175th General Conference Oct 2008

I have never had the opportunity to attend General Conference until last week. It was so so amazing. First may I say the Conference Center is unbelievable in it so big and so beautiful if any of you have never been there i seriously recommend it. Being in that giant room with so many wonderful people and examples that share the knowledge and beliefs as me was so powerful and comforting. I was sitting on the 15Th row in the center just taking it all in. To hear our Prophet and leaders speaking to the nation and to be sitting right in front of them to hear it all just made me feel so grateful. I am so blessed to have a mother who through trials and hard times had faith enough to stay close to her heavenly father and to raise her children to know what she knows. I am so blessed to have the family and friends that I have to bring me up and be great examples to me. Most of all I am so blessed to know that I am one of God's children and to know that he loves me. He gives me Prophets, Leaders, Teachers, Family and Friends to help me know what is right and what will make me happy. He helps me through good time and bad. He is always with me. I am grateful to be able to know that I am always loved. I have been blessed to be a member of this Church and I know that by living the teaching of the Gospel I will have happiness and will be able to return to my Father in Heaven someday.

Top of Utah Marathon

Last Saturday September 20Th my boyfriend Matt ran a marathon in Logan UT. The weekend was quite the adventure. He was really excited about this marathon so I wanted to do something special for him. So earlier in the week I decided to make Shirts for all of us to wear to support him. The plan was to make 14 shirts for his friends and family to wear. I got some ideas for his friend Tyler and I was really excited to make the shirts. I thought it would not take to long to do these shirts so I didn't start making them till Thursday (the night we were supposed to leave). It turned out to be quite the process so me and Matt's sister Stefanie spent the whole evening and most of the night making the shirts, but it was worth it because they turned out really cute.

So Friday after work I drove to Logan to mean Matt and his family for dinner. Then all of our friends followed behind. Sadly there were no hotels available in Logan over the weekend so me and all of mine and Matt's friends got to camp. My great mom ordered us a tent online and it came right in time. The tent was huge and fit all 7 of us very comfortably.

Finally it was Saturday morning. Time for the marathon. It actually started at 7am but there were no spectators aloud till mile 14. So the first time we saw matt was at mile 14. He was flying and smiled and was talking to us like he wasn't even tired. At mile 13.1 his time was

1:26: 03 Here is a picture of the first time we saw him.

The next time we saw him was mile 21 it was raining pretty hard while we were waiting so we had to take shelter under trees and tarps. Also while we were waiting for him to come a reporter for the Logan Herold was interviewing our friend about our Team Matt shirts. At mile 20 his time was 2:13:22.

After mile 21 we went to the finish line. Once the clock hit 3 hours we started to get alittle nervous. We really wanted his time to be under 3:10 because that is what you have to get to qualify for the Boston Marathon. But then we finally saw him round the corner. We were so so excited and I am sure he was also pretty excited to see the finish line. He finished the Marathon in 3:05:21. He did so so good!

He is now going to run the Boston Marathon next April.

AST Dew Tour

On Saturday September 13th I went to the AST Dew tour with my Sisters, brother and friends. For those of you who don't know what this is you should for sure check it out. Usually I am not into these types of things, but we had so much fun. AST stand for Action Sports Tour. So basicly its like the x games. They have Motor X, BMX, and Skateboarding. It was all way intence and very exciting. It was fun to take my brother Camden cuz he is all into boarding stuff so I am really glad he got to come.

Since last time...

Sorry I know it has been a while since the last time I updated. I have been really busy the last few weeks with work, moving, and having fun with my friends. So here are some things I have been doing.

On Aug. 21st I got tickets from my work for an outdoor theater at Sundance Resort "A Midsummer Nights Dream". We all had a little bit of a hard time understanding what they were talking about, but we cought on and had alot of fun.

On August 22nd we had to move out of our apartment at Raintree and we couldn't move into our new apartment at Branbury until the 25th so I got us a suit at the downtown Marriott were I used to work. People thought we were pretty weird wheeling big carts of stuff into the hotel. We had good movers thought here are some pictures of our hotel room with all of our stuff in it and of Matt and Ben helping us move our stuff.

