little discoveries.

how much do I love summer?

IMMEASURABLY.

But isn't it really the greatest thing? It is like this feeling of such airy-ness and freedom.

I am living at my grandparents for the summer, on the weekends when sports camps are out. They have a garden in their backyard & it has recently become one of my favorite things. All the flowers and fresh veggies that we get to eat for every meal. It just says summer. I went out to the garden and just walked around for a bit today. It was such a lively place, on a micro level of course! :] I snapped some pictures of the things I found, including a butterfly. This butterfly let me get so close it was ridiculous.

Also, my Aunt Jen has introduced to me a new healthy eating website. DASHING DISH. It is promotional toward healthy eating and healthy living patterns! I fell in love with it in just a few moments of visiting the site. I hope to put to use some of those brilliant recipies soon...like a huge healthy breakfast cookie?! GREAT! Also, ran in a 5k with Sar this weekend and it rekindled the love of running/motivation to run that I lost when my roomates left for the summer. I need to kick it into gear for our Red Rock Relay coming up in September....

Step 1: FORGET how much I love ice cream.

Also, #186 is OFFICIALLY CROSSED OFF MY BUCKETLIST....Sit in a Suana!!

Random and wierd.... but it had to be done! I accomplished it after an early morning swim in the BYU pool with these lovely ladies! This is not the most atractive picture but, DIG IT!

here's to another great week at camps... Cross Country and Speed and Power!

of the heart.

The smallest moments in life can make a huge impact on what we become. 

I was getting cash out at the small market near my grandparents house this last Friday night and had one of these greatly small moments.  I was running a bit late and had impatient feelings running through me. The woman in front of me in the express line was writting a check, and also seemed to be in a rush. I looked more closely at her and recognized the name of an event written on the sleeve of her shirt. It said in small letters,"Run To Walk." My non-profit fundraising class had helped the Now I Can Foundation, a special organization local to Utah that helps give therapy to children with disabilities, with this event. My heart got a little excited in the fact that I recognized this. I remember being so touched by their organization and their goals. I reached out to her and softly asked if her shirt was for Now I Can.  She looked a little taken aback at the fact that I knew of the organization and introduced me to herself as the Executive Director.  I explained to her that I was a student at Brigham Young University studying Nonprofit management.  She first responded to me by apologizing for the way she looked for she had been cleaning and working all day. After this she grabbed her grocery bags, paused for a minute and said to me, " Keep doing what you are doing. Good girl" , and she was out the door.

My interaction with this woman was but a few seconds and yet it ment so much to me.  It was a tender mercy from the Lord reminding me of what I have written on my heart. It reminded me that I was in the right place and to keep moving forward.

The heart is such a sacred and tender place. When we write something on our heart it is something we can never forget or deny,  Written on my heart I have the gospel of Jesus Christ. The love of my family. The illuminating power of love and service. The choice to be happy.

This is the largest girls week for the entire summer at sports camps. It is going to be another whirlwind-ly great of a week. I have tried resting up all weekend in preparation for the good times ahead.  Hopefully we will have some memorable stories to tell. Actually, I KNOW WE WILL.

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I have it written on my heart that this is going to be the best week of the summer.

"There is no limit to your influence for good."

~President Thomas S. Monson

This is a picture from one of my favorite & latest activities. Downtown Provo DANCEWALK.

Dance Walking through the streets of Provo with my fellow counselors.

Also in GREAT NEWS:

I am a self professed EFY lover/nerd. The new EFY CD is out. HAPPINESS. :]

The life changing CD can be found RIGHT HERE.