Welcome to life! Welcome to San Francisco!

My friend K, her mom, and her grandma invited me to go on a senior trip to San Francisco, California. We left on Monday morning and five in the morning, and came home Sunday at seven in the evening. It was a long drive, but so worth it! We had the time of our lives! What a fun way to be welcomed into life!

Me and K infront of a cool art sculpture on our way to the ferry. We got to stay down town for two nights. It was definately an eye opener! About two blocks from our condo was China town, so we had fun there twice!

Us on the ferry infront of the Golden Gate Bridge on our way to Sausalito

The view of the city from the ferry

Coit Tower from the ferry

The Golden Gate Bridge across the Bay

We got to have lunch in this awesome place that was actually extended out into the Bay!

Pier 39 on the Warff. We had a lot of fun watching all of the sea lions, and shopping down on the Warff.

One of my favorite things we did was ride the cable cars around town. Just the way they work is amazing! K's Mom, our tour guide, insisted that the only way to ride them was hanging on the outside. I was a little skeptical at first but i soon came to find that she was right and that it was incredibly fun going full speed down all of the hills in SF!

This is the Boudin Sourdough factory. We had soup bowls, and then pizza here.

We had the fantastic opportunity to see the production "Wicked" at the Orpheum Theater. It was by far the best I have ever seen and made the perfect ending to our fun day! After the show we took the subway back to the condo we were staying in.

Me and K in the cable car museum that explained just how they work!

We got to go inside Coit tower, and got up to the top windows to see the view.

The view from 180 something up in Coit tower. I was just about hyperventalating up there, and it doesn't help that the tower is on the tallest hill in the city as well!

Us up in Coit Tower

Me in the Queen's garden in the Golden Gate Park

Us at the top of a waterfall in the park

We met K's great aunt at a Mexican restaurant to eat one night. It was going to be K's birthday when we got home and we wanted fried ice cream so I decided to embarrass her a little and told our waiter!

K's great aunt took us to see the gorgeous Oakland, California Temple

We had to opportunity to go to the huge Monterey Bay Aquarium. It was so much fun! It was also very interesting, because all the animals in the aquarium are animals of the Bay.

We had a motel on the beach in Monterey. It was the most beautiful night of my life!

I think this one speaks for itself
The next day we drove around the coast and saw the beach. K and I loved going Tide pool spying.

The night before we got our pants wet playing in the ocean, so we dried them like this!

We had someone take this picture of us in our p.j.s at the beach.

This was a gorgeous look out along 17 mile drive.

We got to do the paddle boats in Golden Gate Park

After the paddle boats we walked across the Golden Gate Bridge. It is 4200 feet long.
Oh, and very high!
An amazing view coming across the brigde on a foggy day.

A lookout to see the bridge.

The last thing we did was go to Muir Woods. What an amazing Park!

These trees are huge!

I felt like I was in a Sacred Grove of sorts.

This trip was fantastic! It truely helped me to see the beauty that God's hands have created. From the sunsets, to the ocean, to the animals, to the gorgeous trees. What a blessing it is that we get to live on this beautiful world! However, it also taught me that there is truely no where like home. I am so grateful for where I live, and for my family and friends. K and I discussed several reasons why we couldn't live in SF and why we were so grateful for home! I truely am so happy with where we live! It was also a learning experience from riding new transportation in public transit, from our car getting robbed, and living in the city for two days. We truely were taken care of and kept safe on this trip!

Remember Yesterday, Live for Today, Dream for Tomorrow

On May 25, 2010 a chapter of my life ended, and a new chapter started. Don't get me wrong, I'm excited to be graduated, but this is a big change! Tears filled my eyes as I sat in the choir looking out at several hundred people I would probably never see again switch our tassels over our caps. Memories flooded my mind. From falling down stairs on the way to class, to Disneyland trips, to good times swiveling our hips down the halls. Life is changing, we're all growing, and going our seperate ways. It's a scary time with friends leaving on missions, getting married (yes I know people getting married already!), and leaving for college. However, it is time to move on. The pages of this chapter have been worn and torn with hard times, but kept in tact by the glue I call friends and family, but most of all My Heavenly Father who continues to bless me and show me the light in life. I thank all of you friends and family for your prayers, advice, comfort, and love over the past years. You are what keeps me going, and I continue to see that each day given me is blessed by your presence. I decided a while ago that I would run for Skills USA state office again. My excuse was that after graduation I needed one constant in my life. I failed to see that the only constant I need is at home. It's in my heart where all of you are. I love you and Thank You!


