Wednesday, December 19, 2007

MR RODEO UTAH











So for the Miss Rodeo Utah Gala dinner we held a MR Rodeo Utah contest. I talked one of the Elders from my mission(who returned home with me so no worries he didn't break any rules!) into being in the contest. The funny thing about is that he is a total city boy. The reason that I am adding this to my blog is because I have some friends from my mission who want to see these pictures so here it is just for you TIKE!

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Ok so I am a huge UofU fan. However being the good sport that I am I had to laugh at this. 6 Hotdogs-$12 Designer Shorts-$96 Souvenir Boots from Laramie- $150

Having this guy NOT be a BYU fan...

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Hoover Dam




While in Las Vegas we decided that since we had nothing to do (ha ha) that we should head out to Hoover Dam. None of us had ever been there. It was quite an experience. I of course being the one afraid of heights was a little hesitant to look all the way over the edge.

Monday, December 17, 2007

Miss Rodeo America Part 1

Because Jenna is Miss Rodeo Utah she got to represent our great state in the Miss Rodeo America Pageant. I don't have all of my pictures uploaded yet so here is part one. Part two will come at a later time!

I was trying to teach my cousin Dallas how to dance. So that he could go and ask Miss Rodeo Tennessee to dance with him. He had a great pick line already to use. It goes a little something like this:
He says: Are you from Tennessee
She says: YES why?
He says: Cause you are the only TEN I SEE
In the end he chickened out but can you blame him with a pick up line like that.

We Love New York

Jordynn and I decided that it would be fun to have a photo shoot and in the words of Tyra Banks here are our best photos!

JD my brother is serving a LDS mission in New York City. So he sent us these shirts and we decided to wear them in our family picture for our Christmas Card!

My FAMILY





So I thought that I would share a little bit about my family!
First off we have my dad his name is Dave. He takes care of us like there is no tomorrow! Well actually he has to because with 3 girls who have needs aka wants that are comparable to the Queen of England he has to work hard! My mom is Carla she is pretty much the typical mom always putting her kids before herself. That has to be pretty hard to do. But she does a great job at it.
Then there is me! I am the oldest. Which also means that pretty much I was the boss, always telling my younger siblings what to do how to do it and when to do it. In return they told me where I could put it! I served a mission in the Arizona Phoenix Mission I had 4 areas: Flagstaff 5 1/2 months, Surprise 9 months, North Phoenix 3 1/2 months, and lastly Peoria 4 weeks. It was a great experience. I am now at USU just trying to figure out what to do when I grow up. JD is the only boy. I know what you're thinking there are 2 boys in the picture keep reading and I will explain! He has a lot to handle with 3 sisters but he did a good job at it. When he wasn't causing accidents that would send his sisters into either the hospital, HYSTERICS, or just plain tears! He is now serving a mission in the New York New York South mission where he is doing a great job.
Jenna is after JD. She is the I am going to do what I want of the group. I don't mean that in a bad way. If there is is something she wants she is going to go after it until she gets it. I remember one time she wanted her room painted dad said no but she did it anyway. While painting she accidentally tripped over the pain can and it spilt on the carpet she did to her credit have a sheet down however it leaked through. So not only did she get her room painted she also got new carpet. She has now followed her biggest dream of all and has become Miss Rodeo Utah. It is a great accomplishment and we are all so proud of her.
Jordynn is the baby of the family. By the time she arrived I think mom was tired because I remember at family parties which should really be called events because of how many there are. Seriously it is a surprise that we don't have the local law enforcement directing traffic. Back to what I was saying at family parities my mom would be getting the three older kids plates of food and we couldn't find Jordynn and when we finally did she was in the food line with her own plate standing on her tip toes trying to get some of that yummy jello salad! On a more serious note Jordynn is the peace maker of our house and with out her I think dad would be in Jail mom would be in the half way house and us kids well I would rather not think about that! HAHA. Ok so now to Carson. Well he is our cousin. My moms oldest sisters son. He came to live with us when he was 15 and has become part of the family!

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Great News

So I don't know how many know this; but my Mission President got cancer. It was really scary he had the leave the mission about a month and a half ago to have surgery! The Return Missionaries and the Missionaries still out in the field all held a special fast for our dear President. Well I just received some very good news. President Gill is back in the Mission. His DR doesn't understand how he is back so soon; he shouldn't have been back for a couple more weeks. The power of prayer and fasting my dear friend named DR. Its the power of prayer and fasting.

Monday, November 5, 2007

The Lost Sheep




So I am taking this really great institute class it is on the Parables of Jesus Christ. Pretty much the most amazing class ever. Well today the lesson was on the story of the Lost Sheep. My teacher told us this most remarkable story that I just had to share make sure you have tissues close by. So there was this girl her name was Julie(not real name) well Julie was a great Latter-Day Saint kid her dad was a Bishop. Well one day Julie wanted to go to a party and her parents didn't want her to go. Well like most young teenagers Julie went anyway. That night at the party Julie was tempted with things that weren't so great. She awoke the next morning to find herself in bed with a guy that she didn't know. Because of this huge mistake Julie felt that she couldn't go home so she didn't and she had not talked to her parents in seventeen years. Yes I typed it write seventeen years. Well to make a long story short Julie decided to go back to church. Her Bishop helped her and even incouraged her to call her parents. Her parents thought that she was most likely dead. Well Julie couldn't because she didn't think that her parents would want to hear from her because of all the bad things that she had done. So Julie waited to contact her parents and she also started to put her life in order. This took her two more years. So by this time it had been almost NINETEEN years. Well on the day that Julie was going to get her fellowship back in the church her wise Bishop said don't you think that it is time to call your parents? Julie didn't know what to do she didn't even know where to begin to find them. Well her Bishop knew because Julies parents were in her stake the Bishop even knew them. So you can imagine the sweet reunion that took place. I can't really explain the story in writing but if you want to hear more about it give me a call. It is amazing how Heavenly Father looks out for his childen and will always love them no matter what!

Sunday, November 4, 2007

CMT GIANTS










So while in L.A. we were able to go to this concert called CMT Giants. It was pretty cool. There were a lot of cool people there. Here are some pictures. You couldn't use flash photo so I took them with my phone. The people in the pictures are Gretchen Wilson, Steven Tyler, Toby Keith, Brooke and I. The concert will be on Country Music Television on November 17.

Friday, November 2, 2007

Halloween at Disneyland












Last week my cousin Dallas and I were in LA for a really cool concert! We decided while we were there that we would go to Disneyland! It was so much fun. It was all decorated for Halloween. The Haunted Mansion has been turned into the Nightmare before Christmas; it was all pretty cool. The Pirates of the Caribbean ride is awesome pretty much because Captain Jack Sparrow is in it!! Not to mention Space Mountain it gets me everytime!!



Monday, October 22, 2007

Trying this Out

So I have noticed that all my friends have blogs. So I decided to try it out as well! I have been home from my mission for three months now and I am just hanging out in Logan going to school! I am looking forward to this coming week! On Wednesday Brooke and I are heading off to L.A Brian got us tickets to go to this huge Hank Williams JR concert. Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley, Toby Keith, Alan Jackson, Gretchen Wilson, Steven Tyler, and Leonard Skynard will all be there. On Friday we are heading off to Las Vegas to go this scrap booking expo. It is going to be so much fun. However, I have so much homework that I have work on before I go and while we are driving there.