Liz posted this and I thought it was hilarous so I just had to steal it.

Commenting

I love how at least ONE person comments on my blog nearly each time I post.  I'm glad you are reading them, folks.  I'm also glad you comment - I think it's healthy for us to make our voices heard, because it can make a difference in the world.  Each day, I commute from Salt Lake to Provo (and back, of course), and I spend a lot of that time listening to NPR.  Today, on the Diane Rehm show, a panel was talking about how the only people who write to congress are those who are either (a) told to do so by somebody else, and told what to say, or (b) radical in their views, and thus they tend to be more vocal.  The panel urged its listeners who were more in the middle of the road to give voice to their opinion!  I wonder how the nation would be different if the silent majority was a vocal one instead.

Summer Bucket List

We're well into JULY and I just realized I should probably put together my summer bucket list!  Here's what I wanna do before the summer is out:

1) Go rock climbing lots and lots

2) Take a waterskiing trip!

3) Movies at the Capitol Building

4) Twilight Summer Concert Series!

5) Go to my Fetzer Family CABIN (haven't been for years, sadly)

6) Summer pool parties in Midway (come! come!)

7) Rodeo, anyone?

8) Concerts at Usana Ampitheatre

9) Go to ZIONS (and other campouts)

10) Hike King's Peak

11) Hike Mt. Olympus

Do you wanna get involved?  GOOD!  Let's make it happen, cap'n!  I looove summer and all that it brings!

What the...?

The Salt Lake Temple is closed for the week - glad I found out before I drove my nice duds down there!  I could have paid 10 bucks just to enter and exit the parking lot.  Whew!  Close call.  Next week, I'll be back.

Life Lately

well...

There are some people I hope I never see again.  Not because I don't like them, but because if they see me... they're probably going to beat me up.

Canyon Climbing!

Gordon climbing in Provo Canyon

Getting my belay on!

Lauren learning her knots.

Alaina and I, storming Dogwood Crag.

Such great heights!

One of the tallest climbs my 60 m rope can handle.

Exploring the slips with Janessa and Co.

Coleslaw keeping me on the wall.

Look at the view!

There are SO MANY things to love about climbing:  the physical exercise, the outdoors, the friends (and how you trust them with your life!), the thrilling views, and the challenge, to name a few.  It's my goal to climb somewhere every single week of the summer, so if you want to get involved - come climb with me!!