End of 6 months

My name is Shaunty Mia Garcia and i am thankful for my life.
In 3 days i will be leaving Monterey and returning to my "home" in Sacramento. Like when the heck did time start going so fast?! Although i am stoked to be with close to my friends and family again i have become accustom to my life here. I must say i have been given sooo many blessing from the lord. I have grown close to amazing people in the POM ward and to the staff and residents at Carmel Terrace. I'm also have grown close to Karen (the lady i live with) she has been a wonderful example to me and has given me so much advice on life. I am defiantly going to miss her. I'm sad just thinking about it =( But i can always visit whenever i get tired of my mom haha
Anyways i loved my time here. I will look back at my time here and always smile. Like how i was lucky enough to live five mins away from the beach. The time me and Karen jumped in the pool with all our clothes on. The time we went to the aquarium and only got to stay for ten minutes. The nights we stayed up watching movie after movie. the time were my date found out i was 17 and freaked out. The night we mad a fire pit at the beach and cooked chili over the fire. oh these memories i love!!! I LOVE MONTEREY<3

Theres no place like home.... For the Holidays

This is my handsom brother that i look most alike. when he came home he had long hair (11 inches to be exact)


He donated it to locks of love. Fallowing in the footsteps of me ;)




THis is my cousin lynzie and my brother Bryan.
Lynzie just moved in with my parents so shell be hanging out with me alot when i move back home.


This is one of my best friends Chelsey... Isnt she beautiful?


I was able to go home for thanksgiving break. A whoping 11 days.
I had a great visit! I loved seeing all my family and friends. This trip was the high light of my year. I hope life back home is as good as the visit. (knock on wood)

Dear you,

Life is life. There is and will always be ups and downs. My goal lately is try and focus on all the positive things in my life. Ive realized how much im greatful for my parents and my brothers, for the gospel and the friends in my life. Unfortunatly not everyone is making this there goal. I have a friend who has been going through some things. She has been a target for negativity . She tells me always that im so strong. She hears my trails and doesnt understand why im still so happy and jolly. Well this is my answer.

Dear you
There will always be trials in your life. It is something we must over come. This may seem hard; seeing some of your trails seem impossible to over come but you can with the help of our heavenly father. He is the first one i confront my problems with. If im sad, lonely or even worried i get on my hands and knees and pray. He listens and he answers my prays with a feeling of comfort and peace. You are so blessed, and at times i know its hard to see it. If you acknowledge your blessings and turn to the lord i promise you will be happy and jolly just as i.
Put your trust in the lord i promise he wont let you down

One word... AMAZING!!!

November 5th 2011 I will NEVER forget this day!
SO bascically i went to the best concert ever! There is this guy his name is Dallas Green i have been really into him music. Its so mellow and meaningful i love it.
My friend Andie in the middle of the picture above loves them too and told me he and his band (city and colour) were playing in San Fran at the FIlmore. So we were so stoked to go Daniel another friend of mine went along with us even though hes never heard of the band. We dirve 2 1/2 miles north to San Fran park the car and walk to the ticket booth with a SOLD OUT sign.
Lets just say this was the a super sad moment. So after mopping for a while a man offered to sells us a ticket. I dont know why we bought it since it was only one ticket but we did. Luckly at the end of the night we got two more tickets!! How? I dont even know! It just all worked out!



So anyways this show was amazing like do you ever listen to music and just get lost in it. Like time stops well his whole show i was just mezmorized. I was so in to his show i barely took any pictures. Sigh.. I still cant get over this show! it was just soooo inspiring. I love the emotion in his music.

Even though its not the same as live I am off to sleep the night away listening to City and Colour. Dallas Green take me away into my dreams.

Breaks are nice

So after filling out my application form for Folsom lake college i realize i cant go.
Spring semester at FLC is from January to May.... Well i start BYUI in April so there goes that plan of not taking a semester off. Well maybe this is a good thing. Now i can get a full time job and save up more then expected for BYUI. This is sounding very appealing, hopefully i can find a job asap. Unfortunatly its gonna have to be put o hold till i officiallly move back home cause i dont think they'll hire someone from out of the city.

Sunday Sunday Sunday!!!

