So long, Farewell...

ok, so i realize that my blog is still thanksgiving.... BUT i don't care. too much work to change it. especially since i leave TOMORROW morning for the MTC. i can't believe it is already here! time sure does fly. pretty soon i'll be home and wonder where the 18 months went!

so just in case you want it, here is my MTC address:

sister shanna pelphrey
ohio cleveland mission
provo missionary training center
2005 n. 900 e.
provo, ut 84604

i will give my family my address for my first area, so if you want that, check in with them in about 3 weeks.

i am off to finish the last 7000000000000000000 things that have to be done before tomorrow....

see you in 18 months!!!

ONLY ME......

ok, so this is random, and it would only happen to me. i have a viral infection that is attacking my eyes... pretty sweet, eh?? they are red, swollen, and feel like they might explode. it really is the weirdest thing. but like i said, it is something that would only happen to me. i wish this picture did it justice, but here is a glimpse


this is day 3

going crazy...

so not too much going on here. just workin. BUUUUUUUT... just so you can all wait and wonder and wait and wonder and go as crazy as i am... my mission papers are in and now i'm just... yep, you guessed it - waiting and wondering and going crazy!! it's only a matter of time... i will post it as soon as i get my call!

viva las vegas!

a few weeks ago me, nikki, becca, and her roommate casey went down to vegas for the byu vs. unlv football game. we drove down saturday morning, played saturday afternoon, and then went to the game. it was a good game and fun to see the cougars win.

before the game



the very next weekend, i went BACK to vegas for the utah vs. unlv football game. different group of people, but just as fun! we left late fridy night, played again all day saturday, and then went to the game that night. sunday we got up and went to church and then came back home. i never thought i'd see the day that i cheered for the utes...

at the game



work has been interesting lately - our recruiter has been having us dress up as vampires and mummies. mostly we just didn't want to go out and spend money on costumes.... soooo.... we made our own. with coflex (what we wrap the arm with after donating) and toilet paper

day 1 as vampires


day 2 as coflex and tp mummies


we smeared paint on our faces


the boys

sorry sorry sorry

i am horrible at blogging. life has gotten so crazy lately i hardly have time to sit down. it has been months since i have had a friday night to just hang out at home with my roommates. so we are sitting here watching the byu football game and i decided to update the blog real quick. i'll try to be better....

first matter of business: the mission papers have been started!!! it is crazy to think that i turn them in just over a month from now. time flies....

now on to the adventures of shanna:

labor day weekend a group of us went down to st george to do a little rock climbing and other adventures. it was such a fun weekend and went by waaayy too fast. here is a breakdown of the weekend:
saturday 6 am: leave for st george
1 pm: rock climbing for a few hours
7 pm: iggys for dinner and to watch the byu game
sunday 9 am: church
3 pm: naps
6 pm: fat mans revenge hike
7 pm: st george temple walk
monday 9 am: more rock climbing
12 pm: lunch at in-n-out :)
2 pm: hike angels landing in zions
head home

here are some pictures from the weekend:


brooke, lindsey, me


on the way down from a climb


fat mans revenge


st george temple steps


belaying rachel


the group at the top of angels landing


the view from the top


next weekend its off to vegas for the byu v. unlv game! i'll blog about that later...

africa pictures!

i had the hardest time trying to decide which pictures to post - i took SOOOO many. so this is a brief collection of some of the pictures. it should give you a feel for the trip.

this trip was absolutely the most incredible thing i have done up to this point in my life. i got to spend 3 weeks in ghana, africa. my volunteer placement was in a school called suzzy mother care. i taught the class of 6 and 7 year olds. they were such sweet kids and i fell in love with each of them.

my perspective on so many things changed while i was there. i wouldn't go as far as to say i am a totally different person, but i definitely have changed in some aspects. the things i learned there are things that i will never forget. the people in ghana are so happy and content. my intention was to go there to see what i could do to help - but i never expected for it to be the other way around. i truly consider the people there to be angels that were placed in my life to teach me some of the things i need to know at this point in my life. although i will probably never see any of these people again, they really will be a part of the rest of my life.

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manti pageant and 4th of july

nikki andi drove down to manti for the manti temple pageant. i had never seen it before and it was amazing. it made for a really late night, but it was totally worth it. about halfway there, we decided (and i still have NO idea why...) to get out of the car and get on top of it. so we did. super random.

on top of the car


on top of the car again


manti temple


waitin for the pageant to start


on the 4th of july nikki and i met a group of friends from my old ward over at the mtc field for fireworks. it was fun to hang out with everyone again. the stadium of fire fireworks sucked, but we played some fun games and just had a lot of fun.

messin around after the fireworks - we eventually got a full pyramid, i just don't have a picture of it


love these boys


i'm not sure how this started... but it was funny


lark, tanna and i