Friday, July 20, 2012

Mississippi!

Okay, so right now I am sitting in a library typing this up because we don't have internet at the place we're staying right now in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. :)But I can't excuse myself entirely for not updating for so long because the Budget Inn, where we stayed last week while we were in Monroe, Louisiana, had perfectly good internet and I didn't get on even once to update. :)


It's been really fun going to all of these areas and meeting so many wonderful people. The budget in had the biggest, most comfortable bed EVER! I loved it! And now we're at the Regency Inn and it's nice also. Especially for the great price. :)


Neither of these places have stoves though so once again I'm using my crockpot. :) It's fun though. I made Chili soup the other night and it was good. I'll have to post the recipe for you. SO EASY!


Great news! Garrett is OFFICIALLY accepted to Florida Coastal Law School! We are so happy and excited! We feel so blessed and are looking foreward to the next three years in Florida. :)


We will be in Jacksonville wich is just about two hours north of Orlando where Craig, Sharelle, and the boys live. :) It will be so fun to be able to visit them and be so close! :) We LOVE that cute family!


My little sister Hayley left the MTC on Wednesday and is now with her trainer in the Mission field of Leeds England. If you want to read more about it and see pictures, my mom is keeping up a blog for her. :) (sisterhayleyb.blogspot.com)


Weyul, that's all I have to say for now. I know it's brief but at least you're caught up. :)


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You ahould watch this video! It is AMAZING and a true story! I LOVE it! Click HERE to watch it!

Friday, July 6, 2012

Shreveport

Okay, so once again I have waited far too long to update this blog! :) I have been out visiting my family back in Utah. My little sister Hayley just left a last Wednesday for the Preston MTC in England! :) I am so excited for her! She will be a fantastic missionary! I took pictures while I was there to post on this blog... but then I went and left my memory card in Utah. Grr! So I'll get it back at the end of the summer but that means that I probably won't be able to post as many pictures for the rest of the summer. Unless I buy a new memory card which I just might do.

Garrett served his mission in Alabama and we will be heading that way at some point to meet everyone and I WANT  PICTURES! :)

But for now I will just copy pictures of a few things from Google or take pictures with my phone. :)

Visiting with my family was so much fun! It was great to be able to spend that time with Hay before she left! I've never seen someone more ready to serve a mission! She really is amazing!


This is the day she left. Our family tradition is that we eat at the village Inn In Bountiful the morning of the send off to the MTC. :)

And here we are at the Airport. :) I stole these pics from Hayleys Mission blog. :) Thanks Mom! :) 


I also got to meet my new nephew! SO CUTE! His name is McKay. My Sister in law Sara, (who from here on out I will just call my sister and leave the "in law" part out) had him on Sunday, June 24th. :) He is so tiny and adorable! And Aaliyah is such a good big sister! It was so fun to be able to see everyone!

For the Independence Day holiday I was back here in Louisiana. We went to the store and the only fireworks that we could find were the ones that aren't really FIREworks... :) We could only find snaps and confetti. :) So we bought them and divided them between the 4 of us. Then we all went outside and started shooting the confetti at each other and tossing the snaps at one another's feet. :) Haha it was so much fun!

We then went inside and played spades with some brand new 3D Star Wars cards. :) It was pretty fun. :) Even though I am really bad at that game. :)

So now you are caught up. :) When I left for Utah we were in Alexandria. Now we are in Shreveport. I will post pictures from both hotels. :)

Garrett took this picture for me from my phone. :) This is the place we stayed at in Alexandria called the Alexandria Inn. It was a good place to stay. There was no Kitchen but we did have a fridge and microwave.

This is the place where we are staying now. It's just like the first place we stayed. It's the same hotel line. (Crossland)
This one DOES have a mini kitchen! Yay! I made Miso soup last night. Mmm!  Maybe I'll make rice tonight. :) I have to take advantage of having a stove! :)