ooh la la

look at my pretty new background:

It's supposed to be a twitter background. But I saw the word seamless, and knew it was meant to become a part of my laptop decor. The link to others is here on one of my favorite blogs.

I worked my first weekend group of the summer. Copper, Doc, and I day dreamed of making a giant swing in the Spruce Room ( The big top room in the lodge, for those of you who don't frequent Mill Hollow.) We almost got the go-ahead from Bob and Gary. Regrettably, they informed us that we probably would break a window unless we could get Fonix up there to throw the rope. (I guess they trust his aim more than ours? Psssh.)

Here's my plea: I know Fonix won't read this blog. The boy doesn't even have a facebook. Scout, on the other hand, is crazy blog savvy. So, Scout, pretty please will you come visit MH when you get back from Costa and bring us a Fonix? We'll play bounce pass pass and swing the day away in the Spru.

Speaking of Scout, she's my MerritEliseProject friend. If any of you don't follow that blog, you should. We've got some good recipes there. And, I'm hoping for a new one later today. Chocolate, caramel, vanilla, and salt. Mouth watering? Keep an eye out for it. :)

birthday cake

My favorite cake in the whole world. Red velvet with cream cheese frosting from Nothing Bundt Cakes. Go to their website and let your mouth water a little.

pretty

I work in the prettiest place. And with the prettiest ladies!

Sometimes on our way home from camp we stop in Kamas just to go down the swirly slide. It was absolutely worth it. :)

running away to vegas...

because there is no H&M in Utah, that's why.

I've never actually been to H&M, just heard lots about it. I decided to play on the website today and I am in love.

create your own style

go play. :)

nerdy nerdy nerdy

I want one of these.

lemon drops

Tonight, I'm loving this glee rendition, but, this version will always be my favorite.

Some days, I'd like to just frolic on over a rainbow and spend some blissful time day dreaming my time away.

Someday I'll wish upon a star

and wake up where the clouds are far
behind me.
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
away above the chimney tops
that's where you'll find me.

Yeah, that's definitely where you should plan on finding me.

of birthdays, butter, and buffers...

birthday

My birthday was fabulous. The Saturday before, my dad took me to see Letters to Juliet, which I loved. (Which you all know, because I blogged about it.) Sunday, my cute grandma brought me those beautiful flowers. And Monday, my actual birthday, my family and I went to Morgan to visit graves and hit up our favorite restaurant, Steph's drive in. We stopped in Park City on the way back for some shopping and that night I went to Leatherby's with a bunch of friends. We celebrated mine, Ashli's, and Josh's birthdays there, but forgot to tell our waiter that that's why we were there. So, we didn't get any free ice cream. (Not that we had room for it anyway.)

This, my friends, is a Lotus Elise. We found one outside Steph's drive in. In Morgan of all places. On my birthday! Quaint, huh? :)

We visited other graves as well, but this one's the most special. This is my mom's mom, she died 22 years ago on the day I was born. You can't read all of it, but her headstone says "if it is to be, it's up to me". I like her.

butter

As in the peanutty kind. Last night was my birthday party and it was great. We had PB&J sandwiches, watermelon, and Popsicles. We talked, ate, played some games, stuffed our mouths with skittles, and got eaten by mosquitoes. It was really relaxed and chill and I loved it.

Oh, the skittles game.

buffer

I've been back at Mill Hollow for a week and a half now. (Minus the weekends, of course) And, I'm loving it. So far, it's just been cleaning week though. Which is full of highs and lows. It's fabulous because everyone has nights off instead of like later in the summer when some staff members have children to tend to. However, it's a whole lotta cleaning.

We started off cleaning "week" with 6 ft. snow drifts, flooding basements, and dirty everything. Now, we have a lot less snow, much drier basements, and the place is sparkling with cleanliness! And speaking of sparkle, Ashli(a.k.a. Sparkle) and I learned how to use the buffer. Let me tell you, that thing is beastly and literally ran us in circles. But, we got the hang of it and the cafeteria floor is a beaut! I did manage to run over my foot with the buffer. I've got a gem of a bruise to show for it.