Return of my BEST Friend!

My first "home" picture of Elder Milne!

Mason: advertising for In-n-Out :)

Our final stop: In-n-Out in St. George

I am not really sure what we were doing in this picture...it was our serious/deep face

If you can read these signs..just laugh. Del Taco's were all over the parking lot

Me and my BEST friend!

I went to take this picture and Mason insisted on being in it

There we go! :)

The duo is finally reunited! These two are the BEST of friends!

Some old friends from Wrightwood Ward mingling :)

So this last weekend I went down to my hometown in Wrightwood, California. Kevin Milne came home from his mission on Friday night and it was SO wonderful to see everyone! It was a very quick trip: we left Friday morning and drove to St. George. Then on Saturday we went up down to California just in time to make it to Kelsey Raps's Bridal shower. It was SO much fun to see everyone from the ward again! Then after that, I went down to the Milne's house to hang out with Mama Milne for a few hours until Kevin and the rest of his family came home from Ryan's football game. Then we all hung out and went to go see "Where the Wild Things Are" with Becca, Mason, and Brittany. By the way..totally do NOT go see that movie! hahaha...not EVEN worth the $9 we spent to go and see it :). Then on Sunday we all went to church and hung out again. It was just such a wonderful weekend and it was so perfect to see everyone again. I had a really hard time leaving all of my close friends and memories from Wrightwood...but it was so worth it to see everyone. I love you guys!! Just check out all of the pictures :)

Back to College BBQ!

So..this last weekend...I went down to Alpine, Utah to celebrate the "returning" to school..and we had a BLAST at the McEwen's house! There was lots of great food..and some old friends I haven't seen in a LONG time! Here are just some quick pictures..I hope you enjoy!

lol..so don't laugh too hard at the pictures of Kindsey and me...we were trying to get the worst possible pictures...and I'm pretty sure we succeeded...I'm digging all my chins!

We Are Doing a Great Work and Cannot Come Down!

So today is Sunday, and I was doing some reading from the Conference Ensign from May 2009 and I read President Uchtdorf's talk, "We Are Doing a Great Work and Cannot Come Down" that he gave during the Priesthood session. I totally recommend it to anyone! Some of my favorite quotes included:

• He begins by telling a story of a plane that crashed in the Florida Everglades about 36 years ago. The reason for the crash was that a light had failed to illuminate that would indicate whether or not the nose landing gear had extended successfully. In the process of investigating this lightbulb, the pilots "became so preoccupied with their search that they failed to realize the plane was gradually descending closer and closer toward the dark swamp below...Everything was working properly- all except one thing: a single burned-out light-bulb...The malfunctioning lightbulb didn't cause the accident; it happened because the crew placed its focus on something that seemed to matter at the moment while losing sight of what mattered most"


• "The tendency to focus on the insignificant at the expense of the profound happens not only to pilots but to everyone...Our weakness is in failing to align our actions with our conscience"


• "Are you focused on the things that matter most? How you spend your quiet time may provide a valuable clue"


• "What are the things that distract you from your duties or hinder you from magnifying your calling more diligently?"


• "We need balance in life."


• "We cannot and must not allow oursleves to get distracted from our sacred duty. We cannot and we must not lose focus on the things that matter most"


• "I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down" (Nehemiah 6:3)


• "There is always room for improvement"


• "What could be accomplished in our personal lives, in our professional lives, in our families, in our wards and branches if we became true representatives of the Lord Jesus Christ"


• "It is easy to become distracted- to become focused on one burned-out lightbulb or the impolite acts of unkind people, whatever their motive may be"


• "God lives and is mindful of each one of us"

These are just a few of the quotes that I really liked...I really encourage you to read it...especially with all that each of us is going through at this time. I bare testimony that God loves each and everyone of us..and his Son, Jesus Christ, died for us so that we could have the Atonement in order to improve our own lives and become more like Him. I know that this church is true with all of my heart and I am so blessed to have it in my life.

