Dear Houston... get a clue.

Dear Houston (the place, not the apollo 13 reference)... the church is true. so get a clue. Love, natalie. Well, for all those people who haven't already gotten a clue, Ben's brother Tom will help them out. GOOD LUCK ELDER CHAMBERLAIN!

This kid is amazing. (ignore ben's closed eyes.. we can't win 'em all)

God's Speed Elder. :)

dirt, sun, and snow.

so this is pretty jumbled, since i'm at work and am pretty tired, so hopefully it's somewhat clear. basically, i've had a fun last month of my life. and this is a blog to tell about it.

So recently ben and i have been having a lot of fun... we went with SEVEN other couples (some on first dates, some married, some now engaged, some dating for a while) to dinner and a rodeo. We went to Jamba Juice/Chipotle for dinner and then to the rodeo to watch some crazy stuff for our saturday night date. It was a ton of fun. We loved hanging out with our friends and they're cute dates. We had (from the bottom left) Kenny and his date, ben and me, our good friends Chris and Sydney (the married couple we love going on double dates with), Brett and Carlie (they're married too), Chris and Kamilla, Lance and his date, and then Amy and her friends/fiance. we had a blast. This is the ONE picture of people we had from the whole night, but it was a good time. Rodeo's always are.. The only problem was that there was lots of dirt in the air and it was a closed arena (with a roof) so my nose was gross the rest of the night.. :P but all in all, a lot of fun.

Then a few weeks later (21st of March) Ben and I went to Kanab for Ben's brother's Mission farewell. Tom did a great job speaking. He is going to be such an amazing missionary. We are so proud to say that we have someone serving the lord in the Houston Texas South Mission. We took this precious picture after church that Sunday. (more pictures with tom and at the MTC to come... if i can get them from the mom). The weather was so nice down there! I wish we could have stayed longer! Kanab is where it's at! it's ALWAYS WARMER than provo. i loved it.
Then just this past monday, we went snowboarding up at brighton... it didn't last long b/c the snow wasn't too good and ben's knee started to hurt, but we still had fun. I'm going one last time on friday and it's snowing right now (on wednesday), so hopefully i'll get one good ride in before the end of the season.. I'M SO EXCITED.
This is us afterwards... it was pretty cold. :) aren't we just precious.
More adventures to come.. dirt, sun and snow.. Utah can't make up it's mind.. but despite the snow, summer is coming! (at least it better BE!) i can feel it in my freezing cold toes!

P.S. Again

OH YEAH!!! P.S. AGAIN: I'm moving out of my GPA's during Spring and Summer Semesters!! i'm soo excited. I'm going to be living with my friend Savannah and I am so excited to finally have roommates and to be responsible and to just be like every other normal college student! (i know, you probably think i'm crazy, and you're not the only one. But as amazing as G-Pa's is.. i need to get out on my own for a bit) I'll be back in fall.. no way i'm paying more than 105$ a month for housing! (and i'm not walking to school in the snow) LOVE MY LIFE RIGHT NOW! thanks for everyone who keeps encouraging and supporting me. I appreciate it so much. Especially my mom/dad and sister/broinlaw. they're the best!

MOM & DAD:SISTER & BROTHER(inlaw):SAVANNAH (soon to be roommate):

P.S. again.. I LOVE MY LIFE. :)