Back in Provo and Burglar Hunting?

Back to reality.... moving in to our new townhouse! It's so great and we love it. I am living with Heather and Natalie and our friend Kaylie from Freshman year. It's going to be an awesome year. Being back in Provo has been fun! It's great to see old friends that I haven't seen all summer.





We may or may not have ended up having lightsaber battles and playing on the roof of King Henry. Maybe.


                        

                                   Going to 7 Peaks with these kids! So fun! They are adorable.

So I have to tell you a story. Once upon a time the first night we moved into our apartment Natalie hadn't unpacked her bed yet. So she just slept in my bed. 2 am rolls around and she wakes me up freaking out thinking she heard a noise downstairs and there is a burglar in our apartment and we are going to die. I am a little groggy.. but I look around for something to grab. The only thing I found was a wooden sign that says "dance" and my phone. I had 911 dialed in my phone, Natalie grabbed a textbook and a whistle. Then we creep down the stairs slowly, burglar hunting. Ready to take him down. Turns out there was nothing. The walls are thin and when our neighbors shut their downstairs door and go up the stairs, it sounds like ours. Pretty funny though. It would have been interesting to see what would have happened when someone was there : )

                                                            Good to be back in Provo!

The house is a mess with us moving in but as soon as we have decorated and unpacked, I'll do a post with pics of the house 

The Best 4 Months

This summer has been the most incredible summer of my life and it's going to be an adjustment for school to start on Monday.  I have learned and grown so much I feel like I am definitely a different person than I was 4 months ago. I will miss and still do miss Uganda everyday (I now have a Uganda shrine in my new apartment... don't' worry) It was an incredible experience. I grew and learned so much and met so many people who changed my life. I miss so much about Uganda. Especially the little children. Ah my heart aches to look at pictures of them.

Spending the day in London and seeing the queen- pretty cool!

I will miss my EFY kids! I had the incredible opportunity to do EFY this summer and it was an amazing experience. I learned so much from them, and was grateful for the opportunity to be their counselor.

                                  

I will miss Canada. I was able to go there for a family reunion and see my grandparents and many many cousins, aunts and uncles who I haven't seen in a few years. What a great time. I love going to Canada, it feels like home.

                            

This has been an incredible summer and I am definitely dreading getting back to the "daily grind" of school but school is also a great experience in its own right. I am excited to learn a lot this year, get closer to graduation, and have many adventures along the way! Here's to an incredible summer, and a great school year!

Forsyth Family Reunion in Canada

 

The view of Grandpa's backyard

The Gang

 

Spent a week of fun in Canada at the Forsyth Family Reunion! Good times seeing cousins that I haven't seen in years! And staying at Aunt Bonnie's fancy house wasn't half bad.  I love being in Canada, I grew up there so it feels like home :) 

EFY!

                                     This week I had the great opportunity to do a session of EFY

I had an amazing experience this week. I wish I could have done more sessions but doing one was still so great! I loved the testimonies of my kids. They were inspiring and incredible, considering they were 14 years old! I loved hearing from them. My co-counselors were great too, they have been doing EFY all summer and were very helpful to me when I didn't know what I was doing. What a great week. 

Arise and Shine Forth!