Thanksgiving Break!

This Thanksgiving we had a bunch of cousins from my dad's side over. I have to say, it was one of the best Thanksgivings of my life. One of my cousins, Devyn, I haven't seen in about 3 years. He came over and it was a ton of fun! Also, his brother, Derek was here. They are both attending college in Utah. My cousins Kaylee and Kaleb were here too. Kaylee is going to a college here in Idaho on a volleyball scholarship. Kaleb is my age and lives in a small town in eastern Idaho. And finally, my aunt Lorna Kay (Kaylee and Kaleb's mom) and her boyfriend Dan were here.

While everybody was here, we played this game called Telestrations. It is kind of like the game telephone, but it is with paper( or a drawing pad) and pencil(or expo markers). It is a very funny game, especially with people that are really bad drawers haha.

Here are some of the results:

These are from the first round.

So it went from Pluto to 3 Musketeers haha we laughed really hard about this one.

These are from the second round(there was two really funny ones in this round so we just took a picture of both).

Oh man, I love my family!:)

I laughed the hardest I have ever laughed in my life. It was so fun. But when we weren't playing Telestrations, we were either playing Super Smash Bros. on the Wii....


or watching video's on Youtube

or playing on our electronic devices....


or playing with the puppies....



or just plain hangin' out! haha:P


I think my memories of this week will last forever! Thank you cousins that made my week so memorable!:)

Fall! (A Little Late Though)

Well, its fall!! It actually feels more like winter! But what can I say? Its November! haha I love the fall. It is one of my favorite seasons, the other being spring. I just love that feeling where its not so cold that you have to wear a coat, but just before that. I love watching all the leaves fall off the trees and then in the spring watching them grow back. It just amazes me that the Lord could create something so beautiful.

Since I haven't posted in a long time, I will tell a little about my self. I love to sing, dance, play the piano and play soccer. I am taking a sign language class in school and that has been really fun. I think I want to be an interpreter for the deaf when I'm older. I am participating in the Treasure Valley Honor Choir (TVHC) this year. This is a choir that you have to try out for and Joseph and Jesse are in it with me. Josh was also in it before he graduated. This has been a really good experience for me. I get to sing with the best people my age in the whole Treasure Valley!! Our concert is on Wednesday, I am very excited!:)

When my family was called into the Spanish Branch to serve for two years I came to appreciate and love the missionaries. Before this, whenever the missionaries came over it was just "oh the missionaries are here" you know? Well, when I was in the Spanish Branch we had some amazing missionaries (one of which is now my cousin-in-law, but that's another story). You see, most of them were Zone Leaders, so they knew what they were doing. They just had this spirit around them that is hard to explain. And then we came back to our original ward and the missionaries were good and everything, but I didn't find that same spirit until I met this one missionary. Elder Navarrette (sorry if I spelled it wrong). I found that spirit again. And then came his companion, Elder Ware. Those two missionaries really brought that spirit back, and then Elder Navarrette left, which was very sad, but then came this new greenie named Elder Crosby. He was one of my favorite missionaries. He was always smiling and would take down anything we gave him (which is also another funny story). Then Elder Ware was transferred. The companionship that had brought the spirit of missionary work was now gone. But let me tell you, Elder Crosby definitely made up for that. I could still feel that spirit there. And then one of my favorite missionaries came. Elder Waller. He is an amazing missionary with that definite spirit around him. Then Elder Crosby was transferred. I still miss this guy. He was an amazing missionary. Then Elder Welch came along. He was a greenie, this was his first area. He was quiet at first, but then he warmed up to us. Those two are the current missionaries. But tomorrow Elder Waller is transferring. I am really gonna miss this guy. He is a phenomenal missionary. But, of course, I am excited to meet the new missionary.