Beatles Impersonator Concert

Draper Days were fruitful this year with a sweet Beatles concert (cowboy hats, tie dyed shirts, and socks with sandals were all involved. Not me of course....) and fireworks afterwards. Some friends and I in the ward got together for the drive up and a good time. Unfortunately I didn't get any pics of the fireworks. I LOVED them though! Especially since I didn't get any for the 4th (I was rafting in WY) or the 24th (I was in China).

Lehi Rodeo

This is late in coming, but it wouldn't be a summer without going to a RODEO!! This is by far the best one too because they have motocross baby! That's pretty much the only reason I went :)

Adventure #4 Spanish Fork Reservoir

This may be one of the best kept secrets in Utah Valley. My sis and I discovered it last summer and have made good use of it. It's hick alright, take this guy for example, bahahaha! But I still love it!

Just a fun place to soak up the sun for a few hours. A small swimming lake I like to take my raft out on with a beach on one side of it. What?! There's a beach in Utah? There sure is folks! I'll gladly fork over the directions if you want to check it out for yourselves :)

Celebrating the 4th of July

Because I was gone for the weekend rafting, I didn't get to see any fireworks. Darn! Who's bright idea was that?! (see picture above. Bahaha). It seems like I am always out of the country for fireworks either in Mexico, Canada, or Europe. I'll be in
China for the 24th, so again no fireworks this year :( Oh well, my sister and I still know how to party it up. On Monday, yesterday, we got up at the crack of dawn for the Balloon Fest. We got to the field just as the hot air balloons were taking off so we missed the best part, but still worth it.

Then we decided to go to the parade in P-town on the spur of the moment. Oh my gosh - it was so fun! I hadn't been to a parade in years, and it's even better when I'm with Elise. We're CRAZY! We were like little kids seeing a parade for the first time, trying to squander shirts off the Republican party to no avail, waving at everyone, trying to jump on firetrucks to ride in the parade, Elise daring me to ask some dudes if I could ride this thing.

Man! I'm SO disappointed. Although this isn't the exact one (I should have taken a picture) these dudes were riding a couch on wheels! Check that out! I've never seen anything so cool before. And Elise dared me to ask for a ride. End of story. SHOOT, I'm losing my gusty daring skills. I kept hoping they'd come back, but they didn't. I lost my chance.

Adventure #3 White Water Rafting on the Snake

For the July 4th weekend I went up to Wyoming with some friends for some SWEET white water rafting on the Snake River. We were about 30 min. south of Jackson Hole in Alpine, WY. We headed up on Friday, the boys got one run in that afternoon, had our own fireworks show that night, and camped out at the cabin. On Saturday all 26 of us were ready for some fun. We got 3 good runs in. The 1st was freezing, the 2nd pure bliss with the sun out, and the 3rd super windy. I'd do them all over again though :) These photos are from the Friday run. We had much bigger rafts on Saturday.

As many of you know, I have a small inflatable raft that I like to take out in random places like ponds, lakes, streams, rivers, oceans, swimming pools, basiclly anywhere there's water :)

So I've never been white water rafting before. It doesn't even compare to my own small raft (although I still love it)! It's a blast! I recommend you ALL go. Here's how intense the rapids are, just the names say it all! The Big Kahuna, Taco Hole, Lunch Counter (we theorized on this...maybe the rapids are so intense you throwup your lunch?). I almost fell out a time or two, but fortunately some dude caught me and pulled me back in. On the Big Kahuna my whole side of the raft fell out.

And of course rafting is not rafting if you don't have wars with each other and the other rafts. Yes, we all threw each other off and splashed ruthlessly. Good times! There was a spot on the river with cliffs where we stopped and jumped off, maybe about 15-20 feet high...just had to go! There were some professionals taking photos, but this is as good as it gets (way too expensive to buy). I'm on the left, second row back in the first photo and on the far right in the second photo.