So here are some more pictures. Sorry they are not in order but at least I got them posted! :)
How I missed my DP while I was gone. As soon as I got on the plane for home I told the flight attendant that I needed not just a cup of DP but a whole can! :)
Waving Goodbye to Haiti! Tell we meet again!
Excited to go back home
Sherry, me and mom on the plane ride home! We love the United States!
We played A LOT of card games at night. Scum, Nertz, Hand and Foot and Hearts
I was the King a lot in Scum...can you tell! 
Who said White girls can't jump?
Our out patient Clinic in Jacmel. Lauren the PT and Nurse Debbie with the "pharmacist" Me!
Jenna, Shawn, Krista and me at the Jazz club we went to one night
I wish my daycare kids could sit as while as the children at this orphanage
Me and Mom at a point looking over Haiti
This little girl fall asleep in my arms the first day I was at the caregiver school we did.
I love him! Doesn't that smile just melt your heart? He put his arm around me for this picture.
Yes...they had a Domino's and we took full advantage of it! It tasted SOOOOO good!
Mefibochet is where we did our Caregiver School
Tessa painted this picture on one of the walls at Mefibochet. I helped her paint in the checker heart balloon and all the hearts. :)
Two cute Down Syndrome girls at Mefibochet
They all loved the parachutes me and Sara donated. Thanks Sara!
Our Team picture
This is St. Joseph place. This is a building where they take the kids off the streets and help them get back on their feet. They put on performances and go around the world doing so.
This kid has an amazing story. He has CP but walked out and danced for us! I have his book if you want to read about him.
These boys can Drum! I have never seen someone play the drums as fast as they could. It was amazing!
One of the dances they performed.
They are amazing!
Lunch time at a "crush" (children who are being adapted out)
They sure did have the system down
This is Whoopi Goldberg as one of the caregivers told us! I can kind of see it! lol
This little man was the biggest Flirt!
The children loved to come up to you and touch your hair or arm. This was at a school next to one of the crushes we went to.
Everywhere we went when the Haitians found out the three white boys spoke their language they would surround them and talked their ears off. Of course the returned missionaried loved it!
Look at that smile! Every orphanage that we went to you had some child with a smile like his. It just melts my heart.
Passing stickers out. It was always a hit with stickers! Of course I had to show them what they were and how to put it on. 
Children would always come up to us begging for food. These group of children are sharing some trial mix we had left over from a plane ride to Haiti.
LOL this is my mom being pushed up the rock by the Haitians at the waterfall we went to in Jacmel
This is my reaction to trying coconut for the first time! lol
It was sick! 
I played with this cute little girl in the Jacmel clinic. So cute!
This is a view from out Hotel in Jacmel
It was so beautiful
Market time in Haiti
Church in Haiti
Everywhere we went we passed out toys, dolls, and balls to the children
This baby was just a few weeks old. So cute!
My church friends in Haiti
This is me behind Jan (our team leader) about to jump off the waterfall
All the Haitians watched us "whites" jump from the waterfall
Just taking some pills! ;)
Reading to the children
"Dr. Justin" and mom giving vitamins to all the children that came in
The Haitian women carry everything on their heads. 
This cute little lady came into the clinic wanting us to help her see again but we couldn't do anything for her. She kept begging for something so we ended up giving her some vitamins. It was so sad that we couldn't help her. She was such a cute old lady.
This is how everyone washes their clothes
You saw artwork like this everywhere!
This is a Tap Tap...basically a truck or bus painted and people would just pile into them to get around.
More Haiti Pictures!
