During my stay here in Florida, I had the blessing of having my amazing parents visit, as well as my big sister, Katie and her friend Mike.  We had some wild adventures during our get togethers and here are a few pics as proof!

Papa and I at Animal Kingdom

Mama and Papa at Hollywood Studios

The parental's and I at Magic Kingdom

Parents at Epcot

Gator Stew

That's a real live gator, folks.

We are sisters and we love each other.

Also a live gator...But not really.

Nobody warned me about the birds...

As you can see, we had some dandy adventures and I'd love to post every awesome pic we took.  Alas, that would be a lot of pictures.  I'm so glad everyone was able to visit and I look forward to seeing them soon!

The Sunshine State

Weeeellll, it would appear that I've just about failed miserably at this blogging business.  What happened, you ask?  Life.  Life and the fact that Blogger wouldn't allow me to sign into this blog for MONTHS!  Whew.  What a hassle.  Hopefully we've worked out the bugs.   


I suppose I could fill you in on the said life that has been happening.  Boy oh boy, did everything shift unexpectedly.  In the time since I last wrote, I've packed up and moved to Florida in pursuit of a internship with Walt Disney World.  I began my adventures back in April when I applied for the Disney College Program on a whim after other summer internship plans fell through.  Within six days, I'd completed the online interview, the phone interview, and heard back from Disney that I'd been accepted to participate in the 2011 Fall Advantage Program; a 7-month internship 2,000 miles away from home.  Six days is all it took.  I had no idea what kind of adventures would be awaiting me in the sunshine state.


I entered the college program in Merchandise at The Emporium, where I trained and worked for the first two months of my program.  After I was just getting into the merchandise swing of things, an Entertainment opportunity presented  itself.  Again, on another whim, I attended the audition with my roommates.  To my surprise, I was selected to stay, along with ten other girls out of about 250.  Luck was absolutely on my side, and the Lord clearly had a different plan for me here in FL; one that would bless my life immensely and challenge me unlike anything else.


I was able to transfer departments in the middle of my program, and I'm so thankful for the job I have now.  Though details cannot be disclosed, it's one that's tested my patience, my emotional and physical strength, and provided blessings that words cannot describe.  Though homesick at times, I will forever be grateful to my Heavenly Father to guiding me to where I am, even when I was completely blind at times.  The people I've met in my adventures are individuals I'll never forgot; individuals who may never know how much they've touched my life.  The experiences I've been able to have are those open to a select few and I'm honored be to among such a group.  


I'll be returning to Utah in eight short weeks.  Part of me is completely giddy to return back home, while the other part remains slightly apprehensive of the life I left back home.  I think I'll enjoy the comfort of home...but I also think I'll miss the magic here at Disney.  Hopefully, I'll be able to return for a summer program.  That's the plan, anyway.  But it's been very apparent in these past few months that life doesn't always go as planned.  And for that, I'm grateful.