Do You Know?

ok ok ok. So.

Enrique. Love him. Always have. Always will. Excellent for singing with the volume full blast in the car. And dancing in the rain.

His latest song that I love.

Do You Know? (The Ping Pong Song)

I've listened to it....way too many times. English, Spanish, it doesn't matter. I mean its not the best lyrically seeing as he pretty much says the same 2 lines over and over for the entire song...but hey! thats my kind of song!

The music video? its ok. first half is kinda trashy. But i think the second half is hilarious. no clue why. i laugh really hard everytime i watch it though. Cause i've watched it a few times now...

go now. watch it. sing it. love it.

you know....

when you see a person. And it totally, completely, makes your day? or week? or even month?

Well my month has been made. And since its the end of the month we'll say its good for September and October.

i hear someone crying.

So in case you didn't know my little brother got the flu (again) 2 weeks ago. Then he got pneumonia. So needless to say he has missed a few days of school the past 2 weeks. So now he is a little (a lot) behind in math. And this makes my mother a little (very) stressed. And for some reason her stressedness makes me feel stress for no particular reason and not even necessarily about the little brother.

And now there is a fly in my room. I can hear him buzzing around. And that doesn't make me feel stress. It just kinda pisses me off. We have now moved away from the mosquito era and into the fly and spider era...with the occasional moth. There was a giant wolf spider on my floor the other morning. I killed it.

Did i tell you about my weekend? Well it was good, I mean, staying up till 2 every nights means you had a good weekend right? I think so. Friday was fun. Saturday was FUNNER though. I went to the USU homecoming game (they won). I saw lots of people there. Then we went to the white out dance. To bad I didn't have anything white though. By far one of the funnest dances I have been to up there though. For lots of reasons.... it was outside which was way cool, plus it wasn't 3 million degrees. I saw some people there too. Super duper fun.

I hope you have enjoyed these 3, seemingly unrelated paragraphs.

(mother still stressed. no good)

Books.

Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary. By Brandon Mull. It finally came in at the library! I was like number 57 in line to get it.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. By JK Rowling. I started reading the 5th Harry Potter book again. I'd have to say it's one of my favorites. I love me some Harry Potter.

Where the Wild Things Are. By Maurice Sendak. It's being made into a movie. And every time i see the commercial for it i get the chills. I am so excited!!!!

I. Like. Books.

Today i...

Took the dogs on a walk.
and listened to enrique on said walk.
met my mom at her work to acquire a birth certificate.
got a flu shot.
ate costa vida. yum. yum. yum.
saw saren and her mom. in a slightly random place.
came home.
let my brother rave on about how awesome my mission is going to be.
sat on the computer for at least 2 hours.
i think i found a cute calf length dress....we'll see.

now i'm off to make dinner!!

chicken pesto pasta goodness.

California part 2

I'm so sorry. I haven't felt the need to finish blogging about my awesome trip. So I will do it now...even though it seems like a long time ago.

OK.

DAY 2.

We were originally going to go see these redwoods that are just outside of San Francisco. So we got there. Drove 3 miles past the park to find parking. We got out of the car, walked about 4 feet and decided to go to the beach instead.



My socks are awesome right?

Then on to the beach!! So very fun. All these pictures are ones from Saren's camera.





People played in waves. And me and Saren flew away.














I. Loved. The. Ocean.

After lots of awesomeness at the beach we headed to see the Golden Gate Bridge!!

Thats where the real adventures started...

So we see the bridge. Drive across. Was way awesome. We go to a beach. Baker Beach. Cause it has a good view of the bridge and such. So we get there. Park.

We are walking out to the beach. I walk past this boy. He coughs and falls to the ground... Nate kinda poked him cause he wasn't saying anything and then checked his pulse. Then these other people walk up. Real adults. The dude checked his eyes and straightened him out. He was having a seizure. The lady called 911. After a jew minutes...he just gets up and walked away...didn't say a word...he turned around in the parking lot and gave a little wave...it was so strange.

So then we get on the beach. Are walking along. saren and Jessica got all wet cause one of the waves came rushing up and they couldn't get away from it fast enough...then....we see this man. Were like...thats a log of flesh coloring clothing....oh no. HE WAS NAKED. ugh. OLD. NAKED. MAN. we all avert our eyes as he walked past...



