July in a Nutshell

This last month has been crazy and fun! I cannot wait until July 23rd when I have 7 weeks of freedom to actually do things that I am behind on and take am minute to relax! I am excited to finish this semester, because that means I only have one official semester of classes left! Yay!



I had the 3rd off from school and work, so we decided to go fishing with Garrett, Nakeadan, Dustin, and Brad. We sat on the stinking lake all day and didnt catch anything! Regardless of no fish, we had a lot of fun. Keader was my little fishing buddy the whole day. Thanks for being my buddy Keader! Youre so much fun! I did learn one important thing while sitting on the boat with the boys all day..it is VERY important to make sure you dont drink ANYTHING for at least 24 hours before going on the boat, because once your on the boat youre stuck (while the boys are free to go at will! ).



For the 4th of July, Destry and I went to the 4th of July parade in Ashton with my family. Destry just about died because he loves Ashton so much! haha. Thanks for being a good sport hun, I like being able to go with my family every year and just spending time with them. We went out to my parents house and had a picnic afterwards, and then it was off to the Idaho Falls fireworks with all of our friends (Matt, David, Heather, Dustin, and Shawnee). We had a lot of fun talking and sitting around waiting for the fireworks. Later on the girls decided that we needed to go find a gas station, so we had fun walking a long ways to find one!


I finally finished with finals and pulled off the 4.0 I wanted. I have been trying to get good grades so I can get an academic scholarship at the school. Supposably if you get a 4.0 they pay full tuition, so we will see if that actually happens. It is so nice to be finished and have time to do things with Destry! I love spending time with him, and its hard during school when I have to do homework all of the time. I am so glad that I will be starting my last semester of school this next semester!

The 24th of July was fun as well. I ran the 5K for the pioneer days fun run and got 3rd place. It was really fun. After the race, we went and watched the parade with my family. It was so nice to see everyone again! All of my family was here (cousins, uncles, aunts) for the first time in about 4 or 5 years. We had a picnic at my parents house (thanks for the food mom!) and then went and spent time with the Orr's. The only thing missing was Grandma this year. She had her hip replaced again, and is spending time recovering and the Rexburg Rehab Center. We missed her and love her very much! Hopefully next year she will be able to move around and feel better! We celebrated all of the Orr birthdays in June, July and August! Happy Birthday to everyone, we love you guys! (Axton, Adi, Brad, Garrett and Brit) Afterwards, we went to the Rodeo.The 24th is my favorite holiday of the year! I love the month of July and all of the fun things that go on. I always look forward to the parade and all of the other activities. It is fun to see people that you havent seen in awhile. I am grateful for out ancestors that crossed the plains and all of the things that they did for us.

I will make sure to include some of the pictures when I get home!