Hello Again!

Like usual it has been a long time since my last post. I'm really not very good at keeping up with things. Well anyway, as you know I have been living in Mesa since January. I love it here, except the heat and not seeing my family very often. I think they need to come up to visit me more, hint, hint.

So the last few months have been filled with all kinds of fun things. First of all for those of you who don't know I am dating a great guy. His name is Michael. And here's a cute picture of us.

Michael and I have tons of fun together and like to stay busy. Over the last couple months we have done all kind of stuff.

FREE TICKETS- Some how we have been lucky enough to get free tickets to all kinds things. We have been able to go see the Diamondbacks play, unfortunatly they haven't been very good. We have seen the Phoenix Roadrunners, which was lots of fun for me since I had only been to one other hockey game in my life. My work gave us tickets to see Cavalia which was amazing. It is a Cirque du Soliel show with horses. The tricks and stunts they performed were so fun to watch. Check out their website http://www.cavalia.net/

OTHER NEW ADVENTURE- Michael likes to take me to do things I've never done so we've been busy...

One night we rode the light rail, which took us down town were we wnt to the Phoenix Science Center. We then took the light rail to Tempe were we hiked up "A" mountain. Then we walked down to Mill Ave. and ate pizza at Slices.

We've also been to:

Jesterz- an improv comedy place

The Soda Pop Shop- a fun store that sells bottled soda from all over the world. They have a whole isle just of rootbeers, so we have been trying all different kinds to try and find our favorite.

Tempe Impov- the other week we went to the Tempe Improv were we saw Iliza Shlesinger the winner of Last Comic Standing season 6. She was funny, but I think I was expecting better. Oh well it was a lot of fun.

We've also kept busy with other things like, going to the drive-in movies, playing games, going to the driving range, eating out, trips to Tucson, Pinetop, Eager, Saint David, and so on. Life has been pretty good to me this year :)

Trip to Idaho!!!

I went to Idaho the other week to visit Stevie! It was a great trip. My mom, grandma, aunt, Stacy, Kayla and Karly all got to go. We had a fun time hangin with Stevie and seeing all the hard work she has done at school. She made a beautiful cake that was displayed in an event show put on by the school. Her cake was for a New Years party with a Swing Dance theme. I'm not going to lie, her cake was by far the best one there and I'm not just saying that because she is my sister. See for yourself....
This was another cake she made for her mid-term. Check out her blog if you want to see more pictures. http://teeanngiggles.blogspot.com/

Since my last post I have done a lot, but don't have any pictures to prove it! (maybe I should get a camera)
Some of the things I have done/am doing:
Moved to Mesa
Started my internship
Making new friends
Cheering for UofA B-ball
Had a Birthday
Two visits to Chauncey Ranch
Went to the Match Play Tournament
and plenty of other things in between.

So far I love living in Mesa. I've been living here about two months and am having a blast. My roommates are all very nice (I have 5 of them) and my new ward has been fun.

For my internship I get to work with kids and horses, what can be better! Most of the kids we work with have special needs, we do some group sessions and some individual lessons. The kids seem to have a great time and I just love to see them smile! Everyday I go home with a different story. It is such a rewarding program. I am hoping to start leading groups and lessons in the next couple weeks!

I'll try to start taking pictures for my next post!

Skydiving

I got to go SKYDIVING again! And it was awesome! I think it was better this time, probably because I wasn't nervous at all. I was able to go with a big group of my friend from Tucson. We had so much fun.
This was our practice jump! This was another practice option.
This is ME! We got to do a backward sommersault out of the plane and then we did some spins during our free fall. We jump at 13, 000 ft, then free fall a little under a minute until we get to 5, 000 ft., I think they said we fall about 1,000 every 5 secs, CRAZY! It is so amazing!My istructor was awesome. He let me pull the cord to release the chute and he let me steer part of the time.

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/