youth conference

so this week I had youth conference and it was pretty great! made some more fab memories with so many people. it was long and exhausting. but hey! it was all worth it. we where only there for 2 days but we had a week full of activities packed into those days. TRUST ME! I didn't get one ounce of down time. 

we woke up bright & early Thursday morning to set off to snow college. had to be at the church by 6:15.. now that was dreadful. i gotta sleep the whole car ride up so it was all good. looked like I just had woke up tho. when I walked out of the car, there standing was like 300 people and some very fine looking guys (may I add):) it was kinda embarrassing! mascara all over my face, an hand print from sleeping. not a pretty sight. at least they gave us some time to freshen up untill we did our first activity.

our first activity we went up to the mountains and did a ropes course! some where fun, some where boring. but I liked the ones where you had to do challenges the best! we had to where some cool harness which was interesting. everyone got a few bumps, bruises, cuts, concussions. you know the usual haha! it was so much fun tho and we have the best ward which even made it better! we where there for about 4 hrs I believe. by the time I was done I was so ready for bed, but that was not the plan.

after a quick meal we headed over to the little town of Manti. it's so cute I love it! but my favorite part was the temple. it's so beautiful, and just so peaceful. we went to go see the Mormon miracle pageant. it was so busy and it was a great expirience. there were some people preaching against the church there. instead of second guessing what (which is what they were trying to do) It did the opposite. it made me think about the things I know and believe to be true. it was so peaceful there. and people came from everywhere to go see it. some people didn't even know who the Mormons where and came. I thought that was cool. they wanted to know more about us, and there were some ym & yw sharing their testimonies to them. it was a great expirience. i wish I would have paid more attention but I didn't. we sat in the back and talked... but hey I got bits & pieces out of it. and a few guys numbers out of it it's all good! 

that night we didn't get home till about 12:30. it was a late night! I roomed with Two girls who would not go to bed! I think it was about 3 in the morning till they finally stopped talking, and I finally fell asleep. 

the next day everyone was so tired we had the hardest time even getting out of bed. we got ready and headed to the temple for a devotional. it was great! he talked about patriartical blessings, and generations of family. it was cool. also there where these guys that came out of the temple and DANG they were fine. me and Aubrey couldn't help but stare lol! after the devotional we headed over to the temple and took a group picture with the young women.

  

 later that day we did a couple of activities. we had a water course, and just random activities. the water one was my favorite! there was some slides, races, games, fabulous singing and break dancing, it was pretty great. we got really wet! I was soaked from head to toe. when we where done we got ready for the dance. I've always have had mixed feelings about dances. sometimes I have great guys that are fun, sometimes they're dripping sweat and don't say one thing. those ones can be so AWKWARD. fun fact tho. I was dancing with this kid who I thought was 14 and he was 18. and I was dumb enough to ask if he was a freshmen! haha. come to find out he's graduated. now that was probably the most embarrassing moment that night! met some really fun, cute guys. there was this one that was freaking hilarious, and he was so out of it because he got a concussion earlier that day. it was great! after the dance a group of us headed over to get some fro yo! and mmmm it was good. the dance was much better then I expected it to be by far! that night Brooklyn came in and partied with us. once again got about 4 hrs of sleep  haha! 

   

I loved youth conference and am so grareful for the opportunity I got to go! loved every second of it even tho it was exhausting. Got to make so new friendships, it was just so amazing!

-Lex

girls camp

Girls camp has come and gone once again.. it was amazing! I have the best ward. I have the fun/funniest leaders and girls in my ward. Girls camp is the greatest. I love to have the chance to go up there and enjoy the outdoors. we had plenty of tricks, games, and laughter! OH and like 50 bruises no kidding. nothing can beat the food though that's definitely the best part. 

DAY ONE

we woke up bright and early to meet up for camp (not to my liking). we had to be there by 6:50. I don't even wake up that early for school! we started off with a nutritious meal of donuts & chocolate milk. MY FAVORITE! we then set off to start our adventure. 2 1/2 hrs later we finally reached our camping spot. we put up the tents and got our sweatshirts. our theme this year was superheroes. we hung out for a bit.. played a few dozen tether ball games. that's where all the bruises were from, mostly. me and Brooklyn were beast at tether ball that's all I got to say! oh, we also did water balloons. me and Aubrey were at war with each other! after SHE surrendered we went after Brooklyn. it was pretty good! mostly we just hung out the first day & played tether ball! played a little superheroes with the 3 of us (Aubrey Brooklyn me). later we watched big hero 6 on the projector and ended the day with some wonderful smores:)

camp sweatshirts

yeah we are super heroes no big deal

Brooklyn and Aubrey my adventure buddies

DAY TWO

Once again we woke up bright and early to start a new day.. had some waffles for breakfast which came nowhere near as good as my moms. my moms are the absolute best tho (never have & never will be beaten). once breakfast was over we set off to do our service project. we painted some tables made a few messes while we did lol! hopefully my favorite jeans aren't too ruined, I should've put some more thought into that ha!

