John Mayer Concert

On Tuesday I went to the John Mayer Concert at USANA with some friends and Elise & Erik. I have always loved Johnny boy's music (music only). I was hoping for some amazing guitar playing and rocking out. I wasn't disappointed either. John Mayer is such a good musician.

I was hoping to see something like this....

But instead we got bitter Johnny boy sportin' his hippie band and long hair. Just imagine the hippie band....

If only I had known, I would have worn my hippie band too! It's a newly acquired purchase from Mexico. It's probably the coolest thing I own.

Rock Climbing!

This past winter was my first introduction to rock climbing. I went on a few dates to some indoor climbing places and discovered I really liked it. I also discovered I couldn't stand the shoes you jam your feet into as well as the fact I didn't really have sufficient upper body strength to be a good climber.

This summer, though, I have been climbing outdoors twice and there's just no comparison. It is so much better and as you already know, I prefer to be outside. The walls are more challenging too. The first time I only got about half way up, but only tried once because our group was pretty big.

But I just went climbing about 2 weeks ago with two other dudes. I got several climbs in and.....guess what? I totally made it to the top! I was so proud of myself! It was a pretty tough wall in my opinion for a beginner and I even passed up the other guy climbing next to me, granted his wall was even harder. But you don't need to know that, right? It was a lot of fun and I hope to further my rock climbing skills. The shoes aren't even that bad either..... This first picture is me. Look at me rock it, literally.

The Great Outdoors

I LOVE being outside. I try to do as much outside as possible. Now you understand why I despise winter. It robs me of my true love. My friend Nisha and I went on a hike up to Lake Solitude from Silver Lake.

It was beautiful and we even saw some moose, or should I say meese, maybe even moosen? I tried to pet one but it didn't work out so well.

I remember going up to Silver Lake every summer growing up as a kid. I love the boardwalk that goes around it. My goal is to one day take my raft out on it.

I love summer!

And yet, sadly it's over. I went back to work this last week and school starts on Tuesday. I'm excited to see my kids (ahem, students) this week though. Here's what I've been up to most recently after all my world travels. Summer is so much fun!

Starting in the top left corner....girls night out at Comedy Sportz, puppet making and entertaining for FHE, riding a Segway for the first time!, delicious snow cones, eating out at Red Robin (I don't know if you can tell but there are about 50 or so of us), Orem Owlz baseball game. Oh, and there's still more adventures to come!

BYU Intramurals

This is one thing, among the many, that I really love about BYU. This summer our ward put together a co-ed softball team. This is our fierce picture (we actually play more fierce than we look) from the semi-final tournament game. We actually made it to the championship game undefeated, but barely lost both times. We were this close to winning one of the coveted BYU intramural shirts. Go Sluggers! We now find ourselves in the flag football season with basketball and volleyball coming right up! Hopefully we'll have better luck. Or skill.