Rapelling ;)

When i was in Thatcher me and some friends went rapelling. I had never been before and i will be the first to admit that i am TERRIFIED of heights! I never thought i would be able to do anything like this and not only did i do it but the first time i did was off an 80 foot cliff at Red Knolls! It was so scary standing up there and seeing how far down it was im surprised i didn't chicken out! I still cant believe i actually did it...i am very proud of myself!

This is a picture of the cliff from the bottom, think it looks high? looks WAY higher when your standing on the edge of it haha

Look how tiny the car is from all the way up here!

Me and Heath gettin ready to go!

Just about to step off the edge....having second thoughts haha

No turning back now, i was commited and i think that was the scariest part knowing that i HAD to go down!

Hard part was over, doesnt mean i wasnt still scared, now im hanging by a rope 80 feet from the ground! So fun tho!

And down, down, down we go!

Cheezy smile! haha it was the best thing i could give at the time! It was such a scary experience but when i hit the ground and looked up to see how far i had come it was such an adrenaline rush! Im glad i faced my fear and got to experience this!

Slumber Party!!

So Sunday afternoon i went down to thatcher to hang out for a couple days. Monday was Keri's birthday so we did a party sunday night and had a sleep over, which we didn't sleep at all but it was so much fun! It was like a reunion of my first semester of college all the girls i used to hang out with and we had a blast! We played the goofiest game called Quelf. It was the most random game i have ever played. You would draw cards and if you didnt do what was on the card then you had to move back however many spaces it said. Lets just say it made for some pretty fun pictures!

This game was so random...poor Jared is taller than me and he drew a card that made him have to sit under the table till his next turn haha poor guy ;)

Keri had to make a mask out of household items.....this is what she came up with lol

After we played "Quelf" we played a couple other games till midnight when we had cake! We used matches for candles cuz we didnt have anything else haha then Keri insisted that we all eat the cake together without plates and of course....that turned into a cake fight! I dont know how i got involved in it...Keri and Danielle started it and before i knew it they were both attacking me from accross the table....well it was fun anyways, im not sure how everyone else managed to stay out of it tho!

I think that Danielle had it the worst lol she was covered!

Eww...she actually licked my finger haha it was gross

Looks like Keri was about to attack me in this picture ...it was alot of fun!

El Rancho :)

So i keep getting told that i just dont post often enough haha i just dont ever take pictures and in all honesty nothing exciting ever really happens. So just a quick update on my life, still working and still living in Joe City. I am beyond ready to move and im working on moving ASAP. And when i decide when and where i am moving i will let all of you know! :)
So the other night me and De and a couple of our friends decided to go out to eat at El Rancho in Holbrook. We had been taking silly pictures all day with Zachs camera so we took a few fun ones at the restaurant! We also told them that it was DeAnna's birthday so that she would have to wear a Sombrero! So we had fun taking pictures with that!

Me and DeAnna almost bought these for fun haha they were only $2 a pair! :)

I must say we are pretty much AWESOME! :) haha

Oh ya :)

It ended up being a really fun night and we got some fun pictures our of it as well! :)

Bahamas Fun! :)

So it has taken me a few days to get around to actually putting pictures up from my trip! i have been so busy since the moment i got home i just havent had time! But the trip was amazing! I have never been anywhere so beautiful! the whole island is gorgeous! and the resort is really like paradise! It is the Atlantis resort and it was beyond discription! It is at the top of my list to visit again someday!

I was trying to get a picture of the Mayan temple its so pretty everywhere on the resort....got a really hairy guy in the picture tho haha he could use a chest wax! :)

The kids loved that we got to play with the star fish! i think it was probably their favorite part of the aquarium! it was alot of fun! i even got to kiss it :)

Random...this mask was hanging in the aquarium and i just couldnt help it i had to get a picture with my head in it lol it freakin stunk in there tho haha

This is a view from the hotel where the elevators were...so pretty!

The view from our room was even better! we could see the pools that were right by our hotel and the ocean! i bet there were at least 100 pools on that resort tho! they were literally EVERYWHERE! Paradise Island truly is paradise!!!

Me and Braden swimming! :) he was mad cuz we were about to get out haha

Alora and I by the shark filled lagoon! This is where you passed through on the slides, you would pass through submerged tunnels or tubes so the sharks were all around you! it was so cool!

Me and Braden in front of the Mayan Temple he is such a cute kid!...you can see the leap of faith slide, and one of the submerged tubes, or box haha you went through that slowly in a tube it was fun to look at the sharks all around you!

Ok so this slide is alot steeper than it looks! alot of fun! but i screamed ALL the way down!

These kids are all so cute! i had so much fun with them there! it was so hard to watch all three of them by myself in the mornings when Danny and Amber were at the conference but they are such good kids and it was a blast! i taught braden how to say cheese haha and this is just the cutest picture of him! The trip was so fun! I could post so many more pictures and tell about so much more! But i am out of time for today! My trip was a blast and i recommend going to the Bahamas to everyone! but you have to take me with you haha!

