Since I gave such a brief overview with my introduction I am going to talk more about myself and how I have become the person I am today.   I grew up in a small town near Bear Lake Utah,  my dad and his family run a ranch there. My dad taught me what hard work was like when I was still in diapers. At a very young age my parents got a divorce and I moved to Ogden Utah with my mom and two older sisters. My oldest sisters name is Lacey she is ten years older than me, my other sisters name is Kendra she is five years older. The divorce did not affect me like it did my older sister Kendra.  It took years for Kendra to grasp the change in our lives. I looked at the situation differently even though I was so young I recognized my parents were both in happier places. Growing up in Ogden my mom dated but never remarried, she is the most independent woman I've ever met.  And I know that is one thing about me I got from her growing up is to learn to be happy with myself. knowing  I don't need another person to "complete me". Not saying I am against relationships but she has raised me to be independent.  My junior year of high school I was having a lot of problems with my mom we could not agree on anything so I moved back to bear lake with my dad. My junior and senior year of high school is when I changed the most.  My mom and my dad had complete opposite ways of raising a teenager. My mom made me be home by 11 every night and my dad never gave me a curfew. So at first I did whatever I wanted because it was new to me. In those two years I maturated a lot because of all the freedom my dad gave me. I could do whatever but I learned after a couple months it was  not that great running free. I just wanted to be around to help my dad and take the time to spend with him instead of partying every weekend. He taught me my work ethic and how to be smart with all my freedom and not disappoint him. Still to this day I think back what I would have been like my first year here at Dixie Sate if I lived with my mom my junior and senior year, I would have went crazy having no rules. Not saying my first year at Dixie wasn't wild, it was amazing!  Dixie has been so much fun I wouldn't change one thing.  My mom moved to St. George in November and we are so close now I love that lady. Our time apart was needed during high school, I was a brat back then and she didn't need to put up with it.  Now I appreciate her so much.  Moving to my dads was such a blessing in so many ways. Everyday I am thankful for my parents raising me and being there for me. This class makes me think deeper with how the events in my life shape me. I hope that explains a little bit more of my authentic self. 

Here is a pictures of my mom and I at her wedding December 2014

My dad and I working on his ranch