I am thankful for GREAT friends...

I have been stressing a little bit about what I will be doing with school after my awesome trip and I was able to have a wonderful friend help me out a lot with amazing scriptures that really brought peace to my heart and really made me realize how important the scriptures are and how loving our Heavenly Father really is.

Deuteronomy 4:29-31 

29But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

 30When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the Lord thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;

 31(For the Lord thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the convant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.

Isaiah 41:10

10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

I know that My Heavenly Father loves me and truly cares for me and will help me with anything and everything that comes my way... I am so grateful for the gospel!!! Thank you dear friend (M.G.)!!

All will work out...Just have to have faith

A Whole New World...

This Tuesday I receive a phone call that was very very VERY EXCITING... but I shall start from the beginning! On February 5th I auditioned for Disney Live, which is the same company as Disney on Ice just instead it is on LAND! Well the audition was probably one of the most fun and one of the best auditions that I had ever been to! The casting director told all of the auditionees that she would keeping our audition on file for at most a full year and then shred it once the year mark at arrived if they had not chosen us to go on tour. Well guys... they called on Tuesday morning... I had almost forgotten that I had even auditioned for it!

So you probably want to know all of the details... well here it goes...

I will be dancing PROFESSIONALLY with DISNEY LIVE!!

I will be leaving June 23... YES that is next month!

I am on contract with Disney Live for 14 months... YES that is 1 year and 2 months!

I will not return till August 26, 2012!

I will be part of a 15 member cast along with two managers and the casting director!

I will be one of the back-up dancers and also will be an understudy for Mini Mouse, Ariel, and Jasmin!!

All the transportation, checking baggage, hotels (minus a few), visa, and some food with be paid for by the company!

The tour is international... YES this means I will be traveling outside of the United States... ready to know where the tour will be going...

China, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, Australia, Japan, Indonesia, and Taiwan!!

I can not wait to travel so much of Asia! What an experienced I have been blessed with!!

So since I will be gone for a little while I have made sure that I will be able to return to BYU by taking off this Fall semester and then registering for an Independent Study Course in January which will give me a full year to complete it while keeping my status as a student. Time is very interesting and it is so amazing how things don't happen for a reason and how other things do happen for a reason.

I am very very excited for this TRIP... I still can not believe that it is really going to happen! My dreams are all coming true... dancing, traveling and growing in so many ways! Thank you everyone for being such AMAZING supports! I will miss you all so much! I will try to keep this blog updated with my travels but it may be difficult due to the locations I will be in!

I am so grateful for this opportunity! It truly will be amazing!

Any questions?

A week of work...

Well this has been my third week home and I have finally started working to get some good money this summer... Hopefully ;) I am currently working at G.H Daniels, The Landscape Center. I basically do all of the inventory with another girl and inventory basically means counting and marking all of the trees in the yard... oh did I mention there are bout 2000+ trees... yeah a TON! Well we were able to finish all of the rows today 1-66 both A and B sides so that was very rewarding! BUT we are going to have to go back and re-measure every tree to make sure that it is updated with its current tag... grrr frustrating but I just continue to remind myself that I am getting paid AND it's better than sitting behind a desk answering phones all day... I get to see the beautiful SUN and nature... ooo and my favorite... LADY BUGS!!!

Then today finally came... it was a pretty warm day which was nice and I was able to accomplish a ton...

got a sun burn on my face and head but oh well I guess! By the end of the day I was able to use my creative side and decorate the green house with some of our trees and plants and flowers... that was a refreshing job to do since I have been doing inventory all week long... check it out...

So much better than before... can't wait till all the flowers bloom!

Pretty Poppy!

The cute little green house at the Nursery!

Well tomorrow will be a long day first training at Loaf and Jug and then back to the nursery for some more inventory... yuck but as I have said before... $$$$!

Those that are following my blog... hehehe thanks and stay tooned for important news next week! It's the BIG trip!

