Happy Birthday To Me!

 A Year in the Life of an Eighteen-Year-Old,
As Told By Eighteen Pictures

18th birthday road trip

Cherie, Chay, Kendra, and me

India 

Claudie and me outside Carlucci's

Mom and me in Prague

Glenn, Claudie, Wes, Carolyn, Margaret Anne, 

Marcelina, and me at West High graduation

Camp Shakespeare

Kate, me, and Margaret Anne outside the Creamery on 9th at BYU

Zoe and me at girls' camp

Millie, Greta, Grandma Asay,

Mom, Lily, and me at Bear Lake

Isaac, Greta, Mom, Lily, Dad, and 

me at Cannon Beach (OR)

Mary and I in Washington Square (NYC)

Keiko, Lerin, and me at Settebello (SLC)

The roomies Ashley, Rachel, Christine, Eva, 

and me at the new LDS Provo temple

Ashley, Christine, Eva, and me at Mesa Falls (ID)

Me and Tom Cat (Walter) in Blackfoot (ID)

Bretta, Izzy, me, Eravati, Raj, and Gryff

Eva and me feat. some bamboo, Pizza Pillow, backwards 

baseball caps, and chocolate chip cookies

And on to nineteen... 

In contrast to the enlightening and enriching pain that seventeen brought, eighteen brought some of the greatest joy I have ever known. Factually speaking, I graduated from high school and started college during this time but more significantly the second semester of my senior year and the summer that followed were overflowing with bliss. It was kind of like living in a Disney princess movie where you wake up with the sun and the birds are singing and your hair is perfect. It was a beautiful period of aggregation and I am so grateful I was able to experience it (especially before and after difficult periods of my life). 

I am so extremely grateful for the people who I have chosen to be a part of my life and the people who in turn have chosen to be a part of my life. I am grateful for all the people who are in my life by God's design. Thank you for the birthday wishes! I love all of you and God bless you--we're all in this together!

Hasta la vista,

Scout