A Little More Country Then That

I am home from Trek! I had a good time and loved spending my birthday with some great people.

Tonight I was driving with my windows down enjoying the breeze and listening to some of my favorite music. COUNTRY MUSIC! (:
It got me thinking about the songs I love the most. Here are a few

Amazed- Lonestar

American Soldier-Toby Keith

Are You Going to Kiss me or Not- Thompson Square

Back to December- Taylor Swift

Best Days of your Life- Kellie Pickler feat. Taylor Swift

Better Now- Rascal Flatts

Bleed Red- Ronnie Dunn

Blue Sky- Emily West

Check Yes or No- George Strait

Colder Weather- Zac Brown Band

Concrete Angel- Martina McBride

Cowboy Casanova- Carrie Underwood

Cowgirls Don't Cry- Brooks and Dunn

Does the Blue Moon Ever Shine on You- Toby Keith

Don't you Wanna Stay Jason Aldean with Kelly Clarkson

Firecracker- Josh Turner

Fireflies- Faith Hill

Heart Like Mine- Miranda Lambert

Hello World- Lady Antebellum

Highway 20 Ride- Zac Brown Band

Holy War- Brooks and Dunn

I Used to Know This Song By Heart- Brooks and Dunn

If I Die Young- The Band Perry

I'll Walk- Bucky Covington

It's Not Supposed to go Like That- Rascal Flatts

Joey- Sugarland

A Little Bit Stronger- Sara Evans

My Little Girl- Tim McGraw

Need You Now- Lady Antebellum

Only in America- Brooks and Dunn

Put you in a Song- Keith Urban

Rain is a Good Thing- Luke Bryan

Red High Heels- Kellie Pickler

She Thinks my Tractor's Sexy-kenny Chesney

She's Gonna Make It- Garth Brooks

Should've Been a Cowboy-Toby Keith

Stuck Like Glue- Sugarland

Take me There- Rascal Flatts

This is Country Music- Brad Paisley

Troubadour- George Strait

The Way I Loved you- Taylor Swift

Who Are You When I'm Not Looking- Blake Shelton

Wildflower- The JaneDear Girls

Well of course there is a lot more that I love then what I listed. But all I want to do right now is drive with my windows down and sing me some country music (:

Wildflower

Lake Powell.

So I just returned from an amazing trip to Lake Powell with some amazing friends. I had a marvelous time and enjoyed playing in the sun, laying out, riding boats, climbing/jumping off rocks, full moons, fires, rattle snakes, lizards, fishing, cooking, and riding wave runners.

I have been so blessed with some amazing oportunities this summer. I have been able to do more and see more then I ever have before.

On friday when we were packing up I recieved 2 phone calls. Both from my grandparents. It was then I found out that my father had gone in for surgery. I had no idea that was going to happen while I was gone.

Seeing as it is Sunday I thought I would share an inspirational song. This song is called

"I Will Not Be Still"

I've never been the kind to testify

I don't have the words His truth deserves

It's a simple thing He asks

A worthy heart and willing hands

He says if I make the choice He'll help me find my voice

He calls me to serve an I can not fail Him

The one who has given me all that I have

I place my trust in Him alone

He knows the yearnings of my soul

Because He believes in me I will go willingly

How can I keep this gift to myself

When I can lift somebody else

I am a witness of His miricles and mercy

I put my future in His hands

Knowing He's made me all that I am

When I put my faith in Him

The truth begins to speak

His power is real it moves me untill

I will not be still

Lifting the hands that hang down in sorrow

Strengthening knees that bend down in dispair

Reaching the hopeless hearts

That do not know His love

Seeing their lives begin to change

I know I'll never be the same

How can I keep this gift to myself

When I can lift somebody else

I'll be a witness of His miricles and mercy

I put my future in His hands

Knowing He's made me all that I am

When I put my faith in Him

The truth begins to speak

His power is real it moves me untill

I will not be still

HIS POWER IS REAL

IT MOVES ME UNTILL

I WILL NOT BE STILL

The Longest Week of my Life

So. On Tuesday of this week my father was taken to the ER and after seven hours there he was admitted into the hospital. He underwent massive amounts of tests and treatments to try and help with the pain he was in. They finally found a dosage of medication that will allow him to return to a somewhat normal life. They are also going to start him on a sequence of five doses of radiation on his spine as well as a single dose on the upper back. Chemo has been postponed and surgery as a possibility. Right now I am just thankful he is alive. Thank you all for your support and your prayers. Love you all (:

