Here is my quick post. I am back in Rexburg and it has snowed the whole time. Now I want you to tell me reasons why it is good to be in Rexburg!

The Beginning of the end.

Well today leaving Utah started to become real to me. Leah left to go home for Christmas. I am starting to be sad about it all. I love it here. My ward rocks! I have really amazing friends here. I am starting to get well. Man life likes to throw things at you when you like where you are at. I am going back to Rexburg. It isn't that I don't love it there. I do but I feel at home here. I hope that I can get through school fast and move down here.

Temple Square Rocks!

As most of you know I have been working at Temple Square this fall. Well I just wanted everyone to know that it is my favorite job ever. It has been so wonderful for me to work there. I love my crew very much! Larry is the funniest old man I know. He always has a wonderful story to tell and the spirit and he are best friends. Joni is wonderful as well. She is fun to be around. It was way nice to have another lady on the crew. Dugan isn't my favorite but he could be nice at times. Tyrell was fun to work with. At first he was way quiet but as time went on he opened up more and more. Come to find out he was way funny. We also called him ox because he was way strong. I guess farm work will do that to you. Parker was good to work with as well. He was nice and worked hard. He is now on his mission. I believe he will be a very good missionary. James was my favorite to work with. We always had great conversation. He became an older brother to me. Working here has taught me a lot about gardening as well as reminding me how much the Lord works with his servants. There were many days that there was way more work than we had hands and at the end of the day it was done. I will miss working here. I hope to have the chance once again.

These pictures are from the Aspen harvest. It was way fun!
This is Larry.

This is James. He got to cut down all the trees. I got to carry most of them.






This was up at the fur harvest. We went up by bear lake. It was way fun as well!



This is planting season! Now that was a crazy time. The people planting was a ward that signed up to come help us plant on a Saturday morning. If they don't come there is no wat we would get it all done.

What have YOU done?

I saw this on my friend's blog and thought... we need to do this!
I tag you if you are reading this!
To participate, just copy and paste in your own blog, and bold all of the things you have done.
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp (I really want to)
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House= I stood outside it, so I'm counting that.
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life (I hope so but don't know. People have saved mine.)
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake- Have I mom?
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Seen Mount Rushmore in person
101. Learned to play an instrument

Moving!

The people I am living with have decided to move. They have lived in this home for 29 years. It has been a good neighborhood but they feel that it is time to find a new adventure. Don't worry about me. I will find a place to live. Anyway, there has been quite the happening going on here. After living here for so long things seem to have grown. Who knows where it all come from but it happens. There has been much to do. It has become a whole family project. Selma and Jerry's kids have been over often to get things cleaned out. It is fun to watch as it happens. There are many memories bought out as we cleaned out the crawl space and other storage areas. As boxes are opened there are many looks of joy that show on faces. There are even a few tears because the memory is so dear to the person. Isn't it funny how life happens, it soon passes and then we forget about it. Then with one look at a toy or a piece of clothing memories come flowing back. Then the stories begin to be told and more memories come out. Moving is hard and often a pain but there can be wonderful things that unfold from doing it. It also becomes a wonderful memory itself.

Like I said, things just seem to grow when you have lived somewhere for 29 years.

Oh the memories!!

DI was way happy!! Look at all the prizes they got to go through!

A moment of silence to finally get the car back in the garage after a number of years!

Are you shocked?!?!

Okay, today I felt like shocking everyone and blogging twice in the same week. I hope you are all healthy and can handle it. If not, you may want to see a doctor! It has just been an interesting week I guess. Alright maybe not that interesting but it could be a fun blog! Now you want to read it don't you? Hook, line and sinker!!
I am not really sure where to start. I will start with last night. Yesterday was a busy day at work. It was mow day, we were working really hard to have the gardens all pretty for the Relief Society broadcast and it was way hot. When I got home from work I was a little sleepy. Selma and Jerry were going out with their friends for dinner. Kindly Selma brought me home half of her salad from Cafe Rio and they also brought me home a Iceberg shake!! So kind don't you think! This is the aftermath of my hunger! I hope you don't get grossed out. If you do sorry but keep reading they are the only gross pictures today.



Today was another great day!! As I was walking to the garden shed we meet in I walked past the Temple!! It was so beautiful. I almost always have my picture taker with me. So I pulled it out and tried to capture the beauty. I hope this picture helps you feel what I felt as I had a second to contemplate its grandeur.

That sure did start my day off right! Later that morning we got a little surprise. We had a little raccoon visit our garden. He was so little and cute. Not cute enough for me to go cuddle with. I just loved it from a distance. The little fellow climbed up into one of the windows of the Administration building. He stayed there all day. Here is a picture I snapped as I was headed home.

I know you can't see him very well but he is there.
Well today was another great day on church head quarter campus. For getting up late it surely ended up being a wonderful day!! The Lord is good!

Finally!!

Okay, I am finally blogging! After several comments about how I need to share my life with everyone, I have decided it is easier than actually talking to people. So in a nut shell I am doing good. Alright I know that you all will not let that fly. So here it is!
After school got out in July my fall adventure began. I moved down to Utah the Day after classes were done. I moved to the first neighborhood that I ever lived in. West Valley is what some people would call a not nice place but my first memories are here.
Here are a few of these memories. When I was about three years old I was at the neighborhood 4th of July party and I burnt my finger on a sparkler. That same summer I was stung by a bee for the first time. i also learned to ride a bike. I loved this place. Yes it has changed but I can still feel the feelings that I used to have here. It is still a piece of me.
Anyway, I moved down here with out having a job. I was hoping to get the Temple Square job that my BFF had suggested I try to get. So began the wait. As I waited I decided to catch up with some of my best friends.I first got a hold of Kenna. I love her two little people and wanted to see how big and beautiful they were getting. I was for surely not disappointed.

As you can see they are my little beauties!!
I next made sure to spend sometime with one of my dearest friends and her little family. In a way I have become apart of the family. It may only be by name but I feel their love in my heart. Becky and Nate name their sweet lovely little daughter Marlayna. They may never know what this has meant in to me. It may have even saved me. It as least helped me grow up a little. Little Layna is a beautiful little girl!! I love her so much!

Well I finally got the job at Temple Square. I am a temp grounds lady!! It has to be my favorite job ever. People are so kind. I also work with some very wonderful people. My crew is the best. We take care of the area From the Joseph Smith Building east to State Street. I think that we have the most engaging gardens! What do you think?


I also get to put up Christmas lights. That means ladders, lifts and a lot of time.



Oh I also had the chance to go to Bri's wedding! Like always she was beautiful. The wedding was at the Salt Lake Temple! Like always it was a wonderful spiritual place to be in.


So as you can see life is still a party. I have also had the chance to hangout with Jennifer. Lady Bug just had her shoulder worked on a few weeks ago and can't move it for a total of six weeks. Life is always a party.