2012 a year of growth.

December 31, 2012

Today is New years Eve the last day of the year. As I sit here and contemplate all the adventures that I have been through in the last 12 months my heart is full remembering all the hardships and struggles, As well as all the happy and exciting blessings that I have received through out the year.  I would like to share a few of them with you as I take a walk back and remember the past year.

January

As I rang in the new year back in January 2012 I had made the decision this year was going to be full of love and excitement. As the year started out seemed to be alright and going well. A few weeks past and life was great. By the middle of January this thought changed to this year is going to suck really bad. As my mom was admitted to the hospital to have knee replacement surgery. While in surgery she went into cardiac arrest and had to be revived they believed to have been a minor stroke. She was then sent straight to intensive care where she was monitored for quite a few days when she went into cardiac arrest once more. At this time I thought it was getting close to having to say goodbye to my mom forever. She didn’t seem to be getting any better when the doctor told us she was in total kidney failure and we needed to decide what the next step was going to be. As Gabi and I thought about it we knew that we had to make her fight this and come back it was not her time to go. So we had them start dialysis.  I will not forget that first day of dialysis watch my mom go through that rigorous treatment was painful and I do not wish that on anyone. As the next week went of them treating her on dialysis twice a day for three to four hours at a time my mom made a come back and by the end of the month she was home and doing much better.

February

Feburary 1 2012 was another start of a very scary adventure especially for my sister Margaret as she went into the hospital emergency room very early in the morning that day with what she thought was pain from an infection turned out to be contractions and she welcomed her beautiful baby madison Louis Baldwin that morning. Who was assumed to be dead as the nurse was explaining what had happened to my sister, Margaret felt the greatest miracle of all her beautiful littler girl kick proving that she was a fighter.

This was a start of a very long adventure for Margaret, Tony, and baby Madison.

Madison is and will always be a Miracle baby she is a fighter as the month went on madison spent her time in the NICU in Ogden as Margaret switched to be mom of a very sick baby and Me being on the outside watching has been a growing experience for me and I will forever think of my sister as the strongest person I know her testimony of strength and trust has provided me with a testimony of my heavenly father and that he listens

The next few months were just chill and not much happened.

May

In May my mom decided that she was going to be baptized into the church this was an exciting event and has opened my mind to the truth that heavenly father answers prayers even if it takes a long time. As it was also a reminder that everything happens in his time not in my time.

June

In June I got to go to a nickleback concert which was amazing they are one of my favorite bands and my sister is awesome for getting tickets to go. We also went to this Mexican restaurant that has changed my view on Mexican food forever it was amazing.

July

In July I started a new job it was a huge blessing in my life I thought it was my dream job I loved working for Vivint solar. As I love drafting and all that is involved in that. This job also provided me with a more comfortable income and a little more freedom in what I wanted to do. I thought it was an answer to my prayers for job security and financial security.

September

The month I turned 23 nothing else exciting happened

Sense September my life has been pretty calm that was until December 9^th when I lost my job working at Vivint solar. I also realized that I was not accomplishing the Grades in school that are necessary in order to pass.

December has been full of trials and growing experiences. As I went to North Carolina to visit my older brother and his family I was able to clear my head and make some personal decisions as to where I want to go with my life.

Throughout this year i have had to watch many of my friends get married and leave the single world this has been one of my biggest struggles as i am ready to find that person i will share my life with. its been tough to watch people i have built friendships with get married because it seems once you are married your not allowed to have single friends anymore. i have so many friends who i thought to be good friends get married and i never hear from them again. 

I know that I am not perfect life is not perfect and I need to rely more on my heavenly father for guidance to that guidance only comes when we are in tune with the spirit. As I start out this new year I am making the commitment to be me and not care weather or not people judge me for that.

I know my testimony is there and will always help define who I am but im not going to let what others think my testimony should be define who I am my testimony is defined by the good and the bad decisions I have made and I am ok with that.

this past year has been a growing experience of me trying to find my place in this big old world. i dont think i have exactly accomplished that yet but i am choosing to be happy with the paths that i have found i belong.

