Whenever I Run

Story time: So today as I was getting ready to go on my run I had an epiphany. Wouldn't it be cool if I took my camera with me running and snapped some neat/intense/cool pictures? I thought it would, so that's exactly what I did. Enjoy! Warning: Some pictures were taken while I was moving, so they may be a bit.....blurry/unable to identify.

Before I started my run, the view from my front porch!

This is for Rachel, as I was running up the hill to the temple, trying to breath, I heard music, and children giggling. I believe it was Rachel's AFY group dancing! I was so excited I had to snap a picture, and I did it while I was running hence the blurryness. While taking this picture I definitely felt like a paparazzi.

I had to stop for this one

The horrible uphill run to the temple, I took this picture before I felt like I was going to pass out from tiredness

I made it to the temple!! Yay! I absolutely love this picture and think it turned out really well

Ran up a little further to get a better picture

Decided to take a picture of the fields up by the temple

With flash :)

First attempt at trying to get a picture of myself with the temple in the background=failure

Second attempt at trying to get a picture with the temple in the background=success!

The trail I ran up to run around the very nice/new/beautiful houses

I ran past a bunch of new homes up by the temple and absolutely loved this one! I just love brick and think it looks so classy.

Another pretty home I ran by

Have you ever taken pictures of yourself while you are running? It is actually quite entertaining if you can't tell

I feel talented I can pull these faces off while trying to breath.

At this point cars that were passing me were probably wondering what all the flashing was

It's kind of scary running at night, it was right here by this light that a dog started running after me, I would have taken a picture of the dog, but I was trying to scare it away and didn't want to make it feel special by taking a picture of it. I'm glad there are these street lights so that I can see scary dogs coming after me.

Now time to put my feet up after a fun night/photo run :)

4th of July Weekend

Here are a few pictures from my Independence Day weekend. I spent it with friends and family and loved every minute of it!

I went to Idaho Falls with some friends to watch the Firework show and there was this boy band of 15 year olds singing wild thing, so obviously me and Rachel had to jam out.

The group before the show

Love hanging out with Rachel on the weekends, I will miss this girl!

Some of Rachel's fun AFY friends

Up at the farm with my family

It was a wonderful weekend, I am so grateful to live in this free country. I am seriously so blessed for all the blessings and opportunities available by living in this free country!

LiFe :)

So I haven't posted in forever, (lame...I know) so I thought I would just do a picture post showing a little of what I have been up to the past few months :)

Right before the "Epic Water fight" pretty much one of the funnest things I have ever done!

Yes, we are hard core

Big Jud's

Before going country dancing

My wonderful family! I'm so glad we were able to snap a picture of all of us together, even though it is kind of unorganized :)

I think you can really see a family resemblance in this picture

Fun night trip to Walmart. I'm so glad Rachel is here this summer, she is pretty much "rad" and one of my best friends...enough said.

Weekend trip home to Star Valley to visit the family and take "funny face" pictures

My two nephews and niece, (Sophia wasn't in the happiest mood and didn't want to be in the photo)

So there is a tid bit to my life this semester, I am having a blast and enjoying the last semester I have here in Rexburg the best that I can :) Until next time!

Can you say...Excited!

Excitement is one word to describe how I have felt these past couple days, because.....I got the internship at the Huntsman Cancer Institute! I found out Friday morning and had only been sleeping for about 2 hours before my phone rang (I had just gotten home from a 12 hour night shift) that morning. I saw it was a Utah number so I just had to answer the phone, and it was Gigi telling me I got the job! I was so excited I couldn't go back to sleep (even though my eyes were pretty much exhausted) so I high-tailed it home so that I could tell my family in person.

Yes, this is the hospital I will be working at :)

I am so excited to start working here in September and to be able to move to Salt Lake and try something new! Usually I am nervous for changes, but not this one! Excitement is all that I am feeling right now. I can't wait to be able to work at this hospital and help the patient's in anyway that I can. I hope I can make a difference in their lives as I work here because i'm pretty sure they will make a difference in mine :)

Ofa atu Tonga

So basically I have really been slacking on the whole "blogging" thing, I wasn't going to do a post because I loaded the pictures on facebook, then I realized some of my friends don't have facebook, so here are a few pictures of my amazing experience. They are out of order, sorry, but I hope this gives you a glimpse of how wonderful Tonga is. I really fell in love with this place and the people. They are all so happy even though they don't have much. They realize what is really important in life and I learned so much from them and am continuing to apply what I learned in Tonga to my life. The song I have on my playlist really describes how I feel about Tonga and the people, so crank the music up! This experience really changed me for the good and I know I am a better person from having the experience I did. I really hope I can make it back there next year, or in 2 years, but we will see:)

One of the student nurses I worked with

The nurses on the med/surg floor, they were amazing!

The nurse I worked with, Selena

Some of the student nurses we gave stethoscopes too

The were so much fun :)

Tonga!!

Some tiki man

Before church, right outside the house we stayed at

Me and Brother Lee, he is one of the most amazing people I have ever met. I had the little mouth whisps, and he wanted to try one and thought it was the best thing ever :)

Brother Lee and his 24 adopted daughters :)

The Nuku'alofa Temple

These guys were awesome! They were hanging out in the front of the temple because they had just gotten done with a fireside. We probably talked to them for an hour, the two standing next to me both served their missions in the United States. They taught us that you just need to chill/kick it and have fun!

On the boat ride to Fa fa, the water is so beautiful!

Ocean!

Ya, I drank Fiji water in Fiji!!

These people were so nice and fed us, and the little boy is adorable!

This was at a beach in Fiji that we hung out at during our layover on the way back

Blood pressure and blood sugar screenings at the market

Absolutely Beautiful!

We ate lunch here one day, no biggie :)

Playing some rugby with the guys haha actually they were so funny we started taking pictures and they were all posing ect. They were so nice!

The Ta'ai family, they were the nicest/best/kind people ever. They helped us so much! Meleana called me her American daughter:) (Me, Meleana, Freddie, Yama, Hope)

Two student nurses who helped us at the market when we did the screenings. The one in the white, "Da" is going to be serving a mission in Washington D.C!

Some of the girls before the ward dance we went too

All of us at the beach on the island "Fa fa" It was such a fun day!

Can you see why I want to go back? Amazing people, beautiful country, and so much work that I could do to help the people there! I really fell in love with Tonga and the people and would jump on the next flight there in a heartbeat. I have never met a more humble people, who have hearts of gold and would do anything to help you. It really was the most amazing/spiritual experience I have had up to this point in my life and I am grateful that I was blessed with the opportunity to go to Tonga. Until my next post, Ofa atu :)