Guitars and Things

Hola! Last week I woke up every morning at 7 to work in our front yard. I went up against killer wasps, freaky red spiders, and biting rose bushes. I was so happy when Friday rolled around, because I thought I was done! But, alas, no. I realized that the flower bed by our front door was not done! So this morning, I got up and finished it! Now I'm all finished with the front! I get to start on the back now. I'm trying to summon the motivation to do that. :D
Today Caleb came over for his first guitar lesson! He brought over his 12 string. It took us forever and a day to tune it because the top strings would always go out of tune by the time we got to the bottom ones. :D But finally we got it worked out, and we began. At that point we realized that a 12 string guitar is pretty much impossible to play. So instead, we just went right to the 6 string guitar. I tried to teach well, but of course, I'm not exactly what you'd call certified. I had a little packet thing kind of printed out, and I hope that helped, but only time will tell. He's going to practice, and then he's going to get back to me and let me know when he wants another lesson. :D
I now have a blog that my photography will be showcased on. Here's the address if you haven't seen it. It's also on my Facebook beneath my profile picture. :)
http://thru-rose-colored-glasses.blogspot.com
That's it for today! Love you all!
-Rachel :)

Mia Shalom 2010

We got back from Girls Camp today. I had such a FABULOUS time! The young women in our ward are so amazing, and they are a blast to be around!A couple of fun experiences:
-There was a family of deer sleeping under my cabin-Rayshaun used a painted paper plate, leggings, shorts, and an emergency blanket, to create a Nacho Libre costume. Then we ratted Rachel Johnson's hair to make her Esqueleto. We then used that in our cheer
-Almost got struck by lightning during singing in the trees
-I fell while carrying a cooler with Susie
-We found bear claw markings on trees, while on the hike
-We found cement step things and did the Karate Kid pose on them-We found a dead rat in one of our trash cans when we got up to camp
-Went canoeing-We found spaces leading from the top to the bottom floor of one of the cabins, and decided to play basketball/dodgeball/baseball/soccer with them and a bag of candy.
-We sang songs-We built a puzzle to symbolize our unity-Rayshaun and I skipped up and down the hill
-We played Psychiatrist
-We got rained on everyday
-Had an AMAZING testimony meeting, and got to hang out with our bishopric which is always a blast
Camp was seriously amazing! We have such an awesome ward and I loved getting to know everyone even better! I hope your week was even a fraction of the awesomeness that mine was!
-Rachel :)

Santa of Summer

Today is Lauren Heperi's birthday!! Feliz cumpleanos chica!!! :D
She had a pool party for her birthday, and it was WAY fun! We swam, danced and sang to loud music, sun tanned and got burned, and played colors. . . Ha ha. It was VERY fun.
Because of this awesome party, I am now the Santa of Summer. I've got a bright red cherry nose. Ha ha :D
Well, that's it for today. Ha ha ha merry summer to all, and to all feel sunlight!
-Santa of Summer :)