Highlights:
Playing with my nieces
Visiting the Cotswolds and wandering through fields of Lavendar
All of the things I did for the first time this summer
Firsts:
Went to the San Rafael Swell.
Visited Northern Ireland
Drove in England on the wrong side of the road
Toured the Salt Lake Cemetery
Went to a play at the Cedar City Shakespearean Festival
Hit golf balls at the driving range
Swam in the Great Salt Lake
Went boating and swam in the Utah Lake
Became a Relief Society teacher
Festivals Visited:
Art City Days
Swedish Festival
Books read (ok not exactly classics, but very fun):
The Thursday Next Series: The Eyre Affair; Lost in a Good Book;
Well of Lost Plots; Something Rotten
Twilight
Reunions with friends I hadn’t seen for at least a year:
College friends Leslye, Andrew, Lia, and Jenn
Aunt Cherry and Uncle Dave
Holly, friend from Boston
Jackie, just back from her mission
Heather, Heather and Christy, friends from high school:
How I made money this summer:
Worked part-time at the University Library
How I whiled away my time:
Facebook, Email, Blogging
Taking thousands of photos
Playing the piano (mostly songs from the Jane Austen movies soundtracks)
Talking to my roommates
Sitting in my Party Pool
Watching the Olympics
Ward activities
Eating out
Working on Genealogy
New Friends made:
Lindsey, Emily, Holly, Jessi, Cristi