Small town girls...Now.

Today is June 4th, 2013. Where has half of a year gone? I could hardly believe we had hit June already, it seems as if it was just Christmas yesterday. Anyway, summer has hit. annnnnd, I love it. There is just a warm feeling about summertime, and not just the temperature outside. It brings a comfort that Winter lacks, probably because the entire Winter, I hardly left my house. Summer is welcoming, and bright, happy, and filled with sun and shine. I suppose it reflects on the person who I absolutely love to be. I LOVE to feel joy and happiness. I LOVE to do exciting things, and experience new thrills, and during the Winter months, it just seems that that "thrill" for life is non-existent. We have been playing outside, and going on 4-wheeler rides, and having bbqs. Memorial day just shortly passed and I was given the opportunity to go fishing. Now, when I talk about fishing, most people are like..."Yeah, what's the big deal?" Well, to me....it is a new adventure that i've never really experienced before. Obviously, I have been before, however, it hasn't been often. You see, I grew up with as a beach bum in the heart of Virginia. Of course there were fish there because we lived on the ocean, but people just didn't do it. We didn't hike or camp or have fires or roast marshmallows or go fishing and back packing there. We swam. We surfed and walked the board walks, and  shopped. The moment we moved to Utah, that all flipped upside down. I had never camping before, never been 4-wheeling, or hiking in the mountains and I was 15 years old. I was a little dark-skinned, sun-bleached hair, city girl and all of that "stuff" was foreign. ANYWAY, the fact that I didn't know how to line a fishing pole posed as a problem when I went and they all kind of made fun of me for not knowing what to do. It was slightly embarrassing but seriously, it wasn't my fault! That stuff is serious business up in these parts, I mean, you even have to have a flippin' license to do it! We aren't operating a machine, or driving a vehicle here, and you have to have a license? Weird. It was all in good fun though, and I thoroughly enjoyed my time with that fishing rod, even though I probably frustrated the people I went with. HAHA! Here are some photos from a couple of our summer adventures so far this year! I can't wait to see what else is in store.

 Olivia's FIRST hike!

Fishing on Memorial day with Nichole, Josh, and Ammon

4-Wheeling