i might have....?)

Well i did. and i've seen it again. so i'll give a review even if i already gave one. here it is.

ron. hilarious. makes the show.
skipped the big fight at the end. no. not ok.
ron. i love him.
harry was actually pretty good in this one too.
I was really impressed. besides a few minor things.
ron. so funny.
overall. I really liked it. not loved it. but really liked it. which is almost loved it.
ron. is. awesome.
(malfoy did a good job to)
go ron.

i see...

I have been busy this past week. Let's review:

Wednesday 15- mission call
Thursday friday and saturday- river trip to jackson hole with friends.
saturday- homecoming of robert my friend. he was in russia.
monday- i finished my senior year of pictures for scrapbooking. (that sentence didn't make any sense.
tuesday- my mom stayed home from work.
wednesday- 2 for 1 tacos in ogden. and park city!!! some shopping. and the alpine slide and coaster. and a caramel apple to take home!!! i love park city.

So the river trip was a grand ole time. We drove up thursday morning. I really like camping. On Friday we went down the river. I had to leave early on Saturday so I couldn't go down again. But i took some pictures. We were in the car. Cause that is where my camera was the whole trip. We got stuck in the construction for ever. So this is on the way to the river. Enjoy....

















Aren't they just lovely people?












Robert was so glad that we put are feet on the
seat.




















Derrick was the driver. He was all sorts of stressed out cause of the construction traffic....

And thats todd next to the giant cowboy boot....

There were a few more pictures...i'm sure you wanted to see them. maybe later.

oh yeah. and i'm still going on a mission!! mmhmm. its kinda feels sureal to believe its actually happening. I was not expecting to go there or around that area. Hence the shockedness. But I am so excited. I can't wait to get out there. and to learn spanish. super cool also.

Here are some useless facts about Puerto Rico that I think are cool. (yes all provided by wikipedia)

Population- almost 4 million
The island- e/w is about 110 miles and n/s about 40 miles (That. Is. Tiny.)
Highest elevation- 4,300 feet
average temp is 82.4 and humid
17 lakes, all man made
they like baseball

and that is all. this blog has gone on long enough.

It came!!!!

My mission call. Yes its really happening. It's real. I might be in shock.

I will be serving in the:

Puerto Rico San Juan West Mission

ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Spainsh Speaking

ahhhhhhhhhh!

In shock. So excited. I leave November 4 (which sounds YEARS away. but its really only 3 monthsish) I will be in Provo for 3 weeks and then in the Dominican Republic for 6 weeks!!!

Once again. So excited. Shock. Nervousness. Relief. Excitement.

Can't wait!!!!!!

The mission includes the west side of Puerto Rico and also Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao (also known as Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles).

books. movies. decks.

I have been doing nothing but read all week. This is one advantage of not working. I can read. All the time. Which I really kind of love. specially this past week cause I found some GOOD books. There are 3 of them. Even better. The Abhorsen Trilogy. I have heard of and seen these book many times but never felt the need to read them. I'm hooked though. They are way good.

Also. Avatar? The Last Airbender? Movie? Wha..! They are making Avatar into a movie!!!!! (real movie not cartoon. (Avatar=cartoon on nickelodeon.) The channel its on though I don't get. Sad day. So I've only seen like 4 episodes. But. I LOVE it. It comes out next summer. So I'll be gone. Sad day. But it will still exist when I get back. So I just might survive. Watch the trailer here!!!! (I hope that works. cause as you know. I didn't ever know how to do it. then someone kindly explained to me how rediculously easy it is to do.)

I helped my dad do some more of the deck today. It's hard work. And I almost got my tooth knocked out. It's almost done. And the older brother helped out after I got all angry and frusterated with the lifting and almost getting my took knocked out.

soon...

So the scrapbooking extravaganza is currently on hold. Due to the crazy amount of pictures on my computer that need to be developed. So the living room is a disaster. I'm sure my mom appreciates it.....

Last week:

Provo. friends. 17 again. awesome pizza. talking. cool penny necklace. yellowstone national park. confessions of a shopaholic. talking. pancakes. was awesome.

Logan. friends. uno. fireworks. talking. muddy buddies. was awesome.

4th of July. putting in the deck (some of it). ribs at gmas. bike ride. fireworks. was awesome.

so that was my week in a nutshell. I had a good time, thanks for asking. I wish i had a picture to post....? But i didn't take any. i have mosquito bites. they hurt.

there was something else i was going to say. there always is. but i forgot.

oh oh oh oh. i just remembered.

Yesterday my dog. Dusty is his name. He had some weird thing on his foot. It was sad. We took him to the vet. He had a little weed that was working its way into his foot so it was getting all infected. They had to surgery it out. We had to leave him at the vet for a few hours cause they have to put him out to do the surgery. So we went to pick him up. Poor thing. (i love my dogs. they are so stinkin cute). He was kinda out of it for a bit. And lucky us, they gave us the little weed thing that was in his foot....taped it to a piece of paper. I thought it was strange. His foot looks much better now. So glad he's feeling better!

currently...

