The Summer So Far...

What has happened so far this summer has already put this near the top of the best summers of my life. What will soon transpire will surely push it over the top. I will include a short recap accompanied by pictures.

In May, after getting out of school we made a trip to Laramie, WY to see Gordon graduate from pharmacy school:

Even though I do not necessarily enjoy that drive, it was fun to see family and see Gordon accomplish his goal. It was also surreal, knowing that I will soon be in his position down in Laramie..scary!

Throughout the spring, I have been spending time here in Provo playing lots of softball and golf. I actually had a golf class, which was one of my favorites:

I have talked a little about my softball experiences in past blog entries, but it has been lots of fun and a good experience meeting some new people. We are actually in our second season right now and our team looks very promising.

My other two spring classes were biochemistry and backpacking (yes, backpacking is a real class!!). Biochem was a TON of fun actually, my professor was amazing! Backpacking was even better...and we went to Escalante for our 3-day trip, which was incredibly beautiful:


I met some great people, experienced a flash flood and we saved a scout troop from perilous danger. Here is our group:


During that term in school, I also went with my parents and my sister down south during memorial day weekend. We stayed at a casino in Mesquite and also saw the valley of fire, hoover damn, las vegas and the grand canyon. Hoover Damn:


Grand Canyon:


After school got out, I spent a couple days in Lake Powell with my old singles ward from Payson. It was fun, I helped prepare lunch and showed the world my white side:


Finally, this last weekend...me and one of my great friends from Wyoming, Tim, went to Zion's National Park and overnighted the Narrows. It was brutal but so so so so SO SO much fun!!! We fell into the river multiple times and almost died from heat exhaustion, hypothermia and almost drowned when we had to swim a little bit with our backpacks on:


Also, fireworks with friends:


I probably missed a few things, but here is a short list of things I will do before I leave for Wyoming in August:
*More softball*
*More golf*
*2 one-night camping trips*
*Work party in the park*
*Paul McCartney concert*
*2-day trip to Layton*
*Salt Lake Bees game*
*Mt. Timp day hike*
*Cedar City trip*
*Another 3-day backpack Escalante trip*
*Las Vegas and California for a week*

That is all!!