Livin life & lovin it!

Monday, May 21, 2012

first week of pure summer partying.

So.. my ASC job ended last week. And so this week I've been looking for another job, and I actually got one! It is at a call center, and I won't start for 2 weeks unless I find a better job in the mean time. But now is the time of summer to live it up all day long because who knows what my schedule will be like the rest of the summer. I have taken a lot of video and pictures this last week. This whole summer and no work thing is so great. I am available to have fun all day. every day. I love it.

We all had different modes of transportation to get snow cones! (Bucket List #40)
me: scooter, Ashley: car, Karissa: wheelchair, Chaise: roller blades, Miryelle and Aaron: walking
Perfect summer day!

Shooting

After getting snow cones, Miryelle, Chaise and I went shooting in "Dry Canyon" aka Smithfield Canyon.

It was so beautiful up there!

Bowling Night


Mark, Cami, Jake, Amandy, Ben, Aaron, me, Brett and Alan. Such a fun group of bowlers!


Game 1 Mark: 80, Amandy: 118, Brett: 115, Alan: 110

Game 1
Aaron: 126, me: 117, Ben: 147 (WINNER of Game 1), Jake: 96

Game 2
Mark: 122, Amandy: 118, Brett: 97, Alan: 132

Game 2
Aaron: 149, Me: 153 (WINNER of Game 2, can you see that 4 in row???), Ben: 109, Jake 83

Cami and/or Crystal usually sleep on my floor.

Marshie's 25th Birthday!

The Birthday boy!!

Everyone who came to the last minute party!
Tricia, Ben, Aaron, Marshie, Pete, Devon, Jacob, me, Cami, Kelsie, Jaden, Carly, Josh, Mark, Alan, Amandy, Katie and Crystal.

Snow cones. Round 2.
me, Katie, Crystal, Mark and Aaron

Late night Root Beer!
me, Cami, Rusty, Mark and Amandy

Snow cones. Round 3.
me and Jordan.. it was so good to hang out with him since he is only really here on the weekends.


Ben's 24th Birthday! I got a video that has everyone in it and a lot of random pictures.

Cliff Jumping at Porcupine Reservior

(Bucket List #35)

Since I didn't actually jump this time for personal reasons, I can't check it off my list just yet.

Ben getting a sun tan before we went.

Jordan, Aaron, Cami and I

Trying to get a tan/taking footage of the event on a kayak and air mattress with Jordan!

All of us!
Cami, Aaron, Mike, me, Jordan and Ben.

Fright Night

(Bucket List #25 "Movie Themed Night (date??)" So.. "date??" would be a great way to describe the night. Mark and I decided that it pretty much was a date because there was defs some pairing-off-age. Even if one of the "couples" were Brett and Jordan haha.)

We watched The Ring and told first-hand scary stories in Cami's basement then went to an abandoned house with a well.

Alan, Jordan, Brett, Mark and Rusty "watching" the movie.

The house.

Fright Night participants in the house.
Jordan, Brett, Amandy, Rusty, me, Mark, Cami and Alan.

Looking inside the well.

Brett being creepy on the way home. Rusty also did some creepy stuff.

I've got to spend time with people on Darwin this week. But I haven't seen Sam and Drew in a while. I have sure missed them so much!!

I am reminded everyday of how blessed I am to have such wonderful and amazing people in my life. Seriously, I am so lucky to have to the friends I have and to be surrounded by such great examples.

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Dear Summer, WELCOME!

Summer has arrived!! It has already been such a fun summer. I had to be out of my apartment last Friday at noon. And I wasn't able to move into my summer apartment until Wednesday, so the GB2 girls (Sarah, Katie, Crystal and Amandy) let me stay with them for a few days, which I owe them BIG time for. I am loving my new apartment so far. Its pretty ghetto but has a lot of personality for sure. I have a private room which is quite the change from the rest of my college experience. Kelsie is the only one who has moved in and she moved in last night. It was so weird that when she came home last night, she went to a different room! Cami pulled a mattress in my room for the other nights I spent her so I was not alone. But here is some of the documented fun I have had the last week ish.

The YB2 girls put on a burning homework bonfire last Friday. (Bucket List #22)
I was burning my English 2010 book that the bookstore won't buy back.

Most of the wardies who came! I miss them so much.

I went with Jordan, Emily, Trevor, Ashley, Chaise and Miryelle to go bridge jumping on Saturday. I knew I wouldn't jump so I came as the official photographer of the event. A train ended up coming while we were there!

Justin, Katie, Amandy, Drew and I made a Monday 12:30 am Beto's run!
Oh, how we will miss Justin this summer!

Amandy surprised me by taking me to say goodbye to Shayla before the left for the MTC this week.
She was greeted at the curb by Ryan and his district running after their van.

On Wednesday, at work, we had a carnival!
I told Betsy to surprise me with what she painted on my face.
Let's just say I got some weird looks on the way home from work.

Kelsie, Cami and I at Caitlee's wedding reception :) (Bucket List #16)
It was so good to spend time with Cami and Kelsie and to see Caitlee so happy!!

Cami, Rusty and I went on a little adventure to find the source of the green lazer that shoots from one of the buildings on campus but ended up driving to Bear Lake instead!

Last day of work! Me, Jake and Betsy.
We had a big water fight on the last day. It was so much fun! I'm going to miss this job, my co-workers and the kids so much!!

Adventures in Opal, Wyoming!

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to take a little road trip to Opal, Wyoming. Have you ever heard of it? Probably not. Population: 97. It was so much fun though! Cami and I went with Rusty, his dad, his two little brothers, a mission companion and bro. It was a full day of adventures. Rusty picked us up at 8:30 to meet up with the rest of the road trip crew. We all piled into a Suburban and headed on the two hour drive to the little settlement of Opal. When we arrived, we helped brand Rusty's grandpa's cows and also his uncle's with a lunch break in between.

The "branding" process is a horrible day for these calves. I felt so bad for them. Not only are the branded (which looks extremely painful), but they get half their right ear cut off, tagged on the left ear, vaccinated and the males are castrated. It was pretty fun though helping out with it all. There was probably about 50 other people there. It was crazy how many people came out to help. The help was much needed though. There were cowboys on horses who would rope a calf and drag it over to the side. Then a few people would tackle the calf and hold it down by its head and back legs. Depending on how wild the cow was would depend on how many people were needed.

After the branding process, one of the cowboys was so kind to let me ride his horse. I got to help herd the cows. It was good to be on horse again! Then, Rusty taught me how to dirt bike. We didn't get to bike for very long, but it was sure a lot of fun. Then, we went shooting. I have been shooting before, but I have never shot little hand guns before, so that was fun.

I really hope this was used to call for dinner!

Tagging away!

This is a pretty good representation of what went down.

Myself holding down a calf :)

Most of us got calf's blood on us, but this is MY blood!

I got stabbed by the castrating knife. It actually didn't really hurt because it happened so fast. I hope I get a sweet scar!

How cute are they??? Got their cowboy get-up on and snow boots.

So good to be back on a horse! It was a really good horse.

Herding the cattle!

Right before the take off!

Cami and I enjoying shooting :)

The first gun I shot.

What a wonderful adventurous day! I'm so glad that Rusty invited us. A big thanks to the Larson family for letting us come!

Friday, May 11, 2012

Goodbye Darwin :(

This year on Darwin Avenue was seriously so much fun! It was definitely my favorite college ward thus far. We had some really good times on Darwin, and I am so sad to leave it. The people of Darwin are some of the greatest people I know. I have met so many amazing, incredible people this year. So many of the people I have gotten to know have earned a special place in my heart that no one else could ever take over that place. I have compiled some of my favorite memories of pictures of this school year into this post. Disclaimer: not everyone in these pictures actually lived on Darwin, but they did add to my Darwin experience!