Birthday Surprises!

Yesterday was my birthday! It started early as me and my two friends woke up at five thirty to get to our institute committee meeting by seven. My friends surprised me with this cute dessert. But, before that my sweet little sister woke up at five thirty and made me breakfast. How amazing is she?

I went through school and then my great friend Megan took me to Subway for lunch on my request. We then ended up going to the mall and went to Icing and Bath & Body Works. It was a blast! When I got home my dad gave me some hot pink safety glasses that I've wanted for my Chemistry lab. My Mom gave me a beautiful quilt that she had worked tirelessly on. I received so many gifts, but the best is knowing that I have friends and family who love me! When I came home from the mall we headed to dinner. When we got to Village Inn, who happen to have an amazing chocolate silk pie :), we walked into the party room and there were all my friends screaming "Surprise!" My sister and sister-in-law had set all of this up! Needless to say, some of them had to tell little white lies to me so I didn't figure out. I am so blessed!



The Party!

Casey and Taylynn


Taylynn loved my princess crown that Kristy made for me:)

Taylynn also loved my balloons, and ended up getting tangled in them.
The After Party! My friend Karlee got me the movie Letters to Juliet, which I love, so we decided to stay up late and watch it.
Me and Kaylin
We loved the movie! We stayed up until one talking and watching it. It was really late for me,but such a good way to start as a nineteen year old! :)

I tell everyone that I'm okay with being one year older, and nineteen; it's the one year away from being twenty that scares me!
Kaylin and Karlee ready for a long night. It was the best day ever!

Moving Up

I am feeling so much better after my surgery. I still can't lift people at work, but they've been great to work with me. I love college! It is so much better than High School! I feel so much more independant, and in charge of my life and my career now. I love that I get to be an adult for once. I also love the social life; I must admit it has been so much fun to hang out with all of my friends inbetween classes.
Along with the new school year brought more changes, and now Clint and Kristy are moving to Monticello, Utah. Kristy's dad owns a pest control business down there and has hired Clint to work for him. I'm sad to see my favorite little person go, but I know that they will grow as a family from this move up in life.
Kaylee is a junior in High School now, and I think she likes it. She doesn't like school, but she has good friends that she enjoys being with. Dad is just trying to get into his new calling as bishop. Mom is trying to get used to hearing Bishop Moore all the time. Casey is working hard at both of his jobs, but Trailhead Customs has really grown, and I think it's been good for him. Thanks everyone for your support in his new business. I will have to post pictures next time. I'm going to a Skills USA conference this weekend, so there should be some fun pictures from that. Overall life is good, and I'm having a blast! My birthday is coming up and I'm not sure I'm ready for that! Everyone tells me I'm not old, but it sure feels like I'm getting there awfully fast. Maybe that's because most of my friends are nearly a year younger than me. :)
I forgot to say that I joined an institute committee. I'm so excited for it! It's called the outreach committee. We try and reach out to returned missionaries and get them to participate in institute! I love reaching out to people, and RM's so it fit perfectly! :)

Out of Order

Well, not too much to report. I'm trying to get ready for my first year of college, because it starts on Monday. However, I had my gallbladder out on Tuesday and now I'm just hoping I'll be able to walk around campus. Other than that life is good and we're all just chugging along! I'll write more when I'm in order again! :)

Is there ever time to slow down?

I know that it has taken me forever to get on here, but it's been a crazy month! I now have two jobs. I work for the pharmacies delivering, and now as a CNA as well. I love both, but one is way more taxing than the other. The last month found me working one job and driving straight to the other for a shift, working one job and then going to the other for the graveyard shift. It has been crazy! I'd like to say that it should slow down now that school is over, but I'm crazy and took chemistry and bio med core the same semester!
I'm now in the single adult ward. It's hard to enjoy church this way, but I really am trying. It's new and very interesting. I'm excited for the new school year. I'm excited for what my future holds. As far as I know I have never been so excited for so many unknown things, but this is different. I've got great friends and family who support me in everything I do. Thanks for all of your love and support!
This weekend I'm going to Logan with my friend that I went to San Fransisco with. I'm so excited to get away for a while! When I come back we're going camping as a whole family! We haven't done that in who knows how long. Then, after that I'm going to ropes course for Skills USA state office. I love being this busy. It sure stresses me out, but at the same time keeps me going. Does anyone know why that is? anyways, I'm just a lovin' life!

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! :)