North Carolina

Yesterday I had the pleasure of waking up at 6 AM to drive 40 minutes to the church so I could drive another 2.5 hours to Nags Head, North Carolina to go to the beach! It was all so worth it. It's is so beautiful there and I collected some pretty awesome shells! The waves were huge and fun to ride. I guess there was a huge jelly fish where some of us were swimming, too. It kind of brought me back to reality that I was actually in the ocean where there are some dangerous creatures. The ocean itself has catastrophic power and isn't to be taken lightly, or ELSE! Anyway, there was a good group of people and they fed us Krispy Kreme donuts and KFC chicken. I swear it was over 90 degrees because at the end of the day I was definitely crispy. You'd think I was related to a lobster by how red I was...and still am. I was in some insane pain, but it's gotten a little better with the cold showers and aloe THANK HEAVEN.

Nags Head, North Carolina

Brooke Russell and I

Omar Valverde, Pamilla Dawson, Nathan Hansen and Brook Russell

The Pier

Sarah Stanley, Genevieve Hunter, Pamilla Dawson, Amanda Turlington, Brooke Russell

They hooked me and reeled me in!

Nathan Hansen and Omar Valverde fighting over me ;).

I am so grateful for all these new experiences and places I've seen! Heavenly Father really did make a beautiful world for us to live in and I need to appreciate it more. He's also blessed me with some really fun people to spend time with, yay!