Twilight!

Tonight I am going to see the midnight premiere of Twilight. I love this book it is so well written and I can't wait to see if the movie is as good. I am getting a little tired of obsessed girls though. It's rather annoying when all they talk about is Twilight. I mean it's fun to talk about but it's not something I always want to talk about. Well i am just excited to be able to go. The deal for me to go is that I have to still go to seminary and school tomorrow, do all my chores and homework without complaining, and I have to be nice to my family. The only bad part about this is that I still have to go to school and seminary because tomorrow night I have to go and help set up our youth conference this weekend and after that I have to attend tomorrow night then get up early Saturday and go again where after lunch I have to sing in a choir. I'm going to be so tired but I'm not complaining because it's so worth it. I really want to go so that's the price I pay.

Jingle Bells

Holiday season is finally here and I am thrilled!!!! This is my favorite time of year and its not because of the food though that is definitely a plus; it's because it's once a year where everyone forgets to be selfish. During this holiday season we always look for ways to help each other out and to take care of one another. It's a beautiful thing to see happening around you. We all do things with our family and spend time together while we enjoy the things we have in this world. The spirit of the holidays is what I love most. It's a feeling you get when you walk outside and you can see your breath and know that the holidays are close and you breathe a sigh of relief because for about 2 months people stop fighting and causing stress. You can finally relax after a long year. It's knowing that for this short time every year people seem to forget about themselves and look for ways to help everyone else. It's giving up things that you have to people who are without. It's realizing how blessed you are to have so many things. During this season we try and be the best we can because we know what's all about. Thanksgiving: the pilgrims and the native Americans gathered together to give thanks for all they had. They put aside their differences and ate together to show their gratitude for the things which they had because it could have been much less. Christmas: right in the name is the meaning; Christ. Christ the Lord was born this day. We celebrate the coming of our savior and we show our gratitude and love towards him by showing our love to others. Love is essential in people and it's what brings us together. No matter how far or different we may seem from each other, we are all united in ways we probably don't even realize. We are children of God, love unites us all, we are all people. I love love love this season because it brings people closer together and prepares us for another year of trials and hardships that are sure to come.

We Won!!!!!!!!!!

So tonight we played against our rivals the Cactus Cobras, and we won!!! We beat them 27-16. It was fantastic. So we filled up our side in the stands so that we were packed all tight in there and we were a mass of yellow and green.(mostly yellow because it was a yellow out and the other school Had a black out) It was a close game right up until the last quarter really just about the last 2 minutes. Right at the end with like 25 seconds left, they threw the game. In other words, they gave up. It was cool even though we were going to win anyways. Our side had music makers, blow horns, the band and screaming fans so it was never quiet. It was a very intense game between out schools. I screamed so much that my voice is pretty much gone right now. If I talk, I sounds like a man. It was a very entertaining game. So far this season we are undefeated and we hope to stay that way. Our school has so much spirit. After the game we were screaming in the parking lot. I stuck my head out the window and started screaming Peoria panthers and then everyone started screaming. It was so cool. I was dressed in yellow and covered in green and gold glitter. I had some pretty awesome makeup on and i looked very spirited. Before we went to the game we went to subway which was conveniently filled with Peoria kids and when i walked out they all said go panthers because i was all decked out in my green and gold it was funny. Then after, we went to QT and there were Cactus cheerleaders in there(I have to admit they have a really good cheer line) it was funny.

School...Ughhh.

So school is going great if you like boring classes filled with "interesting" people. If you know what I mean. Well, I am really tired from getting up so early everyday and then not going to sleep very early and that makes it very hard to stay awake at school. I am very frustrated with school because I really don't like it and there so many "interesting" people there to get annoyed with. But since I have given you all the advice to find the good in any situation, I don't want to be a hypocrite so I will tell you what good things I found in going to school. I like my teachers and the overall class (not the students so much) but the curriculum of my classes. I enjoy learning when I finally understand it. I enjoy making new friends and learning how to be more outgoing and kind to others. I like helping others to succeed and to help them see their full potential. I am glad that I have the opportunity to go to school while there are thousands of kids who would love to go to school but can't. I am thankful that I don't have to wear uniforms(although that might be better than seeing some of the "clothes" I see there) I am glad that I can be educated so that I might be able to get a job to support myself and someday my family. I am thankful that I live in this country so that I can know how blessed I am when I see the kids in other parts of the world who are starving and homeless. How they are craving an education and learn anything they can. I am wondering how much I can learn this year so that I can go to cosmetology school next year. I am trying a new class called Building Trades. I will learn carpentry, masonry, plumbing and a lot more in that class that I can use later on in life. I am thankful for school even though it can sometimes be overwhelming and even a pain in the neck. I am grateful for my opportunities.