I have to say, I love sundays. I love going to church and I love relaxing the rest of the day. I get to have talks with my momma and skype chats with my brothers. These two things make the best days of the week.

Hehehe... Oh Life!

Finally after my home sickness has faded, and i stopped being so hard hearted about work... I am fully enjoying my life. I love it here and i feel blessed to have such an amazing oppertunity. I have been able to meet the most wonderful people and have amazing spiritual experiences. Being here 5 1/2 months i have met Dallin H Oaks, heard Julie Beck speak and tonight, i will have heard another spiritual talk by Richard G Scott. Amazing things keep flowing my way and I LOVE IT! I love that my life is so great right now.

Best E-mail EVER!

BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY - IDAHO

Idaho Admissions Letter

28 Oct 2011
Dear Shaunty: Congratulations! We are pleased to offer you admission to Brigham Young University-Idaho. Rich blessings and life-changing opportunities await you here.Below are the next steps in your Admission process:STEP 1. Learn about the Three Track System: BYU-Idaho operates on the Three Track System, comprised of three equal semesters: Spring, Fall, and Winter. Each BYU-Idaho student is assigned a track consisting of two of these semesters. Please visit www.byui.edu/admissions to learn about this unique system that allows BYU-Idaho to admit thousands of additional students each year.STEP 2: Submit your track questionnaire: Visit web.byui.edu/admissions/questionnaire to complete a track questionnaire used in the track assignment process. Please complete this questionnaire within one week of receiving this message.STEP 3: Watch for your email: You will be notified of your track assignment by email within four to six weeks of submitting your questionnaire. More instructions about your next steps will be included in that email.Once again, congratulations on your acceptance to BYU-Idaho! We look forward to having you on our campus and feel that you will enrich the University.Sincerely,Admissions CommitteeBrigham Young University-Idaho Admissions Office
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BIRTHDAY BUSINESS!

As of today around noon, i am oficially 18 years of age!
I always thought id feel diffrent. more grown up or something. But nope!
Well today was definatley not the perfect birthday but it wasnt bad either. Woke up to dozens of text messages and missed calls (best way to start a day... just sayin) then off to my day i went. 9:30am i started my day after school work and institute i am now home. I enjoyed a long talk with my momma (i miss her so much!) and a hour skype date with my brothers(who are in utah)
I am now celebrating the rest of my night with "Tula" shes about to have a big fat greek wedding.

Julie Beck

Today i had the oppertunity to hear from Mrs. Julie Beck. It was so powerful! I went to the talk with a question and came back with a billion answers. Im so spiritually high, i love this feeling. Ive been ignighted with a fire tonight to try and always fill the spirit as strong.
One message she shared that i will never forget.....
I may not be the prettiest, the smartest, the funniest, the strongest, or the richest. BUT i am a dsughter of god, and thats good enough. We dont always have to be the best at everything, life is not a compition its not about who has what. If it were compeating there would only be one winner ( cause thats how compitions work) and the rest would be losers. But were not losers cause were children god.

Santa Barbara

Fire pit at our hotel.. I spent all of my nights here. =)

Veiw from the warf

Oh these beautiful palm trees <3







Last weekend Karen and i went to Santa Barbara.
I got the better end of the vacation though. As she was in class allday renuing her nursing course i was shopping, going to the beach and swimming in the hotel pool. It was a really good trip and very relaxing.

The veiw keeps me going

Oh goodness! Theres so much i can complain about; but with a negative attitude i wont receive blessings. Last week me and a few friends decided to go and watch the sun set at asilomar beach. This day was perfect it was what i really needed after a long week of work and school. It was so peaceful to hear the waves and to just enjoy one of gods creations.

Blessed!

This is Jenny. She is sooo sweet. She has serious alzheimers but gets around great.

Jenny is one of the ladys i feed. She loves to eat; best appitite ive ever seen. (shes also a member of the church)

This is Pricilla aka Cilla. Oh boy, this lady is a catch. Wouldnt know it but shes 100!

Yup a whole century "young". She is actually the resident that has most of her mind left.

haha she can be cold at times but heck shes 100 i probly would be too!

shes quit the cookie monster, "do you suppose there is a cookie of some sort lying around?"


