Summer has officially started!

One thing I love about Utah is there are so many Outdoor activities to do. And hiking is one of my favorite things to do. So on Friday after I finished work, my friend, Brooke, and I drove down to St George. It was very spontaneous. And went hiking at Zion's National Park, it was free because it was National Parks Weekend. We hiked a few hours on Saturday and then drove back that night. It was so beautiful down there. It was sunny and 80 degrees. I couldn't ask for more perfect weather. Although I have to say the most exciting part of the trip was driving back when Brooke said "Oh no, the gas light just came on. I hope there's a gas station before we run out of gas." FYI, in between Fillmore and Nephi, there are essentially no gas stations. Luckily we made it to a gas station before we ran out but it was a stressful 30 minutes.

This is me and Brooke on the Emerald Pools hike.The pools were beautiful.

And here I am near a very high cliff of the East Rim Trail. I wasn't even afraid. Look, at me conquering my fear of heights. Next fear to conquer: the dark.

I have a green thumb and sore muscles

My office had some plants that they needed to get rid of so they gave them to us. So this summer I will give my green thumb another try. (Note: for those of you who weren't reading my blog last year, my herbs grew so successfully.) I got 2 plants; one is more of a tree and the other one is small and really kind of dying. Here they are:

This is the smaller one. It's name is Christofer but I call it J-Beebs for short. I don't actually know what kind of plant it is so if someone can help me out with that, I would be grateful. When I got it today, I have to dig up the dirt and replant it because it was falling out of the soil. Hopefully I will be able to save it.


This next one is a Dracaena Marginata aka Dragon Tree. It is in better shape than the last one so here's hoping it doesn't die.


And last but not least, I went on a bike ride with my aunt Ozi. It was a lot of fun and I was surprised how far I was able to go, I only intended on riding 10 miles but we went 21.63 miles. Most of that is due to Ozi's encouragement. Also, they bike ride was along a trail so it was beautiful

New Eyes

I got lasik and I love it. I love being able to wake up in the morning and see clearly. And I was surprised with how quickly I healed. By the next day, I was able to drive.

Here's a pic of the awesome sunglasses they gave me to wear


And here is an even cooler pic of the sleeping goggles I had to wear. These were meant to prevent me from rubbing my eyes at night, but most nights I just woke up with them on the ground rather than my face.