Latest Projects

So today I got really bored and decided to take a trip to my favorite store: Porters. For those of you who don't know what Porter's is...it's the craft store here in Rexburg :). Umm...not exactly the best place to go when you're poor..because you end up spending money (YIKES!) haha. BUT...none the less..I still love it. I finally came up with some ideas for Elder Kevin Milne's birthday/homecoming present. He will be coming home on October 16th...and then will be heading up here for school in January. I am so freaking stoked! He is like my best friend and it is going to be great to have that up here at school again. Anyways...I started to make this board...which I'm hoping to turn in to a "Missionary" Bored...I'm looking for his official "Mission Pin" so I can attach it..and am hoping to get some more pictures from him to add to it. We'll see how it ends up coming..but hey..here are some pictures of its beginnings! :)

Letter from the Missionary!

So..today is Wednesday..and it's Kevin's P-day. I got an email from him with some pictures of what Elders do on P-day...and I thought I would share them..they're pretty funny and you'll get a good kick out of them! He also sent a picture of his bike tire from his email last week...which is a really neat story! In case you didn't get a chance..here it is:

"Fast and testimony meeting in the Washington DC 3rd ward is always an adventure. over 70% of the members are new converts to the church of only 5 years or less. there is always this sweet old lady that stands up every month to give her testimony. Sis. Mack is very old and loves to sing. Every month she gets up there and sings the same short song. "you got to stand your test and judgement, you got to stand it for yourself, nobody else, can stand it for you, you Got to stand, for yourself" She then will end with" No one can stand it for you, But Grandma is here to help, you father is here to help, your mother us here to help. You may stand it for yourself, but people are always there to help along the way." That was sunday, but let me tell you about yesterday. bed bugs, Seria and siteria, bike, Afican food.FUFU. In the afternoon, we had an appointment with a Less-active at his house. While teaching, My compantion saw a bug Crawl across his pant leg. He stood up to try and get it off...with lonts of bouncing and jumping and shaking the pants. When we lest I asked what that was all about. He said it was a bed Bug.(bed bug bite in the middle of the night and leave nasty little red bumps). Then we ended up finding a great family that was in need of help moving into the top floor of their new appartment. 10 flights of stairs, no problem. The we went on our way to a dinner appointment and locked our bikes up to a poll before we went in........(I know this is long but it will all come together in the end).....The food was Real African food and everything had to be eaten with our hands. Rice, beans, FUFU, the whole Shabang! That was a Mess but sure was good. After the appointment, we had a little surprize outside for us. Some one had tried to steal out bikes. I've already had that happen 2 times. This time they couldn't get it off the poll, so they decided to break my back tire. It is now in a "S" shape. I had to carry my bike back home 13 city blooks. now, on the way home, we ran into the family that we helped move in, and they stopped us and told us that they want us to come back. WHAT a blessing, If my bike would have been working, we would have been Riding down the hill too fast to have been stopped by them. So that was really cool. Now to end to story and pull everything together....Elder Mayfield and I woke up this morning to find small red bumps on our legs...I wonder where those came from.All in all, It was a good week. Today we went to the temple, then went the mall near the capital to play some Football with a bunch of elders!Well my time is up, I'll talk to you all later!

Love ya all.Kevin"

Hope ya'll are having a WONDERFUL day!

Movie Time!

So today I got off work and thought I would go to Wal-Mart and pick up a new movie to watch. For those of you who don't know...I love buying new movies. So I was looking at the cheap ones...and found this one for $9...and let me tell you..it was so worth it! I stayed at home and watched it and it was SO cute! I definately recomend it..and it's a movie that the entire family can watch together. It reminded me a lot of Raising Helen. So next time you are looking for some cheap entertainment..I recomend this movie!

Also! Some very exciting news! I have decided to take my next step in music..and am going to learn how to play the Violin! I found a GREAT deal on a Violin on ebay...for $45 I get a violin, the case, the bow, an extra set of strings, a tuner, and some free online lessons! I am SO excited! I have always wanted to learn..and it should arrive here in the next few days :) I will let ya'll know how it goes!

Happy Birthday Kade!

So this weekend was a lot of fun! I snuck down to see my parents down in Logan for a few days, and also headed down for Kade's 3rd Birthday! He has gotten so big!! It was really neat to see everyone and we had a blast! His two favorite presents I would have to say were his bike and his red wagon. What a CUTE kid!