President Monson
is an amazing man.

hey there pretty swan

who couldn't absolutely love this man?
he gave a lovely CES fireside.
mountains of advice.

as members of the church of latter day saints we are so blessed
to have the lord give us such wonderful leaders

count your blessings name them one by one.

church and dinner.

today chris gave a talk in church. it was his 2nd talk ever in church being a recent convert. chris's church is at the shiny hour of 9 a.m. so it was up at seven thirty so that i would beable to make it on time to church. chris matt, grant and i were going to have lunch together after church, so matt and chris came by to drop of the food for lunch and zoom zoom me over to the MPC where tenth ward meets.

Chris did gave an amazing talk on the truth of the restored gospel. he did a great job. so it was time to celebrate. Matt lives on the other side of the island and LOVES to cook. He cooked us fresh Alaskan Halibut that got flown over night to the islands from his friend. some shirmp. alfrado sauce and noodles. garlic bread. and Chris loves my brownies so i made the fellas some brownies. We laid around and enjoyed the sunday afternoon with a good movie. I haven't had so much good food for awhile. it felt like being back home. i loved it.



Home is where the heart is.

pewwww

paongo whistling "because i have been given much i too must give" while in the office.

has reminded me to be thankful for my opportunity to be studying here.
for the blessing of an education.
and that i must also give because i have been given much.

my favorite chapel.
Life just got a little bit better.

okay breathe.

i'm homesick. my religion class is a joke. I don't think i've had a harder class in my whole entire life. i wanna cry. seriously. i know there's a reason for this class. maybe i need a crash course in patience. and i know there's a reason why i'm staying for spring and not back in san diego. but right now everything is not making sense. and i want to quite.

too bad it's not in my nature to quite
cause i'd be outta here tomorrow.
mark my words i will get A's in both of my spring classes.

wonderful

today was my last day of break. tomorrow i start the real deal. exciting. lil. nervous more. even though i've been out of school for a week i feel like going back is going to be a hard task.but as for my last day. i woke up sunny and warm. too da gym homiesss working out with 50 cent and Jackson Five. then TURTLE BAY with the friend for some early afternoon sun rays. then some studying for my D&C class tomorrow. let me tell you Joseph smith history chapter one. never. ever. ever. cease to amazing me. and i can't gett over the truth of the story of the restoration every time that i read it. it's so perfect. and if every one where to take the time to read and fiest upon the words they too would know. it is a promise. from yours truly.as if that weren't good enough.nap time in my cozy bed and waking up to my phone ringing and a mr. alex young coming up on the caller id. delightful. we giggleeed & i missed him more. o how i look forward to coming home and playing this summer in san diego with the boo bear.

here's to a wonderful year.

you make me such a very happy girl.
today was perfect.

tis sweet to hear

O why hello conference morning

I hope you all enjoy as much as I do.

love chellyyy

empty

right now i'm running on empty.

buttt here are some dates i am looking forward to

April 4th- marks the start of general conference. A time to reflet on the inspiring words of ther leaders of the church. during the bussy buzz of the end of the semester it will be nice to take the weekend off and feast upon the words shared at conference.

April 10th- the winter term as i know it will be over. no more lame research papers. ooo how i dread/look forward to this day everyday..dread it because i know it's all work and no play until then. look forward to it because it means a week of absolute relaxation on the island of Oahu. (i will be treating myself to a nice shopping session at the mall.)

June 3- the spring semster term will be over. which hopefully means that my parents will be out here. in which i will vacation with them until.....

June 10- when i board my plane and head back to a wonderful summer in San Diego. this summer i hope that i can make some visits to: santa barbra,san fransico, malibu, santa monic, venice, hollywood, balboa, a padre's game, anddd here's a strech utah/idaho. it's alot for one summer. and i'm almost 100% sure that i won't got to all those places, but going to about half will ticckkle me enough.

June 16- Phil Vassar blesses the San Diego county fair with his wonderful music. I've never been to a country concert and i've been wanting to go to one for quite some time. And since my dear friend Ashley introduced me to Phil 3 years ago I have been a fan.

July 4th- because it means family, summer, and fireworks. It'll be the last holiday i spend with my family until i come back home for christmas. & there's just something about the fourth of july that i love.

the best friends wedding

so my bestest friend from high school was married for time and all eternity this past saturday. it was such a beautiful event. brittany looked absolutely stunning. friday morning started off at 8 going to brittany's to go get ready with her and the rest of the girls. after a couple of hours of having an intense wrestling match with hair curlers and flat irons we were able to gett all kinds of spiffied up for her big day.... when brittany came out of the temple she looked absolutely breathtaking... well i think it's time i stop babbling and throw up some pictures from the temple and reception. and the reception was perfect. amazing food. great dancing. and amazing people.

(the wedding party)

(the girlies)

(cutting of the cake)

the last pictureee was in the hummer limo. since brittany's house is in a location that's not the best for parking they had a shuttle service from the bear valley parking lot to her house. not just any shuttle service. there was a hummer and 300 limo and a roles royce car. can you say SO MUCH FUN. what a lovely idea. any ways me and drew had some fun going up and down the hill in the limos. well that's the start of a very fun love story. congratulation brittany and scott love you too.