Fun Times

Be prepared, this is a lengthy post.

Just before Thanksgiving break I came up with my roommates and with some friends here we went and saw New Moon. It was a ton of fun and was a way good movie.
Chelsea, Me, and Erin waiting for the movie to start

Thanksgiving break was awesome. The semester was coming to a close and I was ready for a relaxing break. We spent the week hanging out, playing games, and seeing/watching movies. On Thanksgiving morning Dad, Erin, Devin, Brandon, and I went up to the shooting range and we shot guns. It was my first time and I didn't do too bad. I will admit however, that I was scared with all the shooting going on, it was loud and I thought I might get hurt.
Dad shooting the clay pidgins

I don't know about you, but Brandon looks a little to happy to be holding a gun
Erin looks a little frightened to me
My first time shooting a gun, and if you look closely at the red circle, I got a bulls-eye
Erin with her target
Brandon looks like he belongs to the mafia

That Saturday of Thanksgiving break was the BYU vs Utah game. The Holy War. It was intense and ended very well.
Just hanging out at the game
Mom and Dad. And yes, Dad did paint his entire face
We won! Go Cougars!

I finished up the semester of school the second week of December and started my Christmas vacation with Timpview's A Cappella Christmas concert. This concert is special because at the end of the concert all the alumni join the choir on stage for two numbers.
Erin, Diana, Me, Mr. Larson, and Nicole

I was out of school a week before anyone else so while they were finishing up, I helped Mom get everything ready for our Cruise. Yes its true, we went on a cruise over Christmas to the Mexican Rivera. It was for our Call family reunion and it was a blast to see everyone again. Friday the 18th, we went to Nicole's graduation from Nursing school (Wahoo!) and then drove all night to California. We got to the port and did all the checking in, and after waiting a while we were able to board the ship. Saturday was spent just relaxing, eating, and exploring the ship.

Sunday we woke up and had a church service in one of their theaters. We opened it up for anyone on the ship who wanting to come, and we had from about 160-180 people show up. It was amazing. Since it was Sunday and we were at sea we spent the rest of the day playing games, eating (of course), and some more exploring of the ship. Monday we got to Cabo San Lucas, our first stop. We split different ways to do different activities. Including, whale watching, scuba diving, golfing, shopping, and playing at the beach. I went whale watching and it was fun. You never really know how big whales really are until you see them right next to your boat.

Tuesday we were in Mazatlan. The activities our family did there were an ATV exploration around the island, shopping, and playing at the beach. Our family, along with some of the Calls, did the ATVs. It was fantastic! We rode through a town, on the beach, and just around the island to explore. It was so much fun and we had a blast racing each other. Wednesdays activities in Puerto Vallarta included more shopping and playing on the beach, and swimming at a water park and with dolphins. Dad, Mom, Grandma Call, Marcus, Erin, and I all went to the water park on the island. Dad, Grandma, Erin, and I swam with dolphins there inside the park. It was the best thing in the world! It has always been my dream to swim with dolphins and I was finally able to accomplish it.

Thursday and Friday we were at sea on our way back to California so our time was spent laying out, swimming, relaxing, playing games, and eating on the ship. It was so nice to have things to do and a variety and unlimited supply of food to eat. Almost every night we did Family Karaoke in one of the lounges and it was awesome. We went to lots of show/performances and enjoyed being able to be carefree. Saturday morning, the 26th, we got back to California and began our drive back to Utah. We spent the night in St. George and then continued the drive Sunday morning.

For New Years lots of family showed up in town so along with them we had the family that was already in town come over for a party at our house. It was so nice this season to not only spend a lot of time with the Call family, but since a lot of the Horne family was in town we got to see a lot of them as well. Now after the holidays, I am just trying to get back in the swing of school and waiting for the day when I can relax when this semester is over. (And sadly the semester just started).
Erin and I after Nicole's graduation
The beautiful sunset
Levi and Aubrey
Erin and Andrew. The housekeepers would make us towel animals almost every day

Dinner Time at the Restaurants:
Shawn, Yuan, Bob, Julie, Mike, and Devin
Andrew, Erin, Peter, Darren, Me, and Kayleen
Brandon, Diana, Renae, Nicole, and Jeffery
Stephanie, Aubrey, Levi, and Me
Nicole, Jeffery, Mom, Dad, and Devin
Nicole and Jeffery. He is so weird
Erin with her dinner. Even though we went to the restaurants, they were still somewhat buffet style
Nicole, Brandon, Diana, Dad, Mom, and Jeffery at the midnight chocolate buffet

Family Karaoke:
Dad singing 'Achy Breaky Heart'
Erin and I singing 'Teardrops On My Guitar'
Devin, Shawn, and Mike singing 'Last Christmas'
Stephanie, Brandon, Diana, and Aubrey hanging out at one of the shows
The huge gingerbread house that became our meeting place whenever we left the ship
Erin and I in our room after getting ready for dinner
Cabo San Lucas
Diana, Me, Erin, and Mom after whale watching
Dad and Brandon
Jeffery, Marcus, Nicole, Diana, Brandon, Erin, Wade, Devin, Me, Dad, Mom, Renae, Susan, Peter, Andrew, and Darren during our ATV excursion
The Posse: Andrew, Me, Erin, Wade, and Renae
Erin, Me, Dad, and Grandma in the water with the dolphins. (More pictures to come of this adventure)
The dolphin show
Me and Erin outside the water park
Erin, Diana, and Nicole shopping in Puerto Vallarta
Dad and Mom shopping
Stephanie and Hannah. It was so hard to say goodbye to all of our cousins on Saturday morning

Brandon and Diana

It was a very fun and relaxing trip!