Friday's Adventures

So today was probably the longest day of school ever. It took forever for it to end it was crazy. But it did fnally end and that was exciting because it is a three day weekend. Yes!!! I have had three weeks of school this year and I am already done. But that wasn't the worst part of the day. It was when my mom sent me and Shelbi on an errand to go to a Target to pick up something from my mom's friend Lisa Geiser. Well we got lost because we listened to the GPS, weird huh? Well we did finally get there after an agrument on the phone between my sister and my mom while I was getting directions on a different phone. It was and interesting afternoon but when we got there we was a couple whose car had boken down we think from a dead battery so we gave them a jump. Well if we had not gotten lost or had just gone home we wouldn't have been able to help them so I guess that we are really put in these positions and places for a reason and we need to decide whether we are going to do the right thing or not. There is always an opportunity to do good we just need to look for them. After all the frustration and anger because we really had known how to get there but had wrong directions, we discovered why we had to go though all of it to be put in a situation where we were given the opportunity of giving service to others who were having a worse day than we were. They had been there for a while and people had just kept driving by and not even noticing that they needed help because they either didn't care or they didn't "have time". When these choices are laid out in front of you, you choose which one you take and pray it was the right one. But which one do you know is right and which one are you trying to justify? This is what you really should be asking yourself when you happen into situations like this. Just remember we are not here to justify the wrongs, we are here to make right what's wrong.

How I Feel About This Week

So on Friday night me and Shelbi and our friends Kristen and Jessica Temple went and chalked people's driveways. We did get caught once but not the second time. It was almost successful but we did get caught eventually when they found out who it was. It was a lot of fun but we got really dirty and hot from all the running. So on Saturday night we went to Paseo Verde Park and watched people go down a giant slip and slide that was put on a hill but we were standing in grass for about an hour and now I have ant bites everywhere. I am itchy and I have bumps that are big and red. So for tomorrow....School. What a surprise. And the next day...School. And the next day and for the rest of my life!!!! I'm not irritated or anything at all. I love being told what to do for seven hours out of the day everyday while they try to put things in my head but are unsuccessful and then they wonder why our grades are so bad. I mean seriously, how are we supposed to learn when we have to be there for seven hours at a time and we have to get up early? Really? But I do give the teachers a lot of credit because teenagers are gross and weird. We are disrespectful and rude but they try and teach us anyway. Those are some serious brownie points right there. But this Friday we are planning some serious action!!!! we are going to do something really fun this weekend not just sit around asking each other what you want to do. You know that scene. So if you were wondering about my day here it is. I went to church and it was crowded because we had a missionary farewell and everybody and their dog came to see it. Then I went to Sundayschool with Shelbi and Hilary and we ate candy the whole time and then I went to young womens and got more candy. It was a good day. I always like Sundays but today was especially good. About tomorrow, I'm not so sure how good that will be but I'm sure there will be something interesting.

First Week of Exhaustion Begins.

OK so this last week was my first week back at school for my sophomore year. I am very tired and very bored with school. It isn't very fun to me but I like some of my classes like dance and ASL. They are very entertaining. So I learned that all but one of my friends that I hang out with, have the lunch after me so me and Tanna wander around just the two of us. She is convinced that we are outcasts but really we don't hang out with anybody our age, they are all older than us so we just don't see them alot during the school year. When I get up my day goes like this: Get up 4:50, get ready 5:00-5:50, Seminary 6:00-6:50, 6:50 -7:20 get to school, 7:20-2:20 (school which is 1st hour ASL, 2nd hour English II H, 3rd hour lunch, 4th hour Geometry, 5th hour a days ADV Dance or Building trades. 2:20 -2:30 go home.) Next day: Repeat. It's an endless cycle that only lets up on weekends and holidays. So I do not think I will be a very good blogger for a while. Maybe, maybe not it all depends on homework and time. So with that I bid you Adieu (for now anyways)

Thoughtfulness.

Well, I have allowed myself to fall behind on my blogging. I deemed this okay because I said I haven't done anything interesting but really, that's not the point of my blog. It's learning to recognize the small things that make life worth while, to recognize all the good things we have and helping others who maybe don't have as much. It sounds really cliche but it's true. On the surface it may seem so unimportant but the rewards to you are innumerable and to them, it is impossible to describe the gratitude they feel towards you. What I have realized is that no matter how bad your day is there is always something good, something to be thankful for. You should always try and do your best to be your best. It's not about being perfect but doing all you can to get there. Learning that mistakes and imperfections are a part of life, you grow and become better through the faults you have and the wrongs you make. By doing my best I have learned that it's not about all the great things you do in life but by putting all the small things together that make a great accomplishment and the purpose of living. Something so small can seem so amazing and rewarding just because it's your own miracle that no one really knows about. To me a great accomplishment is finishing your homework, or winning a game of monopoly. Something that doesn't seem inportant seems to mark the path in our lives and help us get where we are ultimately going.

