Saturday, November 27, 2010

THE MANY HAPPENINGS.....

Well....I'm back from Denver!! I had the best time with Zac, Chelsea, and Gavin! It was a much needed trip in so many ways! I didn't take many pictures (I know surprise!) just because there wasn't much to take pictures of. I mean yes I took tons of Gavin but none that I like enough to post on the blog. So we had tons of fun shopping (lots of shopping!), sleeping, and just chilling at home eating tons of food! Nothing could be better than that if you ask me! So I went and stayed with Nancy and John for a night before my flight the next morning. They sure are a hoot! We just laughed and laughed and laughed! It was so great of Brian and Heather to come see me while I was there too!!! I sure do love you all!!! But it was a great trip and I am glad to be home!

Thanksgiving was AWESOME here!! Mom made the BEST turkey on the face of this planet! I seriously could have eaten it all day long which we pretty much did! It was so GREAT!! Lee and his family came which is always a pleasure seeing them when we can!!! Oh boy are they funny! Dinner was an adventure that is for sure!

Last night we took family pictures which was quite the task. We didn't want to pay for a photographer when I could take them at my studio for free. So I set up the tri-pod and we had Tiff's boyfriend put the button when everyone was ready. They turned out FANTASTIC!!! We are all just a bunch of goofs and had a fun time being together to do that! It was before Zac's mission that we got them taken last! It was time for an upgrade! Below are some of the pictures from that night....the rest are on my facebook page if you would like to see them! I hope everyone is well and enjoying the holiday season!!! I sure do love this time of year!!! Everyone is so much happier with life and all!!! YAY!!!













Monday, November 1, 2010

Big Plans!

Well for those who don't know I got my plane ticket to go visit Zac, Chelsea, and Gavin! And for those of you who didn't know that I guess you don't know how INCREDIBLY EXCITED I am!!!!! It is probably all I talk about...okay maybe not all I talk about but its either Denver or work. I will be taking a shuttle on the 16th and my favorite Uncle John will pick me up then my flight leaves the next morning. There was one condition that I had to agree to for John (aka Jack-sometimes I just like to change it) and that was I had to make him chicken alfredo. Ha ha! Which I am more than happy to do so! So I will be in Denver for a week then I will just ride with Zac and Chels home for Thanksgiving. I am in need of this vacation! Mostly I just need to get out of Idaho and not have to think about any thing (ex. boys, work, church callings, work, boys...the list goes on!) I have been wanting to go to Denver since those trials (but so many blessing came from it!) I encountered a couple of months ago and now work has slowed down for a couple of months and I leapt to the chance. I don't even care if we do absolutely nothing while I am there! I'm just SO excited to go! I will post pictures when I get back! :)

I also know that most of you that read this blog have not seen me in the last couple of days. I colored my hair. Now you must be thinking "Well duh, Amanda! Every one now a days colors their hair!" Which is true! But I dramatically colored my hair! Its a DARK red-brown color with highlights. I totally would take a picture of me right now for you to see these gorgeous locks (Heather you would LOVE it i'm sure) but I am in my pajamas and don't intend on getting out of them seeing as how it is my day off. You will just have to wait and see...it is darker than Tiffany's lets just leave it at that.

So the parents are away and so me and Nic are going to play! We have planned the wildest party anyone has ever seen! It will probably last until at least 7 o'clock at night! Ha ha! Just kidding! 8 o'clock! Oh I make myself laugh if no one else is reading this. Anyways...lots of fun going on here as always! Sorry I don't have any pictures this time around! Next post there will plenty to make up for it! Love you all! Remember who you are! CHURCH IS TRUE!!!!

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

...Lets see...

So...I don't have really anything to say but apparently people love reading my blog so much that they are requesting me to post something. It will just be an adventure to see what I end up writing here. Let us start this journey together....

Well...I guess we will start with work. I work A LOT and I LOVE it! I traveled to Star Valley, Hailey, and then to Sun Valley for a couple of days. We had lots of adventures while on these trips ones that I wouldn't want to be repeated but we laugh about it now. I do love my job and I love the people I work with! They are all so great! I also am very grateful that I work with pretty much all members of the church. As we were driving to Sun Valley I was thinking that I was grateful to be traveling with someone who holds the priesthood. It was just a lovely thought and something I am very grateful for! So that is work...it just keeps me busy and that is a very good thing right now!

