birthday picnics and instax

my friend lexi is amazing. lit'rally.
she is so talented and generous and loving and genuine.

and lesbehonest, way cooler than me.

and she turned 18!

so she threw a picnic and made caprese salad and pina colada and it was sweet and totally picture perfect.

'murrica.

the holiday weekend started with a trip to cville and a patriotic photo recreation.

july 4, 2010/july 3, 2013

we're adorable.

i don't even know, but i love this girl.

and utah has pretty great fireworks. 

(when there aren't restrictions!)

we drove back to ptown late late full on in n out.

and i had the hardest time waking up in the morning, but i did it!

and i saw my very first and probably very last freedom festival parade.

and it was very long.

so we got in the pool and napped and shopped for a picnic.

and i got no decent pictures of that picnic, but it was fun and it was magical.

i love my friends.

and i love fireworks.

(i love them a lot. i usually cry. wooo 'murrica!)

happy summer solstice!

one day,

 not so long ago, 

we had a summer solstice eve/summer solstice party.

the night of the 20th we drove up provo canyon, 

and watched a scary movie!

(house at the end of the street)

all four of us watched in the back of my car.

let me tell you how comfortable that was.

it's okay.

we like each other.

then friday morning we woke up at 5 and drove to the saratoga hot springs to watch the sunrise!

we waited a long time.

i forget that the sun has lots of extra feet to climb before we can see it here.

no sea level ish.

anyway. we all got less grumpy and took a dip in the springs.

and then i went back to bed.