Letters...:)

I'm sure all you girls out there know how great it feels to receive a letter. Whether or not you are romantically interested in the person it just feels great! I don't know what it is about walking to the mailbox and receiving an envelope with your name from an "Elder" haha :).

I'm writing one of my friends I've known for years. We met during registration at efy the summer before my Junior year of high school. I saw him pacing back and forth and thought to myself I want to meet him. He was absolutely gorgeous and very much shy. We talked the rest of registration until we got split up to go into our families/ companies. It just so happened that he was in my company!! The rest of the week was so much fun.

He's from Riverton, but we kept in touch throughout that summer. We went to my school's girl choice preference dance that November. Throughout the years following we kept in touch going on dates and doing fun activities together. When my friends bailed on helping host my 18th b-day party, he was down in a flash to save the day!

It's so fun hearing from him and seeing how much he's grown. What a great friend :).

Last day of efy

My house before the Preference dance

My co host and I at my 18th b-day

His buddies

"Giselle and Robert" Capellie look alike competetion

He and Grae both came to see me opening night of Wizard of Oz

Char, his cousin, him and I goofing off at his farewell

Till next time :).

holy cow!

Well I've had quite the week!! Two days in particular have been jam packed with awesomeness.
Thursday: Alex and I had a fun time chilling in the park and just having fun our own way but the real party didn't start until we added to my sister's fun. She, Jessi, Cody, Alex, and I had an epic paint fight in the park. After that (being like 12 by this point) we went to Denny's with a side of some adult entertainment from the waiter I could have really done without ...lol. Then the best part of all? 1:30 dip in the lake :).  The water was warrmm. :) There were no clouds insight. What a liberating and peaceful time.

So Saturday. It started out with a hike to Silver lake with a couple of my friends from the ward. It was 6 miles round trip and surprisingly harder on me than it should have been. I think the biggest factor was the heat. Jesse was nice enough to carry Rachel and I across the river part. The lake itself was freezing, and I don't mind cold water, but that was cold!

After the hike I headed to Provo for some ice blocking! The hill at the park we went to was soo steep! After a hike that hill + the grueling heat was quite a knock out combination. After hiking we all went back to the Branbury for some swimming! I tried to teach my friend Archie how to float but without success. We met a guy in the hot tub from Belgium. He was friendly (and later asked me on a date on facebook haha). By the end of swimming I had found my ride home to American Fork. Archie was going to leave later that night to visit his best friend up in Taylorsville, and said he'd drop me off on the way.

A couple hours of hanging out later Archie and I departed. We ate at Inn and Out burger in American Fork where he payed for the meal. I thought we would finish our food fast and he would drop me off (because he was still supposed to drive to Taylorsville). An hour of sitting in his car talking goes by (it's now about 12:30 am) and we drive to not my house but the park by my house. At this point he decided not to visit his best friend :).

We swung for a while, dodged sprinklers (except for the ones he directly sprays me with), and walked on the railroad tracks to Walmart so that he could pee. Archie is from Chile, and on our walk back, he told me the crazy and miraculous story of why and how they came to America when he was a small boy.

He didn't have any blankets in his car, but he did have a towel, so we used that to lay on as we talked for a long while. The grass was very wet so finally we moved our camp to the top of the playground. Up there we played truth or dare (clean I promise) and two truths and a lie. He attempted to keep my hands warm but finally we both were to cold and had to go back to his car. Our adventure didn't end until 5:30 in the morning! And that was because my mom called concerned.

I love spontaneity, and those were two of my most favorite spontaneous nights I've had in a long time!
I love summer :).

17 hours.

