I LOVE IT HERE!!!

From the 5th til tomorrow, I've been in Utah... if that makes any sense. Tomorrow, we're stopping in Vegas on the way home.
So, Heather, Christopher and I took a road trip to see my Grandparents in St. George, then up to my Aunt Wendy/ Uncle Bo/ 5 (technically 4now, since 1 is married) cousins in Provo.

...I
...AM
...IN
...LOVE
...WITH
...PROVO!!!

It is now my new favorite place. Not really sure where it was before, but Provo is now #1.

Anyway.

Friday- Sunday morning: visited with the G Parents. Saturday, went to Zion.
Sunday- Left after church to go to Provo!! Chatted all day, lol.
Monday- Aunt Wendy and Andrew (who's 9) took us up to Rock Canyon. We hiked about 5 miles round-trip. It was BEAUTIFUL!! We saw some big horned-sheep.
Tuesday- hung out, went to a water park for a few hours, then H, C and I went rockhounding in deep desert, found topaz! I found a yellow piece and a big piece. Had amazing dinner at Auntie's
Wednesday- the fam went to Lagoon,  and we went to Temple Square, the Conference Center, and to find geodes. I found the biggest and heaviest piece :) haha.
I had never been to Provo or Salt Lake Before, so I fell in love with it. My Aunt Wendy Lives Literally next door to the Provo Temple, so I got to see that, too. Also right there, I saw 2 deer looking all cute running through the neighborhood... 30 minutes later, 2 deer get hit and killed next to the MTC :(
And then yesterday, WE almost hit a deer :O
Thursday (today)-  left Provo (sad)  at 10, went to go get my BYU sweatshirt, then drove through Manti to see my Uncle/ Great Grandma and family's graves. Also saw the temple, of course. I took a picture of a statue that was dedicated to my Great Grandma. We got back to St. George tonight, at around 5, maybe.

I definetely want to go back to Provo in the winter or spring, when it's not snowing too crazy, so I can go snowboarding! :) And then, also dirt bike riding. Hiking was great, and met some cool people out here. I usually do :)

one thing I've learned about Utah, is that there are less cities/ towns than land. HAHA so many tiny towns. I think that changes once you get passed SLC. Im gonna have to find out... maybe when I check out Idaho! x) lol

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FINALLY!!

Wow! Just got home... today was my baptism!!! Finally! haha. Sister Winn came back from Santa monica to be there :) Haven't seen her for a month, so that was cool! Missed her.
So, before my baptism, I was super nervous. my heart was making my whole body throb, it seemed like. Right after I was in the water, that nervousness completely stopped. Almost immediately. It was a great turnout. My aunt said there was "Easily 50 people." Which is great! Not really what I was expecting. I cried when Sister johansen was singing, and I cried when Sister Faulhaber was talking. I am so happy for all the support I got today. 3 of my best friends showed up with flowers, and I was not expecting them AT ALL! They all enjoyed it. One of my friends enjoyed it so much, that she asked if I could take her to church sometime. That's so cool. I knew she'd like it too. She won't admit it, but she's totally sensitive :)  I love that they showed up. Well I am SO greatful for everyone at church, and for my decision to make these covenants with our Heavenly Father. Well now I can do baptisms for the dead at the temple! yessss! that seems pretty freakin cool! I am gonna sleep GREAT tonight! Conformation at church tomorrow! :)

:D

So... I'm just going to talk about what's been going on lately. I know nobody reads my blog, but it's still fun to type about random stuff so. yea. Just a heads up, I know I talk about Church a lot, but it's where I usually feel most happy, so that's why I do talk about it. So last week, we planned my baptism date! It's June 4th and I'm super pumped! This weekend, I woke up at 6 something on Saturday & Sunday. On Saturday, I did the Mormon  helping hands. That was fun :). Service, oddly enough, I kind of like doing. Saturday night, went to the Dodger game with some family and family friends. They lost, but it's okay, because I'm an Angels fan :) (shhh).

So far at school, all I've been doing for the past couple of weeks is testing... sitting in class for 2 hour periods (3 a day). Yay for playing soccer for 2 full hours! All it does is get me burnt. It's been on average about 75/ 80 degrees here for the past couple of weeks. Too hot, if you ask me. I'd be more comfortable if it were dry heat. All this weather really does to me is get me burnt... like that doesn't happen enough. lol. My Mom's boyfriend just moved in, and it's a change. Not to fond of the change, and I'm pretty sure I make that really obvious, but I can't help it. I'm trying!