I have had my ups and downs im sure most of you have watched me go through them this past year.
but as i get ready to say goodbye to 2012 and hello 2013 these memories needed to be shared. i am sure there were a lot more thing that happend throughout my year that i have forgotten or missed to mention.
i know this post is a little random and out of the ordinary. it is also a little random in the topics but its what my thoughts are today as i am getting ready to say goodbye to this year.

I guess i should update you all on whats new. i have been working at a gas station sense my last post. i love it they promoted me to assistant manager the beginning of august. last week was my birthday i am officially 22 its not much different as for what i can tell. i stay pretty busy working full time at the gas station, part time as a nanny and 3/4 time as a student at UVU. I am really enjoying school its so far great fun. lets see other news. i bought a new car the end of june its nice to be able to go 400 miles on a tank of gas instead of 250. other than that nothing else to exciting going on. just taking life one day at a time.

New Job!!!!

I am hoping by posting this blog that it will not jinx the fact that i got a new job. i am so excited to just have something to do for work.
For those of you that dont know yet i will be starting an new job working at the gas station called All About Food. its a cute little gas station that also has a car was and doggy wash.
part of the job i have to be trained and certified to use the propain filler which is kind of exciting im not going to lie.
its funny how things work out though let me tell you a little story of this job.

last wednesday june 18th
i walked into the gas station where i will be working to get an application. and see if the hiring manager was there. i got the application but the hiring manager was not there so i left.
the next day so last thursday june 16th
I woke up pretty early in the morning i had an interview in pleasant grove at a company called Teleproformance (probably spelled wrong) I went to this interview and was turned down because i am attending one class a week on thursdays at 7:30 pm. Also because i have the hopes of starting school in the fall and they dont work around school schedules. anyway so i left that interview and was pretty bummed out about it.
Not even 20 minutes after leaving that interview i get a call from a number i dont recognize so i answer it. its the gas station calling me to set up an interview. keep in mind that i had not turned in the application it was still sitting on my back seat of the car. they ask me to come in at 4 for the interview.
so i go in at 4 and the interview takes about an hour. which it was kind of an odd interview.
i come home not planning to hear back from them until monday because that was what they had told me.
not even an hour passed by and the manager calls me as asks me if i would like to take the job.
its amazing how things work out when you least expect them to.
I have my heavenly father to thank for it. I am so blessed to have a great sister that supported me through the last few months and great friends that i have made in the last few weeks.

ok so enough about me i just thought i would let you all know the great news

Utah update...

I figure its been almost a month its probably time to update this a little. So far living in utah is great. I am still on the hunt for a new job. I know one will come in time.
The best thing about moving back so far well other than living closer to family. is the ward that i moved into. its the Saratoga Springs YSA ward i was welcomed in with open arms and have made some pretty cool friends.
nothing else real exciting has happened sense i move back.



however i was pretty excited to get my bed finally, i also got some new bedding that i love.

hope you all enjoy this very short update i hope i have some more news soon.

MY journey from minnesota!!

Ok well I didnt get very many pictures it snowed and rained most of my trip but tuesday afternoon driving through the canyon in South Dakota and back roads of wyoming it was sunny and very pretty so i thought i would share a few of the picutres i took.
yes they are all real i know some of them after i edited them look really fake. The photos of the temple i took when i was in the cities a couple of weeks ago but never posted them.
hope you enjoy.

my first talk in church.

~Go Out And Play ~
author unknown:
God’s children went to Him one day
And asked Him, “can we go out and play?
Run in the park, and climb the trees?
Laughing as loud and as long as we please?

But our Heavenly Father shook His head,
And said, “My children, what has gotten into your head?
“If you get dirty and filthy with sin,
I’ll shut the door, you can’t come in.”

But Jesus Christ stepped forward to say,
“Father, let them go out to play.
“I will die for them so they can come in,
“I will suffer their every worry and sin.