Hmmm... Just Thinking and Updating

What a wonderful weekend I had with my Mother and Father and especially my great friends Garrett Carter and Donovan Chambers! We went up to Fulford Friday evening and we were all so excited to see the snow! And wow we were in for a great treat... there was about 4 feet up there and then while we were up there we got between 16-20 more inches... oh man it was incredible! Perfect riding snow... with a solid layer and then nice fresh powder on top! Heaven on Earth, basically! We had yummy food up at the cabin like always (everything taste better up there) and watched great movies too!

Look at all this snow!

Saturday morning the guys and I went riding out in Triangle Park and wow it was so amazing! I love snowmobiling so much... my favorite is going really fast and praticing turns in the deep snow. Then after riding for a long while we all got very tired and sore so we decided to call it a day BUT we had to dig a hole and see how deep the snow really was and then take pictures of course!

About Five Feet DEEP!

My Daddy and I :)

Well after that fun adventure up at our Happy Place, it was time to say goodbye to my amazing friends (brothers) because they had a long travel all the way back to Columbus, OH. I really will miss them a ton and it will be a while till I see them again because they will be putting their papers in to go on missions just like many of my other fellow friends... uhhh I am not going to have any guy friends next Fall... what will I do... oh yeah homework and dance like always... but I will really miss these guys because they truly did take care of me while I was in Provo this year!

So now since I have been home for about 2 weeks I have really had the opportunity to think on some things and try to make decisions in my head... decisions like... do I want to go to Spain? Will it be beneficial? Do I want to go in the Spring or Fall? Do I want to continue the dance major? Do I want to continue the Spanish minor? Do I want to serve a mission in the next couple of years? There are even more questions I have that I need answers for but for now I guess these are some of the main ones... I know that I can only find answer to these questions by maintain communication with the Lord and by studying my scriptures MORE! Oh man growing up is so scary to me... all these decisions to make that impact your life so much... it kinda stresses me out... I am such a future thinker... sometimes I just wish (but dont really) that I would know what major to do, who to marry, where to work, when to have kids (that is a while from now so not too worried about this one) where to live, and so on and so on! Ya know??!!?? But thank goodness for agency because we have the choice to choose things in our life and as long as we stay close to our Heavenly Father we will make it through everything that comes our way both good times and bad. I am so grateful for his plan!! Well for now that is all that is on my mind that I am willing to write about so more for later I guess...

~Always thinking...

HURRAY... I got good GRADES!!

Oh man! I checked out "Route Y" on the BYU website which holds my grades and class schedule and all that great stuff and low and behold my grades for Winter 2011 semester were finally posted and updated! Wow I was somewhat nervous to see what I ended up with in some of my classes especially my honors writing 150 class but guess what all "A" and only two "B" I can live with that! I just can hardly believe I am a student at Brigham Young University! It's so AMAZING! I can't wait to go back in August to increase my knowledge of dance, spanish and especially the gospel of Jesus Christ!

So on a side note, I have been blogging a ton lately because well... I am at home bored almost to tears just waiting for my jobs to start... hopefully next week I will know the details for sure by tomorrow so wish me luck... I might just working 3 different jobs (Loaf & Jug, Everyday Outfitters and at a local nursery here in town maintaining plants and things) just to keep me EXTREMELY busy over the summer and well of course to make $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ so that hopefully next Spring 2012 I can make a trip to Spain on a study abroad program with BYU!! That is my plan for now! So I think when I start working the many hours that I will my blog will get the shaft somewhat and so I figure I might as well put some effort into it now since I have not to much else to do!

This weekend should be pretty fun though cuz my best friends/ brothers, Garrett and Donovan, are coming into town tonight till Sunday. My house is just a stopping point of their LONG LONG trip all the way back to Columbus Ohio! We are going to go 4-wheeling and hike some probably and just try to make some last GREAT memories before they head home and before they go on their missions...wow I am going to have no guy friends next year I have realized because they will all be on missions... :( Sad Day... but not really cuz they are doing the Lords Work!!

Well ta ta for now! Can't wait to blog again!

Nos Vemos!

Time is interesting...

