Color In Motion 5k.

     Over the winter break I noticed that there was going to be a color run in Rexburg. I was so excited because it is rare that something big actually makes it to our little college town. So I called up my roommates and we decided to sign up for our very first 5k.

     So race day comes along and lets be honest none of us actually trained for it. So we decided we would just kind of run/walk the whole thing. It was only a 5k so only about 3.1 miles. We started off the race so clean but once it started every few kilometers we were blasted with colored chalk. It was a blast! We ended up finishing in about 35 minutes. We were pretty proud due to our complete lack of preparation.

Before the race.                                           

After!

4th of July.

     The Fourth of July is one of my favorite holidays. The weather is always amazing, you are outside, fireworks, and of course celebrating the great United States of America! I cannot remember a year when we didn't celebrate. Unfortunately Rexburg is too small of a town to actually have fireworks, so you have to go elsewhere. Last year a bunch of us went to Idaho Falls to watch the fireworks over the river but this year Anna and I decided to do something different. 

Stadium of Fire! The Stadium of Fire is in Provo, Utah and is a huge concert and fireworks show at Lavelle Edwards Stadium. This year the performers were Circ De Sole, Carly Rae Jepsen, and KELLY CLARKSON!

   Anna and I drove to Utah Thursday morning and stopped to see Sarah, Matt, and Benson. It was so fun to see them! Benson has changed so much. I can't believe he is already a month old. Then we ventured into Provo and basically waited around all day until the stadium opened. Finally we were allowed in, we were so excited! It was so fun to see all the performances but the highlight was definitely Kelly Clarkson. Anna and I have both been huge fans ever since her American Idol debut 11years ago! It was a trip hearing her perform a few of her old songs. She is seriously a power house! Her performance was incredible! I am so glad that we got to experience the Stadium of Fire, it is definitely something I would love to do again. It was a great day to remember how lucky we are to live in such a blessed land.

Carly Rae Jepsen

Kelly Clarkson

Bridge Jumping.

    I have hear about people bridge jumping since my first semester here in Idaho, but I had never had the opportunity to go. Also I have been to scared to go. Im not the biggest fan of heights. Well the past few days have been in the high 90's and all we have wanted to do was be in the water. So Monday our friends invited us to go bridge jumping and we took advantage of the opportunity to go with some more experienced jumpers (a.k.a locals). I was still super nervous because from the bridge it was a good 15 foot drop to the water. Everyone immediately started jumping with no problems so I figured I would be okay. I just got up and jumped I couldn't just stand there or else I would continue to psych myself out. It was such an adrenaline rush, I loved it!!!

    The jumps don't go without a few battle wounds. I somehow bruised the palm of my hand on impact, one of our friends over extended their flip and back flopped pretty hard and then the third time I jumped the pressure from the water was so hard that I ended up hurting my ear to the point where I thought I ruptured my ear drum. It was pretty bad later that night but luckily Nurse Anna diagnosed it as swimmers ear and a few over the counter ear drops and orange juice later I was totally fine. 

     So the next day we decided to go jumping again expect this time to a different bridge. The bridge was pretty much the same height as the one the day before. I didn't know if I was going to jump just because I didn't want to hurt my ear again, but I couldn't resist! So I took a few jumps, the water was like pool water and felt divine on such a hot day! I didn't get a video of me jumping but this is Matt and Kelly jumping on day 2. This gives you and idea of what the bridge and jump was like.

Then we ventured to Fun Farm, another bridge, which was a lot higher than all the ones we had been to. It was so scary. None of us wanted to jump but our friend Dane decided to show off his manhood and jump. Lets just say we were all thoroughly impressed! I got the jump on video as proof he actually did it! 

     We can all now say we have experienced the fun of Idaho Bridge Jumping. 

Photo Dump.

     It has been crazy busy these past few weeks but it has been full of fun. So here are a bunch of pictures that basically sum up what I have been up to.

Going to the lake

Throwing parties

Celebrating birthdays

Enjoying the heat

and I guess going to class fits in there somewhere too.

              

  

Seriously this semester would not be the same without these people! I am so grateful for the friendships I have made.