Friday, June 27, 2008
Utahn Update!!
So I know I said I'd put up pictures, and it's not my fault they aren't up! Carie's computer is really really slow! It's torture! So I'm trying again this time and hopefully it works out.
Now for my 'party harty' update: for the past few days, I've been waking up early and....going back to school :S dun-dun-duuuuuuh! Well actually it hasn't been bad. I went every morning with Carie to volunteer in Sarah's Kindergarten class since her teacher recently had surgery on her leg. Being the stupidly, overexited person I am, I volunteered to run the station where the kids got to make little things out of toothpicks and marshmallows. If that wasn't bad enough, I made the effort to learn all of their names and talk to every Kindergartener in the class...and I couldn't say 'no' or get stern with a single one of them. Lets just say I made lots of friends in that class.....LOTS of friends. They were hanging all over me, asking me to play with them, and before I knew it I was elected Mama Lion and I had half a dozen girls all growling and whining and wimpering being my baby lions. You know girls and their crazy games :] They were all adorable and sweet and being called 'Mama' and expecting to respond took some getting used to, but I had loads of fun...and I slept very soundly the past few nights. Hahaha. So after being with Kindergarteners, I decided I wanted to kick it with the older kids, so I volunteered in Jacob's class to help out with the 5th Graders Field Day. That was really fun! They were all energetic and competitive, like kids should be. And having the same goal as the Kindergarten class, I made an effort to talk to everyone and learn their names. I made lots more new friends, and no one called me 'Mama' :]
Another fun part of being somewhere where you don't know anyone, YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT AND IT DOESN'T MATTER! It doesn't matter what any cocky little kids say because chances are you're never gonna see them again, so I got to be crazy! A band came the second to last day of school, so I hung out with the fifth graders during it because, come on, Kindergarteners and alternative rock? There are so many things wrong with just that sentence. While I was sitting with them, they all whispered about standing up or cheering loudly or doing something bold, but they never really did it, until I would. I was one of the only ones standing up, and absolutely the only one swinging my hair around, jumping up and down, screaming I loved the drum player. Oh yah, it was pretty bomb. Then there was this one kid who was standing up and he just stood up and shook his head and hair as if he was trying to give himself brain damage; and man that kid just kept goin' and goin'. He could shake it like a polaroid picture! FOREVER! Alot of the kids around me were pointing and laughing and making comments about him and how ridiculous he looked, so I went up next to him and tried to match his level of....uhh....shakingness. He stopped and grinned at me, and then upped it up a knotch! Who knew it could go even higher?! That was a blast, and then three more kids joined our crazy dancing party. I think the way we danced is what my mom would call the 'rabid weasel.' "Hey mom, wanna dance?" hahaha, you remember that? Good times. I really need to find some fiends up here that aren't fifth graders or kindergarteners
Well I think I covered everything :] thanks or caring enough to read. And thanks for the comments. I'd add you guys, but I don't know how, which makes it kind of difficult lol. Thanks for the offer to drive me Diane! That was so nice and unexpected, but I don't think we'll be able to get me down until next Thursday like we originally planned. And Tamy, how many people did my dad tell that story? Hahahaha ~~Carpe Diem!~~
Now for my 'party harty' update: for the past few days, I've been waking up early and....going back to school :S dun-dun-duuuuuuh! Well actually it hasn't been bad. I went every morning with Carie to volunteer in Sarah's Kindergarten class since her teacher recently had surgery on her leg. Being the stupidly, overexited person I am, I volunteered to run the station where the kids got to make little things out of toothpicks and marshmallows. If that wasn't bad enough, I made the effort to learn all of their names and talk to every Kindergartener in the class...and I couldn't say 'no' or get stern with a single one of them. Lets just say I made lots of friends in that class.....LOTS of friends. They were hanging all over me, asking me to play with them, and before I knew it I was elected Mama Lion and I had half a dozen girls all growling and whining and wimpering being my baby lions. You know girls and their crazy games :] They were all adorable and sweet and being called 'Mama' and expecting to respond took some getting used to, but I had loads of fun...and I slept very soundly the past few nights. Hahaha. So after being with Kindergarteners, I decided I wanted to kick it with the older kids, so I volunteered in Jacob's class to help out with the 5th Graders Field Day. That was really fun! They were all energetic and competitive, like kids should be. And having the same goal as the Kindergarten class, I made an effort to talk to everyone and learn their names. I made lots more new friends, and no one called me 'Mama' :]
Another fun part of being somewhere where you don't know anyone, YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT AND IT DOESN'T MATTER! It doesn't matter what any cocky little kids say because chances are you're never gonna see them again, so I got to be crazy! A band came the second to last day of school, so I hung out with the fifth graders during it because, come on, Kindergarteners and alternative rock? There are so many things wrong with just that sentence. While I was sitting with them, they all whispered about standing up or cheering loudly or doing something bold, but they never really did it, until I would. I was one of the only ones standing up, and absolutely the only one swinging my hair around, jumping up and down, screaming I loved the drum player. Oh yah, it was pretty bomb. Then there was this one kid who was standing up and he just stood up and shook his head and hair as if he was trying to give himself brain damage; and man that kid just kept goin' and goin'. He could shake it like a polaroid picture! FOREVER! Alot of the kids around me were pointing and laughing and making comments about him and how ridiculous he looked, so I went up next to him and tried to match his level of....uhh....shakingness. He stopped and grinned at me, and then upped it up a knotch! Who knew it could go even higher?! That was a blast, and then three more kids joined our crazy dancing party. I think the way we danced is what my mom would call the 'rabid weasel.' "Hey mom, wanna dance?" hahaha, you remember that? Good times. I really need to find some fiends up here that aren't fifth graders or kindergarteners
Well I think I covered everything :] thanks or caring enough to read. And thanks for the comments. I'd add you guys, but I don't know how, which makes it kind of difficult lol. Thanks for the offer to drive me Diane! That was so nice and unexpected, but I don't think we'll be able to get me down until next Thursday like we originally planned. And Tamy, how many people did my dad tell that story? Hahahaha ~~Carpe Diem!~~
Monday, June 23, 2008
If You Can't Beat 'Em, JOIN 'EM!!!
