Monterey!

Hello all. Im back. Yes If you all havent figured it out yet I spent yesterday on the beach in monterey. But we will come back to that in a moment. 

-Pday last week was a blast. we played slaughterball. Its like dogdeball but its every man for himself. Quite fun actually. oh and guess who won twice? Me. I know I rock. ;) Also it was hilarious because it was seriously intense and then you had Sister Ellis who just ran around screaming. Love that girl. then there was my companion who had a talent of getting hit in the face. poor girl. 

-then it was my bday! yep so my comp decided to tell everyone and their dog that it was my bday so it wasnt really a day focused on others. oh well. It was really good! I made cinnimon rolls in our toaster oven and then we opened some presents and then we went to Brandon and Nichelles house to help them paint their garage. They had made me a cake that said "happy birthday Annlie!" Yep it said Annlie. and they gave me a cute quote frame thing.. They are the best! 

-Then at dinner the lady in our ward made me close to my favorite dinner. there was mashed potatoes so thats all that really matters. :) She also made me my favorite cake! It was great. This ward is amazing! and the relief society president gave me flowers! Now I have gotten flowers from my parents and the relief society pres. Exciting life huh? hahaha

-But the best part of the day was that fact that everyone we tried was home. Which didnt happen most of the week. and we finished off the night with the bonds who are this adorable old couple!- Thanks everyone for the bday wishes and packages!

-Wednesday it poor rain.

-We saw miss ruby! Yeah she is still progressing slowly. but she didnt say no to coming to church at christmas!

-Ah now to sunday night, we headed down to San Jose -Me and my comp as well as two of the pleasanton sisters. The other sisters in our zone were invited but they didnt want to go. So anywho we went to San jose and on the way there we were stopped on an overpass. By a car on fire. Who needs to go see Catching fire? Or the girl on fire? We just see cars on fire. the best is when sister swapp goes-this always happens to me! I always find cars on fire! - awesome.

So after that fun event we made it to the sisters house in san jose where we went to bed and then after studies the next day when went to monterey! It was great president let us drive a ford explore from utah and he gave us cash for food. Monterey is so pretty! I am so moving there. Sorry everyone Im not coming back to utah. So We played on the warf for a while and ate crepes and shopped and took lots of pictures of seals and then we went to the beach! Yep i put my feet in the water. We can go up to our ankles. At least thats what the other sisters told me. hahaha It was the best day! And then as we were leaving we saw president across the street. Apparently he had brought his family down as well. 

So overall this was a great week! No worries we did do missionary work. The non missionary work is just more fun to talk about :) 

love you all and happy thanksgiving! 

Annlie