Field Trips and Fire Alarms...

Yes I went on a field trip today. Yes it was awesome. Yes I wished I could have seen the whole thing. We went to see the Golden Dragon Acrobats. They are from China. And they can stack 7 chairs on top of each other and then do all sorts of awesome tricks. They also did cool tumbling stuff jumping through these hoop things and balancing on things and other cool Chinese stuff.

Then there was a fire drill before 8th period. I am glad it wasn't too cold outside.

But really. On to more exciting things. Do you know where I was TWO years ago today?? I left on my mission two years ago today. I was saying goodbye to my family for the next 18 months and walking into the MTC bawling my eyes out and wondering what I had gotten myself into. Turned out to be pretty cool. I had a pretty amazing 18 months after that. It still amazes me how fast it all went by. I have now been home for 5 months. But I loved it all. The good days and the hard days. Too hard to explain at the moment. Just trust me. It was awesome.

november already?

So yes. I went to the Howl. It was actually really fun! Cartel. was. awesome. Totally worth it. I don't have any pictures. Don't ask me what I was cause I don't know. Velvet dress, big satin bow you figure it out. Someone took a picture but I haven't seen it yet. Monday on real Halloween we went FHE hopping. Never done that before. Then we got locked out and Jamil had to climb in the window.

It's cold. I am always cold. I wish i could always walk around in a giant coat or blanket. I am not going to survive the winter.

I am SO excited for the holidays. Thanksgiving, Christmas, no school, no work, the fam, etc.

And...I forgot. We are watching. And by we I mean the 7th graders. Are watching a video about the Donner Reed party. We didn't get to watch the part that talked about the eating of the people. Which I really wanted to watch. But it was really interesting. I learned a lot. And tomeowmw I am going on a field trip!!!!!Chinese acrobats.

I LOST MY IPOD. IT'S GONE. I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS. IT WAS IN MY POCKET. IT ESCAPED AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE ITS GONE. I HAVE LOOKED EVERYWHERE. I ALERTED THE SCHOOL. I AM SO SAD. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. HALL MONITOR DUTY IS NO FUN WITHOUT THE IPOD. PLEASE COME BACK.

I have a giant mid-term towmwom plus and essay to write this weekend. no fun.

OMG. I am going to see Thriller tonight!!!! I am SO excited. I love this show. I have seen it a lot of times but I LOVE it every time I go!

I also love listening to Kesha. or sorry. ke$ha....no me importa.

I can't check my email. It won't open. I'm bothered.

I will be purchasing a new wallet. Soon. The one I have is so sad.

I didn't have to work today!!!!!! Work is fine but it's so nice to have break. Right now I am currently in the computer lab at school trying to write my essay. Which I totally have 2 whole pages!! But I have been here for any hour and my concentration is starting to die. (Don't even think I wrote two pages in the last hour. Are you crazy? The other page happened this morning) It's Friday. I don't want to be doing homework. But the less I have to do tommowmw the better. Plus no one is home and that is kind of boring. There is a girl a few computers away and she is watching Glee. It looks so much more interesting than my essay. I wish essays came as easy as blabbering away on this thing did...

I wanna go back to Puerto Rico...

It was NEVER this cold there. And its not even that cold. I am going to die this winter I think. BUT the other day I got SO incredibly excited for Christmas. I haven't had Christmas with the fam for 2 Christmases now and I CAN NOT wait!! I also got excited for Thanksgiving. But we're not even to Halloween yet. So I'll refrain for now. I need to figure out what to be for Halloween. It look like I might be going the Howl......again......ugh.......sigh.......

Today at work one of the kids I work with let me know how much he appreciates me. The conversation went something like this...(to bad you can't hear how he talks) me: how are you today? him:...had enough...me: You've had enough of what? him: had...enough of you being here....me: oh.  Oh gosh. Sorry you feel that way.