Last Day in Haiti
Well I am coming home tomorrow! yay! Aren't you so excited to see me? I am excited to come home but I am going to miss it here. It has been such a great experience for me to be among the Haitians. They are such hard and faithful people. I am going to miss the children at the orphanages and there smiling faces as you walked into a room. I am not going to miss rice and beans and the crazy drivers. I thought Utah was bad...just come to Haiti! :) On our last day we did some shopping and went to Wings of Hope which is an orphanage. It just touched my heart to walk into a room with two disabled children smiling with the biggest smile you have ever seen and laughing/giggling as we entered the room. I was the first one to go over and give them the BIGGEST hug. It just melted my heart to think that just a simple smile or hug can make a world of difference in a child's eye. We also went to an orphanage where all the children were HIV positive. They were so well behaved and cute. I wanted them to come home with me and teach my daycare kids how they should behave. I am so grateful to have time to make a little change in Haiti. I will never forget my experience here and can't wait to show you all my pictures and stories! See ya all soon! Love ya from Haiti
Internet is back up!!!
Playing Duck Duck Goose with the kids. They are very good at this game :)
This is the Kele the boy I wanted to take home with me!
This is my reaction to tasting Coconut straight from the coconut! lol
This was our view from our hotel room. I had to post a picture of my momma as the little kids would call me as i walked into the room.
The Internet has been down and today was the first day back up! :) I downloaded some more old pictures. Maybe before we leave I can post new ones but their are just so many and the internet is SOOOOO slow its hard to download more then five pictures at a time. So the last couple of days i have spent time in more orphanages. It is a blast I get to hold and play with all the kids. A lot are disabled and I have falling in love with this one Down syndrome boy. His name is Kele...he is the cutest thing a live! I posted that picture for you all. It is so sad to go into this orphanages, although they are pretty nice. The caregivers don't play or interact with the children. For the most part they would just pick up a child and sit them on their lap and call it good. No interact, emotion nothing! It breaks my heart. :( My mom is doing pretty well in the heat. lol Its actually not as hot as I thought it was going to be. Its mostly overcast here, so we haven't seen the sun as much. (there goes my an i thought i was going to get.) You still have the humidity though which is pretty bad still. The Haitians are the craziest drivers alive. I am surprised we are all still alive! We just got back right now from RAM which is a Haitian group. LOL it was interesting for sure! There was just a lot of music/instruments going on all at the same time. I will have to show you guys when I get back. lol I am loving it here and I hope I get to come back. :) So many people to help and not enough money. They are the hardest working people here. It makes us american's look lazy! o wait...we are!:) Well its late and I need to go to bed but I just wanted to let you all know we are still alive! THanks for reading and I can't wait to come home and have flushing toilets, american food, and clean streets! :) You can only have so much rice and beans. We are ordering pizza tomorrow and I am so excited about that! :)
Picture Time!!!
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my net. :) Dont worry i still have like 28 bites! 
This is pretty much what Haitians live like
Our meds and supplies before we gave them out.
Haitians just bathing in the river!
This is how they live. Aren't you grateful for your house?
I hope this works. :) Well day was a great day. We went to Cool River which was an orphanage and they were the cutest kids. I feel in love with this cute Down Syndrome boy and my little autistic girl. We played Duck Duck Goose, played Hide in seek. It was hot but so fun. We also had a little clinic going on. PT was there and my mom and another nurse were there checking the kids out. Most of them were complaining about having the flu or a cold. But it was so fun to interact with them. One little girl tried to teach my Creole but I can't speak it. I tried really hard to even learn Head Shoulders Knees and Toes but it was not working out. Got to run and see more things. I hope I can download more pictures later tonight for you guys. Remember to be grateful for all that you have!
Haiti Day 5
So we just got back to port au prince so I have internet access now. We have been in Jacmel for a few days and have had a blast! We got to stay in a hotel right on the beach and it was amazing! We went on a hike today to a waterfall and don't worry I fell but with grace! :) Just a scratch on my leg and knee. lol Sara remember the time in Hawaii and the rope hit me in the leg. lol o the good times. anyways...back to Haiti adventures. :) So we eat A LOT of rice and beans and the same meat everywhere we go. It's actually pretty good but I am sick of it all ready. :) I have to make this one really short but I am hoping tomorrow I can download some pictures for you all. Love you all.
