[mission]

so yesterday Kyle opened up his MISSION CALL!!! it has been sitting at our house for 3 days and we finally got to open it!! i honestly was going crazy! i wanted to see where he was going SO bad!!

all of the family got together and our house was so packed, you could not take 2 steps without running into someone! it was awesome! there was a huge map laying on our table and everyone got to put a sticker on the map where they thought he was going. winner gets a bucket of lafy tafy!! :) i thought he was going to Tonga...

congrats kyle!! he is going to be serving in the Bangkok Thailand mission! and of course he will be speaking in that language too!! he will be leaving and going to the MTC, December 14th of this year!! im super excited!!!!! :)

[Homecoming]

Homecoming was a week ago... its about time for me to tell some great stories!!

Well first i should start off with who asked me! I got asked by Chris Boone. Anyways... I was super nevous to go because i did not know who was in going to be in my group! All i knew is that we were going clay pigeon shooting!! He picked me up and when i got in the car, i noticed who was in my group and i was so excited!! I could have not asked for a better group to be in! :)

Driving to the other side of Utah lake to go shooting was so fun because we drove in a huge van and we could fit 8 people in there! It was so fun to be able to talk to everyone instead of driving in seperate cars!!

Shooting was so fun! it was great because i took my pink 20 gage shot gun and all of the girls loved shooting it! The boys were suprised how good we were at shooting! it was great! Could not have had a better day date than that!!

When they dropped us off at our houses to get ready for the dance, Jill came with me and we got ready together! I am so glad she got ready with me because its fun getting ready with someone!! We had about an hour and a half to get ready! They picked us up and we went over to one of the boys house for dinner!! it was so cute! we ate outside with candles and tiki torches and the food was way good!

Then we went to the dance and it was super fun!! but the best and strangest part about the date was when he dropped me off at the door!! Chris was already thought my family was crazy... and after this happened, i bet he thinks my family is insane!! but once we both got on the front porch, spot lights came on, flashing colored lights came on, along with the christmas lights. To make things worse... the chorus of the rock song, Poison by Alice cooper, blasted on. (if you dont know that song i recommend looking it up, you will laugh) Wow... i was not expecting that! We both did not know what to do! i honestly felt like i was at a rock concert!... but honestly i was kinda mad. I was thinking that i would never go on another date again because my family is crazy and like to do stuff like this to me!

Once Chris left, i walked into the house and kyle and his friend was sitting on the couch by the window and one of his friends came out of the closet. then 2 more boys came running from across the street. every single one of them were laughing! they even took video! i was so embarrassed! but i admit... it was a little funny....

well i dont think anyone can beat my doorstep scene.... lucky me! ;)

[The Text]

I love it when im having a bad day and someone texts me...

I love you! Have a better day:) cause your hot

gotta love your friends!! because once i read that, it really did make my day!!

thanks Mads!!

[school work]

i am kind of stressed right now. and it't funny that i am blogging instead of doing what i need to be doing a.k.a... my homework. funny how i work that way!

I think teachers want us to fail their classes and their tests. and i think they all plan their tests on the same day so you have a test in every class. It makes me mad that they think their class is the most important and they give you so much homework, thinking you will have enough time to spend 3 hours on it. Then you have no time to do anything else that day, besides going to class and spending the rest of your day doing homework for all of your classes. that bugs. i honestly think the only reason i why i go to school is to be social... it's fine! :)

[guess who got asked to homecoming!!]

me!! :)

i am so excited! but it is so stessful at the same time. finding the dress especially. I went dress shopping the other day with 2 girls that i absolutely adore!! and we all found a dress that we like and even love. But i am going to keep looking to see if that is "the one." But it's all worth it in the end!! and the best part... im super excited to go with the person that asked me!! :)

[Don't EVER be a one of the...]

Questionable

Unacceptable

Irritating

Tacky

Turn off

Emotionless

Rusty

Super flaky

if thats what you want to be known as... be my guest.

the quitter is letting a lot more people down then just themselves... just letting you know.

[Friends]

friends are there for you when you need something. when you are down. when you are stuck and dont know what to do. they eat 2 boxes of pizza and crazy bread when they are together. they go to the pond and float around on blow up ducks and elmo tubes. thats what good friends are. they never get sick of eachother. they go to old barns and watch scary movies and all freak out and hide under the blanket together. they laugh at something really random and stupid that comes into the scary movie, like when the old people came into our movie.. never. laughed. so. hard.

and the next day...

they all want to go to a football game and get frozen yogurt. friends cant stay away from eachother!!! i think i am lucky for all of the great friends i have!! cant ask for more than that!! :)

[New coach... again??]

