21 and Invincible

Exactly one week ago today, I turned 21 years of age. In case you were wondering, it feels just like 20. Shocker. But, I did have a great time celebrating. On the Saturday before my birthday, Jen took me to Seven Peaks, the local waterpark. It was so fun! We nearly burned our feet off running from ride to ride but it was really fun. Then on Sunday, I went over to Jen's and she made me dinner and we opened my presents. Dinner and the cake were delicious! Thanks Jen.

I had my "birthday party" at REI which was just awesome. After we all wandered around for awhile and bought some climbing equipment, we all went to dinner at Cheesecake Factory. DE-licious. As always. I got a slice of chocolate peanut butter cookie dough cheesecake. Yikes. So good.

Thanks to Shayla for capturing the great moment of the waiters singing to me in the restaurant. And thanks to everyone who drove all the way up to Salt Lake to celebrate my birthday! It was a lot of fun.

Because we live in Utah, this last Friday was a holiday. My good friend Mike Barney and his twin sister Nicole were nice enough to invite a bunch of us up to their family's cabin in Bear Lake. We had a great time! We drove up there on Thursday night and then woke up at 6 am on Friday and Saturday to get some good boating in. Unfortunately, it's pretty much always windy and it was way crowded so the water was never really too good. And by about 3 everyday the water was basically unusable it was so choppy but we still had a great time on the boat and hanging out on the beach. And, not gonna lie, the choppy water made for some awesome rides back to the boat ramp.

This picture definitely doesn't do it justice, but the last night we were there, we drove over the border into Idaho and to this amazingly beautiful place called Bloomington Lake and had a campfire. It was great.

This is the sunset I woke up to out the window on Friday morning. Amazing.

Lee got buried in the sand and we made him into a beautiful, if slightly overweight, mermaid.

I got buried in the sand. And molded into a man apparently.

The girls. I don't know if you can tell but Jessica (the girl to my left) has blood all over her shirt. Small incident on the boat that ended with three staples in her head. As you can see, she's doing just fine.

The boys.

Dave and Lee, just being cautious in the car.

So thanks Mike and Nicole for letting us enjoy the cabin life for a weekend! It was so great!