Grayson's boogie woogie dance

He is the cutest thing ever!!

Stolen Parking Space

Best hike yet!

A few days ago, Andy and I set out to hike Broad's Fork up in Big Cottonwood Canyon. Andy randomly decided we should try this hike, but I've actually wanted to hike this trail since winter, ever since I saw a beautiful picture of the scenery from the hike on Googlemaps! Great minds think alike. It was a STEEP hike! It was pretty difficult. Here are the technicalities of it:

Big Cottonwood Canyon- Trail Head- S turn-4.5 miles up the canyon
Distance to Meadow- 2 miles
Elevation Gain- 2200 feet to 8400 feet
Hiking time- 2 hrs

The scenery was well worth it. It was gorgeous the entire way. I especially liked this hike since there weren't very many people around, so we got to enjoy the silence of being away from it all. Once we finally reached the meadow, there was a big "lake" with lots of beaver dams in it, and Andy even spotted a rattlesnake slithering back under a rock! That freaked me out. We stayed away from that area. The main meadow you reach has mountains around it that I believe make up the backcountry areas of the ski resorts in that canyon. Hiking is so fun because it's EXCELLENT exercise and you get to enjoy beautiful scenery the whole way!

Just a bunch of pictures!

This post is just going to be nothing but pictures that I've taken this summer. It includes random hikes, the Bahrain/London/Ireland trip, and from the time I was back home in Bakersfield. Enjoy!

Tom Cruise on Home Teaching

This is pretty funny :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXGCGZa8YkE

The Phantom of the Opera

Hello there! I deeply apologize for not posting more often...it's been a long time! But I just saw a trailer tonight for the London show of Phantom of the Opera and it is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!

You HAVE to watch it. Seriously. This is the best video you will ever see. The best part about it? This is what I saw in London.

This is the Christine I *would* have seen if her understudy hadn't been on (usually I am very forgiving of understudys, but the Christine understudy was AWFUL....so I'm glad I saw this trailer to see what I missed) and I am pretty sure the Phantom is different too, but the Raoul is the same! Point being, this is theatrical set up that I saw. Every piece onstage you see was there when I saw it. It was seriously the best Phantom I've seen because of the set designs!

Just watch this video, and I know that most of you reading this have already seen The Phantom of the Opera live and onstage, but this gives you such a great look at how AMAZING the London stage is.

Also, there is a US Tour of Phantom coming to Los Angeles beginning September 23rd ;) *hint hint*. Hahah.

ENJOY!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFhae3RDx0s

(Just copy and paste the link into your browser and wait for the commercial to end. Then enjoy the show!)

Most True Statement Ever

I saw this posted up one time online, and it is the best way to define college:

COLLEGE
You Can ONLY Pick 2:

*Good Grades
*Social Life
*Sleep

It makes complete sense. If you pick to have good grades and a social life, I guarantee you will get NO sleep. If you pick good grades and sleep, you'll have NO social life. If you pick social life and sleep, you'll get bad grades. There you have it.