It's true. I love summer in all it's glory. It is so nice to not be in school and I have had a blast just being home and enjoying it.


Here is a taste of what's been happenin' this summer!



On the 4th of July, I went with trevor and his cousins and we lit dandelions and everything else off with waterproof firecrackers. We made it through over 200 of those little explosions.



I got a call from one of my favorite roommates while she was stuck in the airport on a layover so I picked her up and we went and saw the blue angels. It was so good to see her and catch up, she's awesome!

The blue angels practiced right over our house all week before their show and it sounded like the roof was going to cave in, but they were really amazing. They would do this trick where they would fly straight towards each other and then at the last minute they would pull up out of the way. I wish I had gotten a pic of it.

I love going to the drive in and roasting starbursts and marshmallows. So much junk food.

My single's ward was great this summer and I'm glad I went to it, I made some great friends.

We went on an over night trip to the playmill and it was so much fun! The boys in singles wards are crazy though!

Famous Dave's...need I say more? I think I may have found a new favorite restaurant, they have the best cornbread muffins I have ever had. If you haven't tried it..go. now.

I found a cherry limeade cupcake recipe, it's supposed to imitate the limeades at sonic. They turned out good!

I love making pancakes and nutella crepes for breakfast! Half the fun was just making them and trying to flip them! Even if mine did end up in..6 (ok 7) different pieces by the end.

I got to babysit the awesome Hansen family for a few days and it was SO much fun, idk if I should have been paid for having such a good time. We went swimming and little Logan was my buddy. When I went home he pointed to a picture and told his mom I was his "best friend!" He was such a funny kid!

Modeling my sunglasses...isn't he adorable?

We took a day to go swimming and got the whole pool to play marco polo, it was awesome.

I couldn't find any pics of me lifeguarding, but notice my tan lines in this picture. I guess being a lifeguard has it's perks.

A little bit of ninja destruction...

Cedar badge...my feet were so dirty!! One of the adult leaders was awesome and brought a little shower for the girls to use, it felt so good! and cold!

A few of us got really hot on our hike to one of the waterfalls so we slid down on the snow and pretended we were penguins.

I love Cedar Badge!

It has been such a great summer and I don't know how they always go by so fast, but I'm headed down to school in about 2 weeks. Now I'm trying to make sure I get everything done before I go down, but I think it will be fun when I get there.

Until then though....it's still summer for another 2 weeks! :)

"A good friend :

is one who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words."

I am so grateful for good friends and people in my life who are patient and loving and kind to me. It means the world to and I don't think it is a coincidence that I am privilged to be around such wonderful people.

My day off :)

Today was a really lazy relaxing day. I've been super sick of work so I called in sick today (ssshhhhhhhh) and just kind of took it easy. April and Jon were in town and I have THE cutest neice ever! It was fun to get to hang out with them. I also registered for classes! I can't believe it's already almost time for classes again...
I also got to go to wal mart with Trevor and do some grocery shopping- it's weird but I actually like grocery shopping with him, it's kind of fun. Especially when I get to be lazy and ride in the shopping cart!
Once in a very long while it's healthy to take a nice needed day away. Isn't that what summer's all about? :)

Looming.

Do you ever have one of those days where the future just doesn't seem that bright?

It's kind of discouraging and I don't know how to hurdle over it because these days come often to me, like vultures circling. I'll just be talking or driving and BAM it hits me like a rock. Lots of people look forward to the future as bliss, but right now it's kind of a dark spot in my day that I don't like to think about. I just want to hold on with a white knuckle grip to what I've got and maybe, just maybe, if I do nothing will change. I want to take too many pictures and spend too much time just enjoying life before it's all different. I'm not looking forward to my whole world changing in about every way possible. Nope. That sounds more like a threat than an adventure to me. So until then, I'm not taking any of it for granted.

We are not nobody.

"We're the children of God and as his children there is no attribute we ascribe to him that we do not possess, though they may be dormant or in embryo. Now this is the truth, we humble people, we who feel sometimes so worthless, so good for nothing, we are not as worthless as we think. There is not one of us but what God's love has been expended upon. There is not one of us that He has not cared for and caressed. We may be insignificant and contemptible in our own eyes and in the eyes of others, but the truth remains that we are the children of God and He has actually given His angels-invisible being of power and might- charge concerning us, and they watch over us and have us in their keeping. " Pres. George Q. Cannon

This is such a comforting quote and I love it.

Superman-yep sorry,he's not real.

I think I tend to expect a lot of people, maybe a little bit TOO much. I know that we are all human and imperfect, but SOMETIMES I forget to remember that others are people too, simply human and not some other extraordinary species. It's still kind of a sad day when you find out that superman doesn't really exist and superpowers aren't real though. And that everyone else is human, just like me. what a shock. ;)

19 things about me that you probably didn't care to know.

I'm 19, so here are 19 random facts about me.
This is what happens when I just feel like blogging about something random.

1.I used to think cotton candy was too much like hair, so I didn't even try it until I was maybe 10.
2.I am a very curious person- even about things that don't even matter at all.
3.I get so deep into my thoughts that people can easily say hello and scare me sometimes.
4.I HATE going to the bathroom, it's such a waste of time. (and so is eating if you think about it.)
5.I used to think soda tasted like medicine, so I never drank a whole can of it until I was a teenager.
6.I never lit a match until I was a senior in high school- shhhhh.
7.I can handle blood and dead bodies, but loose hair completely grosses me out.
8.I rarely burp- I kind of hiccup instead for some reason.
9.I really want a SOBE drink right now.
10.People have told me my facial expressions can look like DORI from finding nemo.
11.I hate math- even simple math.
12.I love thunderstorms and rain, everything about them.
13.I over analyze everything. and when i say everything i mean, every. thing.
14.My left big toe has been smashed and hurt so many times that the nail is totally dead.
15.I love surprises, but I usually figure them out before they happen, but not always.
16.I used to keep a bag of 500 tootsie rolls under my pillow and eat them before bed when I was little. This must explain the cavities.
17.I'm really ticklish.
18.Pineapple and shrimp, or seafood of any kind, gross me out so much that I sometimes tell people I'm allergic.
19.When I get nervous or scared, I lose all of the feeling in my legs. Like if I'm driving and someone almost hits me or something, my whole leg will go all tingly.

A breath of fresh air

Lifeguarding can be a stressful job and I'm sure there will be more posting about that later, but today after work I got a treat that made it totally worth it.

As it got darker and we closed the pool, some stars came out and I was able to finish my work for the day and take a swim. The great thing about Heise is that it's up in the mountains and it's outside in a beautiful place. Unfortunately sometimes I get so caught up in work that I don't get a chance to really look around and enjoy it.

But tonight it was nice to go for a swim and look up to see the stars and the mountains. Plus I have always thought there is just SOMETHING about summer nights- the air is always so refreshing and rejuvenating.
One of my favorite things is sleeping outside beneath the stars when it's warmer out, and I'm starting to think swimming out at night when it's peaceful may become a close second.