Scrapbooking Adventures

Today we went to my mom's friends house. (Her name is Lisa) She is the queen of scrapbooking, you can ask anybody. (She really is that great) Well we went there to finish a few things which we did accoplish today. While we were at her house, her youngest son(I'm not sure how to spell his name) came home and got a fruit roll-up and a bowl of popcorn a very healthy lunch indeed. Anyways, immediately after getting lunch, he plopped down onto the computer and started taking pictures of himself with these weird effects. It was really entertaining to watch. He then went on to tell us that he didn't like music. He was really animated about the whole thing and told us to turn off the music. We just kind of laughed but then he told us again to turn it off and it surprised me how serious he was. (He is only five years old by the way) During this whole thing, we managed to run out of glue so my mom told us to go to the store to get gluesticks. So we agreed to go under some conditions(I get a large drink of Coke from McDonalds) And His mom told us to get him a doughnut. A chocolate one with no sprinkles. She said this really quiet but in the next second you could hear him yelling "I want sprinkles!!!!" So we got him a chocolate one with sprinkles and he was overjoyed. It is so easy to please him.

Splish Splash I was Taking a Bath...

So today we continued painting since we didn't paint yesterday because it was Sunday. Well I was painting for a while and my sister comes in and she helps and then my mom leaves to go shopping with my brother. Well when moms not there, nothing really gets done, right? Wrong we finished a lot and we told her that over the phone and she didn't believe us. Hmmm... I wonder why? Maybe it's because normally we don't do the things we are supposed to. That would explain the mistrust. (My sister was appalled over this little incident) Before the phone call between my mother and sister, My Grandma called (we call her Gogo) and said she wanted us to come over to swim. We agreed to go when we were finished painting but when my mom called she said we had to wait for my brother to get back and not just leave before they get home. Well we did wait and when we got to the pool, he was almost successful in drowning my sister. (just kidding. but she was gasping for air when he let her out of the water) I learned that water looks very innocent and fun but it has a vicious side. I also learned that when you can't hear because of altitude change, it hurts when you go under water. (My ears are still out of whack from my trip to Colorado) Well when we came home from swimming, I proceeded to take a shower and do absolutely nothing. Well, I learned that you shouldn't take a shower unless you are absolutely sure you are done painting for the day. (I got paint in my hair after I just took a shower) This was my experience with bath time for today.

The Wonders of Finger Painting

Yesterday, after I successfully made my blog(Yay!!!) I did absolutely nothing. My day proceeded to include nothing so I decided to help my family paint my sister's room asparagus green. As I was painting I realized how much I miss finger painting. It was so easy and there were no guidelines and it could be as messy as you wanted. Man those were the days... Making the whole house a mess and not having to clean it up; yeah, I miss that. Anyways, her room is bright green but I can't say much because mine is bright pink. While painting we got paint everywhere, in our hair, on our clothes, just everywhere and it was a mess. But it was fun because the whole time we were making fun of my dad's jokes. I love my dad but some of his jokes are really not funny. They are more like 'I'm laughing because I can't believe how bad that was.' I love you Daddy!!!!! <3>

So... How was your summer?

This summer I have been gone a lot. My first little adventure was at Girls Camp the Friday after school let out. Unfortunately, on May 16, one of my friends past away due to an off-roading accident. This made my Girls camp experience a little bit difficult but in the end it was worth going. After Girls camp, my summer was a little slow for a few weeks but on June 16, I left for EFY or Especially For Youth. This was one of my greatest summer experiences. Not only do you get to meet new and great people, but you get to experience a connection between them because they maintain the same standards and it is easier to be yourself around them. This connection creates a bond between the youth. EFY is a week long and during that suprisingly short week, you participate in classes and service projects as well as dances and programs where you meet new people and learn about the Church. After my EFY experience I was home for on day then I left for California to camp on the beach for a week. During that week I got a serious sunburn which eventually turned into a tan after I was peeling for about a week. My family went to the beach with our neighbors, the Browns, and one of my sister's friends named Kristen. We also brought my sister Heather, who currently lives in Tucson with her husband David. They were married on April 12, 2008 in The Mesa, Arizona Temple. Also there at the beach was the Colyar family who had been there two weeks before we got there. At the beach I boogie boarding and we built sand castles. After my beach adventure I was home for a few weeks and then I left with the Browns to go to Colorado for a week and I just got back yesterday at about two in the morning. In Colorado We went to purgatory on Monday, River rafting on Tuesday, We spent the day at a lake on Wednesday, and on thursday we just stayed at the campsite. (oh yeah, did I mention we were camping?) We left Thursday night which is why I got home so late or early I guess. A few minutes after I got home my sister came home with her friends who had gone to see the new Batman movie at midnight. So her friends spent the night and we never went to sleep so at about 6:40 in the morning we went to QT to get drinks. Earlier in the week I discovered that I had a sleeping problem because the only night I slept good was the one where I took tylenol PM for my "back pain". So yesterday I had been awake for over 24 hours which left me a whiny mess for my mom.