I am scrapbooking. I was wandering around the house with nothing to do and I had a great idea! I could finish my scrapbook. Which is only finished to 9th grade. So I got all the stuff out and started organizing my pictures. I think its fun cause you get to see all these old horrid pictures of yourself and lots of fun memories come back. Like Christmas, and my 16th birthday (the worst ever), going to Chicago for the first time, and these crazy pictures of when we straightened Travis' hair so it was sticking straight up. good times.

Travis is currently listening to Linkin Park on youtube. The chipmunkized version. he is so cool.

I need lunch. But its almost 5. So I guess I need dinner. I am craving the Burger Bar. Doubt that I'll get it though. Maybe tomwowm though....

I went camping on Friday! It was really fun. I almost didn't go but I am glad I decided to go. Weather was super awesome for us. It looked like it was going to be awful. But nothing happened! So it was great. We had tinfoil dinners in the fire and smores. We were right next to a stream so that was awesome. I had to go to the bathroom all night long, so that wasn't so awesome. In the morning after we were all packed up we headed back to Logan to make breakfast. It was sooooo very good. I also took a grand total of zero pictures of the fun event! go me.

On Saturday I went with my family to see......Transformers 2! So I hadn't heard good things about the movie. But I really liked it? I thought it was really pretty good. There were a few parts I could have done without and some of it was cheesy. But overall I thought it was way good. So I guess I like stupid cheesy movies. Oh wait. Yes. I do.

That is all. The scrapbook calls....

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Ok there was some things i had to say. But i can't really think at the moment. I am hungry.

Oh yes. So transformers 2 is out. The most F*&%ing Bad A movie ever. Hahahaha you remember this yes? (you see. i have a confession. you know how you can make the links to past posts or websites or whatever. I have no idea to do that. So just pretend you see a link to my post about the time i dropped the F bomb when talking about the 2nd transformers movie) So yeah. I haven't acutally seen it yet. But i have heard from a lot that have seen it that it wasn't nearly as good as the first. But i might be seeing it this weekend. i'm sure it will be...awesome.

i might also be going camping. We were going. And then this morning we weren't cause it was supposed to be raining or bad weather. But now we might be going. But now i might not want to go?cause it is such a pain to drive clear out to logan. cause i already did on monday. and i am going to again next week. and i had decided i was gald that i wasn't driving up there again today. so maybe i won't go? even though i really want too. sigh. we'll see.

um. there was something else. can't think though. maybe later. need food now.

exciting news.

my chum saren got her mission call!!!

she is going to the Buenos Aires West, Argentina Mission. She leaves Sept 23!!!!! super exciting.

This is T-rav speaking:

ELLO everybody im t-rav the little brother of sarah. this might sound cocky but im cooler/better and the more advanced child of this family. So i was at football today and im tired and going to bed my mother is telling me to leave and i have a wicked rash on my legs just kidding its in the first stages of development so ill try to stop the infection before it starts that way they won't turn into huge open wounds like they usually do........football season last year BUT this is the end of my blog but thanks for reading and if you see me come give me money but if you dont have money go away im also taking checks/credit cards (if possible) if becki reads this ello..................................name your kid travis/ or and travina if a girl good day time for bed everyone im giving my sister her lap top back

love t-rav aka travis stringham sarahs little bro

(I hope you all enjoyed this as much as i did. -sarah)

Yellostone National Park.

I just weeded half the garden. Of my own free will. yes. I am that bored. on to more exciting things.

i went to Yellowstone National Park last week!! It was so very fun. I do enjoy that place. We stayed in an awesome condo in Island Park. The weather was pretty great to. I usually had to wear a jacket in the mornings and it was kinda windy sometimes. But other than that it was so perfect. It would not have been as enjoyable if it was super hot, like it is supposed to be there this week. It only rained a little and we were always in the car. Awesome. I love Yellowstone National park.

We saw lots of wildlife. Buffalo, elk, a coyote, 2 bald eagles, and a bear. We saw a bear. It was far away. Still. Totally awesome.

It is behind that tree stump (or a "snag" if you are my dad) eating a baby elk that it killed earlier that day. My parents were talking to some guy that got it on tape. And later that day we drove by where it was and the bear was still there. Its right in the center of the pic (center as in center right were the hill starts)....haha you can see it real good huh? My one that I drew the arrow isn't loading. But you can have a look on Facebook.















See. Buffalo. We saw lots and lots of buffalo. The babies are all little bit cuter than the big ones.
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Thats an elk. And Old Faithful! Of course we went and saw Old Faithful. We got there like 15 minutes before it went off. So we didn't even really have to wait.Which was awesome cause it only goes off every 90 minutes or so.

We saw lots and lots and lots of waterfalls. And we saw the same waterfalls multiple times on account of the fact that my dad gave us the opportunity to stop at every single overlook for the same waterfall.... thats me at on of the waterfall places.




















So yeah. I am sick of uploading pictures cause it takes 12 years. So I'll just be done with that now. It was a really fun trip though. And I want to go back again soon.

Also in case you were curious the government is currently looking for lots and lots of soil scientists and soil conservationists. so if you need a job....