Bahamas here i come!!! :)

So it has been awhile since i have been able to afford any kind of vacation and now...i get to go to the BAHAMAS!! im going with my brother and his family he is going for a business conference kind of haha but it is only a couple of days and we are staying the whole week! im so excited! We are staying at the Atlantis resort on what is called the "paradise island" there is so much fun stuff to do there and i cant wait to do it all! i have been looking at pictures of the resort online and i just am so stoked for my week there! That is a picture of the resort that we are staying at...nice eh? :)


So one of the things that i am most excited about is the Mayan temple at the resort! it has a couple of really cool water slides coming off of it as seen in this picture and it has alot of other really cool stuff along with that! I will be there in three days :) ill post agian when i get back with pictures from my trip! hope you all have a great week! i know i will :)

Party :)

So sat. night we had planned a big birthday party for Abby! she had never celebrated her birthday before and had never had any kind of birthday party! So we had so much fun doing the silly things we did as kids at birthday parties, we had relay races with balloons and a pinata, and lets not forget pin the tail on the donkey! it was alot of fun! we did what we called a "progressive party" we started at my house then we played bigger and better! Abby was even wearing a crown! haha i love it! :)

This is one of the groups playing Bigger or Better haha the missionaries were with us it was so much fun! They have been teaching Abby and she just got baptised Sunday pictures from that will come soon!

After we played Bigger or Better we all met at Abby's house where her mom and prepared lots of food for us! We ate dinner and played a few silly games and took alot of fun pictures! These are just a few!

Zach and Me :) can u say cheesy smile? :)

Zach is a great photographer haha

After the dinner we went to the park and did the Pinata! it was so cool it was a flip flop haha! sweet right?

Elder Page swinging for the Pinata!

Bat meets pole...Page didnt realize his own strength :)

De and Me controlled the pinata :)

After the park we all went and played Pin the tail on the donkey at the Bairds house! (along with another awesome mallow fight) haha love that family! :)

Wendy is awesome!

Elder Payne getting spun so he could pin the tail on the donkey haha got a little dangerous at points. :)

Uh i think Elder Page had a few mallow shots to the head...:)

So we ended our awesome party at Mr. G's where we just danced, sang, and played twister! We had cake and ice cream and she opened her presents, i think my gift was the coolest! it was so much fun i hope she had a GREAT birthday! We took a lot of pictures! Too bad the camera died before twister lol

haha this was my present! haha Zach took a picture right when i was pointing at its UTTER for Abby lol funny picture tho i loved the cow!

De and Abby, overall the party was a great success and lots of fun !

Random fun!

So i keep getting told by everyone that i just dont post enough! haha well i just dont find my life to be that entertaining that i should bore everyone else with the details haha. But i found these silly pictures that me and Vicki took a few days ago! We always find random things that we like to take pictures with and we have alot of fun doing it! So the other night we were just at a gas station getting drinks and i found these glasses! After we took pictures with those, i found these really cool Kung Fo Panda bandanas! haha so yea here are the results of the random things we do! I actually think i should go back to buy that bandana! :) i think the guy working thought we were really dumb but that was most of the fun :)

Alrighty :) Kay tagged me in this a couple weeks ago and i finally have time to sit down and do it so here it goes ....

i am: Ashley :)
i know: that i should be cleaning
i want: to finally buy a car so i can have freedom! lol
i have: new shirts :)
i wish: that i still lived in thatcher its boring here
i hate: that i work EVERY day
i miss: all of my friends :(
i fear: that i will never figure out where im supposed to be
i feel: annoyed cuz i have to work
i hear: the fishy tank haha
i smell: myself, i still need to shower haha
i crave: food im starved
i search: online everyday for a car to buy
i wonder: if im gonna pass the test at work i studied so hard for
i regret: alot of things...
i love: my family and friends :)
i care: alot about the people in my life
i always: procrasinate
i am not: excited to go to work
i believe: in finding happiness in the things you already have and more will come!
i dance: when im being goofy
i sing: to the person in the passenger seat when im driving haha
i don’t always: agree with people...
i fight: with my dad haha story of my life
i write: letters to my friends on missions
i lose: my name tag like EVERY day
i win: at everything im pretty much amazing like that :)
i never: look good in pictures...hate them haha
i listen: to music....all the time
i am scared: of loosing someone close to me
i need: a car, alot of savings, and i need to pass this test at work
i am happy about: my day off coming up on friday
i tag: Kenzie, Katy, Sam, Mindi, whoever feels like it :)

My Birthday!

So my birthday was yesterday and i am now 20 years old! i can officially say i am no longer a teenager! :) Although, this doesn't mean im likely to stop acting like one any time soon :) So i had a good birthday, me and De went to the mall in flagstaff and i bought a couple new shirts and so did she and then we spent some time at my brothers house visiting them and playing with the kids! :) Then when we got home my mom had the house decorated and she had made me my favorite meal EVER....lasagna! mmmm! Along with that she made my favorite cake ever too! So we had a few friends over and we all ate and played a few silly relay games after that we split into teams and played bigger or better! i think my team won considering Jason Hendricks gave me the keys to his lifted Ford truck! haha the other team called it cheating but i still claim it was legit :) So after that we played with side walk chalk haha it was lots of fun! Thanks to everyone who made my day fun and to everyone that took the time to tell me Happy birthday! i really appreciate it! The cutest happy birthday i got just had to be from Kay. She sent me a video and i will post it below! Thanks so much Kay and Boo i love you guys! haha she is so cute, and thanks to Bo also! :) enjoy

OUCH

so Kay has requested that i post a picture of my bruised arm from when Mckenzie decided to bite me! haha there is a long story behind it but basically we were messin around and i had her held down to the couch trying to get her to admit that i won :) but stubborn as she is...she wouldnt...so she bit me and she held on for awhile but i still didnt give in...:) everyone agreed after seeing my battle wounds that i had won for not giving in :)