I want to put some pictures up, so I'll need to put a little background on them...

A couple of weeks ago with church, I went to the prom! Had a blast! It was at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles. I didn't have a date, so I went with my friend Alissa and her cousin, and our friends Shannon & Leonard. There was a lot of stuff to do, and we did it all (except the limo ride and the characture drawings). We danced about 75% of the time :)

So yeaaa. This was basically just a random blog post.  I wasn't really sure what to talk about, but something was telling me to blog. so I did. It's probably just because I'm bored. Yea. That's it.  :)

...Mira mis fotos!!

 Shannon (in dark blue), me (in black), Alissa & Sergio (in turquoise) (:

Oh and I am super pumped because I'm going to a ZAC BROWN BAND concert in a couple weeks... FINALLY!!!! :D

I feel inspired :D

I swear they told me to put  the picture up haha :)

   So, I felt the need to blog. Trust me, I don't consider myself a blogger. To be honest, I've maybe done it once. Maybe twice, but who's counting? ;) It's not interesting to me (to read nor to be the composer), but I realized something...
   I love Church. I love everybody at Church. I love the missionaries, and the connection with God. I love the activities, and the singing (even though I can't say I'm good at that). Anyways, the problem is: I'm not baptized. I have wanted to be baptized for... 3? 4 years? But I was too
young to make the decision for myself -at the time-, so I guess I figured; Why? Why go to church if I can't be a member of it? That was when I was 12. Now I'm 16, and feel I am capable of making my own decisions. I want to be baptized... SO BAD! I just had the sister Missionaries over. I told them I dedicated an entire blog to them. I think they felt special :) haha which they are. I can't wait to be a member of the Church, and even though I've been told it's "just a stage" that I want to be baptized, but I'd have to disagree because I KNOW that I want to be closer to our Heavenly Father & in Jesus Christ. I KNOW that the Church is true. I KNOW that I want to live an eternal life and when the time comes, an eternal marriage. I want the church to be my future, and my family's. I want it to be in my life. With this, I know what I pray for every night. If I ask for guidance, he'll supply it.
   The Sister Missionaries helped me with this. They've taught me, and given me advice... anything. They're amazing young women, and they inspire me greatly. I guess I just dedicated another blog to them.


Sister Winn & Alcantara, this blog is for you. :)
Love,
Michelle.


P.S-  I just felt the need to vent ;)
...should have started this out "Dear Blog." But, I've also got a diary for that. hehe.

Sisters from God

Well, I am sixteen. I consider myself a good child. I don't give into peer pressure; don't do drugs, drink, etc. My sister had gone through that when she was my age, and she has taught me not to make those mistakes. I love my sister, and she is probably the closest person to me. Speaking of Sisters: Recently I witnessed some friends doing some of this stuff, and I didn't want to see it, or be around it. So, being that most of my friends are doing the stuff I don't agree with, the only one I wanted and knew I could turn to is God. Recently, I had come to the realization that I miss Church. I miss the people, the testimonies and most of all, the connection with God. I had prayed to him for a sign assuring I was wanted back. Surely enough, at my door, two Sister Missionaries showed up at my door, and since then, I've had them visit me regularly as I feel I am close to them now. They are young (maybe 21-23 years of age) and really, that's not much older than me. I connect with them so easily and they are true inspirations in my life. Their names are Sister Winn & Sister Alcantara. Originally, it was Sister Alcantara and another companion of hers, but I had only met her once, and then came Sister Winn. I wish that I could somehow express my appreciation for them. So far, I've had them over for dinner, and I want them to know that they really are a big part of my life right now. To be honest, it seems kind of weird to me that I consider the Sister Missionaries my friends, but I can kind of tell they consider me the same. I know that they specifically were supposed to be the ones to teach me and help my faith grow stronger. I know that they were sent to me from God, and I think that is why I love them so much haha. Well, this is my first time using this bloggamajigger so... I felt this would be a good topic.  I don't know how they will, but i hope the Sisters see this!

<---My sister and I at Disneyland :)