Stolen

When I got home from camp I moved a few large pieces of furniture with my friend Matt, and then we showered and went down to have marshmallows at a member of the branch presidency's home. I decided to ride my motorcycle since it had been a while. I rode down without incident, but as I was getting back on the bike to ride it home, I noticed that my license plate was missing. You know, the ONLY license plate a motorcycle has on it, with the registration sticker and everything. Well, I was a little frustrated. When I put the plate on I bought this special nut and bolt set that needs a special tool to put it on or take it off. The tool is small and can easily fit in any pocket. I think someone stole the plate and sticker, convenient for them really to find such a deal-free plate and registration. Next time I will not make it so easy, and buy the cheap, run of the mill nut and bolt set. My sister thinks I am not meant to have this bike afterall...

Girl's Camp

I got to spend one amazing week at Buck's Lake in California, participating in our stake girl's camp!


It is kind of funny that a single's branch relief society president got invited to go camping with the Young Women, when I don't have much to do with them, but I was grateful for the opportunity. The lady who was supposed to do certification was not able to attend, so the stake relief society president, who used to be the stake young women's president, suggested that I go for her. The lady that couldn't go had already gotten everyone to teach, and planned when and where each year would be certified at camp. It was so organized that all I had to do was step in and fill the gap. It was nice to have the whole thing planned for me... ( :


Wow, I had forgotten how much I love girl's camp. This was quite the camp too. The church has leased the land for 100 years, so they are making it their own, complete with a swim beach, canoe beach, rock wall, archery range, zip line, amazing kitchen, great flushing toilets and showers. I must confess that I took a shower every morning I was there, and it was great. It was nice and hot so I had to shower in order to smell decent every day.


EVERYONE slept under the stars-my preferrential place to camp. The stake was not separated into wards, but rather into groups with a combination of wards. The YCL's were the leaders of these groups, with some adult supervision. It was a great way to run camp and fun to see it in action. I got to know lots of the leaders and girls. Camp really opened up some amazing opportunities for me with my calling and living situation. I am finally meeting normal people and by normal I mean people who aren't in the branch, and people I don't work with. It feels nice.


The overall camp was fun. There was a perfect amount of constructive and free time. They asked me to give a fireside on the first night, it was weird because I didn't know any of the girls and therefore couldn't personalize it as much as I would have liked to, but Heavenly Father has always got my back.


I got to climb the rock wall and do the zip line every day. It got me really excited about going rock climbing with my friends in Carson again. I also got to get out in a canoe with a few girls and leaders and start some fun water fights. When everyone was doing their 'ward thing' with their bishops one night, I got to take out a kayak and I paddled throughout the whole lake. I stayed up late, played guitar, told stories, laughed, cried, sang, ate really well, and even pranked a bit. Some of the girls were out to get the stake leaders, so we got them first, with their sleeping bags duct taped on the roof of the kitchen. ( :


There are a couple of ladies who knew I was moving after camp and they looked up my address and came to my house to help. There is no way I could have moved as quickly as I did without them, and I probably wouldn't have asked. I am so blessed.

Big News

Last night I was driving around with a friend and we saw a few places for rent, so I started calling all of these numbers to see what their prices were. I haven't really been looking for a place to move to because I LOVE MY HOUSE I live in now. Anyhow, we just kept driving around looking and after a while I told my friend that I would really just like to live with this girl I know. I called her to pitch the idea to her and she said I must not have gotten her voicemail last week about the very topic of living together. After talking for about fifteen minutes we decided that I should definitely move in with her, we would both save bookoo bucks if I did.

I called my landlord and told her about my plans. Then I had to find a way to break it to my roommate. This was difficult because things were finally getting good and comfortable between us-I even taught her how to mow the lawn yesterday. I still feel like a huge jerk for moving out on her, but what can I do? I'm excited for the change and new challenge.

I also had a job interview today for the JV soccer coach position at Carson High School. At the end of the interview the athletic director turned to the coach and said, "Well, what do you think? Should we hire this gal?" I got the job then and there and am extremely excited to be learning from this coach-from what I can gather he is really good. Now I just have to find a way to tell the other high school I have been practicing with that I got a job. Man, progression is good but it seems someone always gets let down. : (

Event FULL

I went home and spent some quality time with family and friends a few weeks back. It was wonderful to not have to work and just chillax. I filled my time with many adventures. Here is a not so short glimpse into what I did....

