Once you turn 16 summer isn't the same...

ahhh...remember the days when Summer meant no school work and no work?  Then 16 happened and you had to get a job?  and suddenly summer was worse than the school year because you had a lame job?  a job that said that you couldn't take work off?  yeah...it was the pits.

Then college came and you ended up taking classes and going to school in the summer...so summer just meant that that long walk to campus was hot and unbearable...and that that sunshine that everyone else was experiencing was only felt through the double paned window of your office building.

BUT!!!  now that I am a graduate (hold the applause) I have decided to make this summer freakishly amazing!  With like summery stuff...so here is what I have been doing/will be doing this summer...

Concerts:
Tempe AZ: Railroad Revival Tour: April 23

Uhh-MAZE-ING!!  Let's be honest I would have spent more than I did just to see Mumford & Sons...and I got to see three bands!  It was wicked cool and a ton of fun.  Even though we were standing on a ton of pointy-painful rocks the show was totally worth it.

Twilight Concert Series: Thursday in July
I missed out on this last year but I am not going to let that happen again!  So many amazing bands I can't wait.  This years line up includes:

Explosions in the Sky

No Age

The Decemberists

Typhoon

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros (Who I saw in AZ and they were amazing...)

And a ton more but I am getting bored...

Fleet Foxes: July 22

You know they are good when they all look gross and high...

Trips:

As noted above I already went to Arizona in April.  It was a great trip.  We went to Vegas, saw the Hoover Dam, ate Mexican/Chinese food (one restaurant...the food was a fusion of both), and saw the Grand Canyon.  All in all a really great trip.

San Francisco: June 9-11:

Sadly, I can't do this trip anymore...and for realsies I am super sad about it!  Because I already took that Friday off though I want to do something else epic...so I am having a backyard sleepover with the girlies in my ward!  I can't wait.

Bryce Canyon: June 17-18

YAY!  that is all...

Other Stuff:

Garden Party: June 7

This was way fun!  Sadly I didn't take any pictures...lesson learned.

Colorful Hair:

I had a purple streak in my hair...and then I changed it to blue...I just put purple in another girls hair, I am going to put pink in someone else's hair when they get back to Provo...yay!  I love it.

Timp:

As a long time resident of Utah...slash I have lived in the shadow of Timp pretty much my whole life, I have decided this year was the year I was actually going to hike it.  I can't wait!  Last year my sister and I tried to hike it...but umm...we accidentally took the wrong path...which was still a cool hike...just not timp.

New Restaurants:

a couple of weeks ago me and some girlies from my ward were talking about how whenever we go out to eat we always go to the same places.  Instead of doing that we have decided to compile a list of new restaurants to try out this summer.  Last Saturday we went to Ruth's diner for breakfast and this week we are going to some Mexican place in Midway.

In conclusion...I am super excited about this summer and making it the best I have ever had!