Thursday, June 25, 2009
Ice Cream and Mini Golf
Last night I actually went on a first date! It's been a while since I've had to deal with first date jitters. I guess I've been staying in my comfort zone hanging around the same guys for too long. So this was a good change. Before last night I've only talked with him on the phone, by text, and through email. We decided to meet so we could talk face to face. We met up at the BYU Creamery for some of their yummy ice cream! After that we tried to see a movie but we couldn't find one with a time that worked for us. We decided to go mini golfing instead. Wow! It's been a while since I've done that. He won but only by 6 points. I even got a hole in one! We had fun. It was good to talk with him and get to know him better. I don't think anything more than friendship will happen but I'm open to surprises.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Campin' in the Rain
Wow! I haven’t written for a few weeks! June has been a month of camping for me. Of course it happened to be during the rainiest June Utah has seen in a long time. I read in the paper over the weekend that so far this spring Utah rainfall has been more than 75% above average! It's amazing how green everything is. We’ve even had something close to humidity on some days, well as close to humidity as you can get in the desert!
Two weeks ago I went camping with my ward in Wellsville, UT (up north by Logan). We started out the fun on Thursday by going to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple open house during a torrential rain. It's such a beautiful temple! You can see a few pictures in this Church News article http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/57353/Media-tour-Oquirrh-Mountain-Utah-Temple.html
Everyone reading this should definitely go see it if you're in the area and haven't already. After going through the temple we were able to meet with David Christensen who is a member of the temple presidency. He is an amazing speaker! I’ve never laughed harder or felt the spirit stronger all in the same meeting. He had some good one-liners. Some of my favorites are “when life gets tough sometimes I’m driven to drink coke…diet coke!” and “when life gets hard for my wife and the hell fires are roaring around her she’ll just step back and say ooh, how pretty.” In the book I finished reading last week I found a quote by Willard Bean that reminded me of President Christensen, “seek to laugh and live rather than cry and die.” I think it’s a great philosophy to try and live by. Maybe someday when things feel too hard I’ll just have a coke, sit back and say “how pretty.”
After the temple we headed north to Wellsville. We set up camp, had dinner, and played games that first night. Friday morning we drove to Clarkston, UT (about 30 minutes north of Wellsville) to the Martin Harris grave site for a short devotional. It’s a beautiful area! Then we spent the rest of the day boating on Hyrum Dam. The weather cooperated and we enjoyed a beautiful, sunny day! I took a much needed nap on the beach (after staying up til 2am the night before talking with the girls in my tent) but I also ventured out to be dragged on a tube behind one of the boats. It was tons of fun! Saturday we woke up to rain again so we had to cancel our plans for a hike. We spent the morning doing a service project before heading home.
When I got home I didn’t even get a chance to shower before I headed out with my roommate Mindi and our friends Sarah and Heidi. We saw a fun movie called My Life in Ruins. Then we went to dinner at Iggy’s before we headed to Orem Summerfest. We sat in the rain and watched the parade. Then we walked around the carnival some where I ate funnel cake and tried a fried Twinkie! I split them with Mindi so we could each try both without eating all the calories of the whole thing. We had fun talking while we waited for the fireworks to start. It was a soggy night but we still had fun and the fireworks were worth the wait!
Last Thursday my niece Tori came and spent the night at my house. She’s been asking to have a sleepover for a while. We stayed up late watching a movie before she crashed. Friday was a busy day. In the morning I went to a URS (Utah Retirement Systems) seminar with Mindi (since we both work for the government) and we learned some good info about planning for the future. That afternoon we took Tori to the new Lindon Aquatics Center. We enjoyed beautiful, sunny weather! Tori sure wore us out but we had fun!
Later that night I actually went camping again. This time I just went with a group of friends and we stayed overnight in Nunn’s Park up Provo Canyon. There were 4 girls (Mindi, Clarissa, Angela, and me) and 1 guy, my friend Wolfe. We had fun roasting hot dogs and marshmallows. We played games and talked for a while too. I also had a huge surprise when Mindi came up to me and said I had a big white bug on my forehead. She pulled my hat up to get it off and then smack! I got hit with a pie plate full of whip cream!!! Mindi had plotted with Wolfe. She distracted me and got my hat out of the way while he creamed me…literally! We all had a good laugh. Not long after the creaming incident Wolfe headed home because it was getting late and the 4 of us girls found a space in the tent for the night. Saturday we woke up to rain so we played games in the tent until it stopped so we could pack up and leave.
