Yesterday was a big day of doing somewhat scary things.
But absolutely worth all the nerves in every way.
First of all, I get to cross hiking Mount Timpanogos off my summer bucket list!
Done, done and done.
These pictures are at the "saddle," which isn't all the way to the top yet, but has an awesome view. After taking a short break, we continued up to the summit, which is the top of the pointed peak in the background of the group picture.
Up at the actual summit, there's this metal shack that has a book you can sign saying you did it.
Two of my friends were brave enough to stand up on it--you can't see but the summit is actually pretty narrow and I definitely didn't feel secure trying to get up on this tiny little pointed shack.
The view was absolutely beautiful at the top, but the meadows and things on the way there were amazing too. There were all kinds of wildflowers and other pretty things on the way.
I wish everybody could experience Heavenly Father's love in this way.
There are too many people in this world who never get to see things like this.
(In Sunday School today, we even talked about how all things witness that God lives. The mountains are very good examples.)
So the other scary thing that I did Saturday was take a guy on a date (sort of).
We had this ward date night, where the girls were supposed to ask the guys, and the guys would provide a picnic for their dates on a hike to Stuart Falls.
I asked my date earlier in the week - I was proud of myself for having the courage to ask him in person.
However, on Saturday our group got back from Timp a little late, and we were exhausted, so we came up with our own plan.
There were four couples that were affected by us being late, and so we decided to have our picnic on the living room floor of our apartment, and then we just hung out and played games.
It was really fun, and pretty successful considering the circumstances.
It was a really well-spent and awesome Saturday.