And I hope that you have an excellent night/day/afternoon/morning/whenever you happen to read this time.

blehhhhh

There is snow on the mountains. I am dying inside a little.

My life...

I wanted to share with you all some little known facts about my job as the after school hall monitor. (or bouncer)

Any child you talk to will automatically hate you.

Sometimes they challenge your authority or make excuses. Or call you racist.

Walking with the iPod makes things a lot more enjoyable.

Sometimes teachers think you are lost and will ask if you need help. (Haven't you seen me doing the exact same thing every day for the past 4 weeks?)

Snack time is fun only when they eat things that don't have crumbs.

cheese anyone?

Excuse me sir, would you like a block of cheese?

Today in my life...

a 12 year told me he was a couch potato.

a different 12 year old told me i was racist.

i went shooting guns. or i went gun shooting.

i made beans. Guatemala style. 

football and babies

football: the little brother. they won! its so much more exciting when they win. and the little brother is so much happier when he comes home.

babies: oh gosh. i keep saying it but. so tiny! and adorable. No i did not give birth. Sorry to disappoint. My friend had her second baby. (second baby. that is crazy. two. she has two) So i took a jaunt down to hold her. the baby that is. So little! She was so cute. and just slept the whole time. I think she opened her eyes maybe twice the whole time i was there. Love it.  Plus i got homemade tomato soup.

Currently...

it is 8:54.

I could have been in bed asleep at 8:02.

I am that tired.

I think dinner made it worse.

But instead I am pretending to write my essay...and listening to music.

hmm...

ugh. first essay since the mission. it was a killer.

the next one (which is longer and more awful) is due next week.

"the earth is probably 12,000 years old"

i almost fell asleep at work today. there was head bobbing.

i am excited for cold weather only if it means all these grasshoppers (hundreds. thousands?) will die.

squaw bread. its very tasty.

doings of the weekend.

It was a very loooong weekend. But a good loooong weekend. Not the bad kind. It began with Hailey and Jessica coming up for the 80's dance. (pictures found on facebook, well like 2) You could say we had a pretty good time. Gotta love the 80's. Saturday I did lots of things. ...like getting my haircut... and lots more things that I don't care to write about. Sunday I slept in really late. Sometimes I like 1:00 church and sometimes I don't. Last Sunday I liked it. Monday was...Tomato Days...dun dun dun...The parents got put in charge this year. So I was up at 6:30 and down at the park at 7:00 helping them. I left at like 9 that night. It was a crazy day but I enjoyed myself.

....so that was my weekend in a nutshell. I know you were all just dying to hear about my weekend so now you can stop dying.

I got another job! Did I tell you that already? I am going to the after school hall monitor. Yes, I know it sounds to thrilling to be true. But it is.

I'm pretty sure I had something else equally thrilling to tell you but I suppose it will have to wait for next time since I can't seem to remember what it was.

ATTENTION! BREAKING NEWS!

I.
HAVE.
A.
JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's right folks. FINALLY. (the real story is that I actually got offered TWO jobs. Which pretty much always happens to me. Look FOREVER. Find nothing. Get 2 good ones at the same time. Stress and decisions.) But after some thinking it over. Pondering. Calling my mom about 27 times. I decided. And I'm so excited! I'm going to be working at a middle school. I'm going to be an aide person. School started today but due to some fingerprinting issues I will hopefully start tomwomw.

Other slightly boring happenings in my life. I finally went in and got my drivers license taken care of. So exciting right. And then I remembered it was taco wednesday!!! I had to go. So I went and got some tacos. They had chicharron. In Puerto Rico chicharron is pig skin. Gross. But the other day I was at a restaurant and they had that on the menu but it was just regular pork. The meat. No skin involved. So I was confused. I should have just asked. Or said I wanted pork. But now I know that chicharron at the taco stands is pig skin. It looked gross. Well I know its gross I've tasted it before. Not a fan. So needless to say now I've got two chicharron tacos sitting on the counter waiting to be eaten. Or thrown in the garbage.

