The Bear Lake Monster!!!!!

Hey family! just wanted to update you on my life and whats been happening up here in Logan! well its officially started snowing and i have found myself waking up to temperatures that are not to my satisfaction when it comes to being comfortable, yes it has started to drop below zero and i have found myself freezing in the mornings!! "dont breath because the cold will steal your breath!"

My roommates and I @ Village Inn For Isabells Graduation

Me, Marianne and Andrew.. Happy Birthday!

i have enjoyed getting my own room and setting it up to my liking, and all i have to say is no matter how hard i try to not aquire more things it still happens! i now have 2 bedroom sets and its funny because i moved up here with nothing but a matress and a handful of clothes, i think that i might be cursed.....

I have also really enjoyed my callings in my ward, and being able to attend my ward every sunday, its the highlight of my week, its funny how much you find yourself needing the strength of the lord to get through the weeks and by attending church and participating in sacrament gives you that strength, another nice thing is that whenever i need a blessing i have worthy preisthood holders all around me to come and aid to my callings.

Marianne, Jodi and I at the Turkey Bowl! (it was freezing!)

This week has been especially challenging for me with work, I am a manager at my company and i lost one of my team members and have had to pick up the load for about 3 people ontop of what i do during the day, and i have had to put in long hard hours to get things done, i haev also had to deal with my boss not being the nicest of people, but what doesnt kill you makes you stronger? sometimes i feel that that is not the case in my life! i think i have already died a couple of times this week, i find myself coming home and going strait to bed to sleep the stress off.

So by now i am sure you are all wondering why this entry is entiled the Bear Lake Monster, well let me tell you the story of how my friends and i encountered the monster. to everyones enjoyment and stress relieving activities we decided that we wanted to spend a relaxing vacation weekend up at the cabin. so we packed the car with food and games and clothes for the weekend and headed up Logan canyon to the restful Johnson/Ebert cabin. As you all may know there are certain things that need to be done in order to get the cabin in full swing for guests, the water needs to be turned on outside and inside and the water heater needs to be set etc.

The girls together at the cabin

Well in doing all of this my roomates and i find that the hall bathroom toilet has a small problem, it has decieded not to work properly and flood the entire bathroom after being used, it just wouldnt shut off! YES THE BATHROOM IS THE BEAR LAKE MONSTER! no sooner then we got there were we trying desperetly to clean up water and assest that damage that was done, to our horror the water had leaked through the walls and floors to the downstairs were it was flowing like a waterfall through the light fixture and leaking down the cealing!!!!!

The cealing leaking!

We filled this bowl full of water!

making a migiver contraption to hold the fan to the cealing!This of course took most of out night in cleaning up water poking a whole in the cealing to drain more of the water and then making a contraption that would hold the fan to the cealing so that we could dry the cealing where all the water was, lets just say that this was a night to remember!!! The next day was filled with snow and fun, we took the fourwheelers out and went down to the lake, i got bet 20 bucks that i wouldnt swim in the lake so of course i had to show the boys i could hang so i went for a swim in 30 degree water, and let me tell you that takes your breath away!!

Me swimming in the lake! YUP mom i did it!

We enjoyed the rest of our trip by playing games, going for a drive around bear lake and into idaho and by just relaxing and loving the fact that we didnt have anything to do or needing to be anywhere. it was nice to be surrounded by friends!! Christmas is almost here and that means presents, and wrapping paper and food! i cant wait for Christmas this year!! HOPE THAT YOU ALL HAVE ANJOYED A LITTLE GLYMPS INTO MY LIFE! i love you all and thank you again for being apart of my smiles, laughter and tears!

Love you!!!