You Might as Well Throw Gasoline on a Fire

It ain't complicated
Well I've grown to hate it
I never liked the taste of crow
But baby I ate it
They tried to warn me
They said that you were ornery
So don't bring me those big brown eyes
and tell me that you're sorry
Well you might as well throw gasoline on a fire

The way you lie
You lie like a priceless Persian rug on
a rich man's floor
and you lie like a coon dog basking
in the sunshine on my porch
Well you lie like a penny in a parking
lot at the grocery store
It just comes way too natural to you
The way you lie

That ain't my perfume, I bet she had a curfew
You told me you were out with the boys and
baby I believed you
So why you lookin' so nervous
You know you kind of deserve this
I ought to kill you right now
And do the whole wide world a service
Well my daddy's gonna straighten you out
Like a piece of wire, like a piece of wire

The way you lie
You lie like the man with the slicked back
hair who sold me that Ford
Yeah you lie like a pine tree in the back yard
after last month's storm
Well you lie like a penny in a parking lot at
the grocery store
It just comes way too natural to you
The way you lie

Well I tell you what I'm gonna do
I'm gonna drive to the big old muddy river
I'm gonna park my car in the middle of the
mile long bridge
And there I'm gonna cry
Well maybe just a little
Then I'm gonna slip off the ring
that you put on my finger
And give it a big old fling and watch it sink
Down, down, down
And there it's gonna lie until the Lord
comes back around

Because you lie like a priceless Persian rug on
a rich man's floor
You lie like a coon dog basking
in the sunshine on my porch
Well you lie like a penny in a parking
lot at the grocery store
It just comes so dang natural to you
The way you lie

The way you lie
Well it's what you do, it's who you are

-THE BAND PERRY

This kinda describes how I am feeling right now....

But at any rate.

The fourth of July was amazing!

I loved getting to party with my family and swim in the pool

oh yes and fireworks with the neighborhood were excelent,

untill it started raining!

Haha

Now I am home alone and I don't feel like going to work today.

SUMMER IS OFF TO A GOOD START (:

Rain Makes Corn

Well, the time has come for me to report back about my vacation! IT WAS AMAZING! haha I wrote a whole post describing how awesome it was then the whole thing got deleted. SOOOOOOOO in short I saw lots of glaciers, a porcupine, a Lumberjack show, The Bucthart Gardens, rode a train, ate lots of food, crossed a suspension bridge, went to an open air market, went hot tubing, got charged by a whale and took lots of pictures!

Then after a flight delay in Seattle I finally made it home to sleep in my bed for the first time in 2 weeks, then I woke up early and started day one at a Leadership Conference/"Diversity Retreat". I met lots of new people and had a blast! Little did I know but this is a leadership group for Canyons School District and we will be meeting together on multiple occasions next year. Haha yet another thing to add to my list of things that I am involved in next year.

Home Again

Well Hello! I am home again if only for a little while. I have just returned from EFY in Logan Utah at Utah State. I met some amazing people and was so sad to say goodbye. So this is for all my fellow members of "The Word".

I've heard it said

That people come into our lives for a reason Bringing something we must learn

And we are led

To those who help us most to grow If we let them

And we help them in return

Well, I don't know if I believe that's true

But I know I'm who I am today

Because I knew you...

It well may be
That we will never meet again
In this lifetime
So let me say before we part
So much of me
Is made from what I learned from you
You'll be with me
Like a handprint on my heart
And now whatever way our stories end
I know you have re-written mine
By being my friend...

I have enjoyed getting to know some of the most amazing people on this planet and I was sad to say goodbye but now (drumroll please) I AM PACKING AGAIN!!! Yes again. Going for week two of my non-homecooked-meals-own-bed-schoolfriend stint. I am so excited to be going on a cruise to ALASKA with my family (: I am so excited! So for all of you reading this... be very jealous. And don't worry I will eat enough food for the all of us.

Lastly! I love you (:

She Wore a.......

It was an itsy, bitsy, teenie, weenie, yellow polka-dot bikini
That she wore for the first time today

One thing you might not know about me is I loath bikinis

So today when I went swimsuit shopping I was quite distraught to find almost every swimsuit to be a bikini.

I HATE BIKINIS!!!!!

On the plus side, I did end up finding a swimsuit (well a top at least)