My friend Benson and I went to the Manti Pageant and really enjoyed ourselves. It was fun to drive down through Sanpete County again and remember so many great things! We even got to eat at Fat Jack's Pizza, only now it's called Roy's.


I also had the opportunity to attend my 10 year high school reunion. It was tons of fun to catch up with so many people I had lost track of. Everyone looks just about the same, maybe a few pounds here and there, but the same. I didn't stay too long because I had another reunion to get to, this one was more intimate, more my style.


My roommates from Snow College and I got together on the same day as the HS reunion and hung out for a long time. We chatted, laughed, played guitar, caught up. I love these girls! Too bad not everyone could make it.


The next day I had a 'reunion' with my nieces and nephews. We all went to my sister's to celebrate my brother-in-law's birthday. We had a blast!

We even got down and wrestled a little bit.

I also got to hang out with this beautiful girl. Livia is such a good baby, and so pretty!

It seems like this girl has aged 3 years in the last few months. She is growing up so fast! I asked her to stop but she told me no.

My sister and I got to go rock climbing while I was in town. Unfortunately, I couldn't take any pictures of myself while climbing, but here is one of Angie, thinking. After the climbing we went to the grounds of the Draper temple and then gawked and trespassed on the property behind the temple with castle-sized homes.

Ander takes after his aunt....

This was the view from where we were climbing! We watched a few storms roll in and through.

Of course we celebrated the Fourth of July! My family always has fun with fireworks!

My brothers first do this....

....so they can do this....

....and try to win this....it's fun to watch, every year!

Piper was happy to be an American that day. Her dimple is so darn cute!

I guess the family does this often to Jessica. She is such a good sport! I think the kids are getting sick of it though...I got to hang with just Jessica while I was in town and love getting to know her better. We talked, and talked, and laughed, and talked. We also saw "The Proposal" and loved it!

This two cousins are close and they have a lot of fun together. JD calls her Amber.

See the tear streaks? Poor, picked on Bradey.

I was lucky enough to be in town when Coby and DaNette blessed Livia. She is such a doll, though I can't say as much for her daddy...

I got to attend the Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House with the Rosier family, it was uneventful and we didn't even get all the way in to the temple before we decided to thin the crowd by seven...we saw "UP" with JD instead. CUTE show. Many photos make a fun post, no? I think so. I'll be posting again in a week or two about my adventures at Girl's Camp. Can't wait!

Check this out!

This has to be one of the coolest things I have ever seen! If only I had the editing talent!

The Inside Scoop

Wow, writing that title just made me want to get some ice cream. I haven't had any ice cream for about a month...I miss it! ( :

Things have been so busy and good lately. I am proud to announce that I can legally ride my motorcycle as of yesterday. I rode it in to work today and it has been fun. I can see myself spending lots of bonding time with my bike in the next little while.

I found out that I am not teaching Phys Ed next year after all. I am a little disappointed because it was going to be fun to have that balance in my life again, but I am actually okay with the reasoning behind the administration rescinding the position. Either way, I'm still going to be here at SSHS. Speaking of being here, I only have two more days until summer school is over! Yes! I am excited to have some summer time to relax and play hard. I'm heading to Utah on Thursday or Friday and staying for a couple of weeks.

This past weekend I got to go camping with a group of friends. It was great to get out and just relax by a lake. I also got to see one of the girls I went to USU with and catch up with her life; that was a lot of fun.

My cousin's band Nothing Ever Stays was in Reno this past weekend and I got to go see them. I was impressed with their stage presence and musical abilities. They were by far the best band that night! Check them out.

Speaking of music, I have been practicing my guitar just about every day for the past few weeks and I'm getting excited because I think I'm finally getting the hang of it. I love learning new things and the guitar has been great for me. It has been a good thing for me to teach myself.

Well, there is the scoop. Now I'm going to go get some mint chocolate chip scoops of my own.

Consistency

I am so mean. I just kicked a girl out of summer school because she has missed one day already and comes in at least thirty minutes late on a daily basis. She was an hour and thirty minutes late today. I feel like a jerk for upholding the rules and kicking her out. I'm trying to be a good teacher and sometimes that doesn't always mean that I am nice. I feel bad but I am also trying to be fair to the other students. Is being consistent better than being nice or liked?