“I am willing to go and am willing to teach,
“To serve and to help and to talk and to preach.
“I will not fail you, Father, I will do my part
“So You can welcome them home with all your heart.”
Our Heavenly Father, He said to us, “yes,
“While you go out and play, you will be blessed
“With the gospel to guide you and lead the way
“And help you get through every day.”

And this is the reason we’re here on this Earth,
To show Him our love and show our worth,
To be happy and loving and come back pure white
And be spotless and clean in our Father’s sight.

L. Tom Perry of the quorum of the twelve Apostles in October 2006 General Conference said
“We are not left alone to wander through mortality without knowing of the master plan which the Lord has designed for His children.”

He also states:
“Many people wonder, “Where did we come from? Why are we here? Where are we going?” Our Eternal Father did not send us to earth on an aimless, meaningless journey. He provided for us a plan to follow. He is the author of that plan. It is designed for man’s progress and ultimate salvation and exaltation.”

As you can see President Whiting ask me to speak on the plan of salvation when first given the topic I thought it would be easy and I would have no problems at all with it. Then I realized it was like writing a paper for school I had two weeks to write a talk to give in sacrament and having never given one I had no idea where to start on writing one. I didn’t feel the spirit guiding me just yet.

So I knelt a prayed for guidance on where to go with this talk. As most of you don’t know I am the type of person that doesn’t easily listen to that still small voice so heavenly father tends to have to speak to me in other ways.

For instance the Wednesday before general conference I lost my ring that I wear on my right hand I never take it off. The ring is a gift and a promise in one when it was given to me by My dad as a promise I made to him to keep myself pure until marriage I wear the ring as a reminder of that promise. This wouldn’t be the first time it was lost but for some reason it really bothered me that I could not find it. Well after searching for it for two days I finally decided that it was time to stop looking for it and hope that it would show up.
The weekend passed and no ring. So I just figured it was gone and I was ready to accept it. Well Monday came and I went on a trip to the cities for a couple of days. When I got back Wednesday evening my ring was sitting on the counter in the bathroom.
I was very relieved to have it back.

The reason I share this story with you is because the plan of salvation is kind of the same heavenly father set forth a plan for us.
As I stated in my story it was not the first time it had been lost. Most of us have had different opportunities in our life some we make the right choice and it leads us on the same path while others times we choose the wrong one and it leads us astray but every time we relies that we have gone in the wrong direction heavenly father is always sitting there when we turn around no matter how far we go and this is why

Before the creation He presented the plan to us, we all had the opportunity to say yes or no to it.

After presenting the plan and us accepting the plan he put his plan into action.

The first step being the creation, on the sixth day of creation he created man.
Genesis 1:26-27 says
“26¶And God said, Let us bmake cman in our dimage, after ourelikeness: and let them have fdominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27So God created man in his own aimage, in the image of God created he him; male and bfemale created he them.”

He then placed the Man (known as adam) and the woman (known as eve) into the Garden of Eden. Gave them very few instructions on what they where to do. The Biggest in my opinion was not to eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Well as stated In Gen 3:1-6

“1Now the aserpent was more bsubtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, cYea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
2And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
3But of the fruit of the atree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
4And the serpent said unto the woman, aYe shall not surely die:
5For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then youraeyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, bknowing good andcevil.
6And when the woman saw that the tree was good for afood, and that it was bpleasant to the eyes, and a tree cto be desired to make one wise, she took of the dfruit thereof, and did eeat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did feat.”

Once Adam and eve ate of the fruit.
But before that serpent could tempt eve Heavenly father had to give them the Gift of Free agency. So with that gift she was able to make the choice to do wrong.
After making the choice to sin adam and eve then could see the difference between good and bad so they then covered there bodies with cloths and Heavenly father cast them out of the garden.
We have to remember that this was all part of his plan and we cannot blame adam and eve. For sin on earth.

After they where cast out of eden we then needed a savior to come and be sacrificed for our sins. So quite a few years later Heavenly father sent his Son Jesus to the earth to live as the only man in human flesh with no sin. He then was cruisified and bleed for our sins.

