Birthday Celebrations Continued

I'm officially 20 now!! YAY! So even though it already feels like my birthday happened weeks ago I thought I might as well finish posting the rest of what happened for my birthday celebrations.

On the 22nd, night before my birthday, I went to dinner with my two of my best friends Jenny and Jessie. We've had a tradition now for the past couple years that we go out to dinner for each others birthday. However, once again things were a little different this year. Since Jessie is getting married soon (Less than a month away now! WAHOO!!) we decided to invite her husband to be to come along with us. It was so fun to goof off and have fun with my friends, but it was also great to get to know Danny a little better as well as let him see our extremely crazy side.

*All of us at Olive Garden*

*I LOVE these girls*

On the day of my actual birthday I headed to the mountains for a four day camping trip with my family. It was so fun! We haven't been able to go camping as a family in years so it was great to make up for lost time. The spot we chose was up Fairview Canyon and it turned out to be perfect. It was close to 4-wheeling trails, all the lakes to go fishing and canoing, as well as Grandparents house so they could come up for dinner one night. It was a great time but needless to say I was really ready to have my shower and a bed back by the end of the week. Here are a few pictures from the amazing trip!

*first time gutting a fish*

*four wheeler ride to the porta potty*

Birthday Celebrations: Part one

Tomorrow I will officially be "graduating" from being a teenager when I turn the big 20. The tradition in our family is that whoever birthday it is gets to pick the restaurant to have their birthday dinner at. Things were a little bit different this time due to the fact that every person in my family has jobs and schedules to work around now, and that we'll be camping on my actual birthday. Luckily everything worked out and we were able to go to Tucanos for a birthday lunch, so Jake and Dad could come while on their break. First of all, the reason I chose Tucanos was because I joined their birthday club last summer and now get a free meal there every year during the week of my birthday (so I highly recommend joining the birthday club if you haven't yet. free food!). It meant a lot to me that everyone could be there so I'm grateful that no one got left out, even though it meant making sacrifices on some family members part. Thank you!

Finally the proud owner of a laptop!

with my sundae after being sang too

My whole fam : )

The Y...

Ever since I moved to Provo hiking the Y has become a favorite summer past time for me. My best friend Jessie was the first one to introduce me to the hike and has been a favorite hiking buddy ever since. However, yesterday I had the opportunity to hike it with 2 of my siblings. No matter how many times I've done the hike I always seem to forget just how tough it can get, until I'm suffering it out on the trail (thank goodness the sky was overcast, and that we had packed water). We survived and had lots of fun, and was also able to take some fun pictures with the amazing view from the top.

I gave in

So blog spot seems to be the new thing to do these days and since my friends and sister really like it I've given in and have decided to give it a try. I love pictures and love journal writing and this allows me to combine the two : )