Salt Lake City The 1st Time

Well I went on an adventure with a few friends. The purpose of the trip was to pick up my friend's brother from the airport, but then we ended up staying in salt lake for 8 hours. We drove around the University of Utah, went to the church history museum, temple grounds, tabernacle, ate at the Lion House Restaurant, visited the capitol, memorial park, and I finally got to see the Joseph Smith that came out about 5 years ago. What a great movie. They are making a new movie about the Mormon Battalion to show in the San Diego Museum, a kid in my ward is in it. So hopefully one day we can go to the museum and watch it. Also the church just opened their Church History Library. We stumbled upon it and took a tour of the open house.. It was amazing. It holds all of these church artifacts and records. It took 4 years to build and 15 years of planning to complete. President Monson just dedicated it on the 20th. It was really neat. I got to go in an underground vault that is freezing, but the temperature helps things to not deteriorate. They had this little slide, that held the entire Bible on it. You could read it with a microscope. I went in a room that held all of the patriarchal blessings, and I was thinking to myself, hey my blessing is in here somewhere. It was a good experience.

Here are some photos from the trip.

So the first thing we did was go to memorial park, which is behind the capital building. It was a very beautiful day.

This is the sun setting on our way out of the city.

Memorial park from up high.

This is a river we found. It reminded me of home.

This is a buddhist chapel in the memorial park. Its kind of small but looks pretty cool.

A memorial plague in the shape of utah.

I like Pearl Harbor and all the history there, so I took a photo of this memorial plaque.

Another memorial stone. I am pretty sure that there was a memorial for all of the wars here. It was pretty cool.

Capital building. It is bigger than I remember, much bigger than the Sacramento Capital. Which is funny because California is bigger and has more people.

Fountains in front of the Arts Center in Salt Lake. It is where the Utah Symphony plays.

My favorite photo from that day. The temple is beautiful.

Unfortunately, half of the grounds are blocked off due to the construction.

So we didn't get to look at all of the sides.

Us in front of the reflection pond. This picture made me realize that I really am pretty small. Even my friend's 16 year old brother is bigger than me!

4th and Final Phase: The Giant Cupcake

My friend Susan wants to be a chef. She is an amazing cook and decided to create this great big cupcake just for me and my birthday. :)

Here it is in all its glory!

This is me holding it. It is as big as my head.

this is me playing with the skip it we bought together.

Here is Susan herself. Enjoying the delicious cake made from scratch.

This is Krista, Me, and Eddie. All people who enjoyed the cake.

Another day that I will never forget. :)

Phase 2: Miscellaneous Afternoon

So on the morning of my birthday there wasn't much to do.

So this is what happened.

I went to bowling class. I bowled an 89.(not my best). I bowled a strike one handed while I was talking to my mom on the phone. :)

Next I went for a ride in my friend Matt's mustang. We were just running some errands, nothing too thrilling.

Then finally that night, I saw this sign that said Jazz on it. My dad has always called me that, so I took a picture.

I miss you family. It was my first birthday away from you!

Phase 3:Taylor Swift Concert

I am a big Taylor Swift fan and what do you know she was coming to Salt Lake on my birthday. So I went. I had never been to a concert before. Let's just say it was spectacular.

This is me in front of her tour bus.

My friend Natalie came along for the ride, and boy did we have fun. We sat next to a little 4 year old girl who screamed louder than I did, and knew all the words to all of the songs.

Here we are afterwards in front of the equipment truck.

Taylor Swift pretending to be a band geek for the song "We Belong Together"

These are the only good photos I have. All of the others of her were blurry. Oh well I will always remember this night, whether I have pictures or not.

My Birthday Phase 1: Casino Party

So the first phase of my 21st birthday was a casino themed party. My friends wanted to take me to Las Vegas, but instead they brought Las Vegas to me. It was a great time. We played poker and roulette. We had all sorts of fake alcoholic drinks and a build your own sundae bar.

Here are just a few photos from that night.

My friend Stephanie from Sacramento just had a baby recently and she was able to come to the party. It was the first time that I had seen her.

These are some of the friends I have made here in Provo. We are all gathered around the poker table. Matt was the poker dealer all night long and taught us how to play.

These are my work buddies. We are friends on the job and off.

This is my friend Michelle. She was the Bartender at the party.

Here I am with my cake that is shaped like a poker chip.

Let's just say this evening was a very memorable one. I was able to spend time with new and old friends. Thanks for celebrating this day with me!

P-Town Boys Are Amazing!

This is a tribute to all you boys in Provo, Utah! (most who are not even from here)

For the past few days, I have been realizing what an amazing life I am living. And all of the amazing people that surround me. Ever since Spring Term began I have been completely out numbered by males. Its great and they are great to me. Just a small list of all of the things they do for me: pay for meals, give me rides (i don't have a car), visit me at work, visit me at school, open car doors, open business doors, sit next to me at church, sit next to me at institute, help with homework, play frisbee with me, hike with me, tell me to wear my seatbelt, let me ride in the front, watch chick flicks, turn off shows they know that I hate and watch something else instead, walk to school with me, and the list goes on and on. 

Thanks for your kind deeds and respect for me! You are wonderful!

Finally... A New Entry

I haven't written in here in forever! Well here is an update of my past 6 months. I started and finished my first semester at BYU. I did alright grade wise and I have to say it is one of the hardest things that I have ever done. I am now in the middle of Spring term, and I am doing a bit better. 

I work at Jamba Juice everyday, and I never get sick of the smoothies because I am always inventing new ones. We are constantly cracking jokes and finding new ways to bring customers in. We are notorious for our free wheatgrass wednesday, orange juice tuesday, and on fridays and saturdays, we have a banana man who walks around handing out free smoothies. 

I have met a ton of great people through work and school. Most of them are from California. Although, summer is a bit different here, there are not many people around and its a lot more stress free. I enjoy it. 

A few months back my friends and I decided to climb Y mountain at midnight. When we got to the top it was raining. We laid upside down on it and I thought for sure that I was going to die. We also took another hike into Provo Canyon, to a "so called cave" It was a circle cut out of the mountain, that I could barely fit in. So much for a caving adventure. We like to explore the different mountain hikes Provo has to offer.

My room mates and I get along pretty well, and will continue to live with each other through the fall term. We eat really well, because we all love to cook and eat. Our favorite dishes would have to be Mexican ones, and we can never get enough ice cream.