Califoorrrniaaaaaaaa

(remember that song that was on The O.C.? the california one. at the beginning. yes. that is what i'm singing. you know the one)

Californiaaaaaaa....here we coooooome. right? now you remember. good.

Currently: Watching American Ninja Warrior.

Before that: Went to an old folks FHE and talked about my mission.

Before before that: Logan for more job interviews....

Beofre before before that: Driving home from California. Which is the real reason I'm writing. I totally road tripped it to Cali this weekend with one of my old missionary companions. So we had plenty of time to catch up if ya know what I mean. Like...16+ hours worth of driving time. We had some good times. We got to go to the Sacramento Temple.(so pretty) Watched Elder Pietz eat like half a gallon of ice cream.(awesomely hilarious) Gun shooting. Games. A hike... (or maybe a long walk would be better to say) ...and other fun activities. Oh and lots of food. And then we drove home.It was fun to see people. And...that's all I have energy for at the moment.

(ps. did you see that I was putting these things on facebook? yeah...just a trial run. i'll see how i feel about it)

again.

My eye is twitching. AGAIN.

This whole job search thing. NO. I'm DONE. SERIOUSLY. SO FRUSTRATED. And it's all my school schedule's fault. A schedule that I have just realized COULD HAVE BEEN CHANGED. I could HAVE a job by now. But no.

So I saw a thing on Pinterest. It says .........Some people just need a high five.     In the face.     With a chair.

It made me feel better. There isn't anyone in particular I would like to do that to. But I like it.

I went fishing this morning. Didn't catch anything. But don't worry!!! Cause I bought a year long permit. So we can go again!! Please take me!!! Maybe I'll actually catch something one of these days.

Drive-in last night.....cowboys and aliens.....meh.

I went to Lava Hot Springs this past weekend. It. Was. A. Blast. I had so much fun. Also I got FRIED. Again. I am currently peeling. Again. It's not pretty.

Harry Potter.

So I totally forgot to tell you that I saw the last Harry Potter movie!!! Oh gosh. I didn't want to see it really cause if I saw it then it would really truly be over....sigh. I was reading someone elses blog (no idea who) and they had this video from Youtube. Yes I am kinda a nerd. And yes I kinda wanted to cry when I watched it. 

Here you go.

Last night I went to the institute rodeo activity...then we went to McDonalds and Brayden bought 50 chicken nuggets. People bought ice cream and fries and we ate them on Jessica's tramp at midnight.

Thursday I went to Salt Lake to see Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. It was strange. But the people there were stranger. It was more of a people watching activity then a listening to music activity.

And also....Job interviews!!!! yay!!! Now lets just hope that one of them works out. They are all pretty good jobs so keep your fingers crossed.

And that is about all the exciting news that I have for the moment.

My eye is twitching...

And it's not new. When I got home. (from the mission. remember that?) Which was (almost) 2 months ago (Crraazy). It twitched for like a week. And it's started up again. But don't worry. I have already self diagnosed the problem. But on to more interesting things.

Today I went up to Causey reservoir.CANOEING. And no. I wasn't to much help in the actual process of canoeing. No pictures. But that's a good thing since we got swamped and it would have got ruined. No cliff jumping either cause we had to leave before I could experience the awesomeness of cliff jumping. (Not so sure if it's actually awesome...) But my mom is probably grateful for that since she was afraid that I was going to drown. I also forgot to put sunscreen on the top of my legs (which have not seen the sun for 18 MONTHS people) so yeah. they are sort of on fire at the moment. But it was worth it. mmhmm.

Other interesting things:

Amy Winehouse has died.
I think its really depressing that all the space shuttle business is over.
I think I have finally decided what to do in college and therefore in Life? (yeah that sounds real sure)
I watched 2 extremely depressing movies this week. P.S. I Love You and A Walk to Remember. I don't care to ever watch them again.
I still don't have a job.
The Jordan River Temple is very large.
Raise Your Glass by Pink. I like that song.

