The Skinny on the THM.

So the past year and a half of my life has been spent bringing mis queridos hermanos y hermanas mas cerca a Cristo for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as a missionary. It was the greatest and most challenging time of my life to date but I would not trade in the experiences and trials that the past 18 months threw at me for anything! I love the gospel so much and hope that all those that I taught will remember the importance of living the basic principles of the gospel and will put into practice daily scripture study, praying, and attending church meetings weekly as well as obeying God's commandments. I've learned that doing these simple and at times seem insignificant things actually help us to be spiritual safe and protected. Here are some of my favorite photo memories: 

 Distrito 18C at the Provo temple

 Day 1 in Texas with my trainer Mama Hanson

 Waller Bulldogs #shoutout@Tank

 Service at the Contreras' with Serrano and Hoskie

 4th of July in Waller with some of our vesties

 Texas Bluebonnets

 Houston signage love

 Our MTC district in Houston: Hermana Glauser and Elder Garcia

 Temple trip with Christina and Valentin and the english elders K and Gonzalez

 When our dearest Angelito came to church and made hater faces at us ALL day long despite loving it #fool

 I found out my little brother got sent to Puebla Mexico to serve his mission

 The cute little town of Tomball

 One year in Texas for our little distrito #holla

 When Danita decided my nametag needed some bling

 Christmas eve with the Cupul family

 When cute Gianela got baptized

 When I was deathly ill and leave my bed for a week+ #WORST

 Taking over the city of Houston

 Sealing of the Rivera family in the Houston temple with my dear Cran

 Going tribal in Guatemalan ropa at the Ajpacaja's with Hermanita Deloya

 Cutest city town sign ever

 The gorgeous Houston Texas temple

 Zone service at the Houston Food Bank

 Chillaxing in the Marin's hammock

 The Pingrees-best mission President and wife EVER! #lovethem

 Reunited with my dear Jingle Bells and Father Auten at the mission office

I love you Texas always and forever! 

So I've been released from my service as a full time missionary and have given my coming home talk and just reported to the high council leaders today...let summer commence at full speed yo! (I'm back for good y'all)

Halloween Success.

Oh hey people! I'm totally alive yet not according to social media (except the occassion tweet about how dang attractive @AustinBrown and @CullenJones are #heyboyhey) My life has pretty much been a super sped up course of mission prep these days and I still feel so unprepared but I know the Lord is going to bless me so much and puts my mind at ease about my mission everyday. I will miss some things about my normal everyday life but my mission will be so rewarding I know I won't even have those things on my mind. I'm so excited to be in Houston in a few short months and speaking spanish. I totally creep on every spanish conversation these days. I love halloween and will miss dressing up next year but will back to my normal traditions come halloween 2014! Here's what went down this year:

  A pumpkin was carved.

 $2 boorito bowls (yep, that's plural #fatkidinthemakin) at chipotle with my church crew

 Dear future children, hope you like your future costumes because this is so happening (given that I marry and "get busy")

Yours truly...so fierce #RAWR

Such a great night. Things not pictured: the cupcakes I made with the most divine chocolate frosting known to mankind, roasted pumpkin seeds, cute little Lita-saurus, pizza, the gorgeous full moon, my ever growing food baby (you're welcome) and the candy stash since the only trick or treater we had was Lita Pita Pie. Hocus Pocus is calling me to finish out all hallows eve properly so tootles!

I Couldn't Have Called It Better Myself.

Remember that time that I moved from Provo and then blogged from Wyoming about a month ago and the world pretty much assumed I died on the road to California? (Unless you instacreep on me and know that I so live on there) Hi, I be back. Since I got back to the lovely California sun, I've been shopping my heart out, receiving 5 million packages and things in the mail, and eating all the time. I recently received the most important and exciting mail I will probably ever get in my entire life. It came all official like and from my church headquarters all the way in SLC. I got my call and then made my family wait until all that could be home were there to open it. I thought my mom was going to rip it open behind my back but she restrained herself. I was oh so relieved when I opened it and saw that I would be going to Houston, Texas. That I could so handle (heat, good food and urbanization...I'm so in) I just hope I can catch a glimpse of my idol Beyonce or her rocking sister Solange while I'm there. We won't even mention the fact that I'm going to be speaking the espanol which I'm pretty sure is my most loved language. Being fluent will provide me with so many opportunities post mission even if it is just creeping on other peoples convos. I'm so excited to join the ranks of hermanas come December! 

 I will need to locate a postcard like this to send home.

 I love big cities like nothing else. Can we say shopping spree once I'm released?!

This is darling. I love Houston already and I'm not even there yet!