~allison~: July 2012

I have been beyond busy for the last month out here in Utah. I came out here with my friend Kristine and her family to help out with the kids.

It was so great that she presented me with this opportunity because I had been wanting to come out here, but had no money to do so. I am so blessed to come out here and get to know her family better!

We've done so much that I can't even remember it all! In the last four weeks, we've been all over the state.

We started out with a trip to their family cabin in Alta and followed it with a trip to Midway for the 4th of July. While there, we went to a rodeo and it was AH.MAZE.ING. I had a total blast :D

The kids took swimming and diving lessons for the first 2 weeks we were out here. We also had a trip to Lisa Falls, which is located in Little Cottonwood Canyon.

One day, we went swimming, bowling, and to the zoo...in triple digit heat lol That was probably the most exhausting day of my life bahahaha

The next weekend, we went down to St George with Kristine's in-laws and most of Dave's family. While there, we got to go see the temple and Brigham Young's winter home. It was blazing hot, but definitely gorgeous. We also went to the sand dunes (totally awesome btw!) On our way back from St George, Kristine decided we should take a detour and we headed out to Bryce Canyon. I cannot believe how beautiful it was! Mats and I took Livy all the way down to the bottom of the most famous part of the canyon. It was tiring, but definitely worth it!

Last weekend, we went out to Bear Lake and had a nice weekend. I got to see my first thunderstorm out here (thank goodness, because I've been missing them lol). Our weekend was filled with Mexican food, many ATV rides, and a super long bike ride...one where I got caught in one of those thunderstorms haha

This past week, Lynette (Dave's mom), gave me a signed picture from the High School Musical cast! She works at the school where the movie was filmed, Salt Lake East High. On Wednesday, she took me, Kristine, Maddie, Tyler, and Livy on a tour of the school! I was low key super hype about that lol I took tons and tons of pictures!

This weekend, we're at a lodge/condo at Solitude in Big Cottonwood Canyon. It's super nice and the weather is insanely gorgeous!

And somewhere in the midst of all that chaos and fun-having, we made it down to Temple Square. Unfortunately, the temple's closed for renovations and cleaning, but I was still super excited to be able to see it :)

Dave got here on Friday morning and they take off next Friday/Saturday because he has to work again on the following Monday. Afer that, I only have about 2 weeks left here in good ol' Utah. I've had such an amazing time but I can't wait to get back home!

Me and Mats at Lisa Falls