Girls Camp 2009

I was called to the Young Womens in our ward just in time for Girls Camp. I always LOVED Girls Camp when I was in Young Womens, so I was so excited to go as a leader. I will admit I was absolutely exhausted when I got home, but we have such incredible girls in our ward that it was totally worth it! My sister in law Rachel is in her last year in Young Womens, so it was such an awesome experience to be at camp with her and see how sweet she is with the younger girls. It was also fun because Josh got to come up for a day to be there in case we needed the Priesthood, so he got to do some girl stuff with us :)
The highlight was that the Young Womens General President, Sister Elaine Dalton, chose to come to our Stake Camp to talk with our girls. She is absolutely AMAZING, and her message to us was absolutely inspired! I feel so blessed to be in the Young Womens!

Some of the girls with Sister Elaine Dalton, the Young Womens General President

My adorable Sister in Law Rachel with Sister Dalton

Rachel and I at the lake

It was "Cinco de Mayo" day when Josh was up at Girls Camp with us :)

Discovery Gateway

Well I haven't posted for a long time because we have had a pretty crazy summer. My awesome sister and her four kids are staying in Utah with my parents while her husband is doing a Medical School rotation in San Antonio, Texas. I love hanging out with my sister and her kids. They are crazy, but I love them so much! We went to Discovery Gateway a couple of weeks ago and I am just getting around to posting the pictures.

My sister Katie and my cute Mom

It was Harry Potter day at the museum, so of course Josh was all over that :)

Nathan, Aliza and Aubree...some of the cutest kids ever!

The Fam

Josh, Karter and Nathan building towers

When in Rome...

Well we are back from our DREAM vacation! It was so gorgeous, and everywhere we went looked like a postcard! We visited Josh's mission in Sicily and went to Paris, Venice, Florence and we ended up in Rome. We literally have thousands of pictures, so I will just post a few and if you are dying to see the rest just let me know and I will come and show you :)

Josh and Bobbie outside of the Vatican

The BEST gelato we had on our trip! Trust me...we ate it about twice a day, so that is really saying something :)

The Vatican at night

The Pantheon

The Colloseum.... one of my favorite things we saw!

The beautiful water streets of Venice

Venice at night

The Spanish steps in Paris

Love at the Eiffel Tower :)

We got one of these every morning and ate it as we walked around.

It was so fun to have Josh's mom with us on the trip because she was our own personal photographer :) Thanks Bobbie...we love you!

This is Cefalu, which if you have ever seen the church Movie "How Rare a Possession", this is where it was set. Sicily was so pretty!

This is at the mission home in Catania where Josh slept his first night he got to Italy. We also met a member at the mission home who bought shoes for Josh when his shoes had holes in them. It was such an incredible experience!

I wish I could post all of our pictures because we had so much fun! We feel so blessed to have gotten the opportunity to travel and see such incredible things... thanks Bobbie for help making our dreams a reality!

Arrivederci!

So Arrivederci means "See ya later" in Italian and I title my post this because WE ARE GOING TO ITALY!!! We had been wanting to go to Europe after graduation for a long time, but we never found a good enough deal. Luckily for us, Josh's mom Bobbie found an incredible deal so the the three of us are going on a 2 1/2 week vacation! Unfortunately Josh's dad has to stay home and work...we will miss you Steve :( So we are flying into Rome THIS Saturday and then going down to Sicily to visit Josh's mission and then we are flying up to Paris. From Paris we are riding a train to Venice and then Florence and then back to Rome! It is totally spur of the moment, but I am so excited I can hardly contain myself!
We figured this is probably our last opportunity in a while to have the opportunity to go since we have nothing to tie us down at the moment, so arrivederci!

Side Note

I just wanted to post this picture (which does it absolutley NO justice) of what we see almost every day right outside of our house. We are just a few blocks from the hang gliding park here on South Mountain, so we look up into the sky and see many of these...
The other day we counted almost more than 30 people up there!

Sin City

Well, we decided to go on a little vacation to celebrate our graduations, so we headed to Las Vegas for a few days! Josh and I both used to go to Vegas for soccer and basketball tournments every year growing up, but we both hadn't been there in a while, so we decided it would be a fun place to go. It was SMOLDERING hot, but hanging out by the pool made it very bearable :)
We stayed at the MGM grand, which was nicer than I anticipated. The pool area was awesome and even had a little river you could float around on. We walked A TON and we pretty much visited every hotel and tourist attraction on the strip. We also went to Hoover Dam and took a tour. We had such a fun getaway and it was fun to be carefree! Now back to the real world.....

We couldn't park close to the sign because it was closed off for what we think was a movie set, so we got a drive by picture :)

We went to a fun show at the Excalibur called "Tournament of Kings" where you eat dinner with your fingers and cheer for the Knight from your country. We were cheering for France and he pretty much kicked everyone's trash :)

We loved our room at the MGM Grand. The MGM is close to everything and even has a stop along the Monorail, so we got around very easily.

I HAD to visit Serendipity 3 to get their original famous Frozen Hot Chocolate. My family is obsessed with the imitation "FHC's", as we lovingly call them, at Dairy Queen, so I had to do a taste test. I must say the Frozen Hot Chocolate at Serendipity was scrumptous, but it was almost $9, so I think I will stick to FHC's at Dairy Queen!

Us at the Hoover Dam- we took a tour down into the dam and went down 52 stories in an elevator. They are building an awesome bridge, so that people don't have to drive over the dam anymore.

Josh's mom let us drive her new red Mustang so we could drive to Vegas in style :) Unfortunately, the car is quite noticeable to the police and very easy to speed in so we got pulled over and got a ticket :(

College Graduates

Our stinkin' cute nephew Karter

Josh and I with my parents

Josh and I with Josh's parents

My two best friends, Lindi and Sarah, both graduated the same day. We graduated elementary school, junior high, high school and college together. The Standard Examiner even wrote a story about us :)


Well, we made it! Last Saturday Josh and I both graduated with our Bachelors degrees. We are so grateful for our families who came up and supported us (even in the pouring rain)! We moved from Logan right after my graduation and now we are living in Draper. I still kinda feel like we are just down for the weekend hanging out, and it hasn't really sunk in that we actually live here. I have had a few job interviews at some charter schools here in Draper, so hopefully I hear back from them soon.
We are now headed off to Las Vegas this next week for a little rest and relaxation!