RICHMOND, VIRGINIA!!!!!! SEPT. 16, 2009

I got it!!! I finally got it!!!! Richmond, Va. i leave September 16th at 12:30 pm to the MTC!!!! Here are some picture of my future home...

Virginia is so so green..... but also humid!!! maybe i wont come back wrinkly....... lol

a small map of the area!!!!

THE MAN HOLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so it happened a little over a month ago but it is still funny!!! I was just minding my own business when i fell in a man hole... where you might ask well of course in good old Salem Utah!!! yep that is right it isn't just in the movies anymore... Here are a few pics i took on my phone of it so quality is poor lighting is poor and well i felt sort of poor... the pic are of one of my wrists trust it looked way worse in real life and so did the leg which was trapped under the ridiculously heavy lid that fell on me when i was trying to climb out of the hole...

MISSION STATUS!!!!

Update due to the fact that i don't give much of an update on it... i will once i am done with school....

p.s. i am sitting in the library at school right now actually supposedly working on homework.

The papers are done with my part i have met with the bishop and and meeting with the stake president on sunday!! then they should be off to church head quarters.

Crazy Neighbors!!!!

So every year i have these crazy neighbors called the Hari Krishnas.. they have a temple and some llamas and aparently tons of chalk.... through this color festival to celebrate spring. so after 10 years of living around the corner i gave in and went and took all of my friends with me.... And when we get together and 14,000 other college students well it looks something like this.

Work

So I am super bad at updating my blog!!! but i am going to try to be better at it. As many know i found a job in January at low and behold public surplus. I had no idea what it was at the time but lets be honest i needed a job. It has turned out really good surprisingly after being there for 2 and a half weeks i got a promotion to manager which was really awesome and then i went commission based and have so far been making more that way. lets keep our fingers crossed on that one. So what do i do there? i manage a team of five people on the surplus side of the company. We call government agencies and talk to them about viewing and educational demonstration with us. Then we set them up an account and take care of all there surplus needs when it comes to auctioning. We are the eBay for government agencies. I like it so far and only have to work 4 days a week which is nice when it comes to school!! but i do have to be to work by 7 in the morning which can be a bit of a drag.

LIFE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Here's how it works. Change the items to bold that you have done in your life.
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii (I really want to!!)
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland /world
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea(the beach does that count)
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo's David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
c83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved some one's life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club(didnt last long)
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. read an entire book in one day (thank you college)

looks like i need to do a few more things......

these are just some funny picture from one awkward night of supposed getting to know yous!!! luckily i had Devin my side kick and my friend Megan to save the night from homicide. Let us just say i only bowled a 50 that night so over all i stand in room for improvement but the next night i bowled over a 100 so who knows...