Saturday, July 16th 2011
9:30 am: Jesse picks me up to go to David's.
9:45: Jesse and I fill up water balloons.
10:30: We head up Provo canyon.
11:00: Arrive in the park.
11:30: Let the water fights commence.
1:30 pm: Break for food.
2:30: Sun bathe.
3:00: Arrive in American Fork.
3:10: Grab my suit.
3:20: Tour Jesse's house.
3:30: Swim at the clubhouse.
4:00: Jesse and I are the chicken fight champs!
6:30: Rinse off and change.
6:40: Remind Jesse to grab the movies.
7:00 Arrive at David's house.
7:05 Share chair/couchy thing with Jesse.
7:40 Watch life as we know it(still comfortably sharing the chair).
9:30: Victim of a tickle fight via Jesse.
10:30: Midnight bowling!
12:00 am: Ice cream and dance party at David's house.
2:30 am: Arrive home.

It's your birthday shout hooray!!

Well I had a weekend full of birthday parties. What a blast!!!

First Was my lovely friend Sadie. She turned 19 ( I accidentally wrote 20 on her card) !! She's an absolute sweetheart. When I'm with her I always have so much fun! We just goof and be ourselves. Anyways as if a party with Sadie wasn't already enough she had the great idea to invite Alex(traitor boy)! :). So Alex and I went to Sadie's party to find a display of goodies all over her table. She had smart cookie sugar cookies....*mouth water*..mmm, flour girl and dough boy cupcakes...*continue mouth water*, and other goodies. To say the least I was in heaven. Sadie needed a volleyball net and Alex had one so Alex and I went back to his house to grab it. While there I got to meet his parents and they were very nice, his Ma's a redhead like me!
     Back at Sadie's it was time for water balloon volleyball. It turned into a water balloon fight with towels added. Steve (Sadie's Bf) got me really good. Apparently hiding in Alex's lap isn't very good protection. Alex was nice and helped dry me off with a towel. Alex, I, and the rest of distracted group(who make me look like the most focused person ever, which if you know me is saying something), decided to try normal volleyball. That didn't work out so well either but Alex was definitely the best player out of the bunch; quite attractive. Alex and I made up our own game of push each other down the hill. It was really entertaining, especially since I had the high ground. :)
     After watching some Julian Smith videos, attempting "gestures" (no attention span I tell you), and opening presents, we ended the night with a dance in the street. Alex doesn't like to dance, but he still had fun and danced the best he could. I liked playing with all of the glow sticks and making stuff like hand cuffs, bow ties, etc on Alex. It was a fun night to say the least. Thanks Sadie!

The next night (Saturday, June 25th) I was originally supposed to go to the Manti Pageant with the ward, but that morning my cousin (also named Alex who I'll now refer to as Alexx) texted me and told me that she was having her b-day party that night; sayonara  Manti Pageant. Alexx then texted me and told me that I should bring Alex to the bonfire. Well Alex was going to a reception and thought I was gone at the pageant, but I thought, what the hay I'll call him anyways. Well He said he'd come! Alexx's friends were nice girls, but we just didn't have a lot in common. They all were super tight, rich, and popular. We went to Chile's for dinner just the girls. The dinner was fun but I was soooo relieved to see Alex when he came to drive me to the bonfire. He and I matched which was pretty cute.
    Alex and I were the first up the canyon so we stayed in his car and talked while we waited for everyone else. Once set up at the campsite I only really payed attention to Alex. Alexx and her friends were in their own little world and so was I lol. Alex has really really pretty blue eyes as I have mentioned before, but they're even bluer in the fire light. I couldn't stop looking at them. It was really nice being up in the mountains again looking at all of the stars. Alex knew some of the constellations and pointed them out to me; again, quite attractive.
   Back at my house he and I talked in his car. Probably my favorite moment was when I said how I thought my bangs were annoying and shook them and he leaned over and brushed them to the side and said he liked them just like that. I felt really pretty at that moment. It was a good talk and before he left he gave me the best hug yet! Talk about butterflies. If he'd let me I'd just hug him all day.

Well I'd just like to give another shout out to the girls of the weekend Alexx and Sadie! Happy birthday girls and thanks for thinking to invite my Alex it made for a very great weekend :-).  I can't wait for Alex to be home from Lake Powell. I'm hoping he'll invite me to do 4th of July with his fam but it might be too soon. I guess we'll see!!

Matching <3