And...I think I have run out of interesting things....

Camping Adventures 2011

I WENT CAMPING!!!!

So I went camping last week with the fam. We went up to Idaho. The Sawtooths, Red Fish Lake. My mom has been going there since she was little. Better yet, my grandma has been going since she was little. So I guess you could call it a family tradition. This was my third or forth time there.

We camped. By a lake. There is lots of lakes up there. And I went fishing!!!!! I haven't been fishing in YEARS. It was way fun. I want to go again. And not use a fishing pole that was like 30 years old. I am blaming the pole (not my horrible fishing abilities) for not catching any fish . But the brothers did (8!) and it was seriously the best fish I have tasted in a very long time.

We were supposed to go on a 11 mile hike....but it was raining and stormy that day....darn....I do enjoy hiking. But maybe not 11 miles of it? We also went and saw the gold dredge. Which is way cool. I'll have to get the brothers pictures so you can see it and I don't have to explain it.

The brothers took this raft down part of the river. It has lots of holes in it. I am surprised they made it out to the lake.

So the trip was fun. Then we went home. And Travis got tired and took a nap.

4th OF JULY.

....no pictures. Sorry. But just so you know I had an awesome day. So it's okay.

First off we, being the fam went to the Hooper parade. I like parades. They are fun. And people throw good things at you to eat. My favorite was the popcicles. Then we headed down to Salt Lake to see Transformers on IMAX. in 3D. It was my first 3D movie EVA. It was good. I'd recommend it. It's pretty much like the others so if you enjoyed those you'll enjoy this one. Then we headed off to the Red Iguana....dun dun dun... My dad LOVES this place. He saw it on one of his favorite shows, Diners, drive-ins, and dives. It's mexican food. Mole (MOH-lay) (I think that is how you would write it out to pronounce it...). Which is delicious. Really. Go there. It's kinda in the ghetto part of Salt Lake. Everything was totally empty and dead around it and the restaurant was packed. Then I went to the fireworks at Weber High. We got there late. So that means we missed the FLASH MOB. I was so very sad. We were walking in the parking lot as it was going on. And the fireworks...ok...well we were walking around trying to find our seats for the first 7 minutes. But all in all it was a wonderful 4th of July. Puerto Rico celebrates the 4th...sort of. No one works and they all go to the beach. But no fireworks. So I'd say it was a pretty darn good day!

(sorry for the blob of a paragraph. wasn't feelin to spacy today.)

waiting...

HELLO. I am still waiting.

hola.

I was listening to the radio for a bit this morning. The lyrics were something to the effect of - i would catch a grenade for you, take a knife for you- algo asi. Is she an undercover agent? In the army? I mean I guess I would be flattered if someone was willing to catch a grenade for me. Whatever. I understand the metaphor i still thought it was... dumb? silly? ridiculous? ....


BUT. I got to go to girls camp last week!!! Only for one night, but I LOVE girls camp. Seriously folks. LOVE. And the little brother got his Eagle. yay! 

According to me.

Well it's been awhile. But I've been catching up on everyone else and all the marriedness and babies! It's crazy. I think I am pretty much caught up though. But if anything else has happened that I don't know about you should let me know. And I have been home for almost a month. which is really strange.

But folks. Let's get down to business. I NEED A JOB. like NOW. The boringness factor is getting a bit extreme.

So in the mean time. Here is another picture. Of my last day. Well it was supposed to be my last day. Ended up being the second to last day. I'll explain later.

i'm back.

SO. I thought I'd change the blog up a bit. We'll see how it goes.

BUT. On to more important things now. Like the mission. I've been gone for a year and a half!!!

SO. Let's just say that it was A-MA-ZING. 

BUT. I don't have time to say anything else right now.

SO. You should go watch these on Youtube. I love them! 

