Woops!

First off I would like to apologize to everyone. I'm sorry I haven't been so active in posting my adventures. I am trying to be better, but it turns out having limited internet access makes things quite hard to update my blog.
Enough of that, Let me tell you about Alaska. It has been such an amazing summer. I have had so many amazing opportunities. I really would love to post about them now but I'm making a promise that I will write about all my adventures and post pictures as well. I just have to compile all my pictures from about 3 different cameras and then I will share with all of you.

And So the Adventure Begins!!!!

For the past two summers I have come up to Skagway, Alaska to work for the season. It has been a great experience for me. I really think that I have done a lot of growing while I have been here. My first summer I came up here as a 19 year old fresh out of my first year at school. It was definitely a growing experience to be all the way out here meeting new people, luckily I had my brother and sister-in-law to help with the progress.
This year I am totally on my own. Tim and Kait are not coming up this year and I feel like I am ready to go on. It's always nice to have family around but I think I will be able to go on and have a fantastic summer full of adventure.
Here are some highlights from the time that I have spent here.

The Del Sol gang having a bon fire.
Out at Dyea bear watching. Check out this grizzly!
Hiking the Chilkoot Trail.

So here I am ready to start a new adventure. Bring it on.

Bad Day!

I had a pretty good day today! I had stake conference which meant we got out at 2:00 p.m. instead of 4:30 which was really exciting. Having a few extra hours to enjoy the day was especially nice, because it was a beautiful day in Rexburg. And then the day made a sudden drastic change. A good friend of mine came over and she seemed upset. So we went up to my room to chat. But when we got to the top of the stairs. She turned around and started shouting at me about her boyfriend making out with another girl. I was startled and took a step back. But I was standing on the edge of the stairs and I fell. That is my bad news. And look at my bad face.

Just Kidding! My roommate is taking a theater makeup class and I let her practice on me. I just wanted to see if I could get you guys all going because it looks realistic. Now check out some other photos of my beautifully bruised face.

Things on my end.

Hi Everyone,

It's been a long time since I have blogged. Even though I have a very busy life right now, I feel like it is boring and I have no new news to update everyone. Also the Internet at my apartment complex has not really been working at all for the last month, so it has been really hard to blog.

Enough of excuses. So here it is, My new calling has been going really well. It seems to have quieted down compared to the first couple weeks when I had meeting after meeting, and training after training. Even though I still have a lot of meetings it has been a very rewarding experience to see how a ward is organized and to know on a first hand basis the revelation the Lord gives to His leaders. I am very thankful for this experience.

Something different about this semester compared to others: its been extremely nice not worrying about having something to do friday night and making sure that that something is better than what happend last weekend. Don't get me wrong I still like to do fun and crazy things but I have learned thatI don't need to go all out every weekend.

Speaking of fun things. My roommates and I have started a tradition. Every Tuesday the cheap theater has $2 Tuesdays. My friends and I decided to take a some time off from studying and worries to go and see a movie every Tuesday. This Tuesday we saw Bride Wars. I was really excited to see this movie because it looked hilarious! And it was! This movie showed how catty ladies can be. Especially the best of friends. But in the end the two friends realized that they would rather have their friendship than the victory of a hurtful trick on their side.

I just wanted to let you all know how I am doing. Hopefully, I will have some more to report later.

Busy, Busy, Busy

This semester I decided to take a lighter load of classes so that I can have more time to study, and to train for new job as tour guide/driver this summer. This new job requires me to obtain a commercial drivers license (CDL). My company brings a bus down to Rexburg and generally trainees train and take the test down here and Idaho. I thought it was time for to make some changes in my life so I have made some goals for myself. One of my goals was to become closer to Heavenly Father and also to do the things that I have been neglecting. Well I think the Lord heard my prayers to become closer to Him because I got a phone call from my Bishop the day before school started and he asked me to come in for an interview. At first I didn't think anything of it, and then I walked into his office, and he asked me to be the Releif Society President. My heart stopped. I immediately thought, how am i going to be able to pull this off. I felt like I had huge shoes to fill because the Relief Society President was way cool, and cared a lot about every each girl. As this week has gone on its been full of meetings. And I have been really busy. I hope things quiet down and I can be a good example to all the young ladies in my Relief Society. Wow! I need help.

A New Beginning

Hello Everyone,

I have decided to begin a blog partly because it's a great way to keep in touch, and partly because I have become addicted to checking all of your blogs. Seriously.
As I start this new semester, I have a lot of goals that I have chosen to accomplish. I have finally realized that studying is a lot of work. I need total lack of distraction to finish the studying I need to get done. So I want to get some better grades than I have in the past. I am trying to get no less than a B. Another thing I am not the best at is time management. This semester I will have to jobs. I work on campus in the Information Technology department as a student secretary. Mostly, I do a lot of grunt work and its really easy. My second job will be training to get my Commercial Driving License. For the past few summers I have worked in Skagway, Alaska for a tourism company. This next coming summer I will be a driver/guide! I am really excited for this opportunity. I love Alaska. It's been a great place to meet new people and discover who I am. But as for the here and now, I have decided it's time to learn more about myself and what I want in life. I first need to conquer the bitter cold of Idaho.

What I am going to learn to drive a 45 ft. long bus.