My Latest Adventures

Sorry I haven't updated my blog for a few weeks! My life has been crazy... to say the least!

About three weeks ago, actually the day after I previously updated my blog, I set out on an adventure...to WASHINGTON, D.C!

I saw so many things! It was awesome! And my legs killed! But it was well worth it! This picture comes from my favorite part of the whole trip. The Washington DC LDS Temple!

It was absolutely GORGEOUS! The colors were breathtaking. Wowwww... 

Then, I got home from DC Saturday night around eight. Then, I went to the store, did laundry, unpacked, and then REPACKED for Girl's State.

 I think I set a new record because I got all of this done AND had a few hours of sleep before I loaded the bus at 5 AM!! 

Little did I know what I was getting myself into....

I got probably 3 hours of sleep on average each night. With no down time during the day AT ALL.

Buuuut, it was worth it, because I walked away with 30 new best friends. Literally :)

Between the laughs, big mama lips, sleep deprivation, long speeches/talks, and even raptor struts, we all grew SO CLOSE.

I love these girls so much! And we WILL be having reunions. :)

Here they are!! And this is what we call our New York Pose... :)

Cole

Sooooo, I have lots of best friends. But I have one person who will always be my BESTEST friend of all. 

Ever since the day he was born, this kid has been my absolute best friend. 

Holy cow! All the memories we have! From spending our summers together, to mimicking the homeless guy on the street, and getting our legs stuck in our pants because we both wanted to try to make it look like we only had one leg. Hahahahaha, I LOVE this kid. 

His name is Cole, and he lives kinda far away. I don't like that. If I had a say in this, we would be next door neighbors.

Anyways, last night, I got a phone call telling me that he would be coming to play baseball. RIGHT. BY. WHERE. I. LIVE. Can anyone say excitement???

Well, this is Cole, and these pictures aren't the greatest, but I was so cold, and my hands were shaking, so here are the best ones of the bunch.

Craters of the Moon

Today for the holiday, my family wanted to do something fun...

So, we went to CRATERS OF THE MOON!

There were a lot of crazy things there, and even though it was a little windy, it was AWESOME!

Here is what we saw!!

I love the colors there! This green is my FAVORITE!!

Brookie said that this looked like a rose. So she wanted a picture of it. 

This is an awesome stick we found!

More colors that I love!

Isn't this BEAUTIFUL!! Who knew Idaho could look like this??

This was the inside of a cave. It's pretty cool!! 

Even though I hate spiders, I couldn't resist!

Colorful!!

Love, love, LOVE this black and white one!!! :)

The view from the top of the hill (or more like mountain) we jogged up!

This is our modern day interpretation of Lion King.

Hakuna Matata!

The other side of the mountain was all black....

...and it seemed to stretch on for FOREVER!

And we found these fuzzy little guys!

About a week ago, Hannah asked if she could borrow my little camera, and since then, she hasn't been able to put it down! She took pictures all day, and it was really windy today!

Haha every flower that Brooke saw, she wanted me to take a picture of it.