Amber is the Color of My Energy: 2011 Update

Okay, I'm sorry that I'm really bad at updating my blog. I do have a legit excuse though. I have been at school for the last 7 months in Idaho. I was so busy with classes and research and papers. These last couple of semesters have just been nuts! But I have been having a lot of fun too. There have been a few adventures and I'll catch up on them. So.....here it goes.

Before I left for school this year, I went with my dad, Hunter, Emily, and two of Hunters friends to the Canyons resort for a snowboarding trip. I was SO sore after that. I'm not really a snowboarder or a skier, I usually stick to hockey but I thought it would be a good time to try it again after the disaster trip I had when I was 8 years old or so. The family took a lesson and I got so frustrated that I told the instructor to shut up and get away from me. Yeah...not exactly my finest moment. This trip was a lot better as far as attitudes were concerned. It was still hard though. I fell a lot but by the 3rd run, I was starting to get it. It also makes it hard that I board goofy instead of regular which is what everyone else boards. I always had to sit funny on the lift so my board didn't kill anyone that was on the lift with me.I would definitely go again! It was really fun!

These are some pictures from the 4th of July trip to Wyoming. So much fun! I was at school at the time so I had to meet up with my family at my aunt's house. Thankfully it was only an hour and a half drive for me which is really nice. We did so much stuff! A parade, horseback riding, rodeo, fourwheelers...I had an absolute blast!! Especially at the end of the semester, it was a great way to just relax before final test and papers were due.

This was my most recent adventure. I was able to go with Nicole, Jonica, and Katie from my team way up the canyon in American Fork to go "true" camping at Pittsburg Lake. We pretty much went off-roading to get to the trail head where we parked the car. Then we hiked 1500 feet up a mountain in a mile and a half, each of us being weighed down by 30-50 lb packs on our backs. And let me tell you, that was a freakin' steep climb!! We were all the way up by the snow line. We can now say that we went swimming and built a snowman in the same day. Pretty cool huh? I thought so. So these are some of the pictures from that trip. It was so fun! And I'm thinking dry-land training for the team...anyone? Anyone? Haha!

I know this looks like a strange picture but Jonica decided to stretch a little bit and didn't realize that Nicole was going to take a picture. I just decided to go with it.