after some arts and craft we had a few hours to do what we wanted... so me and my 3 friends went for a little adventure. you know when you go on an adventure you have to take pictures no mater what. so that's what we did no surprise there!! after a long adventure & girl talk we set off for the caves.. we went to some lava caves yeah they were cool! yeah they were claustrophobic, painful, wet, cool, dark, and adventorous! I had mixed feelings about them. it was actually really cool inside to be honest. that night we went snype hunting! now that was fun. we made a few first years cry, we're just to good you know;) jk no. but two girls did cry they totally believed us and our scarring stories lol! it was a good night

dramatically throwing pinecones 

adventurers

   

we found a tree house

I don't know what is going on here

DAY THREE

once we were up and ready for the day we had are usual morning. me and Brooklyn cracked 60 eggs how interesting right!? we also discovered  a frozen egg. EW! guess there's a first for everything right? that was a memorable part of my morning lol. we hung around all morning mostly and partied hard you know.. played some phase 10, got our skit costumes (which was awesome), taught my bishop how to sew... now that was interesting. later we took a drive to the great Dixie national forest. which Aubrey doesn't believe is a forest haha! don't know how it's quite obvious, she's just so pretty (blonde)!!

testimony meeting

 We went to Bryce Canyon and where going to hike.. but it  started hailing so we took pics and left. it was sad but at least we got pics you know! it was freaking gorgeous though I'm so grateful to live where we live! also on the way back we jammed to some Disney. it was pretty dang fab! oh than later that day we did our skits.. now that was interesting. we winged ours just knew our characters and that was about it...and it was pretty dang AWESOME! it was really good surprisingly. we had a fat police, superhero director, monster, and a danmzel in distress. later that night we had the best food I had ever had. we had Dutch oven and oh my gosh it was good. then to testimony meeting... it was great, and I always love it! the spirits especially strong there! after, we drove home (surprisingly not dieing). it was probably the most scariest drive of my life. we made it home safe & sound though luckily!

-Lex

   

kanarraville falls

this week we went on yet another adventure. our friends went hiking up in kanarville falls. it was an all day occasion and was so worth it! that hike is super pretty, and really fun! kinda had a hard time finding the trail every once in a while haha! that's what you get with all blondes hiking. the canyon was probs the coolest part of the hike. me and Kourtney though had a hard time on the ladder(at least coming down it was hard)! when we got to the falls it was pretty crowded but hey they're was some cute guys.. that's a plus! we went down the slide(waterfall type things). when I went I pretty much fell on my face, and couldn't get up. it was embarrasing but oh well. on the way back it was funny! Tylee who was obsessing over this stick (I freaking love her) and singing primary songs and swinging it around almost stabbed me... she slipped when I was in front of her and barely missed haha! that was the moment where we tried to take it away lol. it was an adventure going up and down.

    Lex, Kourt, & Ty

 
the canyon

    Tylee and her stick 

later that day we decided to take a shower (in our swimsuits of course). we decided to do our hair in funky ways and make a music video. which was very interesting, and not ever to be seen lol. it was a fun time. we now call ourselves "the shower babes" so if one day we get famous you'll know who we are.. just kidding that will never happen and am not planning on it. we would die of embarrassment first!

    shower babes yo yo yo

-Lex

first day of June

this week was a blast! kicking off summer quite well. just keeps getting better and better! this Monday we went swimming with the gang! Kourtney, Whitney, Tylee, McCall, Riley, and I all swam for most of the day! getting drowned and pulled underwater kinda sucked but that's what swimming is about right? ever since my surgery I've had a hard time swimming, don't know why but I do haha! I probably swallowed/blowed in a gallon of water! thanks to being pushed, pulled and just not being able to swim well lol! after I got the goggles though it was all better.. they look ridiculous/childish but they seriously make swimming way more fun(at least in my opinion)!! 

    Whitney in action of pushing me in 

our sick googles

my mane got in the way

after about 5 or 6 hours of swimming we finally finished and got a snow cone, and OH MY GOSH! it was freaking delicious! we ate at the shack for a few minutes than set off to help our friend pack. we had a few laughs in the car with our snow cones haha! spilling on us (just Tylee really) it was funny though! they're seriously my favorite and I know I've said this before but I dont know what I would do without them

-Lex