When school's out...

I LOVE SUMMER.  I always have.  I love being warm, I love that it is light until 9:30pm, I love summer hikes and camping trips and road trips, and I love how Provo comes alive after the winter. One great thing about this summer is that, being a teacher, I have the summer off! Well, sort of.  I still work a little here and there but I have about two and a half months to choose how I spend each day.

This summer kicked off with an adventurous trip to Europe.  Spain, Switzerland, Austria, and England were beautiful and different.  I love seeing new places and getting out of my own little world.  Experiencing different cultures and ways of living are fun for me (not to say that I wasn't so excited to sleep in my own bed, eat food from my fridge again, and have a routine).  Travel is fun for a time...and then it's good to be home :)

Here are some of my favorite photos from the trip.

Rhonda, Spain.  So beautiful huh!

Talented people performing in the streets of Barcelona.

Touring Barcelona with my travel buddies

Pastries...gelato...patries...gelato...repeat.

Hallstatt, Austra - one of the coolest places I have been.  Clear water, swans, mountains, old churches, quaint homes. 

Flowers in Vienna

Welcome? Me? Well, thanks!!

You see old people riding bikes around town and hiking! They are quite in shape.  I am proud of this man we found on one of our hikes.  And look at that view!

Those sheep are some of the luckiest I know..

It was really nice to travel, and it was really nice to come home again.  I am grateful for this beautiful world.  Driving in to Provo from the airport I looked at our mountains and still thought they were majestic, even coming from Switzerland.  There really is beauty everywhere, and I hope to always see it wherever I go.

<3 Lex