Holdin Down the Fort!!

Things are getting crazy around here!!

WOW. So much has been changed since I last wrote on my blog. The summer heat has set in here in Arizona and I love ever minute of it. I have kind of become a Lone Ranger this summer. First, in April most my guy friends moved to other states to sell for the summer. Than, my cousin who I am pretty close with moved to Utah for the summer. Than, one roommate got married, another bought a house, and the final one moved to Colorado last Wednesday. To top it all off Paul decided to move to Alaska for the summer to sell! I think I am pretty fun to be around but apparently people are running from me like wild fire! Even my uncle and his family moved to their summer home in Colorado. I guess its a good thing Mark is a resident still so Brooke's family can't escape me for a few years. So here I am, in Arizona, in a seven bedroom house....Queen of the Castle, holdin down he fort. Plus I have plenty of time to contemplate life. With my new found freedom, I spend my time playing on a coed softball time, at organizing my stuff, ward parties and hanging out Alot with Brooke's family.
Before everyone took a team vote to abandon me I got the summer kicked off with some pretty cool activities. First in May I hiked the Grand Canyon Rim to Rim with Marks Hospital. We stayed at the North Rim Woke up at 5AM and hiked to the south Rim. It was beautiful. It was great to hike and I got to chat with Brooke the whole time . I am pretty sure Mark never stopped the forward motion of trail mix going into his mouth for the whole 24 mile hike.It was a easily flowing hike until about the last 1.5 miles. I had a blister by than and walked that last distance on my tip toes. I was starting to fear the hike would never end and I was a pioneer of a death march. That's when a trail passer said it was not much further and an ice cream stand was at the top. Instantly my tiptoeing blister pain vanished and I was power walking straight uphill. And it was true pralines and cream awaited at the top for me. The Grand Canyon has now been checked off my bucket list!

The night before the big hike at our cabin on the North Rim

Along the bottom of the Grand Canyon

A bit further than half way. You cross the bridge in the background and you begin the decent out about 10 miles left.
At the end of the 24mile Voyage...Right before Ice cream!
My sister Brooke and Her Husband Mark and I

The following week Paul and I took a trip to Vegas to visit my parents. We spent the day shopping and than went to dinner and a Cirque Du Soliel show at the MGM called Ka. It was awesome. We enjoys ourselves so much. We are both people watchers and loved being in the casino and staring at all the crazys. A few days later the Alaska move was confirmed and off he went with little notice.

Vegas on the strip

In front of the KA theatre in the MGM Grande

Last weekend I spent all my time at Brookes. My weekend plans consisted of two birthday parties for children under 6 and a Sunday full of babysitting.Brooke and Mark had a graduation thing to go to for Marks work so I watched all four kids and took them to church. I thought I was a pretty Good Aunt until Carter told me he wondered what his freinds would say and think since we were so late and than Talamge tackled Avery for taking the tithing envelopes out from the bishops box. That was my babysitting breaking point. I told Eveyone to go to class and Avery looked at me with a blank face. I said do you know where you go and she shook her head. "Well thats great cause I don't know either" Bless the good sisters in Brooke's ward for helping me find the nursery! I think for now I will keep watering my plant Claudia and see how she turns out.

I found new places to meet people to date and spend time...like Chucky cheese
This is my nephew Talamges birthday party

Who needs friends your own age when you get to due things like this. My niece Avery and I on our way to puff the magic dragon.

Work is still going really well. I am learning alot and really like my coworkers. There is so much information to learn and records can be so easily missed up. We had a new position open up at work and I got to sit in on interviews and even ask questions. It's very odd to do that considerings almost every person being interviewed is much older than me.One lady imparticluar was in her late 50's and She was not happy I was one of the interviewers. I asked her a question about getting reports done in a timely manner. The entire interview She would not look at me and than suddenly looked right at me with her dart shooting eyes and answered something smug. Well, that was that she got a 1 rating in the personality category from me! After that though my boss was unimpressed because he felt she did not respect me or my co-worker who also happens to be on the younger side. I feel extremely lucky to have a boss who respects his employees and thinks highly of them.

Well thats it for now. I am still in love with Arizona and am justing awaiting my first full summer trip to visit Ashley in Oregan. Oh and also I finnally got my pictures from Michelle and sterlings wedding from my Dad. For those of you who don't know. Mitch married my cousin Sterling April 10th. It's awesome.Keepin the LOVE in the Family Tree

All the girls at michelles reception