summer oh'leven

-started out with our typical walk to taco amigo and then all around town.

-held a bonfire for burning homework with cute boys.

-participated in to much drama for my own good but realized how much my friends mean to me.

-laying out on the swing set just thinking about life.

-sucessfully floated the river at girls camp. 

-pranked other wards with a fake.. wolf?

-met a man who lived in a cave.

-fell asleep to the sound of crickets.

-making pictures out of melted taffy at seven peaks.

-consuming more strawberries than healthy and making tons of new friends in the process.

-organized a parade and dealt with sassy pagaent moms and flirted with cute boys.

-strawberry days being one of the most fun weeks of the summer.

-getting stuck on the boat and waiting as we floated to shore.

-not spending time with old friends and growing much closer to new ones.

-only a few days spent at the pool but lots more at seven peaks.

-coaching little girls in gymnastics and truly loving every single one of them.

-going to girls camp and of course absolutely loving it.

-having long talks at night in the tent with kassie.

-letting a cute kid convince me to go down freefall.

-attending the cutest tea party in the entire world.

-car rides filled with sleeping and coloring books.

-going to lake powell and being paranoid about skin cancer.

-not getting nearly as amazing of a tan as last year.

-hard days at gymnastics and being to exhuasted to do anything else all day.

-being eaten alive by mosquito's while sleeping out and looking like quasimodo.

-walking to the temple with the young women.

-spending lots of time with my cousins from oregon and loving them so soo much.

-became best friends with a girl from spain and after a month had to let her go.

-hanging out with the hamilton's often and adopting them as a second family. 

-long days out on the boat, relaxing and letting summer soak in.

-going camping with lots of neighbors and having long talks with kasja by the campfire.

-continuing to only eat to much chocolate whenever smore's are offered.

-becoming pro (pratically) at surfing and being able to ride it without the rope.

-getting a job at kneaders and continually having mixed feelings towards it.

-being to busy and having friends that are to busy to ever find time to play.

-thinking lots about high school and actually being excited for school to start.

-hiking to pride rock. 

-finishing all school shopping way to early and getting tons and tons of free clothes.

-taking clothes that i didn't particularly love and sewing them to fit perfectly.

-mowing the lawn not nearly enough but still having it be way to much for me.

-eating more freezer food than healthy.

-late summer nights with campfires, heart to hearts, star gazing, and movie parties.

-doing tons and tons of back to school shopping and being grateful for previously mentioned job..

-playing with alana and anaka tons and having soo much fun. 

-hiking the G for the first time since i was like six.

-riding my bike home from gymnastics and hating it. 

-played modern warfare. and kicked butt. epically failed..  

-playing with jess- ditching scary movies, walking to macey's, spray painting shirts, just hanging out. (:

-taking naps almost daily between teaching and work. 

-letting nicole leave me for a month, but celebrating her return with a picnic by a pond.

-surprise visit from our montanan efy friend whitney and playing with her all night. 

-kicked a wall, split my toe open, and had to get stitches.

-managed to stay super busy
-wished more than anything i was going to efy

-ordered pizza for the first time.

-getting 5th for girls in a 5k and thinking i was going to die. 

-lots of pool parties at the gymn and loving my eleven and twelve year old friends.

-almost pulled an all nighter with the cousins. 

-having soo much fun at education week and absolutely loving it. 

-spending a couple hours in the high school determined not to get lost. 

-going to the most amazing stake dance ever in AF. 

-chalking not nearly enough, but still doing so.

-having spiritual experiences. 

-laying out on the swingset tanning. mostly for the relaxation factor. 

-fantasizing about summer loves,  not having one and enjoying a boy-free summer. 

-missing all my friends sooo much.

-and being more excited than ever for school to start. 

-and finishing it off with a long day of surfing, a super fun pool party, and an amazing stake dance. 

this summer was soo great.

soo much time was spent at the gym working out and teaching.
i learned to enjoy my job at kneaders, despite the awkward co-workers.
and most importantly i've looked back seeing the trials that honestly strengthened me.
sorry for the lack of pictures, feel free to facebook stalk, there's plenty. (:
this summer seemed to last forever, and i've missed everyone soo much.

we're going to be in high school. and i can't even wait.