Hey there!

Hey folks! Long time no see! 

called to serve!

Hey!!! I am on a mission! Can you believe it!?! Cause I can't! Its crazy awesome here though! I love it, this is where I am supposed to be! ok. done using the exclamation points. But yes. its awesome. Spanish is crazy!!!!!! alskjflaskdjfsldkfjsdfkl. But I really like it. It's not always the easiest...but I think i'm getting the hang of it. I get to say the closing prayer in sacrament meeting on Sunday. So wish me luck. or pray for me!

I leave for the DR MTC next week on the 25th. We have to be up at THREE in the A.M. for our 6 am flight. We are supposed to get to the DR around 8 that night i think. so loooong day right there. But I think it will help with the Spanish tons and tons and lots.

My comps! There are 2 of them! They are way cool and keep me going. One is from Idaho and has a Math teaching degree, and the other is from Utah. And she is 4'6! And awesome! We all get along really well.

kk. i'm using up my email time writing this so i'll be done now!!

(yeah in case you were wondering. i'm not on my blog. I'm emailing it and then someone is posting it for me. You weren't thinking I was breaking the rules were you??)

oh yeah! Write me! I will be in the DR on the 25th so don't write to Provo after that!! dearelder.com is still free for the DR MTC too!!!

K

So this is really it. for reals. you're probably thinking...why is this girl on her computer the DAY she leaves for her mission.

i had to print off some stuff for my mother. so i thought i'd get on and write one more rambling post. well not really one more. i think i'm gonna send some stuff to my friend and then she'll post it on here. not very often but you know. just so you know i am alive!

my address is posted on the sidebar right over there. hopefully i'll be able to let you know the exact days of leaving provo to go to the DR mtc. and then when i actually get to the mission. the address is also on my facebook! there isn't the MTC address cause its easier to just use dearelder. cause its free. and i know you like things that are free. so now you have no excuse!!

get writing!!!

well folks...

this is it.

the part where i leave.

but you have to be packed first to do that. so once thats done....

haven't been near as many tears as i would have thought, but then again there never are. don't get me wrong though. there have still been plenty of tears.

i feel like i should say something really profound or awesome. but i got nothin. except. wow. these suitcases are REALLY small. i think they might be getting smaller by the minute.

i'l just post a picture instead. 

allergies...

I don't have them.

the little brother does.

my mom always thought he had some allergies. but since he has had pneumonia for the fifth time in 5 years plus the flu TWICE she took him to the allergy doctor. they did that test where they stick you with different things and if your allergic your skin goes red or swells. 


well. 


it worked. his arm was red. and swollen. pretty darn bad. they judge things on a scale from 2 to 5. and the doctor said he rarely sees people who get 5's. 


the little brother had like 6. the doc only sees a few (as in 3 or 4) people a YEAR with allergies that bad. 


hence the reason the kid is always so sick. 


so now he's going to get shots every week. 


i know you are all so interested in the well being of my little brother, as you should be. so i just wanted to update you on the latest. 


(and this post looks weird. aljskdjf the spacing is to big and its driving me CRAZY)

still need a new ipod...

ok. So that youtube movie. HOLY COW. I LOVE IT. i think i cried for several reasons.

1- when there is times to cry in my life. i usually cry at the wrong time. hence the crying during this awesome movie.

2- pretty much i am insanely jealous that i did not get to be a part of one of the coolest things ever. there were a few other videos like this (improv everywhere is awesome) but this was by far the coolest.

and....i guess my reasons end there. but it was SO COOL. i still kind of get choked up when i watch it.

