They hopin' that they gon catch me ridin' dirty

Saturday morning I woke up feeling very blah to medicore, so it was a relief when some of my favorite people in the world called me up to hang out with them. After weeks of hearing everyone constantly talking about how much they loved the movie Inception, I caved in and went to go see it with wonderful Camille and some other friendly faces. I was blown away by the movie, but don't want to talk about it anymore because I am tired of hearing people talk about it. What I will tell you is that I have problems sitting through 3 hour movies no matter how good they are and end up getting restless because I just can't seem to get comfortable. As a full grown adult, my feet still don't entirely reach the floor, so I end up curled in some sort of ball in the chair. What a shame. Usually I don't have any complaints about being 5'2. This may be the only one. After the movie, I went Jeeping with some friends and with some non-friends (meaning strangers). So much fun. Jerika, Camille and I come as a package deal lately, so we demanded that we be placed in the same car. We ended up in the back seat of a Jeep with two strangers that were on a date. I am not sure if it was a first date or not, but I do know that by the end of the night they were holding hands. Sigh...young love.

Anyway, now for the pictures and fun little comments to go along with. When we first got in the Jeep, all was well. The view was good, the top was down, the breeze was nice. It wasn't long after we started the trail that we came to the realization that our Jeep was at the back of the line of Jeeps. Usually ok, but our Jeep was topless and we were driving on a dirt road. Aka, we were very literally eating the dirt of the cars in front of us. At the first stop, Camille, Jerika, and I hopped out of the Jeep and we were laughed at. Why? Because our faces and clothes were completely brown. Mmm...a close up. Orbitz commercial anyone? We decided that we didn't care that we were dirty, or that we had ruined our nice shirts (for me, a shirt that I wear to work). We decided that this was fun and gross, and at least we were enjoying a beautiful day and scenery. We kept going up the trail for another few hours, and by the time we got to the peak where we picnicked, I looked like this. This is definitely the tannest I will ever be in my life. The sad thing is, I think I still have dirt in my hair. Even though I have shampooed and brushed it a gazillion times. Yum! We stayed at our spot for a while and watched the sunset. It was beautiful. I wish I would have taken the time to relax and enjoy it more. After the trip, we drove down to Spanish Fork to watch the Pioneer Day fireworks...that were put to music. My favorite song that they played? "The Circle of Life" from the Lion King. I don't know why they chose that one. I am just grateful they didn't play "Come Come Ye Saints" or some other Pioneer-esque song. Thank Freaking Goodnes.

A Grand Proposal. and Money

This blog post might be the hodgiest podgeiest blog post that I have written. Ever. But this post is all about the fun and good times that I have been having this month. A lot of random stuff too. The first part of the blog is all from one rainy boring Saturday that turned out to be one of the most random Saturdays of my entire life.

First, we played cards. In the rain. On the lawn of the Provo Library. Right by the busiest street in all of Provo. Let me emphasize the IN THE RAIN part. Needless to say, this part did not last very long. In fact, we didn't even play a real card game. We just sort of threw the cards around.

Next, we took a trip to the pool and watched a ward Pirate themed activity where they had all made boats to race in the pool. While they raced, we watched. All from the safety of the hot tub. Oh yeah, we also ate ice cream while watching. This is pure joy at its finest. Except Britton. Britton looks like he is about to start a philosophical discussion about the invention of the fork.

Next we took a trip in Rico's jeep and went mudding. True red neck style. I don't know what, but something turns me off to the idea of playing in mud. Maybe it's because of parasites that live in mud and my general dislike of muddy ears. So I took the honor of photographing everyone while they rolled around in the mud like pigs. I did let me roommate put some mud on my face though, which I thought was very nice of me :)

Next we went home, cleaned up and took a trip to In n' Out. Sorry all you Californinians out there, but I don't like it. I never really have. Sue me. After In n' Out we went to Toys R Us and played. Played on the bikes, played with the balls, and took a ride in Fred and Wilma's personal real life-sized car. Oh boy what an adventure that ride was.

END OF SUPER FUN SATURDAY. NOW IS THE START OF SOMETHING NEW. PROCEED WITH CAUTION.

Can you find me in this picture? Hint, Rico is kind of fat.

This month I also went on a hiking binge and went on a total of TWO hikes! That must be some sort of record, at least for me. First, I hiked Squaw Peak and I must say that I did a mighty fine job of keeping up with the Chris and Matt who were practically running up the mountain. The view at the top of the peak was spectacular...and very windy (can you tell by my hair?) This hike made me realize that I have zero desire to ever hike Timp. Ever.
Second, for the gazillionth time in my life, I hiked Stewart Falls, one of my favorite hikes in Utah because it is short, easy, and there is a beautiful waterfall at the end. Something to look forward to! A destination!
For anyone that didn't know me when I was younger (high school) you may not know my general hatred that I had of hiking. I think you can tell how happy I was about hiking from the picture below! ahahah. I was such a dork.
Last week, I got to go camping/canoeing/spelunking/general fun with my entire family! It is always nice to go home and relax for a little bit. Wow, I have such an attractive family.
This is the highest that I would brave jumping off. I am such a nerd when it comes to getting scared of things. The trip was way to short and coming back to Provo so quickly was not the most exciting thing I have done in my life.
There are only a few words that I need to describe this picture: Bieber Fever and screaming my heart out with thousands of little girls. Oh, also, hot pink skorts and glitter shirts!
I love summer because I can go out and do all these fun things! I wish it could last forever but it is always the part of the year that goes by the fastest. In the mean time, I am still trying to figure out what I want to do with my life. Suggestions are always welcome!