Yes thats right. we got another coach. no suprise. i was so scared to go to drill today. i was scared i would be going to go dance to a stranger and she would quit on us like everyone else does.

but...

she is actually really cool! she is an older woman. haha not gonna lie. she looks exactally like jennifer coolidge (the evil step mother in a cinderella story). if you know what coach Dana looks like, look up jennifer coolidge and tell me what you think! kinda funny. but she is so nice unlike the evil step mother. i think of Dana as a godmother because she acts and looks like one! after our captains lunch with her, she gave us all hugs and i was suprised she did not whip out a batch of cookies! but.. i think she will be really good for our team this year.

i have been so stuck trying to figure out if i was going to continue doing drill or not and after meeting my godmother, i think i will stay. i hope i will not regret this year! and i hope our team can forget everything that has happened and move on... i hope!

[this went by too fast...]

Summer is amost over!! we have two more weeks. this went by WAY to fast! i think this summer has been the best one so far. i love partying every night and being bored other nights. i love going to bed past midnight each night and waking up in the afternoon every morning, and im not stressing over ANYTHING! can't get better than that! i will be so sad when its over!

but...

i miss seeing my friends every day! i miss waking up early and going to practice! i miss getting ready in the dance room with my best friends! i miss partying every friday night because school is not the next day.

summer is great and all but i really wont be sad when its over. call me crazy but im kind of excited :)

[Wisdom Teeth]

the day came and i wish it never would, it came way too fast! i got my wisdom teeth out. and yet i dont feel any dumber. anyways,

i am getting my wisdom teeth out with Jean Brown Research Study. they were doing the study on what medications help you the most with pain. so when i got my meds, i did not know what i was taking. i would also get money from doing the study. i was not worried about doing the study because Kyle did it about 6 months ago and he did fine with it. so i thought it would be nice to be able to get a little bit of money out of it!!

i left my house at 5 in the morning and mom drove me to salt lake. no makeup, hair up, pillow and blanket in hand. i was scared out of my mind! once we got there and i checked in, the nurses put me into a room with one bed, a tiny table, and a small tv. they took away my phone and my ipod because in this study, you are not allowed to know what time it is all day long. there was not a clock in my room either. i knew that this would be my new home for the day. Once my mom left and i was sent upstaris with the other 20 scared teenagers, and just my luck i was chosen to get my wisdom teeth out first.

Once i sat down on the dental chair, the doctors told me that i would only be getting my left side wisdom teeth out and not all 4 because it would be too much pain for me if i got all of them out. I was actually happy at the moment. but now i regret that because now i have to go through this all over again in 6 months. they gave me some laughing gas and a couple shots in the mouth to numb be up. yes i did not get put under. the whole they were pulling out my teeth, i heard every crack and felt every tug. it was actually kind of cool. then they stitched me up. it took them 10 minutes to get my teeth out and i got taken back to my new home for the day.

i had to drool into a bucket for 4 hours. they told me if i would try to spit, i could get dry socket and that would not be fun. so i did what they said and it was so nasty!! the bucket was so full of spit and blood, i started gaging after awhile because it looked so sick! i watched 2 movies, The RV and night at the museum 2, before i got my meds. my mouth was not numb anymore from the shots so i felt tons of pain! after both of those two movies were over i got my meds and i cannot even explain how much that helped me! they told me that after i get the medication i would not be able to go home for 6 more hours. i was pretty bumbed. they came in my room every 5 minutes for a whole hour and i had to fill out a pain paper. then it carried on to every 10 minutes. then every half hour. they turned on another 2 movies for me. i watched Mrs. Doubtfire and The wedding planner. and took 2 naps. this was the longest day of my entire life! they also fed me mashed potatoes and pudding. it took me a whole movie to finish it. it is so hard to eat!! it sucks!

I got home at 6 pm and i took more meds because my mouth was killing. and i put an ice pack on my face because my cheek is big. it was so worth the money! i got $250 bucks from doing this study!! and every penny was worth it! thanks to everyone who brought me ice cream and popsicles! it helped me lots! i cant eat anything and that made me feel great! i have amazing friends!! :) lets hope i will be able to eat normally very very soon!!

