Happy Birthday Wes

Happy Birthday to my friend Wes! Tonight we celebrated with some cake and ice cream at his place. Mike picked up my camera and had a little fun playing around. So now they are going to be posted here.

hot hot hot

It is currently mid 70 outside and it is 11:00 p.m. and I am off to bed. But this morning when I woke at 7:00am for my 3 mile run at 7:45 it was also warming up into the 70 degree weather. The warm weather was very unexpected and it made for a bright hot longer run then planned. It added about 8 minutes to my run because it was almost to warm to run in. I love California weather in January. If this keeps up I might be back to swimming in the morning and running in the evenings. Maybe this means I can hit up the beach this weekend.

Missionary Year

There has never been a better year to share the gospel in California then in 2009. With Prop 8 still generating a lot of conversation around schools, work, and home Latter Day Saints need to continue showing the world what we believe in and why Saints felt strong about protecting marriage. As the weeks fly by this year and moving to Utah becomes closer I feel like I need to take adventage of this blessing of living in California. But this post is not about the past election but how I am going to be sharing the gospel this year. One of my Christlike goals in 2009 is to be a better member missionary. Since I have such a strong testimony and live the gospel everyday I want others to know the joy I feel in my life. Today was the first day of many of reaching out to my friends and co-workers by giving them a Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon is a second witness of Jesus Christ and a companion volume of scripture to the Bible that records God’s dealings with the ancient inhabitants of the Americas. I know the God lives and that the Church is lead by a Prophet of God Thomas S. Monson. I love my Savior and know that he lives and that we can return to our Father in Heaven because he suffered for our sins.

Quote 1-12-09

"you won't do anyone any good by pretending to be less then what you are"

nora walker

monster jam at angel stadium....

Saturday night I met up with Matt and Belize to attend the monster jam at Angel Stadium. Does it surprise any of you that this event was sold out on a Saturday night in Southern California? Well, it turned out to be a very enjoyable night with great company.

Windy Night at Disneyland

This is lucky post 200. I have been blogging for 17 months now and am really looking forward to my next 200 posts in the year to come. Hope you enjoyed these few shots from my Friday night at Disneyland .

Christmas Party

This is my mother side of the family. She is up top with her 5 siblings. I am not even going to began getting names down here. This photo is just missing a few cousins.

Quote 01-05-09

"BE GOOD AND DON'T HIT"

Grandpa Emmett

If there were ever greater words to live by these are them. I can remember from a very young age my grandfather saying this to all the grandchildren before we left the twin pine ranch. I love and adore my grandfather for all the wonderful advice and wisdom he has shared over my 27 years of life. I was especially grateful for him when I showed up from skiing while in college and had just broken my right thumb and sprained the left. He found me the best doctor and my grandparents were there to help me recover and make sure I was well taken care of during the 3 month recovery time. Here is the first quote of the new year with many more to come.

Jack & Lily

When you don't have kids of your own I guess this means I get to brag about my niece and nephew. I took these pictures after Christmas while we were hanging around my grandparents home. I am doing a trip in February so that will be the next time I get to see them.

New Year with a New Toy

I am so happy for a new year with lots of new adventures a head. I have set some new goals and have new hobbie's I plan to take up. I was spoiled for Christmas by my parents with a LAP TOP and also purchased my own toy the Nikon D90. This camera is amazing and I can't wait to really learn how ot use it. HAPPY NEW YEAR FRIENDS!

Reunited

I met Ivy in 2004 and we basicly lost touch shortly after she started the MBA program at BYU. She moved to Texas and it was just not that easy to stay in touch. I just love when you have friends that you can pick right back up again as if you never lost touch. We met for lunch in Laguna and managed to get a few pictures together.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009

Hope your New Years was Amazing!