I learned more about people I've known for years, met new people, and grew deeper relationships with some people. I went on a lot of adventures, worked a job, and camped more than I ever wanted to in my whole life! maybe not all of it was a lot of fun, but I learned so much about choosing friends, relationships, myself, working, and more than I didn't even know I didn't know. it was all just a giant learning experience that sometimes was hard but was such a good thing for me to go through.
I'm making this sound like such a boring summer but really I did so many fun things like girls camp, Lake Powell, hanging out with friends, trek, camping, EFY, and things like that.
okay, enough, let's get into summer!
I was working at my dad's office for most of the summer as a medical assistant, scheduler, and answering phones. I absolutely loved working there. It was really long hours of doing the exact same thing all day, but it was so good! It definitely taught me to go to bed early and be a morning person. I was getting up at 4:30am and wasn't getting home some nights until 5:30 or 6 and I would go to bed at like 10pm. I think I finally became a morning person! I learned how to do all kinds of things working there. One of my favorite things was helping with the ultrasound injections.
I hung out with friends that I didn't used to hang out with very much. Lindsey and I became pretty close friends over the summer and so did Taylor and I. Me and Tanner did basically everything together for most of the summer. I hung out with Braid almost every weekend. And I hung out with Nate quite a bit too. I also met some new friends like Dillon and Tristan. me and my friends had some of the most insane adventures ever! one of my favorites was one night me and Braiden and tanner were up at the pond and we went on a skunk hunt and we all ended up smelling like skunk! Another time I was with Taylor and Lindsey and we drove through a rain storm that was so crazy we couldn't see the lines on the road just to get pizza. I loved hanging out with these people!
Our stake went on trek in July and it was probably the most powerful thing I've ever done. It was also the hardest thing I've ever done. It was hotter than the devil's home all 3 days and we were pulling close to 500 lbs per family. and guess who got sick on the first night?? yours truly! I was throwing up for the first 2 days, but lucky for me Gary was our Dr. on trek so he was the best thing that could have happened to me. On the second day at lunch I had already been throwing up for 3 hours and I just got to the lunch spot and fell down and laid in the dirt and I wasn't crying or anything, but then Gary came towards me and I just started full on bawling! I was just so glad to see a parental figure that I couldn't hold back. Braiden, Tanner, Taylor, and Lindsey were also huge blessings for me on trek. Braiden always had a close eye on me and was there for me when I was crying or sick. Tanner and Taylor were always there making sure that I was being taken care of. And cute Lindsey had just barely met me, but she was always there for me when I needed something. my favorite experience of trek was the women's pull on the last day. right before we started out mile and a half trek through 18" of pure sand pulling our wagons without the boys I thought I was going to die I was so sick, but as soon as we took off we started singing as sisters in Zion and I thought of all the amazing men in my life that are worth priesthood holders and I felt amazing for the rest of the time and had plenty of energy. when we go to the end of our part the boys were standing on the side of the trail with their hats over their hearts watching us and most of them were crying. they had been asked to not come help us and afterwards the boys said it was one of the hardest things to just stand there and watch us struggle and not be able to help us at all. it was such a good learning experience to go on trek and such a blessing to have people like Gary, Braiden, Tanner, Taylor, and Lindsey with me.
right before trek I went with my family and the savages to Lake Powell for a week! it was so much fun:) that's where I first met Dillon actually and now we're really good friends. we had a blast the whole time we were there. I even learned to wakeboard.
at the very end of July me, Tanner, Taylor, Lizzie, and Shelby went to EFY at BYU-Idaho. It was so much fun and we all had such a great experience. Just randomly out of the blue my cousin Emily Louder was one of the Building Councilors up there so that was a ton of fun to spend the week with her.
strengthening and losing relationships and learning about people was a major aspect of my summer. one huge thing was that me and tanner liked each and I guess you could say "went out" for most of the summer and it was perfect and everything, but towards the end of the summer right around EFY he told me he just wanted to be friends which was totally fine with me, but then he started being really rude and aiming everything that went wrong in his life towards me and we fought and argued and I apologized and it was really hard. but some of the things that I realized after it was all over was that there were some things I still love about tanner but there are some things I know now that I don't want in a husband, that my mom could see the big picture a lot better than I could, and I'm an extremely gullible person and I need to be more aware of that. that's my thing of weakened relationships. I also had several relationships in my life that were greatly strengthened over the summer. for example my relationship with Braiden. we were always good friends, but during the summer we came to each other for everything and we gained the trust required and we spent countless hours together just talking and laughing and messing around and now I don't consider anyone a better friend. He's seriously my best friend in the whole entire world. another relationship that was strengthened I would say is between me and my siblings. Me and Nate talk all the time and that's one thing that never used to happen, but now I look forward to talking to him. Me and Jen talk almost once a week and that's one of my favorite parts of the week. Me and Tim get along so much better even if he still teases me to death. me and my siblings have grown so much closer just over the last few months. I've learned so much about so many different people.
it truly was one of the best summers I could have asked for even if sometimes it was hard! now I'm going to AF and am a proud caveman:)
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