AnnaLisa hates looking for jobs!

So I just graduated, as you all know, and now I am looking for a job, a "real" job. Most of my past jobs have been in retail and now I am looking for clerical/ administrative assistant type jobs. It's something I've never really done before. I mean I worked at Agel Enterprises for a while as a customer service rep, but that is all in that field. I'm scared. At times I feel that I won't be good at it or I won't know what I'm doing (which at the beginning I won't know, as it is with any job.) But I'm just nervous. I hope and pray that I will be able to find a job that I will enjoy (or at least somewhat enjoy), that I will be good at, and that will pay enough so that I can support myself. I don't need a lot of money, just enough for housing and utilities, food, transportation costs, tithing and fast offerings (of course) and eventually loan payments and maybe a little extra for miscellaneous things that might come up. I'm trying to stay positive, but it can get frustrating at times. I think that I need to trust in the Lord more and just let things happen. Of course I have to work hard and do all that I can do, but I just need to not be so nervous about it and just tell myself that I can do whatever I put my mind to. Thanks for letting me write about this.

Scenic Canada!

Once upon a time there was a lovely young maiden who went on a trip to a new and beautiful land...
while there she and her nephew stood in awe at the Butchart Gardens

and the wondrous totem pole just about the color of sand.


And she wished she could bring this back to her home so dry and hardened.


This beautiful flower blossoming up from the ground!

This peaceful land where there n'er was a sound.



These logs laid here lonely in the wilderness not knowing where next they will be found.

My sister, Lara, is a poet and I bet you did not know it. One part I wrote myself, but the rest explains itself.

AnnaLisa's View of Canada in Self-Portraits

This was the view from our hotel in Victoria, British Columbia! Except the view of me is not included in the room:)

On the whale watching boat! I thought it would be cool to get a whale in the background, but alas that did not happen.

Wait can you believe how long my arms are?! :)

I might have gotten a little bored in the car a few times :)

I got sunburned a bit while we were on our trip. It doesn't take a lot for me to get burned.

California Dreamin'!

I've had a pretty eventful past month or so. A couple of weeks after I graduated from BYU, Nate, Spence, Dad and I went on a 2000+ mile driving journey through Canada. ( I will post about the trip at a later date). After we returned to Utah from our trip, we had a day's rest and then just Nate, Spence and I drove to the Bay Area in California to visit Kristina and Tom and their cute kiddos:) Nate lives in Cali too so he was going home. Spence and I flew out of San Francisco to Virginia, so that's why we went with him. Our little stay in California was a ton of fun! The first day after we got there. Krisitina, Spence, Andrew, Madeline and I went bowling! After bowling we went to downtown San Francisco.

We went to Ghiradelli Square and got ice cream :)

We went across the Golden Gate Bridge, which I'm pretty sure I've never been across and we saw the cute and probably very expensive town of Sausalito right on the other side of the bridge.
We also went to the famous part of Lombard St. and we walked around Pier 39. San Francisco is a cool city to visit! Thank you Kristina for showing us around!

On the second day after we got there, we went to the beach!

And Nate, Spence and I got to see "Wicked!" Yay! It was amazing! I loved it! Once again thank you Kristina!

Yes these are my toes and Spence in the background getting ready to boogie board!

My adorable nephew, Andrew! I miss you guys! Thanks for letting us come and thanks for entertaining us!

My Dad's New Haircut

There's a lady in my parents' ward who is going through chemotherapy and had to shave her head. She has wigs to wear, but is still self-conscious. In support of this lady and her family, my dad shaved his hair or I guess buzzed it really short. Here's a before picture.
After!

Isn't my dad cool?! We had to get used to it at first, but now it seems pretty normal! You're awesome Dad!

AnnaLisa is Graduated!!!!!!!!!

ME AFTER GRADUATION!

Taking a self-portrait after convocation. Mom and Dad were a bit impatient after convocation and did not want to stop and take pictures so I took some self-portraits.

Mom and Dad and Madeline and I after commencement.

All of these self-portraits of this post are dedicated to Lara and her love of iheartfaces.com:) Too bad I didn't have any of these last week:)

Lara, here's another one:)

And a popular place for pictures after graduation!


Me trying to take a self-portrait of my adorable niece and I, but i forgot the zoom was on:)

Take Pictures! Study! Study and more Study!

Here's some recent pictures! I apologize for all of the flower pictures on my blog, but I really like that class and it's about the most exciting thing in my life right now, besides studying! Studying has pretty much been my life recently:)

My Easter basket flower design!

Bells of Ireland! I love this plant.

Daffodil!

Bells of Ireland again!

A cool shot on my way to campus!

A beautiful tree I pass on my way to campus everyday! I still like it, even though i'm pretty sure it will not grow leaves in the summer:)

Look how cool the clouds look surrounding the mountain!

The pile of books I used for my final research paper for my American South class, which I turned in last Friday!