My Summer so far

First I want to say THANK YOU to those who have commented on my blog or emailed me b/c I LOVE to know who's on here and I really do look at everyone else's blogs, I'm just bad at updating mine.

I have less than 2 weeks left until I return to Utah. It will be a very bittersweet move. I have enjoyed being at home b/c I have spent lots of time with my family in LV and also in Phoenix. I'm not sure why I didn't take more trips to Phx while in High School! I seem to be doing it all the time now. I guess LV was a lot more appealing then b/c weekends were actually something to look forward to. In high school we would spend so much time planning the weekends and now they tend to creep up on me. I don't really have anything to blog about, so I decided to write about a couple things I did this summer.

I moved down the end of April and knew it would be a quick stay. My dad's receptionist had just quit so I filled in at the office until they found someone new. I am so grateful the timing worked out on that one b/c I really enjoyed working there again. I sure love everyone there. The environment inside the office is so relaxing and enjoyable. Everyone cares about everyone else and it's just so comfortable. I woke up every morning between 5:30 and 6am and that really killed me. For anyone that knows me, they know that I am NOT a morning person! However, I had to do it....and I did. By 8 or 9 pm that night though I was so exhausted.

I went to Phoenix a couple times this summer. The first time I stayed with my cousin Jennie and hung out with my cousins and friends down there. I went to the temple with 13 of my family members and that was such a great experience. I don't think they really know how much I enjoyed that. I have such a great relationship with a lot of my aunts, uncles, grandparents, and cousins. I firmly believe that I have the best family a girl could ask for. (I received my endowments on April 30th as a surprise for my mom, and for me as well. It was great. Overwhelming, but so great. I don't really feel comfortable writing about that in such a public place, so I won't.) I also went to a Diamondbacks game and had a blast! I wish Las Vegas had professional sports teams. This city would really be something to brag about if we could win a championship.

On Memorial Day I turned 25...and as my brother says, "you're a quarter century old." Gosh, Scotty-i sure love you. I had another friend tell me it was time for me to face my quarter life crisis. Awesome. Not sure how I'll do that yet--any suggestions? I do want to go to Costa Rica, Australia, New Zealand, all over Europe...) Anyways, my Dad was dying to go camping that weekend but it was snowing where he wanted to go. Too bad. I actually got really excited to go camping the night before we went. I had to work hard to change my attitude b/c I REALLY did not want to do that on my bday. Weird, b/c I love to camp. We ended up going to Phx but brought the quads down and pulled over in the desert on the way down, and again on the way back to LV to ride. That was way fun. Riding quads in the desert after a snowstorm through cacti and cows and old trails was definitely a highlight of the summer. i hate to say it, but my dad does have some great ideas. (read Nicole's blog for more about the trip--esp the part when Scott rode into a barbed wire fence. Her URL is: trentandnicole.blogspot.com)
We all wanted to go to my cousin, Jaydie Lynn's, Block Party. It was a HUGE success! I didn't hear a final # but it was estimated they earned about $40,000 for her charity. (for more info about Jaydie Lynn visit her website: jaydielynnking.com -- she's our little guardian angel).

This coming week I am going back to Phoenix for a couple days then to Nauvoo with my Mama to visit her parents who are out there serving a mission. After that, it's off to Utah again!

After re-reading this blog I apologize for how long and probably boring it is, but I also want to say that I do have friends, but apparently I just enjoyed being around my family a lot more. haha.

(I am not going to say anything about the NBA b/c I have been rather disappointed lately. Now I'm waiting for my D'backs to pick themselves up!)

I love you all!
I'll post pics on another blog b/c I don't have any on the computer I'm on right now.