[Vacation]

Best.Vacation.Ever!! you cannot go on a family trip any more exciting than a cruise to mexico!

Drive.
12 hours long. We drove from home to Long Beach Cali. It actually was not as bad of a ride as i thought it would be. thankgoodness! Can i say how amazing it is to be 16 and can drive. I drove half way there and home. The only reason why i wanted to drive is because you can go 85 mph. gotta love it!! ramdom fact- on our way there, i pulled 2 sets of stitches out of kyles back. so cool.

The boat.
Our cruise line was with Carnival. The ship was the size of 3 football fields and had 11 floors! it was unreal! There was mini golf up top, multiple pools and hot tubs, plays, you name it... its prob on the boat! My favorite part about the boat was the lay out chairs on top. i think i was on a chair 90% of the trip! i did get a sunburn so bad on the 2nd day that i was peeling the rest of the trip. great. but it was so worth it!

The boys.
haha yeah, don't ask. i think i saw like 2. it sucked!

food.
i could not ask for more amazing food! I had so much fruit this week!!! It was nice going into the nice restraunt and ordering whatever you want. And when you are done, you just leave and you dont need to worry about tipping or paying or anything! The room service was really sweet too! Trust me, i took advantage of that!! :)

stops.
in mexico we stopped in Cabo (spent 2 days there) and puerto vallarta (spent 1 day)


Cabo.
we did a really cool excursion! We went Kiaking on the Ocean for 1 mile, fighting huge waves! Then we stopped and snorkeled for an hour. the fish were so cool! Dad sneaked corn flakes in his pockets and started throwing the food under me and a huge swarm of fish attacked me! they were hitting into me and it was so cool to see all of the colors of fish! The worst part about it was the salt water... nasty! Then we kiaked for 2 more miles and snorkeled for another hour! and once again, the same things happened! We did catch a puffer fish, and 3 star fish!
Then we slept on the boat. The next day at Cabo we went shopping! I LOVE bardering with mexicans! I heard lots of words like, "Americans, come into my shop! You want it, i have it! Good deal for you lady! So cheap its almost free! This is the real stuff!"... i can go on all day long!!

Puerto Vallarta.
can i say HUMID!!!! Holy crap i could barley breathe! We did a canopy adventure!! we rode up to the top of a jungle mountian in the back of a dump truck with seats. We got there and our tour guides are mexicans (of course). They called me Barbie when they were putting the harness on me. I guess they don't see blodies very often... kinda strange. Once we had all of our gear, we were connected to a huge zipline! about 200 feet above the jungle (palm trees and more). I can't even explain how beautiful it was! we went on 12 ziplines all together! Then at the bottom, we were able to go upside down on the last zipline! so fun! Then we all got on our own donkey and rode it back up to the top of the mountian!!! The worst part about the zipline was the mexicans. yes they were funny but they creeped me out! they would not stop hitting on me and i was so freaked out!
When we were done, we went into town and shopped some more!!

going home.
I did not want to leave! That was the worst part of the trip! But it was time to leave. 7 day cruise was amazing and i would go back in a heart beat!! When we got off the boat, we were planning the next one... kinda!! :)

[Who has a JOB??]

ME!! :)

i have been so so so stressed! I was teaching a clogging class at a little studio in Lindon. it.was.great! but i just felt like i had to move on. One problem... moving on without a replacement job!

So i started to search and look for a good job. well... i realized that they are building a community center about a mile away from my house. i was all over that. i started emailing this lady, and i sent in my resume (props to dad). within 2 days, she wanted me to have an interview with her!

at this place, i wanted to teach a couple of dance classes. so i danced for her and she was so excited! She also asked me if i wanted to be a Pretty Princess for princess parties. once again i was all for it! i felt like the interview went amazing! i could tell she really liked me!

About a week later, i got an email from her and it said that i am hired! i am SO excited!! tomorrow i get to meet with her and she will give me the rundown of whats going to happen!

Jobs are nice to have but takes TONS of responsibility.

[...great...]

Waking up at 5:00 in the morning, not being able to sit down for 4 hours, face cramping up from trying to smile, feet bleeding, holding a dance move for 10 hours each.. that's what summer Drill brings to you.

