An End of Summer

So thus ends my summer. Twas a fun and eventful one. Lets see...since I last I wrote I have started shadowing at a place called McCleve Orthotics and Prosthetics where they 'dun dun dunnn' fit and assemble prosthetics and fabricate orthotics. Its pretty cool. I really like how although it seems like things get repetitive, each patient brings a unique twist to each order so nothing is really repetitive about it.

In my spare time I have been rereading the whole Harry Potter series because I wanted to get a feel for the whole journey. I'm halfway done with the sixth right now and its been fun! (its also been great to catch alot of foreshadowing that I've never even realized!) hahaha good times :)

Other than that, I'm just doing my usual: hanging out with Mom and helping around the house, getting ready for school, going to the office, and spending time with the Boy. (and yes I realize that I actually named him...I thought I proof read my last post but not well enough I guess :) )

But anyways, thats all for now. I will see you next time with an exciting recount of my new classes! YAY! so exciting huh?

Utah with the Boy and his Family! (dunn dunn duuuunnnn!)

So earlier this month I went to Utah with a certain boy for his family reunion, and I really had a good time. I had met this side of the family before but still to spend like 4 days with them...I was understandably just a little anxious, but, like I said above, it was great. So lets see what went down: (get ready for some picture overload ;))

So first we visited Sunset Crater by Flagstaff, and it was awesome! The lava flows were soooo cool!

There were plenty of large crevices for the boys to play around in...

And I joined in a bit as well ;)

Us.....:)

After the crater we went and visited some old Native American ruins and they were awesome and educational.

Then we went to the Grand Canyon (which, though I am a pure Arizona Native, I've only been there once). It was beautiful and very, very windy. This is one of the few pictures in which my hair is not all over the place! PS we visited the North Rim.

He took my sunglasses....

Us again...I had to take another pic cuz I was tired of taking them at the edge where my hair was crazy.

After the Grand Canyon, the next major destination was Zions National Park. There we sight-saw a bit and hiked the Narrows.

There is just something about caves.......

.....that just makes you act all feral! hahaha

There was this quaint waterfall...

...though small it was very pretty

So hiking the Narrows is basically walking up a river as the surrounding canyon gets steeper, more narrow and more smooth.

It gets pretty deep sometimes...I got wet all the way up to my belt line and I was careful (I've heard that water and cameras dont mix well). Jared swam a bit just cuz he wanted to and some people floated down the river on the way back.

The canyon was gorgeous!

And when it got narrow it was even more breath taking!

But we still managed to goof around ;)

**RANDOM TANGENT!**

there were like a million squirrels in the park!

And they were not shy either!

Quite the opposite in fact! I think I was around 5 inches away form this one! (I think he was posing for me)

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So after Zions we did some stuff in St. George (where we were staying), but then for the last two and a half days we retreated to a lodge near Zions. I didnt take many pics here but there was a large pond out the back were you could canoe, a volleyball net, a ramada with games, and tarps that you can make a slip-and-slide with.

the pond

A Noble celebration about our Nation's founders and stores how they were inspired and also prophecies of our nations by ancient prophets. (Jared played Moroni)

Us reading (although you cant tell, we are matching and all I have to say about that is that I got dressed first!ha!)

Well thats all folks! Im sorry about so many pictures but I couldnt think of anything I could cut (besides the squirrels but that was fun). It was a fun and exciting trup! YAY!

California Sun, Anyone?

Its strange really....I really wanted to blog about the beach RIGHT after we went, I even put all my pictures up in a post but then just saved it because I had serious writers block issues. So here I finally am! YAY! And let me tell you it was a great vacation. I love my family so much and it was fantastic having them all there (along with a certain someone as well...).

So here you go: the pictures! Im kinda sad I kept forgetting my camera so I dont have a whole lot...poo but what I do have are awesome memories and sisters that take a million pics anyways ;)

Volleyball was a staple of our entertainment at the beach

Emily has mad volleyball skills...

Me, soaking up some sun. Everyone knows I could use a bit ;)

Cory and Em. Acting like Chinese tourists. Never a dull moment with them for sure.

The boys out in the wild blue yonder...

The waves were either the practically nonexistent or throw you to the ground variety. It was great fun.

Oh what could make a Grandma happier than being with her grandbabies!

Oh Ruthie and Craig...'nuff said

Us after a fun, yet tiring trip.

I told you we were tired didnt I? hahaha

So it was great. 'nuff said really. So stay tuned for my next update cuz it will be about my vacation with a certain someone's family..... ;)

The Impossible Puzzle

So I like puzzles. I used to do them all the time as a little kid. That and read and play make-believe by myself. So, sometimes I like to challenge myself now that I am a little older with more difficult puzzles.

Naturally.

So a Boy and I decided to do a puzzle one night to mix things up instead of the usual movie or TV...etc. The Boy brought two puzzles over, a 3D and a 3ft-er. Naturally I didn't think we would have time to do the 3D puzzle, so I chose the 3ft-er.

