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!
Keys on Main and Fun!
I had a great 25th Birthday! I went to school and work and then later that night went to Keys on Main downtown. :)Thank you Mandy for my great gift from work. She made me a cake,her son put 25 candles on it...I thought the daycare was going up in smokes! ;) I had the kids help me open my gift which was great. A movie, flip flops, and Easter candy! My favorite! Easter is the best holiday for candy! That is why everyone should have a birthday in March! So after work I meet my friends up in Salt Lake. I had so much fun! Thank you to all who came. I hope you had fun! :) 
What a BUTT load of candles right? :)
I am offically 25!!
Don't worry I didn't burn the place down. I am very good at blowing out candles
My children helping me open my gift. Thanks again Mandy!
Keys on Main 
This is me showing off my Patriotism
My friend Chris came...he was so Happy to be there. Can you tell?
My boys Tallon and Aaron
My mom even came!!! She has a hard time keepin her eyes open when taking pictures...so after like five shots I decided to keep them open for her! Love ya mom!
Brooke and Me
My girls! Ash and Katy! Love ya girls!
Sara, Jordan, and Me
My friend Trevor and Me
My High School friends came...Karen, Nicole, and me. Thanks girls for coming!
Juli, Tanner and me...and no Tanner is not drunk he has a hard time keeping his eyes open too! ;)
This is James, Katy's husband. He was at the bar watching the game pretty much the whole night so I had to snap a picture with him to document he was there! :)
These are Christopher's friends that came with him. I can't remember there names but it was fun to have them there since Chris was a bum the whole night! ;)
My friend...Thanks for coming everyone!
Wii
I just have to post these pictures of my nephew and my dad playing Mario Kart! We went downstairs one night to find my dad and my nephew playing the Wii and their faces say it ALL!!! So cute! I just love them both so much!
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