Well, maybe I kinda stink at this blog updating thing. In my defense, I have been living in an apartment since June that has NOT had internet...... and, I've found myself rather busy the last few weeks.
The middle of June I took a week and went to California with my mom and brother. It was a blast!! We went to visit my grandma. It was really nice to see her again, but a bit weird being in her new house, and being there without Grandpa. It was my first visit since my grandpa's funeral last summer. But it was a good visit. We helped her organize her garage a bit. She recently moved, and everything got dumped in her garage. poor woman! Shortly after moving, she fell and broke her hip, and then got shingles. So she hasn't got too much done since right after she moved. We didn't get as much done as we'd hoped, but there is some great improvement!!!
Not wanting us to spend our entire weeks vacation just helping her, we did some fun stuff too! My brother and I spent a day in San Fracisco, which was AWESOME!! It had been a while since either of us were there last, and it was so much fun to walk around together and remember all our old trips with our cousins!! And we got some great pictures!! :) San Francisco is truly a beautiful city! It's not somewhere I'd want to live(i definitely decided I am a small town girl) but it is so great to go visit. It has such marvelous architecture, and some beautiful, beautiful sights! Not to mention, all of the absolutely interesting people there are there! :) Definitely, a great trip!
We also took a day and went to Oakland to the beautiful Oakland LDS Temple!! It is so gorgeous! and I am so glad I got to go! I got to go do baptisms for the dead, while my mom, grandma, and brother did a session. The baptismal font is in the back of the temple, and they don't have a separate entrance so I got to walk all the way through the halls of the temple, and have a cute little lady(sister Hershey) escort me the whole time. After I finished I still had about 2 hours to wait for my family, so I made my way over to the visitors center, where I spent some time talking with a super awesome sister missionary. She showed me some of her pictures, told me how wonderful her mission has been for her, and had me watch a great movie! It's called the "Labor of Love" Totally one of those super cheesey one's you'd watch in seminary, but it was really good.... maybe I cried a bit!! After my family finished their session, we went back into the temple and ate at the cafeteria. super yummy food! :) We spent some time taking some great pictures, and Mark and I walked around the top of the temple. way neat!! It was a great experience!
Later that day, Mark and I took a trip to Fairfield(which is a town not too far away from where my grandma lives) and went mini-golfing at this great little place called SCANDIA!! :) we use to go there allllllll the time when we were younger with all our cousins. It was a highlight of our California trips growing up!
Mark and I had an awesome time visiting a cute little park, eating some delicious cake at this cute German bakery, have some great "walks down memory lane" and visiting with some of my cousins and uncles and aunt. I have such a great family!! Seeing my grandma was awesome. I love that cute lady! and spending time with my mom and brother was the best!! I got a little car sick on the ride home, but it was great. I am so glad we took the time to go to on that trip!!
Well, since getting home I've just stayed busy working, and getting ready for my Freshman year at USU!! It's about time I'm starting college, and I am SO excited!! My roommate moved in so I am not living alone anymore, which is awesome and I love her so very much! We have been on some pretty fun little adventures, watched some good movies, and just shared a lot of good laughs(and dinners!) OH, and I started dating this super great guy named Aaron. He is such a sweetie, and he treats me real well. I am one lucky gal!
So, that's what's been happening since my last up-date. Aside from getting Whooping cough(which I am currently suffering from) life has been absolutely WONDERFUL!!! I thank God every day for all of my blessings, because I sure do have a lot of them. :)
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