Hey so it's summer.
This is what I have done this summer. I went on the Pioneer trek in June for my stake. I had such a good time. I made new friends, got great exercise, and strenghted friendships. Over the next week, I just sat around my house in anticipation.
For June 26th, I left for Utah. I had so much fun there. I went to Idaho, and I saw my cousins, I went to a family reunion where I learned to drive a golf cart lol, went on fun bike rides with my cousin, and just had fun.
After that I went to my Grandma's in Northern Utah. I went to Logan and saw some of my cousins. I had alot of fun there.
Then 2 days later I went to
LEHI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hung out with Ana that day, she gave me a makeover. That night I went to my uncles house(in Sprinville). I saw my cousins, and talked. I saw my sister, Kim, and the whole family went to Trafalga and went mini golfing. We had so much fun, I think I got in 2nd place.
The next day was July 4th. That morning, I went to the Freedom Festival Parade with my siblings (and my dad and cousin joined us later about 1 hour later), where I got to see my friends who are in the Lehi High Marching Band perform. Then I went to Lehi and hung out with my friend Jessie. We had so much fun. We went on a walk, listened to the JONAS BROTHERS, and took some fun pics. Then I went back to my uncle's house and my cousin, Casey, my other cousin, Brandon, my sister, Mandy, and I all drove to Provo to see the fireworks from the Stadium of Fire. Where Miley Cyrus preformed. I was within 5 miles of her, it was cool. We then drove back to their home.
The next day while my dad was out swimming with an old friend, my mom, Mandy, Richard(my brother), and I went to IHOP. It was fun. We then went to get my dad, and we drove to Draper where some family friends live. This family friend lived in Minnesota with us. They have a boy my age, was my "boyfriend" when we were 5, so naturally I had to be all cute for him, I wore a cute outfit, did my make-up, and i think I even did my hair that day to. It was so good to see that family again, Parker's(the boy) mom thought after we had left, that they should have gotton a pic of us. lol, how embarresing to hear that.
Oh well, I was already almost back to Lehi (whew). I talked to one of my old neighboors, then I went to my friend, Annie's house. It was so much fun. We went on a walk to Utah Lake, and had a mini water fight. We then walked back, and we were almost completly dry by the time we got back. The we played the Wii until my friend Dev called, and it was time to go hang out with her. Her mom was kind enough to drive me to the McDonalds where me and Dev were meeting. Dev and I always go to McDonalds to gether so thats what we did. First we went to Smiths, cause we do that to. So we went to Smiths, with her dad, checked out, and walked over to McDonalds because it was just accross the street. Dev had to babysit her cousins that night, so I went and helped. It was fun. We did that, then we went back to her house, I stayed the night with her.
The next morning we got up and went to my old ward. Ana met us there. After church, I saw some of my old friends(just before I moved, my ward split so I went to 2 different wards) who weren't there, then Ana came with me to my uncle's house. She wanted to meet Brandon, she had seen a pic of him and thought he was cute. We went to his Eagle thing, back to their house, had dinner, then went to her house. There I stayed for a week.
We went to EFY together. We made new friends, caused some drama....which wasn't fun, and had a blast. I think that week was the best week of my life. There were games, boys, dances, boys, service projects, boys, food, boys, classes, boys, awesome counselors, and boys. I danced with alot of people, and made alot of new friends. But there were many great experiences(not just meeting boys, I'm not really that obbsessed) I got to feel the spirit alot. Ana and I really did have a good time even with some drama.
I was really sad when Friday came around because that was the end of EFY. Also almost the end of my stay in Utah. I went to Ana's house, got my things, said goodbye to her, then I drove to my unlce's house. The next morning my family drove down to Cedar City to see my sister....and Payden of course. We saw her at work, then we went to see where she lived. Then once we were settled we went back to "downtown" Cedar City. There was a renisance festival going on and we walk around it for a while. We then saw Payden. I hadn't seen him in about a year....wait, I saw him on the 4th of July. But anyways, we walked around some more. My mom took us all to dinner at Sizzler's. It was really good. I had a stake. Also I had some salad, desert and things like that.
After dinner, Kim and Richard went back to her place, while my mom, Mandy and I went to see
The Taming of the Shrew. Richard didn't want to see it, and Kim was going to see it the next week. Payden works at the box office, so he bought our tickets. It was tonz of fun. I got my picture taken with Shakespear...well a statue of him anyways. Hahaha. We then went back to Kim's house.
The next morning, I took a quick shower, went to church with Kim and we came back to her house, changed and just chilled. I fell asleep on a luv sac. Payden came over later and we had dinner. It was so fun. We watched Pirates of Pensance(idk if thats how it's spelled) which was a recording of what Lehi High did and both Kim and Payden were in it. Then before Payden left, Him and I did the waltz. Which was hard, because he's like 6' 4". And I was in these really skinny heels. But it was alot of fun. The next morning, we drove to New Mexico, stayed the night there, then drove home Tuesday.
Then the next few weeks I just chilled, and went swimming, and got a nice tan.
Now this week, I am at my All State Choir Camp, at my school. It's a few hours a day. In about 3 weeks, I start school.
Well that's it. Love ya,
Rachel
