Okay, so I guess I will finally say about my vacations...
This was my cabin. It was sort of messy when I took the picture, sorry. All the first/second years in my ward/ some leaders stayed here.
Some pretty nature pics....
Cabins from the outside....
Random....
Grandma has the AWESOMEST BACKYARD EVER!!!!
You haven't even seen all of it.
Me and Rachel stayed in this room in the basement. It was pretty comfy. And of course, we had to bring books. We are all too much of reading freaks.
Salt Lake temple=AmAzInG!i!i!i!i!i!i!i! I didn't go inside it this time, but I did in November. It was my first time then, and I loved it.
A family history place in Temple Sqaure....
Park City!!!!! We went with my Aunt Susan and my cousin's Ben (who is 15) and Becca and Becca's fiance`.
Ze slide of awesomeness....
The Mandarin. An awesome Chinese restaurant.
We picked my mom's brother's family up on the way through WY. Then we went to Uncle Chuck and Aunt Sue's. Really they are Great Aunt and Uncle, but they aren't that old, so we don't call them that....
Seriously, that place is animal heaven!!!!
And that isn't nearly all the animals.....
We went to the graveyard. Sadly, Grandma Diana, Great-Grandma Shirley, and others are all there..... :(
Then we got to see this beautiful waterfall. I have to say, it was heck trrying to drive up this treacherous road up the moutain in a huge car with eight people in the dark!!!! But the waterfall's still pretty.
Then we went back to Telluride and did the Gondula again. It was fully dark, and it was so amazing. The only light was the city below us, like a river of light snuggled tightly between the mountains in the valley. While we were still inside and up in the air, we said our family prayer. It was amazing.
AN then on the way home... well, craziness. It was Free National Park Day, so my parents bought a tent and then when we letf Telluride, we looked everywhere for a place to camp. We took a map, and found this one palce. Except nobody was there. We wasted seriously an hour looking for the place the map was talking about, and while we were there we saw seriously saw ten broken-down shacks and trees that bent their limbs down as if they were trying to trap you!It was like a horror movie!!!! And the road was tiny with huge bumps and rocks and potholes! Everyone was asleep except for my parents, me, Rachel, and part of the time Sophie. Finally we turned around, taking a whole bunch more time looking for another place. Then we couldn't find anywhere, so at midnight my dad decided to stop in a parking lot. Everyone else stayed in the car, but he pulled out the canvas floor of the tent and tried to sleep there. But after ten or so minutes, he changed his mind and went driving some more, giving up the camping idea to find a hotel. We finally got into a small city. There were a ton of hotels/motels, though they were like all full. At like one or two am, we finally found one. Everyone got out of the car and slept there. (Adam, Livy, and Eric were so groggy, it was hilarioud. Especially cause Adam shouted something like "Tree!" or something in his sleep....) It was a wild, not fun experience. But something to laugh at now.
It was an awesome summer.
Girls Camp
It is sooo awesome.
This was my cabin. It was sort of messy when I took the picture, sorry. All the first/second years in my ward/ some leaders stayed here.
Some pretty nature pics....
Cabins from the outside....
Random....
Again, Girl's Camp was amazing. It really helped me get to know the other girls in my ward, my age or not. We leared some of our personalities, and I discovered that it doesn't matter if you're five days older than someone, or five years younger. It is who you are that matters. The theme was Believe in Me. It basically was saying that you are a child of God, and no matter how sad or lonely or unimportant you feel at times, never give up. Believe in Christ and youself. Boy, you should have seen us at testimony meeting. We all bawled our eyes out. Sigh.... I wish Girl's Camp was more than once a year, because I gained my real testimony there. It was one of the most amazing experiences of my whole life.
San Clemente, California!
I will get the pics later since they are not on this computer. This was so fun. Beach everyday, seeing Grandpa Paul and Nana Hanny (I feel bad. I don't know how to spell her name, except I know it sounds like Honey.), Pizza Port and Pedro's Tacos, that awesome Ripcurl shop, and everything else! I aslo got to see Hailey, my friend who moved to CA, and Hannah! Hannah's family happened to be in town, staying with Hailey, the same time as us. It was so fun! And also, my family got to enjoy a beach and a camping trip at the same time as a beach trip because we stayed in our big trailor in one of those camping places, ten minutes away from the beach! And we loved the squirrils, too..... lol.
Then Utah
We stayed at Grandma and Grandpa Lundgreen's house.
We stayed at Grandma and Grandpa Lundgreen's house.
Grandma has the AWESOMEST BACKYARD EVER!!!!
You haven't even seen all of it.
Me and Rachel stayed in this room in the basement. It was pretty comfy. And of course, we had to bring books. We are all too much of reading freaks.
Salt Lake temple=AmAzInG!i!i!i!i!i!i!i! I didn't go inside it this time, but I did in November. It was my first time then, and I loved it.
A family history place in Temple Sqaure....