I am so sore. end of story.

My arms hurt so bad its hard for me to drive. My legs are so sore i can't stand up. to make this even better, for our fundraiser we are selling discount tickets. so i have to walk around going door to door for hours, with my body that is about to give out and break. great. my question is... why do people need to have a set of stairs at the front of their homes, leading to their front door?! your killing me! you think i can even walk on flat ground?

but all in all...

its worth it! :)

[It's just the Beginning]

So I have an AMAZING feeling that summer is going to be unreal this year! (maybe because it has been perfect so far)

So last night i went up the canyon and had a campfire with some of my amazing friends. Chloe. Stephanie. and Caitlin. More girls were going to come up but they could not find us. I swear we drove around for about 30 minutes looking for a open fire pit! I think we were almost out of the canyon by the time we found an empty one! Everything just got better from here...!

Us girls had to start the fire. I think you could imagine how funny that would look! Our fire started out burning off of wood. Then we started to run out. So me and Stephanie decided to go for a hike looking for dead branches and such... Well let me say that if me and Steph had to survive in the wild together, without anyone else helping us, and all we had was a baby ax... we would die! Steph tried to chop down branches and i tried to kick down branches... yes, that did not work! So we picked up some little sticks and pine cones off the ground and hoped that it would add to our baby fire! Well pretty soon we were out of wood completely. Thank goodness we all brought all of our binders filled with old homework! Our fire consisted of the following materials: paper. It was great! I think we went through 2 tree's of paper!

We ate HUGE marshmallows. When i say huge i really mean it! It took me about 15 minutes to gag the whole thing down! I swear they were the size of my head. We also roasted, mikandikes and starbursts on a fire made of burning homework! I cannot even tell you enough how much fun this was!

Well, that was how my summer shabang started off. If summer continues to be this fantastic, i won't mind it at all! ;)

[who i admire]

so i know this girl...

she is such an amazing example to me and i hope she knows that. I can talk to her about anything! she makes me want to be better each day!

she is the strongest person i know.
she does not hold grudges against anyone.
she lives her life to the fullest and has no regrets.
when she falls she gets back up again.
she does not show it when she is mad.
she is fun and uplifting to be around.
she has her priorities straight.

i honestly don't know what i would do without her! I would not be the person i am today without her in my life!

you are the sweetest thing and i look up to you so much! don't ever change!!

love ya girl! :)

[Drill]

Tryouts are finally over!!!! Yes that means we have our team 2011-2012 Cavettes!! I am so excited to be back to my busy schedule!

Everything went they way i was hoping for! The tryout dance was super cute and just perfect! (besides the part where i get in the car and the only song on the radio is our tryout song)

I just have a good feeling about this year!

There is one thing that is holding me back and i don't know why! ...

this morning the 2nd year and older girls, we woke up all of the new girls and brought them to my house for breakfast! I noticed that the new girls did not talk... this is a major issue! I know that we just barley met each other but honestly i am a little nervous for this. I just loved last years team that i don't know how i m going to make it through the year without Kilee, Brinley, and Brianne. I will love my new team so much, but it is not the same. i can tell that our team this year might end up having some clique issues and i will try my best to not let that happen!

I just want to place at competitions. It is hard starting off with a new coach. its like starting drill all over again for the first time. but i think i will end up loving McCall! i just hope the best for my team this year!

im just a little worried. but i am super excited to get back into routine again! :)

[Driving]

Remember when you were 15 and how excited you were to get your drivers license?! i was counting down the days ever since i turned 15! Driving was exactly what i was hoping it to be, and more! Driving with all the windows down, getting to be in total control of the radio, Not having to wait for your mom to take you places, being able to drive to your friends house whenever you want, and much more!

the best thing about driving is going to drive up windows by yourself and ordering food. i went to Sonic the other day and i ordered the best of all, medium strawberry lime-aid! the guy at the drive up window was flirting with me super bad. and when he gives me my drink, he told me that he gave me a large instead of a medium all on him! he then gave me a huge smile. i said thanks and drove away. now think about the story if my mom was driving me. yeah that's right, we would have not got the large! this is the advantage of driving! guys at the drive up window hit on you!

the bad part about driving is going to the bank by yourself. when my mom is in the car with me, she tells me what to say to the bankers and tells me what to write on the deposit slips. Well i had to put some money into my account, of course i was by myself this time, and i did everything perfect... until i drove away. i forgot to put the tube back in the slot and i drove away with the tube! i got half way home and i noticed that the tube was on the seat next to me. so i turned around (even though i did not want to) and i went back to the bank. i jumped out of my car and took it to the person that was at the station i was in before. He did not know what to do because there was no tube there. he laughed as i handed it to him and apologized for being so air headed. i felt so dumb. i know that this would not have happened if my mom was in the car with me.

its just so nice to be able to take myself places! i know that i will get sick of driving later on in life, but as of now... i absolutely love it!

