YSA Summer Trip

I am not particularly young and I am definitely not single, but because of my husband's church calling I have been able to attend a young single adult (YSA) ward for the past 8 months and I.LOVE.IT!!

This week we went on our annual summer trip which was held in south east Utah. It was fun to drive through towns in Utah that I had never seen before, like Moab and Monticello. I have already mapped out a future road trip for Michael and I (he wasn't able to go this time).

Our destination was Blanding; when we arrived we drove up to the top of a mountain where we stayed at Camp Jackson.

Many of our YSA spent Tuesday at Canyonlands National Park (Caitlin drove there, it was a 200 mile round trip!!) while others hiked around the camp area. As for me; my favorite part of the trip was being able to have a couple of days away where I could relax, and visit, and laugh 'til it hurt.

TDBC Day 1: Introduce self, recent photo, interesting facts

Soooo... I've seen these 30 day Blog/Facebook challenges and they look fun, buuut... I hadn't seen one I thought would work for me until I saw this one on Kimmy's blog. So here goes. I'm probably crazy to commit to this, but what the heck.

This is my introduction:

I'm a wife, a mom, a grandma, a daughter, a sister, an aunt, a cousin, a niece, a friend. I don't really like the word "in-law", so if you are an "in-law" to me in any way, I would place you in one of the above categories (you should know which one applies to you). Family is very important to me.

I'm a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Today I was witness to a monumental event as I attended the first stake conference of the newly created Bountiful Utah YSA Stake. A new Stake President was sustained and my husband was sustained as Bishop of a YSA ward. I love the church.

Although some people would claim that they don't have time to do this... I love writing on my blog. I've always loved writing and this is the outlet I have chosen to use at this time. As my friend Tiffany said recently on her blog, "this is a record of my people", I feel the same way about my blog and my people.

I love where I live. I live in my hometown and raised my family in my hometown. I don't ever want to leave here, but if I had to choose anywhere else to live, I would move to Southern California to a place with a great view of t'ocean (the ocean) and just a few steps to the beach. L.LOVE.T'OCEAN.'nuff said. Oh, wait, not 'nuff said... one of my dreams would be to visit the beach at least once a year and stay for two weeks. I think I'd be satisfied with that. Now... 'nuff said.

These are my... hmmm; interesting facts:

Disclaimer: I've been blogging for over three years now, so there aren't too many (interesting) facts about me that I haven't already revealed, and if I haven't mentioned it... I've either forgotten it or I don't want to tell.

I was born in Ireland

My 17th birthday was 31 hours long (all on the same calender date.... seriously)

I never, never, never.... ever, eat spaghetti noodles

I am a Price is Right loser

I don't love shopping; I didn't say I don't like it, I just don't love it

When I was 16, I was stranded in London's Victoria Station... I was all alone, and SCARED (and it was late at night)

My recent photo: