bippity boppity boo

so... i made a summer list, to make my summer not just about cheerleading. i really enjoy it. and hope i finish all of them by the end of the summer.

recently i signed up to run a marathon in september. very scary. hope i finish it!

cheer starts on tuesday. 7 in the morning. can't be late. excited, but nervous feeling. we try out for the dance on thursday!

when shelly got home from her mission, i saw her all the time. now that joe is home, i rarely see him. its ok though, he's still doing great, gettiing married in august! i'm still in shock over that.

i'm gonna go over to my other mommy's house this week, and do random things with her. i love that woman. she is my inspiration.

i'm getting new neighbors. the best part is, i already know them! emily, her husband jeremy, and their two boys mason and tanner! i'm very excited, cause i love that family.

joe is gonna move out very soon, and when he does, i get my own room back. yay! my closet is so jam-packed i can barely get my clothes out without having an avalanche fall on me. it's pretty monumental.

i really wanna watch peter pan, but i can't seem to find my copy. how sad is that? oh well, i guess i'll go watch mulan instead.

california girls

today started off really badly. i went to o.zone fit, and the workout was torture. ahh! after that i got in a fight with my friend, and my mom made me go to her house and make it better. i was there for three hours, and it was very awkward. after, i pretty much sat on my bum shoving food into my mouth. around seven, i got a call from sar! so she came over. and we sat on our bums together. eventually i told her about my dream i had of taping balloons to the ceiling and trying to pop them with toothpicks. we thought about it, and decided we just HAD to make my dream reality! so we go and ask my mommy for balloons, and we had some!! praty! but, once we blew them all up, their were only eleven. definitely not enough to put on the ceiling right? so we had to think of another way to pop all eleven!! while we were taking them downstairs, one popped. already!! so early in the night. poor balloon. oh well, we still had ten more!! we started out by playing baseball with one of them. it was great fun watching maggie try to hit the balloon, and run to the right base before we caught her!! hehe, oh maggie. then i remembered i had a bag of pixy sticks!! yay for sugar!! haha then after that, sar came up with the great idea of taping them to our jean belt loops, just over our bums, and trying to pop each others with a toothpick, while our insane song california girls was on!! like it? its called maggie ball!! we did about three rounds of that when shelly's friends came in with awed looks on their faces. i offered each of them a pixy stick. about half said no. why refuse pure sugar?? crazies. one of her friends was telling me about how if you put pixy stick dust in a cup then pour sprite into it, and chug it down really fast, you get a bubbly feeling in your tummy. its called a wild indian. so naturally i had to try it. greatest experience ever. and on tape!! haha i couldn't stop laughing after that! so, to sum up my day, it was a perfect ending to a not so perfect day. and that is my story of the day. hope you enjoy how weird i am. :)

The Friendlies

When it comes to friends, its really hard to find the true ones in your life. Today, I had a great talk with three girls I don't usually talk to, even though they're always there. I KNOW that they are my true friends.
Then two other girls have always been there, which I appreciate like no other.
Next is the ones who say they're your best friend, but then you don't hear from them for 2 or 3 days. Everytime you're with them though, its completely normal and nice.
Their is also the ones that say you're friends, then secretly stabs you in the back, which gets really annoying.
Last their is the ones that say your friends, tell each other you'll hang out, but you never do. And that's the end of that. It's very easy to come by those ones.
That's pretty much my friend scene right now.

Mmmm:)

So far, summer has pretty much rocked. And its not even summer yet(at least, not until tomorrow) I pretty much love my life, and everyone in it. I tried on my bridesmaid's dress today, and it is b-e-a-utiful! Rachel and Joe are one cute couple:) Soon to be married!!

When your summer starts out in Park City with people that can make you laugh so hard you'll get a six pack in ten minutes, you know the summer is gonna be amazing:) It ends with my Boe gettin' hitched:) All the time in between is literally gonna be fan-flippin-tastic!

Cheer has started off great! The girls there already feel like sisters to me, and max is my brother:) When I see them outside of cheer, they're always way nice to me, and I love it! I feel better going to school next year with an already amazing bond between 20 other girls and 1 boy:)

Being mia-maids president, I love randomly calling the girls to ask them how their life is going. I feel like I'm a part of their life as they tell me their amazing adventures:)

Another thing I'm pumped for is laying in my front yard everyday, and just enjoying being alive:) I did that tonight, and I watched the sun set. Let me tell ya, it looked amazing tonight!! More gorgeous than any other night to me. It looked even cooler in between my backyard trees, Where the color shines through the cracks.

The last thing I have to say is that one of my close close friends is getting her tonsils out on Thursday, and I feel way bad for her. That's not my choice way to start off the summer. Ah well, I wish her the best of luck!