[Remember when...]

• you did not have to do your hair and you did not care if it just hung in your face


• you did not have to take a whole hour on picking your outfit for the next day and just throwing something random on.


• you thought boys had cooties and you wanted nothing to do with them


• you would play dress ups and barbies with your friends


• you could wake up 10 min before school started and not care about getting ready


• you put on make up for fun


• you and your friends did crazy things and did not care to look stupid


• you would cry when your mom told you it was time to take a nap


• you would take a tin lunch box to school

being a little girl was simply wonderful! it was like you lived in a different world! you did not care about what you looked like or how people think about you. isnt it funny how that changes once you hit Jr. High and even High School. You are only a kid once... i can honestly say that i kind of miss that! but... being a teenager... well thats a different story!

[Bro]

i love seeing the temple in the background of this picture!

Can a little sister be anymore lucky?! I think not! Kyle and I have sort of a love hate relationship... most of the time we get along super good!! I love being able to know that if i ever need anything, i can ask him and he will help me out!

We are in High School together and i cannot ask for anything better than that! He is so fun to be around! He will let me sluff school with him and he will take me places during lunch! It will be super weird next year when i have to suffer through school alone.

Even though sometimes he messes up my hair after get finished doing it, makes me curl his mullet, and tackles me to the ground each day... i honestly can say that when he leaves to go on his mission this year, i will miss it! Even though it bugs me when he does stuff like that, i will have a hard time not having that for 2 years! But the cool thing about him being gone for two years is that we will both start our sophmore collage year together when he gets back! That... i cannot wait for!

He is also super protective of me! He has this list of boys to stay away from and if he finds out that i was talking to this kid... he will go beat him up! It is nice to know that someone is watching out for me!

I also love going to his baseball games! He is an insane pitcher (you would know if you have gone to almost every single game he has played in his whole life). This year he has gotten two MVP shirts from his coaches because he was the winner of the game!! What a great kid!

Can i add... im glad that i am not the oldest kid in the family, i give him props for putting up with being the Ginny pig for my parents!

[Easter]

It is NOT Easter until you get a present so great that you just want to kiss it!

It is NOT Easter until dad attempts to BBQ the dog! :)

It is NOT Easter until we check out the beginning of our candy fest!

It is NOT Easter until you are so surprised of what is in your basket!

My family... what can i say. Every Holiday is different and you never know what we are going to do next! :)

Easter is one of the best Holidays! its more of a chill holiday where you can just sit down and enjoy yourself and others around you!

The Easter Bunny hides our baskets every year. Kara found my basket and basically told me where it was (its not like i was looking anyway, i was enjoying all the candy in the kitchen). Kyle did not look very hard either... he found his basket in his truck the next day!

Thinking about it... without family, life would be super boring! my family definitely keeps me on my toes!!

[Cavettes back]

so...

this morning we met our new coach. i am so happy that we were actually able to get a coach before the summer! but drill just wont be the same.
i am gonna need to get used to this coach. cause she sure is not amber! but what can i do... just move on i guess!
im just glad that we have someone to coach us. and i would be nothing if i did not have drill in my high school life.

Coach McCall is her name.

• she is super young and cute


• does not have kids (so can be comitted even more)


• her team she coached last year took 1st in Nationals


• she has danced her whole life


• i heard she is a fireball (that is what we need)


• the principal seems to like her


• she wants to win!

well as of now that is all i can pick out. i hope she will turn out amazing! i want to take state this year!!!!! im just having a hard time (still) realizing that my coach/best friend, is gone and is not coming back. i just need to move on (even though i can't get myself to)

this year might be difficult getting used to. it is hard to be on your 2nd year and starting the program all over again. yes it is a big pain. but it will pay off... i hope!

i just hope that i did not loose amber forever. i still want her to text me like she always did. i still want her to call me and babysit evey weekend like she always did. i want her to see how much i am improving like she always saw. i want to hear her advice and "motivational speaches" like we heard every day that i never payed attention to.

but its gone now... and we need to move on and kill it this year!

here we go girls. lets do this and give her a chance! she could end up making us something out of this world!

