Biggest Loser

Well its been a while, so for the 3 people that read my blog I will do an update. I Love working put with Bop Harper and the Biggest loser DVD's. I have been doing it for a week and I am feeling great. I am more determined to stick with it this year. I say that every year but I am sticking with it. I am not to happy with the way that I am right now. I have not been taking care of myself the way that I should but that is all going to change. I am one week in so that is great. I am also going to try to keep my blog updated on my progress.

Weekend......

This weekend was a great weekend. It started out with going to the Palmyra Temple on Saturday. I have not been able to go to the temple as much as I would have like to over the last couple of months. I love going to the temple and be able to feel the spirit and doing the Lords work.
Church was great as always but today they did the primary program (the children). The theme was the family. It was really good to see all the kids up there and doing there parts. There are so many more kids now then there were a couple of years ago. Which is great to see the growth of the church in are small area. There were a couple of songs that got to me today.
The 1st one was When I Am Baptized.
The words are I like to look for rainbows whenever there is rain
And ponder on the beauty of the earth made clean again.

I want my life to be as clean as earth right after rain
I want to be the best I can ans live with God again

I know when I am baptized my wrongs are washed away,
And I can be forgiven and improve myself each day.

I got to thinking the promises that I made the day that I was baptized and the things that I have done since then. I have come short on some things but am working on them. I seem to always be a work in progress. I have to keep reminding myself daily of the thing that I will get when I follow though with those promises that I have made.

The 2nd was If the Savior Stood Beside Me by Sally Deford
It is too long to wright in here but it got me to thinking. If the Savior was beside me would I act the way that I act at times. Most of the times it would not be a problem but there are other times that it might not be a good idea. Not that I do anything that bad but there are time that I could be better.

The 3rd was Families Can Be Together Forever. This is a great song and I will be with my family forever. That could be a good or bad thing J/K. I love my family and all that they do for me.

Then in Sunday school we were talking about the Armor of God. The things that we need to work on and the things that we will receive when we do them.

In Relief Society we talked about the importance of strengthening the family. It was a great lesson.

So this weekend got me to do a lot of thinking about the things that I need to work on. It also show me where I want to be in the next couple of years. Yes sometimes I get sad that I am not married or have kids but I just have to keep reminding myself that the Lord has a plan for me and in his time it will happen. I just have to keep the faith and to the things that are right to get there.

Oh Yeah and it was my birthday. So all in all it was a great weekend.

Finally a Posting....

Well these last couple of months have been busy and full of adventure's. I have been to Alaska, Florida, British Columbia, New York, Virgina, North Carolina, and back to Florida,then back to New York.
My 1st stop was Alaska. I got to see some amazing things. If you ever have the chance to go I would recommend you go. It is a beautiful part of the country. I visited places like Tracy Amy, Metlakatla, Misty Fjords, Glacier Bay, Juneau, Petersburg, Sitka, Skayway, and Haines. Her are some of the pictures form those places. I did take most of them but there are some that I got from other people.

After my 20 weeks yes 20 weeks on a boat I went to Orlando for a week to pick up my car and Visit some of my peeps there. My brother Wayne came down to help me drive my car home. We went to Disney it was his 1st time going and he had a great time. It was the 1st time that I had down all 4 parks in one day. We were really tired at the end of the night.I would have like to see Wishes but there was a Halloween party going on that night so no wishes. We went to EPCOT instead which are just as great.

So we left for NY and stayed in NC for a couple of days visiting family. My cousin Matthew just had there 1st baby so it was great to get to see them and the baby. I usually don't get to see them until there are like 4 or 5. Joshia was only 11 days old when I saw him. He is 7 weeks old in this picture.


I was home for 2 weeks then I left for British Columbia (BC) Canada. I was on a different boat the SOE. I was a really different experience then on the SOY. I love my boat and the crew that I work with. I was a good learning experience and to see how different boats run in the same company. BC was really pretty and there is a lot of activity going on up there right know. They are getting ready for the Winter Olympics. The places that I got to see where Vancouver (where the Olympics are going to be), Desolation Sound, Nanaimo, Friday Harbor, and Port Townsend.


