The Month of April

Time sure flies... I feel like it was just Spring Break! Now I only have two weeks until the end of the semester? Crazy. And the last three weeks have been nothing but that! It seems the homework is never ending. At times I hardly keep track of what day it is... Actually that is every day.
Yesterday morning my wonderful roommate Paige talked to me about a mentoring class she was going to have that night. Later that say when I asked where she was going she was confused when I told her I thought she had that class the night before. "It's still Thursday??", I thought. My brain may be just about fried.

         My final two weeks to do list:
Spanish book project
Study for Spanish Final
Anthropology Project Research
Anthropology Final Essay
Math Unit 15
Study for Math Final
Psychology Chapters 14 and 15 Notes
Study for Psych final
        May not seem like much but I will definitely will be relying on some prayers to have enough time to get through it all. Because on top of all that I actually have to GO to class...
Then freedom!

From homework at least.
Temporarily

This summer is going to be a busy one! I will be working 30-40 hours a week to save enough money to buy a car. BTW> I am looking to buy an older Toyota 4Runner so if anyone knows of someone planning on selling theirs end of July/beginning of August, I am interested! 150,000 miles or less would be even better.
It is so exciting thinking that soon I will be purchasing my own first car! Does that mean I am growing up?

Speaking of growing up... There are just over FOUR MONTHS until I am no longer a teenager. That is so frightening. What should I do in my last four months being a teenager? I think I need to do something crazy before I hit my second decade and have to act like a mature adult... at least more often that I do now.

So the last few weeks have been busy busy.. But wonderful! My friends and family keep me thriving. The weather in Flagstaff is finally starting to warm up. Slowly but surely. Though it still has it's days where it decides to throw a bone-chilling wind at us. Those are not my favorite. I am looking forward to the sun! I have missed the heat. I do wish I could take the summer weather of Flagstaff to the valley with me. I am not so much looking forward to 115* weather. Swimming? Yes. Need to find a new suit.

Finally, this weekend is a big one! My dear friend of 8 years Chaille Jensen returned home from BYU Jerusalem late last night. She spent an entire semester halfway across the world. Although I cannot spend this whole weekend with her I am excited to see her on Sunday! Sunday is the only day I get to spend with her because she actually is living in Utah for the summer. It kills me for us to be apart but no matter the distance we manage to stay the closest of friends. I cannot wait to see her and her brother who just came home from mission in Switzerland.

Wrapping up this long post... I am excited to wrap up the school year! It's unbelievable that I am almost finished with my first year of college. It's a crazy and wonderful thought. I cannot wait to see what next year has in store!! Moving in to an apartment... more crazy classes plus work... and just not being a freshman! Bring it on :)

Love you all

Living a Little Hippie Life

Over Spring Break the institute here in Flagstaff takes an annual backpacking trip. This year we were able to spend three nights in the beautiful Escalante, Utah! Before packing up, Mckaylee and I received a personal two hour tutorial on tents, sleeping bags, food, clothes, jackets, packs, shoes, water, stoves, and wild animals from my aunt who is pretty much as pro as you can get. She saved our tushies! It was a long drive up to Utah where we camped out so we got some sleep, slept in a little late, but we were up and ready to get going by lunch!


Before all the dirt and sweat...


(me, Marlee, Kelsi, Kayla, Mallery, Mckaylee)



The first day a few of us got a little lost. Not lost, but took a wrong turn.. After a while of exploring we figured everyone was probably back at the cars so we headed back and started eating lunch. It wasn't until about an hour later that everyone else came back wondering where we were. Oops. So our hike that day was cut short.

The next two days we hiked to Jacob Hamblin's arch, and it was beautiful! Another bonus was that most of the hike was sand so we were able to walk barefoot and be cooled down every time we crossed the river. How's that for hippie??



The hike was so fun! Everyone that came was wonderful and so much fun. I love meeting knew people and being able to share fun memories like this one!



I am allowed to show off a little right?



So this mountain was pretty steep. And that's me, Spiderman. Brother Kilgrow handed me down the rope but as I started climbing I realized it was angled enough to simply go with momentum. I ditched my pack (making one of the boys take it up) and mountain goat-ed up that little mountain. It was a rush, made me think that I might actually start mountain climbing. But when I got to the top I definitely could not get my knees to stop chattering. Looking down I realized had my shoes not had very good tread I could have rolled right on down. But I survived and enjoyed the confidence boost.