So when I am not working I am either sleeping or trying to get caught up on things at home. Every once in a while I will have a social life. I have the most amazing friends! Its always so great to see them! We like to giggle! We just get to be so funny!

Tiffany wants me to say something about her. So this is it...she says hi! No I am kidding...well kind of! She is just such a goof.

Alright...I really don't have anything to say...I am doing so much better since my last post! I sure do love how the gospel works! We really are blessed to have it in our lives! Some of you would love to hear this. My mom and I went to Aunt Wanda's funeral the other day and it was so nice. I didn't know anyone really there but her husband Lorin was probably the cutest man I have ever seen in my life! Such a cute old man! Well one of their friends got up and spoke and said that they had talked about having Lavon (aka Grandpa Warner) speak at their funerals and then he said well who better to meet us on the other side then Lavon. It was just really sweet to hear about Grandpa. We sure do miss both him and Grandma! I was thinking about Grandpa today at work because it is his birthday!! So...HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDPA!!! Love you!!!

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Trials and the Temple


So as I was typing the title for this blog post I thought that would make a great church movie. You know like Baptists at the Barbeque or something. Anyways...I wanted to post about all of this two days ago but our internet has been down. So here it is now....the past week for me has been hard. I cannot tell a lie...when I say it has been hard I mean it has been horrible. Different trials for me have surfaced and they have truly been testing me. I have realized how much trials can change us for the better or how we can become worse from them also. I mean its our choice what they do to us. We can either be bitter about what has happened or we can grow from them. At first I wanted to be bitter...again I cannot tell a lie....it was hard for me to focus on what was truly important. Should I just be angry at Heavenly Father for letting this happen or can I remember that everything happens for a reason and learn everything I can for these experiences. Well here is me not telling a lie again...I was angry. I thought okay I am doing what I should be doing, why is it not going my way? The more I thought about it and the wonderful fathers blessing I was given (Thanks Dad! It was amazing in so many ways!) it helped me realize that okay I am doing what I am supposed to be doing but there is always more to be done. We are never just done growing and gaining that relationship with our Heavenly Father. So after that thought I said I need to go to the temple and figure things out. The closer I am to Him the more I can realize what I need to learn from these experiences. Last Saturday I went to the temple after work with a dear dear friend of mine, Kara Kopp. (Side note- I pretty much have the most amazing family and friends any one could ask for! It's such a blessing to find support from them!) So we went and did baptisms and then went and sat in the chapel. (Another side note I just LOVE the temple workers! I just sat there and cried the entire time we were in the temple and they were just AMAZING! Tissue after tissue and all the smiles were just great!) So as we were sitting in the chapel Kara reached over and grabbed my scriptures and opened to D&C 98:1-3. If you haven't read those scriptures do it NOW! I will pause for a second so you can do so.......................................okay, so I'm sure as you read them you probably felt something similar to what I did. It was so comforting and wonderful in so many ways! Then yesterday I went to the temple again mostly because I was feeling down and couldn't stand just sitting at home thinking about everything. I went bright and early and was the only one there when I arrived. All the workers were so excited to see someone and it was probably one of the best experiences of my life. I did the confirmations and then went into the baptistry and they did the names there but asked if I would do more. Now I mean how can you say no to that! I mean if you can you have no heart! It was AMAZING! Its just so great to do that work for those who can't do it for themselves and more so during a time when we are going through trials. I am a true believer in service during trials. It totally helps you see that life isn't so bad! I guess the moral of this story (which is still continuing) is even though our trials may seem hard and they are hard don't get me wrong....we need to remember why we are here. It is to go through trials and learn from them (even if we don't know what it is we are supposed to learn. Right, mom and dad?). I mean yes life is tough but won't it all be worth it in the end. Even before we came we knew we were going to go through certain things and even then we said yes. I mean I agreed to this a long time ago so Amanda just suck it up and learn from it! It may be hard but at least I am not doing it alone! AMEN! Okay sorry...that was kind of long but thats what happened. Well I love you all! Remember the CHURCH IS TRUE! :)



So this picture hangs in my bedroom...pretty much I just LOVE It!!! That is all!

Friday, September 10, 2010

OH...LIFE

Alright friends and family (I think its just a huge Warner thing to have a blog mostly because we love Nancy and know how much she loves blog stalking people!) Anyways...it has been a while since I have last chatted. I have been super super busy with work. I love my job and it never ceases to surprise me.

