Thankful

This is a little late, but better than never! here are some of the things I am most thankful for, there are a ton so I thought I would just do 5-

*My Family

I love my family so much! It is so fun when we all get together. We have so many fun traditions and things that we do together! I am so thankful for them! I am so excited for Christmas when we can all get together and talk and have fun together. I thought I would write some things that I like most about each family member:


1. My Dad- He is such a hard worker! I am amazed at how much he does for our family and he is such a good dad. He is kind, fun, and intelligent. He is also a great chef and I love when he makes his salsa and lettuce wraps!


2. My Mom-She is amazing! She is the most unselfish person I know and always so generous! She is patient, kind and caring. She makes everyone of us feel special and does so much service! She is also a very good cook especially when she makes lemon chicken!


3. Brooke-She is an amazing sister and mother and has raised 3 cute boys. I don't know how she does everything she does! She is stylish, funny, and creative. Everytime we are together I get an ab workout from laughing so hard!


4. Melissa- She is an inspiration! She's an amazing college graduate who is a super fast runner. She is very considerate, fun, and nice and is always finding ways to make people happy and feel better when they are sad.


5. Ashley- She is very laid back, calm, and perfect (lol!) She is so fun to do stuff with and is my rock climbing buddy! When me and Ally were little we called her "Life of the Party" and we used to march around outside her bedroom door and have her autograph all our stuff haha!


6. Ally Ally is an excellent ballet dancer and is always spinning and dancing where ever she goes! She is very thoughtful, graceful, and creative. She is always thinking of creative things to do and fun to be around.

There is a better picture of us all, but I could not find it because our files were switched to another folder!

*The Gospel

I am so thankful for the gospel in my life. I do not know what I would do without it and it is just so amazing! I love everything about it! Everything in this church is just so right and true and I am so thankful that I am a part of the true gospel of Jesus Christ! I am also very thankful for our prophet President Thomas S. Monson!

*Friends

Then: Here is a picture from back in the day! haha! This is 7th grade. We had so much fun together and were so entertained with taking pictures the whole night! This was before a church dance I believe!

Now: Here is a more recent photo.We have so much fun together and always find ways to make boring Arizona fun! I love these girls they mean so much to me!

* A Job

As many of you know... I finally got a job! I work at Hollister now and had a memorable first shift on Friday night/Saturday morning from 9pm-2am folding clothes after the black friday rush! 5 hours of it! But I am not complaining, I am so thankful to have a job now! The people I work with are super nice and I have already become close friends with a couple of them!

* The newest member of our family: Coconut (coco)

We got him on Thanksgiving and he is the cutest little bunny! He even has blue eyes! He loves to be held and to hop around outside. Everytime you walk by his cage he will hop toward you and stand up because he loves attention!

* Dance- I am sooo grateful for the opportunity I have to take dance classes. I have been so blessed and always seem to have just enough money to pay for it. It would not be possible without my mom! She helps me finance it and I am so grateful! Dancing means the world to me and I never want to stop!

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7 things I can do-

1-Dance

2-Write essays, I love English!

3-Style peoples hair-It is so fun! I love having Ally be my model and curling her hair and doing it different ways, It doesn't always end well sometimes it gets tramatic, but It turns out good 95% of the time!

4-Talk on the Phone for hours and text at lightning speed! haha!

5-Spend all my money in one shopping trip, feel guilty about it, and end up returning half the stuff! haha!

6-Read, I love to read!

7-Photography, I love to take pictures of everything and capture really cool scenes.

7 things I cannot do-

1- Wake up without pressing the snooze.

2-Math, I hate it, its so confusing to me!

3-Go to bed at a reasonable time-I'll have to say the same thing as Brooke because it is so true I go to bed at at least 11 almost every night and I wake up for seminary at 5!

4- Get a job! The economy is really bugging me right now because *no joke I have applied at over 20 places and have not gotten a job.

5-Change my hair style- I have had the same style for so long! I want side bangs and a different hair color, but I am always a wimp and never drastically change my hair when I go to get it done.

6-Keep my room clean

7-Eat any fast food meat, excluding in-and-out because they are fresh, it grosses me out!


7 Products I love

1-Clinique Concealer and Foundation-this stuff is amazing! I love it because it covers blemishes so well!

2-Dolce & Gabbana Perfume-Light Blue-This is the BEST perfume in the world! I love it sooo much the scent it amazing! It stays on the whole day.

3-Victoria's Secret Mosiac Bronzer-It is a really good shade and makes you look really tan.

4. Cover Girl Eye Enhancer in Champaigne- This is the best color and it is the foundation for every eye shadow color that I use it goes so well with everything and brightens up your eyes.

5. Rusk Thermal Serum- It protects your hair from the heat of styling and gives it shine.

6. Lotions from Bath and Body Works-Black Raspberry Vanilla is my favorite.

7. The new David Archuleta CD-really good!


7 Things I love to eat

1-Boneless Barbeque Buffalo Wings from Applebees

2. Haagan Daz White Chocolate Raspberry Truffle Ice Cream

3-Simply Orange-Orange Juice

4-German Chocolate Pie from Marie Callendar's

5-Cajun Chicken Pasta from Chilis

6-Pizza and pizuki from Oregano's

7-Stuffed Tortillas at The Cheesecake Factory

The list could go on and on! I struggled with some of the other ones, but I had no problem with this one! Everyone should do this Tag because it was really fun and I like to read them! Anyone who has make-up suggestions I would love them! I always like to try new brands!

