thank you.

Well a part of me is very sad to write the following sentence... School starts on Monday. (insert crying emoji) I'm not ready in the slightest. This summer has been a great adventure though! I feel that I have grown a lot from the trials and accomplishments I have had in these past four months. Not only was this summer a a great one, but I am starting me sophomore year in college. I can't believe it either! Time has flown by!! Any way today I focus on summer and the adventures I went on with my amazing friends!

I call this "Fancy-Pants Adulthood"

Sierra, Paige, Abby, Chandler, Kristy, me

We got a taste what it was like to be fancy. We went to Afternoon Tea time at the Grand America Hotel. It was absolutely stunning! There was a harpist, and she was playing the most beautiful music. The whole atmosphere was just so sophisticated! I felt like I was 25 and talking to my recently college graduate friends as we head to the next chapter of our lives! But we're not 25, we're silly 19 year olds that want an afternoon of class and sophistication. We even promised that we would me it a yearly thing to do.

The first course was a whipped cream dish to cleanse our pallets. Serious Princess Diaries moment! You know when she eats the ice cream, thinking it's ice cream but it's really not? But ours wasn't that cold! That flower in the center? Yeah, that's tea too! It grew inside the hot water an turned into a green tea. First it was a little grassy ball, but then there was a flower right before our eyes!

Cool huh???

Our second course was biscuits, cucumber sandwiches, and other tiny finger food! Like hamburger sliders, shrimp and lobster stuffed rolls and egg salad on a tiny toast! It all was ah-amazing!

It was such a fun day! We talked about our summers and the individual adventures we had and were about to embark on! Sierra just got back from the Disney College Program in Florida and is going back to BYU in the fall, Paige is going on her mission to Washington DC, Abby told about her back packing trips, Kristy is getting ready for study abroad to Dublin and going back to ASU with Chandler in the fall, and Chandler and I are getting ready for our study abroad to Rome! We listened to the harp and we drank our fancy tea! It was great being with friends in such a gorgeous place!

Yummy desserts!

Of course being in the Grand America, we had to walk around the hotel and see what it had to offer!

The gelato!!

Macaroons! Remind anyone of Gossip Girl??

Shameless tea cup selfie

And what kind of teenagers would we be without taking a couple selfies?! Right??

Chan's using the telly! (insert british accent)

That concluded our day of "Fancy Pants Adulthood"! It was a day to remember and I'm so thankful to have them in my life. Such amazing examples to me everyday. But that's not it! We got to swim with the fish! Yeah, swim with the fish! In Utah!We went snorkeling at Bonneville Seabase. We were able to feed the fish and swim with them too! There was a 10 foot Nurse Shark at the sea base while we were there, but sadly we didn't see the shark. I'm totally serious too, the shark is real!! It was so cool, we got to feed the fish lettuce and swim around with all different kinds of fish. We even got the cool Chinese Pedicure! (You know the kind the got on Desperate Housewives of Orange County?? Yes, I did use that as a reference.) You know where the little fish eat off the dead skin on your feet??? It sounds sooooo gross... and it probably is...! It tickles like no other, so those who have ticklish feet-- I'm warning you it's super ticklish! It was such a fun day and I encourage everyone to go out there! The staff is super helpful and so nice! I'll be going back very soon!

HAPPY SHARK WEEK!

It was a fantastic summer! I can't thank my friends enough for being there for me and for being crazy with me! I'll miss you all once you're away at college, but we'll see each other very soon! Thanks for such a great and memorable summer!!! Kisses!

Until next time,
-O