Well most of you know Tiffany has moved back to Rexburg and so has my good friend Melissa. They are just a crack up! We had a fun 7 week break doing anything and everything! I'm so excited for them to be back to Rexburg because we all know the social life is better up there. Well here is some pictures from the festivities that we had. We hosted a end of summer party which I think was a big hit! I don't know...I had fun so I hope everyone else did!!!

Tiffany, Melissa, and I at a FHE activity

Same FHE activity but now we have Jill! She is just so great!

Again same FHE activity but now there is Megan! 

Sarah came up for our end of summer party! I just love her! Its always so good to see her! 

Melissa and I...ignore the hair it was a rather blustery day! :)

A rousing game of Bocce was played! What a funny group! 

Well I guess that is all! Until next time! Love you all!!!




Tuesday, August 3, 2010


Well hello friends!!! It has been such an eventful week so lets get started! Tuesday I got a phone call from my new job wanting me to come in on Wednesday. So instead of starting Monday (August 2nd) I started Wednesday. I didn't really have time to be nervous which was really good. My first day I was taught the computer programs and then was left to fix all the files that weren't right. Well this may seem like a not so tiring task and one that would be quick but it took me from about noon to a little after 5 that day(it was a mess). I also met with one of the general managers that day and found out that I would be taking over for a photographer at the studio who is pregnant. She does a lot and I am kind of worried that I will forget all she does but I am excited for this responsibility. I will also be traveling to schools and taking all of the schools pictures which I am actually really excited about! Right now we are just doing a lot of senior pictures, which is fun! This job will definitely keep me busy and I am SO excited for that most days! The early mornings have took a toll on me so I have been going to bed even earlier than normal...which is super early! I'm like an old person who sleeps a lot! If I don't I don't function! Ha ha!  

Well a group of us went to Lagoon on Friday and had the BEST time!!! The picture above is of Tiff and I in the car during the drive. We left in the morning and got to Lagoon a little before 11. Once we got there we went straight for the rides. Now I am going to show you pictures of the day...I think they are rather funny when you really look at the individuals faces! Sure is a crack up!! This is the group that went...it consisted of Tiffany, Aaron, Melissa, Melissa's cousin Austin (he is 14. He had a blast becoming best friends with Aaron.) and me! This is the picture that we took at the beginning of the day notice how excited we all are! It was great!!
So here we are on WICKED which was our all time favorite ride! Austin is all hunched over , Tiffany's hair is going crazy as is mine and who knows what Aaron is doing! Ha ha! 
We are on this ride somewhere but it was so much fun!! Melissa took great pictures!!
So pretty much I was terrified to go on this ride and I had every right to be. I had been on this ride before but I must have lost weight or something...my body just flopped around! So I don't know wether to take that as a good or bad thing! :)
I don't handle the scary rides well and apparently Tiffany thought it was funny! Thanks a lot Tiff!
Two of my favorite people in the entire world, Tiffany and Melissa! We had the best time!!!
So after that fun adventure we weren't ready to stop just there so we made a trip to the Chuckars game the next night! Well...it ended up being Tiffany, Melissa, Wade, and I that attended! We had the BEST time!!! Some creepy balloon man kept walking around and he seemed to just show up at the most random times or if you would turn around they would be there. Well it started to be a huge joke/creepy thought that he was going to show up at our houses because he was every where. I sure hope I don't see him at my house! I wish we would have gotten a picture of him but at the bottom is one of all of us at the game!  I hope everyone is doing well!!! Until next time dear followers!!
Melissa, me, Tiffany, and Wade...such a fun group of people!!!

Sunday, July 25, 2010

UPDATE

Alright...so I just realized that I haven't told many about the decision I made concerning my job. Lets re-cap shall we!! A photography company here in IF offered me a full-time position and a consultant offered me a part time position. Now some of you may think well obviously you go for the full-time position. Well if I take that job I can't go back to school and if I take the part time I can finish school but lose this amazing opportunity for the photography company. So after much much prayer and thought I decided I will be working for.........BELL PHOTOGRAPHY! I have had only a couple freak outs about this new position but I am really excited about it. I don't start for another week but its going to be an amazing opportunity. But don't you fret friends...I will finish school!!! Who knows when that will be but I will. I didn't suffer through all of that for nothing!!! :-)

So since I don't start the new job for another week and once I start I will have less time to hang out with friends, I am going to party hard this week! I am up for suggestions as to what to do so PLEASE feel free to comment which ideas! For sure we are going to Lagoon on Friday which I am SO excited about because I LOVE roller coasters and being scared out of my wits! Plus I have AMAZING friends to spend it with!

