THE EPITOME OF BONFIRES & FOOD FIGHTS.

 Everyone loves the day that summer break starts. 

You find yourself waking up at 11 o'clock in the morning, grabbing a bowl and mixing up all sorts of breakfast cereals, placing yourself on the couch in your pajamas and watching your favorite Disney movies... & yet, you didn't think it could get any better than this.

But dang it; you just found out you still have all that homework that you've been saving the entire year in case of extra night-time studying for finals. Luckily, the school year's over, so now you're free to do what you wish with it... in many cases, especially in my group of friends, we felt the need to BURN it. All those dreadful assignments we had, some that only got us a mere B+, deserve more than a visit to the paper shredder in the corner of the office. So that's why our great & wonderful friend, Bryson, held a special bonfire at his house for us all to do so, & with great pleasure...

...& so, we all threw in those mounds of paper that tortured us throughout the year & watched them burn. It was quite a sight, indeed. The best part of it all was everybody chanting, "summer... summer... summer, summer, SUMMER, SUMMER!" & singing/dancing along to "Love Drunk."
Oh, & Bryson doing the Haka also... Too bad nobody got a video of it, hahaha.

When it comes to food fights, it's a well-known fact that you go in clean & come out dirty. That's just the way it naturally is. For our food fight, everyone brought in a little something; from pans of pudding & apple sauce to bottles of relish & food coloring, it turned out to be pretty messy. But I made the mistake of actually bringing my own concoction of grossness all around: a container full of salsa, corn meal, apple sauce, vinegarette salad dressing, etc. (My mom was clearing out our refrigerator, anyways.) Hahaha, so people got pretty disgusted when they found out what was being thrown at them by me and my companion Natalie. Still, it turned out to be hilariously intense. & we were lucky enough to take before-and-after pictures of the epic battle...

 BEFORE...

...AFTER!

It took us about twenty minutes for all of us to rinse off, & after we did, we jumped in the pool.

Great, great memories indeed. Such an awesome way to start off the summer.

And it's a good reminder to me that this is only the beginning... (:

SUMMER AMBITIONS.

"Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there." 

-Bo Jackson

I figured if I have 75 days of summer to do lots of things, I might as well throw in some goals that I've had in mind since the beginning of this year. Maybe from this, I might actually get to finish some things up without having to procrastinate them, haha. (These are in no particular order, just to let you know.)

• Read Harry Potter series
• Get more in shape
• Learn how to finger pick more songs
• Read Book of Mormon
• Finish up song requests as of 2010
• Attend the temple at least three times a month
• Hangout with friends every single week
• Finish at least two hymn arrangements
• Apply for some type of job
• Keep working on Personal Progress
• Finish up first semester of online schooling
• PARTY everyday, no matter what

I know it might not sound like much to you, but I do plan on trying to reach each and every one of these goals.  Hopefully, I can commit myself to each of these things until they're done and completed. Luckily, I have a good amount of time to work on each goal before this summer comes to a close. But I know, without a single doubt, that this summer is going to be very productive, very industrious yet very enjoyable, very memorable (: