lagooooooooon!

kayla and i both had a day off this thursday and we wanted to do something really fun! the best idea we had was going to lagoon for the day :) so on thursday morning we woke up early to get all ready and go to the store to buy some stuff. we got to the park wayy early so we waited for like 40 minutes until they opened the gates for us to go inside! it was awesome being there so early because for the first couple hours there were no lines at all! so we hit alot of rides at first. the first one we went on was the samurai and then we went on the rocket. there was this little kid at the rocket who just kept yelling at everyone like "YOUR GOING TO DIE! YOUR GOING TO GET A HEART ATTACK!!" and then he would just laugh sooo hard at kayla and i when our ride was going up. it was so funny but i was going to punch him. then we were going on this ride and as we were getting on our cousin matt and his fiance was getting off so after the ride we ran around trying to go find them. she is a way cute girl, matt and her looked really good together. we then went on rattlesnake rapids and wicked. when we were on wicked this boy steve we met at best buy who helped me out with cameras was there. it was so random to run into him i never thought i would see him again. well we ate arbys, got olden day pictures taken and then went on a bunch of more rides! we wanted to get our faces painted so we did that too! it was awesome i felt like a little kid. we also went into lagoon a beach and went on a few water slides and went around the lazy river a few times. it was a really fun day! i was glad to spend it with my little sis :)

great salt lake!

today kayla and i traveled north to the great salt lake. when we were little we used to go with our family and catch brine shrimp and so we wanted to relive this tradition. it took us like an hour to drive up there and once we got there we had to pay to park since it was a state park. right when i was about to pull away the ranger lady was like OH NO DONT SQUISH THE POOR BEETLE!! so she had to steer my car around this little beetle in the road... haha it was pretty funny. so we drove over to the beach and walked SOO far in this death hot rocky sand. so we were going to the water and the ground just looked completely black, and as we approached the black sand every step we took a million bugs would just fly everywhere cause they were just covering the ground. it was soo gross. we finally got in the water and caught some brine shrimp in our water bottle and then we wanted to see how far we could walk out. so we walked out pretty far and we wanted to try and float so we did.. it was SOO COOL! we just floated and we didnt even have to kick or anything the only gross part was the surface of the water was covered in gross dead bugs and the water was SO salty. after we walked back through the nasty bugs and the hot sand we went to the buffalo island grill and had a buffalo burger. its a hamburger, but made out of buffalo meat! its pretty good. well then we went home. that was our exciting day at the great salt lake :)

weekend

this weekend was a success. friday night there was a rockstar themed party at a frat house at the U. michelle and i got dressed up and headed down there and ended up meeting a bunch of new people and reunited with some old friends. it was very fun, there was a girl though who slipped down the stairs and cut her foot open and she was bleeding everywhere and i was not liking it. but after that we headed over to this boy shawn's and there were a TON of people there that i hadn't seen in years so it was nice to see all of them too. michelle disappeared for a little bit so theron and i ran to go take a nap on the front lawn but the sprinklers started so that was a fail. we ended up sleeping at this girl masi's apartment and went to ihop the next morning and i ate some yummy crapes. then on saturday night michelle and i packed up her car full of blankets, coolers, folding chairs and tents and headed up the canyon to go camping with a bunch of michelle's guy friends. we stayed in this remote spot right next to a river and i ended up being the fire master the whole night! it was awesome i have never made such a good fire, and kept it going all night long. i was very proud. well we slept up there and this morning packed up everything and went back to my mom's house and made bracelets, ate blueberries, and watched movies. it was relaxing and after she left my mom and i went and saw how to train your dragon at the dollar movies. that movie is soo awesome i really want a dragon now. well theron met up with me later in the night and we skyped with kd and calli which was good to see their lovely faces and talk to them. i miss them LOTS! well now to start a long work week over again :( hopefully i can have some fun on the time i have off though!!

fun fun fun in the sun

this past week has been pretty eventful. last saturday my whole family came into salt lake from where they are all from so we could celebrate my grandparents 50th anniversary. what a great time we had at my cabin with all the family. we had a wedding cake for them and it was a sort of surprise and it ended up being completely awesome. then, this tuesday i got off of work early and kayla had the day off so we went with a few people and shot the tube! it was VERY fun like usual. we did something different though and found a rope swing and played on that for a while. it was super exciting. then on wednesday kayla and i traveled down to provo to do a shaving cream slip in slide. that was soo dangerous but soo much fun. we both are bruised up and down and she even got shaving cream in her eye but luckily she can still see out of it! on thursday i had a date with a boy named tyson and i had to plan it. so i went and picked him up and we made chocolate covered strawberries, pretzels and bananas and then went into my backyard and did fireworks. after we layed in my hammock and watched the stars, it was so peaceful and relaxing but a neighbors car alarm kept going off a million times so that was annoying. but for the most part, this week has been great. cant wait for my day off tomorrow >

PICTURES:

first: tyson and i at shaving cream slip n slide
second: kayla and i at shaving cream

third: me on the rope swing!
fourth: on the way to shoot the tube

fifth: taking a break at shoot the tube

fourth of july weekend

i had a very eventful fourth of july weekend! this year the fourth fell on a sunday, so being in utah they had to change all the events to before and after the actual day. so this year on the third of july was the big firework show in sugarhouse. those always put on a great show but parking and getting there is insane. on the fourth i went camping with a bunch of friends. we went up to cache county and set up a tent, made hobo dinners on the fire and played in the river, told scary stories and it was a great time. i had to sleep in the back of my friends truck because there wasn't enough room in the tent, so after i went to bed i woke up and had to use the restroom. so when i was walking back to get in the truck, the next campsite had a similar truck and i guess i got in the back of that car with a little kid and fell right back asleep. well about 20 minutes went by and my friends all got worried because i had not gotten back in the truck and they searched for me all over our camp and at the restrooms and in the river, they even had the next campsite looking for me. sure enough the lady was about to put another kid to bed in the back of the truck and she yells over to my friends "I FOUND YOUR FRIEND" ahah they woke me up and i was so embarassed but i went and got in the right truck and went to bed. the next morning we went to a lake and let the dogs play in the water, i went on a hike on some cliffs in my flip flops which wasn't the best idea but it was still fun. i had to leave early though because i was supposed to be at work at 2 so we drove back down and i was about to go into work when i got a call saying that the sugarhouse store was going to be closed for the day!! best news ever. my sister also got called and she didnt have to go in either so we decided to go get some ice cream and shoot the tube! the water was SOOO cold at the tube but it was so fun. i love how intense it is when the blocker woods are about to break and as your going super fast down the tube. after we went home we wanted to relax and watch some bachelorette but my friend shan called and asked us if we wanted to go hot tubbing! and we took up that offer and met up with her and enjoyed some hot tubbing. it was awesome and really funny, we are really good actors. or not so much but it was fun! fourth of july was awesome :) cant wait for the 24th.

texas

i recently just returned from a short trip to abilene, texas! my friend shantel is from there, her mom and dad still live down there so i went with her and her family to this small texas town. they all drove down a few days before me and i flew down and had a flight back as well because there were too many kids to fit me in the car. i didnt mind flying though, salt lake to texas is a longgg drive. well i get on my flight to texas. i checked my baggage and i was super stoked to get there. i had 2 layovers, my first one was in denver (that is a huge airport, i had to take a train to the different gates!) once i got on the plane in denver which was supposed to fly to dallas, it got delayed. i was way nervous that i was going to miss my flight to lubbock but once we got in the air finally they informed us that the flight from dallas to lubbock was delayed as well. that gave me comfort because shan and her mom had to drive a few hours to come and pick me up in lubbock. well once we got to dallas in the air, the weather was horrible we had to fly in circles for an hour before they finally received the news that they shut down the dallas airport so we were not able to land. the captain came on the loud speaker and said that we were going to have to land in a little base in abilene and wait for the weather to clear up in dallas, which could take hours, or even til the next day. well lucky for me, abilene was exactly where i was supposed to end up son once we landed the flight attendants let me out of the plane through a back door and shantel’s sister came and picked me up since shantel was 3 hours away in lubbock. unfortunately my luggage could not be retrieved from the plane since it would be too much of a hassle to find just my suitcase. they assured me that it wouldnt take long for me to get my luggage though since it was going to dallas and they could just send it back to abilene. the next few days i waited for my bags to come and i ended up having to go buy a few new outfits which i wasn’t too sad about… :) and a new swimsuit and some toiletries and things so i could atleast survive til my bags came. it finally came real late saturday night and it was such a relief. while i was there, we went swimming a few times, we went and saw a movie, i tried a real texas bbq restaurant which was delicious. the last full day i was going to be there we planned on going to six flags in dallas. we woke up monday morning and saw that dallas was supposed to be thunderstorms all day long so we drove south to san antonio to the other six flags called FiEsTa TeXaS. this one doesnt have as many huge rollercoasters as the dallas one but with a purchase of a ticket you also get free entry to the water park, which we took full advantage of in the texas heat. around seven we waited in line for a rollercoaster and once i was sitting in the seat, buckled and ready to ride the power went out and they closed down the park for it started pouring and lightening there too. we all walked back to the car and got soaking wet and i played air baseball in the parking lot with the kids for a half hour before we took the long drive back to abilene. it was a very fun day even though it had to end a little early. the next day we went swimming in the morning and had to hurry home so we could drive all the way to lubbock so i could fly home. well once we were there, i found out i missed my flight (way too much bad luck with flights this trip) and we had to drive all the way back and the new plan was they would leave an extra kid with the grandparents and i would take her place in the car for the drive home the next day. so early early on wednesday morning we woke up and drove all the way home. i tried to sleep as much as i could, but it was hard with a car full of kiddies. the drive really wasn’t that bad though and i am very grateful we made it home with no accidents. i am so glad that i got a little break from work and from my life in utah. texas was a fun trip even though it was perfect. good to be home though!