Trip to the Dominican Republic... I warn you LOTS of pictures!

Just after we landed in Santo Domingo.

We stayed at the temple housing.

This is our little van/bus we traveled in for three hours.

When we stopped on our way to Higuey a little boy came up to us and asked us for food. As soon as he did this guy started running after him trying to use this taser on him because he said he was a thief.

We went to church on Sunday, didn't understand all of it, but I got the gist of it.

This was supposed to be the ghetto and they loved having their pictures taken.

The boss and I in front of one of the churches we worked in.

Emily (our hygienist) and I just after we set up for the first day.

Our motel. The Don Carols.

Can you say abcess?

He was nervous and had drawn a picture of a dog to comfort him.

Bending over like that hurt after a while.

Precious!

There were probably about 40 people that lived here I think.

Inside the church after all the action started.

This little boy had an infection coming out of his nose.

Even after we pulled our tooth she said we could still be friends.

Yep lawn chairs.

It POURED rain, this little boy was trying to stay dry.

He is chewing on sugar cane. It's pretty much wood that tastes like sugar and that's why all their teeth are rotted out.

We gave them the rest of our lunch, he wouldn't stop eating long enough for a picture.

I wanted to bring her home with me!

My first extraction.

This itsy bitsy spider sat down beside me.

This was after work one day they just kept asking us to take their pictures.

This was the toilet, anytime anything went in, a ton of mosquitoes came up... yes my bum did get bitten.

In front of the church.

Sadly this is how many were left over at the end.

Coconut... not that tasty.

These boys would wash our shoes for pesos.

This kid didn't have any shoes, but now he does.

He was pretty proud of this.

EVERYONE drives motorcycles there. The seats are extra long too so they would fit sometimes four people on one, kids and all.

Pretty paintings on the side of the road.

Mmmmm dinner.

We went to the baseball game after the last night.

First and oldest church in the Americas. Built in 15 something.

This is Chris Cross and I, A.K.A. Christopher Columbus, he founded this place.

Right before church. We were able to do baptisms and a session! Pretty neat!

In front of the temple right before we left. I'm not sure if you can handle any more pictures but if you can, we had a professional photographer come with us and her pictures are AMAZING. Here in the link for some of the pictures. http://janae-lastingmemoriesphotography.blogspot.com/2009/11/so-much-to-be-thankful-for.html

Happy Birthday To All And To All A Goodnight!

Ok, so... I hope everyone realizes how hard it is for me to keep up with 17 nieces and nephews birthdays. Not to mention siblings, siblings spouses, mom and dad. I understand that most of you have more than that with your spouses nieces and nephews and in-laws and still manage to get it all taken care of, but I'm not at your level of expertise. So, for past and perhaps advance I want to wish everyone a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! So hard to keep up! It's not that I don't love you. I'm just not that talented!

Surprising Decision

This may be somewhat of a shock to most of you, but after lots of thinking and deliberating I have decided to join the army. I know, you may think I'm crazy, but I have just been trying to figure out what I need to do with my life right now and this just seems like what I am supposed to be doing. I will have many opportunities to travel and to help others. Here I am in my uniform. It's hard for me not to smile.

So they let me smile in this one. Crazy huh!

Ok, so really they were our costumes at work for Halloween. One of our hygienists' husbands is in the army and supplied us with these legit uniforms. Cool huh!

Emily and I.

Our troop.

It's always like this at work... ugh!

Let's be honest, they would never let me join. Hehe!

Surprise!

I had Thursday through Sunday off last week. It only occurred to me Wednesday after work, so I figured I would get my oil changed then get up early on Thursday and come. Well I ended up having a whole mess to deal with in reregistering my car, proof of insurance and changing addresses with both. So after the whole fiasco I decided I wasn't going. Then I woke up on Thursday morning and decided I should so I called Tonya and told her I was on my way. When I pulled into town mom called me. So I kept talking to her and walked up to the door and rang the doorbell. The door was open so I could see her. She said, "Oh shoot! Someone is at the door." It was fun to surprise her. We had a good time.

Mom and I went to Showlow to watch "Where The Wild Things Are". We hung out for a little while and decided to get a ticket on the way home. Good thing I just got all that stuff done with my car...oh wait, too bad the cop doesn't understand how that all works. Blah!

Ruger came over and hung out with me, I visited Markie at work at Woodland. We decided we should ride horses. Bill just got two new horses, Ed and Zippo.

It took a little effort but we finally pressured mom into riding Ed.

Doesn't she look happy? Too bad we don't have a picture of me throwing her over to get her on him.

Yay mom! You did it! After we rode for a while we ate dinner at Tonya's house. Bill let me ride his new fourwheeler, which I think he should name Zippo instead of the horse. After dinner we played catchphrase. Where I learned diseases are carried in little baskets by squirrels and it's best to start your turn out by saying, "So!" People just understand you better that way. I had a great time with and miss my family very much. On the way home I stopped to see my sick sister and her family. I only stayed a minute but it was good to see them too. Love you guys! Yes I love and miss you too Sash!!!!

Utah State Fair

Thanks to Alllie and Trent I got to go to the Utah State Fair with my friends Kyle and Becca. Look they had a machine that tells you your personality....wow!

We got some popcorn. They only had this small bag.

Kyle really wanted to watch this tractor pull... I thought this one was pretty cool. It was a lot of fun. Thanks Allie and Trent!

Snowbird

I went to Snowbird with a few friends yesterday. It was to celebrate Emmie's birthday and it happened to be Oktoberfest too.

So we rode the zip line. I don't have a picture of me on it, but I did go. It was pretty fun!

This is Emmie's nephew Christopher, A.K.A. my boyfriend. About the middle of the day he decided we were best friends and wouldn't leave me.

Mmmm, popcorn!

Look familiar?

We rode a tram up the mountain 2,000 feet, it was pretty darn cold up there. Don't worry thought we had our popcorn with us.

Becca and I on top of the mountain. Brrrr! When we got there all I had was a small zip up hoodie, so they talked me into getting another sweater. Good thing I did!

Perty huh.

Me at the top, sporting my new sweater.

Since it was Oktoberfest We did get mugs... you have to. Thanks Emmie and Happy Birthday again!

Hanging In Cali With Jess

We went to the L.A. temple...

Jess thought this tree looked like it belonged in The Book of Mormon.

If you haven't been to the L.A. temple you should, it's beautiful! Very different too! I loved it.

I can't believe Jessica got a tattoo! What a bad example!

Ok, it might have been my idea... isn't it cool!

Funny how all I have are pics of the temple and then tattoos. We went to the L.A. Fashion District but we were a little late, I was kinda bummed. I was excited to go shopping in Cali. We went and got facials too, and our eyebrows threaded. Hung out at the pool. Watched some movies. Just hung out like besties do!

Oregon

Sophie is so cute!

Nice and cozy...

Still cute...

This was pretty much all I wanted to do.

Allie is so funny and such a cutie!

See she just gets more cute the more you look at her.

Harrison is one cool dude.

Ryan, on the way to the airport.

Workin' Alone...Again!

This is the work gang...

This is what everyone else does while I'm working...

These are two of my best friends, Sunny, and Jessica.

Jessica decided to leave me and move to California with her husband. I miss Jess a lot. Why does everyone I love leave? So now, I am the only assistant...yay.