Oh Canada! part two...

So I could not get enough of the scenery in Banff... the rivers, waterfalls, asian tourists and the mountains! It was just gorgeous! So at this point of the trip, Kasey and I were just so exhausted. We sang  backstreet boys, Coldplay, Maroon 5, and many other songs to try and keep ourselves going. There was a point when I was driving, and I woke Kasey up because I was dancing to the music in the drivers seat and he was worried I was having a seizure or something. There was also a point when Kasey was driving, and I was napping, and I woke up because he was belting out country songs and he was singing them with a lot of twain and even while I was asleep it was driving me crazy! Banff had a lot of pictures so that is mainly what this post is about... and remember that the pictures do not do their justice!

This bruise is pretty cool, it was worse before but I had to remember it. I got it from helping out my friend Katri and her husband Kurt. We were clearing out a home they were renovating in Utah, and we did lots of stuff. We bailed hay out of the windows, cleaned up stuff and we had to wear masks the entire time! My whole face was a tint of gray from all the dust by the end of it. But I believe I got this bruise by slamming my arm on a rusty nail on the window frame I was trying to break in order to bail the hay out. There was so much of it and it got to a pint where I hit a pitchfork on a dresser. We found burrows and droppings and all that stuff, and once I found the dresser, I found a creature too! It scared the poop out of me and I called it quits! 

So that is how I really got the bruise, but I told Kasey's whole family that he had given it to me, they knew it was not true, but because they are awesome they played along! :)

More coming on Canada....

Oh Canada! part one.

So after Kasey finished his finals and got awesome A's... him and I were off to Canada! We drove from Provo all the way up to Vanderhoof, British Columbia, CANADA... in a period of what ended up being 26 hours!
Before we left we went to see my grandparents in Sandy, Utah and I promised Kasey that we would only stay for 15-30 minutes. My grandma is awesome though and she made us sandwiches before we left and her, my Aunt and my Grandpa all talked with us for 2 hours before we actually could get going. It was really important though that I go to visit my grandparents because my grandpa is not in the best health condition. Kasey being very very patient was okay that we added an extra two hours to our trip because well... he was with me! So he drove for about 5 hours and then I drove through the night for like 6 hours and it got to a point where I was so tired I had to bounce in the seat to stay somewhat conscience! So I kept praying and praying that a napping stop would come up and sure enough one came up.... I was so happy to take a stop for a nap! Kasey had not slept the entire time that I was driving... he was a little scared because I was flying down the roads in Montana! But we tried taking a two hour nap and I think the entire time I lay balled up in that front seat... I only got thirty minutes. But I did get to zone out at the beautiful stars... I had never seen so many stars out! Kasey thought it was funny how enthralled I was by the stars!

Once we got started again, we made it to the border really early in the morning and there was not much light out but I got a gorgeous picture of the sunrise! Well actually several gorgeous pictures!

Kase was super excited and he kept talking about how GREAT Vanderhoof was... at that point I was like, whatever.

This picture kinda reminds me of what Ireland would look like.

But Kase and I then went through Banff national park, and oh my goodness, it is the most GORGEOUS place I have ever been to and the pictures do not do their justice! 

This was the first time I ever stepped on foreign soil!

Beginning of Banff:

Gorgeous, Gorgeous, GORGEOUS!

More pictures of Banff and some of the rest of my trip to come!

Saint George.

So the past month has been extremely busy and a load of fun! During the beginning of June I went to Saint George, Utah with Kasey, Jessica, James, Garyn, and last but not least Jill. We had a ton of fun and it was nice to go swim and lay out in the heat! We played bananagrahms and swam and played tennis.... I hope we have the chance to go back and visit again soon!  

(the above photos Jill took from the trip and I stole them from her blog)

We played tennis and Jessica and I chased a two tailed lizard and tried to hit either James or Garyn below with a tennis ball that we retrieved.

We also went shopping and it was a load of fun! I think we all left with something but thank goodness none of the guys bought these pants from downeast... they looked like girls pants! I had to take a picture just because I thought they were so ridiculous!

We also got some really tasty custard and I tried to take decent pictures but at least one person was goofing off in each picture... its super funny anyways and we were having and sharing a lot of laughs... the boys had WAY too much fun with the Anthony Weiner jokes though... us girls got annoyed.

We all look tired and pretty ridiculous. I had just finished finals and the rest of the week I packed ... I had planned on bloggin in canada but Kasey's parents house did not have wifi... but I am back and pictures of Canada and Kasey and my adventures in Texas will come very soon!

NEW CAMERA :)

So on top of all the fun things I did like go ice skating, play tennis, watch movies, and dance with my friends, I GOT A NEW CAMERA! I am in LOVE the pictures are fantastic and its was worth putting a bit of a whole in my pocket. Here are some pictures I took this sunday of the flowers we picked after church.

LOVE taking pictures and I miss taking them...