Y Mountain

I finally did it! I hiked up to the tippy top of Y mountain like I've been wanting to do all month. This was my second time doing it, and everything was so much greener! I guess that's what happens when you hike in May instead of August. Anyways, here are the highlights: I did it in 4 hours, I saw two rattlesnakes by the path and got really freaked out by it, when I was at the top I sang "All creatures of our God and King, lift up your voice and with us sing!" and at that moment a bird started singing for the first time since I'd started, so I thought that was pretty cool. I saw many sorts of flowers, got super sweaty, actually saw other humans on the trail, actually received a call while behind the mountain, but best of all... I survived! I put all the pictures on facebook, and I highly recommend them because they're beautiful, but here is a video I took. I think this might be the last time I hike that mountain though, because I don't want to run into rattlers again, and it just wasn't as fulfilling as I'd hoped. I can get the same view and beauty from other less grueling hikes. So that's that, folks! But the best part is, I proved Eric Mackelprang wrong! Girls can do it!

My Boys

Here's a cute picture of Wayne and his companion with a couple that was being baptized. I took one look at this picture and said to myself, "Wayne is getting his man face!" It was totally weird to me to think that my boys are actually becoming men out there on their missions. And it's even crazier that they're coming home! I think Talmage is due to come home next month, and Tim and Blaine to return the following month. Red Head Ben comes home in August, and Kirk Kabob, Cousin Ben, and Wayne get back in the fall. Mind blowing. It seems like they just went out, and yet it's been forever. I just hope we can stay in contact when they get back as well as we have since they've been out.

Play Day!

Yes, I did it. I finally played with my new friends today! I got invited to go to Stuart (sp) Falls today, and I actually went! It was such a beautiful little hike with a great view and some lovely falls. The weather was perfect, there were lots of fun friends there, and I was feeling great! So we all came back and many of us went swimming. Holly and Jack came and played too, which was so fun! His first swimming experience, and in MY pool, so grand! And tonight we're going to the bishops house for FHE with another family, and my husband has some fun stuff planned. Even though I've been a bum of an FHE mom, he's doing a great job. And he looks like Zack Efron, so it's great!
In other news, Amanda earned us some M&M and ice cream today, which is rather nice for us. I've got my coming home mix almost done, and my TELL class ends on Thursday. Life seems pretty good.

Dinky Dummy

So I asked Scotty to cheer me up somehow the other day, and he replied by telling me this story. I always loved it when Scotty would tell me stories, because they always had this character called Dinky Dumby, and good ol' Dinky Dumby would always screw up in a hilarious way. So I'll share with you all this terrific story. Hope Scotty doesn't mind, and I hope you all enjoy it!

Once upon a time, up in Provo Julie was playing with Dinky Dummy. They were playing four square, but it didn't last very long because some dork from the new 420 would hit the ball, then some dork from the new 403 would hit the ball, then Julie would hit the ball, and then Dinky Dummy would kick the ball into the swimming pool. "No," Julie would say, "that's not how four square is played, Dinky Dummy." But Dinky Dummy just couldn't ever get it right, so they had to quit playing (because the Colony's owner showed up and started mouthing off about no horseplay around the pool, and that includes the street now). Then Julie got a great idea. "I have a great idea!" she said. "Let's go visit Scotty in CA!" Dinky Dummy just smiled and nodded. So, that night, after Leesa had gone to bed, Julie stole her keys and her car, and she and Dinky Dummy headed down to CA. On the way, Dinky Dummy kept asking to use the bathroom. "You just went!" Julie would cry, but for fear of leaving Leesa's car with a Dinky Dummy accident, she would stop for him every time. When they got to Vegas, Julie suggested that they stop for some In-n-out. After lunch, Julie made a quick stop to powder her nose. When she came out, she couldn't find Dinky Dummy. "Where could he have gone?" she said to herself. She started to circle the In-n-out and found him out back. He was with a tall dude wearing a coat (even though it was like a million degrees outside). "Hey!" Julie cried, a bit angry. The guy turned around and Julie could see that Dinky Dummy had purchased a bunch of fake Rolex watches. Now they had no money left! Julie was about to demand the money back from the stranger when she was met with a pleasant surprise. The man in the coat was Will! "What's up Julie?!" said Will. "My new summer job is SWEET!" "Will!" cried Julie. "It's so good to see you! Except that you stole all our money we were using to drive down to California to see Scotty." "Really?" asked Will. "Scotty's been dying for some yoga lessons! How 'bout if I give you your money back and then I pay for the rest of the trip so we can all go together!" Julie agreed, of course, but had to endure Will's guitar playing in the backseat the rest of the way (but it wasn't really that bad). Finally, after many long hours of driving, Julie pulled up outside of Scott's house. Scott just happened to be taking out the trash when Julie pulled up, but from there it became a madhouse. Dinky Dummy was so excited to see Scott that he jumped out of the car before it stopped moving, but recovered quickly, sprinting toward Scott and trying to show off his new watches at the same time. Just then, Will darted from the car with his guitar, trying to do yoga moves while running. But as soon as Julie got out of the car, Scott jumped and did a triple flip over Will and Dinky Dummy and landed right next to Julie and gave her the biggest hug in the world! It was the best ever! The End.

A lot of posting going on today, I don't want to get left behind

So it's been a week since Steve ditched out on Provo, and let me tell you, it has been one long week. Not just because of that, but life, school, work, and sleep have been consuming my time like I could never believe. I have gotten some very lovely roller blading in. I'm getting a little color on my arms, and turning blonder every day. If only the silly Utah weather would decide to be nice and lovely all the time.
Nice things about being single: I don't feel the urge to shave my legs every day (which means I haven't done it in a week. Tasty.), I get to bed whenever I want, my eyes are feeling much better (because apparently I really was allergic to him. Who knew?), and I don't bore people with non-stop Steve stories. These are all very lame reasons, but I'm trying here. I've actually been doing well, and by Sunday I think I'll be ready to meet new friends and start my summer partying!
I checked my grades today, and I was pretty happy with what I got: 4 A's, 2 -A's, and one stinkin' -B. Oh, how I hated that dumb creative dance teacher who lost my big papers...
I sent Tim's birthday present away, and I find it so crazy that he's turning 21 this month. I am so excited for all my boys to start coming home. I think Talmage is the first to come back in like June or July. YESSSS!!
I dug up some of my forgotten favorite music today, like Jupiter Sunrise and Kara's flowers. And soon I will start listening to A Tale of Two Cities on my iPod at work. I'm pretty stoked.
I had a dream last night that I was bit in the mouth by a black widow spider. What does that mean?