Its HERE!!

Sister Stradling you are here by called to serve in the Idaho Pocatello Mission. in addition to your calling th share the cospel with nonmembers, you will be assingned to serve in the Idaho Falls Temple Visitors' Center. it is anticipated that you will serve for a period of 18 months. And i will be entering the MTC in Provo on Wednesday, 25 of March!!! WHOOOO HOOOOO!!!!

i have been checking the mail for the last three day waiting and going crazy... i was almost scared to check it today. but i did and we had a bunch of people over... nan and pop, papo and nancy, gaynell and her kids, randa spencer and addy, jaime cory and cayden, and my parents and sister. we ordered pizza and just had a little party it was a blast!!

crazyness

so i know that i dont have any cute pictures to post lately but this is whats been goin on.... i got a call from the Medical department of the Mission department saying that my papers said that im still on the pain medicine that i was on for my shoulder. so i had to write them a letter stating that i havint taken any for a while and that i was doing better. uncle snuffy has had my truck since we went to mexico and i just got it back today... finally! mom came to thatcher to help me pack up my junk to store while im on my mission... very very sad day to see my room so empty. it was such a crazy day. we packed all day then at about 700 mom and i headed to globe to give dad the truck and go head to snowflake to pick up the truck... and then drive back to thatcher this morning in time for work... and to study for finals.. i cant wait till its all over!

When....

When will this waiting end.... Im so close to having my papers in. But the Dr. is being slow. I have had my stake presidents interview and bishops interview.. we are just waiting for the Dr. they are so slow sometimes.

Happy 21 st

Ty making fun of Kari

Ty doing a backflip.. Scared the crap outta me.
Will, Meghan, Stacie, Kari

L to R.. Will Meghan, Tyrel, Ty, Me

Ty and I

Becca and I

So Becca Planned a party for my birthday. She got Ty, Tyrel, Stacie, Kari, Meghan, and Will to all come. We went to the park and had a BBQ and just messed around. it was so fun!

Yeah!

I just submited my papers to my bishop!!! whoo- hooo! we are crusing though the process! im som exicted!

Sooo.....

Life has been a little crazy as usual. Work work work school school school ect you get the idea. i have been trying to finish getting the medical stuff done for my papers and am still trying to remember where i put my immunization records so the doctor can have them. trying to get a hold of storage units to see if its worth it to put my stuff in storage or put at mom and dads house while im gone.

Its been crazy trying to get homework done, do laundry, study missionary stuff, go to Physical Thearpy, work, and try to have somewhat of a social life. and sleep somewhere in between all this.

i do have to say that for the first time in my life i never slept for a day and a half. i was so busy on thrusday that i never even thought about it.. i got off work at 630 am messed around till class at 8. sat in a lab class for three hours. then came home and did laundry that i hadnt done for almost three weeks. (scary i know) cleaned my room ( i havent seen the floor in quite a while (: ). Fixed Meghans hair (favorite roomie) for fall sing.. got myself ready for fall sing. whent to fall sing came home and fed the hungry moonster that took over my body by that time i was grouchy. hehe it was quite funny now that i look back at it.

do you know how much stuff people could get done if we didnt have to sleep. there would be so much more stuff that we could accomplish in this life if we didnt have to sleep once and a while. but at the same time i do love my sleep.. all college student love their sleep its a main staple in every day life for one. =)

I want to be a missionary now!

This is the picture that I submitted with my papers! Just waiting on medical and dental stuff! Then they will be on their way to the bishop and stake president! YAY! If you haven't figured it out yet I'm going on a mission =)

yuck

so sometime this summer i hurt my shoulder. so i went into the doctor and had an MRI and X-Ray. where i found out that i had a partial rotator cuff tear and brusitit. so i get to start pt and im not to happy about that.

