Thursday, September 13, 2012

Time Flies!

I'm a bad blogger. Obviously. Or I'm just lazy.

I had a fun summer! I can't believe it's over and school has started already! How time flies. 

My classes went pretty well. I had such a fun time working in the Preschool on campus. Those kids were so adorable and I learned so much from them! I miss them. 

So after I finished up finals and moved out of my apartment (into a storage unit), Matt and my roommate Brooke and I took a wonderful little roadtrip home to Bothell! It was just fabulous. We were only home for a week, but we had so much fun. Brooke had never been to Seattle or the Great Northwest, so I had a great time showing her around :)

We spent a few days on the Olympic Peninsula, which was just a dream. We had the best weather too!

The Lake Osette Triangle hike along the coast

Family Picture!

Big Trees

Yep, we stayed in Forks






Beautiful Seattle
It was a great few days. Brooke and I also spent a day in Seattle. The weather was gorgeous and we had so much fun! Except when we were trying to find parking...

Brooke loves the ocean!

I finally visited the gum wall. Yuck!

Pike Place!

And the Fremont Troll

Beautiful Deception Pass and Whidbey Island

It was sad to leave lovely Seattle. I love that place. But I was able to look forward to another wonderful week at our family cabin in Utah before school started! It was dreamy.


Really. The Cutest thing EVER.
 We went Kayaking at Mirror Lake with Rosie and Glen! Super fun, Jeffrey may not have thought so though...

The saddest/funniest thing ever.

We decided against it.

My little model.


Grandpa had such a fun time with his Grandson

Hey.



Matt decided to go Kayaking during a downpour...crazy.

He's such a good walker!


Such a great little family :)

pot-bellied Jeffrey.
At the end of the week, we got to go on an adventure up Mount Timpanogos! It was Dad's first time, so it was pretty exciting. As usual, the hike was gorgeous, rugged, and painful. :)





Mountain Goats!



4th time to the top!

Porky the chipmunk. He was harassing me and my food.


We all made it! Here is Dad's proof.


Dad is so rugged.
And because Michelle specifically requested I get a family picture of all of us, we did so. The cabin is the best! 


I also just ran in the Red Rock Relay again for my 3rd year! It was such a blast this year! Even though Matt and Jeff weren't there this time. I was in the Snow Van, which was different that the previous two years (it was easier). I ran about 15 miles total and I felt really good about my runs! It's kind of a crazy thing to do, but I just keep coming back! It's rather exhilarating. 

Now you're caught up with my life. I just started my Senior year at BYU, can you believe it? I can't. I feel kind of old when I tell people I'm a Senior. Oh well, I always see a million people I know on campus everyday, which is super fun. And I actually have lots of friends in my classes now! I moved into the Glenwood, not really any better than the Riviera, but hopefully it will be a good year. Mostly I miss my old roommates a lot, cause last year was kind of a dream come true. All 6 of us just clicked. It was like living in our own little Zion. There was so much love! And now 4 of them are away on missions and Brooke, Olivia, and I are getting to know our 3 new roommates. It's always hard starting over again, cause you actually have to make an effort if you want to hang out with people and make friends. Usually I like making friends, but sometimes I just don't feel like trying...Oh well. I always feel like this at the beginning of a new year. In a few months I'll probably be raving about how I love my ward. It seems good so far, I just need to meet people.
Meanwhile, I will enjoy taking my Advanced Food Prep class, among others, and play some more soccer, because it has kind of become an obsession. :D

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Summer Happenings

Well, it has been awhile, and my sister Michelle has been encouraging me to post again. So I'll give an update on my summer! 
Lets see. Spring term was great, cause I wasn't in school and I was just working and partying. Summer term started at the end of June, and I have been quite busy ever since! Classes and work and social life have definitely been taking over my life. But it's fun! I like being busy. I'm taking this class where we have to be a teacher's aide in the preschool on campus. It is really fun! The kids are so adorable and I just love them. I'm also taking Adolescent Development, which is...interesting, i guess. It's at 8:00 in the morning, so I usually fall asleep. And I'm also taking Greek and Roman Lit, which I love! It's fun to read real literature and learn cool things. I like it.

So I'll start with my trip to Zions National Park, the last hurrah before I started summer classes. It was such a blast! Me and 7 of my friends went down for a few days and stayed in my friend's cabin, which is right outside the park. We just hiked for 2 days and played games and such. It was my first time actually hiking around Zions and it was INCREDIBLE! The scenery was amazing. And it was also 100 degrees both days. haha. yikes! Here are some fun pictures. 





Hiking up to the Hidden Canyon. Sweet hike!


My funny friends, hiking the Narrows!

The Narrows

Red Rock

Hiking to the Emerald Pools


The magical Emerald Pool
It was a great trip, as you can see. I have awesome friends too. Then school started and I got super busy. But, I did go to my cabin with Jeff and Kira and Matt and Baby Jeff just for an afternoon, cause I had to work the next day. It was fun to go up and enjoy the beautiful outdoors and the cozy and oh-so-wonderful cabin. As well as my fabulous siblings/in-law/nephew. We had cook-outs, played basketball, and went bushwhacking up a mountain! It was great. 

Father and son, on the swing.

hey there.


Who could resist that face?



Walking, finally!


Climbing up a rock slide.

Where we climbed from

Love that view!

Well, those are the big fun things I've done. The other things I've been doing this summer are: 
playing lots of soccer, playing lots of Frisbee, going to fun concerts in Provo, getting a new battery for my car, going toThe Dark Knight Rises midnight premier, getting excited go back to Seattle in August!!!