Playing with colors

I went to Ephraim to visit my mission companion and see the Mormon Miracle Pageant and while I was there we decided to go on a hike. We had no idea where to go but saw a whole bunch of people pulled off the side of the road going on a hike so we decided they knew something we didn't so we followed them. As we were following the trail it all of a sudden ended and we had no more trail but we could see all these people gathered around something and taking pics and stuff. so we waited awhile then decided to investigate. When I asked the guy what was over there he acted all offended like I should know. Then he said they were Geocachers. I said "huh!?" apparently you go online and treasure hunt. We had no idea so they explained how you find the coordinates with GPS and then if you take a treasure from the box you leave something in its place. Well who would have thought the Keebler elf house would be in Ephraim UT! HA I was craving cookies so bad after this!

Me and my roommates went to Vegas for Ashley's birthday. she had never been so me and Nicole showed her sin city mormon style!! Anyway we stayed at the South Point hotel which was amazing and it is away from the strip. It had a huge pool and nice view. WE showed her all the traditional free attractions. (the Bellagio water show is my favorite! I think I can stay there all night watching) The Venitian is by far our fav hotel to visit and we got yummy gellato ice cream while watching the gondola rides. We visited Madam Tuessad's wax museum and I always have a blast in there. I think the highlight of the trip was getting Lion King tickets for 25 bucks!! Woot! And it was an amazing performance. I loved the voices, costumes, and traditional african music. We went to serendipity and ordered frozen hot chocolates. oh man those are soooo good. I first had one when I was in NY so the girls wanted to try them here in Vegas. One of the best desserts ever! We had a blast and felt really funny at night when we were the only ones walking around fully clothed. We went to Freemont street which is one of my fav Vegas sights. They have live bands and fun activities and lots of funny dancing drunk people. I was dancing during the overhead show they do on a huge screen that is as long as the street and this guys said "oh yeah shake it baby" and I thought why is he whistling at me when I'm wearing long pants and a modest shirt HA oh well. we had a blast and reluctantly came home. Now I need to get mom to take me back to see the Blue Man Group!

New Zealand 2

Ok here are some more of my photos I couldn't post all of them but I have a lot more on facebook. I couldn't post some of the pics because they confidential and I had to sign an agreement! funny, but anyway I had a blast and miss it there already! We got to see the Hamilton Temple and attend Church in Auckland which was absolutely amazing. The members were so nice and invited us for lunch and gave us a tour of the city. I love this church! We got to go on two more Lord of the Rings tours which were so funny and I definitely felt like a geek but I was surrounded by them so who cares. We stayed in thew Hobbit hotel and It was so fun. You can stay in a train, the titanic, or an airplane! Crazy hotel rooms. We also went Zorbing where I laughed so hard I couldn't breath. You roll down a hill in a huge ball with water in it. It's basically going through a washing machine. Me and Rosie did it twice because we had so much fun! Visiting Fox Glacier was also a big highlight to the trip. Hiking to the glacier you are surrounded by tons of trees and waterfalls everywhere. So beautiful

New Zealand

this is just a few pics of my New Zealand adventure. It wouldn't let me add any more pics so I will try later. But in our first areas we drove around lots of scenic areas and me and Rosie both love Waterfalls. It was so beautiful. Then I braved my fear and we rode horses on a Lord of the Rings tour through a place call Paradise!! It was stunning. There they filmed Isengard and where the Orcs kills Boromir, also Wolverine, Lovely Bones, and Prince Caspian. SOOO pretty. my horse was named Beckham and her was very patient and Rosie's was named Pipsqueak!! so funny speaking of weird names...our drivers name was Soap. funny nickname. We went on a huge Canyon Swing (my video is on facebook) and paragliding. Those were both amazing!! I tried to take cool pics paragliding but it was so crazy I snapped lots of pics of my feet!! Well more pics to come soon