So here is my dear dear friend Melissa and I waiting for the movie Inception to start! Now I must say if you haven't been to see this movie yet you MUST!!! This movie is easily in my top 5 now that is how good it is!!! I was a bit worried because before every time I saw Leonardo DiCaprio I just thought of Titanic and him on the front of the boat...anyways! But honestly I never thought of Titanic once and I thought he did an amazing job!!! Definitely a must see! Oh and to make the movie better there was nothing bad and hardly any vulgar language! AMAZING! Thats all I have to say about that! I am just so grateful for friends that will hang out with me! Ha ha! I haven't laughed this hard for a very long time! I think everyone needs to laugh more! I mean the best feeling in the world is the day after a good laugh when your face hurts. Then you are reminded about all the laughing all day long! Its just great! And anyone would laugh with these people! So funny!!! So I told you in a recent post of a little golfing trip that we did which again much laughing did occur! I thought I would post a picture of us! We had to document this picture so people actually believed that we went! I mean we weren't the best but we weren't terrible either. I think we might start a club.
Now you can notice that there is a golf hole right behind us so there is proof! Kara is just a natural athlete. She did awesome!!! I'm sure she beat all of us except for Aaron! Well maybe she beat Aaron, he didn't really play because he was helping us the entire time! Melissa did great as well!! We were all really good and swinging and never hitting the ball though! Which is always funny to watch especially when it happens over and over again! Anyways...its just so much fun to hang out with fun people and do fun things! I sure do love them!! :-)




So recently I have been reminded of high school and how much fun it was! Honestly I would never go back and want to relive it like some people but I really did enjoy high school. One thing I miss is cheerleading. I was in such great shape and had so much fun cheering with Tiff. When she was going through pictures she found our cheer picture that we took together. She hates it but I love it!! We had so much fun doing that together and having those experiences. So this picture just reminds me of those
times! Even though we were on different squads we still had the opportunity to do competitions together and practices together. I will never forget the time they wanted to put her in a split extension but when they got her up there she could never rotate her hips so she just sat up there in the chinese splits! It was hilarious!! I was also thinking back on gymnastics and our coach making us sit in those splits while he held us down for 5 minutes. The first couple of minutes didn't hurt but after that we were in so much pain! You stood up and the only way I can think to describe how it felt is we walked the same way cowboys do after they get off of there horse from being there for so long! Ha ha! The things we put ourselves through! Anyways...I guess that is all! I hope all is well for those of you who read all of this! Ha ha! Until next time!!!

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

BIG NEWS

Alright Amanda fans---here is the grand news!!! I had an interview last week at a place in Idaho Falls called Bell Photography. I didn't know what to think after the interview-I thought it went well but I knew that there were TONS of people interviewing for that same position. I didn't know what the chances of me getting it were. So...I kept applying for jobs hoping something would come up and something did. A friend of mine from college told me that her job was opening up because she just had a baby. So I went and met with the owner today. He seemed really excited about meeting with me and things went really well. He said that he needed to interview the others but that he really liked me. As soon as I got home from that interview today I got a phone call from none other than Bell Photography and they offered me the job! So now I have a choice to make!

The past couple of days have actually been amazing!! The past couple of weeks have been a trial for me but I hope I have found the light at the end of the tunnel. Yesterday I hung out with Melissa a ton! I sure do love that girl!! She is a crack up! Well we went shopping and then us being us as we drive by Wingers we knew that we had to eat there for dinner! So we invited a bunch of people but everyone seemed to be busy except for our true friends! After dinner we were going to go to a cheap movie but didn't make the showing so Aaron decided that we should go golfing because that is all he ever seems to do. So we went so he could teach us! Well us girls were hilarious to watch!! I mean if I was an onlooker I would think we were crazy! So after much humiliation we were done and just wanted to chill and watch a movie! I love fun nights like that! Its amazing what laughing can do!!! My cheeks are a little tender today from all the laughing! Its great to have friends like that!

If there are people out there that don't know me as well one thing you must know is I cry during TV shows. Not just a little tear when something sweet happens but full on sobbing. Most of the shows I cry in I'm sure others would too so don't look at me like I am crazy -- like Extreme Home Make-over and shows like that. Well a new show I have found to cry in is Whale Wars! Its such a good show about saving the whales! Anyways if your looking for a good cry just watch that show! Ha ha! Anyways...until next time dear followers!!

