Battle wound

Once upon a time I went on a hike up Adams canyon. I thought this would be an easy hike because I did it when I was in young womens way back when. Boy, was I wrong. It was not easy at all and I was with someone that was in much better shape than I am ... but I pushed through and made it all the way because I really wanted to see the water fall at the end.

However, being the clumsy person I am, ran into a protruding branch on the way up... It hurt a lot, but I didnt stop or say anything (I dont like to look weak to other people) - two days later... my body decided to show me just how much it hurt:

Bucket List Item #243

I really dont know what number this is on my bucket list, but it is definitely on there... I should really write them all down.

I CHOPPED OFF MY HAIR!!! 

 I have always wanted to chop off my hair and donate it to Locks of Love.

Utah state has an event called aggie locks where they have lots of people come and cut their hair it all at once. I almost did it last year, but couldnt bring myself to give up my long hair.

I think the fact that i am going on a mission and leaving my life behind and essentially starting over for a while made me decide that I should just do it and that there is no better time to do it than now, So a little over 10 inches later.... I have short hair!

it took SIX (count em six) pony tails because I have so much hair

no turning back

thats alot of hair right there

and its short!

Its going to take some getting use to for sure, but on the bright side, the time it takes me to get ready is probably going to be cut in half, my hair is SUPER healthy. It hasnt been this healthy for years. If i decide I want to go back to long, It will grow out while I am gone. now for a before and after photo (Dont mind the fact that I am not the most photogenic person in the world.)

BEFORE

AFTER

Post mission call life

So since ive opened my call, life has been pretty awesome. I went into work the next day and put in my two weeks so I could play for the summer before I leave, and play I have.

I finished out work, but not without snapping a few pictures of my awesome fellow graphic designers:

They made me this awesome journal called the cheesy book for everyone to write cheesy things about me before i leave. they all spent a couple days writing, drawing and gluing in funny memories from the office.

I spent the next couple days doing the things that havent been done forever becuase of a lack of time in my life such as: laundry and cleaning my room.

Saturday my mom came in to talk to me and asked if I wanted to go to alaska the following week. I was suppose to go with my cousins too, but she had found some awesome tickets and my dad said there werent very many guests at the lodge that next week (which means he could spend his time with us instead of tending to other guests) So we bought our tickets and off we went to alaska the next week.

we took a float plane out to the lodge

this is the lodge that we stayed at - pybus point lodge

this is what I look like when I fish

at one point we all had a rockfish on our rods, so we were all reeling in at the same time.

my sister made the record board with a 9 pound rock fish

these are halibut. they are ugly fish. they are also really hard to reel in... these ones are 20-25 lbs. caitlins looks way bigger than mine, but its really not.

this was a daily haul of fish we would catch

we learned how to set, and pull up crab pots

then we got to take them out of the pots. measure them and break off their outer shells.

we spent the day in Juneau and headed up to a huge glacier

 

this is the whole view at the glacier... click on it to make it bigger so you can see the whole thing.

Then we checked out some of the beaches they had there, we found this awesome tree laying on the beach and had to take pictures.

I got home on thursday night and my friend tyler invited me to go to Idaho the next morning, So while unpacking from Alaska, I repacked for Idaho.

we found a friend at the gas station in Idaho. i named him charlie

so of course I fed him some alpaca food

we checked out the 'niagra falls of the west' shisone falls

photo op.

then we decided to go to the ice caves

the caves were some 29 degrees cold while we were in there

our guide let us walk out on the ice.... which he says he never lets anyone do that. woot woot. 

we ate at cafe rio, where there was a car show.. and up drives mater from cars. Awesome!

That night we went to a bar where there was a live band outside... We got a chance to practice our awesome dance moves that we learned while playing country dance on the wii. Im sure there are some photos out there somewhere because we were dancing like fools (you would have guessed that we werent sober) and some random strangers snapped a few photos of us... But no one really needs to see those. Idaho was a fun random trip. I took too much allergy medicine before we left and it knocked me out, So i slept all the way home.

