Elder F Enzio Busche of The Church of Jesus Christ

I love this video with all my heart! It's so inspiring and I have the Van Komen's to thank for it! Love you!

Catch Up!

I'm such a bad blogger that I'm always playing Catch Up! I heard a funny joke the other day
If tomato is a fruit does that make Ketchup a smoothie? ----Think about that one!

Well anyway I promised to let you in on Danali Days!
    Danali is a uni-name for Dan and Ali. Kind of like Bennifer or Brangelina but so much cooler....I mean way cooler!
This is Dan:

That's me making the face in the back.
This is Ali.....
drumrolllllllllll

.....Larter. Who Dan wishes was his best friend! hahahaha
But he gets someone even better....Ali Webb

Who wouldn't want me as their best friend...for reals.
        Well one day Dan and I learned we both had Memorial day off so we planned our big adventure. The Great Danali....this would involve doing just about anything we could think of....We spent the day together. We even bought matching star wars pajamas at Walmart. This also involved me wearing a pirate flag cape...and Dan a hippie style head wrap.... We had a 30 rock/Arrested Development marathon. We ate our weight in food. We went to the gym. We went to Johanna's for breakfast. We laid around all day. Had the weather been amazing we would have laid out by the pool. We went shopping and I helped Dan realize his true potential in bright colors. We ate at California Pizza Kitchen and planned our way of getting the hot waiter and waitresses to fall in love with us. We then wrapped up the night by watching more Tv. We accomplished so much! If you have any serious doubts about our greatness then you can speak to our witnesses, or view the pictures such as this one...
exhibit A:

That is Danali Fuel in Dan's hand.
        -Shortly after this adventure I realized that I'm not as young as I once was...and too much fun for 24 hours...I can barely handle....Later that week we had Danali Day part 2 with guests....we pretty much just laid by the pool with our friends and got sunburned! Yay!

LADIES!!!! 
Dan is a really great guy. He's from Chicago. He's a video game designer. He is a great listener. He's single. He loves to Zumba. He also loves long walks on the beach and braiding your hair while listening to your stories about your poodle. His biggest fear is that he will go bald...or the government will ban Zumba. He's hilarious (not as funny as me though.) So if you're interested check him out or give me a note.

In other news this week I went to Lagoon with Heidi Freston! She's awesome!
Lagoon is Ghetto Disneyland for those of you who are not familiar with its awesomeness....
Here's a little sneak peek of Lagoon:
We ran into the cutest baby Kael Denboer...I love his mama!

I used to be terrified of Rollercoasters....not anymore!
I was super jealous of these little kids....I love fountains!

Ok...so who would really wear this...I will give you $10 dollars to admit it....I'm not really even sure where your head or arms go on this thing...

This is my partner in crime for the day! Miss Heidi Freston....and some lady with a really amazing green shirt!

I also had some really amazing spiritual experiences this week. But they deserve their own post. I'll let you in later!

Peace out Brussel Sprout...for now!

Summer!!!!!

I'M ABSOLUTELY A SUMMER GIRL!!!! What an adventurous time. I know its been ages since I've blogged. I'm back though....


So far this year has been insanely crazy. I had a semester of school where I got straight A's in all 4 of my classes....there is a first time for everything right!


   So many wonderful things have happened. 


I went to the Bahamas with our dance studio...they made me a mermaid :D and I got lots of sun and had a crazy time with Megan and John Southwick.....

I turned 25! Whoop Whoop!!!! My friends and I celebrated the Saturday night before with Pizza, Gullivers Travels, and homemade cupcakes by A.J. Anderson. It was awfully sweet of them! Love them....but the next day was amazing. Some friends and I went to temple square for my birthday. It was so neat to talk with the sisters down there and it made me miss the mission so much. Pablo came later and when he showed up he brought me flowers. They looked like the exact same ones as the ones planted on the temple grounds. I asked him if thats where he got them. He laughed and assured me that no they weren't sacred temple square flowers...just the ones from his mom's garden. They were beautiful. 

Caitlin Hafen and I with my flowers from Pablo's mom's garden. 


Also in March I went to Moab with some friends. We learned that I can be cranky if I don't sleep and the boys wake us up giggling like school girls at 6 am. My bad. I was better the next day! I had a blast. I love canyoneering. Repelling is my favorite. It terrified me at first but then I fell in love with the feeling!

I repelled off that arch....it was huge. That's Ervin and I. He's one of the greatest people ever to exist on this earth. Ladies......


WEDDINGS!!!!!!!
   Another amazing thing is one of my very bestest friends got married. I love her to death. Our friendship is strange and funny. Long story short I used to despise her...not really that's kind of strong...lets go with hate. Jk. Really I was jealous of her. But we later got called to the same mission and she became my solid rock and amazing confidante. She married a very awesome guy Ben. He's hilarious. So she got married and it was such an incredible experience. The things that were said were absolutely beautiful. I cried. So like me. She was beautiful. He was beautiful. The whole thing was simply beautiful. It reminded me that this is what life is all about. Beautiful happy things!


Here's how amazing it was!

I love all these wonderful people...I'm so very very blessed.


- "The Lord's love is often delivered through others as they respond to promptings of the Spirit. Are we hearing and following those promptings? . . .

"I fear sometimes we see the Lord's love only in the big events of our lives; we must also see His love in the smallest of things. Don't underestimate your ability to share His love through a simple, genuine gesture such as sitting next to another sister and making her feel welcome." -Bonnie D. Parkin-

So thats a little catch up for the year....next time I'll tell you all about the Adventures of Danali! They are epic...so stay tuned!

Home now....

I never thought I'd blog....but I'm super bored. I'm being held hostage by the people who love me most. I'm sort of still living in my own post mission world. Things are super weird and any minute I keep thinking I'll wake up and hit my knees exercise for 30 minutes and get my study on then hit the streets. So far I've done the waking up at 6:30 am and the studies...However, my family keeps spicing up my life with fun little adventures....

Friday- It was such a jam packed day. We were all running on adrenaline and 4 hours of sleep. Basketball at 4:30 am and then goingto Adam on Diahman and Far West were incredible. On the way to the airport Elder Clayton missed the exit. It was almost a dream come true! Then we got on the plane. Saying Goodbye to the Van Komens was the worst. The flight was good. Going down the escalator was phenomenal. There was my sweet mom. My sweet best friend Jessica Wathen. My friends Heidi, KayCee, Paul and now a new friend someone I never knew before Jeff. Pretty funny and classic. Went home and saw the loves of my life. The night was a good night

Saturday- This morning I got released. It was pretty peaceful. Really hard but the Lord makes all things work for our benefit. Went to the mall. I had a total culture shock. I went into Eddie Bauer and my former manager just looked at me and started throwing clothes at me. It's nice to not have to think for yourself sometimes.

But then I went to the temple and things made sense. I felt home. I felt peace and control. Thats the gospel for you. It just makes things right.

Sunday- I went to my singles ward. That was a strange experience. Bless everyone's hearts for putting up with me. What a basketcase. It's neat to be among saints my own age but also just really strange. I looked around and was like

   " Where are your companions?" "Why are you touching each other?" "Where are my investigators?"

It's the strangest feeling. It's hard to think that I'm home. I keep moving forward though. That's the best part of life it always goes on. The Lord wants you to succeed and have joy. I can do those things. I can have joy!!!

Today I am with my Sister and my Mom. We came to the studio. This life before the mission was so good. I love dance I love moving and feeling the music. It makes a great way to feel.

I CAN LISTEN TO MUSIC NOW!