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Birthday Fun December 4, 2011

2011-12-05T01:07:00.000-08:00

I had a great time. The night before we ordered pizzas and drank soda then watched a movie so it was lots of fun. Everybody was so full for cake that i decided to invite them all on Sunday the 4th, my birthday, to eat cake with me. These ladies are my friends and overall it was a great day. Life is good and birthdays are especially great when you can celebrate with friends. Thanks again friends.

Great Weekend in Salt Lake City

2011-10-23T01:13:00.000-07:00

I know it's been a while since i have written last but I thought I would catch up and put some current stuff up of what I've been up to lately. So this weekend was a great time for me as I got to come down and see some friends and be with my part of my family too. On Friday night, I arrived in Utah and went to a Peruvian restaurant named El Rocoto, that my friends had invited me to. For dinner I order Polla a la Brasa Ensalada y papa fritas con inca cola. For those of you who don't speak spanish that would be barbecued chicken, salad and french fries with Inca Cola, which is kinda like a cream soda, really good.

We were there to celebrate my friend's birthday and got the oportunity to sing as a group with him since it was karoke night so that was a lot of fun. After that I left for my sister and brother in law's house for the night.

Saturday, was a day for helping my sister and brother law clean the house and organize it so we were very successful. We had pizza, salad, and root beer floats for dinner and then watched and relaxed a movie. The dogs were snuggling with me on the couch so that was lots of fun. I love them lots and overall had a great weekend in Utah.

weekend down in utah

2011-03-21T23:57:00.000-07:00

So it's been a while since i last wrote on her but I actually have something good to say finally. I went down to Utah this weekend and it was amazing. Friday I headed down and took all the people that rode with me to their destinations. After that I finally arrived at my friend's house and talked to him and his fiance for a little bit then I headed to bed not too long after. I slept on the floor in a sleeping bag so i didn't sleep too well but I at least got to stay with my friend. Saturday was a great day. We all got ready for the wedding and then headed over about 11:30. The sealing at the Salt Lake Temple was amazing. It was performed in both English and Spanish so great overall. Overall we made it back safely and it was an amazing weeekend.

Me in Front of the Salt Lake Temple

Statue of the first vision in the Conference center

Matt, Angie, and I

masquerade dance

2010-10-24T20:38:00.000-07:00

Last night I went to a masquerade and it was a good time. It was a group date so we first went over to the girls' apartment and had dinner. After that we headed over to the dance, which was a lot of fun. At the dance, they popular music playing in the hallway and a live jazz band playing the main gym so you could choose where you wanted to go. We spent time in both so it was a good time overall. What a fun day.

BYU-Idaho

2010-09-14T00:00:00.001-07:00

I arrived at BYU-Idaho once again on September 2 with my dad and it was a wonderful day. We were able to check me into my new apartment, in Jordan Ridge, which sits just right across from the temple so convenient to go to the temple at least once a week. We got groceries, came back unloaded, and then hit a session at the beautiful Rexburg temple which my dad absolutely loved. We then changed our clothes and headed to dinner and Applebee's followed by a little bit of relaxing at the hotel before being dropped off at my apartment which meant i had to say goodbye to my dad but overall it was a great day with him before he had to leave to go back to Salt Lake to be with the rest of my family. On Friday, i started leadership training for I-team leaders and it went well up until i had to go to the doctor late in the day because of chest pains. This pain went on for a few days but after taking medication and taking care of myself i got better. The few days we had with our freshmen in our group was amazing and we got to get so close to them through devotionals, lunch, games, and even a hike to mesa falls which was beautiful. I'm going to miss them but i hope to keep in contact with them while i still have a couple of years left on this campus and i hope they grow through their experiences here at this wonderful campus. Classes started on Sept 9 and they went well for the first couple of days. Overall I'm enjoying school and my classes are going great. Pictures shall be posted later

stadium of fire and 4th of july weekend

2010-07-06T21:20:00.000-07:00

Well i had a wonderful weekend. We left for Utah on Friday afternoon and got there in the evening. We went to Cafe Rio for dinner and then settled in at her house for the night. Saturday was a bit more eventful. We all got ready and left the house around 1235 PM to go to my cousin's eagle scout celebration lunch with our relatives and on our way we picked up Kristen. We had lunch there and later on we would go to a concert/firworks show called Stadium of Fire but till then we hung out at the hotel where some of my relatives were staying and played games. WE then walked over to the BYU stadium and got in our seats for the show. THe show was amazing and it included: the 5 Browns, Jessie Oaks Baker, Eric Dodge, Carrie Underwood, some dancers, fighter planes and fireworks to top it all off. What a great night. We headed home and dropped Kristen off at her house on the way home. Sunday was good as we went to church at 1 and then prepared food for the rest of our relatives that were coming over to my sister's house. We ate some snacks then my dad got to open his presents since he just retired from his job. Later on we ate dinner and let my uncle open his b-day presents. Overall a fun day hanging out with everybody. We set off fireworks later and everybody went home late so we didn't get to bed till 1 am. Monday was good too. I hung out with Kristen again and then we came back to the house and hung with the family and played Beetles Rock Band. We left around 330 PM for home. Overall a great weekend.

Ward Activity

2010-03-21T14:54:00.000-07:00

This weekend we had our ward activity at our bishop's cabin up by Island Park, Id. There were many great things to do, snowmobiling, billiards table, a hot tub, frisbee, football, skeet shooting, a big screen tv to watch the basketball games, a theater room for movie watching, foosball. It was a great time we ate dinner friday night and had a fireside. The bishop spoke then we watched our videos we had made within our fhe groups. If you want to see my group's video you can find it on youtube, it's call Parkview 9 and Pines 19 FHE music video so check it out it's funny. After that we had till midnight to do whatever then we had to go to sleep or at least separate the girls from the boys, girls upstairs and boys downstairs. Saturday morning we had breakfast and then did whatever. Later on we had lunch, watched some basketball on tv then headed home and got home around 3 PM. Overall a great weekend full of fun

INEWS

2010-03-16T17:46:00.000-07:00

This semester is winding down but it has been a lot of fun. One of my favorite things this semester has been doing INEWS, a news show we have here on campus at BYU-Idaho. Just wanted to post some pics of me on the job. hope you enjoy

a fun weekend

2010-02-16T21:14:00.000-08:00

So this last saturday was a lot of fun as i went on a blind date that my friend laura set me up on. Her name is Amanda. We went on a group date and we met together then went to the taco bus and then we to the valentine's day dance afterward so overall it was a blast. To finish it all off we went back to her apartment with everybody else and had an awesome dessert so it was good.

Ice Skating

2010-02-08T13:15:00.000-08:00

New blog. Thought i would say that this weekend was a lot of fun. I went on two dates and the best of the two was on Saturday. My cousin, Hanna, Juan, MacKenzie, and I went ice skating at the rink on campus. It was fun for a while but the ice wasn't in the greatest condition as there were holes in the ice and it felt like in some spots you were sinking down so they closed the rink on us and said we could come back another day and skate for free. Afterwards we took a couple of pictures and gave our dates piggy back rides for a block. We were hungry so we headed to the Crossroads and had some burgers. Overall a great day and lots of fun. Glad I was finally able to meet my cousin.