todayy.

#1 of today.

 I have discovered that I am no longer the unburnable Starlee Jacobs, that I once was in high school.  I went to the pool with my family last week when they were here and didn't think to put on sunscreen.  A hot shower and a couple of hours later I seriously began to regret the no-sunscreen decision.  As girls we have this sub-concious thought than sunscreen=continuous winter delight white skin...Therefore, we just forgettttttt...to wear it. :]   This sunburn actually took me back to the days when I went to Hawaii with The Smith family & Sarah and I fell asleep on the beach...entire bodies ROASTED. We could barely walk, sit, or sleep, and radiated more heat than a bonfire. Considering My skin is now peeling away from me, I am going to have to be careful with the new clean canvas of skin. Well, lesson learned, right?  Tomorrow, I go to the lake...wish my burnt back luck and a whole lot of SPF.

#2 of this most adventurous Friday.

 (which has been one of my favorites of the whole summer, thanks to Madison Mackey).

TENNIS. We played tennis for a couple of hours today.  We both played in high school but, haven't played since.  It was seriously so much fun to start to kind of get back into the feel of tennis.  It really is a blast-and-a-half of a lifelong sport! PLAY IT. You should really play it. We set a goal to be able to actually play a full game by the end of the summer. Also, if we get good enough we might sign up for intermurals. Keep you eyes peeled for the new dynamic duo of tennis AMURICAAAA! We commin. We commin.

ALSO. THE FOURTH OF JULY IS THIS WEEK.

(my favorite holiday x 10,000000000000000.3)

Unfortunately, I won't be able to participate in watching, my favorite things in the whole world, The Freedom Festival Grand Parade or Stadium of Fire but...I will be working & I love that just as much. We will be at Seven Peaks that night...Let the sports camp party begin!

reading report

..."but with a cultivated mind, quick sympathies and that power of enjoyment which is a priceless treasure-- he was well equipped for the battle of life." pg. 18

 

Cool. Stuff. This book. I really have to be in the right mood to read it but, I have already learned so much. So far I have just read about the family of Florence Nightingale. They really fought for what they believed in no matter the consequences. They set so many of the precedents for they ways in which we live. So many of the comforts that we have are because of the many discomforts they lived through. Inspiring-ly great history and people.

 

I am finding my love for reading again. DO IT.

 

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Daily Adventures of a Sports Camp Counselor

Wow. Yes, that really just happened.
A whirlwind of hilarious kids, lost keys, puking, all-you-can-eat ice cream, late night activities, and the funniest people I have ever met!
BEST WEEK EVER.

Week one of Sports Camps done. Check mate. 
I will tell you this much. It is the most fulfilling job in the world! The phrase, "never a dull moment" definately applies here. I don't even know how to adequately describe how much fun this job is.  It is alot of work but the kind of work that makes me more HAPPY than any other!

Monday came and went...all of the kids checked in, started camps, and we ended the night with field games and of course, ice cream! The counselors turned in their headcount and all kids were accounted for.  I crawled into bed with a sign of relief and gratitude of how great the day went no matter how tired I was.  Right as I started to doze off I heard a doors in the hallway opening. I kept hearing little things for the next couple of minutes, and finally decided to get up and check it out.  One of the girls in my hall had gotten sick and had thrown up. This moment was the actual moment in which I realised how much I loved my job. Wierd moment to realise this? YES.  The kids are what we are here for!  With my hair tied back, and a little chuckle, I put the big-girl mommy pants on, and dove on in to clean up. Working with the kids is the most rewarding thing.

My counselor roomate for the week said to me last night, " I don't think you can get hired for this job unless you are weird." TRUTH. We are all just kind of weird in our own little way, which is why it is so much fun.  Wackyness is totally neccessay! I can't even wait to work all summer with these counselors.  Every one of them is a bucket full of laughs/weird :], hardworking, and really know how to really have a good time. Let the games begin.

Here we have Exhibit A of the stellar hilariousness of my fellow counselors:

It was introduced to us by Romney as "OSTRICH-ING."
Planking at a whole-nutha level. The competition has begun, to say the least.

We may or may not have worn pastel shorts on the same day! HOW RAD IS THAT!?