The next part of the plan was to restore the gospel on the earth in its fullness, which in the early 1800 a young boy of the name Joseph Smith knelt and prayed seeking for guides of the true church. That was the start of the restoration. He then in the following years translated the book of morman, organized the church and sealed his testimony by being martered in Carthage, illanois on June 27, 1844

After The gospel was restored it is stated in scripture so we now know that to be saved we must first place our faith in heavenly father, Be Baptised, and Receive the Gift of the Holy Ghost.
In return of our salvation Heavenly Father asks us To always strive to be worthy of his celestial glory,
For the younger ones here this it means to obey your parents and strive to be temple worth, paying your tithing.
For those that are a little older it means to strive to be temple worth, receive the blessings of the temple, and always strive to be worthy to partake of the sacrament in doing so we renew the covenants made a baptism.


With that I want to leave you with my testimony that I know that the church is the true church I have been through a lot and everytime I seem to second guess it I am reassured it is the right church. I also know that the prophet is the true prophet of God, I bare you my testimony that if we strive to fulfill his plan that I have mentioned that we will return to see our heavenly father someday.
I found a poem that was written
FROM William Wines Phelps TO JOSEPH SMITH: THE PROPHET. Called
GO WITH ME.
Go with me, will you go to the saints that have died, —
To the next, better world, where the righteous reside;
Where the angels and spirits in harmony be
in the joys of a vast paradise? Go with me.

Go with me where the truth and the virtues prevail;
Where the union is one, and the years never fail;
Not a heart can conceive, nor a natural eye see
What the Lord has prepared for the just. Go with me.

Go with me where there is no destruction or war;
neither tyrants, or slanderers, or nations ajar;
where the system is perfect, and happiness free,
and the life is eternal with God. Go with me.

Go with me, will you go to the mansions above,
Where the bliss, and the knowledge, the light, and the love,
And the glory of God do eternally be?—
Death, the wages of sin, is not there. Go with me.
Nauvoo, January, 1843.

I leave this to you in the name of Jesus Christ amen.

Remembering the little things.

Four years ago in june my dad wrote me a letter that was given to me at laura light camp. last week i lost my covenant ring and in searching for it i came across this letter i thought i had gotten rid of it.
i would like to share this letter with you all its defiantly from my dad. the person that ask him to right this letter the point was to show our strong points and remind us that we are important.
he starts off the letter with

Hello Sarah-

well you are a challenging person, and thats for sure. You always have a strong opinion on most all things!

you are a good worker and have a lot of self drive. It has always been difficult to get you to change your mind. once you have decided on a course of action all I have been able to do is make suggestions! A very strong willed person you are sarah!

you like pink, and color by numbers art work. oh yes! Big fuzzy house shoes are something you like.

Hillary Duff movies are all around the house (your favorite)!

i would say that you are a very nice young lady who enjoys life and can be a lot of fun to be around, but you need friends who will stand up to you and let you know what they need and expect from you!

and some day when you find that right man in your life?... He needs to be a strong and understanding man, who will listen to your needs and allow you the space you need, to be part of his. Thats in the Bible!
when other girls are painting there bedrooms pink and pastel with little red hearts all over, you paint yours orange with yellow flowers and green trim.
Go get them sarah!

your DAd

he put his little smiley face at the end.

it always amazed me that even though my dad had 10 kids he knew how to make each and everyone of us special to him and all of us to have our own time together.

