Summer Concerts

Kelly Clarkson came to Utah Valley University in June. I had seen Kelly earlier this year when she toured with Reba. She was wonderful and thought it would be fun to see her again. She's amazing live and we were not disappointed. Here's a few pictures:

Obviously, we didn't have the best seats, but with the screen, it all worked out. :)

We got rained on a bit, but it was totally worth it. We even got to see a double rainbow. You'll notice that Kelly is at the end of those rainbows.

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George Strait came to Salt Lake last weekend. He hasn't been to Utah for over 10 years, so me and a bunch of friends went to see the show. Because it's a country concert, AND because it's George Strait, we made sure we had our hats and jeans for the show. So who cares if it's 100 degrees?? If you are a country fan, you grin and bare it. : )

George was amazing!! Good times were had by all!

Moved to Bountiful

So...I finally moved to Bountiful. It's been in the works for quite some time. I graduated in December and have been working in Salt Lake for the past 6 months. The commute from Orem to downtown Salt Lake was a killer. Fortunately I was able to take the bus a lot of the time.

A friend of mine that works at the Church Office Building bought a condo in Bountiful. Cutest place ever, but 4 days after she bought it, we had a flood. Well...when they were cleaning up after the flood, they found mold, from a flood, 4 years earlier. Not something you want to hear 4 days after buying a place. Luckily the HOA (Home Owners Association) took care of most of the expenses. The mold wasn't deadly so they ripped the bad parts out and made the needed repairs. One month later, I finally got to move in.

My commute takes me like 20 minutes on a busy day. Compare that to the 50 minutes to an hour and 30 minutes it took from Orem. It was about time. I was suffering from severe road rage.

Let us be Creative...

Here's a little clip I found this morning. It's a little snippet of Elder Uchtdorf's talk last October. Enjoy!

Love Story meets Viva la Vita

Friend at work showed me this and is now one of my new favorites! This is Jon Schmidt and his arrangement of Taylor Swift's Love Story and Coldplay's Viva La Vita. Enjoy!!

May

So.
..I've fallen behind on my blog yet again. Things have been busy and ever-changing so here's an update:

-Walked at Graduation for my Bachelor's Degree. (President Monson spoke, otherwise I don't think I would have gone.)
-Received a cool Summa Cum Laude medal for a 4.0 GPA.
-Quit my job at SkyVantage for peace of mind.
-Currently looking for a second job.
-Planning on moving to Bountiful, Utah mid June since I no longer need to live in Happy Valley and the 45 mile one-way commute to Salt Lake is getting old.

Work at Church Headquarters is going well. It will be so nice to only have a 10-15 commute in the mornings.

Summer is well on it's way here and I love it! I missed summer last year being in Africa and it was their winter. So believe me...I'm excited for a nice, warm summer.

I don't really have any definite trips planned and I feel a little left out. I usually always seem to have something to look forward to, but so far...nothing just yet. Though I do know a few people in Alaska I'd like to visit.... :)

Stuck in The Elevator...

Today has been one of those days... Seriously.

While running around doing errands at the Church Office Building, I was in one of the elevators going between the 21st and 27th floor and it started to act funny. Meaning...it wouldn't open the doors when I got to my floor. So I pushed the button for another floor, and it did the same thing. It would go the floor, but not open the door. I figured I'd take it down to the very bottom and see if I could figure something out there. Well...so at about the 18th floor it stopped suddenly and jolted a bit. I get this female recording telling me not to be alarmed. That didn't help. If anything...it made me more worried. It finally starts up again and I get to the bottom floor and pry the stupid doors open. It was a relief to get out of the dang thing. Glad I wasn't stuck for good. I've always wondered what that would be like....

I woke up to over 6 inches of snow. Luckily I took the bus today and got to sleep through all the nasty traffic. However, when I woke up when we got to Salt Lake it took me back because Salt Lake didn't get ANY snow. Ok...maybe a slight dusting on the benches, but nothing on the streets. Weird feeling to fall asleep with tons of snow and wake up and have it be a completely different world.

View from my Apartment

This would be what it looks like in Salt Lake in front of the Church Office Building. Green Grass, blooming flowers, etc... You'll notice the sidewalk isn't even wet... So strange...

Pictures from Belize

I got to go to Belize for a business trip. This was my first Official business trip. I was pretty excited about it.

These first couple of pictures are of some of the Mayan ruins found at a place called Altuna Ha about an hours drive from Belize City. These were amazing and the pictures just don't do them justice. Wikipedia does a pretty good job giving more detail found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altun_Ha

Instead of going with a tour guide, a few of the people that work for Maya Island Air said they would take us. Left to Right: Me, Ronica, Ronice, and Victor. Fun group for sure!On our way to the ruins we saw a man walking down the street with a huge boa constrictor around his neck. We stopped the truck and talked to him for awhile. He's American, but killed a guy and has been in Belize ever since. He catches snakes and knows quite a bit about them. He's a bit crazy, but a lot of fun to talk to. I was brave enough to hold the butt end of the snake. I was fine until he stuck the head end close to my face. The picture doesn't show it, but I was freaking out. You'll also notice he has 2 boas around his neck.

On Saturday we went to a place called Jaguar Paw and went ziplining through the jungle tree tops and also cave tubing. Here is us geared up ready to go.
Left to Right: David (coworker and cousin), Me, Cory (my boss)

I forgot my underwater camera, so I only have pictures of the caves at the end of the trip. We had headlamps and could see the stalactites and stalagmites in the caves. We even got lucky and saw a few bats. It was a beautiful warm day and the water was cool and refreshing. Tons of fun!

We had a bit of a hike through the jungle. We saw kahune nuts and termites. We taste tested both.

David and I got to fly around to some of the different Maya Island stations. I got to go to San Pedro in a little islander airplane. It seats 6. I got to sit right behind the pilot. Good motivation to get my pilot's license! :)

The white tips of waves are caused by the water hitting the reef that runs parallel to Belize. Not quitie as impressive as the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, but a lot of scuba divers say it's close.

San Pedro is tiny. Mainly a tourist trap with beautiful beaches, gift shops, and dive boats. The roads are narrow and you'll see most people driving around on golf carts or bicycles.

Views of the beach.

San Pedro work traffic.