So we continue on. Take pictures. Get ready to go around a rock...and there is another one. sun bathing this time. TWO. NAKED. MEN. ugh. so disgusting. They didn't believe me at first...i couldn't believe it. gross. Then a nice asian man took our picture and gave us lots of advice about what to go see...even though we were done seeing things. And Logan lost his shoe in the waves...twice.












Then we walked back. Saw the naked man again...he only walked up and down the beach like FIVE times while we were there. It was pretty (the bridge/ocean). The waves were big. I could have been there all day. Then we woke up at 5 the next morning and drove all. the. way. home. ugh. long day. So worth it. So fun! I'm ready to go again. (and go to alcatraz this time!)

Californiaaaaaa...Californiaaaaa...here we come

I went on a road trip this awesome Labor Day weekend! It was so very much fun. None of us thought it would really happen so i am glad that it did.

This is what happened.

We left at 5:30 on Friday...in the evening...so we got to our super crappy hotel around 2 that night. It was slightly creepy. Next morning. We woke up. Tahoe is way pretty. We drove around the lake a little before shooting back up to get on I 80.















This was at the rest stop at the Salt Flats. We were there for like 30 minutes taking pictures. It was one of the funnest parts of the trip.

Then....we started off. We made a quick stop off at the Jelly Belly factory. We decided against a tour though...Then we drove some more (There was a lot of driving on this journey). We parked the car at the train station and road in to San Francisco. I love to ride the train/subway. Then we walked around a lot. And it got windy and misty and I got cold. But I survived.

A few places we went to were...Lombard Street...the most twisty road ever known to man kind or something.

And...we ate at Fishermans Wharf. And went to Pier 39 and Ghiradelli Square.
















And Chinatown!




We found some pretty interesting stuff there...




















Hmm....Thats about it for Day 1 of San Fran. We stayed at Logan's aunts house that night and sunday. Which was awesome. Cause she fed us and had the most adorable dog. And i don't think i could have stayed in another hotel like the first night....

Here's a little video from Day 2...which was a VERY interesting day indeed....

twilight anyone?

ok. I've got a lot on my mind today i guess....well not really. Just this i guess.

so. Twilight. Yes, i've read the books. was I a fan....maybe? I read them all pretty fast...but i still think they're stupid. i always read books fast. soooo whatever. anyways. In the books though i am very much an Edward fan. He's awesome in the book. And attractive also. So book. Edward fan.

the movie though? Well that, I definelty thought was pretty dumb. I laughed out loud quite a few times during the movie. And Edward? Ugh. ugly. and not a good enough actor to be a good Edward. Ugh. THE HAIR. the hair is so awful. And he looks like he could be slightly handicapped in this picture to.

just. No.

not gonna work.

But Jacob on the other hand...



Just look at the boy.

He even gets to have short hair for some of the movie! (his long hair is pretty awful to...) But come on. And he might be a better actor to. And its raining. He even put on 30 pounds. of muscle. nice. and he acutally has a nice face. So movie. Team Jacob. Which i won't even be here to see.

Go Jacob.

Edward. your ugly.

Can you tell that it was kind of boring around here today....?

helloooo september!

So september has started. The school year is already going by really fast. I have stuff to do know! Like going to institute. Piano is awesome! oh dear. Its awesome that I get to take piano for free. I am also going to west weber elem. on monday, wednesday, and friday to help sarens mom for a few hours. And its fun. I'm just doing busy work kinda stuff....which i like. And the kids are all way cool. WAY different from what i'm used to though. So its a good change.

And...we have started knocking walls down in my house. crazy.
This is what it used to look like.


Then they took the sliding glass doors out.

Then the wall came out...

And then there wasn't a wall. The picture doesn't really do it justice. They have knocked the walls down that were around the bathroom in my parents room to. Its crazy. This house is crazy. It will be awesome when its all finished.

Me and saren got pedicures yesterday!! we were determined to do this before she left on her mission. HOLY COW. pedicures are awesome. If you haven't had one. Get one. I would get one once a week if i was a rich person. Since i'm not i've only had 2 in my whole life.















It was so very fun. really. I want to go back. now. THEN. we went to our cooking class!! Saren got me a gift certificate for my birthday waaaay back in feb. We are just getting around to it now...it was so way totally awesomely fun. Plus you get to eat the food the chef person makes. And you get the recipes. So i will be making the best carrot cake i have ever had in my life very soon. mmmm... THEN. we went to Star Trek. at the HPER field. Love that show. THEN i left logan very late at night. And tried to not fall asleep on the way home.