Bartlett Lake!

Saturday my friend Justin and his wife Lauren invited me to Bartlett Lake with them and a few other friends. It was a blast the weather was pretty nice for arizona and the lake was not crowded at all. We took the tube out for some fun, and just drove around the beautiful lake. I really enjoyed myself and I am very blessed to have such great friends that invited me to come.

Arizona Sunset!

I was up at my cousin's house on Thursday, and this is what we saw as we where driving to his house. My cousin Johnny ran from the car to start taking pictures. As the time passed the sunset kept getting better and better. We sat and watched the sun go down and was amazing at the beauty that took place in front of us.This is one of the main reasons why I love Arizona!

4th of July

For the 4th I went up to Show Low to celebrate. I love the patriotism that you get in small towns everyone decorates, and dresses up. It makes me proud to be an in this country. We spent the weekend taking the rhino out, BBQ, and spending time with family and friends. We watched fireworks from the top of the golf course, we could see Heber, Show Lows, and St. Johns shows from where we sat. We sent the nights with the telescopes looking at the stars and constellations. It is great to be in a place where we can really see the stars. It was an amazing weekend!

Oahu Hawaii 2010

My friend Angie and myself decided to take a trip to Hawaii after school was out for the summer, since I was not teaching summer school I decided to treat myself to the trip. We flew to Oahu and started our adventure with a bright blue convertible.

The first day we went to Pearl Harbor, what an amazing place to sit and just take in all that took place there.

I was overcome with a pride for my country and all the people that serve this great nation. I can't begin to imagine what it would have been like to be there, but I know that I felt such a powerful experience that I will never forget.

The second day we went on a hike to a wonderful waterfall, it was an easy hike and lots of plant life to see.

Once you get to the falls you can swim in the cool waters of the falls.It was such a fun experience to walk through this jungle area and see all the different plant life and all the different animals that crossed our path.

We also went to the Polynesian Cultural Center and spent a whole day wondering the grounds and learning about all the wonderful countries that make up the little cities. My favorite was Tahiti and Tonga, I learned so much and had a lot of fun while I was learning.

We ate the dinner there and it was amazing with dancers and singers to entertain us while we dinned. The show"The Breath of Life" was amazing I was so impressed by all the dancers and enjoyed every minute. The best part was the fire dancers I could not take my eyes off of them. It was a great experience.

One day we decided to drive out to the North Shore area and go to Sunset Beach and eat a Ted's Bakery,(now this was are second time eating there it was that good)

We set out late so we could watch the sunset and then go eat after it was dark.

It was a great beach and great food and it was nice to have more of a relaxing day to sit and have fun.

We did have a little bit of adventure we took some ATVs up into the mountain area of Oahu on Kualoa Ranch. They film a lot of movies on this ranch such as Jurassic Park, 50 First Dates, Godzilla, Pearl Harbor, and the show Lost. It was a blast to drive around the mountain and see the ocean on one side and the mountain range on the other. After the ATVs we took a jeep up into the deeper parts of the mountain and get some great views. I really enjoyed this day.

I also visited with a friend that lives on the Island, her husband and 4 kids live on the Military base. Emilee and I have been friends since 4th grade and I was so excited to see her and catch up. She has such a beautiful family and really makes me appreciate the good times we had and all the great things that her husband is doing for our country.

Our last full day on the Island we decided to have a nice dinner out to celebrate our time there. My friend told me about a great restaurant that looks over this beautiful garden. The food was amazing and the view was wonderful.

Because we got to the place early we had time to kill, so we went to a macadamia nut farm. They had all these different kinds of flavors to try. It was a great place to pick up my last minute gifts before dinner. There where many more things that we did while there but this is just a sample of some of the great adventures that we had on my vacation to Paradise. This was such an amazing trip, hopefully I will get to visit again soon.

Something Old

My cousin Shauna and I went to Africa last summer to visit my parents who were serving a mission there. It was the best trip I have taken in my life so far. The other day my cousin posted some pictures from our trip. The picture got me thinking about my own and I decided to put one up too. Thanks for the inspiration cousin!!!

It's been a long time

So my life has been a little crazy with work. AIMS came and passed with much stress and sleepless nights. My kids worked really hard and I am very proud of them.

We did a fun activity for history with my kids, I split them up into different Greek City States and we had Olympic games. The kids made T-shirts headbands and flags for each of there groups. It was so much fun to see the kids really get into the games and all the fun we had doing the games. The best competition that we did was the Javelin the kids had to come up with the javelin to throw and it was so much fun to watch them try to cheat with the game.

We also took the kids to Sea World, they took classes at sea world and got to sleep at the park! It was rainy and cold the first night but by the second day the sun came out and it was nice and warm. It was such a blast and I was so glad that my kids got to experience this fun two days at Sea World.

I can't believe that the school year is almost over! I am ready for the break, but I will really miss this group of kids.

Viva Las Vegas!!!

About 2 weeks ago my friend Brian called me and asked me what I was doing the 5-7th because it was 2 weeks away I of course had no idea, and he suggested Vegas! We where supposed to go the weekend before for mine and his birthday and the plans fell through so I was so excited that it was on again.

I flew up Friday after work, my friend Spencer (who lives in Vegas) picked me up and we went to dinner to wait for the rest of the group to drive in from Utah. We stayed at the Encore and it was Amazing!!!!!!! I have not stayed at a hotel that nice in a long time...

After meeting with the group Brian, Chelyse, Spencer and myself went to the Monte Carlo to a Pub that has live music and dancing. We had so much fun dancing the night way and seeing all the random Vegas people. We get back to the room around 5 a.m. ha ha. Saturday we went to Ihop for breakfast and Spencer met up with us there to eat a really late breakfast/lunch.

From there we went to Bellagio which was beautiful, then on to Cesar's palace to roam around! The 4 of us had such a blast.

I don't think that I have had that much fun in a long time!!!!!!!

I am so thankful to amazing friends that help me be me and have a ton of fun!!!