bear lake

okay, this was a million months ago, but it is still important. first time at bear lake=success. we slept on the tennis courts (see below), went tubing, i did a triple back flip off the tube and into the air about 10 feet off the tube, sailed, read, talked, played, died from hypothermia in a glacier lake thingy, played tennis, ate a raspberry shake, made and ate the best vegetable tacos ever, celebrated our pioneers on pioneer day, lit smoke bombs and sparklers with all the little kids, went hot-tubbing, and i'm sure much more.


charity's cute little niece who hung out with us almost the whole time.


bloomington lake. so refreshing. okay, it actually wasn't refreshing.





the homestead.

marcell the shell with shoes on

this is one of the cutest things i've ever watched. hopefully you'll watch it when you're having a bad day because then it probably won't be bad anymore! but then i really just hope you're not having a bad day. i hope you're having a good day and this makes it better.

Harry Potter

i finally got my chance to be Harry Potter. i awoke last Saturday and dressed in my finest robes, much to my roommates suprise. read here for a enlightening explanation:

http://www.unitedwayuc.org/blog



i had many little children following me around. one little boy stayed with me the entire time. another told me she was my biggest fan. we were interviewed on video (seriously) and many could not stop their cameras from taking pictures. being a celebrity is hard. your eyes start to hurt from all the flashes.

arizona

i got to see lake powell and the grand canyon in one weekend. woo hoo, lucky me! seriously though, they are b-e-a-utiful! we stayed at jacob lake, went on a really cool hike with horrible nats, saw the GRAND canyon, ate some good mexican food, sang a few good celine dion songs, and swam in lake powell.

horseshoe bend. really, really cool.

this mexican restaurant in page, arizona had a shrine to laura bush. apparently, she had come there and they had her take a picture with every single person there. this picture did not capture all of their pictures on the wall.

this is the invention we came up with to get rid of the nats- undressing and swinging your clothes around your head.

there is a painting in the mexican restaurant that looked exactly like this. we thought it would be appropriate to recreate it right at the grand canyon. spencer and lisa=lovers, katie=dead eagle, mallory=baby deer, charity & tess=frame

after the weekend was over, we convinced spencer that a weekend with 6 girls is the best way to travel.

cutie pie.

there are some more great kodak moments but of course i do not have them.

summatime

summer summer summer. last year i had an early summer with no job, waiting to go to asia. then i worked the rest of the summer in a foreign country, trotting around to unknown places each weekend. this summer, i'm working full time. i wish summer was forever, but i guess it really doesn't make a ton of difference when i'm not going to school!

outdoor movie on the capitol lawn. it was actually pretty neat-o to have the capitol building all lit up behind you.

a little guitar in the car. you've got to keep yourself entertained...

oh, dinner on the balcony with wonderful roommates from the past who are almost all married and pregnant (okay, only one).

my little boys. how i adore them.

colony reunites once more. we can't get enough of each other. really.

what is with the guy in the background!? haha. included in this picture are 3 of the greatest people ever.

STEWART FALLS...i feel a need to go on this hike all the time. i don't exactly know why, but i do love it a lot. it is always so beautiful.

i look like an idiot in this picture, but andrea just looks too precious to pass up putting it on.

WINCO. it provides many entertaining possibilities.




i'll have everyone know, sam REFUSED to put his feet in the picture. i still have no idea why.

portland

i went to portland for 4 days for work. i'd been there before, but i really noticed this time how beautiful that city is.

i am sitting in an elevator shaft. it just so happens to be where a woman died as well. they made the restaurant really creepy. we had to go in twos into the bathroom because it was so dark.

keep portland weird.

i look stupid in this picture, but the important part is the voodoo donut sign. tons of weird donuts- the shapes and the toppings. some were a little inappropriate, but i won't say anything further.

this one goes out to the parking lot garden.

the rose garden. it was really peaceful and just as beautiful.

a friend i met there who is lds had a cousin who was living in portland for the summer. he took us there one of night. it is an incredibly beautiful temple. i can't wait until i can see it during the day.

some words of wisdom for one lance armstrong.

the most incredible bookstore in the world. really. i bought maybe 8 books and it cost me 19 dollars. i could have spent forever in there.

the window displays were so pretty. that might sound lame, but really, there were tons of cool displays.

some of the fun people i met.

go to portland. this is not a paid advertisement.

lots of balloons

since i was a little girl i have wanted to go to the hot air balloon part of the freedom fest. it is way early in the morning, but so worth it!