  Another thing that I was not lacking this week,
along with entertainment and awesome kids, was sugar. HOLY COWS. Cookies. Candy. Ice Cream. Whadaa Dream. Scary-Gotta-Be-Careful Dream. Here's to self control NEXT WEEK!

Late-as-of

Spring Term is a heavenly thing.

I am sad that it is nearing its end. It is the perfect blend of school and summer.

I am lucky to be spending it with the best people too. :]

Whats new....

Our kickball team...Von Trapp Family kickers is in the TOURNAMENT. We have to win 2 more games to be the champions. WHOOP.

Post game treats have also become a vital part of our weekly routine. The Houkilou Snow Cone Shack is a new favorite of ours.

Snow Cones dancing in our heads.

We went camping for memorial day!

This is where we ended up... Rachel's family owns this beautiful property. They let us come out with them and spend some time in a cell-phone service free zone. It was peaceful and a truly great time.

We did have on injury happen...

Hollie sprained her ankle in a four wheeler accident.  She is our champion of late and has had many "crutching" adventures as she has had to trek accross campus everyday on her crutches.

And finally...I have started reading for pleasure again! To kick off the summer I am going to learn about somebody I hope to become more like. FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE. I am really excited to learn about her life...I will report back if it is any good.

Well, onward and upward.

The weekend is here. All is awesome.

thought.

Do your BEST & The Lord will take care of the rest.

I have the name tag and the manual. LETS DO IT. 
I first felt a little overwhelmed for the awesome job ahead of me...not for long! I am beyond ready and excited to have the time of my life, helping others to have the time of their life. If that makes sense?  Heres to a great summer and more camp counselor training on the morrow!
Also...cool fact of the day. My name tag. IT'S MAGNETIC.

Wacko Wednesday

so check her out.

Happy Wednesday, y'all from our neck of the woods. TOMORROW we go home for the weekend of weddings!

BIVAAA LASS BEGASS.

Tonight was full of music blasting and headphone singing contests where the music is so loud you can't hear yourself...but everybody else can :]

ggggggnighhhhhttt!

pop-carn

On of my favorite things lately is popcorn...I just can't seem to get enough!
My roommates & I have made up our own reciepies and experimented with some others. My favorites are cinnamon & sugar and Jello popcorn!

This popcorn was really cute & tasty too. White chocolate & sprinkles? Can't go wrong!
The bright colors made it adorableeee.

This is our favorite....
CINNAMON & SHUGA SHUGA.
We always have the ingredients on hand & its a crowd pleaser.

-BUTTER :]
-Air popped corn
-cinnamon
-sugar

Intructs: Pop corn, melt butter & stir into warm popcorn. Sprinkle & mix in Cinnamon &Sugar until desired amount reached!

Another Favorite is Jello Popcorn.

Sounds kinda funky, but it is so gooddd!

(from Our Best Bites, Fruity Candy Popcorn & Michelle from Campus Floral)

Recipie:

1/4 cup butter

3 T light corn syrup/honey

1/2 cup sugar

1.35 oz box of jello, Flavor of your choice! (not sugar free)

1. Add butter & syrup to pan and heat until butter melted.

2. Add in sugar and jello & stir well!

3. Increase heat until a boil & then lower heat and allow to simmer 5 minutes.

(texture will be think and kind of weird, go with it!  It will become more liquidy as time goes on! )

4.Mix mixture with popcorn immediately and then spread flat over a foiled cookie sheet to dry.

Some then put it in the oven at 300 for about ten minutes to let it melt and cook a bit. I find it okay if you don't do that as well. So if you are feeling impatient,  I say dig in after cooled!

It is really fun to mix flavors, like strawberry & lemon for strawberry lemonade of toast coconut and mix it will pinapple jellow popcorn! The possibilities are endless!

In other news...

Spring semester is going GREAT. It is so much more relaxed & nice to have less people on campus. Classes are going at a really quick speed but it is nice to be able to focus on just a couple of them!

Hollie & I spent a night in Logan, UT and it is BEAUTIFUL THERE! We ate at one of the town classic landmarks, The Bluebird!

