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Yellowstone

After class on Friday I went to Yellowstone National Park with my good friends Katie, and Kaylee. We had lots of fun, seeing all the crazy animals and waiting for Old Faithful to blow. Old Faithful was not very faithful to us. It just so happened to skip going off the 2 hours that we were there. We had fun anyways.

It's an Elk! It was a very large elk. It was kind of far away.

May 2008, my first encounter with kissing a buffalo!
Back for more haha. September 2010.

The cloud of steam behind me in this picture was very smelly. Katie and I were walking by when the source of the sulfur air let out an excess amount of steam. We both ran to get out of the stinky mist, and the cute old couple that you can vaguely see in the background said "It's not going to hurt you" Katie and I burst out laughing. Haha Of course it's not going to hurt us, it just smells bad. It was really funny!
Waiting for Old Faithful
Good ole' jumping pictures
Still waiting for Old Faithful
and waiting





Sunset...BEAUTIFUL!!!
After Yellowstone we drove through Teton National Park, and stopped in Jackson Hole. We had the most delicious hamburgers at a cute diner.

This is the entrance to the park in Jackson Hole. It is made out of antlers. Pretty cool!!
In the 3 years that I have lived in Idaho I have never taken the time to get a picture at the Idaho border. On our way home at 11:30 at night we passed into the border of Idaho and I insisted. The Wyoming and Idaho signs were right across the street from each other so we got them both. The only state we are missing from this adventure is Montana. Next time I will get a picture with the Montana sign.

Surprise!

Last night one of my good friends from high school surprised me with a visit. She just happened to be driving through town. I has been years since I have seen her. It was so much fun to catch up! She's married now, and so much has changed, but it's like we were never apart. I love friends like that!! Thanks for the visit Allison!!

Fallin' into the Fun!!

Last Friday I started my weekend off by going bridge jumping with my cousin Amanda and friends. The weather was perfect! It was in the 80's. When we got to the bridge I didn't waste any time. I was the first person to jump, and I was in shock because the water was SO COLD!!! I didn't take into consideration the fact that I was in Idaho, and it was mid-September. woops. It was fun anyways.



There were a lot of little snakes. I guess it's called the Snake River for a reason.

On Saturday we had a big dinner with a bunch of old friends. It was so good to see everyone!!!

Sister Hale!

Kathy and I had a lot of fun doing a missionary photo shoot. I know they are cheesy, but I think we got a lot of cute pictures. Here are some of the pictures we got!

Hermana Adiós

I went to Utah for Kathy's farewell this past weekend. It was pretty crazy, because school started on Thursday, and on Friday after class I went straight back to Utah. (not an ideal way to start a semester, but it was worth it to be with Kathy this weekend). On Saturday I spent the day with Kathy at Aunt Kathy's house.
Kathy had no idea, but one of our good friend(and Kathy's old roommate) Bailey flew in from California for the farewell. She could not have been more surprised to see her.
We spent Saturday getting everything ready for Sunday, and playing games. Mostly we just had tons of fun!!


Kathy and Bailey
Me, Bailey, Megan, and Kathy
Kathy, Bailey, Megan, Me, Lizzie

Sunday during the brunch. I LOVE all of these girls! Sadly, I am the only one out of the 7 who will still be at school. Welcome to my life this semester (everyone that I've always had at school with me...gone. I'm not complaining just stating the facts). Annie, Me, Bailey, Kathy, Lizzie, Kaela, and Amanda!
All of the Jones family that was there. Love it!
Here we have Grandma Jones, and Grandma Hale. It was Grandma Hale's 82nd Birthday we had to do some sort of celebration. Grandma Jones turns 82 next month.

Sisters!

Janel was in Utah for our cousin Amy's wedding, sadly I missed the wedding by 1 day because I was driving across the country.
Me and Kate. Kate makes me look so tan. Yup, that is definitely Janel's baby.

I got to spend all of Labor Day with Janel and Kathy. It was so much fun, especially since I NEVER get to see Janel. Who would guess that Kathy, Me, and Janel are sisters. Seriously we could not look any more different.

We went to Cafe Rio for dinner. Kate was trying to grab everything off of our plates, so Janel let her taste a lime. Surprisingly Kate loved it.

It was the last day that we would all be together before Kathy's mission. CRAZY!! We had lots of fun!




I LOVE GRANDMA!!!

My 20th Birthday!!

I had the BEST birthday this year! WHY?! Because I was surrounded by people that I love!

I started off the day with Grandma and Grandpa Jones. We spent the morning at their house, and went to church with them in the afternoon. It was so nice to spend time with them!

After church we went to my Aunt Sandra and Uncle Brent's house. Where I finally got to see my cute niece Kate for the first time.
Janel and Laura made me a beautiful dinner, and birthday cake. Thanks girls, I loved it. We had a lot of fun visiting and playing card games.

Kathy and I with our (card) game faces on. It's okay to brag because it was my birthday.... I played my best game of 5 crowns EVER!!! I won by a landslide :)
Grandma and Grandpa playing 5 crowns.
Me, Grandma, and Janel
Crazy Hale-ians






We also played a good game of croquet. Scott's getting ready for a pretty serious shot. Oh snap!

The view as we played backyard games. I love a good Utah sunset!

Yup, like I said before. It was a great birthday! I got to see all 4 of my grandparents, 4 of my siblings, 1 sister-in-law, 2 nieces, 1 nephew, and some of my fun cousins. Don't worry my parents had a birthday dinner with me the week before, and I had a birthday party with my friends a few weeks ago. So everyone got a piece of the birthday celebrating action.