Family

I gave a talk in Sacrament meeting Sunday in church, and it was on families. As I was thinking, I have decided that I have a family away from home down here at SUU and that I am so grateful for all of them. I have spent so much time with my family down here this weekend and wanted to show it to the world!!!! (or the five people that read my blog.)

Well, I'll start with my amazing camping trip with the Attache's on Friday night! We left around 4 on Friday afternoon and made our way down to Hurricnnne (notice, no "a") to a random campsite, where we set up camp and then went on a mini-hike just around our campsite. We then made hot dogs, s'mores, and told ghost stories, talked to the cows, peed in the dirt like real campers, and "gossiped" all night long.

We woke up bright and early to head out to our hike. We hiked a "trail" called 3 waterfalls. This was such a great experience! I felt like I got even closer to all the people who were there. We hiked and climbed and slid like the children in nature we were. The hike was beautiful and I feel horrible that this was the first and only one I went on my freshman year in SOUTHERN UTAH, the place known for beautiful hikes!!! Then we made our way home and enjoyed a tasty dinner at the Pizza Factory. Me being the Elementary Education Major that I am, quickly made awards for everyone that came so they remembered something specific about the trip.

On Sunday, I gave my talk very first in Sacrament, and I was shaking the whole time, but it went very very well and I got a lot of compliments on it. I got to finally wear my Easter dress that my mom sent to me. I looked great. :) After church, everyone was out enjoying the sun on the lovely, warm Sunday that it was. I went and laid out in the sun, wrote in my journal, read, and chatted with Abby, Lindsey and Kate. Then we went and ate and walked and played around campus, just enjoying the sunshine. After our floor meeting, Abby and I pulled the typical college student stunt of staying up until 3 in the morning (which is rare for us) hanging out in the Getaway with Nicholle, Kate, Kyle, Megyn, Aryn, Zach, and Jessi. It was so incredibly fun! It's like a quote I recently saw: "People never remember the nights that they got enough sleep."

  
I am going to miss weekends like this over the summer, but I know that there will be more to come next year because we are all going to stay friends! I'm so lucky to have met friends like these people this year, and I'm so grateful that most of them are coming back as RA's next year so you can play with all the floors in housing! Thanks everyone!