Friday, February 6, 2009

Moving Day, Monday Jan 19th




I was seriously so blessed on this day. It started early and Darlene and Brandi came over and helped me load up clothes and fragiles and we dropped it off at my apartment. We then headed over to Uhaul, where it turns out I went to the wrong one! But it worked out, we were just late meeting everyone back at my old house. Darlene was amazing and drove the moving van for me, because I am not quite there yet on driving one. The size of it is too nerve racking! I was floored when I showed up because there were like 12 people from the ward and it was loaded up so quickly and then everyone drove over to my place and we unload so quickly! I felt so incredibly thankful to have so many volunteers come and help me.
That just shows what a great ward I am in currently. After returning the Uhaul, the minute I got back (everyone had left at this point). It was about 1:30 pm and the next crew came in to help. My cousins, Kendra, Katie and Aunt Kath! Also Camie, Kaitlyn and Clarie were there to make it fun! They played and we worked at unpacking boxes and decorating! I was beyond grateful again to have their help and expertise there. It hit me when they were there how exiting this all was and to have them come visit meant so much to me. It felt like home to me, but it is my home which is so cool.
So when they left, I was sad, but then my friend Haylie came over and helped me some more. We ran errands and continued to unpack stuff. She is such a great friend is all I can say. We did a lot together! That sums up moving day. The first night was a little interesting, living on ones own sure is different, it was so quiet. But I am proud to say that I did not end up needing my friend Caralee's offer to stay with me that first night! So this is a thanks to all the countless individuals who sacrificed time and effort to help me with my move! I really could have not done it without them!

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Time with the Taylors

The Flowers, (notice they are my favorite flower!)

Picking out stuff :)

The cute Taylor Family


The weekend I moved in, I think it was Saturday the 17th of January. I had so much fun spending time with my cousins.They even brought me beautiful flowers as a gift! They are the most thoughtful, warm, amazing people that I know. I feel so honored to call them family. Katie, Dale and Kaitlyn came up to see me and my new place. We stopped by Target so I could get some necessities for my new place. We also went to Red Robin which was great. We had a wonderful time together and they were angels, helping me put things together around my apartment and Dale even killed a spider for me!
I was also blessed that Bryan and my Uncle Jim stopped by to bring my fridge (Bryan and Wendy's old fridge that I bought for $75, which was so sweet of them).

Monday, February 2, 2009

A Jazz Experience....




I LOVE watching pro-basketball!! I got so into the team and after the game I picked out a jersey to wear when I cheer my team onto victory in the future!
They played the San Fransisco Warriors and it was an intense game. Jazz stayed ahead for the most part and and won 119 to 114. What a game is all I can say!
Tara decided to not get all decked out and make signs so we ended up nixing the idea. But one day I will do it and it will be so fun!
Here are the pictures of that exciting night. We had a great time and when we got home we had hot chocolate and watched I Love Lucy.
The next day, I flew home and that was it :) Back to work and reality! ha-ha :) LOL

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Olive Garden, Joseph Smith Movie and Massages...

















We went to the Olive Garden and had a great meal and then we headed over to Temple Square. Where we saw the movie about Joseph Smith in Salt Lake City at Temple Square. It was a great day!!! I loved watching it. I really feel it strengthened my testimony and my love for Joseph and Emma even more and I felt honored to be a member of this church and it strengthened my the testimony of those who came before me.

Then we rushed over and got massages. I was disappointed because the guy that I got was okay. He did not know how to balance time between everything. So that was sad; but I am glad Tara had a great massage and she loved it. We then got Cafe Rio and headed for the Jazz game!!