And now, I have a date with a little girl and her favorite show: Wall.E

Delta:)

Delta is one of my few comfort places. It happens to be in the middle of nowhere, an hour past Nephi, Utah. My family owns a cabin there, and it happens to be right on the lake. It is so beautiful there, and this past weekend, I was fortunate enough to go again:) I brought my camera, and got a few amazing shots. Six hundred and thirteen total. Here are some of the better shots. I'm a total amateur photographer by the way, so thats why they look really bad.

the Airplane that flies through Life.

I getta go to DELTA this weekend!! Yay!! Its family weekend, and I am sooo excited for it!! Ahh!! Plus imma take tons of pictures to share with the world:) my little corner of heaven on earth:) And the best part: Sar's family is going too!! Yay!! What a perfect start to the last week of school:) I love life:)

Tonight was great :) I went to a welcoming party for Cheer next year at BHS, and it was really fun:) I can tell this year with those girls is gonna be one to remember forever and always:)

Teaching something you love has got to be fun right? I sure hope so, cause thats what I'm doing this summer.. Hope it goes well!

I really want to eat steak right now.. I've craved it all this week... yet I couldn't because I got my braces tightened:( So I've pretty much lived off of ICE CREAM:) That was a plus :)

Haha I just read through that and realized this post was very random.. But it totally portrays my life right now:) I love it:)

Cake!

I've learned that fun things happen in young womens. Here are a few of my pictures from tonight's activity...





We learned how to make fondunt cakes! They are sooo easy!! Oh my goodness! And I love how they taste! Like marshmallows... Mmmmmm.. I think I'm gonna make these often! Just for the fun of it:) Project for the year: start making them look more proffesional! Awe Yeah!!!

Fail.

what do you do when you get in a huge fight with a friend, about your friendship, then a few days later, they ditch you(it was their fault in the first fight)? you fail. i just don't want to be her friend anymore. she treats me like crap, and thinks i'm still her best friend. news flash! life doesn't work that way! you can't just treat people like crap and expect them to be their forever. they will leave. maybe not the first time, but they will. whatever. i'm sick of her anyways. i liked her better before she became friends with another girl.

sorry about the mean-sounding post.. i just had to get my feelings out.

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Ok did the flowers get on anyone else' nerves besides mine? No? Well I changed it anyway. I could not stand them anymore. So we all get pretty birds instead:) End of story.

We'll Write a Song... That Turns Out the Lights...

August 29, 2009

By SMALL and SIMPLE things are GREAT things brought to pass.

260 days

You can either change the world, or let the world change you.

The Number 2

Its her hair and her eyes today, that just simply take me away, and the feeling that i'm falling further in love makes me shiver, but in a good way..

Over 17 million

Focus on the critical few, not the insignificant many.

And last the best of all the game...

Women are like apples on trees. The best ones are at the top of the tree. The boys don't want to reach for the good ones, because they are afraid of falling and getting hurt, Instead they get the rotten apples on the ground that aren't as good, but easy. So the apples at the top think something is wrong with them when in reality they are amazing. They have to wait for the right guy to come along. The one who is brave enough to climb to the top of the tree.

Sorry if this post doesn't make sense to some, it's kind-of in my secretive code.. I just couldn't keep it all in my head, so I wrote it in my blog.

What You Do To Me...

I wanna be the picture on your wall
I wanna chase you around until we fall
I wanna be the one you write about
I wanna be the one who never lets you down

But right now I feel like I am losing control, losing control

Hey, hey, hey, hey
My head is spinning cause of you
Hey, hey, hey, hey
You've no clue what you do
Your the storm, let it rain
You've got eyes like a hurricane
Hey, hey, hey, hey
You've no clue what you do to me
You've no clue what you do to me

I can make you laugh until you cry
I can tell your mood just by your eyes
I can sleep with your head on my cheek
And I could be the one you'd never want to leave

But right now I feel like I'm losing control, losing control

Hey, hey, hey, hey
My head is spinning cause of you
Hey, hey, hey, hey
You've no clue what you do
Your the storm, let it rain
You've got eyes like a hurricane
Hey, hey, hey, hey
You've no clue what you do to me

And we'll both fall, we'll lose it all
But we'll have each other
And we won't make the same mistake
Cause we're better together
And we're smarter than before
Cause we have have been through the world
And we know that there is more
When you find the one that you are looking for
Hey, hey
My head is spinning cause of you
Hey, hey
You've no clue what you do

Hey, hey, hey, hey
My head is spinning cause of you
Hey, hey, hey, hey
You've no clue what you do
You're the storm, let it rain
You've got eyes like a hurricane
Hey, hey, hey, hey
You've no clue what you do to me
You've no clue what you do to me
You've no clue what you do to me

An Inspiring Prayer...

I have this in my book, and it just helps me to remember that no matter what my life is like, I should always be kind to others, because you never know what they're going through.

Heavenly Father, help us remember that the jerk who cut us off in traffic last night is a single mother who worked nine hours that day and is rushing home to cook dinner, help with homework, do the laundry and spend a few precious moments with her children.