One of our residents passed away last week. It was suprising but not. She had been declining, but at the end the decline reached a steep drop. Although it was sad it was releiving; after weeks of suffering she is now with our heavenly father.

Her two sons coming in showed such strong emotions of sorrow i could feel it.

The hurt in there eyes sadened me. I just wanted to tell them it would be ok and that she was with god and they could see her again.Its like more and more lately ive been seeing things and being so greatul for the gospel in my life.

I feel as though i have taken advantage of knowing so much. I feel like the world is missing so much! I have to say im blessed to have the church in my life and im greatful for eternal families and i cant wait to have my own one day =)

Aren't mondays suppose to suck??

I have been in college for one week and ive already beat my highest stress level.
Lucky i got everything taken care of just in time to be able to enjoy my second week.
Im enrolled in all the classes i wanted, and paid for them, ordered all by books and got a camera for my photography class. I feel today has been a super productive. Im very much enjoying this monday. This may be another record broken.

Highlights of My 9 Days Home

I went to warped tour

I got to catch up and have hours of girl talk with my two best friends

And i got to annoy my big brother while he visited from Texas.

Second Guessing... Its What I Do Best.

So when getting here Karen (my boss and the family friend i have been living with) informed me and my parents that i wouldnt be getting hired as an employee but as a volunteer. since i an a volunteer i have no income. My "income" is more of an allowance. This was fine... at first. See being the teenager that i am i have been running through my allowance which kind of defeats the purpose of saving for college. So.... Go home work and save for college? or! Stay here "volunteer" and take 3 classes at mpc? Really I DONT I KNOW!! If i go home things will be nice and regular id get a job and work, i would like to get in school but i doubt that since school starts in one week.Ifi stay here i can live in luxury of some independance and live up the college life. I want to do whats comfortable but maybe i should stick it out. Maybe my visit home is getting to me, and making me home sick.

Oh Goodness!! Decision Decisions!!

Theres no place like HOME!

Im coming home for a visit and im soooooo excited

On this trip home i will be going to a wedding, two wedding receptions, two birthday parties, a baby shower, a rave and a concert. yup im definatly living up my 9 days home. =)

Well there goes my plan!

Im a slacker! Most of the time im on top of things but then other times im all over the place.

This time was not a good time to be all over the place. I dont have things ready for BYUI.

So what am i going to do? Uh i dont have an answer. But im looking at this in a positive way. The world is my oyster... Right?

So.... now that things have changes i think ill try taking classes at monterey peninsula college. After that. Well i still have time to figure that out.

Living the cold life..

My Bedroom at home was my sanctuary, it was my favoritre place in the house. Cause it was all mine. Although my bedroom at "my parents place" cant be beat this room comes to a close second =)

My favorite thing about my "new" room is my deck.
yes i said my own deck :) with an AMAZING veiw!


One thing that kinda sucks that i really didnt expect is how cold it is, and not just once in a while but every single day. Although i have gone to the beach plenty of times in the few weeks ive been here i have never gone in. Its been way to cold.

I geuss this weather is just helping me for the long and cold winters in Idaho.

REWIND< To Graduation

After 4 years, I am finally done with High School. These years have been full of so many emotions and memories. It seems so sureal that i dont have to go to first period.Although i will miss my under classmen friends i am so glad to be out of there.

I would really like to thank my parents though and tell them how greatful i am to them. They have always pushed me to do better. They are the ones who have given my the ability to be ALL that i can be. One thing that will always stick with me is that i can do anything; there is no CAN'T. (I love you two so much thanks for getting me as far as you have <3)

The time has come....

Oh My Goodness!!!!

Monterey, Pebble Beach and Carmel are BEAUTIFUL!!
We come here every year, but i still amazes me.

Still settling in and finding my way around town.

Already got lost today, luckly my parents are still here and came to my rescue.

pictures and more stories to come. =)

My FIRST post!!!!

my first post yay!!! I decided i would start a blog for when i move out to help keep in touch with family and friend.... and i guess with my self, i plan to use this as an online journal. Well although i haven't moved out yet; it is coming WAY soon. In 10 weeks to be exact. Although im nervous im also super excited. can't wait to sink my feet in the sand and soak up some vitamin D.