These days...

Let's play catch up for the month of July. 

Lots of work at the call center and Hallmark. We were prepping for the Ornament Premiere. I worked 35 hours in 5 days. It was crazy. I was living off minimum sleep.

Off to the Family Summer Vacation to Zion. 

This trip was amazing. Words can't even describe how I feel. The more I think about it the more I fall in love with the trip. Being with family, feeling close to the pioneers, and just starting to understand what really went down in the 1840's. Here are some photos but they are straight from my camera and just a taste of what I saw. 

Liberty Jail

Temple Lot for the second coming.

Kansas City Temple

Family Photo

Sunset on the Mississippi in Nauvoo

Nauvoo House.
Where we stayed while in Nauvoo.
The house where Emma Smith died.

Nauvoo Temple

Nauvoo Pageant 

Original Floor in Assembly Hall

Anna Amanda

Annette during British Pageant

British Pageant

Carthage Jail 

The clock in the room where Joseph Smith was martyred.
The clock read just after five.
It was as if the clock stopped after Joseph Smith was killed.

Original hole.

Before we left Nauvoo we walked down Parley St.
Also known as The Trail of Hope.
The actors from the British Pageant told us stories from journals of the pioneers leaving Nauvoo.

Council Bluffs

Winter Quarters Temple

Annette dressed as a pioneer girl.

Winter Quarters Cemetery.

Sunset on Missouri River.

Mt. Rushmore

Crazy Horse

Chimney Rock

Martin's Cove

That is a nutshell of the trip. I honestly keep trying to pinpoint my favorite part but I am unable to. Every day it changes. I loved being with the family and going to the Nauvoo Temple. I loved everything. If someone offered to take me to Nauvoo, I would do everything in my power to go with them.

While on our way to Missouri, I received a phone call that was offering me a job at Deseret First Credit Union. That was a great moment. I started that job  two weeks ago. But this past week was my first week in the branch. On my second day, life became crazy. The teller next to me was robbed. I didn't noticed a thing I was helping another member when it happened. Because of the robbery, I had to go to work therapy on Friday. Honestly, the robbery bonded me to my co-workers. Only they (and other tellers) can understand what we went through.

This past week I worked a 65+ week. It was crazy. I am still exhausted from working so much. I loved being busy but hated it at the same time. I honestly can't wait for school to start just for the reason that my life will calm down. To end this hectic week, I met Carmen Rasmusen Herbert. She was on American Idol Season Two. She wrote a book that I received when I was 12. I have read that book multiple times. It introduced me to Young Womens and what I would learn there. I also bought her songs on iTunes and learned them all. I might have fangirled when I saw her but I pulled it together enough to get a photo with her and have her sign my book.

Let's just say, today my calendar looked like this...

Empty. 

I have always loved the way a fresh month looked. It brings the hope something new.

Within 3 minutes it looked like this. I brainstormed everything that was going on in the month of August. 

Everything on this calendar are things I know is going to happen off the top of my head. 

Already I can tell I am too busy.

Wish me luck.