#20

Last week my birthday happened. It came, went and then I was 20-- and I wasn't a teenager. Surprisingly it feels very different. I feel older and wiser. It was one of the best birthday's ever. I had a party with my family the day before and I got money and an awesome Murder Mystery Dinner Party kit. I'm using some of the money I got to put towards an airplane ticket to go visit my brother Ben and his family in California the last week of July. The rest of it I used to buy Tevas. I was going to get Chacos but they're too expensive. So I settled for the Tevas. They aren't cute, but then again neither are Chacos. They are however, very practical for hiking in (and waterproof too so I can forge through raging rivers).

My friend Jenny (she's the one with me in the first picture) had flowers delivered to my work, my friend Camron took me to lunch and my roommate April did my cleaning check jobs for me. My Visiting Teachers (for those who don't know within the LDS church they pair each of the sisters up and assign them a few sisters to visit shortly once a month. They are there to comfort, listen, and inspire, and just to be a friend) anyway, they gave me a card that sings a song when you open it! I got phone calls, text messages, facebook messages and cards all day long from kind people who took time to wish me a happy birthday. I was very grateful for such good people in my life, and inspired to be a better person.

Later on in the week I went to the Payson Scottish Festival. I got a kilt and dressed up like I was Scottish. So did Jenny and a few others from the ward. Someone even told Jenny that they liked the tartan in her kilt. We learned that a tartan is the design in the kilt; each clan has a different design. A clan is a family group. I looked up my last name in the Scottish clan book and I found it! That means I'm slightly Scottish!

On the way home from the Scottish Festival we stopped at an aluminum statue sale. They had giant horses, gorillas, alligators, giraffes and as you can see in the picture, rhinoceroces. I have no idea how to spell that.

Before I close I have to say that I love my new friend Jenny. We got free slurpees on 7/11 day even though they claimed to be all out (thanks to Jenny's craftiness), we dressed up at the Scottish Festival, saw an improv comedy act, we play the guitar together, sing together, laugh together. She is one of the most amazing people I have ever met and hope to be like her when I get older. She's the best and I'm lucky to have a friend like her! Oh, and here's a shout out to her mom Kathy! Thanks for reading my blog Kathy!