Who knew sunburns, blisters, dust, and dirt could be so fun?

So basically I have been gone at trek and efy for the past two weeks, and let me tell ya, both of them were amazing and so so so much fun.
Let me start with trek, then I will do efy on the next post....
Trek was one of the hardest things I have ever done. I was dirty, sunburned, blistered, hiking in a dress, and tired, but I didn't even care one bit, and it was so worth it. I loved every second of it, and I didn't want to come home. I think it's the funnest thing I have done all summer long. I had the greatest family, and we bonded so much. We stayed up until 2 in the morning the last night playing games and talking. We had so much fun together everyday. It really felt like we were a true family, and I love them so much. I miss them already, and it's only been a week and a half. Man, it was just so so great. It was the best experience ever! I'm so glad that my mom made me go. She is always right. She said I would have fun, but I didn't belive her, and now I wish I was back in the barren, hot, dry, desert with my family pulling a heavy handcart instead of sitting here in my air conditioned home. :)

sisterhood of the bandits...

we stuck bandanas over our faces to get rid of the dust in our eyes

Aaron ate GRASSHOPPER Phil!!

 bro theodore the adorable basket  :)

me and Lynds were sisters!! :)

best ma and pa ever :)

womens pull-we're so tough

My fam voted me most dirty, so here's my orphan shot :)

Sharpies-BEST FAMILY EVER!!! I love them so much!

Let's end with a :)

Happiness

Happiness is laughing with your best friends and being crazy with your family.
Happiness is someone smiling at you when you have a rough day.
It's getting a phone call from someone special the moment when you want it the most,
It's wrapping up in a warm blanket and crying with your friends during a cute chick flick
Happiness is walking outside with confidence in your giant sunglasses with the wind blowing in your hair
Happiness is being able to walk in your backyard with nothing to do
Happiness is walking inside and seeing your family dancing in funny costumes
Happiness is a surprise visit from a friend
It's having people come to support you in all the things you do
It's driving for no reason and hearing your favorite song come on the radio
Happiness is going on a trip and having lots of fun then coming home
It's dancing in the rain, and giving hugs
Happiness is a little baby’s giggle and a flowering bud
It's a rushing river and a flowing song
It's bubbles in the summer, and a sweet autumn breeze
It's a family who loves you, and a warm shower on a cold winter's night
Happiness is watching a storm roll in, and ice cream with sprinkles and chocolate syrup
It's catching snowflakes on your tongue and drinking hot chocolate in the cold
It's that moment when you accomplish one of your dreams
It's wishing on a star
Happiness is looking at a beautiful nature scene
Happiness is an "I love you"
Happiness isn’t one big thing, It’s all the little things
Happiness is whatever you make it out to be.
Dare to dream. Dare to smile. Dare to make a difference. Dare to make your life worth living.
Happiness isn't having everything perfect, it's daring to see beyond the imperfections.
Your attitude makes your life the way that it is. We can always be happy no matter what happens in life.