Alex's wedding is this weekend! I can't wait to see her & am so excited for this time in her life. We will be road-trippin to viva las vegas on thursday for the festivities.

The Von Trap Family Kickers (our kickball team, nerdy names are the way to go)  start their spring season this Thursday at 9:15, if you care to join! It is going to be a great adventure. Yes we will be playing in our lederhosen. Yes we will be singing our cheers in harmony. Yes our warm ups will not only be physical but vocal to bat. :]

In sad news, my calculus class was short lived. I lasted a bit of a painful  day. DANG IT! But I am in statistics now!

HAPPY FIRST DAY DE MAYO!

#27.

MONDAY WAS THE DAY...

 ...that I crossed # 27 off of my life bucket list!

TANDEM BIKING

We felt like the giant helmets and sunglasses were a great combo for the day.

it was a blast...and tragically funny at the same time.

one for the books.

It was the best kind of day to ring in spring semester.  We woke up early to the sunshine and bird chirping weather, I tell ya. After we got everything done in the morning, we headed off for our adventure.  I don't think, actually I KNOW, we had no idea what in the world we were getting our selves into.  It is harder than it looks. It also goes  down as one of the days that I have laughed the hardest in my life.

We look relatively pleasant in all of these pictures.  They don't do the craziness of our day justice.  Our first problem was that the bikes seats were too high...we all have short legs and struggled in the first place to get on the bikes. Then once we were on the bikes (thanks to a stranger helping us mount.) we had to learn how to balance and steer the piece of machinery. They were a piece of work, those bikes. We were all laughing so hard that we could barely stay balanced/didn't stay balanced. We also struggled with stopping and getting off the bike. I can't count the number of times Hollie hit the ground during at attempt to stop/start. We even dropped the bike in the middle of a big intersection at one point...

We had planned to go all the way up the canyon, but quickly realised we probabaly would not make it back to campus in our 2 hour limit considering our "tandem skill level."  Our second incident happened right after we succesfully were able to ride the bike.

  Hollie was in the front of our bike and was a champ at steering. I on the other hand, eventually became a good partner after I stopped freaking out and squealing. We were riding down University Parkway together, and as we were driving past a gas station exit we saw a car rolling forward.  We made eye contact with the driver and assumed she would stop for us to roll on by (especially considering we did not look like we had control of the bike, and we both had looks of horror on plastered on our faces).  BUT. She didn't stop. She hit us. And our bike squished up her liscence plate like you squish an alumminum can against your head. WE GOT HIT BY A CAR. ON A TADEM BIKE. I could not even believe at that point what was happening and lost control in laughter.

We eventually made it down to the Riverwoods and had subway for lunch. The trek back home was 100% better than at first for us, once we developed a little system of mounting and dismounting. :]

It ended up being one of the funniest/scarriest adventures I have ever had. We all returned home with grease stains and scratches on our legs, and sunburns covering our bodies.

Good Provo had some solid entertainment on its streets Monday afternoon courtesy of helmet-head-tandem-bike-riding Lex 23. Boy did it.

#27 is crossed offfff!

Here's to adventures & SPRING TERM.

Let the games begin.

these two...

As of today, two of my favorite people are back in AMERICA! I can't even wait to see the two of them. Sarah/Sari (on the left) is getting back from Jerusalem today & Madi Dawg over there on the right got back from Spain about a week ago.  She will be in Provo this Saturday! CELEBRATION! i will hopefully be able to see Sarah in the beginning of May! I have missed them alot & I am so happy they were able to go and having such exciting and life enhancing experiences!

wooowwzaa palooza

HI.

My Name is Starlee Jacobs &

 I AM DONE WITH FINALS.

Wowza palooza is what we have on our hands here...I am done and not exactly sure what to do with myself & with free time. Now for some ice cream and an excess amount of movies. :]

It has been the greatest of years.

LEARNED ALOT

WORKED ALOT

LAUGHED ALOT

GREW ALOT

ATE ALOT

RAN ALOT

WATCHED ALOT

HAD FUN ALOT

SMILED ALOT

Flashback moment...

This was us a year ago tenting out for liberty square contracts. One of the crazier things we voluntarily decided to do, but it started it all! Also, Check out how great we all look? :]