Back in Utah

I've been back in Utah for a couple weeks now and it has been crazy, but good to be back. I'm not taking classes on campus this semester so that has been so nice! I don't know how good of an idea that was though because I have a couple classes left and I'm having a hard time motivating myself to get them done online. I'll get my degree though, I promise.

Since I'm not going to school I have time to do other things. I am back working at Ruby River, which sucks but hopefully I won't have to stay there for to long. Layla and I started a business called Hott Couture, we sell Juicy Suits, Ed Hardy shirt, jewelry, hats and sunglasses. That has been fun and I'm looking forward to when we are going to be able to keep some of our profit and not just put it back into the business. I've also been getting back into aerobics and that has been so nice. I am hopefully going to get certified to teach pretty soon. I am helping my friend Amy teach her Monday morning class at UVU so that is good practice. I'm teaching alone for the first time tomorrow.

The thing that made me hesitate more then anything about moving back to Utah was Josh. Everything is over for real this time, which is a good thing but hard because he was my best friend. I figured that it would be ok to move back because there are so many people here we wouldn't run into each other for at least a while... I was very wrong, I randomly ran into him 3 times in the first week and a half I was here. I couldn't believe it! Now that we are both single and are back into that scene I'm pretty sure I'll see a lot more of him then I want to.

On a happy note, I have awesome new roommates that I have a ton of fun with! They are exactly what I needed to help me get through this. Here are a couple pictures.
Night hike to the Y:

Walk to Bridal Veil Falls:

Wrapping up NYC

I am back in Utah but I need to still post about a few things we did that I haven't been able to post about yet.

A few weeks ago Layla, Austin, Jake and I went to Palmyra and Niagara Falls! Keep in mind that we only had Sunday's off so we did this whole trip in pretty much one day, and Niagara Falls were about 7 hours from our apartments... so we didn't really get much sleep that weekend.

Sacred Grove:

The Smith Home (can you imagine 12 people living in this house?):

The "Dream" House:

Hill Cumorah:

Niagara Falls:

As you can probably tell we had so much fun on this trip! Not only was it fun but it was such an awesome experience to be able to see all these church sights that are always talked about. It's a good reminder about how the church was reestablished on the earth and all the sacrifices that were made for that to happen.

We went to another really good pizza place in the city. I think I my have liked it a little better then Grimaldi's but everyone else liked Grimaldi's better.

Our Last week we finally made it to a bar... I know that sounds bad but it was a really cool place that is well known because so many famous musicians have played there and just go to listen to the awesome house band!

This summer has probably been one of the best I've had! I was able to live in a city that has more to offer then most cities in the world! I miss it so much and can't wait to go back. The summer wouldn't have been nearly as fun without the friends that I had! I lived with Layla and Austin and they were both great! They were so easy to live with and never made me feel uncomfortable or like they didn't want me around (which they had to feel sometimes because I'm sure they would have liked a little more alone time). I want to thank them for asking me to come out this summer and letting me live with them! And even though I was with Layla 24/7 for the summer I miss her and am so happy that we have a business together now so that we at least get to see each other a couple times a week! I also made some great friends out there, all the guys were so much fun! Thanks Jake for always letting me drag you around so I wasn't the third wheel, I couldn't have asked for a better friend!