Here Comes the Sun...FINALLY!

Life really is about who you know! This was proven today when my dear roommate, Shell, took us to her aunt Kathy's house in St. George to spend the day by the pool. It was a delight! It was all part of our living up the end plan.

 

It felt so good to lay by the pool and just soak up some good old sun rays.

I soaked them up real good.

The End is Near

The end of the semester is coming at us pretty fast, all of a sudden. So we have decided to plan each night so we can make good use of the limited time we have left together. Sadly, I miss the a lot of the exciting plans because of school on Saturdays but its good thing I have roommates that do their best to plan around my schedule.

We kicked off our fun and exciting weekend by going to Wingers. Our favorite restaurant here in town, not so much for the food, but mostly for the service. We seem to get the same waiter every time. One that singles someone from our group out and, "harasses" them with his eyes. His eyes will not leave that persons face for anything. Its creepy and a good time.

The next good time that came our way was yet another institute dance. The best one yet! So many of our friends were there and we just jumped from one group of friends to the next. Loved it.

After the dance we went to a campfire. I have never been to so many bonfires in my life as I have in the past couple of weeks. They are quite the different experience, very cowboy. Which, at first, I wasn't so sure about, but now I'm trying to embrace it. We sit by a fire with cowboys all over having a sing-a-long to old classic country music. Definitely different for me, but I'm really starting to like it.

It wouldn't be a true country experience without squishing 5 people in the front seat of a truck.

We are always able to find a good time. I am so grateful I am here, meeting the people I am and doing the things we do. This is our last week together as roommates and I am so sad about it! I am going to miss this year once its gone! 

Dance, Dance

This past Friday night my roommate, Jenna, and myself went to our favorite Cedar activity, the institute dance. Sound lame? Wrong. They are LEGIT. I love them. The first time Jenna and I ever did anything together we went to a dance. A little risky since we didn't know each other at all, but we got to know each other real fast after that! We have been to every one since.

As if that's not enough, we also hold almost nightly dance parties in our kitchen. When a song comes on that we love we can't help but dance to it! There are very few dull moments in our apartment!

I just love to dance, don't get me wrong, I'm horrible, but I love it anyway!

I Hiked

Havasupi Falls. If you know me, you know I don't love to hike, but I just can't say no to a weekend with my mom and big sisters, even if it does mean I have to hike the grand canyon. However, I LOVED it! It was so beautiful! We were there for just about 4 days, and kept busy.
Day 1:
We hiked to the bottom. This was a fun day because we just took our time stopping all the time to climb rocks, scale the mountain and take pictures. It took us about 5 hours to finally get to the village. The village was very interesting to walk through, it was hard to believe that people actually live at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.

Day 2:
Sunday. Luckily, there is a small LDS church in the village that we were able to attend that morning. It was ran quite a bit different than we were used to but its always a testimony strengthener that no matter where you are the spirit is still the same and the church is still true.

After church we headed down and saw the first few falls. They were incredible! We spent time exploring down by the falls, climbing in and on anything we could.

Day 3:
The day of the falls. This is the day we had all been waiting for, the day we got to hike to all the falls. Each of the falls were unique, but all very beautiful. The first one of the day was called Mooney Falls, this was one of my favorites because it was scary to get to. We had to literally scale the mountain using rusty nails and chains for support. I don't love heights but i do love a good adventure when it comes my way, so i was all over this.

Next we went to Havasupi Falls. We spent most of our time here. We got in and swam around a little, it was pretty dang cold, but yet another adventure. We spent time just laying out in the sun, most working on their tans, but we (my sisters and myself) were working on our sun burns, boy do they feel good!

Last we went to the most beautiful falls, I believe they are called the Little Navajo. These were my favorite because they were surrounded by green and the water, like all the other falls, was a bright blue-green, breath-taking! We climbed real close to these ones and just sat taking it in for quite a while. We are so blessed to be given such a beautiful world!

Day 4:
The hike out. We got up early early and headed out. This time no playing around, we just headed straight out as fast as we could. Our group was the first group out (just sayin) and it felt so good to sit at the top and look at how far we had come. Like most things in life, it wasn't easy, but it was definitely worth it!

In Honor of ASHLEY

Tis my darling big little sister Ashley's birthday today. The big 2-1! Ashley is basically like my best friend. And let me tell you why she is so grand!

She is a shining beacon

She'll be seen in public with me.

she practices good hygiene 

She is my twin

• She will spend all day texting me quotes from our favorite movies
• She listens patiently to all my dumb stories
• She keeps answering the phone even when she knows I may have a break down the whole conversation
• She can convince me to do just about anything that makes me look dumb (wang dang, GINA, underwear commercials, fake gagging in public, Tom's Diner...)
• She makes me laugh, a lot.
• She sends me dumb news articles
• She loves Gina more than she loves me
• She can spice up ANY story
• She's the pickiest eater in the world
• She can come up with the most creative/fun things to do
• She was my first hair cut 
• She married well
• She too hates chocolate
• She is an incredible actress

I could go on FOREVER! But basically what it comes down to is, my sister is the best. end of story.

Oh she also photographs well.

Whoa

Earlier today I had a "I sound just like my mother" moment, and I liked it!! 

My mother is the best there is. She is such a great example to me and I hope that I can be like her someday!

What the heck time is it?

Oh Daylight Saving. Why? I don't get it.

I can't understand it. When do the clocks change? What do they change to? Why do we do this? I mean really who decided this is a good idea?

I just want to go to church tomorrow, and I don't want to look like an idiot trying.