For the 4th I made a quick weekend trip home to see the fam. It was a good visit. we went up to Healdsburg and watched fireworks. The night was pretty fun. I got to hang with Janelle and Jeff which made it all the better. Fireworks though are kind of boring for me. Serving in Taiwan where you see amazing firworks almost everyday has ruined the excitment of seeing fireworks once a year in America. but they were enjoyable. oh and the best part of the whole night (being sarcastic) was getting yelled at by an old man. oh yeah it pretty much made me mad for the rest of the night. so here is the story...my brother and I drove up to healdsburg in his car. we watched the fireworks in the church parking lot. well my brother decided that he was going to walk down to another park with friend and watch the fireworks. well this was fine until his car alarm started beeping really loud in the church parking lot from the boom of the fireworks. so who did that leave to take care of it? yep...ME!!! so I rushed over to turn it off and there was an older man and his wife parked right by my brothers car in a convertable watching the fireworks. as I went to open the car and turn off the alarm the old man was totally mean and said that I was ruining everyones night. I tried to apologize and explain to him that it wasnt my car, but he just waved his hand at me like, screw you! oh...I was mad! As he continued to say some very rude comments and kept on with his grumbling I finally said..."well sir I can just lock the car back up and walk away and let the stupid thing keep beeping." ha ha ha. he then continued to wave his had in my face. I just turned off the alarm, walked away, and I think called him a bad name under my breath as I walked away. my reaction was bad but it through me so off and it just made me smokin mad. so that was my eventful night.
then on Monday we had the singles ward FHE at our house. so we had about 40 people in our back yard. it was fun. we had hamburgers, hotdogs and roasted S'mores. yummy!
this is Jayce and Aaron. they are the bug boys for the summer and are in turn getting the royal treatment from my mom like most bug boys do when they come to Santa Rosa for the summer. We are best buds!
Monday, July 14, 2008
The 4th of July in California
Monday, June 30, 2008
I got Tagged
What was I doing 10 yrs ago...
Ummm...oh man I was in 8th grade. I dont remember much other than that. I was best friends with Missy. I was a behive in Young Womens. I was very involved in our Mexican dance group. sorry I dont have much more than that. didnt really care much for those years. ha ha ha!
5 yrs ago....
I was graduating from High School...Finally!!! Graduating from Seminary. I was dating Richard. I was getting ready for my first semester at Santa Rosa Junior College. Trying to figure out what I was going to do with my life. I was an assistant manager at Toe-Fu Toe Rings.
1 yr ago....
I was living in the big city of Kaohsiung Taiwan as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day saints. I had just Killed(was the last companion to) Sister Emily Lowe after three transfers. I was officially becoming Senior Companion and my new Comp was Sister Marissa Manning...woot woot!!! It was dead middle of summer and it was hot and humid. we kicked some serious trash with our numbers that transfer and impressed all the missionaries..including our Zone Leaders! it was one of the best transfers and we had some of the greatest investigators. we had 10 investigators coming to church every week, which couldnt have made us more happy! it was probably one of the happiest times in my mission.
Yesterday...
I went to My singles ward in Eagle Mountain. my records finally got there...ha ha ha now that they summer is almost over...oops! then I went with Angelika and some other kids form the ward to the Marriot center at BYU to watch a patriotic program.
5 snacks I enjoy....
Pickles, this awesome new craisins trail mix I found at Sams Club, Fruit, Carrots, cheez-its
5 favorite books...
im not much of a reader...I like books that make you think about life.
5 places to run....
at the gym, to the cheveron, ummm...in California, with friends,
5 bad habits...
biting my nails, rolling my eyes, speaking chinglish, speaking loud
5 pet peeves...
being late, boys that dont ask girls on dates, umm Im kinda just laid back...let me keep thinking about this one.
5 things I enjoy...
dancing, just driving with the windows rolled down and my favorite song on the radio, I enjoy talking to my friends in chinese, laying on the beach listening to the ocean, hiking, talking to people, watching and playing sports, working out.
5 favorite TV shows...
Bachelorett, survivor, big brother, so you think you can dance,
Saturday, June 28, 2008
The Lehi Rodeo! YEEE HAAAA
Last night My friends and I went to the Lehi Rodeo. It was a lot of fun. one of the highlights was the freestyle Motorcycles they brought out halfway through. the rodeo ended at 11:00pm. then we went over to a dance they were holding at the church across the street. they were playing pretty lame music like the chicken dance so we left early. but it was a fun night overall. let me just say that there is something very attractive about a man in a cow boy hat on a horse. Ride um Cowboy!!! and like the song says, "save a horse...ride a cowboy!" lets just all remember that. 
Mission Friends and Weddings
One of the most fun things about this summer has been spending time with mission friends. here are some pictures from hanging out and a wedding of Gloria Gong who was in my MTC district. she knew they guy before the mission and things worked out afterwards and now they are hitched. she looked beautiful and it was good to see them because we were all in different missions. so it has been almost two years since we have seen each other.
Marin is trying to feed me dessert, even though I was so full and didnt want anymore.
Eryn Johnson and I. she made a beautiful bridesmaid.
All the girls together again!!!
Hot Pot!!!!
Now you wont really understand how excited I was about this night unless you have been to Taiwan. I went to eat Hot pot with a bunch of mission friends. I cant believe we found a hot pot place. we ate Hot Pot all the time in Taiwan. the way it works is you just have a pot of boiling broth and you pick meats and veggies and you cook them in the pot. then you eat it with this awesome sauce and white rice. YUM!!!! it was a fun night. made us feel like we were home again!
The Joy of Little Children!!!
It has been such a great experiance living with Becky, Chris, and their kids for the summer. Also getting to be around Kelly, Shane, and their girls. I love those kids so much. I love watching them laugh and have a good time. it is going to be hard to leave and go back to school. Im going to miss them a lot. here are some pictures of the kids playing with Chris one Sat. We love having Chris home...there is never a dull moment!
I love this picture!
Payton looks so funny in this picture! love her face and hair!!!
All three of the kids laid down and were looking up at the ceiling. It was pretty cute.
