Independence Day

I totally forgot about this post! And now I am in my new place (details to come) and have internet. Yeah!!

The 4th was a good day this year. It is always one of my favorite holidays. We got back from Island Park early evening on the 3rd so I just stayed at my parents. That next morning, me, mom, maegan, and kari ran the annual Cherry Day's 5k. I was not prepared for this one at all and it has a stupid hill to start out with which makes the whole race hard. But me and maegan enjoyed each others company and ended up walking and talking half the time!

Then onto the parade. Casey, Kari, and the kids joined us which made it 10x better! These kids were so cute, if you can't tell from the pictures below.

I than headed back down to Salt Lake where it was off to my friends Jeff & Jake's place for swimming and a BBQ. We laughed because besides those two boys only girls showed up! We had a great time though.

The evening was spent at the ReAL game. Go ReAL!! Good times as always. There was a great firework show at the end. It was probably one of my favorites, coordinated with music which always makes them 10x better.

Happy 4th! I love you USA!

Island Park

A few weeks ago my parents rented a cabin in Island Park: (see below)

It was a nice little get away. Everyone made it up for at least a couple days but I did the long haul and stayed up there for the whole week. It was good, but I sure do miss my home when I am living in a small cabin with my family for a whole week!

My Birthday happened to fall on one of the days we were up there. That morning I got to lay in my bed and have these two cutie pies sing me happy birthday, that was the best part, head gear and all!:

Above was my birthday dinner & cake (already cut into of course)

One day we went and spent the day in Yellowstone. It was beautiful of course...but a lot of driving. I get very sleepy in the car so I think I took about 5 naps that day. We saw an amazing waterfall, a black bear with her two cute cubs (and got yelled at by the forest patrol for getting to close...we weren't that close though, whatever), old faithful and lots of buffalo, deer, and antelope. No moose which made me a little sad.

poor kid (Emett) just got to tired to keep walking. and than he keep denying he sat down on the trail but oh guess what? I got a picture!

Spent lots of time in the cabin, watching lots of movies

And spent some time at the damn, making us doggy friends

And spent A LOT of time on the four wheeler and golf carts

It all made me very, very tired!

Pure Beauty...

Is this not the PRETTIEST bed you have ever seen? One day soon I will have it and share another photo of it in my bedroom :). oh, it gives me the chills!

Wowzers...Large Flowers

I always pot flowers for my mom for Mother's Day. This year I went out on a limb and bought some flowers I had never heard of before and attempted to go a little exotic. Not a good idea...

The flowers grew to a very very large size (it even got worse after these photos were taken).

Me and my sister had a good laugh about it:

Update on the Life of a 27 year old in Salt Lake City...

Life is...shall we say different these days. Oh and did I mention I am 27. Weird.

First off, I am relocating my home. My current room mate as most of you may know is Heather who got herself a nice pretty job in St. George as a school counselor. As someone who waited 3 years to get a job in her field I know that sometimes you got to go where you can and unfortunately her's is taking her far away and forcing me to find new roomies... I found some, I hope there good... I am renting a room in this uber cute bungalow and will have 3 new roommates who I don't know hardly anything about. This is going to be a BIG change for me. I have only had one roommate at a time and I knew them pretty well. I hope it works out well, pray for me, please.

Second off, job is good. Stressful, but that's what keeps me coming back. No stress = boredom which = not liking my job.

Third off, no man in my life. I finally let myself like someone and now he is moving. Typical. phff.

And last off, being away from my family sucks.**

 **This post may not sound like I am enjoying life but I really am. I couldn't ask for anything more...(ok maybe I could) but life brings me lots of joy, just challenges of a single 27 year old :)

Song of the Month: June (better late than never!)

Passion Pit - Take A Walk

I get to see these guys on Aug. 9th at the Twilight Concert Series. Can't wait!!

Dirty Dash #3!

Yep I did it again! This was #3 time. Once you experience the Dirty Dash you just want to keep experiencing it. It is loads of fun. This years team was Vicious & Delicious. We had one Vicious (Nate) & 6 Deliciouses (Jaisha, Nikki, Heather, Mom, and Me). My sister was suppose to run but ended up having foot surgery the week before so my mom took her place. She did quite well and I think she enjoyed it!

I am debating if I want to do the one in September. Is twice to much in a year? What about for a person (me) who absolutely hates running? I have this addicition to races but hate running... weird.

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