kayaking, fireworks, moths, and shel

Alright, a certain friend, cough cough syd, told me I need to blog more. so here's another post just for her :)
So the other day I went kayaking with my fam and some friends. Let me just say, my canoe dominated. We tipped every single person over, (including us, hehe my fault) except my mom, she's too quick. We didn't even feel guilty about it either :) We said it was because we had the "Sacagewa Spirit" (I have no idea how to spell her name, but you get the idea) My arms killed after though from rowing so hard, but quite a good work out it was. Our friends from Idaho came, and the mom was screaming like crazy. So funny. Every time she goes kayaking, she gets tipped over. Poor Karen :) We had so much fun. The next day was our 4th of July celebrations. My cousin Rachael also came to join in the fun. We went to the parade, ate two giant breakfasts, had a BBQ, and did fireworks. Yeah I know, a TON of eating, but what are holidays for? I think the best part of the day was everyone running around in circles with giant sparklers that never end. Can I just say that sparklers/fireworks are my most favorite things ever? That's why 4th of July is my second favorite holiday (Christmas is first of course)...fireworks!! I love love love them. They make me so happy.  I also went to my cabin with my family, and just got back today. Wow, we had quite the night. After four wheeling, we all sat around and read, even me. I know, I know, me reading?! It's true.Get this...I read two entire books in one day! (no not picture books, like actual 217 page books!!!) I was shocked at myself. So anyway, Tawnie was reading this book where the kid is afraid of Shel Silverstein, so it kind of got her afraid of him too. That night when we went to bed, she kept saying that Shel is haunting her. Everytime something touched her (which was a lot since there were three girls in one tiny bed) she screamed and said it was Shel Silverstein trying to get her. Well, my brother Colton snuck out from his bed and crawled to Tawnie and started grabbing her in the pitch black darkness. Well you can imagine the screams that came from her mouth. "Something is grabbing me! It's Shel Silverstein! It's Shel Silverstein! He's Haunting me! Help!! AAAAAAAA!" (something along those lines) over and over. I could not stop laughing. It was so funny. Then a moth attacked me when I tried to go downstairs for a drink, so I stayed under the covers until Colton finally killed it. Gotta love my bro. My husband better kill moths for me, or I just might die. I don't know how I'm ever going to survive college. I went to young womens today, and we got ready for trek. I am so excited, but a little nervous too, but I bet it will still be fun :) I can't wait! ps. SYD GO TO TREK!!! I really want some lemon chicken and twice baked potatoes right now, but since it's almost 1 in the morning, I probably should eat something a little easier to make...Ooo Colton is eating some cereal or something. I think I will go join him. good night my dear friends. Before that, here's a picture of your worst nightmare, well Tawnie's anyway.

(I think this picture is why the kid in the story and Tawnie are afraid of him)

Crave

Jump into Life

These past few weeks have been full of adventure...
I went to Colorado for a week and a half with my friend to help babysitt her neice and nephews. They are adorable kids, but let me tell ya, it was exhausting. I was seriously starting to doubt my future motherly skills, but we had fun. I think I have played enough "Motorboat" and watched enough "Little Einsteins" to last me a lifetime. The baby started calling me "Kar" and when she saw some pictures of me on facebook she kept saying "Kar" over and over. Then the little boy fell asleep while eating his hot dog, and I couldn't help laughing. They are so stinking cute.
The day after I got back, I went to Costa Vida in the Gateway, then off to the Backstreet Boys concert with my wonderful cousin Rachael. Oh my heck, it was amazing. We had a total blast. A certain friend didn't believe that I knew any of their songs, but I proved her wrong by singing and dancing to almost every single song :) I also bought a shirt. I love it haha. We had a blast. When we got home late that night, we stayed up watching more backstreet boys stuff then tryed to do an all nighter, but I had girls camp in the morning, so we ended up lasting until either 4:30 or 5:30, I can't remember but it was so fun :)
The next morning, I was on my way to girls camp :) I still hadn't caught up on sleep from babysitting or the concert, so I was way tired, but still excited. We spent the car ride rocking out to Justin Beiber, and loved every minute of it :) Our theme was RACE (Righetousness Always Conquers Evil). I thought it was cute. We got adorable pink shirts to go along with it :) Almost everything I brought was pink (pajamas, blanket, jacket, sunglasses, shirt, ect.), so we decided my personal theme was pink. When we made our flip flops, of course I just had to make pink polka dot ones :) We went to this way fun ropes course called Clas. I got to ride a zip line, canoes, and a ginormous swing. Those were so fun, especially the swing. I was screaming like a mad woman. We also had to climb up a very tall swinging log (harnessed to it of course) then once we got to the top, we had to walk across another log way up in the air, then we had to fall off of it backwards. BACKWARDS! It was so scary, but so so fun. I started dancing while going down on the harness rope thing. I felt like I was flying. We also had to climb up another very tall tree (again, harnessed), then at the top, we would get on a platform then jump off the entire tree, and try to grab a ring in the sky. The girl before me got so scared and froze up at the top, and it took her forever to jump. I felt so bad for her. So when I went, I tried to do it pretty fast or I would have been frozen like her. So once I jumped, the guy helped me get out of the harness and told me "way to jump." I thought it was pretty funny. That thing was so terrifying, but it was totally awesome, and once I jumped, I loved it. I was so proud of all of us for being brave and doing it :) I have bruises and scratches from all that hard work haha. I want to go to that place again sometime. It was so cool. The next day we did a 5k "Race for the Pure." that was fun too. Girls camp is always a total blast. I loved every second of it. :) I finally caught up on all my sleep yesterday and today. It felt wonderful.
Jacie and Dad are finally back from England/Scotland/Whales/Ireland. Yay! I missed them. They had a blast. I asked Jacie to bring me back a prince with an accent, but instead she brought me back two sweatshirts, a little cup, and way cool pink bedazzled sunglasses. I guess that's almost as good as a prince ;)
Wednesday is the midnight showing of The Last Airbender! I can't wait! :)
Summer is so great. I love it.

