The End of an Adventure

Well this is my last week in California and boy is it going to be busy! My last day of work is on tuesday and my Dad flies in wednesday afternoon to help me drive home. I'm really excited to see my family and be going home but as the end of my time here draws to a close I find that I am sad to be leaving all my new friends and the area I have come to enjoy being in. I will definatly have to come back even if only to visit.
 I got to go camping in the beautiful Joshua Tree National Park this weekend with my singles ward. I had a gerat time shooting guns, and watching the rock climbing and bouldering. The only draw back was that I had a little cold when I went and unfortuantly the cold night air and lack of sleep due to being cold didn't help with the cold and what was a small irritaion has since blossomed into a full out cough complete with sore throat and runny nose, which is why I only watched the rock climbing activities rather than fully joining in. This cold couldn't have come at a worse time as I have so much to do and it is really slowing me down, or at least trying to. The battle is one, now we just have to wait and see who wins- me or the germs.
Here are some pictures from my trip !

Sunrise- time was 7am

Natalie and I on the hill after the morning hike, we had a great view!

Joshua trees everywhere!

Natalie climbing "The Wall"

 Hidden Canyons where we went climbing was like a rock climbers heaven, they were all over the place like a bunch of little spiders climbing the rock faces. It was fun to watch! I dubbed myself the official climbing groupie for the day!

A Whole New World

Well I had a great friday night. Surprise surprise I went to Disneyland. I went to the Aladdin show and it was GREAT!!! They had flying carpets, elephants and camels as well as great dancing, singing and of course the Genie, Aladdin and Jasmine. It was a great play.
After the play I went and rode some rides that I hadn't been on yet, made friends with a little girl named Elle who was in line behind me with her family and was very excited to go on the ride, and caught up on some phone calls to friends while I waited.

While in line one of my friends called and asked what I was up to. I told him where I was and that I would love company, as I really am getting tired of spending time alone, so he came and hung out with me. We caught two showings of Fantasmic, rode a couple of rides and got soaking wet on splash mountain. It was alot of fun!

Happy Halloween!!!

Well I had a spooktacular halloween this year. I started off the weekend with a ward party on friday night at Bro and Sis Packers home. They had chili and soup in a pumpkin and home made rootbeer... YUMMY!

There were also some great costumes. There was Carl and Russell from the movie UP and MJ, a Facebook and many others. I went as a witch!

There was also bobbing for apples and donuts on a string!

Saturday night I went to teo parties. I started off the night at my friend Rachel's house up in Orange and had dinner in a pumpkin with her and her husband. I then ran home to touch up my make-up and pick-up my roomate Nacolynn before heading to our friend Wendy and Marci's house for a party. Their house looked great! The three roomates that live there all dressed as Lady Gaga!

The UP Characters were also at the party but this time they brought Kevin the bird with them.

There were so many people there and so many good treats to snack on. As the night went on people slowly filtered out. Later in the evening they had  music so people could dance and they played The Birds movie on the fence using a projector. it was fun to see all the costume ideas and to talk and get to know everyone better and to meet new people!            

    Here are some pictures from the House of Gaga party!