Haiti Day 1
I'm alive, alive and I don't care who knows it!!! :) Well we landed in Haiti today. I was a little nervous getting off the plane because some of the people who have been before were like...someone needs to be in front of you to take your picture. I guess to get my reaction to Haiti. And they were right! WOW! first of all this is my first time out of the country and I go to Haiti! lol I know right! I love it! But it was an adventure. The people here are everywhere! (side note their is a lizard crawling on the wall right now where I am typing. lol got to love the lizards that are everywhere!) Anyways...people are everywhere. The builds you see are just trashed and they build up not side to side like we do. Children washing them selves in the river and people washing their clothes just down a little ways from where they were in the river. :) The children pointing to their tummies so you will give them food. Its heartbreaking! I wish I had enough money in the world to give these children the kind of life they could get in the US. We are all so blessed to be living in our beautiful country. I miss our clean streets, air conditioning builds, :) people speaking the same language as me! ITs so weird to think that I am the minority here. I wish so badly that I speak french or crecole. (i am not sure on that spelling, but I will find out.) :) I am so grateful for all that I have. I wish you could all come to Haiti and experience this adventure. I hope to post some pictures tomorrow. The internet is really SLOW and I think it might take forever to download but I will keep it posted. I have so much to write but I need to get to bed. I love you all and hope you find the little things in life to be grateful for!
Leaving on a Jet Plane!
So I am leaving for Haiti in less then six hours and I am so excited! I am so excited I haven't even packed yet. I am so excited I am blogging instead of packing! lol Got to love it! But I just wanted to make my first post of many this past 12 days I will be gone. I am hoping to blog a little something everyday for you people who actually read my blog! lol Plus this will kind of be like a journal for me. I am so excited and blessed to able to go to Haiti and work with the people there. Keep an eye out for my blog. I will try to keep it updated! Love ya all! If i don't make it home...PLEASE come find me! lol ;) Love ya!
Never the Leading Lady!
So after watching one of my favorite movies I can't help but think that its right! I am never the Leading Lady...I'm always the best friend. (Can you name the movie I am talking about?) Nothing is wrong about being the best friend but I just hope someday I will be the leading lady in my life! I know its kind of a sad post but let's face it...girls have to vent! :) But I must say, I LOVE my life! I am happy with my new student council position at school, the opportunity I get to go to Haiti, and I love my family!!! What more can I ask for...O wait...I know a MAN! lol Someday, Take One Step at a Time Right? ;)
UVU all the way!!!!
I am so excited, I could hardly sleep last night and in shock all at once! :) I am now the new Social Chair for UVUSA (Utah Valley University Students Association). For those of you who know I applied and I GOT IT!!! I have been wanting to do this position for a while now but didn't have the GPA last year. I was at a 2.9 and you had to have a 3.0 to apply so I had to wait until the fall semester of last year was over cause then i would my GPA would go up, and it did. But during the middle of this semester the girl who had the Social Chair position decided to quit, so that left an opening. I applied and even though they said I was the most qualified, they gave it to some guy (actually his name is AJ, LOSER! jk) because he was kind of working under the girl who quit, so instead of training a new person they give it to him. So, i was kind of like whatever, i will apply for the new year and see what happens. My good friend Trevor is the new Student Body President for UVU! Yay! Congrats! He was giving me all this advise for my interview that I had on Monday. I think it only made me more nervous. But I went into my interview, thought I did okay. I was still nervous because Trevor had told me 9 other people applied for the same position as I did and one of them was Kim's (VP of Student Activities) cousin so I thought that there was even a bigger chance I wouldn't get it. So interviews were Monday and Tuesday and tuesday night, Trevor text me and says..."I just love you so much!" Now, I was thinking, great he is only saying that cause I didn't get it right? So, i reply thanks, love you too. but you can tell me its okay. :) He then said He can't that's Kims job. Then I was thinking, great even if you don't get it? He said YEAH so I was thinking I didn't get it. Anyways, to make a long story short. lol Kim called me last night and Congrats me and asked if I will except the position of Social Chair on the UVUSA? :) Of course I was like YES!!! I am so excited to have this opportunity to work with the students at UVU and meet new people and most of all HAVE FUN! Cause we all know, I am so Young!!! ;) GO UVU!
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