Bliss

summer is finally here! let's all do the dance of joy! I just have to take the ACT then I will be free! here's what's been going on lately...

ok i will start with yesterday. I MET DAVID ARCHULETA!!! I have been waiting for this moment for a long time. My only regret about that moment is that the deseret book people didn't let me get his signature because I didn't buy a book. Lame, but understandable. I didn't really have time to talk to him either, because they rushed everyone so fast. So it was basically look at him, smile, and have your heart melt into pieces. I did get to meet a new friend though named Kallie. She is super nice, and super great. During David's mini concert, I got to be super close to him, and I'm in the newspaper :). He sang two of my favorite songs, "Crush," and "God Bless the Broken Road" (Rascal Flatts). You have no idea how happy I was. I could not stop smiling...literally. Thanks to Karli, my other david loving friend, I was able to go, and I had a total blast. I thought I had lost my obsession with him, but when I got up there two feet away from him, and he started singing, it all came back. Oh boy, greatest thing of my life. After that, I went up to my grandma's house for a barbeque with the fam. We played the usual baseball, and I got to play with the adorable baby. Then I went to my cousins' house and had a sleepover. I hung out with my cousin Kevin, and we had a lot of fun. We hung out with two of his friends (because one is moving) driving, dancing, and playing "risk" until 3 in the morning. Then today we went bowling and watched silly shows. I accidentally threw the bowling ball behind me instead of in front of me haha, how embarassing, but it was hilarious. We couldn't stop laughing. I just love my cousins/family. They are always so much fun to be around.

When I got home I went to see the Hubble show at Clark Planitarium with my best buds, then we played games the rest of the night. We played this one game that involves slapping your thighs, and I guess I got a little too into it. When I came home, I saw that my thighs were majorly bruised and red everywhere. They are discusting. At first I thought I had cancer or something, then I remembered the slapping thing. I can't believe I hit myself that hard. I didn't even realize that I was doing it, but it is pretty funny. Summer has been great so far. Hopefully it will just keep on getting better :)
Here's some pictures :)

                                this was the one in the newspaper :)

Look how close I am :)

Kallie is the one in the pink

I love him :)

sigh :)

and such

On saturday, I went to lagoon with a bunch of my buds for Hannah's clogging competition. Oh man, it was fun. It involved best friends, cute boys (very cute boys), food, dancing, and rides. Can't get much better than that. :) I would tell all about it, but I'm too tired to write everything right now. Just know that it was a total blast, and I love my friends.
I also went and saw "Letters to Juliet" with my mom and sister. Oh my gosh, I totally totally loved it. It's so so so adorable. I'm such a sucker for chick flicks. I'm definately going to buy it, and I want to go see it again soon with my friends.
Yesterday, I went to my grandma's house, and played baseball in the rain with my cousins. We were soaked, but we were loving every minute of it. They are the best, and I always have so much fun when I'm with them. I love my family. I'm the luckiest girl in the world. My cousin, who's a year older than me, took a senior who had never been asked to any high school dance to prom. I'm so proud of him.
 My birthday is in a week! I'm so excited! I'm going to Idaho to see our friends (practically family) to celebrate, since it's family party this year. We are going to go on a shopping spree, and having a nerf gun war. It's going to be great!
School is alomost out, and I need to get my grades up, and my work done, then once the snow is gone, summer will finally be here, and I will be free from math and school forever, well a few months anyway :)