I miss you everyday Dad.
i cant believe its only been a year sometimes its seems like forever sense you have been gone.
love you

Rant!!

sorry guys but i need to vent for a little bit. This past year has been a crazy adventure for me. sense january 2010 i have gone from dating to engaged to calling off the engagement. i went from two parents to one parent living. i have moved from minnesota to utah back to minnesota and i am planing on moving back to utah once more.
today i had a mental break down thinking about all those things and i reliesed sometimes i wish i could control my life and everything that happens to that it would all be happy and have no sad sides. but then i also thought without the sad and the lonely how can you have they happy.
the past few months have had there ups and downs this last month mostly being downs but it has had great benefits to it as well. I have found who is really supportive of me and who isn't have have found out who i really have to lean on to get the right answers.
as for now im spending a lot of time preparing and planing my trip back to utah. however i cant control the weather that week, i cant control wether my car will make it or not but if i pray and believe i can make it i know in my heart that heavenly father would never put me in a place that i cant get out of.

I know this post is really random but i have had a lot of things running through my head today and i cant handle it so i decided i needed to get a few out.

My Thoughts on Life in the moment...

Sense visiting home in January I have noticed a few things that I didn't like about being in Minnesota. The biggest one is not having friends that are closer to my age. I have also more recently struggled with home sickness yet again I don’t know if growing up if you ever completely get away from being homesick.
as most of you know not very long after coming back in January i decided that i was going to stick it out until after tax season and then i was going to move on and find a new nanny job. Well starting the end of February i started looking and applying for jobs.
i guess i should have talked to Michele about this because she found out through a friend that I was planning on leaving which is not the way I wanted her to find out. Then the fun began it started out with my Michele just being a little angry and not really talking to me, then it came to a point where i have two families interested and want to meet me in person so i went and talked to Michele about it she said that they could work something out and would try and be supportive of me. so I told the families just that, One of the families gave me exact dates to come and see them so I went back to Michele with those dates and she said ok we will work something out. Twenty minutes later she texted me telling me that she didn't want me going.
After that I emailed her an email and I thought I was pretty nice for how angry I was with her saying that I was going to take the interview and that I was only asking for a few days its not like the end of the world. She didn't like being put back in her place I guess because her and Brian came and talked to me about it. She told me I was very childish with how I approached and handled the situation and that I need to grow up.
Then she went off on a rampage about how angry she was with me and stated that she would just fire me but she is so busy at work that she couldn't handle not having a nanny. She also said that she had plenty of girls waiting to replace me. Then she went off to say how I needed to apologies for what I did. I don’t feel sorry for the way I acted I thought I handled it and treated her just as equal as she treated me.
I was not going to let her treat me like her two-year-old daughter. I’m sorry I’m an adult I will apologize if I feel the need to.

Any way after that little endeavor I started praying about the situation and trying to figure out what I’m supposed to be learning out of this whole thing.

The answer I feel I finally received was this, If you don’t lean on heavenly father to make your decisions you tend to make situations harder for yourself.

For instance I never prayed about the job that I ask time off for I just felt like it was a good opportunity. Which is why after putting myself through this whole situation and getting my employers mad at me, loosing my one and only nanny reference.
Nothing worked out until I prayed about it.

I honestly can say that after praying and feeling the pull towards home I really need to be there. Something about being closer to friends and family is very important.
So after this huge long rant I guess what im asking for is prayers from all of you to please pray that I will find a job, that I am doing the right thing for everyone.

as of right now im resigning as a nanny for now. moving back to utah hoping to find a job, get into school and learn that im happy there and not farther away. it ver important that i feel like i need to get away you all remind me of this because i know now that the best place for me is closer to home.

The Frozen Tundra

so i have promised a few of you that i would get on here and post some pictures of the lake and ice fishing. well i have not been ice fishing but a few weeks ago we went to the lake i will share some pictures with you of that.
and For those of you that have seen the movie Grumpy Old Men its totally like that out on the lake as you can see. the pictures here is one of many collections of fish houses some permanent some mobile
hope you enjoyed

Christmas

As most of you know i work as a nanny in minnesota while going to school to become a photographer. well the family i work for goes to florida for Christmas. So as we where opening gifts this morning i thought to myself. what does the word christmas mean to me? after that a few more questions came to mind like what is my favorite christmas pastime? what is my favorite christmas book? whats my favorite christmas gift i ever received or gave? what is my favorite christmas memory? and you know i probably could answer all of these with a simple i dont know but if i really think about it i can answer all of these questions.

