Halloween

As it has been a tradition for the past several years Lauren, Emily and I got together once again to carve pumpkins!!

before

After! not bad eh!

We're amazing.

lets take a look at us two years ago

We haven't changed at all huh!

Olive Garden

It's only appropriate to fill in the last few months leading up to where I am now.

Meet VicTOR

During the first few days when I thought nobody spoke english, out of the trees comes this kid

We started chatting it up everyday as I did my rounds. (he had alot of bruising so I had to be there alot)

One day I was getting alot of crap from one of the pickers about how 'bonita' I was and blah blah and Victor was like 'I'll take care of it. I'll say you're my girlfriend and tell him to leave you alone.'

And that was that. It worked!

Oh did I mention most of his family worked there too!?

They were amazing. I ended up calling his parents suegro and suegra (mother in law and father in law) while they called me daughter in law. I think I mentioned this earlier but they did not speak any english. Haha! It was fun and hard. His mom showed me how to make tortillas and always send some food with the boys for me too. Yum.

Oh and his like 3 brothers and 2 cousins. They were awesome and we still talk every once in a while!

This is Marianna. A super good friend who I met working. She suggested we go on a double date!

Here we are with Victor and Julio her husband. Awww

We dated for most of the season (yes my boss knew) but ended up going our own ways after harvest.

It's always sad when that happens but we all had a great time and I wouldn't take back any of it.

Apple Harvest

For the second season I worked for CM Holtzinger Fruit Co doing Quality Control.

Yup QC for apples just like I do Quality Assurance for salmon.

Quality is my middle name! Or just my calling in life. 

Everyday, usually starting at 6 am I would clock in and be on my way in my company vehicle, a 2004 Chevy Silverado that I miss very much.  I really want a truck now.
When I started in August it would get into the 90's which helped me get a little tan after my summer in ak.  An by the last week we'd be gathering around the little fire because it was still only 20 degrees waiting for the apples to unfreeze.
It was great!
Some of my favorite parts are...
All I could eat fresh apples.. duh
ones in the store, especially after they have been in the cold room, just aren't the same
Delicious warm pan and hot chocolate (with straight from the cow) in the mornings
Blasting music in the truck to and from work
Learning how to make tortillas
Learning all sorts of new words and actually having to use them like bruising, worms,  and put the back in slower etc..
New friends!
Getting super close with my boss
Yes a boyfriend.. plus a whole new family!
(They totally adopted me and the parents didn't speak any english! But we did our best)
Learning how to milk a cow
Everyday burritos from the Granger gas station!
Learning more about their culture
Alot of laughs and good times
Money
and so much more!

Not only was it a great job, but also another amazing expierance full of awesome people.

You should listen to this

I know it's like a ten year old boy but I lovee the lyrics.

Changes

For those of my readers out there wondering what I'm up to these days well here ya go.

I was supposed to be starting my instrument training at Utah Valley University buttt

I decided to change my major.

You hear it a million times 'The average person will change their major 7 times' and I always thought pooor people. I'm glad I know exactly what I want to do with my life. I guess I was wrong. This is the time you really learn about yourself and your characteristics, traits, talents, likes, and what you really want out of life.

No more Proffesional Pilot for me.

But it's ok cause I still am and will always be a Pilot

It was a hard decision but I truly think there's something out there that will fit me better career wise.

And now I have the besttt hobby.

I'm still a little bit obsessed with airplanes don't worry.

So now what?

Really I haven't got a clue.

I'm planning on starting school in January at either BYU or BYUH

I'm leaning more to Hawaii cause uhh it's Hawaii!

And it is where my dad is from! What a great opportunity to learn about where's he from and their culture.

But as for right now?

I spend nearly every day romping through orchards, practicing my spanish and checking apples.

Seattle

Because spending two months just wasn't enough we headed up to Seattle three days after we got back to have a little reunion with some AK peeps.

Angie is who we refer to as 'Mom' seriously she's amazing and knows everything about everything.

When I couldn't hear out of my left ear it was her who told me to pour hydrogen peroxide in it.

When Colin, Tane and myself couldn't get the tin sliver out of my hand it was her who told me to use pin bone plyers.

Anyways she's awesome and has never been to Seattle before and she lives like a half hour away. So we picked her up and made our way to the big city stopping first at the Library. Super cool building. I would read alot more if I lived close to it.

We took a Ferry ride to Bainbridge Island and back.

After we went to Pikes Place Market where we saw Cyde's future husband. (Cyde is a HUGE hula hooper.)

And met up with more of the 'Wolf Pack' which is what we called our little group in Ak.

David or brother wolf was the one who started it and Shantel was spending time in Seattle before she went back to Ohio!

After a couple tries, we finally found the gum wall!

I contributed!

Girls at the water front

Everyone loves to ride a Carousel

My face says it all!

Lauren always gets the award for best creeper.

I can't wait to see Angie and Shantel again.

But the fun didn't stop there. We headed home the 'less traveled way' which means no open gas stations at two in the morning and I needed several. Because of this issue I was exceding the speed limit and got pulled over and couldn't find the registration. But luckily no ticket! We saw like 4 herds of deer on the side of the road and ended up running over an already dead dog. =( I brushed my teeth to keep me awake and we finally made it home about 4. I love being young!

Here at PeterPan Seafoods...

Dillingham Season 3

 Pre-season it was nice.

Went to the lake where there was this awesome seaplane!

The last frontier is soo beautiful.

After the lake, Richard took us to the dump to go shooting.

Alot of the girls had never shot before so it was cool to see how excited they were.

The boatyard is still full of boats. Not a good sign preseason.

Arianna knew what was soon coming.

We had a late start this year and luckily nice weather. During evenings inbetween the bunk houses was the place to be.

Dillingham is a pretty small town, with two grocery stores and a bar and thats pretty much it.

So we had to entertain ourselves.

Good thing our awesome friend Cyde (like clyde without the l) found this hula hoop!

It kept us all entertained.

And yes that's Daniel, one of the Colombians I visited. He came back!

And here is Sarah who I met in Costa Rica!

Then one day the work began. This is what we looked at for 18 hours a day.

Rubber boots and concrete are tough on one's body.

We work hard inbetween checking cans!

It's pretty amazing how close you get to the people you work with. The line QA's! and our favorite machinest Kevin (who really is a QA at heart).

We even hung out with him outside of work! He is an incredible dancer. Fishermen came up and asked if we were ok and if he was bothering us. Never! Kevin may be an old alchoholic but he is one of the nicest funniest people I know.

It was incredible to see the Colombians again!

STUARTT! Has an awesome name.

There was even a cowboy!

One of my new besties is Cyde also known as Mustard!

It's soo hard to say goodbye to some of the people.

But luckily she only lives 3 hours away! Woohoo

It really is a special place. Where else can you make good money and meet people from all of the world?

Every year I say never again but we'll see. =)