This year for the 24th we thought that it might be fitting to drive up to Salt Lake to visit the This is the Place Monument. It was so much fun seeing all of the old homes of so many of the pioneers who so faithfully settled the area.

We Panned for Gold......

Benjamin F. Johnson..My Great Great Great Grandfather and one of the original Mormon Pioneers to cross the plains in 1848.

The plaque out front of his saddlery

His Saddlery Shop

Ty and I

Our Crazy Lives: Picture Overload

We have been super busy lately.. Here's some pics of some of our recent adventures!

We went up to Malad, ID with some friends of ours to fix some fence on the ranch that my family owns.

Tylers friend is running some cows up on our ranch and needless to say they are a little bit crazy!

Ty and his buddy fixin fence up on the ranch!


Ty on his horse Homer. It was a long day of sitting in a saddle watching the guys fix fence..I don't think I am cut out for the life of a rancher!

we spent the next weekend branding cows down in Chester, Utah!

Ty's Dad branding a calf! (I was the gate puller)

Ty got a new leather machine!

We got a new puppy named Copper!

Movin on.....

And i'm done. I just finished my final year of softball at BYU. It's so crazy to look back and think of how fast it all went. It seems like just yesterday I was graduating from high school, and now here I am a college graduate with four years of division 1 softball under my belt. Its an interesting feeling to think that I am done. It doesn't seem real to me yet. I mean I have been playing softball for a REALLY long time. Its overwhelming to think that now I have to move on and find something new. My life has always been very predictable.. go to school, go to practice thats just how its always been for me. I liked it that way, i like consistancy. I have to be honest the unknown is pretty scary. A Job? Kids? I'm not quite sure where to go from here. I think at this point I just need to know that everything is going to work out just like it is supposed too.

SOFTBALL

As I sit here and reflect on the past 4 years, I am overwhelmed with gratitude. I am thankful for the opportunity I had to play division one softball. Because of that opportunity I have gained so many others. I want to write down some of my favorite parts of that journey.

My first year of college was spent at Idaho State University. I was able to be a part of the first ever softball team at ISU. What a great thing to know that what you do now is going to forever affect the future of this program. To be the first is a pretty exciting thing. We struggled that year trying to figure things and win games. I realized at that point that it is not all about winning and that it is more about being a part of something bigger than yourself and making a difference.

Toward the end of that season I wasn't feeling a hundred percent good about going back. I rarely was able to go to church and it was just a hard thing for me. I was sitting in church one sunday when i felt imressed to read Helaman 5:12. Basically the Lord was telling me to move on and build my "foundation on a rock". I didn't quite know what that meant until I recieved the opportunity to attend BYU!

This was one of the greatest blessings in my life. I was able to recieve a first class education, play on an astounding and very successful softball team, meet my sweet husband, and make friend that will last a lifetime. I have so many memories with the sweet girls on my team. I dont think any team laughed near as much as we did! It was more than just softball for us, it was enjoying life and friendship along with learning great life lessons that would benefit us in the future! Because of this experience I was also able to travel to many of the States in our great country. What a blessing this was for me...I will never regret my decision to play ball and go to school, what a great blessing having my degree will be! I'm also grateful to my many supporters who made it possible for me to have this experience. My parents, my Grandparents, My sisters and My husband. It required a lot of sacrifice and patience on their part for me to do this! Thank you! Here's some pics of all thats been going on!

The Wyatt Family

Clark Family

So i've been really interested in photography lately! I got an awesome camera last Christmas and have been practicing every chance i get! Am i great? Not yet, but im taking a couple classes this month and am loving it! Here is a little taste of some pictures i took for my sister Cortney and her sweet little family.

Back in Business

SO! after about 9 months after starting this blog, i've decided to start back up again. I just recently got my computer set up in my house so pictures will hopefully be up soon. But until then i will give a little update. I am in my senior year at BYU, i will be graduating in April!!!which is very exciting...I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. I will have a degree in geography with an emphasis in travel and tourism. I am still playing softball here at the Y and am very excited for this up coming season. We just wrapped up our fall games and now are just taking it easy getting ready for the spring. Tyler is working for Lehi Power as an electrical meterman and is working as hard as ever. I am so grateful to have such a hard working husband. He's been spending his spare time hunting and helping his dad with the farm. He is also raising bucking bull calves, which is pretty awesome. Thats pretty much it for now, hopefully i'll be a little better at this!!

FINALS YUCK!

So...this week is finals week and i have been stressing big time! I am so ready for a break i can hardly stand it. I only have two more and then i am out of here and off to Arizona to spend Christmas with my family. I can't wait to finally be home, it has been way to long. It will be so nice to see all of my sisters and their sweet babies! It will be the much needed break i have been waiting for!