General Conference

I love General Conference!!!! Mostly because it is General Conference, and it is always so encouraging, but I also got to do lots of fun things this conference weekend. For starters Megan decided at the last minute to drive out with a couple friends. They drove a total of 60 hours to be out here for 36 hours. It was so much fun to spend time with her.

We started by making a quick stop by the Knoxville mission reunion that was being held in Salt Lake. This is us with (Elder) David Jackman. He served in our singles ward last fall and I got to help him and his companion out a lot. It was cool to see a lot of the old missionaries, and other people from Knoxville.
Me and one cute cousin Kristine!

Me and Megan

We crashed at my cousin Kristine's apartment in Salt Lake for the night.
Megan literally crashed on the love sac and I am not kidding when I say she did not move until I woke her up the next morning. Poor girl, got like 3 hours of sleep in 48 hours.
We got to go to both sessions of conference in the Conference Center on Saturday. For the morning session we just got there early and asked people for tickets on the side walk. We lucked out and found someone who had extra tickets. Michael and Chris (the guys from my home ward that Megan drove to Utah with) had 2 extra tickets for the afternoon session. Perfect right? So we went to the second session with them.
If you have ever seen the TLC show called "The Little Chocolatiers" you recognize the people in the picture. They own Hatch Family Chocolates in Salt Lake City. They have very delicious chocolates!!
Also if you are ever in Salt Lake you should try The Pie Pizzeria. It is this hole in the wall place. It might be the best pizza I have ever eaten.
On Sunday I spent the day at my Grandma and Grandpa Hale's house. I enjoyed listening to conference, and spending time with Grandma, Grandpa, and my Uncle Bob's family.

Jon, Adam, Me, and Kinsey

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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.