1. favorite christmas pastime.

I think my favorite Christmas pastime well was in the past the advent calander and wreath. for those that dont know what that is. its a wreath that has 4 candles each meaning a different thing about christ. and for me i never really understood all of the meanings but it was always family time when i was a kid. each night for the four weeks before christmas we would get together and have a story and christmas carols. i have lots of memorys from this but the one that always comes back is What child is this. my older brother would always pick this hymn because in the second verse you get to say a swear word and mom wouldnt get mad.

2. my favorite christmas book. This one is kind of hard because there are so many that i like. but i think the one that i remember the most is papa panoff.(im not sure if that is spelled correctly) it was my dads favorite and every year on christmas eve he read it to us as kids.

3. favorite gift received and given.
I think that my favorite gift received this year would be my winter cloths i couldnt afford them but michele and brian bought them for me which is a huge blessing. i think my favorite gift i have ever got was my Oboe. My mom and dad shopped for a long time to find the perfect one for me even though at the time they couldnt really afford it they knew that it was what i wanted and they wanted the best one for me.

my favorite gift i have ever given someone this one is tough because i give so many gifts i cant really remember them all. but i think that the best christmas gift that i have given is My love and i know thats not really anything special to everyone and it sounds conseded but really i belive that the best gifts come from the heart and what better to give anyone but the love of my heart.

4. Favorite Christmas memory wow i have 21 years of christmas's to go through i dont think i can pick just one but here are a few.

I remember as a kid my parents had to put up a baby gate to keep us out of the tree. although decorating the tree was always a fun time and very precious to me.

i also remember as a kid decorating Gingerbread houses that was always a good time.The competition when there is 10 kids between who's is better is always fun.

every year for christmas as far back as i can remember my oldest sister Gabi bought my dad gouda cheese, beef stick (summer sausage), and wheat thins. it was one of my favorites to share that with him. he always made jokes about that.

When we where kids we would make gifts for out god parents every year it was great fun to deliver those.

then there is the anticipation on christmas eve of santa coming i always got so excited i threw up at least once.

then you know when your a kid you get so excited that you wake up at the crack of dawn well my mom always told us we couldnt come up until she said it was ok. so my dad would come downstairs and read us stories.

yeah i think that about sums up all my memorys.

What christmas means to me.

Christmas is one of my favorite times of year normally this year has been a bit different but christmas really means to me. its a time for showing love, kindness, charity, and lots and lots of family time.

well i hope you like this post. I hope it helps you think of what christmas means to you.

The year 2010 in one post.

OK so i have been reading other peoples blogs and they are all posting things that they have learned or experienced this year and i thought i would give you my year in a nut shell. 2010 started off pretty rocky for me I started the year in Florida with Brian and Michele where i then told them on January 1st of all days that i was going to no longer work for them and that i needed to go home. at this time i was leaving them to be with a man named Joshua pierce. i flew home on January 11Th 2010 and lived with my sister had no job because i was going to marry this man who told me he was rich. well then February came after getting engaged on February 13th,

life seemed to be great and nothing wrong i had just got my job back at shopko and i was living the high life.

then the end of march came my dad got really sick he ended up in the hospital and six days later on April 7th 2010 my dad passed away. he was my hero and i never thought i would have to live without him to call and answer my stupid questions about my car, or about my history assignments.

on April 11th 2010 i called off my engagement and broke up with the man who i thought was the one. sense then most of you know that he defiantly was not!

after that i thought my world was over i had no reason to be around i couldn't focus on school or work or anything.

i thought things couldn't possibly get any worse.

well things started to get better in may and June. but then June 21st came and my Nana passed away. which was very heart breaking she was a great Nana.

after attending the second funeral for the year i decided it was time for me to start looking for jobs outside of Brigham city i could just no longer see where my life was going to get any better.