Park City!!!!! We went with my Aunt Susan and my cousin's Ben (who is 15) and Becca and Becca's fiance`.
Ze slide of awesomeness....
The Mandarin. An awesome Chinese restaurant.
I don't know where the pictures went, but on Pioneer day in Utah we went to a parade.....and one of the best rodeos in the US!!! At the parade, you wouldn't believe how many non-LDS people misunderstand the MORMON holiday of Pioneer Day. Seriously! There was A BAPTIST or something float!!!!!!! at the PIONEER DAY PARADE!!!!!! goodness!
and people in Utah are so Liberal. I think our pioneer ancestors would be so sad.
Colorado!!!
(except this picture is going through Wyoming)
We picked my mom's brother's family up on the way through WY. Then we went to Uncle Chuck and Aunt Sue's. Really they are Great Aunt and Uncle, but they aren't that old, so we don't call them that....
Seriously, that place is animal heaven!!!!
And that isn't nearly all the animals.....
We went to the graveyard. Sadly, Grandma Diana, Great-Grandma Shirley, and others are all there..... :(
After we did that, we went to Sonic and then went to Walmart. It's like a tradition for Great-Grandma Barabara (sorry.... complicated family) to take us all there and give us all ten dollars to spend. She's been doing that since my mom was a kid!!
One day we got to go hiking.
After that just my family went to have dinner at some relatives house. Actually, they are my dad's sister's husband's parents.
Another day my cousins were leaving two days before us, so before they left Great-Grandpa Archie took us to this cheap, delicious, small, AWESOME restaurant.
Me and Taylor.
Olivia. She didn't get taken till later, after the cuzs left. We got some really good peach cobbler and vaniall icecream. And soda.
Grandpa and Rachel.
Group picture. Goodness, Grandpa is AMAZING!!!
Grandpa and Livie Loo at the house.
At another restaurant, this time with the whole crew.
We had fun at a cowboyish store....
Then we left and went to spend a day at my parent's friends from college 's house. We got to see the temple.
Then we went to Telluride (still in CO).
Grumpy picture.
My family is too much of Harry Potter freaks.
This was so fun!!! The Gondola. ( I don't feel liek looking up the spelling).... If you're wondering, I guess I'll say it's kinda like a little train compartment, except without the train, that goes up and down a ski lift thingy.
We had yummy pizza.
One day we got to go hiking.
After that just my family went to have dinner at some relatives house. Actually, they are my dad's sister's husband's parents.Another day my cousins were leaving two days before us, so before they left Great-Grandpa Archie took us to this cheap, delicious, small, AWESOME restaurant.
Me and Taylor.
Olivia. She didn't get taken till later, after the cuzs left. We got some really good peach cobbler and vaniall icecream. And soda.
Grandpa and Rachel.
Group picture. Goodness, Grandpa is AMAZING!!!
Grandpa and Livie Loo at the house.
At another restaurant, this time with the whole crew.
We had fun at a cowboyish store....
Then we left and went to spend a day at my parent's friends from college 's house. We got to see the temple.
Then we went to Telluride (still in CO).
Grumpy picture.
My family is too much of Harry Potter freaks.
This was so fun!!! The Gondola. ( I don't feel liek looking up the spelling).... If you're wondering, I guess I'll say it's kinda like a little train compartment, except without the train, that goes up and down a ski lift thingy.
We had yummy pizza.
Then we got to see this beautiful waterfall. I have to say, it was heck trrying to drive up this treacherous road up the moutain in a huge car with eight people in the dark!!!! But the waterfall's still pretty.
Then we went back to Telluride and did the Gondula again. It was fully dark, and it was so amazing. The only light was the city below us, like a river of light snuggled tightly between the mountains in the valley. While we were still inside and up in the air, we said our family prayer. It was amazing.
AN then on the way home... well, craziness. It was Free National Park Day, so my parents bought a tent and then when we letf Telluride, we looked everywhere for a place to camp. We took a map, and found this one palce. Except nobody was there. We wasted seriously an hour looking for the place the map was talking about, and while we were there we saw seriously saw ten broken-down shacks and trees that bent their limbs down as if they were trying to trap you!It was like a horror movie!!!! And the road was tiny with huge bumps and rocks and potholes! Everyone was asleep except for my parents, me, Rachel, and part of the time Sophie. Finally we turned around, taking a whole bunch more time looking for another place. Then we couldn't find anywhere, so at midnight my dad decided to stop in a parking lot. Everyone else stayed in the car, but he pulled out the canvas floor of the tent and tried to sleep there. But after ten or so minutes, he changed his mind and went driving some more, giving up the camping idea to find a hotel. We finally got into a small city. There were a ton of hotels/motels, though they were like all full. At like one or two am, we finally found one. Everyone got out of the car and slept there. (Adam, Livy, and Eric were so groggy, it was hilarioud. Especially cause Adam shouted something like "Tree!" or something in his sleep....) It was a wild, not fun experience. But something to laugh at now.
It was an awesome summer.
