AFY

Last week was one of the best weeks of my life so far! I had the opportunity to go to AFY (adventures for youth) up at BYU Idaho! I chose to go by myself again this year because i personally think its more fun that way! Since its so far away, my parents decided that i was going to take a bus up there with other AFY and OYA participants for 42 dollars instead of driving me up there for over 100. So thats what i did; i went on the bus for five hours with a ton of people i didn't know. I thought i was going to have to make a friend and sit by someone i didn't know but it turns out that Morgan Harmans little sister Cori was going by herself too on the same bus so we sat by each other! We seriously had a party! it was sooo much fun!!! We made friends with some of the boys that sat in front of us. Their names were Dalton, Nixon, and Tanner!!! They were soo cool!!!! (Even though they all just turned 14... minor detail!)

Once as i got up there i went and checked in and met my roommates and i knew we were going to have a party from the start! Their names were Cessily, Hayley, Lauren, and Mckenzie! They were all so much fun and so cute! after we met all the other girls and our councilor, we went and met all the boys..... who would've guessed that i knew three of them already?!? Landon Brown, Joseph Vanwagoner, and Nick Foster. Yes, i know them ALL! Three out of eleven! Honestly in Idaho, at AFY, what are the chances?! It was so fun to have them all in my group! They are all such cool kids!

We went to the temple to do baptisms for the dead at the Rexburg Idaho Temple and it was seriously amazing! It was amazing! I don't think i've felt the spirit that strongly in a while. It really brought us all closer together too. It was alot different from the Bountiful temple though but it was still just as amazing.

River. Rafting. That is all i can say. River. Freaking. Rafting. Is. AMAZING!!! We went white water river rafting down the snake river and we went on lunch counter and the big cahoona!!! It was so much fun! I sat by Hayley and we were both so scared that we were holding hands and screaming! Haha! It was so worth it though! They said it was an hour long trip but i think it was more like ten minutes! It went by WAY to fast! I would do it again in a heart beat any day of the week. :)

Well that was my amazing experience from AFY! i'm sooo sad its over and i'm home. i want to go back really REALLY bad! it was amazing! :)


With Love, Katie Ann Kitchen