Summer Livin'

Can I just say that I love Summer?! I know that it gets really hot; but you've gotta love all the things that you can accomplish in a few months. So, since the last post I've been on the BYUSA Adventure Experience. Guaranteed that everyone on that trip loved it--we went to the Hinckley Center to meet with VP Scharman and tour the facilities, we then went to SLC, toured church history sites like Ensign Peak and the "This is the Place" Monument, and we went to Park City--it was heaps of fun. Here are some of the pictures:


Here's our group that toured the "This is the Place" monument. We had heaps of fun...so good.


We really wanted to do a sweet jump into the lake!


After our little adventure, I did a week of EFY! It was an awesome way to end my experience as an EFY counselor. I sang "Amazing Grace" with Jill Catts and my group was called "Be No More" BUzzzzzzzzzzzz.....



Then, I went to the Melaleuca Stadium in Idaho Falls to a Chukars game with Ryan Stewart. My mission bud, Ryan Smith, asked me to sing the American National Anthem! Here is a sweet photo of the singing experience.


And here is a photo of Ryan Stewart and I after we went to a session in the Idaho Falls Temple. We had an awesome road trip and also met some new friends in the visitors center; Elder Gunderson, served in NZ as a young missionary, wanted to let us stay overnight in their flat. So funny!







Then, a little bit later, we had a raging farewell party for the interns, Daphney and Jeanessa. As you can see, I decided to use my Billabong visor...you know, just changing it up. Following our party, we played an amazing game of fugitive.










I cannot help but laugh when I see these photo's. Ha ha ha!






















Here is evidence of one of the best tubing experiences of my life. I would like to give an honorable mention to the huge spike that stuck into my back for the majority of the trip and for the coldest water that I have ever laid in for about an hour. Gotta love Provo River! Whore.



















BYU has a float every year and this one was good enough to win the "Days of '47" Mayor's award. We probably have Chance to thank for the excitement and BYU fight song that rang in the ears of the judges all the way around!


My final summer shout out goes to our trip to Arches National Park. There are too many awesomely funny things to mention, but here are my favorites: negro bill's canyon/campground, honey chicken pizza from Zaks, the delicate Arch (the one on the license plate), our swim of death on the Colorado, our walk of death after nearly drowning (Hell's highway), the horse flies in the morning, the big picture map, ChaCha all the way!

From left to right: Brad Graham, Timothy Justin Taylor, Me, Scott Woodland, Chance Basinger.

Here ends the Summer Livin' post. There were heaps of photos and things that I didn't include, I'm sorry...I couldn't be bothered inserting all of those photo's but that does not mean I didn't love them!