Ever Since Summer School Ended..

Life has been much happier. I'd even say it's been a splendid summer! Here's a list of the main events.

#1 I spent lots of fun time with this wonderful man Tanner before he shipped himself to dang BYU.

It's good that he's going to college but i miss him!

#2 My handsome nephew, Briant, got baptized!. I'm so proud of him! I love him a lot, no matter how hard it is for him to show that he loves me back (thanks to Cole for turning him against me).

#3 Lunt Family Reunion! Holla!

My cousin Taylor, and I hosted Minute to Win It the first night. I think it was a success!

I got to wake up to these precious babies every morning.

My dear sisters and I performed our own little sister act! (see lawrence welk show on snl). Errin made a wonderful Judeece!

We crowded on couches.

We hung out on the steps.

We made ice cream.

We had a Photo Booth! Shauna's idea. It was soo fun. Hang a sheet between some trees, put a prop basket nearby, and let the relatives go to town.

Here are some of me goin to town.

With my little Drew.

April, me, Taylor

Jonesie.

Owen.

The reunion was a huge success! SO fun! Not only did i get closer with my out-of-town cousins and such, but especially with my out-of-town siblings and nieces and nephews :)

#4 Jacob got his mission call! He's going to Ukraine and speaking Russian! He is so excited! I am so excited! And proud of him. He's gonna be amazing out there. I can tell because that's all he talks about now! Plus, he eats anything weird he can get his hands on for practice.

This picture is from the other day when we dressed up as a cowboy and cowgirl. Because it was cowboy day of course! We tried to go to the library (cause he wanted to look up Ukraine stuff of course) but it was closed. So we wandered Main street. And got stared at a lot. I think we look good.

#5 California!!

Seriously the best place to spend my summer. The weather was amazing.

The trees were amazing! Imagine having this in your front yard. I could fit five of me inside one root.

Jones is cute in his spiderman speedo.

Flying a kite on the beach is super great!

Pinkberry. Pinkberry! PINKBERRY!

It's heaven. This was my first time, and there's nothing like it.

Ice cream trucks are fun! And classy. They make me feel like a happy child. Even if the ice cream is 1/8 as good as pinkberry.

Sooo, that's been my summer! I love it! I don't wanna go back to school! Still nervous for senior year. Anyway, hope your summer has been just as great as mine!

Never Again..

Will summer school plague my life. I'm DONE! It's ridiculous how happy it's making me.

Ken, Tori, Savannah, Jessika, Ian, Me and Cali!

We're happy because it's our last day of summer school lunch. And we love each other.

Max and Cali are cute when we carpool.

So is Gwen.

Phony Photos

I've finally discovered how to send pictures from my Phone to view on the computer! Oh technology these days! Anyway, i will now share some of my favorite phone pictures with YOU!

Last summer, Leah and I went to visit my cousins in Monticello, where we quaded every day! Just check out that gorgeous field and sky. Wish i had a real camera.

The little dooklet Jason, before he moved out with Derek (tear). I like to watch him sleep. Not really, i was just at his desk, on his computer. But he really is sleeping! Good balance, brother.

Max is so cute! He kept makin me take pictures of him. Seriously, what a stud. Any 5 yr old girls reading this, know that this one's a Jackpot.

This devilmanbug is soo creepy! Honestly, it gave me the shivers. I guess it's kind of cool that it's an opposite lady bug, but mostly i just wanted to cry looking at it! Don't lady bugs climb on your fingers if you put them in front of it? Not this one, i think he's possesed. Too bad he was trapped in the car with me all alone while mom was in the bank and i didn't wanna let him out cause i was saving him to show Cole!

I spent lots of time throughout my classes working on this countdown to summer. I didn't end up using it all the way cause i couldn't bring myself to cross out the pictures i had worked so hard on. My personal favorite is the middle row, on the left. bubbles! And no, that isn't a martini. It is an extra-virgin pina colada.

Too bad it's still not even real summer due to my 10 hour long summer school! Only 2 more weeks! I can hang in there!

Well, have a nice day!

I'm Really Gonna Miss Them

Jacob and Tanner

Valerie

Sydnee

I'll miss many more graduates than these few, i just didn't get pictures with em all! Best of luck to them! Moving on and stuff..

Any advice on how to live up my senior year? I get nervous thinking about it!

Also, i'm aware that these pictures of me aren't winners. But my friends are :) awww

R.I.P. Tofer

Meet Tofer. Ya, that ugly bone (trying to be a 6th toe or something). He used to hurt when I wore shoes. I hated him. Therefore, i got him removed! And now i have a little screw in my foot :)

Hospital gowns are cute.

I have such nice friends! They visit me, and support me, and bring me things when i get little surgeries done!

Jacob brought me a cd, some flowers he grew himself, peaches from his tree, and a note. He also delivered chocolate and a note from his dear mother. :)

These four (Tanner, Leah, TJ, and Skyler) stuck with me all night long watching Big Fish. Good movie. Great friends!! (and family)

Jessica and Kimee brought me goodies and company :)

So although i may be in pain right now and for a couple more days, i am grateful to have Tofer off. He was ugly and painful himself. And i am grateful to Karen for painting my toenails to hopefully make the doctor happy. I definitely trust that doctor and all those nurses with my life. It was my first surgery ever, and it was a good experience, thanks to them! I love life and my friends and my family!

Broadway Revue Love

I am soo grateful for my supportive friends and family! They make an effort to come to my little choir Broadway Revue. (Which is actually a huge deal to me cause i'm obsessed with performing in it). Sadly, i have no available pictures of me in my other outfit for Sister Act. But this was my Lion King One! I LOVE performing! I always seem to forget how much i love it until i do it again. Only sad thing is that this is my last performance in premiere, and with my senior friends, who will be graduating in a few short days :( But i try not to think about them leaving me yet. Cause i'm happy and i love performing!

Natural Bridge. Natural Friends.

This was supposed to be a late prom day activity but Sydnee couldn't make it. So sad. But we went anyway! Tanner, Jacob and I! It might have been one of the most fun days ever in my life! I love these boys! We spent the day at and in the small town around Natural Bridge. We walked aurond the town, bought fudge, went to a thrift store, went on a nature walk to the beautiful cave bridge, just had fun! No matter what we do, it's fun! Even if we are just laying on a blanket under some trees :)

Cavemen.

Jacob loves his doggie books.

Self timer self timer! I sit on invisible chairs?