summer goodbye.

Alright, I know I've been terrible at blogging this summer and now it's over! I'm so so sad...but I do love Fall in Utah so I think I'll be okay :) Lots of changes this summer...mainly involving many best friends moving away :( It kind of blows being a grown up!  There have been some good adventures though. Thankgoodness for PTO to keep my sanity.  It has now been a whole year since I first started at Huntsman. Overall it has been a great experience and I feel very fortunate to work at such a great facility. And to have a JOB! Definitely can't take that for granted. Still living at the Alamo and very happy to be living with ALL girls again :)  So here's a picture-story summer update.

Massive Moab trip with these lovely gals, Kris and Linds.
Always such a fun time!

Keys on Main. Seriously one of the funnest nights I've ever had! 

I was lucky to have the 4th of July weekend off. It is one of my favorite holidays! My whole fam was in town so we spent the day doing our traditional BBQ, swimming, water balloon volleyball and fireworks. Later that night I met up with friends in Sugarhouse for more fireworks and an after party.

Went to visit Loren in beautiful British Columbia!

Flying with our pilot friend Brad.

  

Mountain biking with some of my co-workers. First time...barely survived!

Cali trip with the fam.

Goodbye to Steph and Brookie. 

As well as my high school buds Mikel and Shayla :(

Now ready for some Fall adventures!   

I want a child.

Doesn't this make you want a kid?

my niece Ava, nephew Noah and his cousin Gracie. 
Cutest little 4 yr olds.

Bucket list.

I just watched "The Bucket List" the other day. Cancer stories always get me. Great movie by the way. So it got me and Lindsey (my summer "boyfriend") thinking, lets create our own bucket list for the summer! One of the items will definitely be many trips to the infamous Cracroft cabin. So we all ventured up Millcreek canyon this past weekend despite Utah winter deciding to come back..yeah in the middle of June..so not cool. We substituted a night of monkey balls and starburst roasting with rice krispie treats and Tommy Boy. Perfect combo.

missing Steph and Kris...and maybe a particular boy :)

Random asian drinks with marbles, old fashion wood choppin' with injury included, coincidental usa flag and usa hoodie night before world cup, rice krispies devoured=successful night at the cabin.

Next up: Bees game and Massive Moab trip!
P.S. Anyone down for Hawaii in August let me know!

Sistas.

Yay for summer finally deciding to show up! And for these lovely ladies who will all be going their separate ways at some point this summer. Boo for being a grown up. I sure will miss each of them!

Luckily this one is staying around and we can keep being roomies and pretend sisters while playing robot unicorn attack. Ever bored and easily entertained? Check it out.

Family.

It was quite the site driving into the Provo cemetery today with literally every inch of the place covered in flowers and families. It was so beautiful, gave me that warm fuzzy feeling inside and just reminded me what this life is really all about. So don't forget to tell your family how much you love them. You never know how long they will be here. Love you fam!

 

(Part of the family at my grandparent's grave)

The Alamo

Welcome to the Alamo.

 Very plain. Weeds EVERYWHERE and not a single pretty flower.

So what do you do on a sunny 70 degree Saturday??

Yard work!

Linds (my lovely roomie again) and I decided the Alamo needed some spicing up. Who knew the treacherous years of childhood yard work would pay off. Let alone the fact that we were found flower shopping amongst all these old ladies...yeah, we feel super old now. But it was fun! 

 Linds tearin' it up in her sweet knee pads.

New and approved Alamo.
This pic definitely does not do it justice but it looks great and we actually feel like we're living in a home.
Next up: the backyard.
Start looking forward to some sweet BBQ parties!

Zion's beauty.

A few weeks ago my friends and I took a much needed trip down to southern Utah. We stayed at Brooke's cabin in Alton and then spent some time in Zion National park hiking Angel's landing. Best hike ever! I absolutely loved it. It was my first time, I totally recommend it...just stay near the chains and you won't die. (No joke, someone just did last week). We were lucky to have two awesome photographers with us, one being Loren--most of these are his pics, he's pretty much amazing :) Enjoy!

And so it begins...

Today I officially started P90x with food plan included. End date: July 31st. Much needed support here. Please limit temptations...

Mucho gracias.