My Trip this week

Well I am home! This week I got to spend a little time in Raleigh, NC - Thanks to work! I was there for less than 24 hours, but it was a nice trip. I love the old historical buildings back there, and it was so green. The weather was somewhat of a bummer, I had a convertable to drive around in, but never got to put the top down because it was raining. Oh well - Next trip. The only bad side was that I spent the majority of my time on an airplane, which wasn't all bad. I love to fly above and in the clouds, call me silly but I think of Heaven bieng that way. (Thanks to Saturday's Warriors). It just is a sweet reminder to me that my Heavenly Father loves me, and he created all of the beauties of this world for us to enjoy. Sorry - I tried to upload pictures, but for some reason I am bieng computer illiterate these days! Hope you are all doing well!

Million Dollar Highway

When I was a little girl my family took a trip over the million dollar highway - a stretch of road between Olathe and Silverton Colorado. I have a huge problem with heights, and so even as a little girl I made that trip the whole way screaming at the top of my lungs begging my Dad to stop driving that road because I just knew that we were going to fall of the side of the cliff. The road has very few guardrails, and an extremely small shoulder. It is a favorite family memory for everyone else. Anyway, a few weeks ago I went to visit my brother Jeremy who lives just a few minutes from the infamous million dollar highway. My brother Troy who was also visiting from Alabama wanted to make the drive over the million dollar highway, so we did it. Although I wasn’t screaming the whole time, I hated the drive. It was worth it. The mountains & waterfalls up there are amazingly beautiful. Thankfully, they put me in the backseat of the Yukon with my 3 year old nephew who kept me entertained.

Million Dollar Highway

Pictures from girls camp

Girls Camp

I was able to spend a day at Girls Camp this week. It was such a pretty camp, and reminded me of Arizona Mountains - no one up here believes that we have pine trees in Arizona. We had a good time with the girls. I was able to go on the five mile hike - where a girl in the ward behind fell and hurt her ankle. Dumb me, the first thing I did was look and see that yes her ankle was swelling, and so I took off her shoe. I guess I didn't listen to the first aid certification very well. It was a beautiful hike that had one stopping point over Heber Valley. It was just a really good experiance, our camp directors Jandee, Shelayne & Amber spent a lot of time. Thanks for letting me be part of it.

A Special Day For Me

So this was my day last Sunday, but I am a little slow getting it posted.

Because of my Uncle Olivers job as head of security at the M.T.C. sometimes I get to have wonderful experiences like the one I just had. Today started the beginning of the new mission presidents seminar; basically a training for all mission presidents who have been recently called. The seminar always begins with a sacrament meeting with all of the new presidents as well as members of the missionary committee, the seven presidents of the seventy, members of church auxillary boards, members from the quorum of the twelve apostles, the first presidency and the prophet. My assignment today was to assist Sister Monson in her needs. What a wonderful experience that was for me. Her daughter sister Ann Dibbs (councilor in the General Young Women's Presidency) was there, so I didn't need to do much, but I got to escort her to the sacrament meeting where I got to set with her, and escort her to lunch, and then help her to her car. Of course I got to shake hands with President Monson and the other members of the quorum of the twelve a couple of times as well. The closing hymn of the sacrament meeting was We thank thee o God for a prophet. It was hard to hold back the tears, seeing the members of the quorum of the twelve, knowing that I was sitting at the feet of the prophet. He addressed the mission presidents and his focus was very much on them, I was still very touched when he closed with a quote that I have heard him share many times before. "The Lord gives us memories that we have June roses in the Decembers of our lives." That touched my heart very much today. I know sometimes I tend to dwell to much on my Decembers, while I have had some wonderful June Roses that will stay with me for forever. I am so thankful to have had this wonderful opportunity. I know that President Monson is a prophet of God, and that He loves Heavenly Father very much. He is such a humble person. All of the apostles are. I had to chuckle a little bit, before the meeting started President Uctdorf pulled out his blackberry and sent a text message. My thought was...They are human. I am still on a little bit of a high. On Tuesday I will get to see them again, for the devotional to the missionaries, Elder Hales will be speaking. I guess this just proves....It's who you know, not what you know.

Does that make me crazy??

I haven't been feeling really great, so I haven't been training like I should be, but this weekend I had my first good "long" run in a long time. After a long day we managed to make a six mile run. I was running on shoes that I haven't really got broken in yet, but I am happy to report No blisters, and my ankle feels great. So far so good. We will see how the next 13 weeks go.