Hermana Black!

Ah, the time has come for me to depart! I'm leaving on Wednesday morning for Argentina where I will be in the MTC for a couple months before going to Uruguay. I will be in a plane or layover for over 20 hours, so I daresay it'll be a tiring and long trip! I can't wait to go though. I was set apart as a missionary yesterday, and any fears I had (mostly over the length of this adventure) are gone and I'm just stoked to get going! I've had an awesome month here in Chelan. I've had my share of swimming, riding horses, movie nights, and playing to last me a little while.

This past week everyone (siblings, nieces, nephews, etc) came up for a visit. We've been having a blast and we enjoyed a BBQ yesterday after my "farewell" and Sabra's (my newest niece) baby blessing.

So about 12 days ago I was out in the corral playing with the newest baby horse. She was being lovely and sweet, even laying her head in my lap (as seen below). Well in about a half second she spooked at a movement I made, got to her feet, and kicked me in the ribs with full force! I layed in the dirt unable to breath for seemingly forever, but I survived. My side is still very sore, especially when I do anything physical like swimming or volleyball. I must have a broken one in there, but it'll heal eventually.
On the 20th (Krystina's birthday) we decided to run a 5k to start the morning off. We were feeling a little old and out of shape, so we were shooting for about 27 minutes. Well to our surprise we made it in 23:42. Nothing fast, but not bad for a couple of old ladies! We were both 2nd in our age groups.

Last week we went to Wenatchee to see the Lipizzaner Stallions performance. They were absolutely gorgeous and fun to watch (at least for us girls!).
Tuesday we made a day-trip to Seattle to see a Mariners game. I love it! The Mariners lost by a little bit, but it was still way fun to enjoy our free nose bleed tickets.

My beautiful and smiley nephew Kole playing in a box.

Last Friday night my niece Jacquelyn forced me to go to a YSA dance with her on the big tour boat in Chelan. We ended up having fun, even if it was technically pretty lame. There were a few cute boys! Haha, one asked me to stay home from my mission. I told him to jump in the lake:) All in jest of course!