let the summer begin !

this guy is home for the summer ! my best friend for lyfe. jose romo jr.

CALI NATION !

we will rep it and live it ! let the good times roll.

SUMMER 2010 !

ONE MORE DAY !

REUNITED AND IT FEELS SO GOOD ! 

tomorrow is the reuniting ! APRIL 16, 2010 !

this is the first time [picture below] i ever met my sweet SISTER PAMELLA JO BLACK.

we are family. best friends. sisters.

i met her November 26, 2008 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

i am her mama warner and she is my baby girl black.

this is the day we met.

all my mama hood said to me was, "HOT PINK POLKA DOT SWEATER !"

that meant her. sister black. i was going to be her trainer in the WMM. 

grandma hood called it and i was oh so proud !

we saw so many miracles together while we served faithfully in GB&SB !

this is the last time i saw my sister black.  [picture below]

March 2, 2010. i was going home in 3 days and she was starting her last 6weeks in the WMM.

she was on her way to Milwaukee to become a mama herself ! 

in honor of the LAST time i would see her as us both being missionaries she wore her ..

HOT PINK POLKA DOT SWEATER !

just for me.

for our memories. for our sweet relationship. for us to smile.

she is AMAZING. hardest worker ever.

i LOVE the black family and i am so excited to get to be waiting at the airport with them for this wonderful representative of Jesus Christ when she steps off the plane in Phoenix !

she makes me smile !

  

california love !

this song sums it up the best.

i have A LOT of cali pride !

excuse the crazy intro ..

CALIFORNIA LOVE

[i cant figure out how to upload a video ! help please. hannah i know you would know !]

one month !

it is now april 5, 2010.

one month down.

i cant tell whether its gone fast or slow.

i am really grateful to be reunited with these two wonderful ladies.

big sister & sister.

they are my life. they keep me grounded. they keep me going.

and also i have FINALLY met the boys in their lives.

brother alex & brother braden.

both who i have only known for one month now.

they have both been in the family for over 16 months though !

they are keepers. good for my sisters. very nice to me. good brothers. i approve.

see.

Easter Morn ..

what a glorious day.

it is the day we celebrate the RESURRECTION of the Savior Jesus Christ.

i know we have a Prophet and Apostles on the earth today who are special witness' that the Savior Lives.

i know with all my heart that HE LIVES. it is true.

i KNOW Jesus is the Christ and that only through Him can we return to our Heavenly Father.

what a gift He gave us.

i love the gospel of Jesus Christ.

april 1st, 2010

today is april fools day.

i really don't know why we have a day to pull pranks on each other.

maybe i should wikipedia it.

i have no good pranks to play.

all i have is this ..

april 1st, 2009 .. i was in Wisconsin and i met my 4th companion .. Sister Virginia Johnson !

that was a day to remember. not in a joking way. it was a really good day.

especially b.c. gary did not cancel or april fools us.

thats all i got. no jokes. just memories.

MY LIL' SISTER PLUIM !

this is SISTER ESTHER KLAASKE PLUIM. she is my 4th daughter [i trained her !] in the WMM.
she is AMAZING.

today is her day of birth. she turned a big 22 !
she is so young yet. she makes me smile in so many ways.

this is one of the many ways.
 her crazy smiles. her laugh when something is funny.
also her dance skills are fabulous !

i helped her over come the fear to cut her hair !

it WAS good lookin long. now ITS good lookin short.

we had many ADVENTURES in the snow. she taught me the NORTHERN UTAH way of shoveling and having fun in the snow. we got to spend thanksgiving, christmas and new years together. JOY.

then we got seperated for my last 6 weeks in the WMM.

we cried as we hugged each other goodbye.

i learned so much about love, family, scripures stories, service and really KNOWING the Lord was THERE and He was watching over us and was with us.

oh how i love sister pluim. she has a year yet in the WMM and she gots it on lock !

magical !

i LOVE wind chimes.

they sound MAGICAL.

my mom has about 5 of them on our front porch.

mother like daughter ?

i think so.

beautiful.

i was sitting on our front porch yesterday talking to some of my wisco folks and from where i was sitting the sun was shinning through this particular wind chime.

it was so beautiful. breathtaking almost.

one thing i am obsessed with when it comes to photography is LIGHT.

i love the sunlight and the glow/feel it gives.

the sabbath day !

"Come Unto Jesus"

Come unto Jesus, ye heavy laden,

Careworn and fainting, by sin oppressed.

He’ll safely guide you unto that haven

Where all who trust him may rest.

Come unto Jesus; He’ll ever heed you,

Though in the darkness you’ve gone astray.

His love will find you and gently lead you

From darkest night into day.

Come unto Jesus; He’ll surely hear you,

If you in meekness plead for his love.

Oh, know you not that angels are near you

From brightest mansions above?

Come unto Jesus from ev’ry nation,

From ev’ry land and isle of the sea.

Unto the high and lowly in station,

Ever he calls, “Come to me.”

as i sat in church today this song really touched my heart. it helped me to remember that the Savior REALLY is there for me. for everyone. for ALL. i love the healing, restored gospel of Jesus Christ.

smile.

i love taking walks along the streets.

since i dont have much else to do.

this fun sun was on Lemon as well.

i saw it the other night while i was on the phone walking around.

i had to wait till morning till i could photograph mr. sun.

that happened yesterday.

he enjoyed his photo shoot.

what a good day yesterday was too.

it was the first time i went to the beach in 1.5years.

it felt awkward to wear a swim suit and be on sand with bare feet BUT the california girl game back to me pretty fast and i adjusted really well.

plus doesn't mr. sun just really make you smile ?

i know he makes me. smiling = happiness. try it.