concert time

a couple of my friends and i went to an awesome concert on wednesday. we saw ALLRED (amazing), SECONHAND SERENADE and FERRIS. it was way fun. i have not been to a concert in so long. we goofed around and just enjoyed the concert from the back. we even met John Allred, the only guy from ALLRED.
ILSE, STEF, ME
JOHN ALLRED














after the concert Stef and I went up to Ensign Peak, a overlook in Salt Lake with some of her friends. as we were there an amazing lighting storm started up. we were out til about 1 am wathiching the storm from capitol hill. the strom was truly majestic and worth getting rained on for.

i know

it has been a long time. well i am officially done with school now, have been for a month. i am living in midway, utah with the parents for the summer. i am so happy to be here, getting restless but happy. midway is an awesome place. the newest adventure for me is being somewhere and not having any friends. i am in the singles ward here, which by the way is totally different than a university ward. the ward is awesome but i really only talk to the people in my ward on sundays. i guess it is safe to say that they have jobs and i do not so it is fair. yes it is rtue i am jobless, not a fun life at all. hence i am getting restless and going crazy. i really cannot keep myself busy enough at home.
well i thought i would update on some pictures. these are my last adverntures at SUU with my friends.


my dear friends, my life savers

les jones, my favorite professor and greatest friend

st. george temple with the best of friends

graduation day

although i have been jobless for a month i have had some great adventures along the way. i have had two weddings and well needed sunburn to start it all off. my dear friend Erika got married on may 17th which was a beautiful wedding. then a couple of weeks later my best friend Rachel, her little sister Natalie got married in Monticello. on my way to Monticello i decided, with Ilse, to stop off in Moab for a day or so and visit Scott. we palyed and went hiking anfd fishing, this is when the sunburn came about. it was an amazing trip, that is until the boys were taking me to Monticello and decided to hold me captive. they took me out rabbit hunting and on a joy ride. it was fun i must admit but i was eager to get to Monticello and see Rach. the rest of that weekend, the end of may, i was with rach and her family do wedding stuff. i love the randall family and i was excited to help out and be there. i miss them all so terribly much already. it is crazy to know that little Natalie Randall is a Jones. i am stoked for her and Devin, Congrats you two. however, on of the bes parts about having nothing to do is that i finally had the time to find my dress for Bennett's wedding, no more worries on that end.
this is me updating you!

IT IS ABOUT TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i have done it, well actually in 2 weeks i will have done it. I AM DONE!!!!! college is going to be a thing of the past. a lot of memories have been made in these past six years and a there have been some heartbreaks along with good times that have blessed my life. i have had the great opportunity of attending three fine schools and each of them have given me something to look forward to in life.
the big day is May 3rd at 11:30 in the morning. i will be walking away from Southern Utah University and towards Salt Lake City. what am i to do, well that is to be told at a later date.
i am excited and nervous all at the same time. it is going to be sad and a wee bit hard to leave southern utah, but i feel it is time to move on and experience new things. i am excited to be closer to family and old friends again, well my utah ones anyways. a major sad thing is that i will be farther from vegas and i am leaving my most amazing bishop. however, the good part is my family!
I am finally graduating, it has taken a while to get here, but i had fun along the way.

my mom

this is my mom. she is the most amazing, string, faithful, positive, loving person i know. she is my rock and inspiration. i love her with my whole heart. as most of you know my mom has not always had the best health. well about a month ago we found out that she has mulitiple scelrios ( ihave no idea how to spell it). the deisease is treatable but will never go away. the doctors are not sure how seriuos it is yet, but they are in the process of figuring it all out. she is in high spirits and does the best that she can everyday. she has her good days and bad days.
dad is doing well too. he just got a new job with an engeneering company as an inspector. now with mom being down he is learning how to laundry, and in the process of leraning how to cook other things than hot dogs and soup. he is a wonderful husband and father. he is being so strong, he worries about mom but he has such faith and love for her.
my parents are great and the lord has blessed them as well as our family so much. i am so grateful to have the gospel in my life, and i am so grateful that my dad has the preisthood to bless my mom.
i thought that i would update everyone on my family. a lot has happened in these past few months. we truly are blessed, but i do ask you to please keep my parents in your prayers.

RMPA

alright so this past weekend was an annual research conference for undergraduate students, it is called the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association conference. this is year it was in Boise, Idaho. this was the first time that i have ever been there. the weekend was full of research, learning and great fun, also a ton of food. this was also my last year of attending the conference. for the past three years i have looked forward to the conference, now i will need to find something else to look forward each april.
i want to share on thing that i did learn. my friend elizabeth did a research proect on shame guilt. she found that by just saying sorry to someone was not enough. you need to show the shame and guilt together. also you can show you are sorry without even saying you are sorry by the shame that is expressed. so remember just saying soryy is not enough.

my dear ones

yeah so we went for a walk on the canyon trail here in cedar city, what a good time that was. true it was relaxong and exactly what i needed. these three have made all the difference in my life and i am so grateful for them . just so you know it was not cold outside, the weather was beutiful.
i want these four, scott, jessica and matt to know how much i apperciate them for all that they do. i love you guys.

las vegas

yeah so i went to Las Vegas on tuesday night and stayed until thursday morning. it was a blast. i got there tuesday evening had dinner with Kerri and TJ, then without even planning it kerri and i stayed up until 4:30 in the mornig definitely to old to do those kind of things. i slept for 4 hours then woke and went and played with my friend Tana. we went to the body exhibit, oh my interesting. the body exhibit was way cool, it can be a bit much at times, but all the same it was cool. i love to learn about the body, and this was one way to do it. after the body exhibit we went to M&M worl then down to Lied discovery children's museum. it was a funfilled day. i really have not had that much fun in vegas for a while. before the day was over i hung out with Kerri and TJ, we tried to go to dinner with Becky and Justin, but me being me i call an hour before we go and they already had plans, something i need to work on is calling and arranging ahead of time like three days before or even a week; oh and yes i did get in and out, so yummy. so this was and basically is my spring break a day in vegas with good friend and lots of laughter.