Hot Well Dunes

So on Saturday my roommate Meghan and I went with Ryan Penrod and his roommates from Mesa to Hot Well Dunes. It was soo fun. There was Ryan, Ryan, Russell, Travis, Meghan, and I. It was so fun cause Ryan S taught Meg to Drive the 4 Wheeler. She couldn't get enough of it after that. we both were soo sore this moring.

Travis (red Quad) , Ryan S., Ryan P, (Penrod is standing), Meghan, Russell, and im behind the camera.

School School School

When is it going to end?!? JK. Its going good. There are a bunch of new people that im going to have to get to know. EEEK! i have never been the social lite. thats Shantaes department. but thats ok. school is school. just surviving it. I really want to go back to Trefoil with just the ones that i got along with and spent some time causin' trouble with them. These two particualary.

Whats Up?

So this is what has been up the last few weeks. Chelsey And i drove from ut 2 sundays ago. had a blast singing to the radio and being silly. we got to the house and i decieded that Ace needed a cool down so i went and got the hose.. about 2 minuets later Chels came and tackled me for the hose which commenced in a huge water fight. ( mind you this had been going on since camp). then we came to Thatcher and goofed around.. went up the mountain and played in the river. yucky. then last sunday we went to tucson to take her to the airport. this week school started which is crazy. and i started work..

This is one of my most favorite picture from camp. its Apache and I. I had asked for a kiss and he was willing to ablige.

Sad Day

just so you all know... jason and i arent together anymore. i knew something was buggin me for a few weeks and couldnt figure out what it was till i started talking to mom on monday night. we figured it out. and i was that jason and i werent growing so i knew without a doubt that i was going to have to end it.. one of the most hardest things that i have ever had to do. and i knew i couldnt dragit out so the day i came home was the day that i had to do it face to face. and i was glad chelesy was there for a shoulder to cry on when i was done.

Camp Life

Mic and I were one of the bad guys in the Three Amigos in the Horse Show that we put on every Wednesday for the girls. we have done aladdin, and a fasion show for the girls in the past. we also do mounted flag that is really quite fun. its always a nice repreve from the everyday hub bub that goes on at the stables.

This is what happens when Kat and Boots gets a hold of your camera. i know Chel had taken something out of my backpack but was in too big of a hurry to get up to the stables to stop and figure it out. and i knew what every it was she would take care of it any way. there are some pretty random one on it that make me laugh when i need it most.

two words for this picture. Squirt Shots. we had a fun night with that one. it was almost all the riding staff, a 2 liter of squirt and small paper cups. i think we all went through at least 2 cups a piece cause we would smash them on the table so hard they would break. it was quite a night that night. but oh so fun.

Having Fun At Trefoil Ranch

So here we are at the stables and this is what Chelsey (Boots) and I do on down time. we sit in the muck buckets. just for fun. we spend all day up on the mesa working with the boys. Chelsey is also the girl that i have found a second home with. She just applied to go to EA either this semester or spring so well see. We have a huge split in the riding staff. its Dory and I against Gummy Worm, Squishy, Red, Indi, and Nibs who we cant figure out what side shes on.

This is Dory who is the other side kick on this side of the fence and Aladdin who we lovingly call the puppy. we were having fun that day. the things we do to the poor boys.

For the fourth of july Kari (Ice Box), Kattie (Sundance), and Sarah (Poppy), all went to Chelseys house for a great night of fireworks and movies. we did almost all the fire works then we went and layed in the grass and had Zack ( Chesleys Brother) takes some pictures of us laying in a star shape it was alot of fun. from me clock wise is Chelsey, poppy, Ice Box, and Sundance.

Chelsey was laughing even thought it looks like shes frowing.