This is our Acapella choir, which I was a part of. We had 136 members, and you can see how many were seniors!

My amazing neice cheering for me!

Our senior class doing the new school dance during the graduation ceremony.

Me walking the line as a new alumni

All Graduates ready to be done

I "bejeweled" the back of my cap so everyone would know it was me

Mom got me 12 roses. She handed them to me crying and told me that each one was for each year I'd spent in school and that she was proud of me. Obviously I was a crying wreck after that!

It was all sinking in

Me and my good friend Tom

My family and my friend H's family through us an awesome BBQ after graduation. My aunt Emma came and brought Grandpa Moore. So many amazing people showed up!

my Grandma Chatelain and her Aunt Bernice

Some of my cousins

My amazing young women leaders. Sis. R was my primary teacher, and followed me to young women's. She's like my adoptive Grandma

my amazing Grandma and Grandpa C

My brother Clint and his Wife and daughter

What an amazing life I have!

Seminary Graduation

On May 16, 2010 I graduated from Seminary. I must say that I will miss the opportunity to learn about and grow closer to my Heavenly Father during the stresses of school. It was an amazing experience and I was blessed with great teachers that knew how to teach by the spirit. During the graduation I was asked to bear my testimony and was grateful for the opportunity. The stake president had stood before the testimonies and said that if the podium moved you needed to be done. When I got up, I'm shorter than everyone else, the podium moved down for me! I immediately turned and asked if I was done. Everyone laughed and I never have lived it down! :)

Senior Prom

I enjoyed going to my senior Prom "You and Me" with a friend, Alex. It was a crazy, but fun day. I still have not received the actual dance pictures, but these are the ones that my Dad took when Alex came to pick me up. I'll try and post the other pictures when I get them.

Warmer on the other side of the Mountain

I had a Skills USA state officer meeting down in St. George a few weeks ago. It was a ton of fun! Hannah and I rode together to Bob's house, and then we drove with him and Mrs. Bob to Snow College to pick up Melissa. Then, we started on the long drive to St. George. We hit a really bad storm on the way there, but lucky us we slept through most of it until we got to a much greener and warmer area. We worked on putting things together for the state championships, and then had some fun. We went on a small hike in Snow Canyon. Some officers found a cave, and felt that it would be a great idea to become underground humans! After the hike we went to Fiesta Fun and went go-kart racing! That was awesome! We each got to go twice. The boys were pretty rough, but it was still fun.
What they don't know if that when they went back to the hotel Bob bought us one round of tickets and Me, Bob, Adam, Hannah, and Melissa raced again. I won that time and it was awesome! The next day was time to leave. We hadn't gotten to bed until one or one-thirty, and Hannah had to wake up at 5:30 to go with the other van to make it home earlier. Then, she decided that wouldn't work, so she went with Me, Bob, and Mrs. Bob. We left at 8:00, and got a tour from Mrs. Bob in the car around the Temple, and to Brigham Young's house, and around the tabernacle. That was fun!
After that we went on a little shopping trip to the outlets. Hannah and I spent our time and money in Del Sol. Then, we decided to drive through Zion's since I'd never been there, and Hannah had only stopped there for a little bit once. We went on the little hike up to Weeping Rock. It was gorgeous! All the rock there is just immaculate, and definately carved by the hands of God. We got home around 8:00, and even though I'd slept most of the way; I was exhausted! Here are the pictures, oh and the pictures at the top of my blog are my graduation pictures. I got them taken at Hazen Studios in Kaysville, and then Kaylee put together the collage for my invitation! Only 3 more months till graduation! :)I don't know why, but my computer won't let me post the pictures, but I will try again soon!