Snowboarding

So I tried snowboarding for the first time a couple weeks ago. It was so much fun and so exhausting! We went up Mt. Lemmon, which to my surprise had decent snow. I was on my butt more often than I would have liked and getting back up was not always easy. And since this was mine and Adam's first time our friend, Jeremiah, chose to take us down Black Diamonds (the hardest trails) for the first two runs. I will say for snowboarding the more difficult and steeper trails where actually easier, well easier to get up after falling I should say. I had a blast and was sore for at least three days. Ever muscle in my body hurt, but it was worth it and I'd love to try it again sometime!

I think a fell on the flat parts more than anything...don't I look great!

Jeremiah definitely has had more practice!

Christmas

Christmas was fun, it was a small group this year and that was really nice. Although big groups are a blast too! Here are some pics...

Delicious Recipes

Check out the blog my sister Shawn created where we can post easy and delicious recipes. If you want to be able to share and post your own recipes let me know and she can add you as a contributor! http://easy-fun-delicious.blogspot.com/

Vegas Bowl

I did get to go to the Las Vegas Bowl- UofA vs. BYU. It was a blast, especially since UofA won!!!! I went to the game with a bunch of friend and most of them cheered for the wrong team, but I wont hold that against them ;-) It was cold but cheering for the winning team befinitely helped keep me warm!

Always Busy!

So now that I have new friends in Tucson I am always busy. Between my ward, instiivitie and friends planning stuff I feel like I'm doing fun things all the time. I love it! The dumb thing is now that I've made friends I'm going to more to Phoenix and have to start all over. Oh well it will be a new adventure :-)

This month so of the stuff I did included going to an IceCats game UAvs. ASU. And then IHOP afterwards for a late night breakfast.

I went to a dance which was tons of fun. But my feet were killing me by the end. I'm just not used to wearing 4 inch heels and dancing for hours!

Then there has been parties, games nights, ultimate frisbee, golf, and plenty of other things to keep me busy. I definitley stay up later than I used too, but it's been lots of fun.

Curses

On Thanksgiving we played a hilarious game called Curses! You have to do all kinds of dumb stuff. Artie had to have his wrist on his chest almost the whole game.

Chris had to do a dance move every time he spoke. Shawn had to act like a monkey when she spoke and Stevie had to mimic everything Shawn did. There were many more curses and we were laughing the whole game!

The Ranch

So my favorite part about school is going to the ranch

and playing with the horses. It was cold this last time

I went up there but still fun.

Luckily my new boots kept my feet warm!

After the ranch I went to a workshop in Phoenix to learn about facilitating business workshops using equine assisted learning.

One night after the workshop we went to a

resturant called Saddle Ranch. That night they had a bull ridding contest, which of course we had to participate in. One of my friends ended up winning and got $100. It was pretty fun, I would definitely recommend trying it! I'd do it again even though I was sore for days.