SLC

We made a weekend trip with just the girls and our dad to Salt Lake.  Such a fun time and surprisingly, we got along well.
Park City with the alpine slide and coaster
Swimming and reading by the hotel pool
Hikes up Cottonwood Canyon
Dinners at Ruth's Diner and Settebello
Bruges Waffles & Frites with the most delicious fries and dipping sauce
Leopold Museum for the Animal exhibit
Delicious hot breakfast at the hotel, seriously one of the best I've had
Playing card games til late in the evening
Tour of Mrs. Cavanaugh's, caramel is the best
Farmers' Market and Flea Market
Banbury Cross Donuts

Food trucks

Food trucks are becoming more of a common sight now in Utah and I love it.  I've been to the food truck roundup countless times with family and friends and it never gets old.  Sometimes there are new trucks I haven't seen before, and sometimes I just have to get a favorite from Sweeto Burrito.

Plus, there are now always a couple of food trucks right by work so I'll occasionally stop by on my way home and get me some food. 

Since Mikayla, Madi, and I are all home for the summer and we all love food, we went to a food truck round up and it was fun catching up with these girls.  We've always been friends, growing up in the same ward.
And I hope that we can be as close as we are now for a long long time.

Station 22

To give mom a break of thinking only about her back pain, Josh, Kelsie, and I took her to Station 22.  The food there was delicious.  I got their chicken and waffles, the fries with yummy dipping sauce, and we tried the fried cookie dough.  And they have an awesome soda wall with so many different kinds of sodas that made me want to grab one of each.  It was so good, I'd definitely go again.

Summerfest

I went to the Orem Summerfest last night for the first time ever.

We ate delicious hot dogs with scones for the buns and then we had funnel cakes.  

The grasshopper funnel cake is especially good.

After going on rides, eating, and looking at all the weird people who come together for this occasion, we left.  

It was fun and I'd probably go again next year, but I wouldn't get lemonade where they pour tons of cherry syrup into so it is thick and warm.

I would definitely skip that part.

Forever Honor

In 2012 I went to EFY in Rexburg, Idaho and it was the best week of that summer.  I went with Mikayla and Melanie and I loved each person in my company.  We called ourselves Forever Honor and we became really close during that week.  My counselors, Julianne and Jesse, were amazing and I learned so much from them and from the rest of the company.

Some highlights:
: Strangely enough, I liked how we had escorts because I got to talk to the boys more and learn more about them.
: Eating together was always so much fun.  There was not a single meal where I was not having fun and laughing.
: I really liked that we had a small company, only 15 girls and 12 boys.
: Playing games with the company for family home evening and free time.
: Personal scripture study for an hour outside.
: We won the cheer and banner contest.
: Pizza night.  Eating, dancing, and talking about the boys.
: The Living Christ lesson with the girls and our counselor, Julianne.
: Variety Show.  Megan and James are going to be famous!
: Testimony Meeting with my company.
: During lunch one day, this theater group did a big Lion King dance that was so cool!
: Two dances, one was outside.

Row 1: Nick, Connor, James, Houston, Josh, Nate, Taylor, Morgan

Row 2: Mckenzie, Brielle, Steven, Quinn, Taylor, Megan, Abby

Row 3: Emily, Jennifer, Kelsie, Sydney, Kelli, Rachel, Larkin, Lydia

Row 4: Nathan, Jeremy, Mikayla, Alyssa.

Melanie, Mikayla, and me

Senior Trip

Back row: Claire, Lulu, Eve, Katie, KayAnn, Rachel, Abby, Karen, Melanie, Janae
Front row: Olimpia, Ali, Emily, Chelsea, Sarah, Angie

My friends and I decided to go to St. George after we graduated.  My friend Rachel has a condo up there and her family was nice enough to let us stay there.  With this group of friends there is rarely drama but there were some who were worried, me included.  But luckily things went smoothly.  The trip started off with driving in a hot car with AC that didn't work.  Our choices were either no talking while getting some fresh air with the windows down or suffer through the heat hearing each other's stories.  

The first night most of us went swimming and we made the best synchronized swimming routine.  The water was a strange green but we swam anyways.  We went back the next day to find out that after pouring chemicals in the pool they had to empty the pool because they didn't know what was wrong with it.  Guess we shouldn't have gone swimming...Oops.  

We spent most of our time listening to music, playing games, watching movies, or just talking.  It was Eva's birthday during the trip so we took her to Olive Garden for dinner and it was delicious.  Also we spent the afternoon at the St. George temple doing baptisms and looking at the visitor's center.  Cool experience to do with all of my friends in St. George.

Since we were so close to Zions we had to go on some hikes. It was rough starting because we lost part of the group while making the drive up there and we had horrible service so the two separated groups just decided to go on some hikes anyways and hopefully meet up later.  In my group we did Emerald Pools, or something like that, and it was HOT.  We were planning on going on another but we were all exhausted and hot.  So we decided to call it a day and go back. 

This trip was a lot of fun but definitely the perfect amount of time.  By the end of it I was starting to get a little cranky so luckily the trip ended.  But St. George was such a fun trip and was a blast spending more time with these girls!

Swimming

I came across this picture of me swimming, and it reminded me of some good memories.  When I was little, I would always go swimming at my grandparents' house.  They used to have an awesome slide that I was never brave enough to go down by myself.  My cousins and I would always play crazy games we made up like the diving game and tube man.  And I must say that I was a pretty cute kid.

A Week of Girls Camp

- being a ward YCL and helping out a lot around camp - tons of mosquitos - using many cans of bug spray - thunder storms - delicious food, thanks to the camp cook - new camp director - being gone for one whole week - doing a craft a day - playing frisbee in the rain and mud at night - feeding a pot gut doritos - good testimony meeting - messy cabin - lots of fun with the girls and leaders - buses almost on time this year - getting Mikayla wet many times - 

Madi, Me, Mikayla, and Melanie (the 5th years)

This is one of the times I got Mikayla wet...

but she got me back.