Weekend in Logan...

Last weekend I went to Logan. I forgot how awesome Logan can be! It was a fantastic weekend filled with adventures. I was able to see my super awesome friends, have a dance party in the parking lot, celebrated Franz Nacht day, played the guitar and learned awesome songs, went to the Homecoming parade and football game, and then went to a sweet dance party on campus. I love Logan!

Waking Jordan...

I LOVE music. I especially love finding new bands and new kinds of music to listen to. The latest band that I've discovered is FANTASTIC! I went and watched them perform last weekend and they were great live (which doesn't happen so often with new bands). Everyone should listen to and like them...they are 
Waking Jordan.

You can check them out here, here, and here. They are also on iTunes and Spotify. Happy Listening! 

People...

Everyday you meet new people. You meet people at work, at church, the store, everywhere you go. Sometimes you even meet them while you're walking down the street. You never really expect to see most of these people again or form any significant bond, but it's super awesome when you do meet someone and that person completely changes your life. I'm always shocked by the people that do change my life so completely. These people are never who I think they will be, but it's always a fantastic surprise! 

Camping...

This week I went camping with my family at Fish Lake in Oregon. While camping I learned some very important things:

1. Head lamps are AMAZING especially when...

2. My family will never get to a campsite before it starts 

to get dark.

3. Never buy a new tent and then try to put it up in the dark.

4. My family works very well together even when frustrated and very hungry. I was very proud of us.

The morning after we got there my sisters and I took the pontoon boats out on the lake. The lake was so clear I could see down to the very bottom. It was awesome! After we were on the pontoon boats for awhile Brenna decided that she wanted to row one by herself. It was quite the experience. I ended up having to push her back to shore with my boat. 

Once we were done with the pontoon boats we drove up to a this

 and climbed it. It completely freaked me out. I don't like heights that much and the wind gets kinda crazy when you're up that high. The view was awesome though. We could see Hell's Canyon, the Seven Devils, and the Wallowa mountains from where we stood.

After the watch tower we found snow! It was fun to play in for a few minutes. 

Awkward...

Brenna's new favorite work is "awkward." According to my mom she says it quite frequently. Last week Brenna told me to smell something and I said that I couldn't smell. She then said, "Oh Sam, that is just awkward." Then she walked away shaking her head. This is one of the many reasons why Brenna is so awesome!

Happy Franz Nacht Day!!!

Today is Franz Nacht Day! It's the day the giant gerbil saved the Germans from the French. The gerbil is of Mexican heritage therefore everyone must go to Taco Bell and celebrate! If you forgot about Franz Nacht Day today, no worries you can go next month. It is every 23rd day of the month!

River Rafting...

Last weekend was AMAZING! I went up to Riggins with Michelle and Tyler for the annual YSA river trip. I haven't been river rafting in 4 years so I was super excited about this trip. We got up to Riggins and listened to the last part of a fireside that was going on and then went to camp for the night. The boys and girls were supposed to be camping in different places but we didn't know that, so Michelle told Tyler just to sleep by us. Then a girl saw him and yelled (as she pointed), "It's a BOY!" Then Michelle said, "No, it's not." Tyler said that he didn't know which was worse...being called an "it" or Michelle saying that he wasn't a boy. He ended up sleeping in the car.

The next morning (after sleeping out under the stars where I had dreams of bugs and snakes attacking me all night) we got up much too early (6:15 AM to be exact...sick!) to go rafting. I was so super excited because I hate getting thrown out of the boat by other people and our guide said that the water was too high and moving too fast for anyone to go swimming or change boats. YAY! That didn't mean that I didn't go swimming though. The first rapid that we came too was super awesome until our boat almost capsized and everyone except one person and our guide fell out. I have never been so terrified in my life. Once I was out the boat and in the middle of the biggest rapid we would see that day I felt like I was drowning. Then when I finally got through the rapids I was sucked under the water from the undertow. It just sucked me under with no warning. Then I started floating towards shore where the boats couldn't rescue me. Finally people from another boat rescued me. I will be forever grateful to the two guys who pulled me out of the river. I think I said, "Thank you" about 20 times in 2 minutes. 

The rest of the day wasn't quite as dramatic. I even got my shoes back after they fell out of the boat when I fell out. A very nice kayaker man gave them back to me about 20-30 minutes after I fell out. Yay for the kayaker man!