[some pics]

Well if you want to know what i have been up to this spring break... this should explain it! :)

[Rain]

Life is full of beauty.
Notice it.
Smell the rain,
and feel the wind.
Live your life to the fullest potential,
and fight for your dreams.
No person has the right to rain on your dreams!

[my break]

My break has been fun
my break has been crazy
my break has been filled with awesome memories

but...

my break can be depressing
my break can be full of sadness
my break has been filled with worries

what...

All spring break i have been thinking about you
i want to help all that i can but i don't know if i am able to

you have made me worried to the point where i can't sleep at night
each time i think about you my heart brakes into two


how can i help?
you are hurting yourself
this can't be real
i need you!
many people love you


what you are doing is completely stupid and i want you to stop!
do it for me.
do it for yourself.

im here for you! :)

[You Know You Are On Drill Team IF...]

Your lucky number is your tryout number

You find yourself walking in the hallway in step with the people in front of you... left, left, left

you are walking to your next class and somehow you end up in the dance room

you come home from practice every day and end up waking up on the couch 2 hrs later

you get a bloody nose after performing Kick Routine

After performing your mouth hurts because of the big smile you had

You walk up with a random bruise on your body

You notice that one week each month is not a fun week to be around the team

Your head starts peeling from practicing those headstands all day

You go to grab a drink and your water bottle is already empty

Your sitting in class and you catch yourself counting through Hip Hop

You go to bed listening to Dane Routine on your iPod

You find yourself looking up motivational quotes every day

You want to start doing your team cheer after you hear any prayer

You are at a school dance and while you are dancing you keep saying YA, TUH, WOW

You want to go punch a wall after performing Military Routine

You look in your drill bag and you have 5 other girls shirts

You never wear your own clothes

This is dedicated to American Fork Cavettes Drill Team 2010-2011

[everyday is a new page in the book]

Wow honestly can life get anymore stressful... the answer is yes. Everything in my life right now just hit me like a brick and to make it worse, it hit me all at once. But this is life, things get hard just to get better. the stress sucks but once its gone you feel like a new person!

[School]
Can i just say that High School is nothing like i expected it to be. I think teachers are out to get us. I noticed that when i have a test in one class, i have a test that same day in all of my other classes. So all day long i am taking tests. And to make it worse, its all on the last day of the term (why do teachers do that, i have no clue). So if you fail your test, there is nothing you can do about it. I like to stress over things that don't need to be stressed over, which makes it worse for me because when that happens i go into panic mode and that is definitely not fun! But i love the feeling of starting a new term. it gives me a chance so start all over again!

[Drill]
So as some of you know, my drill coach quit and this is the very first time in my life where my heart was completely torn. Drill was my everything. I loved dancing with my team and when i would dance, i would forget about all of my struggles i'm having and i can just dance out the anger and stress. It was such a reliever for me! Even though drill was so hard and i thought i was about to die, i still miss it SO much!
My team... i don't even know where to start. I would be absolute nothing without them in my life! They are amazing girls and they helped my High School year to be fun! They helped me when i needed help the most and when i was having a "bad" day, they would cheer me up. They are the best friends that i can ever have. We have gone through so much together and i appreciate them for staying together after all of the drama we have had.

My Coaches Amber and Nicole are simply amazing! They have taught me how to fight my own fights and so much more things about life. they have taught me how to succeed and they showed me that i am the boss of my own actions and i get to make decisions on my own! I will miss them so very much. If any of you are wondering why they quit... they left by force. Or principal is hard headed along with my coaches. So their personalities clashed big time. Amber wanted more power than the principal wanted to give her. So basically the principal ruined the lives of 15 girls...

But luckily our school is looking for a new coach and i am so excited because i NEED drill in my life and i would be nothing without it. So girls, lets pull it together, leave the past behind and make next year a wonderful year!!!

