Here are some pictures of my" Halloween" that was on saturday night.
I was basically all around mesa last night and it was a blast!

Kelsey. Morgan. Stevie and I all wore the same outfits and called ourself babies/ people who just got out of bed.

I love the temple!

P.S you can easily change your day around by doing service for other people

this is what i learned today.

Happy Halloween!!

I'm back

to the blogging world. it's been forever and i have lots of stuff to tell.
For October break my family and i went down to Rocky Point, Mexico for an entire WEEK. it was so so much fun.

This boy was the cutest kid in the entire world. I met him at El Pollo Lucas and he was selling bracelets

Isn't his smile just the cutest? i think i melted when i saw him

I was down there with my friend Kelsey and her family! apparently we have lots of awkward moments...just like in the picture

On sunday we went to church. it was very interesting because i couldn't understand a word anyone said because it was all in Spanish! On monday we ended up going to a service project that included buckets, dirt, more dirt, and plants. we basically made gardens in a bucket because the sand that they have at their houses doesn't hold water so they can't plant anything .

The houses that we took them to were on the side of a rail road track. and the houses were made out of pieces of wood. It really made me realize everything that i have back at home and that i should be greatful that i have such a wonderful home.Poor Puppies, they were honestly everywhere i looked. they were just so sweet and wanted attention from everyone. it's eyes are what gets to me though, he/she just wants a home.

Every morning at 8 everyone went to the Tortilla Man with cokes. I think my family has a five year supply of tortillas now. if anyone wants some...let me know because they are just amazing.

I've been back in school for two days now and i'm already stressing out. Biotechnology is just confusing me and i feel like i don't know what is going on. at.all

More pictures

This one is my all time favorite.

The End!

Thoughts..

Since Conference is coming up on Saturday and Sunday i decided to look up some quotes from our Prophet, Thomas S. Monson.
So here are some things that he has said that i want to share with everyone and write down some thoughts on what i think.




"Work will win when wishy washy wishing won't"
Thomas S. Monson

In my life i have sorta gave up on wishing something would happen to me. I've decided to take things into my own hands and just do it myself. it's really helped me become more independent and not depend on people as much as i used to. i learned it's better to disappoint yourself then it is to disappoint others. For example if you wish you would get an A on a test that is coming up and you don't study...it most likely won't happen whereas if you study and work towards that goal you will achieve it.



"Youth needs less critics and more models"
Thomas S. Monson

This one has gotten to me in the past week. I've noticed that us teenagers and probably young single adults get criticized for almost everything. For example i see adults telling other kids to be like this and be like that. almost saying they should be perfect and always do the right thing. Hello? News flash.. no one is perfect and no one will be perfect. yeah sure we can try our hardest to but i dont think anyone is capable of that. there was only one perfect person to walk to earth and that was Christ. But anyways the quote says the youth needs less critics and more Models. im not talking about the models on runways and in magazines but models as in people to look up to. like your mom, grandma, grandpa, dad, your best friend. there is always someone that everyone wants to be. such as the nice girl at school who always smiles and talks to people who are completely out of their group of friends.or the person that always has the perfect grades, or the person who looks like the have the most perfect life with everything they need.





"Don't forget: one of the saddest things in life is wasted talent"
Thomas S. Monson

This is short and simple don't ever hide your talents. if you are an amazing singer..sing to the world! (not literally) but if you are in seminary/ church/ or just in the car with friends sing your little heart out!
If you can dance. dance allllll the time. show people what you can do. i have always wished my mom put me in dance when i was little, but she didn't and now...well i can't really dance. but it's fine! i am obsessed with watching people dance. whether it is ballet, hip hop, jazz, or anything my eyes are totally glued from the time you start to the time you finish. i love watching people show their talents.
So basically never hide talents you have, you could change some one's life forever.

"The good you have done, the kind words you have spoken, the love you have shown to others, can never be fully measured."
Thomas S. Monson

i looooooove this one. there have been days in my life where i have just been flat out sad, mad, or just feeling down about everything and someone always knows how to make my day better. it usually is a smile and a quick hey, or a text. this morning actually i was having a horrible day, i didn't want to be at school, i didn't want to talk to anyone, i just wanted to go home into my room and just cry and cry. usually im not the person to start crying about things that bother me, but today was just horrible. i was walking to lunch today and i looked at my phone and i got a text from my friend that goes to a different school. and that text said " good morning Makayla, i hope you are having a good day." even though i really wasn't having a great day that text from that friend made me feel a hundred times better. To that person.. thank you. you honestly turned my day around and really made a difference. i encourage everyone if you have a person that comes into your mind randomly call them or find them at school and tell them to have a great day or a simple how are you. it really will make them feel a million times better

Homecoming 2010

was a blast! here are some pictures of the big day!

even though we didn't really match.. it was totally fine. i loved it

for our night activity we went to Jesterz! it was the funniest thing in the world! and if i could figure out how to upload videos on this thing i would show you how much they made fun of us. it was hilarious! i loved every second of it!

Half of the group!


ps sorry this is a short post with not a ton of detail but it's late and past my bed time!

ill blog again tomorrow! pinky promise!

Cabin 2010

My family decided to go up to my cabin a few weekends ago, and my dad had the idea to go to a small lake and go canoeing with all my cousins. Isn't the view pretty? Haleigh and i had fun standing on ledges and taking pictures of us "being on top of the world"

Sounds like a perfect day right? it was. the sun was out and it was perfect weather. i thought i was going to get a little tan. Wrong! i was so so so wrong. After we got all our boats into the water and paddled down the lake, a huge dark cloud appeared out of no where! and then it started to not only rain, but completely pour. it was like having buckets of water thrown on you. im almost positive the temperature dropped to at least sixty. but anyways it was pouring rain, the wind was blowing, and then it started to HAIL! Come on people picture that! wind, hail, rain plus being in a canoe. it's not a very fun thing to do. My family was hiding under a huge rock and attempted not to get rained on. sadly, it did not work. so there we were, in the rain stuck there until it stopped after thirty or more minutes. For those of you who know me, i hate being cold, i honestly would rather be burning hot any day. So i was miserable and in a pretty bad mood.

then when i thought it was only going to get worse...the sun came out! yay! so haleigh and i went out into the sun and pretended to be those people in Italy who sing to cute couples in a boat!

WAIT..SIKE the rain came back...and once again Makayla was cold and had permanent goose bumps that were turning purple.Not only was it cold and i was an ice cube stranded on the side of the bank, but earlier that week i had glass taken out of my foot and i was hopping around in mud on my good leg. I'll let you picture what happened next. Not fun. Oh ps what is up with my family taking pictures of me when i fall asleep?

Oh and i found all these bikers at a gas station and i thought they were a little hardcore?