HALLOWEEN!!!!

pretty darn fun.

and...you definitely missed out on what my little brother did with his friends...i would post pictures but...i don't think you want to see it.

try not to judge...

but this totally made me cry.

swine who?

that's right.

i got my swine flu vaccination injected up my nose today. at approximately 3:40. now my mom can start worrying about something else.

so i like cake. right? and if you didn't know that. then we weren't friends. but now you know. so we can be friends! my mom ordered a cupcake book for me to give me for christmas. but then she was like...there won't be much time for baking where i'll be for christmas. so she just gave it to me now! its so cool. i could sit and look at the pictures all day. they have a section on how to decorate cupcakes to look like food. ya know, april fools day style. and they look like the acutal food. there is a ton of other things to. animals, holiday stuff. you know. cupcakes.

i love those things.

can't believe it.

gladiator.

i have seen bits and pieces of it on tv. tonight i saw the very very end. he killed the evil emperor and then bites the burrito also. (your fault if you haven't seen it yet). i was shocked though. so sad. i didn't know he DIES at the end. but then my dad says. no its ok. he's going back with his wife and kid. then there's a cute scene and he is walking towards them and his little boy is running towards him. o.m.g. i got all choked up. oh gosh.

now i want to cry again.

itunes.

i got a gift card last christmas i think. or maybe my birthday. and i like it. cause whenever i want a song i can just go buy it. its like its free. awesome. so i still have about 10 bucks left. question is. do i buy church music that i can take with me....or blow it on songs that i can listen to at top volume for the next week and a half??

ha-ha. if you thought i was going to buy church music. you're wrong. as soon as this blog is finished i am off to blow 9.96 cents on music i can scream along to in the car.

cause thats got to be one of my most very favorite things to do.
hmm...which songs to buy....

halloween.

the roller derby team fell through. i didn't want to spend any money on it. cause i don't have any of that stuff. so i broke out my container thing with all the old dance/cheerleader clothes. so guess what i'm gonna be?

a cheerleader!!

go team.

the outfit still fits pretty darn good. the shirt is a little bit shorter though... its even got capped sleeves though! TAKE THAT!

on to the itunes!!!!

i want to win this.

Yellow Finch Designs GIVEAWAY!!!!


it would be awesome.

stressed much?

my mom has sworn twice in the past two days.

she never swears.

maybe she is under a little bit of stress? lets review:

her house is totally torn apart. there is no kitchen. the fridge is sitting in the middle of the room. food and dishes are all over the house. everything is super dusty from the sheetrock. she is always making decisions about what to do, what kind of floor, or tile, or paint....blah blah blah

her daughter (that'd be me) is leaving in two weeks. for a year and a half. she wont be able to talk to her at all. and she still has a bunch of stuff that needs to be bought so she is prepared.

the her youngest son. he is causing her strife. the kid missed over a week of school cause of the flu(swine?) his homework may or may not be all caught up. grades are out next week. she doesn't like this.

those are just a few of the things. stressed much? i feel bad.

feel bad for me to though. i freakin woke up at SIX THIRTY this morning. to go get my swine flue shot at EIGHT THIRTY. when i got there at 7:45ish (to wait in line) the line was already HUGE. there were about a million and one kids there with there parents. i finally find a place to park. i call my mom. she says your to late. just go home. it will take for-ev-er and they'll probably be out by the time they get to you. so i ask the man behind me (i was double parked. luckily he was still there) to move so i can get out. he pulls out and this lady pulls right in behind him. excuse me? MOVE. I'M LEAVING. so yes. were going to try again when davis county does theres, or somewhere else... so i'll probably have to BE THERE at 6:30. so that means i'll get to wake up at like 5.......

so i am swine flu shotless still. but i will prevail.

i am reading the last harry potter book. HOLY DEPRESSING. I AM ALMOST FINISHED THOUGH. i forgot how many people die in this book. sooooo sad. oh gosh. sooooooo sad. i mean. c'mon. i have KNOWN these people since i was in like 6th grade. it kind of makes me upset. ugh.

think i'm stressed to? maybe a little....

so here's some pictures for your viewing pleasure.

strange...

ok. i had lots to say like 4.3 seconds ago and now i have gone totally blank.