The rest of my summer is super packed with awesome adventures to come... I will post them as they happen!

I went here yesterday..

... AND I LOVED IT!!!

Called to Serve..... *Drum Roll*

So waiting to open my call tonight was alot harder than I thought it would be.
I went stir crazy at work... 11 o clock rolled around and I couldnt handle it anymore. I had to go home during lunch to check if the call was in the mail..... It was!!!

I left it there for the rest of the day but never stopped thinking about it.

I got home and hung out for another couple hours. Then when everyone showed up it was a little overwhelming ... I really dont like being the center of attention. There were cameras everywhere and all eyes were on me... Everyone guessed and no one got even close. Not one person that I have talked to in the last 2 months since I have started this process has guessed that mission. I really had it in my mind that I was going foreign somewhere, but I read my call and im going to......

Tallahassee Florida!

I enter the MTC on August 10th. (my 1/2 birthday)

There it is! my mission call!

So lastly, Here is a picture of my mission boundries

I am really excited to go there. I think it will be an awesome mission! 

Look out Florida, HERE I COME!

T-minus

NINETEEN HOURS AND COUNTING....... 

Tomorrow at 6:30 I will be opening a big white envelope that will say something like:

Sister Sarah Webb, 

You have been hearby called to serve in the ________ mission for a period of 18 months. You will be speaking _________ language. You will report to the MTC on ___________.
.... Yada yada yada, President Monson. 

Im really not sure the wording on the call, but HELLO!...

I find out tomorrow. After a month and a half of waiting its finally here! 

And they want me to concentrate at work tomorrow!?!.... PSH.

Exciting news

Today I received this text from my Stake President:

Dear Sister Webb. 

Your mission call was sent today. 

I am so excited for you.

I spoke with your sweet mom yesterday, 

you are blessed to have great parents.

Hope all is well.

Take care.

President Downs

FIVE DAYS AND I WILL HAVE MY CALL IN HAND!!! 

any last guesses as to where I will go?

Stay tuned next week to find out where in the world I will
be for a year and a half!

The Hunger Games movie

Ok, so I realize that I am not even going to be around when this movie comes out in march of next year, but that has not stopped me from following the going ons of it RELIGIOUSLY!

I just finished reading the books for a second time, well I listened to them, and I think I might be just as crazy about these books as I am about Harry Potter. Which by the way I have now moved on to re-listening to the harry potter series again for the millionth time, Im half way through the first book and fully plan to finish all 7 of them before the last movie comes out.... 56 day! 

Anywho, back to the hunger games.... I probably check IMDB once a day to see the new people they have casted, and today at work my co-worker Rae sent me this link mockingjay.net and it is FANTASTIC! they post news and interviews and the people they are casting and everything! Its awesome.

I dont disagree with anyone they have casted thus far... I love gale, and Peeta, and Hamitch and Effie, and rue and look how good Jennifer Lawrence looks as katniss!!

And I am way excited for Stanley Tuccito to play Ceasar Flickerman....

The rest of the cast looks awesome... They just announced a couple of the stylists (portia and octavia) today... but really I am just waiting to see who Cinna is. He is one of my favorite characters in the book! If you havent read these books, you should... cause they are SO good.

OH, The things I am giving up to go serve the Lord for a year and a half :)

Liberty Paper Line

Here is the second paper line I have been working on! LIBERTY! My coworker Rae and I co-designed this one. We both had cool patriotic lines going so they had us combine the two of them and this is how they turned out! If you go comment on the Bobunny blog you could maybe win some of this line!

LETS GET STARTED!!!

Cut Outs

Die Cuts

12" Collection Pack

6" Page Pad

12" Combo Sticker

Cardstock Sticker

Cardstock Sticker

12" Chipboard

Layered Sticker

Layered chipboard

Brads

Buttons

Jewels

Noteworthy

Rub-ons

Stamp

Trinkets

Mini Album