Party at Pitcher Manor

Friday night was about the most fun any BYU student could hope for.  My roommate, Jessi, is from Park City and her family has an awesome house up in the mountains.  They are some of the most warm and welcoming people and always invite us to come up and enjoy their house for overnight trips and whatnot.

We were going to do a real camp out this weekend, but the planning kind of failed, so we decided to do the next best thing: a camp out in Jessi's backyard in the beautiful mountains of Park City.

We had the best time!

When we got there Friday night, we made some s'mores and roasted Starbursts (if you haven't tried it, you HAVE to...it's the best thing ever)

Then we were going to play the name game, a Provo favorite.  That is, we were GOING to play, until we discovered Jessi's HUGE storage closet full of costumes.  We decided to play dress up instead.  And yes, the boys were in on it.  I think they were actually the ones who decided we should do it!  

Some pics of the madness that ensued:

 How Clay squeezed himself into this tiny cowboy costume... I will never know

"WHERE'S RACHEL!?"

 Not creepy...at all...

 "I'm a mouse...duh"

As you can see, most of the costumes were pretty rad.  The Pitchers take Halloween pretty seriously apparently.

Then we headed out to the backyard to sleep under the stars.  It was a fabulous experience.  Pretty stinking cold, but we had warm sleeping bags and snuggled up to one another.

The next morning, we went for a hike in the mountains surrounding Jessi's house.

I dressed for the occasion: Ecuador grunge band, running shorts with innumerable butt pockets, and socks and sandals.  Just doing what I do best.

It was gorgeous!  All the leaves were changing color (all that red on the far mountains are trees!)

Meet Lauren McFadyen, my new roommate. She likes to party.

 Love all my roommates! Including Nat and Nicole, who don't actually live with us but practically do. Sidenote: we want to make a "bed" room where we pile a bunch of mattresses and have sleepovers every night in our apartment and use the other rooms for studying and closet space and anything else we ever need.  Best idea ever, right?

The boys beat us to the bottom.

We love them. They love each other. Sometimes they love us too.

I love spending time at the Pitcher's.  We are planning The Second Annual Classy Christmas Party which will be held there in December. You guys will all love the Pitcher Manor as much as I do!