This was one of the days we went to the ranch (C &B Ranch) and Chels and I were in the tractor. i ended up finding out that I have really bad hay fever and ended up sleeping for Three hours that day because of it. and Chels got a hold of my camera. She was having quite a good time giving me heck for it. Its really crazy how alike Chels and I are.

camp!

sorry ladies no pictures at the moment... but a little up date for you guys! i am having a blast. getting a tan when i come home i may have a farmers tan almost as dark as Char. He he.. i get to spend 4 out of 5 days a week at the stables with 20 amazing horses. and several crazy girls but we all have fun... i have found a second home with Chelsey (shes a girl that i work with). i go home to her house every weekend. where i get to sleep on a air mattrice.. so no worries mom i havent frogotten my manners!! JK... we sleep in platform tents that sleep four of us and all out junk. we have three healthy meals a day so when we get our nite off we have to go into town for a hamburger, fries and a nice big Dr. Pepper.
Funny storie with the Dr. P. i had to run and get something out of the truck so i handed Chels my Dr. P and when i came back i went to take a drink and it was all flat.. and Chels was standing there laughing cause she had shook up and relised the preasure and knew that i couldnt stand to drink it so i had to toss it. we still laugh about it. ill up date you guys some more and with picutres to i promice!!! Love ya

Reunion

When we were at reunion the boys loved Jason. They did a ton of stuff. We played Trouble. He carried them all over camp and he taught them how to play paper, rock, scisors. They made s'mores. They stood on his feet to stay out of the mud because of all the snow we had. It was so funny cause Jason had to take a nap. After that they were at it again. we were so whiped out that we slept like rocks.

When we got to Vernon on Friday we were supprised to see a foot of snow. Thats when the fun started! the trailer wouldnt pop up.. so dad and Jason were under the trailer trying to figure out what was going on. So we ended up back at Nana's. Then when we went back on saturday we went to set up Jason's tent we found out that there wasn't any tent poles. It was quiet funny. so we all ended sleeping in the trailer once we got it put up. it was the funnest weekend!

Jason

Boys Boys Boys

so theres this boy.. and i really like him! his name is jason. so cute! we went to the hot tubs on tuesday and then to lunch the next day and the next day. went and hung out with my friends and his friends. it has been so fun!

Cant Wait!

so when the summer rolls around sometime... Stacie, Kari, and I are all going to utah for the summer to work at a girls scouts of america cmap all summer in provo canyon! its going to be a blast.. now if classes would just get over im so done with them at the moment. and i wish the shcool would get back to me so i know if i made it into the program. thats all the fun for now.. i have a very boring live that revolves around work and school.

SOOOO.......

Bec has had her surgery and is back a school. its nice to have her back. we are going to confrence next week its going to be so fun!! spring break we painted moms famiy room purple it was fun!

WOW

So we found out what was wrong with Bec.. they found a tumor in her brain.. so she is in Tucson at the moment its been really scary.

Crazy Weekend with Bec

the new stuff at the moment is a little crazy! on friday my friends and i had gone to the institute dance and were being goofy and crazy when my friend becca had fainted. we just thought that she had gotten too hot so we tooker her outside to get some air. she seemed little out of it so we had taken her home... but it didnt get any better so we took her to the ER and they said that everything wasw fine. when we talked to her roommates brother whoes a dr. he said that she probably had, had a small seizure. her memory is still a little slow on remembering things and she doesnt really like big crowds... but man does she say some of the funniest things when she is a little out of it!! she was quoting Brian Regan today with the straightest face i have ever seen and she keept asking about the chicken it was hilairous! so she still has her ups and downs but its getting better!

P.S. this picture is from a GCRC dance for the mentally handicapt in the Gila Valley . Bec, Chris, & I. we had so much fun!

Crazy Life

Lets see.... life has be non stop since i came to college.. Taking 17 credits... at Easter Arizona College. I have Anatomy and Physiology, Math, English, Nutrition, Phlebotomy, and Bowling (Didnt think that i would have such a random class did ya!). Then i work full time as a CNA (Certified Nurses Assistant) at the hospital here in Safford. My family wishes that i could get home more often then not. If mom could have it her was she would have me going to school at home.