Summer in Utah. . .

the past 2 weeks in utah have been an absolute blast.

i've been on cloud 9 with all the friends & family 

i've been able to hang out with:)

when i got to utah the first thing we did was celebrate

my mom's birthday & my grandparent's 60th

wedding anniversary!

lots of family flew in for the event & it was thebomb.com.

obviously one of my first meals back in utah was a giant

burrito from cafe rio.

tanya and i were pretty dang excited about it:)

we also hit up macey's for a king kong ice cream.

it is kind of hilarious how excited i get about food, but whatevs.

my little brother, james is officially a BYU cougar now!

i helped him move down to P-town & i was pretty much a baby

because of how nostalgic i got.

we walked around campus & i may or may not have gotten a little

too excited when i started showing him around, telling him

where to eat & where to hang out, etc.

james had never been to j-dawgs so we obviously went there for lunch:)

whilst in provo i also got a chance to hang out with

logan's mom for her birthday!

we got some sandwiches & headed up to sundance.

sundance is gorgeous no matter what time of the year it is.

the entire time i was just wishing there could be mountains

like this in san antonio :(

i miss the mountains so much!

i got to take my niece, alli to the princess festival one afternoon.

we almost melted because of the scorching heat, but we still

met all the princesses & alli even got her face painted:)

i felt kinda bad for the girls dressed up as the princesses.

 i thought i was hot-but i couldn't imagine wearing a giant

ball gown with the blistering sun beating down on me.

needless to say, i had a lot of respect for those princesses.

a trip to provo wouldn't be complete without a stop at 7-peaks.

it.was.packed.

i'm pretty sure allllll the people in provo were there that day.

the temp was about 103 degrees so it makes sense that everyone & their

dog came that day, but it was pretty much a joke.

i hit up the utah arts festival with my friends in SLC which was awesome.

i had the best strawberry gelato i've had since i went to italy.

no joke.

i've had a blast hanging out with my friends.

it has totally felt like summer with all the pool time, hikes & random

outdoor activities we've been doing (i.e. zumba class on the 

rooftop of lululemon).

i finally got to meet baby william!

paige & i haven't seen eachother in forrrreeeveeerrrr so i

was super excited to finally meet her little man.

i'm sad she is moving back to utah & i won't be here :(

tomorrow i'm off to china to meet up with logan!

i am soooo excited to see him & explore shanghai:)

bye utah!