Ending

Summer is ending! 

What!? 

Yes, that's right. I'm moving all of my stuff up to Logan-town tomorrow. TOMORROW. How crazy is that?? Rillll crazay. However, I have had an amazing summer. I have said goodbye to some of my best friends as they departed for missions. They are all doing very well, by the way. I am impressed and in awe of what they are doing and everything they've learned. 

So, I may have done some major stalking to find these pictures. But, they're my best friends, so I figured it's okay. There's coleman! Not much of a writer, but he's such a strong guy, and he is going to make such a huge difference in peoples' lives. 

Here's Jordan. He and his sister went in to the MTC on the same day. Isn't that neat? She's going to Thailand and he's going to Chile. He has such an amazing testimony and has changed and become so much more confident. I'm so proud of him!

These are some of my friends that are in the MTC right now. Jake's in there :) I miss him. Just being able to chat, ya know? But, don't they all look so happy? Gosh, what I would give to feel the Spirit that dwells in the MTC! Getting letters is my favorite! 

I have been able to work at Lagoon. I know I complain about it all the time, but let's face it...it was my favorite part of the summer. The lovely people I've had the chance to work with have become some of my best friends! We laugh, we cry, we hug, we yell, we dance, we sing...so much goes on! I am incredibly lucky to have been in such a fun show with such fun people! 

This is us after Sam's last show yesterday. The girls may have cried. Sam did too. He is such a talented boy, and he's going to be the smash of his Ohio University! (I would say the name, but I can't remember it...) We love him. So much. Grease won't be the same without him. Aren't we cute!? And sweaty. Yum. 

So, here we are again, in our more natural habitat. CRAZY. Thank you my Lagoonigans for making my summer so amazing! I love you all more than I can say. I'm just glad we've got two more weekends--and Frightmares for some of us! 

One of my proudest accomplishments of the summer is getting a B in Math 1050. I straight up failed that class the first time, so getting a B was a gift from the Math Gods. I am so happy about it! Plus, my overall GPA is going to go up, and I won't have too much to worry about anymore! Plus, MJ (my mom) may be able to clam down a bit. Probably not though. We'll see. 

I have been able to reconnect with my best friends! I have been out of touch with these girls for so long, but I am so glad to have them back in my life! We have so much fun together. NO MATTER WHAT. We can discuss anything and everything! Gospel topics come so easily into our conversation--which is something that I love. I think that's why our connection is so deep. Oh, and we watch wedding videos together. So, if that's not true friendship, I don't know what is! 

Gosh. I love these girls. I don't know what I'd do without them! 

Another thing I've learned this summer is how much I need God in my life every day. I need Him SO much more than I think I do. I am very prideful and don't want people to help me and I think that I can get by on my own; when I don't, I am lost. Completely LOST. I get depressed and don't know how to get over it. That was happening to me a lot. Working on Sundays have been hard because I don't get to go to church. I miss the sacrament. Which is hard. I think being back at church will be AMAZING. I can't wait. Heavenly Father knows what I need in my life, and if I stay with him and on the path that he has designed for me, I will end up in just the right place. 

....................so....................

What's next?

I'm moving up to LOGAN! 

I can't wait to be back with my best girls up in our little apartment in the freezing tundra.

Almost reunited and it feels so good. Can't wait for the real thing! This year is going to be so much fun, and I can't wait for all of our adventures and hard times and everything! YAYYY!!!

Summer 2011, it's been real. 

Fall 2011, here I come!