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 WE WENT TO BEAR WORLD!!!!!!

We love our trips to Idaho.

 Best moment of the whole weekend. Ben got stuck in his seatbelt. Literally stuck. I was laughing so hard I was crying like a baby.

This is the best family ever and they all came up and went rock climbing for my birthday! The next morning Ellen invited friends over and made a french toast dinner for me. It was a wonderful day.

We asked them to hug and look like they like each other.

I went on a horse ride. It was so fun and so pretty up there.

It rained like crazy today. Like, crazy instant hailstorm and then just as fast as it started it was over. Ellen and Jordan ran in it and got drenched.

Happy Independence Day

Side note: I went to lunch a little while ago with roommates from freshman year! Lace just got engaged and I'm so happy for her. I love these two. And yes, that is all of us with our flip phones that we still use.

work party (not really, but kind of) at the fireworks! We had a great view and the fireworks were awesome.

Why yes we played Bingo and loved every minute of it.We even had prizes. We threw a lot of Skittles at each other., and my aunt rigged the game by dropping the bingo numbers on the ground below the deck. We had no little kids this year and I thought it would be a quiet party. Boy was I wrong; the big kids still know how to make a ruckus.

The best deck ever. We love the cabin.

We heart each other. 

canoeing at the pond

Camping two weekends in a row? Yes, please.

Every year we go camping with my dad's family. I love having this as a tradition. 

Our cousins had these cool toys- they're like roller blades but you just stand on top of them. One of the kids was really good and could go all over the place on them. 

I wish I had a picture of Ben slack lining. He's the best at it!

Comfy.

This is my mom and my dad's sister. My aunt amazes me. She is the most energetic person I know.

because we can

windy beach day

Before we jumped in. The water was so cold it burned and made it hard to breathe. We be cray cray out the hay hay. Worth it though. I had to wear three layers of jackets the rest of the night in order to stay warm after jumping in. 

I'm strong. Sometimes he'll put his feet down and walk, to help me out. 

I love it heeeere. 

We dared each other to go stand by the hummingbird feeder. It was terrifying. 

We're moving in.

Camping

I've had the urge to go camping lately. I just can't be outside enough. I love the sunshine and the mountains! I finally went and it was wonderful.               

 These two made the car ride up the canyon hysterical. They were singing a narration of the whole drive. I laughed the entire time. Also, to add to they funny-ness I got a random voicemail that day from someone who claims they met me at the bus stop (I don't ride the bus). That was hysterical. And, Ellen tried to throw her gum out the car window and it went right down our friend's shirt. I about peed my pants laughing at that one. 

 We drove to the spot we were going to try and camp but there were already people there. So we spent a long time trying to decide where to go next. The campgrounds at this place were a little expensive, so we were about to go hiking up the mountain with loads of stuff when Ellen found a lucky penny. Five minutes later we found people someone knew and they had extra room at their campsite! So we made some new friends. It was so fun! I love meeting new people.

"MAYday mayday we're sinking we're sinking!" "Oh...What are you sinking about?"

 This wonderful grandma of mine celebrated her 90th birthday!

Happy Mothers Day

 I am pleased to announce that it is officially Patio Season. Let the picnics and parties begin.

 Cousin Sam had an open house for his wedding. Some of my favorite kids were there!

In other news. I have kept these flowers alive for 2 weeks and I'm going strong. It's my PR. NBD. My thumbs are feeling pretty green right about now. (talk to me in a week)

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Next on the agenda: family staycation! It was so fun. We explored caves, went mini golfing - batting caging  -bowling  - go carting at Boondocks (don't worry, I'm half an inch above the height requirement to drive a go cart, so my little brother didn't even have to chauffeur me), ate amazing food (grilled pineapple- so good), played 5 crowns, laughed a lot, and talked about the Oxford comma.

 exploring Thanksgiving Point

Before we went to eat amazing food at Tucano's we went to the BYU Museum of Art. Someone who I'll leave unnamed :) yelled at us for being too rowdy. This picture is these two "behaving themselves."

These pictures are from a couple weeks ago. I decided I want to go back to my crazy camera days where I take pictures of everything. I LOVE pictures!So be prepared for many, many more!

 Beautiful hike. One of my favorites.