Cupcakes

One of the fun things I have found that I have in common with Serena is the desire to decorate cakes. Lucky for us I got a cake decorating set for my birthday. Instead if decorating cake we decorated cupcakes. We figured it would be funner because we could do different designs. This is what we came up with.

Serena's

Mine

Yep this is what you think it is.

Pebbles in my Pocket

While I was in Utah I got Grandma to take me to Pebbles in my Pocket. For those of you who don't know they are a super awesome scrapbook store. We were in a hurry so I had to shop fast. As I have learned in the past the faster I shop at a scrapbook store the more I spend. This held extremely true. I spent more then I spend in clothes. EEEEEEE.
At least I got some cute stuff. See.

When I get married my poor husband had better hope that I spend a long, long time shopping. To get use up some of the supplies me and Serena made some cards. It was fun. My floor is still a mess but it was fun.

Birthday Trip

Last weekend, as a birthday gift from Garn and AJ, I got to go to Utah and visit Grandma and Grandpa. It is always wonderful to see them. They are wonderful people that laugh, love, give, are wise, active, fun and giving. They even love visitors they have never met before which gives an extra welcoming feeling to their home. Grandma is almost always cooking something good and grandpa is often busy in the backyard, watching football, the news, helping Grandma or going to get something he or Grandma needs.

Ohhh football!1 I FINELY got to go to a BYU football game. It was even a home game. Of course I loved it. Football is wonderful to watch. Its even better when it is your favorite team. To top it off the crowd was active, my seat was on the front row and... we won! Naturally I tried to take some pictures. They are not very good because my camera would not go very fast and I was to into the moment of things when they happened to remember to hit the button. All the same I still got some and yes they will be going in my scrapbook.

On Sunday I went to sacrament meeting with a friend. He likes a girl in his ward. Due to my teasing nature I asked him if I could scratch his back. For those of you who don't know, scratching someones back in singles ward is claiming territory. Naturally he said no. I got a good inside laugh out of it. After that I went to Priesthood in Jake's ward with my local family. Jake was being set apart as an elder. I felt very privileged to get to go. Afterwards the man leading the meeting had them all stand up as the ladies left. There are about 100 of them so it was a little weird but very cool that they would all be so respectful. After that we went to Grandpa's and Grandma's house to eat and hang out. It was wonderful to see everyone. Here are a few more pictures.

Great Books

A few months ago Grandma sent me this book.

I loved it and was very pleased to find that there are sequels. They books together are called the Books of Bayern. For my birthday, last week, Grandma gave me the next book.I started reading it the night before I left Utah. So my friend Alyssa wouldn't have to sleep with the light on I read in the bathroom (there were people sleeping in every other part of the house) Around 4am someone needed to use the restroom so I had to retire. An hour and a half later it was time to wake up and leave so I did. Then I risked and got car sickness to finish reading. Don't worry, I finished before the carsickness reached vomiting. Now I just need to read the the last one.Hmmmm. I know what I want for Christmas.

Fall

Fall is my favorit season. That is because of all the wonderful color. Due to the fact that Tx doesn't have 4 seasons I have been missing my favorit time. Lucky fo me Oregon has been makeing up for that.

I Know Enough

Last General Conference Elder Neil L. Anderson gave a talk entitled You Know Enough. In Only a few days after conference that talk became very important to me. Through a class I am taking at the local college I made a friend named Peter. He is returning to school due to injury. His son Jacob is 10 and has been asking him many questions about gospel things. His most recent question has been about baptism. Peter, knowing that I am a "religious person" mentioned it to me. I was short on time because I had institute right after class so I asked Peter to come to that with me saying after that I would have time. Knowing what institute was he decided to come. Peter was great in class. He even participated. After that we went to the library so we could talk to him about baptism. Thankfully I had my scriptures with me so that helped me answer his questions. After that though he had more questions. I was starting to feel slightly inadequate when the thought came to me "You don't know everything, but you know enough". That wonderful thought helped me to have the confidence as I did my best to listen to the spirit as I answered Peter's questions. I am thankful for the Holy Ghost that whispers and reminds of the words I need to hear and for church leaders who listen ahead of time so I can hear the words that I will need later.

Privliege to Vote

Hurray for the privilege to vote. Today was my first time I had the privilege to participate in the election of the people who will be actively taking care of my country. While some of it (not the presidential candidate part) was confusing (measure and what there really trying to change) it is an opportunity well worth the momentary confusion. It is also the first time anyone from my Dad F's family to get to vote in American elections as they are all Australian citizens, except for my mum that is. For some reason I just thought that that made voting an extra special privilege for Amber and me. Even if things don't turn out the way I want them to I am still glad I was able to participate.