My Get Away Trip to Utah

I just recently got back from an awesome trip to Utah. I have been asked why did I go and well I simply tell them that I needed a break and time to destress. Kinda like runnin away. I stayed with my friend Chelsey Beck. She is so great. we had lots of fun together. So I left on Wed October 14th at 6:00 am to drive to Phoenix to catch my plane that flew out at 11:15 am. Stephanie my awesome roommate took me. We arrived about 9ish and got to where I needed to be. I waited about an hour and a half then off I flew to SLC airport. This is where my Friend Janice picked me up and we met Chelsey at the Walmart in Orem. Chels and I ran some errands then headed to Salem where she lives. We unloaded my stuff and ate dinner with her family not long after that. After dinner for like 2 hours or so we did homeowrk then we could play. After Homework we watched Monsters VS Aliens. Its such a funny movie. On Thursday we lounged around the house doing homework and we watched tv and then we watched Wolverine. it was a great movie. Friday we had a game night with some friends. Tank(Heather) and Rainy came down and played with us. they slept over and we played so many games. Guitar Hero was one, Mario Cart races, Ultimate spoons, and many more. It was a great night. Saturday we lounged until Chels had to go to work. Then Tank and I went to the batting cages and hit about 50 balls. It was fun and I did well for not hitting in a long time. We played mini golf as well. it was awesome because it was all lit up by black lights and all the paintings on the wall were florescent. Then we played arcade games. About 7 we went and saw my Gma in Riverton. She invited us to stay for dinner. We were just gonna stop on the way back to Salem but how can you turn down Gma's free food and it was Steak! So we stayed. It was so fun. My Gmas brother was there with his wife,Uncle Ken and Aunt Annaliece. Annaliece was trying to plan my life but I wouldn't let her. We left at like 11, wasn't plannin on bein there so long but we were. Watched Emergency with Chels til we fell asleep. Sunday we didn't do anything at all. We watched more episodes of Emergency. It was nice to relax. Then it was time to pack up and shower. I packed up and headed to Riverton. We made a pit stop in Provo so that I could see my really good friend Amber Martin. Man I love her so much. We talked for a good hour or two. Finally at Gmas, Lindy made some good dinner and then Heather(Tank) headed home. Brad and I watched football and the Chicago Bears STUNK it up and I was so disappointed! Monday rolls around and I have to get everything ready to go. Gma and I ate Breakfast and then headed to the airport. I didn't want to go but I had to. My flight went well til we were about to land. It was a rough landin and I had been feelin sick all mornin and as much as I tried to hold it in the faster it came. I PUKED all over the seat next to me. It was so gross and EMBARRASSIN!! Then I get off the plane and find a bathroom to clean up and I find out that Stephanie is stuck in construction and will be late pickin me up. So I call a friend and she picked me up til Steph could come. Feelin so sick we drove home. I hurt all over had a headache and my tummy hurt so bad. Well we got stuck in construction for like 30 minutes. Finally home and I got ready for bed and then went to bed from 8:30pm til about 4:30 pm the next day. It was a great trip minus the getting sick all over the plane.
Tank and Tiger chillin
Rainy trying to mess Tank up, only in reality messin herself up! HAHA
Rainy bein.....well crazy
This is Rainy playing backwards and she did pretty good for doing it backwards. She is pretty crazy...if you think that this is crazy she also played upside down and left handed...im sad I didn't get pics of her doing it.

Albuquerque New Mexico Balloon Festival

The Balloon blowing up first thing in the mornin!!
So 2 friends and I made a trip to ABQ one weekend to visit Asha and Lisa. We were going to see the balloons and have a great weekend spending time with friends. It was so great and I have never seen balloons like that up close. So we got there on Friday afternoon and we played and had a BBQ later that night. We woke up on Sat morning at 5:30 am but in Az in was only 4:30 am and oh man was that early. SO we left the house and went to the launching of the balloons at 6:30 and it was about 37 degrees and it was pretty cold. But it was so fun. It was way cool to watch them launch. We bought some souvenirs and then went back to Asha's house to warm up and nap. while we chilled we watch football and slept. It was great. Then we went to this Wing place and had some great wings with the girls. After lunch we met up with Jon(Asha's boy friend) and went back to the festival. We hug out played ate walked until it got dark then we went to watch fire works! We sat in the pit...it was sooooooo SWEET!! the ground shook and it was just amazing. Went home and slept. Sunday we woke up showered and headed back to Az.


The National Anthem was playin while the balloon went up in the air. It was so cool!

I took this one for my mom. She loved it

That Gang is back together again!!
Isn't this the BIGGGGEST Cow butt you have ever seen!?

BIG Darth Vader Head
These Balloons are so small compared to when they are on the ground. Its so Incredible!!

This is an AWESOME video! We were right up close!

Conference Weekend

So I was able to go to General Conference in Utah and it was such a blast! Me and my two roomies Wendy and Stephanie went together. It was such a long, crazy, wild, and fun drive. We listened to music loud and sang loud. We ate junk and had tons of fun. On the way up we were starting to fall asleep so at every long long curvy turn we would scream so loud til the curvy road was over. It was so fun. At one point of the trip we stopped at some random spot and stretched and took some pics. It was kinda cold and the wind was blowing but it felt good to me. Wendy and Stephanie were FREEZING!!! We arrived in Spanish Fork Utah at 3 am on Saturday morning. We left Thatcher at about 1ish Friday afternoon. Saturday was a loooong day but it was so worth it! We saw some people that we knew and it was fun. We had tickets for the Saturday afternoon session and it was amazing. The spirit was so strong in the Conference center. It was a great experience for me and my roommates. They had never been to conference before and Wendy had never been to Utah. It was so fun. We went and walked around Temple Square afterwards and I met up with some friends there. I met up with Emily(Red), Brynne(Sage), and Sherry it was so great to see them. I miss them and wish that they didn't live so far away. After Conference we went and ate lunch/dinner. Then after we ate we changed and went to Provo Towne mall and shopped around for a while. It was so fun. Sunday we watched Conference at Steph's cousins house and then after the session we packed up and got ready to leave. We ate lunch and then went to Salem Utah to see Chelsey. After that we were on our way back to Thatcher. On the way we were able to listen to conference and it was so great! On our way home we stopped at this place called Vermillion Cliffs and played in the rock house and on the many humongous rocks. We had so much fun and took lots of pictures. We got home about 1:30 am Monday morning. It was a long drive for sure. WE HAD A BLAST!!!

This is my favorite picture!
Wendy Jumpin up and down because she was cold Both Wendy and Stephanie freezin
SLC Temple. It was a beautiful day
This really AMAZIN rock house
Wendy in the door way of the rock house
Steph and I in the window
There were 3 toilets!! It was so great
"I'm King of the rock and there's nothin you girls can do about it"
This cool lookin Rock that looked like an Ice Cream cone. I loved it alot