July passed, then august and i had still not found anything or heard back from anyone.

i then decided that maybe i was supposed to stay in Utah and stick it out. so i started getting more comfortable with everything. for labor day weekend my mom wanted to go see my grandma so we drove up to Boise Idaho. which is not my favorite place because on the way there i got my first speeding ticket. while i was there the last person in the world i ever thought i would hear from again emails me. it was Michele and Brian they wanted me to come back and work for them.

on September 15, 2010 i flew back out to Minnesota. my life has gotten better sense then i feel like i have purpose again.

October was warm and we didn't see any snow, November came we still hadn't seen any snow and then Thanksgiving came Michele had just reached the 18 week mark in her pregnancy and we thought she would carry the baby to full term. we drove to Nebraska on November 21st she ended up delivering the baby at 18 1/2 weeks pregnant. They had a little boy named him Jakob. so after attending 3 funerals, loosing one fiance, a speeding ticket and moving three times. i am very glad this year is winding down to the end. I am hoping for a great and happy year in 2011.

but through all this i have learned to be humble and loving, that life can go on after loosing a loved one even though you think about them everyday. i have also learned that leaning on my family for everything is not really necessary but its nice to know they are there when you really need them. i have learned who my friends are and who aren't. My testimony of the gosspil has only gotten stronger and my love for my heavenly father has grown even more.

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas!! and a Happy New Year!

Skating

so for the last two months we have been taking ky skating she started out not even being able to balance on the ice but now i can hardly keep up with her she is so cute while she is out there.

just an update.

i have been so busy with taking pictures for school that i have not had time to update you guys on here.

This picture to the left is a old shed it looked really cool like something out of a story book.

its located in williams minnesota.

This is an old fashioned bell that is really cool looking.

This is a bench that faces the lake i just thought it look so lonely sitting there all by its self.

November in minnesota

I thought I would post some photos i took for my photography class. I really love how most of them turned out. The area i live in has some really fun places to photograph.



This is a grain barn its less than a mile from my house in minnesota.












this is the bathroom at the park i just thought it made for a cool picture.

















This is lake of the woods From warroad, Minnesota. very beautiful.

the new look to the house.

so Brian has been working all summer to side and stain the whole house he has also put up a new deck. and all new windows it looks really nice. he just barley finished it i was hoping i would have had a before picture from last time i was here but i didnt.

the picture with kyleigh sitting Brian's lap is on the tractor this had a lift on it that the guy helping Brian was up on painting the top widow you see in the left.
and the bottom picture is of the shed next to the house i just thought it was cool looking.

minnesota adventures.

well the last few days have been great fun. on Saturday we started the great adventure of potty training. that day was not so fun a long day of fighting about using the potty. then Sunday comes still resisting and not really getting it but less accidents. mom leaves for work on Monday and its a whole different story only one accident all day and because we did so good we took an adventure outside. along with that adventure i thought it would be fun to take some pictures so here you go.
while we where out on our walk and taking pictures we stopped at this puddle of water its probably about a foot deep this is rain water from last week that hasn't dried up yet.



while we where at this puddle kyleigh found it great fun to throw rocks in it this is after about half a dozen rocks she finally made it in the water.


while we where on our way back she found this flower and so i told her to show it to me in the camera i thought i was a pretty cool shot.
when we got back from our walk we played on the play set in the yard. i took more pictures.
here is Kyleigh on the play set while i was feeding the dog.this is what she does every time you tell her to say cheese.
one thing that is nice about living in the middle of nowhere is she can run down the street and you dont worry about cars at all.ok so this picture was while we where throwing rocks in the rain water.

i hope you all enjoyed my little photo shoot.

birthdays

well yesterday was my birthday. nothing really exciting i guess. i think as you get older the less important birthdays are for instance last year i was mad that i had to work all day and not get to do anything for my birthday. so this year same thing but i was not mad at all. i got one phone call and a bunch of birthday wishes and that was it. thanks everyone.
i am now the BIG 21and there is nothing really exciting about it so far.