Friday, July 16, 2010

:)

Okay-so I don't really have much to say but I am bored out of my mind! So I figured I would post something....I guess we will see where this goes together, as I write it and as you, my friend reads this. So...here we go!!!

Last night we had the wonderful opportunity to drive up to the Palisades to meet up with Bart and his family along with Grandma and Grandpa. I had never been up there and it was GORGEOUS!!! I mean we all know that I am not a fan of camping but it was nice to visit and have some yummy dutch oven food! I felt as though I was roughing it as best I could. Ha ha! After we left we went and got ice cream in Swan Valley at some little shop that has square ice cream. It was rather interesting but the ice cream was delicious! But it was good to see Bart and Laura and their family. Those boys sure are a crack up...we talked about everything from girls to scout camp. We don't get to see them very often because we live so far apart but when we do we try and catch up on everything. Tiffany even asked them what they got for Christmas and it was funny cause no one could remember. I guess that goes to show you that it doesn't matter what you get but what you do to make that holiday special. But we sure do love them and love seeing them when we can!!


So here is Grandma, Nic, and Matt at the camp ground waiting for dinner. The boys were getting a little restless for the food to be done but they got a service project in while waiting. The kind fellow next to us was using his chain saw cutting fire wood for a long time so when he left the boys stacked it very nicely for him. It was cute!

Grandma is just so funny! She would switch conversations going back from Bart and Dad to us kids. She would just laugh at herself saying she was listening to both cause she couldn't pick just one. Oh I sure do love that woman!!!

Well there were other pictures but they are taking forever to load! I even went downstairs and helped hang some sheet rock and wood and came back up and it still wasn't done loading. So pretty much I am just giving up on it! Ha ha!! Anyways...I guess that is all for now! Until we meet again!

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Hello Hello


Alright...time for you to hear from me again...exciting I know! So Tiff had to do some assignment were she had to get the most embarrassing photos of us and put in a slideshow for a presentation. Okay so that might not have been the assignment but it sure felt like it. She went through all of our pictures and scanned a bunch to the computer. Which is probably a good thing to do so that if something ever happens to them we will still have them. Anyways, this was just one of them. I thought it was hilarious! I mean look at everyone individually. Zac looks like he needs to go to the bathroom or something. Tiffany reminds me of Joey on Friends when he says "How you doin?" HA HA!! Mom is laughing at something. I'm sure Nancy is behind the camera doing a funny face or something. As for Dad he is kind of creepy! Looks angry or something. Now the cutest girl in the picture...me...that is pretty much normal. I'm just awesome! HA HA! If only Nic was in the picture that would be a crack up! Love you all!!

So I go to a singles branch...I know surprising. Most of you are probably thinking "Amanda's not married by now! That is so strange! She is so amazing!" and you are so right. I am pretty awesome! All kidding aside I do attend a singles branch in Idaho Falls. Amazingly enough I have three callings. I will be released from one on Sunday though which is a good thing. I think I would go crazy trying to get things done. At first when the branch presidency asked if I would like to be released from this calling I was sad. I had never just been released from a calling without moving away. But now I understand that it will be a good thing. But I am now the branch photographer which I am way excited about. The branch presidency asked me to go in search for a camera to purchase for the branch so that has been my task this week. I finally found the one that I felt would work best for the branch and went to go purchase it at Best Buy today. Well lucky me....they were sold out. So it looks like the hunt is on again. I am really excited about this new calling and I hope to be able to get people more involved in the branch.

Speaking of photography I got an award/certificate in the mail today for some of the photography that I did at the studio along with a cute pin! HA HA! Its probably nothing but I sure do love getting stuff in the mail thats not depressing! Anyways that is all for now! Until we meet again!

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Denver Pictures and more.....


Okay so here is just one picture from the aquarium...if you want to see more just look at my facebook and they are all up there. It was a TON of fun and I would go back any day!!! We are sad that Zac, Chelsea, and Gavin are moved away from Idaho but I am really excited for them. I love cities so I'm excited to go visit them and be in city life!