i guess i'll tell you about my dream last night. it was soooo weird.

so my friend becki is having a baby. a baby girl. and i probably wont get to see her till she is a year and a half old. sad day huh? anyways. last night in my dream my friend had had her baby. and i was going to see her. and the baby was REALLY small. like were talking SMALL. like ...................... maybe that big. crazy. and she was attached to a necklace thing. pretty much the baby was a necklace....(now as i am writing this. it seems a bit creepy?) anyways, its wasn't creepy at the time. just strange. so i am trying to hold this baby. and for some reason its not going very well. i kept losing my hold and having to hold on to the chain....so weird. so then i gave the baby back to her and she put it in a car seat and we left....from where ever we were. and then when we got to where ever we were going....i lifted up the blanket and there was a real, cute, normal sized baby in there. and i was just like...wow she sure does grow fast.......the end.

so. strange.

my friend kristin took pictures for my mission. they are soooo very awesome!!! you should go look at them on her site. cause there are so good ya know? i will post some of the others later.

I hate sheetrock.

argh.

I am so sick of hanging, and handing screws, and lifting, and getting all dusty white.

and the little brother jammed his finger at practice. its huge.

uh oh...

Something is wrong. He's sick. i think its terminal.

the only thing he'll do is make an awful clicking noise and this sad sad face.

its been going on now for almost 2 weeks.

i might have to pull the plug soon...

tear.

ugh.

hi.

my weekend was crazy.

we replaced the water heater. and my dad was putting in new pipes and stuff.

so we had no water or gas for almost two days.

ugh.

then the power was off for about 2 hours on sunday.

ugh.

it was crazy.

but its fall now. i like fall. i think i like the in between seasons the best.

one of my favorite things about fall?

pumpkin shakes!!!!

wanna see my house?

Here are some pictures of my house. It's comin' along....We actually have stairs on the deck now (they are really finished.) And the kitchen is messy. Cause we only have bottom cupboards at the moment...makes finding things a little difficult since there all over the house. And that is the little brothers head sticking out of the ceiling.

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.

a few things...

I would like threadless to please have another 5 dollars t shirt sale.

i just bought a pair of neon green shoes. try not to be jealous.

i have to go pick my mom up from work today. boo.

its friday!

and tomworow is saturday!

....we might be knocking the wall out towrmwow

...of my house...were adding on. did you know?

went to eat today with the gma and mom. good stuff.

i can't think of anything else to say?

good bye!

Back to school...

or not.

Last night I was thinking that it was really weird that I'm not going back to school. There hasn't been any of the nervousness or anticipation of a new school year...its still summer isn't it? Heck yeah! ha ha suckers! Just kidding... It's kinda sad not getting to be up in Logan right now. I have never not gone to school. And since I still have TWO more grueling months of waiting till my adventure starts! It's weird. Good thing I have lots of things to keep me busy...like:

finishing the scrapbooks for me and the little bro.
doing dishes and laundry.
reading!
being on the computer....
uh...
oh yeah. chillin with my gma.
shopping. (i wrote a list of everything i still need....its long.)
umm...getting the mail.
picking up the little bro.
oh yeah, going to institute!
going to logan to see folks (this doesn't happen as often as it should, this week and next though!)

yeah...so as you can see, I am a super busy gal...hahaha. It really isn't as awful as it sounds, or maybe I am just used to it. But it seems like i am usually busy. oh well. I hope all you school goers have a grand day! Study hard! I hope you made a back to school playlist!

ummm..

No energy for posting this month. sorry. umm...i don't know what to say.

