NAUVOO!

Well, yesterday was the last day of my internship. It was really sad to go, but I most likely will be coming back next summer to work full-time, so that is a good thing. Jake and I both got offers!!! I couldn't be happier! It completely changes my mindset to come out of this internship with a full-time offer when I knew coming into it that WU doesn't ever give full-time offers to interns. Jake and I are very lucky. They want to create a new rotational program for HR and asked us to be the first participants. So, it looks like this might not be the end of my relationship with Denver!

It was hard to say goodbye to everyone, but at least I knew it wasn't goodbye forever! Luckily, I was able to finish all of my projects and I even made it home last night before 8!

With the internship over, now begins my 2-week whirlwind vacation adventure. Tomorrow I am off to Provo to move back into my apartment. Tuesday morning I fly from SLC to PHX to spend 2 days with my parents and family in AZ. Thursday morning I fly from PHX to Honolulu. SO EXCITED!!! I haven't been back to Hawaii since I spent time at BYU-H before my mission. I honestly can't wait for this trip- I have been looking forward to it for months! I'll spend a week there. Then, next Wednesday night I fly from HNL-Boise for a river rafting trip with new OB/HR students from the MBA program and recruiters from lots of different companies. That will be a blast as well. Next Saturday we will drive from Idaho to SLC and I'll spend some time with Stevie, Spence,and most importantly JAMES! and then I'm back to Provo to start school. So- with all of these great adventures coming up that I'll have to blog about, I figured that I better post pics from my INCREDIBLE Nauvoo trip!

My roommate Kayce, My friend Michelle, and I decided to take a trip to Nauvoo this summer because Michelle ad I had never been there and Kayce had spent a semester there and wanted to go back. We flew into Kansas City, rented a sweet red convertible mustang and drove. We went to Liberty, Adam-Ondi-Ahman, Far West, Independence, Carthage, and pretty much everywhere else that was on our route. It seems like we made friends/caused a riot everywhere we went. I guess we are just loud and obnoxious like that. Our first night in Nauvoo we ate a Dotties Family Dining aka the bar in town. We met a nice old drunk man named Jim who knew that we would be instant friends because he liked our car. He had a blue mustang- it was mean to be! That was definitely an interesting night! We went and saw the pageant- twice- you got it- twice. Nauvoo just has such a lively night life that we had to forego lots of other things, but it was definitely worth it. My friend Jeff played Joseph in the pageant. He did such an incredible job, as usual! We went and saw Carthage Jail where Joseph and Hyrum Smith were martyred. We went to the Nauvoo temple, which was an incredible experience. It was so humbling to know that those people sacrificed everything for a temple that they would barely see completed. We wet on a midnight drive with the top down through the cornfields, ate custard at the custard shop, met a man whose brother invented the bike radio, lost Kayce's luggage, mooed at cows, and overall had a fantastic vacation. I can't believe that I'd never been there before. Nauvoo is such a special place! I am so glad that we went and can't wait to go back and see everything that we missed!

our fun rental!!

ballet in front of the mansion house

Joseph, Emma & Hyrum's graves

So Beautiful!

Nauvoo Temple

Kayce as King Kong

At the Pageant

Love this little thing that we found in Nauvoo

Carthage Jail

Carthage

Found my Great-Great-Great Grandma Julia Hills Johnson's name at the pioneer memorial.

Kayce and Michelle enjoying snowcones at the pageant

My friend Jeff as Joseph

Kayce

The cornerstones of the temple at Far West

Liberty Jail