Lovin' Every Minute

Sunday Flower Fields:

Dandelions are actually really pretty when there are enough to take cool pictures like this on a Sunday afternoon.

Alli's Birthday Present:

I went riding on Monday and I took Alli with me for her birthday. But of course she one upped me and brought her camera. But I'm glad she did because just look at these!! Photos courtesy of Brock.Alli Photography:

Snow:

I thought this was over but we woke up on Tuesday to 4 inches of snow! It melted by noon thank heavens! But green and white look oddly beautiful together.

Critter Ran:

Wednesday I am out with President Wilson riding. He had to get down to clear the path and cut a small dead tree. He is about half way done and critter decides that he has had enough and runs home to the barn. Sure enough when we got back he was there. But in the mean time president takes the horse I'm riding, Indie, and goes to make sure he ran home. So I was in national forest for a solid 15 minutes by myself paranoid a bear was going to eat me.

Tailing:

So president comes back and he walks the whole way home clearing this path. We get to the bottom if a very steep hill and he says to me, "Okay when I say go you are going to have Indie run up the hill and make sure he runs and I will follow." I was fine with that but I felt bad that he was going to have to walk up this dreaded hill.

He tells me to go and I go, then I turn around as we are going and I see President Wilson holding onto the horse's tail and running up the hill behind Indie! It was the craziest thing I have ever been a part of. But it was so cool. Here is President Wilson (photo courtesy of Brock.Alli Photography):

Bike rides:

Thursday Bree, Merideth, and Bekah all decide that they want to go on a bike ride so I borrowed a friend's bike and tagged along. Little did I know how out of shape I am. We rode to Tetonia and back and it was a whopping 8 miles. I thought my legs were going to fall off. But the sunset on the Grand was beautiful! And so was the sunset afterwords. And we saw 2 owls and their nests!

Work:

We built and delivered bunks to different camp sites on the property in preparation for AFY. We built 22 bunks which passed our goal of 20 so we get to have a pizza party. We also had to set up more tents but we didn't have enough poles so I had to cut some new poles. Sparks were flying and it hurt when they hit but it was fun to try something new!

Ebony and Water:

Since Critter ran away Wednesday I got to spur train him on Saturday. I took my friend Kennedie to ride with us and she rode Ebony. We go down a trail that crosses over a creek about 3 times and Ebony did not want to get her feet wet. The first cross she jumps and Kennedie almost flew off. Then next one she dragged her through all of this side brush and the last time she ran Kennedie into a tree. I felt so bad, so this week President Wilson is water training her.

March Madness: Traveling

This was the busiest month of my life! Some events are not included because it was that crazy!

I went on a camping trip to a beautiful gem in Idaho called Gold Bug Hot Springs. It was the shortest but steepest hike I have ever done and proved that I need to start working out more. The view was well worth it and I recommend it to anyone! 

(It was a perfect 2 days for camping, hiking, sitting under waterfalls, and gorgeous views!)

Then the next weekend I had the opportunity to travel to New York City for a whole week. I was chosen as one of six students to advocate for the unit of the family at the United Nations’: Commission on the Status of Women. I went as an intern for a nonprofit NGO (non-governmental organization) that hosted Fight the New Drug at a parallel event. I was chosen as one of two students to speak alongside the CEO of FTND, Clay Olsen. It was an eye opening experience for who I am, what I believe, why I believe it, and what I want to do with my future career and future schooling. I went so many places! Here are just a few. #pornkillslove 

(Time Square, Les Miz, Brooklyn Bridge Freedom Tower view, Rockefeller Center, Clay Olsen and I after we spoke.) 

The day after I came home I went to Jackson Hole, Wyoming for the Zac Brown Band Concert being held there. Randomly before the concert we were in one of the tourist shops in Jackson Square and I look up and see Zac Brown himself standing right in front of us! I was with 2 huge guys that happen to be twins. We were so close to the stage later that night that he recognized them and smiled at us the whole night! 

(It was freezing cold hence the jacket, creeper picture!)

The following Tuesday I drove 13 hours to Portland, Oregon for my best friend’s wedding! I spent a week there being a tourist and helping out as much as I could with the wedding. I was chosen to do her hair for her big day. Talk about nerve wracking! 

(Cannon Beach, Silver Creek Falls, Downtown Portland bachelorette party, Horsetail Falls, Wedding Day!)

Once I came back to Badger Creek I was working with my boss my last day and he, out of the blue, offered me a job for the summer to stay here and be an AFY (Adventure for Youth) counselor! So all of my plans for summer changed at the absolute last minute and I’m anticipating an amazing summer to come!