Dylans Going On A Mission!

One of my favorite people in the world, Dylan, is going on a mission! He has been called to serve in the Chihuahua (or as Dylan said CHI-HEWUH-HEWUH), Mexico Mission Spanish speaking! He has lived with us this last year while he has been going to school and I have loved every second he has been here. I am going to miss him dearly but I am excited that he gets to do this. He is going to help so many people and particularly himself. He reports to the Provo MTC on July 29th. That is all I am going to report on that for now because if I write too much more I will start crying and it is way too early before he leaves for that. Congratulations Dylan, I love ya man!

This is Dylan and I after we took his missionary photo's!

In the middle of one of our Alias Marathons!

Tree Project

This semester I have been taking an Environmental Biology class. I needed another science and this seemed much better than taking Anatomy or some other class that I would wade the rough water between passing and failing. No No, learning about Global Warming seemed a small price to pay for an easy science class. It has ended up to be one of my favorite classes. For labs we go on field trips around the valley and that is much better than doing experiments in the lab. Our last project of the semester was to teach third graders from a local school about resources we get from the environment. My group was assigned to teach the kids about forests and why they are important and what we can do to protect them. I was thrilled, of course, because of my tree obsession. There were five girls and one guy in our group. Immediately all of us girls thought, "oh great, this guy is going to be no help at all." Much to our surprise though, Ammon our 6th and only male group member is now one of our favorite people. Taking the initiative he created this person sized tree out of fencing material and fabric. He painted it and everything. It is a great tree and the kids loved it. I am still in awe of it. I love its Afro. Our presentation went really well and we all had a good time. I garbed the group with tree shirts because my vast amount and I am pretty proud to say I can do that.



Happy Trails...

Three Decades...

Stacy had a birthday! She is now three decades old! It has been a lot of fun to have Stacy home for the last few weeks and I am glad she got to celebrate her birthday with us! Everyone came home for the weekend to celebrate! There was a pinata, sidewalk chalk, great food, hat decorating, and of course a tun of cake (3 to be exact, 1 for each decade). It was a great time! Thanks Stacy for having a birthday so we could all celebrate!

See Tessa... Create!

I have decided to start a creative journal. I can 'art' (my cousin Dylan thinks it is hilarious that I use art as a verb) about anything I want with any medium. It can be completely repulsive and that is okay because it is my journal with no expectations. The goal is to put alot of myself into it and learn how to create without any inhibitions. Hopefully I will end up with a lot of different pages that reflect my thoughts, feelings, and happenings in my life visually and creatively. If that doesn't happen; that is okay too. I will post entries on here from time to time when I am so inclined. Here is today's entry...

Happy Trails...

Feeling Good

In the vast array of my enjoyments there are very few that beat a good beautifully decorated cake (a good Christian Bale Movie is the only thing that comes to mind). Stacy is here visiting from Boston and came equipped was a plethora of cook books. She picked a recipe that has been tempting and mocking her to the edge of insanity lately. It has been begging to be created and thus devoured. So the time had come and the Hazelnut Torte finally made an appearance in the kitchen. Stacy made the Torte and I decorated. So this is the celebratory dessert for Easter. MMMMMM...


My creative and blogging hiatus is over and I am back in the swing of things. My poor little blog was in a black hole of sadness...