After BC I went home to NY to stay with my parents. I have not done to much at home just helped around the house. I have cut lots of wood to keep us warm during the winter. Then it was time to take grandma to Florida so I went along for the ride b/c I have nothing else to do. We stopped at the Virgina Safari Park Zoo. It was really cool, there is a 3 mile lop that you can drive around and feed the animals.They come right up to the car and put there heads in the car window for food. It was cool that I got to pet a Zebra even though you were not suppose too. (did not know that until after words). I love to go to zoo's and see the animals.



After that we stopped in NC for the weekend to visit family. It was great to be there again and see the baby again and the rest of the family. We went to the Natural Science Center. It was neat there was all this science stuff and there were animals there too.


Then we finish off in Florida. It was good to be back for a little while. We got grandma's house ready for her and then relaxed the rest of the time. We went to the Temple and it was great. I have not been able to go in a while so it was really good to go back. I also went to Orlando and hung out with Amy at Hollywood Studios. It was so fun to get to ketch up with what is going on in her life. We went on the toy story ride and lots of fun even if she beat me.

Well that is all of my adventure's for now.

3 weeks left......

Well I have had a hard week this last week. I have been working 16 weeks straight with out a break and I still have 3 more to go. It was by my own choice to not take a break but who wants to spend $700 to get home when I can make more money. I have been missing being at home and being able to do want I want when I want to. I am missing my family and friends and being able to hang out with them. I was getting down on myself for missing out on stuff that is going on outside the boat world. At times I feel shut out of the thing that are going on in the world. Don't get me wrong I am enjoying what I am doing but I miss having a life where I can get out and do what I want to when I want. I keep looking at the amount of debt that I will be able to pay off.
On the other hand I have been able to see a beautiful part of the country. I have spent a lot of time to myself on the sun deck and pondered thing. I just have to look at the mountains, the animals, and the beauty of the earth around me to know that I am a very blessed person. I have been able to get more in touch with who I am and what I want out of my life. Yeah I miss the things that are going on back at home but I am doing so much of my own growing so I can be a better person. I am working on loving me more for who I am and not comparing me to others. I am work in progress and will always be.
Here are some pictures of my adventurers on the Boat and at the ports that we stop at. I will do another post with more details of the ports and the things that I see when I have more time and better service.

Alaska...

Well I am still in Alaska and loven it. It's been Crazy and Fun ride. I have seen lots of awesome things. I have not had that much of an opportunity to get off the Ship that much because I work during the times that we are in port. I will be changing schedule next week and going to nights . So I will have the opportunity to get off the boat a little more. I have got to see lots of whales, sea lions, seals, eagles and lots of ice. There are pic to come.

Ship Life....

Well here is a short post about the ship life. Here are some pics from my room and bathroom.


They are small but that's ok. I don't really do anything in there but sleep and use the bathroom.
I also have had to do a lot of training. I am 1st AID and CPR certified. Yeah I can save a life. I also go to see a safety life raft being inflated. It was cool but I would not be stuck in the raft with 25 people for a long period of time.
This is what it starts as This is what is ends as

We are going to try and stay away from the Pirates. I hope that they are not in Alaska.

Last week in Florida...... Maybe

I have said that it was my last week in FL a lot. So maybe this time it will be true. But I never know. I has a very busy week. I went to church in Orlando and hung out with the girls that afternoon. Sarah talked me into going to Epcot on Monday. It was the flower and garden festival so there we many pretty flowers all over the place.



Sarah and I also did the new Kim Possible game at EPCOT. It was really fun, you get to go to a country in EPCOT and try a solve a problem and the "cell phone" gives you the clue and shows you where to go. We went to France and Norway.
We were really excited to get the "cell phone"
We all so played princess

As mom said when she saw this pic she says that I play princess a lot.

My parents got to Florida on Wednesday. It's time to talk grandma back to NY. So we went to the temple on Thursday. I love going to the temple. It's a great way to have a great feeling of peace. Friday was a recoup day for the parents and I went to Busch Gardens with Maribel . It was so much fun. I loved seeing all the animals, that was my favorite part.
Saturday was a chill day, then that night we went to see Elder Jeffrey R. Holland. It was awesome to see an servant of the lord. He had some great inspiration and in site on the things that we need to do in our lives. I learned a great deal of things that I need to work on. On Sunday mom and dad dropped me off at the airport so I could go to Seattle and then they left for NY.
So I start the next adventure of my life for the next couple of months.