On the 25th we moved out of the hotel and into our new apartment. Everything is finally coming together. So here are a few pictures of the new place. I live with my sister Brandy, her friend from school Jessica and my roomate from my freshman and sophmore year Michelle.

Here is our living room

Our Kitchen

My Bedroom

And my bathroom

So there is our apartment.

That is alot of what I have been up to latly and now I have to go but I will give you alittle more info later.

Jet Setters to LA!

On Friday Brandy came to pick me up from work. We went to my dad's house for dinner and then headed for the airport. Our friends Matt and Jordan went home to Fresno CA a couple days earlier and They were going to be in LA on Friday so we decided to go meet them there for desert. So we got on our plane here in Utah at 8:30 and landed in LA at 9:30 California time. Our friends picked us up at the airport and he headed straight for Claim Jumper.

After we got our delisious desert and a couple hand fulls of root beer barrels we set off for the beach. We went to Radondo Beach it was beautiful and fun. The beach always is!

It was getting late so we decided to go to the hotel. We stayed a a nice Marriott Renessance. They sold out of our room type so they upgraded us to a Suite. That was nice because I was not sure how all six of us were going to fit in the regular room anyway.

We slept for a couple hours and then me and Brandy got up bright and early to catch a plane home for work and school. So we were in LA for a total of 8 1/2 hours but it was worth every minute! We had so much fun!

Caleb and Becca Hicks!

I promise I will blog more with picutres later cuz that is the fun part but I dont have any of the picutes right now but last week on the 9th of August Caleb and Becca got married. I am so so happy for them and I know they will have a wonderful life together. I am so glad that I am so close to them and I am sad they are moving to Ogden so I can't see them much anymore, but I know when I do that we will have a blast!


I didn't know it was going to be so hard for me to see my Cousin Caleb get married I guess I just always thought I would be first haha. He has always been one of my best friends. He has always been there for me no matter what I was going through. I know that he is still is, but I guess it was just a little hard for me because he now has a new best friend, he is not my Caleb anymore. I knew this day would come and I know that one day I will find a best friend I get to spend my life with too, but I just wanted him to know how greatful I am for him and how much I love him. I think that Becca is so great and wonderful and I couldn't ask for a better person for Caleb to be with, so Becca I guess I can share him with you haha. Be good to each other. Well haha I guess this blog has turned into a letter to Caleb and becca. Sorry everyone but I had to get this off my chest and I will post all the cute pictures of the BBQ, Temple, and Reception when Rachel sends them to me.

Promotion!

So I am sure most of you know, but about a month ago I was offered a new position at my job. I was working front desk, but looking for something more. My manager called me in to his office. He offered me a newer better job. When he told me what the job was I was kind of in shock. You see I have been working front desk and answering phones for 3 different Marriott hotels for the past two years so when my Manager told me they wanted me to be the Housekeeping supervisor I was Little surprised. I new it would be a great step in my career and it would teach me alot more about hotels, so I took the job. I had to wait to start until they found someone to fill my spot at the front desk so I officially started 2 weeks ago. I do like the job and I am learning so much. I get to work at 8:30am I separate the dirty rooms into lists for the housekeepers. The housekeeper all arive at 9am and we have a morning meeting, then they leave to go start their rooms. While they start I go and walk the hotel for anything that need to be done or cleaned I make list (yep just like the ranch list haha). After that I check all the Vacant Ready rooms from the previous day to make sure that they are really Vacant and ready to sell. Then at about 10 I will go around and check on the housekeepers to see how many rooms they have finished and make sure they don't need anything. After they have finished some rooms I start checking the rooms. I have a inspection sheet that I fill out for each housekeeper. I have to check every room they clean to make sure everything is up to Marriott standard. Also I am responsible for all the storage closets in the hotel and making sure they are kept clean, I do all the inventory, I make the schedule for the housekeeper and much more. It is hard work but I know it is worth it. It March the Company that owns my hotel is Building a Marriott Residence Inn in Lehi and if I work hard and prove myself in this position I will be the Assistant General Manager of the hotel. That would be huge for someone my age, so I am really really excited about the opportunities I am getting in life to learn and grow.