Big Changes

Today I decided to move up to West Jordan. Since I'm not going to be going to school in the fall, I decided I wanted to be closer to where I work. I found I good apartment with nice roommates and decided to just go for it! It's a little bit scary to be out on your own, not really knowing what you're going to do, but I'm excited. I just keep telling myself that I have to grow up sometime and that there are a billion other people doing the same exact thing. I need to stop just waiting around for my life to begin. I need to make my life begin. This is just a little step in the right direction and I feel good about it. Here's to some big changes and a new adventure!

National Parks and a Solar Eclipse

My parents decided to take my sister and me down to Bryce Canyon and Zion's National Park to see the solar eclipse and to enjoy nature. First stop was Bryce Canyon. We hiked around for a little while and then went back to Ruby's Inn to watch the solar eclipse. It was really cool to watch! And we had fun taking goofy pictures of course.

Munchie was king of the world

I loved the hearts

And Munchie loved the buffalo

It was so bright!!

Solar Eclipse!

Mom wanted to do the sexy one...

Next we were off to Zion's! We did several easy hikes around the park. My favorites were the Weeping Rock and the Riverside Walk. The Riverside Walk takes you to the mouth of the Narrows and Munchie was dying to see it. When we were about halfway there, my injured foot started to hurt so I decided to stop and just soak my feet in the river as my family kept going. It was so pretty and the water felt so good on my feet. Not to mention it was about 100 degrees outside and so finding a nice spot in the shade was exactly what I needed. We didn't do Angel's Landing or the Narrows. I don't think I could ever do either of them because of my extreme fear of heights and claustrophobia. It's too bad because I'm sure the sight is beautiful!

The Court of the Patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. With Moroni in front of Jacob. I wonder what people who aren't LDS think of all these names when they visit.

Just doing some exploring

The Weeping Rock

Mom and Dad in the shady spot by the river

After soaking my feet, I felt good enough to dance!

We saw lots of wildlife: Birds, lizards, squirrels, and deer

Zion's is absolutely beautiful. I want to go back, but maybe on a cooler day. We spent the night laughing our heads off in St. George. On our last day, we went back to Zion's and watched 2 short movies on the IMAX screen. One of them was just weird and I had no idea what was going on the entire time. The other was one that my dad and I have been wanting to see. It's called Tornado Alley. We wanted to see it because we love the show Storm Chasers and it's about the making of the movie. Yeah, we're nerds... Overall it was a nice little vacation!