One day someone in a Group FaceTime with Avynlea started us all of these crazy filters. The problem is anyone can put a filter on someone else and on this day Avynlea was putting these filters on me. Not super cute but I was rolling with it.
Andrea Gremmert started a hiking group in our Relief Society and sent around a group genius signup so we could see if there were any hikes we wanted to go on that she had scheduled. I thought I would give it a try and signed up for one that had other ladies I thought would be fun to go with. I don't remember where the hike was but it was a pretty tough one. Andrea told us it was a 5 mile round trip hike which was super helpful for me because I was able to track the miles on my watch. As long as I know how much time I have left in working out or doing hard things I can pretty much push through. Knowing we were close to being done even though I was dying inside helped give me the motivation to get it done. I also have the mindset and a just get it done attitude. I was tired but I kept pushing through and didn't want to take long breaks. I just want to keep moving, get it done and rest at the top. Kirsten Chidester had that same mindset and we pretty quickly became the leaders of the hike and got ahead of everyone. We got to the top first and had a bit of a wait before everyone else came along, on the way down I was with Kristi Crapo and we led the pack on the way down going quickly and finishing before everyone else. It really is not a competitive thing for me it is 100% me just wanting to get this hard thing over with. At the bottom Kristi pretended to fall down so that when the rest of the ladies showed up they would think she got hurt and they did but I felt bad for our deception very quickly and told them she was just pretending. It was a good hike with fun ladies and I was happy I did it.
Andrea Gremmert, Kristi Crapo, Kirsten Chidester, Becky Eberhard and Elizabeth Peterson
Kristi took a picture of Kirsten and I up ahead of them, its hard to see us but we are up at the top of the trail.
Finished! The view really was beautiful and it was super peaceful up at the top
Kenedy sent a couple of cute pictures of her with the baby she nannies Edie
The church has finally made my wishes come true and released sleeveless garments! They were not available win the United States yet but Avynlea was able to get us some from Japan. I had fun trying on some outfits I could wear with the new garments and sent some pictures to Kenedy. She in turn sent those pictures to Gabi and sent me a screenshot of their texts. I was super flattered with the kind words and they gave me a little boost of confidence
I bought Avynlea and Rylee Tiffany initial necklaces when I bought Kenedys but had them set aside for a time I felt was right to give them to them. Kenedy got hers when she graduated with her bachelors and I thought Rylee deserved to get hers when she graduated High School with her Associates degree. When she opened the box the necklace was super tarnished because it had been sitting in its box for a couple of years. Luckily Kefford was able to figure out how to untarnished it and shine it right up