And thus our travails began.

See this puzzle didn't have very original pieces, so naturally many pieces could fit (and look valid) in the same spot. To compound our troubles there was a large amount of sky and ambiguous rocky mountain terrain that changed colors so gradually its hard to differentiate.

After three days, we finally succeeded. (And this three days was not straight neither was the puzzle all we did, but still....3 DAYS?!) Almost no words can express how relieved, accomplished, and joyful we felt upon our completion.

So behold. Our puzzle:

Now remember folks: it my not look like much, but the non-uniquely shaped pieces add a real twist.

The Battlefield (and Boy)

Yes, for reals, we are done.

Straight A's with two Bs ;)

Oh wow, I didnt realize its been over a month since I last updated....thats kinda sad. I've been thinking about what to post for awhile now though... so here I go.

So this semester was very (VERY) crazy but it ended very well! For the first time in college I got straight A's! It made me so happy and really helped my GPA. Not that it really needed a whole lot of help, but I'm trying really hard to keep it high so I dont have to worry about losing my scholarship, because if I did...well... that would be bad. haha

So you might be wondering (if you read the title of my post) what I meant by two Bs. What you might be thinking to yourself is "Didnt she just say that she got straight A's? ". Well let me clarify: Any normal semester is crazy in and of itself but this one was above and beyond. And 'Why' you might ask. Well if you havent been around heres the scoop: during the duration of this semester alone, I had two boyfriends (2 Bs (haha I'm so very clever huh?)). An

d due to that my life's crazy levels went off the chart!

I donno how much Im gonna write about them though, because I bet most of you know the story and that this is just very old news. I guess the new news is that my current boyfriend and I have been going out for 11 weeks, which is the longest I've ever been in a relationship so its scary but exciting at the same time.

Well enough about boys...even though they obviously are a good portion of my life. So other than spending time with him, I've spent my summer so far camping, cleaning, helping my mother, playing softball with my father, working at the office, trying to find a prosthetics job, babysitting nieces, and playing with family. Wow...haha its been fun, but luckily there is still a lot of summer left to go! Yipee!

oh I totally got this new swim suit and it makes me excited for the beach! (so cute!):

An Evaluation

So, I've been thinking lately. Wow, thats amazing in and of itself, i know. But something has just kinda struck me: Even though its been great fun to revisit old trips and fun things, this blog hasnt really been about my musings....though that is not bad in and of itself. And you know, (though it would be nice) I don't really care if anyone reads my posts, its just kinda fun to say what I think without feeling super judged....hahaha I donno. I guess I'm rambling now.

But now I do wanna say how awesome the Michael Buble concert I went to with Annessa was. And it was so completely awesome! First off, the group who opened for him was so cool:

And yes they were making all those sounds with their mouths.....they are awesome. They are called Naturally 7 and some of the sounds they could make were violin, drums, bass, trombone, horn, and electric guitars. And it was good too! Look 'em up!

So here he is:

And he was awesome too. And way funny. Although, I'm kinda sad he didn't sing all the songs on the CD, he did catch a couple other favorites from previous CD so its all good in the end :)

But ya, all is well (except finals) in my land so peace out everyone.

TLC: Episode 3

The Lost Chronicles:

Untold Stories in Jennifer's Life

-Episode 3-

So, after my finals (and I mean right after), I had the most fun and awesome opportunity to fly out and spend a couple of days with Melissa and Craig before Ruthie came. Where they live is SO pretty and we had a ton of fun hanging out and, of course, shopping. I would have to say though, one of the highlights of my trip was our day at Disneyland!

First off, I must say, it was so fun to see it all decorated for Christmas....the lights were awesome!

Here is a picture of "Its a Small World"...

And the castle was just sooo pretty...

We had so much fun, even though Melissa couldn't go on all the rides, but really, the ones I really wanted to go on were not the huge-over the top rides, they were the more...i donno, just classic ones that we didn't have to wait too long for ;)

We (as in I) got a Park-Hopper Pass so we were able to go to both parks. And so here I am in front of the classic (but with a holiday-ish twist) C-A-L-I-F-O-R-N-I-A letters for California Adventure...and I couldn't really resist taking a picture with a letter in my name...even if it is the letter 'F' and for some reason...I find it kinda silly that I'm standing next to a giant 'F'...but whatever... I guess I'm just strange like that :P

(So I totally made him do this) But basically my bro-in-law Craig is amazing. He is so..just awesome and funny. Example: I was laying on the floor when I got there talking to Melissa when I first got there and just chillin, when I think I asked for a pillow from the couch. So a couple of seconds later, Craig appears with a bed pillow with a chocolate on it and then throws a blanket on me. I donno...it was pretty awesome/nice/funny...but maybe you just had to be there.

So here is the classic 'pic in front of the castle'

And here is the classic 'pic in front of the flower Mickey' :)

Over all it was really fun day, and an extremely enjoyable (and much needed...remember it was after finals?) trip. Thanks Sissa and Craig for having me!....all those months ago ;)