summer 2012

good bye endless summer days where all you really need is a pair of shorts and a t shrit.

hello endless winter days wrapped up in sweaters and boots. countless trips to starbucks and saturday nights   snuggled up in blankets having movie marathons. 

so lets do a summer 2012 wrap up shall we?

well i guess graduation was a big deal..

:)

then i got called to serve as an assistant camp leader:) 

yay girls camp

what an awesome group of girls:) 

camp was a totally different experience from the leaders end. it was so amazing to see all these girls grow closer as sort of a family during this week.. and! at our testimony meeting at the end of the week, ALL our girl bore their testimonies and there wasn't a dry eye around our make shift camp fire. the spirit that was there was just incredible. 

we didn't end up going to camp shalom this year due to all the fire warnings so we ended up camping at Spanish Fork River Park. it was such an amazing year. and lemme tell you, beside from all the pot guts and bugs, shalom is really an incredible place. 

i went to my first funeral ever. 

taylor offered to carry our shoes so we wouldn't' sink into the grass as we watched the casket being lowered..

when i found out about Jay, i was in shock..there was no way it was real.. 

the day before we saw her at one of our friends wedding reception 

then the next thing i know, i'm in the middle of sunday school and i get a text from a girl who i haven't talked to in about a year.."i hope you don't die!!" 

and my first thought was along the lines of "...okay? i hope you don't die too..? and shut up. i saw janet last night. she's fine and this isn't funny."

but it was all too real. 

it was the first time i'd ever gone to a viewing..a funeral..a internment...

i don't think i've ever cried that hard...

in a weird way, 

it was such a testimony builder. i was supposed to be at camp that entire week. but due to the service, i drove down and back up a few times that week. 

heavenly father really does know what to do for us. he does provide a way. 

camp was closer to home so i was able to drive there and back, camp is an intense spiritual week, and after everything, that was exactly what i needed. a week in the wilderness, with girls i love, and the spirit to know that i was going to be okay. to know that everything was going to work out in the end. 

he really does know us and know who we are and what we individually need. 

the church is true my friends:) 

celine came and visited!!:) she's this super cute girl who was an exchange student like 2 years ago and ran cross country with us. so of course, we all played:)

then i hit up LAKE POWELL with one of my all time best friends EVER 

brittnaaaay brinksssss

we went into town our last night and went country dancing:)

jet ski!

all the older girlies. right before the storm got really bad

boatin

fishin was the fun thing to do at night when no one else was down for night swimming or a movie

totally gorgeous.
calm before the storm 

right in the middle of the storm. our boat got sucked out into the lake and we all watched from the dock of the house boat. so scary! 

A-team right there!! everyone trying to save the boat

how pretty is that?

it was joshies 24th birthday!! so we made him brownies:) what an old man..

tubing!!

more tubing!

riding through the marina:)

full moon

gah. take me back

no editing. promise.

dear future hubby, 

we should get a house boat and live at lake powell all summer yes?? yes. 

yours truly, 

future wifey

then i decided that i would be a coach for this years black belt season!

hello over nighter!!

my home boy nathaniel picked me flowers on our hike!!:) 

i love being a coach. i watch:)

check it out. i could be spider girl!

THEN! it was time for school..

so my lovely parents got me a computer:)

classic web cam shot:) 

and now, i am ready for winter:) but a part of me will always crave summer:)

i've been listening to this all day.

enjoy:)