I can hardly believe that my BEST FRIEND IN THE ENTIRE WORLD has been serving a mission for SIX MONTHS now! WOW time flys... I never thought that this day would come and now it is finally here...HURRAY! I am so proud of my Elder Austin Neal Page and especially grateful for his example to me! I have learned so much from him! I can hardly expression how thankful I am to missionaries like Elder Page, they are out teaching the gospel and serving others all around the world... how incredible is that! It has been really fun to know so many friends that are either on missions or planning on leaving soon to go and serve the Lord. I recently put up a map in my room and tagged all the places of where my friends will/ are serving missions... they are everywhere from Greece to Argentina to New York City...

The gospel is finally being spread all across the world for all to hear and to know of it's truthfulness! I am so extremely grateful to all of the missionaries that I know and do not know... what a difficult task they have on their hands for two years but what FABULOUS and REWARDING blessing they will get by completely loosing themselves in service for our Lord and Savior. I really do have a strong desire to one day serve a mission whether it be when I am 21 years old and serve as a single sister or when I am in my 50's and serve with my future loving eternal companion... or maybe I will have the opportunity to do both... we will see what life brings Ashley here in the next couple of years. As for now I am just at home, in Eagle CO, waiting to start some jobs I have lined up so that I can get some good money to hopefully be able to use for a study abroad program next Spring 2012!!

The Standard of Truth has been erected; no unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing; persecutions may rage, mobs may combine, armies may assemble, calumny may defame, but the truth of God will go forth boldly, nobly, and independent, till it has penetrated every continent, visited every clime, swept every country, and sounded in every ear, till the purposes of God shall be accomplished, and the Great Jehovah shall say the work is done."
~Joseph Smith

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that publisheth salvation, Isa. 52:7

I will both search my sheep and seek them out, Ezek. 34:11

Preach the gospel to every creature, Mark 16:15 (Morm. 9:22).

The fields are white already to harvest, John 4:35

And how shall they preach, except they be sent, Rom. 10:15

Teach them the word of God with all diligence, Jacob 1:19

The Lord grants unto all nations to teach his word, Alma 29:8

The gospel might be proclaimed by the weak and the simple, D&C 1:23

A marvelous work is about to come forth, D&C 4:1

If you labor all your days and bring one soul unto me, how great shall be your joy, D&C 18:15

Mine elect hear my voice and harden not their hearts, D&C 29:7



I am home just in time for EASTER!

Well the ride was kinda long to get home but finally we made it home and it was so nice to walk through that door and smell the sweet smell of home or "maple syrup"! Then we started to UNPACK...

I thought packing was bad but dang unpacking was terrible, I have so much stuff and trying to put it all in the spaces here at home... challenging!

SHOES and stuff!!

And then came Easter!!

We woke up pretty early because Syd couldn't hardly stand staying in bed anymore knowing that the Easter Bunny had came and maybe even brought some goodies! So we rushed outside to the living room and there everything was...how exciting! But we of course can not forget the really meaning of Easter and that is the Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! I am so grateful for my Savior and all that he did for me so that I could be able to return and live with my Heavenly Father once again! The Resurrection was such an incredible event that took place on this Earth and it is difficult to imagine that one day we too will be resurrected having our spirits and bodies once again become one! I can't wait for that day and can't wait to see My Heavenly Father and his Son, Jesus Christ someday!

Pics from the Easter Weekend...

coloring eggs... FUN!

my favorite color... claro que si!

oh Syders you should color the eggs not your fingers silly girl...

riding gear... yep for dirt biking... ok so the shirt is not mine... nor the boots... and the helmet is also not mine but hey those SICK camo riding pants are MINE... the rest is my mothers... she is spoiled :P

this is Bailey Fatboy Wiemer (his real name) he was tired of watching us color eggs...

Our pretty new dresses!

CHEEEEZZZE

Precious little girl, Dont you think?

SISTERS!!

Hope you had a wonderful Easter weekend packed full of making memories instead of unpacking like me... haha!