Help us to remember that the pierced, tattooed, disinterested young man who can't make change correctly is a worried 19-year-old college student, balancing his apprehension over final exams with his fear of not getting his student loans for next semester.

Remind us, Lord, that the scary looking bum, begging for money in the same spot every day (who really ought to get a job!) is a slave to addictions that we can only imagine in our worst nightmares.

Help us to remember that the old couple walking annoyingly slow through the store aisles and blocking our shopping progress are savoring this moment, knowing that, based on the biopsy report she got back last week, this will be the last year that they go shopping together.

Heavenly Father, remind us each day that, of all the gifts you give us, the greatest gift is love. It is not enough to share that love with those we hold dear. Open our hearts not to just those who are close to us, but to all humanity. Let us be slow to judge and quick to forgive, show patience, empathy and love.

P.S. I'm sorry that this post is another moral/story post, i just love this one too.

that crazy feeling

my favorite feeling in the world: everything about me and my life is just the way i want it to be. my brother is finally home, me and a close friend are trying to fix problem that i just couldn't live with, i made cheer, the end of this year is wrapping up, summer is starting, i'm in shorts, my mommy is gonna make eggrolls this week, i have conveniently forgotten about my homework for the day, i've cried out of happiness in the last ten hours, and my brother brought me a plate from argentina!! how much better could it get? this is my bliss:)

summer2010!

i'm just so excited for summer!
cheer
tennis with joe:)
florida!
long days filled with happiness, food and books
late nights with my favorite persons on the planet:)
delta!
spiritual trips
campfires
babysitting my favorite kids:)
boys( or just one boy:) )
family days
movies
learning new things
priceless moments
marathon with shell and joe:)
bucket lists
and best of all: no homework!! summer 2010 is gonna be epic!! :)

only more days, and thats exactly how life will be:)

blah blah blah.

some days i go to school and all i hear all around me is blah blah blah. it's so hard to concentrate when their is something in the back of your mind, bugging you to no end. the worst part is not being able to concentrate on your CRT test.. oh well. i just hope problems will end soon, so that i can be carefree and blissful again.

on the up side, i finished memorizing 25 of the 100 scripture masteries. yay for morgan.

and stupid story of the week: morgan at a factory, phone in her pocket, playing on a fork lift, phone falls out of her pocket, fork lift runs over it, and morgan's indestructible phone dies. way to go morgan.

Run Through The Rain

Sometimes you lead, other times you follow... This is my all time favorite story... Hope you enjoy.



A little girl had been shopping with her Mom. She must have been 6 years old, this beautiful red haired, freckle faced image of innocence. It was pouring outside. The kind of rain that gushes over the top of rain gutters, so much in a hurry to hit the earth it has no time to flow down the spout. We all stood there under the awning and just inside the door.

We waited, some patiently, others irritated because nature messed up their hurried day. I am always mesmerized by rainfall. I got lost in the sound and sight of the heavens washing away the dirt and dust of the world. Memories of running, splashing so carefree as a child came pouring in as a welcome reprieve from the worries of my day.
The little voice was so sweet as it broke the hypnotic trance we were all caught in, 'Mom let's run through the rain,' she said. 'What?' Mom asked.
Let’s run through the rain!' She repeated.

'No, honey. We'll wait until it slows down a bit,'Mom replied.
This young child waited about another minute and repeated: 'Mom, let's run through the rain.' 'We'll get soaked if we do,' Mom said. 'No, we won't, Mom. That's not what you said this morning,' the young girl said as she tugged at her Mom's arm.
'This morning? When did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?'
'Don't you remember? When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said, 'If God can get us through this, he can get us through anything!'

The entire crowd stopped dead silent. I swear you couldn't hear anything but the rain.. We all stood silently. No one came or left in the next few minutes.

Mom paused and thought for a moment about what she would say. Now some would laugh it off and scold her for being silly. Some might even ignore what was said. But this was a moment of affirmation in a young child's life. A time when innocent trust can be nurtured so that it will bloom into faith.

'Honey, you are absolutely right. Let's run through the rain. If GOD lets us get wet, well maybe we just needed washing,' Mom said.

Then off they ran. We all stood watching, smiling and laughing as they darted past the cars and yes, through the puddles. They held their shopping bags over their heads just in case. They got soaked. But they were followed by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the way to their cars.

And yes, I did. I ran. I got wet. I needed washing.

Circumstances or people can take away your material possessions, they can take away your money, and they can take away your health. But no one can ever take away your precious memories...So, don't forget to make time and take the opportunities to make memories every day. To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven.

I hope you still take the time to run through the rain.

They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them, but then an entire life to forget them.

joe :)

you make me dance like a fool, forget how to breathe, shine like gold, buzz like a bee, just the thought of you can drive me wild, oh you make me smile :)



just eleven more days, and i'll be an even happier little girl :)