[Friends]
You know how girls are. Girls over think everything and some girls try to hard to fit in. i think girls like to get into fights... i personally don't do that but some girls do. i hope i am not that kind of girl. This is how i learned how to forget and forgive. when i am mad at someone i usually don't confront them. i like to get over things by myself. sometimes it is nice to let the girl know you are mad but don't pull a grudge. it just makes things worse. yeah maybe i wont talk to them or text them back but like i used to but ill still be nice. and once that happens i get over it and everything just goes back to normal. "Peoples words don't affect you as long as you don't let them." just get over it.

[Boys]
where can i start... boys are great, don't get me wrong but i think boys are the number one cause of drama. it over works everyone! it makes me feel bad when you have a really good friend and once she gets a boy that is the only person she will talk to. it makes me feel like the second choice. am i really not good enough for you? common we are in high school, have fun! i especially hate it when you like a guy and your friends want you to be obsessed... that's funny and not gonna work! that's not how i roll. honestly that makes me not want to like him because you make me look like a retard. boys...


But after thinking of all of the hard things that are going down in my life right now, its just gonna get better from here. High School and life are not gonna be easy... we need a little challenge. that is how we grow as a person. but when you have too many things going on at once, life really sucks! we will only get better from here!

[Quotes that help me get through]

“Life is like an ocean. It can be calm and still or rough and rigid. But in the end it’s always beautiful.”

“Life is like a mirror, if you frown at it, it frowns back. If you smile, it returns the greeting.”

“If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down.”

“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”

[The Crew]

Wow what a crazy family i have! Thanks to stephanie mcbride for the awesome photo shoot! i think this is one of the last family pictures we have before kyle goes out on his mission!

[Look What I Found]

I was going through some pictures and i ended up coming across tons of pictures of me when i was just a little girl! it's always so fun to look at yourself and remember what you looked like as a youngling! I let out a few laughs and smiled as i went through each picture. This should give you a little taste of what i looked like as a little munchkin! :)

After looking at some fun pictures and memories of my life i started thinking about all of the fun things i have done! I remember trying to dig to china with kyle in our backyard, playing with my imaginary friend "Hedda", flushing a lightbulb down the toilet with kyle (thinking that a genie would come and give us 3 wishes), and catching huge butterflies in the garden. I love looking back at my childhood, I always get a few laughs remembering all of the crazy stuff i did!

[Cavettes 2010-2011]

My team has gotten me through this year. If i did not have them in my life, my high school year would have sucked! I have so many memories with them that i will never forget! They are my best friends and i could go to them for anything and i know they will help me. These girls are amazing! I actually see them more than i see my own family. I feel so close to them that they are honestly my sisters. i love my cavettes!

[Drill]

What would i be without drill? i would be nothing!

As i think about drill... once it is over... i realize how much i grew as a person through the year. But now once drill is gone and over, i miss it so much and i would give ANYTHING to get it back. I would not be the person i am today without being on cavettes drill team 2010-2011. My team is amazing and the experiences i had were wonderful! I learned how to be a hard worker and i was on top of things when we had practices. But once its done and over, i am so lazy and its hard for me to get things done. it was the ONLY thing that got me through high school!

[Fun Photo Shoot]

[Best Friends]

Melanie is on the High School Drill Team with me and i enjoy every minute of it! We have gone through so much togither! I have so many memories with this girl its insane! You know when you have a friend and you have been friends for so long that you don't even know how you became friends? yeah well that is how me and melanie are! I love you girl!

[Dog Jumping]

Personal best of 21.4 ft (measuring from the dock to butt) at his first competition at Soldier Hollow. He was classified in the Professional category on his first competitive jump! this video is kyle throwing the stick. watch were he lands its great! he did so good!!! can't wait for FINALS on MONDAY! after he jumped the announcer said: welcome to the finals!!!

[my dog]

Rex jumps in a nearby canal and we always thought that he can jump really good. so just for fun, we entered him into a dog jumping competition with Splash Dogs up in Heber. Kyle jumped him in the Adult devision and I jumped him in the Jr. devision. I got rex to jump 21.4 ft. while dogs that have been jumping for many years that got 16 ft. Rex has only been doing this since July (3 months) if a dog can hit 20 ft he is in the Pro devision. so me and kyle are pro dog handlers!!! funny right? once rex jumped off of the dock, the announcer said... Welcome to the FINALS!!! haha the crowd went crazy! he took 4th place with kyle and 2nd place with me! so now we get to go back on Monday and go against the top 24 dogs!!! I am so excited!