Family pictures today! Very excited.
I like animal crackers.
I just bought pajama pants. (You have know idea how hard a time i had trying to find capri length pajama pants. and on sale. twice!)
I mowed the lawn today. go figure.
plaid is still ugly.
i was on a softball league. we won both our games on thursday!
i am going on a road trip. don't try and stop me. (well jessica can. cause its her car we may or may not be taking)
i like to read. a lot.
taco wednesday!
i took the little bro school shopping. he wanted to buy shirts off threadless. i am so proud.
firefiles by owl city. good song.
got my letter from the mission pres. very exciting.
i am taking piano at the institute. so excited.

i think i am all listed out.

Pictures stolen from Saren's facebook.

nice.

Just when I decide to go on a mission and must purchase some collared mission kinda clothing. PLAID comes into to style. Thanks. A. Lot.





NOT.

week in review.

ok ok. I'm sorry. I know you've all been sitting at your computers for the past week waiting for me to post. So here I am! taadaa....

Anyways...

.KINGS PEAK.


Was awesome.

It was 8 miles in to where we camped. 6 up and 6 back. and then 8 miles back out to the car. so...28 miles in 3 days. I thought I was going to die. I had a 30 pound pack. I figured I was gonna hike for a mile or so and then die. But it actually wasn't that bad. And. Confession. I didn't actually make it all the way to the top....you see...my brothers were way fast. And my parents were way slow. So by the time they caught up to me, they decided they weren't gonna make it to the top. And I wasn't about climb the last mile alone...cause its super steep and your just climbing over all these crazy boulders and stuff...so I almost made it...only 1 mile short. So I want to go again...Weather was awesome though. Usually it rains crazy hard. But it didn't for us. Super super duper windy though.



The night I got home. Which was last Saturday. I went to some fireworks with my friends. I couldn't walk cause I think I pulled a muscle or something behind my knee. So I was all exhausted and limping. But it was sooo worth it. Cause they had a dance after the fireworks. And it was a bunch of jr. high and high school kids standing around...trying to look cool. And myself and my friends were dancing around like fools. Literally. Well at least I know I looked like a fool. It was so very much fun though.

This Friday. I went to a friends cabin in Heber. We were up till 6 in the morning. Well thats when I fell asleep. The first person went to sleep around 4 and some never went to sleep. Good times though. We played that around the world pool game. And Nightmare! Have you ever played that?!? I had never heard of it. Its a board game and you watch a video with it. It was so crazy. Like an old school interactive dvd game. Only on vhs...so it wasn't really interactive. You just do what it says and stuff. and disturbia. and there was dinner. and...shark week on discovery channel. and my awesome oreo cookies. and mafia. hilarious.

And we went to some hot pools...i guess there called. They were sooo very hot though. I really couldn't even keep my feet in for more than a few seconds. But some of my crazy friends were swimming and doing cannonballs and diving in, the crazies.


















They were insane. Good times though. The rest are posted on facebook for your viewing enjoyment.
and then.... (sorry i am posting about a million boring things. get over it.)

Katie (friend/roommate) got married on Saturday. So after getting less than 3 hours of sleep and an awesome breakfast I headed back down to Layton for wedding festivities. The luncheon was delicious. And the recep was way fun to. A bunch of the friends came and I got to see a bunch of people from logan that i hadn't seen in ages. Good food. Chocolate dipped strawberries. mmmm. And wedding cake. mmmm. good times. Then i came home and was in bed before 10:30 and slept for 12 hours. lovely. Saren has pictures of that joyous occasion though. so sorry. you don't get to see any from me.

The End.

tired.

I got home today from hiking King's Peak. 28 miles. wow. knees hurt. Full details and pictures to come.

Did i never tell you that i went to the midnight showing of harry potter?? (i might have....?)

Well i did. and i've seen it again. so i'll give a review even if i already gave one. here it is.

ron. hilarious. makes the show.
skipped the big fight at the end. no. not ok.
ron. i love him.
harry was actually pretty good in this one too.
I was really impressed. besides a few minor things.
ron. so funny.
overall. I really liked it. not loved it. but really liked it. which is almost loved it.
ron. is. awesome.
(malfoy did a good job to)
go ron.