So most people know that Tiffany moved to Rexburg a couple of months ago. It was kind of funny because I went to church that first Sunday she was gone and people would come up to me and say "Are you going to be okay with Tiffany gone?" They weren't concerned about her and her new adventures they were worried about me and that I was going to be alone. We were together constantly so it was weird for the branch to see me without her. I will also admit that I was very nervous to be alone from her without knowing anyone. We had been in the branch for quite some time but everyone seemed to think we were just visiting. The branch we go to isn't the most social and I just felt out of place. So when Tiffany moved I just figured I would sit alone in sacrament and all the other meetings. The first couple of weeks I did and I was surprised at how much I gained from my church meetings. Thats when I realized how much of a distraction Tiffany was! Just kidding Tiff!!! Well things started to get lonely so I would go and sit next to the new person in the branch hoping that I could make them feel more welcome then I felt when we first moved in. Pretty soon I made some great friends. It's amazing how much of an impact people make to others. I hang out with two girls in particular a lot (I know Grandma Barrus would be upset with me! She is a crack up and mails me articles in the Desert News about dating. Well to comfort those of you who worry about me...I do date! Ha ha! So no need to worry...I just haven't found the right guy yet!) so these two girls, Melissa and Jessica, are wonderful! I think our new favorite place is Sub Zero! I am in love with their soy ice cream! Its just amazing that Heavenly Father knows just what we need and when we need it! I feel like every time I talk to them I tell them all the crazy stories I have. I know I talk a lot and I have stories for pretty much every thing. I hope I don't drive them crazy! I sure do appreciate them though...more than they could ever know!! Its nice to have someone to talk to about the dates we go on and the other things girls talk about! Anyways...we have fun! Melissa and I even went to Oklahoma! the other night!! Ha ha...we were laughing at the parts no one should laugh at and pretty much fell in love with the main guy in the show. It was so much fun!!!

Well thats it for now! Until we meet again!!!

Sunday, June 27, 2010

The Beginnings

Alright everyone....here is what you have been waiting for! I don't really know what I am doing, at all! But that is okay, I'm hoping to learn as I go. So I don't know what to say...I guess I just start talking and if people want to listen (I mean read) they can if not just close out of this page and I won't have wasted your time. Maybe this whole blog thing is a great thing for me, sometimes my dad tells me that I talk a lot. Which I guess is true...always something to say!

Okay so here it goes....I don't work at the portrait studio anymore. I know, sad!! It was a good step for me to leave but I did learn A TON about myself working there. For instance, I had a hidden talent. I have found a ton of those recently such as photography and drawing. It was great for people to actually see my work and what I can do. I'm sad that I don't work there anymore but I am hoping to do more freelance photography with a friend of mine. I would LOVE that and feel more open to do things outside then in a confined studio. I also made some great friends there that I hope to keep in contact with as time goes. So with school...I will be going back in the fall hopefully. I only have 9 classes left to finish! I can't wait!! I will get a bachelors in University Studies with minors in Home Design and Art/Photography.

So we just got back from Denver, Colorado! It was a fun trip! We left on friday morning (and when I say morning, I mean EARLY morning!! 5 AM to be exact) Our enthusiasm started quickly but soon died down! Mom and Dad left at 3 in the moving truck and Tiffany, Nic, and I were going to follow Zac, Chelsea, and Gavin in the van. It was fun at the beginning but soon enough we were ready to get out of the car. We decided to listen to country music through Wyoming! I know big surprise...I struggle with listening to country but I did it for the experience I guess. Well we got there with only minor car problems (poor Zac with his car over-heating!) After everyone had arrived we unloaded the truck in an hour!! We moved double time because we were all so ready to be done! We got settled and soon enough after everyone was fed we CRASHED!! The next day we went to the Denver Aquarium which was AWESOME!! As we went through we were amazed with all the animals! Tiff even fed some spitting fish! She yelled at them a bit but they gave in and ate the cricket in her hand! I wish we got that on video she yelled "JUST GET IT!!" to the fish! I'm sure everyone was laughing at her screaming at them! Once we finished walking through they had a pond tank thing with Sting Rays in it. Everyone was touching them but some of us were a little hesitant, me in particular. I have a thing with germs. I just don't like them and I knew that these sting rays did! Well if you are still reading you will be surprised at this next part....I TOUCHED IT!!! and afterwards I put sanitizer on three times that was next to it and when we got in the car I think I put triple that on then again when we got home I washed them. It was gross and slimy but a good experience for me. Well I will get the pictures downloaded and post them. But it was a great trip and we had a lot of fun!

Okay I will stop talking for now! Until we meet again!