Luau

I decided that I needed to have a birthday party like in the good old days so I threw a luau for my nieces. It was a lot of fun but man mom's have to put a lot of work into a party! A lot of my parties when I was younger were Hawaiian theme so I remembered some games we use to play.

First we made candy lei's to go with our flower ones. Lily, Jessica, Me, Carly, and Megan.

Our tongues were all different colors from the candy

Then we played a game that you had to feed each other marshmallows blindfolded. I don't remember it being so funny when I was little but it was a lot of fun and we had the giggles!

Then we limboed. The girls were pretty good at it!

We made our own pizza's for dinner

Then we went to the park to get out all our wiggles before bed.

Then in the morning we had fruit pizza. I had a lot of fun being a kid again with the girls and I hope they had a lot of fun too!

Hike

The top of the waterfall coming out of the cave

Mom and I
The view

The waterfall at a distance

The day after my birthday my mom's ward was going on a hike in Darby Canyon. My mom said she heard that the hike was really pretty and that there is a waterfall at the top. I decided I needed some exercise and it would be fun so off we went. The hike up was okay, it was shady but it was steep and my backpack was heavy so it was hard work. It took us 3 hours to get to the waterfall. The waterfall has two parts, it is runoff from the snow and comes out underground from a cave and drops off into a small stream below. The water was so cold we all just wanted to take a drink. Then the hike down took about two hours. When I got home my legs were jelly so I kicked back and relaxed the rest of the night. It was a fun day.

So my mom is recording this. Keep in mind that this is just the top of the waterfall and there is a huge hundred foot drop downstream. I slip a little and my mom, being a mom, makes a noise only a mom would make when her baby is in possible danger. What a good mom! Cracks me up!

Legally Blonde!

Well I am embarrassed to admit that I have just become of legal age. I can now buy beer and lottery tickets! My birthday was a blast and the party has been for at least two weeks! We had a lot of fun. To start off my parents and Landon and I went to warm river on a bike ride up to the railroad tunnel and then coasted down to the campground. It was beautiful up there and it was fun to spend time with my parents.