Su-Su-Su-Summertime

It's been my favorite summer;

full of family,

full of friends,
and full of musicals.

( ...plus there was a little Texas in there too.)

  

Although, it has also definitely been 

the summer of me admitting how gorgeous Utah really is.

And it really was the summer of musicals;

Cinderella...

Les Miserables...

(they were both at the outdoor theater in Orem)

And Fiddler on the Roof at Sundance 

with my most favorite aunt Angie

(and sweet Grandpa Merlin too!)...

for which I clearly felt I had to dress up as Yenta the match maker.

And it was seriously so great, I saw this one twice.

Hey, and just in case no one has told you--

Utah is the best place to experience the 4th of July.

Especially if your friends can cook

your 4th of July food on a grill.

#merica

Plus, any holiday is enhanced by spending it with sweet kids.

My cousins' kids are the cuuuutest.

Also, speaking of cute sweet kids,

my students are actually, literally the best students in the world.

And they drew/brought me treats all summer long.

And then I got to "fill the canteen"

with tons of family time.

A little in Utah....

(my ridiculously good-looking, duface brother)

A little in TEXAS...

(When Sister Robinson came home!!!)

(We were a little cramped for space to take naps when we were all at home...)

#MaxtheModel

#LoveLoveLoveLove

And then a some more in Utah again...

Aaaand, Logan brought us each our own hat 

from his accounting adventure at Disney World.

I mean, really,

just so good.
#blessed
#UtahLove
#TexasLove
#friends
#family
#summer
#sunshine
#grateful

Favorite.

And behold, I prepare you against these things; for ye cannot cross this great deep save I prepare you against the waves of the sea, and the winds which have gone forth, and the floods which shall come.  Therefore what will ye that I should prepare for you that ye may have light when you are swallowed up in the depths of the sea ?

Ether 2:25, Book of Mormon


This is one of my very favorite sections of the Book of Mormon.  When I read it, I always feel like the Brother of Jared, on the banks of the seashore of the great deep; on the precipice of the big events of my life.  I feel like the Lord has helped me, just like He helped the Brother of Jared, to build "barges" that will give me the means to cross the "sea", and has helped me to be prepared in ways I couldn't have had anticipated were necessary.  But there are still elements of the necessities required to accomplish those tasks that lie ahead, that God entrusts to me, and gives me the agency to figure out in my own style.  And then He allows me to take them to Him so that they might be prepared with  Him.

I'm grateful for the light that comes from the gospel, that illuminates my life--always.


Also, I'm grateful for the world's cutest students who bring me McFlurries, and draw pictures of me watching fireworks with them.

 #superblessed #humblebrag #lifeisgood