let the adventure begin

So here I am! Spring Texas :) I am so glad to finally be here! I am staying with my neighbor's sister for about a week until I get my feet on the ground with the internship. It is a family of 7 but they have two kids out on a mission... so there is 5 at the home. I feel bad using their computer so I am going to get off as soon as someone else needs it...
Anyways January 12th was the day i left. My Mom, Dad, Dianne and Kristin came to see me off at the airport! Dianne and Kristin were very excited to get checked out of school :) (and i was told to take lots of pictures so here are the first two pictures of my adventure!)







We got to the airport and stood in line to get my boarding pass and to check my luggage in. I was really nervous about weighing my baggage! I had two suitcases and the couldn't be over 50 lbs. I had weighted them at home and one was 47 and the other was 45... our scale at home is really old and i was scared that it wasn't right! well the good news they both were under, one was 49.6 lbs and the other was 47.3 :) that is what i was MOST worried about! with that out of the way it was time to say goodbye! we took some pics, gave hugs, and i was on my way :)I made it through security just fine, although the old lady before my had to have a pat down.... and i had an hour to burn before boarding started! I went filled up my water bottle and decided to explore the airport! my favorite thing i found were the moving walk ways :)My first flight was from SLC to DEN and it was about 50 minutes long... When i had booked my flight i had gotten stuck with a seat clear in the back. Somehow, when i looked at my ticket, i was sitting in seat 1A! you know what that mean, FIRST CLASS! and it was very nice :) we got two warm chocolate chip cookies :) i was also sitting at a window seat when a little boy and his dad boarded. they were sitting next to me; the little guy was soo cute! I heard him whisper to his dad that he wanted to sit by the window... well me being the eavesdropper i am stood up and gave him my seat! He was so excited and kept me very entertained for that hour!
We arrived at the Denver Colorado airport and boy is a BIG! When we landed we were at Gate A39. My next flight was leaving from Gate B18... and gosh dang it it was the hardest thing to find! I was wondering around and i didn't see any sign with "B Terminal This Way" on it or any sign with the letter "B" on it! but i finally figured it out!I'm going on a train ride :) i couldn't believe it i had to take a train to another terminal! dang i'm definitely not in Utah anymore! after getting to Terminal "B" i had to walk FOREVER on those moving walkways until i found Gate 18. On my way i passed...i could go visit Mike! haha no well i made it just in time for boarding! It wasn't a full flight so i didn't have anyone sitting next to me! I had a window seat and was soo glad i did! Here are some pictures :) it was an amazing sunset, the pic doesn't even come close to how pretty it really was!here is what i saw flying into Houston! and holy cow was it HUGE! On Thursday i got a "tour" of Houston and i was amazed at how big it was and how anyone can find their way! The streets are crazy! They have weird names, go in strange directions, and they have a tendency to have three different names for the same street! Also it is so weird without mountains! i have no idea how people can tell which way is North! There are no landmarks to tell you which way is which! it is driving me nuts!anyways... i'll tell more later but for now know that i am safe, happy, and enjoying life :)