The Awaited Pictures

The first snow fall in Ephraim

Erin at Bryce Canyon
Dad, Erin, & Mom

Me & my Daddy

Sisters!!
Devin & Me
Devin

Playing With Family & Friends

During the Fall Break in Provo my Grandparents came into town. So on the 16th and 17th my family came and picked me up and we went down to Bryce Canyon. It was perfect weather. The sun was out and it was warm. It was so fun hiking and spending the weekend with family. The next week of school wasn't too bad. And Friday the 23rd was a pretty exciting day. My best friend opened his mission call and is going to the Montreal, Canada French speaking mission. I'm so excited for him.

Since there's really nothing to do here in Ephraim, my roommates and I went up to Provo for Saturday. We stopped by my house and spent a little bit of time with my family then went to do some shopping. We were also able to get midnight tickets to see New Moon when it comes out. That is going to be way fun. My roommates have a friend who is going to BYU so we went and saw her apartment and then we all went to Denny's to eat dinner and wait for the traffic to die down after the depressing BYU game.

Since Halloween is just right around the corner, for our ward on Monday night we carved pumpkins. Sadly I don't have a picture of it but it was fun to carve it together for our apartment. Last night our apartment complex had a little mini Halloween party and we watched "The Ring" at our clubhouse. And what is Halloween without it getting cold? It snowed yesterday but it did not stick. However, when I woke up this morning and was going to classes I was greeted at my front door with about 3 inches of snow. The entire campus is covered in snow and it is still snowing!

(Sadly I cannot put pictures up because I have to do it on my home computer. But they will come soon!)

An awaited update

So I thought I was going to do really well at updating often. Sadly, that hasn't happened recently. So now its time for an update. During the week I just go to school, come home and do homework until late at night and then go to bed. All my homework that I get usually takes up all my time except on the weekends. I have gone home the past weekends and spent time there hanging out with my family and friends. And of course going to BYU Football games. Last week was my Fall Break so I went home Wednesday afternoon and was home until Sunday night. Thursday I hung out with Mom and worked on some service projects. Friday mom and I made lunch and dessert and Erin and I had some friends over during their lunch break from school. Friday night Dad, Mom, Erin, and I went to the BYU Football game. It was cold but so fun.

Saturday for the first session of Conference we went up to the mountains and listened to it on the radio while having a camp fire. Then we cooked hot dogs and roasted marshmallows. Erin and I spent the afternoon session cleaning her room. And then while the boys went to the Priesthood session we just hung out at our house. Sunday we had family come over for the sessions and of course had our brunch with egg casserole and cinnamon rolls. This week of school has now been crazy. There are a bunch of stuff my teachers have given us. And to top it off, yesterday morning I woke up with a cold. And today its even worse. I just hate being sick.

Labor Day Weekend

I came home for Labor Day Weekend and it was so fun. Friday I hung out with a bunch of my friends that I haven't seen in forever. Saturday we went boating in the morning and then spent the day at 7 peaks. I love going and playing there and I definitely miss working there with all my friends, so I was able to see them again. That night I hung out with some of my girl friends. Sunday we went to church and spent the day as a family. Monday we went mini golfing and did some other activities at Trafalga. And now I have uploaded all the pictures that I have on the computer finally. So some of them are random and don't really go with this post exactly, but oh well.
Erin and Nikki. Driving up to Seattle we stopped to get gas and saw this in the parking lot
Erin and I outside the Temple
Mom at the zoo
Erin and I packing up my room
Moving me in at my apartment
We finally finished unpacking
Me and Dad saying goodbye
Mom, Me, and Dad
Me and Erin
Dad and Mom at the Luau
Toni and Devin mini golfing
Dad getting ready to hit the ball
Erin and I
Diana showing us her sweet skills
Brandon got second place
Mom looking pro

Down Here In No Mans Land

I have now been down here at school for two weeks. I'm still not totally adjusted to living away from home but it is getting better. Classes are going good. I'm not making this semester hard on me, which is good because that means I won't get too stressed. My roommates are all very nice and we have been hanging out quite a bit and getting comfortable with each other. My first weekend I went home. It was nice because even though I was only away for a few days it made me feel comfortable and gave me some strength to be able to come back for two weeks before I go home again for Labor Day weekend.

This past weekend though we all stayed here and hung out as roommates. Which brings me to the title of this post. There is seriously almost nothing to do down here. There is only like one movie theater and I think it only has like two screens. And they aren't playing any movies that interest any of us. So, Friday night we walked to the Malt Shop for dinner and got a movie to watch from Redbox. One of my roommates had never made cookies from scratch, so using my amazing cookie cooking skills, I taught her how to make some. They were delicious! Saturday we all kind of slept in and did some homework. When Saturday night rolled around what else do you do down here besides go to a County Fair? So we drove to Manti and enjoyed all the lovely smelly farm animals there. We came home and watched another movie and made a cake in honor of Michael Jackson's birthday. Weird for me to celebrate that I know, but I got cake out of it. :)Last night we had an opening Ward Social and made some welcome signs.

Pictures are still coming, I need to get them from Erin and put mine still on the computer at home. Hopefully I will get some on here this weekend when I go home. Nothing else really exciting has happened down here in no mans land...

Time For School

Today was the day that I moved down to Ephraim to go to school at Snow College. We did most of the packing last night, took a boating trip this morning on perfect water, came home to finish packing, and then drove down to the college. Dad, Mom, Erin, and I arrived here and got all the loose ends tied up and then we moved me in. I am living in an apartment called Park Place (like a little town house) with 5 other girls who are all very nice. The four of us went out to dinner and they just left to drive home leaving me sad and already missing them. School starts tomorrow so we will see how that adventure goes. The pictures we took today are on Erin's camera so they will be posted later.