Adventure Race for Africa

July 10 2010

we survived the race!

all proceeds went to children in africa.

check out this website for more info www.adventureraceforafrica.com

throughout the race, we had to do small relays with our teams. in one the the relays, we learned how 1 out of 8 kids in africa dies from bad water. the average american uses around 70 gallons of water per day. if each american cut back in one small way, it would make a huge difference.

also with this month being july, I've been thinking about how grateful I am for my country.

we have many privileges that other countries do not

we have clean water

we have plenty of food

we can sleep peacefully at night

we can get an education

we can worship

we can love openly

we can dream the american dream

June Bug

Birthday Shout Outs:

the lovely Raquel Berrett

She turned 20! What an old girl. She had a little get together to celebrate. There was....

BBQ

hot tubbing

swimming

ice cream cake

bonfire

star gazing

It was a perfect summer night.

(what a sweetie. we've been friends since forever)

(I made her these abelskivers that morning!)

I love Raquel because she loves people and she's passionate.

Next up:

Preston Reese

He turned 22! He's very old. We had a picnic up the canyon, and I made him

butterfinger (his favorite candybar) cupcakes.

Preston is awesome because he's hilarious and loves to be around people.

last birthday shout out:

preston's roommates (and my friends now too) paul and kris

I think you two are pretty great as well!

I hope you all had wonderful june bug birthdays!

About two weeks ago, I took a little road trip up north to visit Kailey.

Raquel decided to join me for the fun filled weekend.

we had a girls night with pizza, chick flicks, and nail painting

ate delicious tacos from a bus

swam in the freezing/nasty rigby lake

had a BBQ and bonfire with friends

sang taylor swift for hours

talked and laughed

(successful weekend!)