Ice Ice Baby!

Last Saturday was WINTER FORMAL!! Wooooooo!!! It was an absolute blast! I went with Devin Carroll -- he and Adam Williams are superb dancers! I do not have pictures at the moment, but I will soon!

Bravin' the Bronc!

Yes, that is me on top of Etoile! I've been waiting for this for 2 years and 7 months!!! (plus 11 more months if you count the pregnancy) It went alot smoother than i thought! My neighbor came over, gave me a few pointers, and kept her in control. I mounted and dismounted several times, but she didn't seem to care a bit after the first time! We were all very surprised--expecting her to make like her namesake (shooting star)! Haha!! It was a fairly smooth ride, and I can't wait to get back on!!!

Homecoming!!!

saturday was HoMeCoMiNg!!! my date was Colton Pitcher! my mom was out of town that weekend, so i had to do my own hair--but it turned out pretty well, i think =)

for our day activity we went to the zoo! it was a blast! we were gonna run around the lion pen, but they didn't quite look up to playing with us. hahaha! from that day i learned 2 things: ryan lewis can run 14 mph, and rainbow snow-cones are yummy until the flavors get mixed together into gray mush~~bleh!

the dance itself was a blast! dress: Dillard's -- jacket: Target -- shoes: Payless -- Colton carrying me so i wouldn't have to walk in my painful shoes until i could take them off: priceless! I am a horrible dancer, but so was everyone in my group so i didn't feel so bad =D it was so fun jamming out! even slow dances were wild! colton and i started many random games of couples' tag just to confuse everybody and would gallop around the gym until the dense crowds would kill our momentum! fun fun!

snip snip!

sorry i waited sooo long to say anything! hahaha just thought i'd share the fact that for the first time (a couple months ago) i cut my hair short for the first time! i finally got a decent picture so here you are! oh btw after a year and a half i decided to dye my hair a color other than red =P

hey

ok so i'm trying to write a book, but all my ideas were getting jumbled, so i started a blog where i can get my thoughts up in the air. please read it! i'd really really appreciate your ideas! thanx! here's the link!

Argh!!!!

Being a pirate, what an appropriate title! haha!! we went on a trip to disneyland this last weekend; it was soooooo much fun! i got to hang with my best pirate mate, Liz Gibson!! since she knows everything about disneyland, and has family that works there, i was treated to an awesome day through the eyes of a cast member! we had a blast!!!

Mom got in free on saturday, it being her birthday! we've found that our family is the perfect size for disneyland; we completely fill a boat on splash mountain and a rocket on space mountain! welll.... appearantly the pictures aren't on the computer yet.... so i'll get them to u later!!!

overall, it was a really fun trip! on the way home, we stopped at the COACH OUTLET!!!! mom got a couple of purses, while adrian and i got shooooooooooes!!!!! they're so cute!!!!

Girls's Camp!

ok so this was my first year as a YCL!!!! Ah! i was sooo nervous but it was a lot of fun! i thought i was going to have my hands full with 7 girsl and no partner! but they were such angels! i love them all to death! It took me a while to get all the names straight :P but i got pretty good at that by the end! *Alex, Amance, Sandra, Taylor, Caroline, Michaela, and Katie*
it was a llllllloooooooooooooooonnnnnnnngggggg week i must say! we left Monday morning and stayed a night at "Sitta Fitta's" cabin. We sewed flowers, played games, toasted/burned marshmallows, and stayed up until 12:30 watching "Raise your Voice" (very interesting movie).
Tuesday was pretty uneventful. we set up camp, then me and my roomies listened to "Tennis Shoes Among the Nephites" on tape. We finished the whole book in one day!
Wednesday we helped our girls set up their camp and went for a wimpy little hike. All the first years were not very impressed. :) Our tent collapsed sometime during the hike. I'm sooooo grateful to Pres. Rapier and Tanner Jones for helping us fix it!
The rest of the week passed w/o much more excitment. we listened to the 2nd book. Jennifer started the 3rd book, but the rest of us were becoming disinterested in the series. during most of my free time i hung out with my assigned ward, learning how to play the cup game and eating all their food :P Cody was flirting with my tent buddy's brother, who recently got off his mission! she claims she's not interested, but i saw that chemistry! *mischievous grin* mwuaahahaha!
By Saturday, despite how much fun i had, i was home sick. after saying good-bye to my girls, i later heard that i was loved by everyone in my assigned ward. awww..... *tear* i'll miss them so much!
we finally got home and went to Bridget's baptism! Jeff came! *i missed him so much!* I'm so proud of Bridget! i feel so OLD though! 8 years ago, i was her age.....wow. i nearly cried during her confirmation.
after the baptism, we rushed off to Bridget and Sophie's dance recital! they were so adorable up there! Sophie seems to have completely gotten over the stage fright of 2 years ago! she owned the stage during her numbers!