This week the sun actually has been out more than it’s been raining. It’s a nice change. However, now we’re headed for Utah summer heat. The cooler weather was nice while it lasted. This week I’m headed to Salmon, Idaho for a family reunion and more camping! This will be the 3rd weekend in a row that I’ve stayed in a tent! I like camping more ever since I bought a nice sleeping bag and air mattress last summer. I look forward to going again this summer. I just hope I’ll be able to stop relying on my rain fly to keep me dry!
Two weeks ago I went camping with my ward in Wellsville, UT (up north by Logan). We started out the fun on Thursday by going to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple open house during a torrential rain. It's such a beautiful temple! You can see a few pictures in this Church News article http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/57353/Media-tour-Oquirrh-Mountain-Utah-Temple.html
Everyone reading this should definitely go see it if you're in the area and haven't already. After going through the temple we were able to meet with David Christensen who is a member of the temple presidency. He is an amazing speaker! I’ve never laughed harder or felt the spirit stronger all in the same meeting. He had some good one-liners. Some of my favorites are “when life gets tough sometimes I’m driven to drink coke…diet coke!” and “when life gets hard for my wife and the hell fires are roaring around her she’ll just step back and say ooh, how pretty.” In the book I finished reading last week I found a quote by Willard Bean that reminded me of President Christensen, “seek to laugh and live rather than cry and die.” I think it’s a great philosophy to try and live by. Maybe someday when things feel too hard I’ll just have a coke, sit back and say “how pretty.”
After the temple we headed north to Wellsville. We set up camp, had dinner, and played games that first night. Friday morning we drove to Clarkston, UT (about 30 minutes north of Wellsville) to the Martin Harris grave site for a short devotional. It’s a beautiful area! Then we spent the rest of the day boating on Hyrum Dam. The weather cooperated and we enjoyed a beautiful, sunny day! I took a much needed nap on the beach (after staying up til 2am the night before talking with the girls in my tent) but I also ventured out to be dragged on a tube behind one of the boats. It was tons of fun! Saturday we woke up to rain again so we had to cancel our plans for a hike. We spent the morning doing a service project before heading home.
When I got home I didn’t even get a chance to shower before I headed out with my roommate Mindi and our friends Sarah and Heidi. We saw a fun movie called My Life in Ruins. Then we went to dinner at Iggy’s before we headed to Orem Summerfest. We sat in the rain and watched the parade. Then we walked around the carnival some where I ate funnel cake and tried a fried Twinkie! I split them with Mindi so we could each try both without eating all the calories of the whole thing. We had fun talking while we waited for the fireworks to start. It was a soggy night but we still had fun and the fireworks were worth the wait!
Last Thursday my niece Tori came and spent the night at my house. She’s been asking to have a sleepover for a while. We stayed up late watching a movie before she crashed. Friday was a busy day. In the morning I went to a URS (Utah Retirement Systems) seminar with Mindi (since we both work for the government) and we learned some good info about planning for the future. That afternoon we took Tori to the new Lindon Aquatics Center. We enjoyed beautiful, sunny weather! Tori sure wore us out but we had fun!
Later that night I actually went camping again. This time I just went with a group of friends and we stayed overnight in Nunn’s Park up Provo Canyon. There were 4 girls (Mindi, Clarissa, Angela, and me) and 1 guy, my friend Wolfe. We had fun roasting hot dogs and marshmallows. We played games and talked for a while too. I also had a huge surprise when Mindi came up to me and said I had a big white bug on my forehead. She pulled my hat up to get it off and then smack! I got hit with a pie plate full of whip cream!!! Mindi had plotted with Wolfe. She distracted me and got my hat out of the way while he creamed me…literally! We all had a good laugh. Not long after the creaming incident Wolfe headed home because it was getting late and the 4 of us girls found a space in the tent for the night. Saturday we woke up to rain so we played games in the tent until it stopped so we could pack up and leave.
This week the sun actually has been out more than it’s been raining. It’s a nice change. However, now we’re headed for Utah summer heat. The cooler weather was nice while it lasted. This week I’m headed to Salmon, Idaho for a family reunion and more camping! This will be the 3rd weekend in a row that I’ve stayed in a tent! I like camping more ever since I bought a nice sleeping bag and air mattress last summer. I look forward to going again this summer. I just hope I’ll be able to stop relying on my rain fly to keep me dry!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)