Sunday, September 14, 2008

Sunday


This Sunday was regional conference for my ward. so this morning i went to the conference center with my roommate Jewel. We left at 9:30 because we expected a little bit of a crowd (there are a lot of singles wards that are in our region). HOLY COW! so apparently it was the whole salt lake region and not just singles so i had to park at the gateway. there were masses of people it was like general conference. So we finally make our way through the extensive lines and sat down, in really good seats considering, just in time for the meeting to start. we were down in the front plaza in the middle so pretty close to the speakers. President Hinkley, (President Hinkley's son) got up and announced that President Monson would be presiding. Ok. no one in our ward told us anything about this meeting so I was a little stunned that not only were there tons of people at what I was thinking was going to be like a singles stake conference but the prophet was literally  a few hundred feet away from me. It was a really enjoyable meeting. The prophet was the last speaker and he kept cracking jokes. I didn't realize what a funny guy he was. 
Anyway, that was my exciting sunday. 
 

Saturday, September 13, 2008

OH yeah

by the way my new number is 1801-448-4218

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

whoopsi



Okay, I know that this is going to sound like I did it on purpose but that is not so. I went to Lagoon on Saturday and went on wicked. At the very tip of the top low and behold I see my phone floating in front of my face right before it plummeted to the ground. SOOO, i conformed and bought the iphone. It happens to be one of the coolest things I've ever owned. However, I don't have any numbers so if you guys would be so obliging as to get your number to me I would be greatly appreciative. cell and home if applicable. Thanks 

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

HOLY LABOR DAY!





Let me tell you all about my labor day weekend starting from the very beginning. A group of friends and i decided to go camping/ hiking down in little wild horse canyon this weekend. Little wild horse is a slot canyon right next to goblin valley. We left on Sunday night around five o'clock. It was kathy and pam, who are sisters and Jake and Jared who are brothers and me. we got to our camp spot about 9 pm that night and set up our tent. It was very windy and a little bit rainy but it was still warm. however, because of the horrible wind half of our tent collapsed about 6am so we decided to get up and start our hike early seeing as it was a nine mile hike we thought we would get an early start. after putting up camp we headed out around 7am. It was a beautiful canyon it really was amazing. Sheer cliffs about 30 ft. up on both sides of you you can reach out your hands and touch both walls. Anyway, we were about a mile in and Jared decided to go up to the top of the cliffs and take pictures of us down below. Pam and i were ahead of the group and had turned around to watch jared try and come down. He slipped on some loose rocks and plummeted down the 30 ft. drop. he dissapeared behind a rock so all I heard was his thud and the rocks landing a few seconds later. We all thought that he would be just fine so we made our way to him not really in a rush. His brother was the first one there and as soon as I heard the fear in Jakes voice I knew that it was bad. I ran to them Jake was trying to lift Jared off the ground to carry him out. Jared's head was bleeding and he was completely unconscious his breaths deep and labored.  I screamed at Jake to not move him. we didn't know if his back or neck was broken so we laid him in my lap and Jake ran for help. I have rarely prayed so hard or been so scared. I thought that Jared was going to die in my lap. So we prayed and mid-prayer Jared started to moan. HIs eyes fluttered and he looked up at me. Both his pupils were the same size so and he recognized his own name. I had to keep him awake until the EMTs could arrive. I checked his body asked him if other things hurt and he would grunt at me. then he rolled to the side and puked on his arm and my leg. (I will never drink gatorade again) both his hands were sliced open and I could see the bone of his right pinkie. I grabbed Jakes bandana and wrapped his hand. His head was what I was most concerned with after I realized that his neck, back, legs and arms were okay as far as i could tell. He had a gash on his forehead and was also bleeding from his nose and ear. After about 45 min Jake and the EMTs arrived and we rolled him onto a back board. Me, Jake, and four goblin valley rangers hiked him out over rocks and boulders. It is amazing what you can do when you have adrenaline pumping through you. We got him out it took about two hours and finally we reached were the ATVs could drive up and we loaded all our bags on those and the big ranger switched me out and I drove kathy and the bags on one ATV and another lady drove pam out. while the rest continued on with Jared. WE got him to the ambulance and loaded him in and they drove him to Castleview. WE went to goblin valley to fill out a report and then followed after him. We were at the hospital until 5pm I think we got there aroung 12:30 or 1. they did x-rays and CAT scans and realized that Jared had a fractured skull so they life-flighted him up to provo. ironically enough Jared is a fourth year med student and he is doing a rotation at the same place they life-flighted him. We drove up to provo and Jake and I dropped kathy and Pam off at their house and then we went to the hospital. I was there until 10:30 pm. Fortunately, Jared is fine his face is broken and he has a wicked black eye and his pelvis is fractured and he has too many stitches to count...but his brain is fine he is still really smart he remembers mostly everything. They moved him out of ICU today and they think that he will go home tomorrow. and that was my long weekend adventure which I hope never to repeat.