THE NANNY MOBILE!!

well just to inform you all about my exciting adventure in minnesota so far. yesterday i went out and bought a newish car. i mean its 19 years old you cant really call it new. i have taken a few pictures of it some not so great but i hope you enjoy.

this is the outside.


here is the inside as you can see Kyliegh has marked her territory already.



ok i forgot to tell you this car is so old it has a tape player.
the next few are me trying to be artistic and they turn out ok.

About me

~Basic Info~
Name::	Sarah Kathleen
Age::	20
Height::	5' 8"
Hair Color::	Dark Blond
Eye Color::	Hazel
Religion::	LDS (morman)
Ethnicity::	american
Orientation::	Straight
Status::	Single
~Favorites~
Color?:	Hot Pink
Hair Style?:	Awesome
Food?:	Italian
Soda?:	Dr. pepper, or Mountain Dew
Alchoholic Beverage?:	Don't drink
Store?:	Shopko of course
Mall?:	Any as long as they have maurices and vanity
State?:	Florida or Illinois
City?:	Brigham city
Animal?:	Dog
Movie?:	Hairspray
TV Show?:	The Secret life
Book?:	The covenant Child
Music?:	Pop
Song?:	California gurls
Band/Artist?:	katy perry
Website?:	facebook.com
~This or That~
Soda or Juice?:	soda
Music or Internet?:	Internet. just because my school is on there
Rock or Rap?:	Rock – rap
Dogs or Cats?:	dog
White or Black?:	white
Myspace or Bebo?:	facebook
Cell Phone or I-pod?:	both
Curly Hair or Straight Hair?:	Straight hair
Lap-Top or Computer?:	lap top
Corded Phone or Cordless?:	Cordless
Mountain Dew or Pepsi?:	Mountain Dew
Pen or Pencil?:	Pencil
MP3 Player or I-pod?:	iPod
Single or Taken?:	Single
School or Work?:	both
~Random~
What do you do on your spare time?:	school
What do you wish you had more time for?:	everything
Whats your usual clothing style?:	casual
Whats your usual hair style?:	straight
What are you wearing?:	shorts and a t-shirt
Who would you die for?:	friends, family, anyone i love
Whos your best friend?:	my sister
How long have you been friends?:	sense i was born
How did you and your best friend meet?:	im guessing when i was born in the hospital
Do you have any pets?:	no but my family has 3 dogs and 3 cats and a one legged bird names chester
Do you plan on getting married?:	someday
Do you plan on having kids?:	hopefully
If so, how many?:	2 or 3
How old did you wish you were?:	i like the age i am i dont wish to be any younger
If you were to be anywhere right now, where would you be?:	the bahamas enjoying the sunshine
Why?:	because i love it there
Ever gone Camping?:	Yea who hasnt
Have you ever caught a fish and ate it?:	yes then i cooked it and ate it
Have you ever gone water skiing?:	yes
Have you ever gone water tubing?:	yes
Have you ever gone skiing on a mountain?:	No
Have you ever gone tubing on a mountain?:	yes
Have you ever gone Snowboarding?:	no
Ever gone to church?:	every sunday
Ever gone to a famous water park?:	Atlantis resort in the bahamas, or The worlds largest indoor water park
Ever gone out of State?:	yeah lots of times
Ever gone out of the country?:	yup
When was the last time you left town?:	yesterday
Anything you got planned for this weekend?:	nope just working and homework
Is this survey curing your bordom?:	nope not really
Do you resemble anyone famous?:	no
Are you related to anyone famous?:	not that i know of
Do you think your hott?:	of course i am just look at me
Do other people think your hott?:	why dont you take a survey on it and let me know
Do you think your skinny?:	i am neither skinny nor fat i like me for who i am
What year were you born in?:	1989
Ever been on a blind date?:	yes
What do you enjoy doing when your bored?:	watching a movie, or reading
What do you do in the summer time?:	swimming, camping, 4 wheeling, boating.
Are you naturally tanned?:	No
Or are you kinda pale?:	Yeah..
Do you live in a house?:	Yeah