A Tribute to John McCain

I was never really into politics until recently, I am not sure what sparked my interest, but since the summer I have been really into researching both the candidates and their stances on the issues, researching propositions, etc. I love it! I didn't miss a debate and was the first one in our family to know the 411 about each candidate.-i know its strange haha! Our class at school is even doing a Fantasy Congress league! I had been following the race very closly and was estatic when I heard that we were invited to attend John McCain's election party-thanks to Jeff! It was so fun with all our cousins and the cool atmosphere of a Presidential election party. I kinda knew what was coming and was sad to find out that McCain's speech would not be one of victory, but one of concession :( I have been thinking about it all day and it makes me really sad! To me John McCain was the best choice for President, but people overlooked it because of Obamas eloquent way of phrasing his pointless plans that our country just doesn't have the money for. Anyway I won't bore you with my views on these haha! I really admire John McCain's love for our country and his service as a Navy Pilot. I can't even imagine what he must have gone through at those camps, but it is undeniable the love he has for the U.S.A. He had so much to bring to the table and would have been way more prepared to deal with the war in Iraq. Here are some pictures and videos from the party last night. It was a night I will never forget! Here's to McCain!

In the ballroom listening to John Rich, He sang his song "Raisin' McCain"

This is one of those moments where I wish I had a really good camera!

Below is a video I took of his speech:

Ward Youth Conference

We had the ward youth conference this weekend which was super fun! We just got back tonight and for some reason I am not tired even though I got like 3 hours of sleep last night! On Friday we all met at the church at 5pm and then we drove up to Prescott and we got to stay in The Franklin's cabin, Well the girls did anyway! It was sooo nice, 3 stories and probably like 15x's bigger than our real house and it looked like a model home. The boys had to stay in an old warehouse that was super dusty and had attack dogs surrounding it that barked the whole night, sad! When we got there it was dark so we had a short fireside and then we went back to the cabin. There were like 30 girls sleeping in sleeping bags all over the basement and it was impossible to sleep! haha! The next day we had this really good breakfast with french toast made out of homemade bread it was so good! Then we did a service project painting picnic tables at the little park that is in the middle of all the cabins around there. Then we had lunch, went to little classes, and just hung out until dinner. Then we ate and had a testimony meeting. It was so fun and I am so thankful for all the leaders who went to so much work to put it together it was amazing! Here are some pictures from the conference:


Team Rockstars!

Kendra and I

Kendra, me, and Lindsey before the service activity


Going HOME!

The Twisted Big Top

Near halloween me and my friends usually go to fear farm (a haunted corn maze)-I know some of you might think it is weird to pay to be chased around a corn maze by evil looking clowns...but it is one of the things I look forward to the most near halloween! This year though, we heard about a haunted house called "The Twisted Big Top" -It is about this girl who never got to go to the circus and so she imagined up all these demented things of what the circus must be like. The haunted house was centered around clowns. The best thing about it was there was a very short line, but it pretty much ended there. We paid $23 dollars to be slightly scared through a pretty lame haunted house which was supposed to be the best in AZ! The first attraction we sat in this room which was supposed to be a funeral and these statues with projected faces talked and then a skeleton flung out of a coffin. The next attraction was a mirror maze that lasted 3 minutes where only two people popped out. The last attraction was the best part. You began being led through one of those places where there is a big air bag being pushed against you to make you feel claustrophobic, then you went through several rooms where clowns followed you and popped out at you and such. I thought that the clown statues were freakier than the people. I have to hand it to them the statues were really realistic and the scary part was you could not tell if they were going to move and grab you, or if they were just fake. There was this nerd clown statue with HUGE teeth that was so freaky. All in all, if you were planning to go to a haunted house this October, i would recommend fear farm! Sorry this post is really long, I want to be able to remember everything!

Homecoming

Okay so I have lots and lots of pictures of homecoming! It has been such of fun week!

Homecoming Day! It was so fun the whole week because it was spirit week! The best day was friday beacause of the pep assembly and the game. My dance group danced at the assembly so that was super fun! We also had another interesting dance group perform-The Sun City Dancers! Haha! They were so funny doing the splits and headstands! Very entertaining! I hope I look that good when I'm older haha!

Me and Jake at the game. Even though we lost it was really fun, we stayed until half time and then we went with kendra, natalie, david, bryan and jordan to applebees and cold stone.

We picked up the guys super early in the morning and we surprised them with breakfast!

The boys made us lunch instead of going out to dinner because they went to the Priesthood session. Then they picked us up later and we went to the dance.

Okay so it was kinda sad because I ordered this dress for homecoming a little over a week before the dance hoping it would get here in time but it never did! Sad! I absolutely loved it though! I ended up just buying new shoes and red ribbon and wearing the dress that I wore at Melissa's wedding.

I went with Jake, one of my good friends so it was really fun!

The corsage...

Okay so it is really hard to put on a boutonniere! I think I stabbed him a couple of times haha!

The group- it was funny we didn't plan to all match, but it turned out that we all wore red and black.

Life!

Ok so I haven't posted in a while, mainly because I didn't have any pictures to put up! so here's a little update on whats been happening lately. Last week I tried out for The Nutcracker and I got a solo as a flute! Rehearsals start next week so I will be busy with that. Schools been going good also, I hardly have homework because I am just taking economics and dance! A few weeks ago I started helping my dance teacher teach two ballet classes a week so that has been really neat learning how to teach and watching all the little girls learn technique! Basically dance is taking over my life haha! but I love it so its all good! I have also been busy searching for a job and deciding which colleges I want to apply for. I am loving life and know that I will be guided in whichever direction is best for me! It was also Ally's birthday yesterday so she got lots of cute clothes and such!

Happy Birthday Ally!