Saturday, May 12, 2012

Brian Regan and The River

So we went to see Brian Regan in Sioux Falls a couple weeks ago as a celebration for finals it was a lot of fun! we went to a brazilian grill right before called the Carnival (which is similar to tucanos and rodizio grill for people from utah) which was really good! gotta love the grilled pineapple :)


he was hilarious! we were laughing our butts off it was so much fun :) so much funnier in person thats for sure. just from when he walked on the stage we were laughing.
And this weekend we went to the Missouri river to a spot which has a really good beach so we could tan and play volleyball. it was a lot of fun!

Other than that we are super excited that it is finally summer! zack just got a job waiting at a country club in dakota dunes which is really nice! i'm still waiting back to hear from a few job options so we are crossing our fingers about them :)

Monday, April 16, 2012

Kansas City youth trip

So saturday we took the youth down to Kansas City Missouri and went to the temple open house. we left at 2:30 am drove 6 hours to the open house,
This is me and the other two leaders from my branch (left) Renee Griffin and (Middle) Brooke Neilson (who her and her husband (who played on the football team with Zack) are going on a cruise with us in January and we are sooo excited!!)
The Temple was gorgeous that had a theme of olive tree throughout which was just breathtaking! i loved it and i really think the youth enjoyed going through and seeing what they will hopefully have the chance to go through and to be sealed to their future spouses.
Then we went to liberty Jail which was the spot that it took place but they rebuilt a lot of what it looked like while joseph smith and the other prisoners where incarcerated in.







it was really spiritual and cool to see what they had to go through while in that prison. I really think the youth enjoyed learning more about the history of our gospel.
After that we went to Independence Missouri where we went through the open house they have there, as well as going to the corner stones that are laid on the temple site of the Independence Missouri temple which will be built someday in the future which is a major turning point in our church.
When this temple is built it is a sign of the second coming of our lord and savior Jesus Christ and is a day that all saints should be preparing for continually.
After that we were on our way home. this was sortof a scary ride for me because there were some tornado warnings up the road ahead of us. we took our time and stopped off to eat where we waited even longer for the winds to die down a little bit. we were truely blessed because just 7 miles up the road there was some sort of a tornado, there were 6 semi's thrown off the road, a tree completely demolished, and a farming equipment broken and thrown all around a field. we really had the spirit guiding us throughout this trip because if we were to of left probably 30 minutes earlier we could have been affected by it.
This whole trip was a humbling experience and one that I am sure to never forget. I was grateful for the opportunity to be able to go, and I love being a leader for these awesome youth. they are truly inspiring and bless my life daily.
Other news with Zack and I, we had our first easter here without family which was a lot of fun! we went over to our friends the Scmidts house and ate with them and the Tripps and their families which was so enjoyable. the next day we did not have classes because of easter so we went with the Shcmidts and the Christiansons (his dad is the Mormon tablernacle choir's organist. ya i've met him. i'm cool) and their families to the zoo down in Omaha which was one of the coolest zoo's i've ever seen. definitly worth the trip.
Other than that we are just excited for finals to be over with and for summer to finally arrive. This semester has been pretty hard on both of us and we are really ready for a break.

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Been too long

So yes I know it has been forever since I updated this....
It is currently spring break for us and we are enjoying it immensely! today was awesome! the weather was almost 80 degrees! so zack and I went out on our new scooter (yes we bought a scooter a few weeks ago and we finally pulled it out and went for a scoot ride). we rode around verm town and went down the hill to the park by vermillion river. it was really nice! if only the trees looked alive and had a little bit of green instead of the yucky brown every where it would be even better but it was still really nice.
 

so that was today. Since the last time I posted we had the end of the semester, where zack ended his first year of football here at USD, wish he would of played a little more but what can you do. there is a new head coach this coming year so hopefully he will get more playing time this next season. we also had Christmas. we went back to Utah for it. it was really nice to be able to spend our first christmas with our families. but before we left we had our own little christmas tree and all. we decorated it all with homemade ornaments. i attempted to do the 12 days of chirstmas for zack (but failed and it ended up being 8 days of christmas then quitting once we got to Utah haha) but here is the tree.

it was about the height of my waist so not very tall but perfect for us for now :).
we also started a new semester and are both taking a lot of classes and have been very busy this semester. I was accepted to be apart of the Ambassador program here so this semester I have also been giving tours and all on campus which I am really enjoying. so between that, work, zacks football and our classes we've been really busy and have really enjoyed this spring break so far.
We also had a superbowl party over here with a bunch of our friends out here from the branch who are awesome! it was a lot of fun and Brooke Neilson made a cake that was suppose to be for the REAL teams that should of been playing


Later this week we are going to the temple on Friday and hopefully will be taking pictures so I can put more pictures up later this week.