Preview of my Summer!

I think it is about time I share about my breaking news!
I am a hired Girl Scout as I mentioned before when I talked about my Girl Scouting experience. I am hired at the Girl Scout camp Trefoil Ranch! I am going to be a camp councilor and a kitchen assistant. I am way excited to be spending my whole summer up in the great outdoors doing many things I love. Being able to help girls and live outside, while being paid to be a Girl Scout is a dream come true!
Trefoil Ranch is a place I have been countless times during camps growing up each year and many activities or other over night stays. It is a like a Girl Scout home to me.
This summer I expect to enjoy the outdoors while working hard. Get an awesome farmers tan, hike countless miles, get no sleep, be really hot, be really cold, carry a water bottle every where, I hope to ride horses, expect to also listen to a girl cry, hear some screaming girls, learn skills in the kitchen, get a mosquito bite, be silly, laugh, miss my dog, hopefully I can make a difference to girl while being the best example I can be leading them through out the week.
Here is a preview of my home for the summer:

In the Bakery

My first official job I got in August last year. When your in the situation of having a gathering of any type or meeting new people or just even getting caught up in each other life's the question of "where are you working?" usually ends up coming to the topic of conversational choice. I reply in the bakery at Kents, in Roy.

I have made new friends, made many new experiences, and have learned a ton about baking/frying/donuts/proofing/packaging/working/cleaning/cakes/cookies/bread/what ever else associates with my job.
I have gotten myself up out of bed at 3:30am for many of the weeks to make famous donuts.
Can I say it is exhausting sometimes and not always a fun experience. Working with others can even be a challenge sometimes.
However, some days are fun and we enjoy our self's. Those are the days that I don't mind working 8 hours of my day, give or take some.
No, I can not come over and make you donuts but, I could cut it out of the dough, fry it, and ice it with yummy toppings?
Speaking of yummy, a lot of what we make at Kents is from scratch and when the oven timer goes off and they pull out fresh goodies it could be hard to resist sometimes. The weight gain of mine could be proof of that one ;)
I am grateful for the experience and knowledge I gained from working in the Bakery at Kents. It's been fun hard work.

Family No Matter What

Let me be honest with you family is one of my biggest trials in life. I don't have a bad family and I love my family. I enjoy when we get along and are able to spend time together.
What family doesn't have their up's and downs mine is no different.
Living together under one roof is like a puzzle each a different piece trying to find our place to make the big picture. However, my family is like one of those 2000,000 puzzles or maybe a jiggsaw 3D puzzle it's not an over night achievement.
They better know I care and love them.
In my family I am the oldest so of course I like to think I am the boss ;) it never works out though..
I have only two siblings one sister and one brother, and we are each very different individuals.
I wouldn't know what I would do with out my family though.
My parents have taught me so much I couldn't ever thank them enough. Specially for the opportunities I have had because of them.
I have had very memorable moments with each and every one of them that I could never forget.
The Halls: Bill, Raina, Kerstie, Caitlyn, Robbie and Peanut the dog!

Let's talk Books

I am a huge book fan because I love to read! Probably also why I enjoy writing. When asked of the question of what's my favorite book is an easy answer..Harry Potter! I am a big Harry Potter fan. I love reading about adventures or history. Books just open a whole new world. I find myself inside books learning about the character's on a personal level.I find myself walking through Hogwarts or fighting a battle right along side them.
I have two favorite authors Richard Paul Evans and Nicholas Sparks. I haven't read one of their books that I have not liked.
A list of some of my favorite books through out the years...
Harry Potter
My Side of The Mountain
The Last Song
Nobody's Princess
The Book Thief 
Tennis Shoes Among the Nephites 
To Kill a Mocking Bird
The Alchemist
Life of Pi
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
The Christmas Box 
The Walk 
     and many more, these are just a few...

I don't just read books I also love to read the News Paper, Magazines or something on the internet.
My most treasured book of all is my Scriptures! The power and light they hold within them will never compare to anything else I read!

Girl Scouts

I have been a Girl Scout for 14 years now and am a life time member.
I could write a novel of my Girl Scouting experiences and memories from the opportunities I have received through Girl Scouting. I feel very passionate about what Girl Scouting means to me and the community. I started out as a Daisy Girl Scout in Kindergarten. Where I met my best friend for life. I have been in a couple troops as I have moved up in the years through Brownies, Juniors, Cadettes, Seniors, and Embassdors. Through the different troops I have had different leaders even sometimes as my own mom. I looked up to these leaders as I still do today. I have earned many badges, journeys, studio 2b's, and awards. I have also earned my Bronze, Silver and Gold award. I fell in love from the start and made a commitment to myself that I would be a Girl Scout all the way through. I also made a commitment that I would earn my Gold award. I made these goals as a young Girl Scout and here I am achieved.
In the meetings I learned a lot about myself and the world around me. Girl Scouts opened range of doors for me.
As young Girl Scouts we would do crafts, explore different interests, and go places like the zoo or have a giant slumber party. I got to go to summer camps each summer and enjoy horse back riding and the great outdoor experience. As we got older we would learn about the future, small trips and river rafting,  do a lot more service, and have adventures that were worth while. To top it off we were able to go on trips like to New York, a carnival cruise to Canada, and Washington D.C. Most of these things I would have never have done if I were not a Girl Scout. These opportunities where for me and my troop to enjoy and experience together as we grew as sister Girl Scouts.
I am 19 years old and have been a Girl Scout since I was 5 and am still actively involved. I am now a hired Girl Scout staff at a Girl Scout camp I have grown up attending. I can't imagine my life with out Girl Scouts. Below is a picture of Juliette Gordan Low. The founder of Girl Scouts in 1920, 100 years ago this year!

Spring time - Nature

Oh how the spring time is just so refreshing!
Today I journeyed trough the canyon and mountains as I seen the Earths nature come alive again.
A noisy waterfall with great power. A fish trying to swim upstream. A soft breeze and a sway of a tree. The robins and geese coming back from a time hidden from the winter. The tulips and dafidils bopping up from a once frozen ground.
It makes me want to write or read a poem.
I strongly love the outdoors and being in nature. I love the smell, site and sound. I love the sun shining upon my skin. I love the crisp fresh air. I love the rustle of a tree or animal. The soft motion of a stream as it brushes the rocks.
I need to curl up with my favorite book under the sun right about now.

Hello, and welcome to my blog and my first new post! I will introduce myself by saying my name is Kerstie Jo Hall, I am 19 years old living at home while working in a bakery. Finished one math class at Weber State university where I plan to graduate. I have a couple really close best friends who I spend a lot of time with. I love things like reading, writing in my journal, traveling, eating food I make, hanging out and having adventures with my friends, also cuddling with my dog Peanut who I love! I have gone through some really tough times but, I am devoted to my Heavenly Father and the peace the LDS church gives to me. I miss and love my family who is in Heaven. I have many great amazing angels who watch over me.

I really like to write and explore my thoughts through it: this is why I have created this blog.