Well everyone looked like they were having an awesome time blogging away and I was reading everyone else's and thought................wait a second........all these adults including my parents (which includes a dad that texts less than a word a minute, NO JOKE!) have blogs, and I being the stereotypical young, hip, up-to-date teenager, have yet to create one. The natural order and balance of things has been thrown off! It's like a sign of the apocolypse! I mean, it seems like just yesterday most adults were fed-up with the difficulty of computers and amazed at the birth of 'instant messaging'. Where has the time gone?! Look at you all, blogging away, adding pictures and slideshows and playlists. You all grow up so fast :'] I'm so proud of you, lol. That's probably the only chance I'll be able to say that. So I don't know what to say really but I guess I'll tell you alls what's going on with me and mi familia--is that how you're supposed to spell mi?
Right now I'm kicking back having a great time in Utah with Aunt Carrie, Uncle Alan, and the cousins. I came up on June 14th by plane and all alone :/ it may have been more fun to go with a family member or sibling, but I was definitely enjoying the absolute peace and quiet and my own three seats while listening to an iPod. Shortly after I arrived, I got the priviledge to party at Lagoon for the rest of the day with the Valentine's, Robert, and his girlfriend Jenna. The Monday after I got here, I went to a summer program called EFY (epecially for youth) for a whole week with my fellow Arizonite, Courtney Whidden. Wow! Talk about an amazing, sleepless time! We spent everynight watching movies on the mini-dvd player I magically fit with all the other necessary junk (that's an oxymoron! Look mommy, I'm learning :]) I brought along. I mean, you would NOT believe all the crap you can stuff in a suitcase, backpack, and purse! I brought my hairdryer, staightener, and curler, not to mention my iHome to recharge my iPod, my own linens and towel for my dorm room, plus the three church outfits required, multiple shirts and jeans, a pair of heels, swimsuit, and pajammies. I'd like to thank Afton and McKenzie for all their help, because zipping closed my bag would have been impossible without their body weight. Back to the EFY experience though--it was just great. I met tons of people including some pretty good-lookin' guys and lots of new texting buddies....sorry dad, it was inevitable. I did a thing called the Music Program while I was there were we'd go and practice church songs during our free-time to perform them on the Thursday that week. I got a solo :] and sang a duet with a very smiley guy named Will. I also tracked down a guy who brought his guitar and used it to try out for the Talent Show they were having singing and playing a song I wrote. I got in! And, needless to say, after I played it I was pretty popular hahaha. It was nice. Those are the highlights so far, and now I'm back with the Valentines where Carrie is eager to show me the best time I can have while I'm here, and I'm excited to see what else could be better than renting Indian Jones movies and watching them after the cousins fall asleep. And jumping on the trampoline and playing with Shadow and watching Daniel do front flips in the grass onto his back. Yes, it's been a very fun vacation 'away from it all.'
The only thing that could possibly make it better would be the priviledge to use my cellphone every once and awhile to see how my friends and family are doing. And I'm so excited to see the Maxwell's next week!!!!! Josh and I (that used to say me and Josh, but I thought about how Grandpa always chews me out for saying it wrong) have been trying to formulate plans together to get me down there a day or two earler than planned, hopefully my parents let me :] that would be very very nice--imagine me saying that with an Italian accent for effect. Yeah, I think that's it, I'll add pictures and promise my future blogs will be much shorter for all of you dying of boredom. Thanks for reading! ~~~Carpe Diem!!!!~~~
Right now I'm kicking back having a great time in Utah with Aunt Carrie, Uncle Alan, and the cousins. I came up on June 14th by plane and all alone :/ it may have been more fun to go with a family member or sibling, but I was definitely enjoying the absolute peace and quiet and my own three seats while listening to an iPod. Shortly after I arrived, I got the priviledge to party at Lagoon for the rest of the day with the Valentine's, Robert, and his girlfriend Jenna. The Monday after I got here, I went to a summer program called EFY (epecially for youth) for a whole week with my fellow Arizonite, Courtney Whidden. Wow! Talk about an amazing, sleepless time! We spent everynight watching movies on the mini-dvd player I magically fit with all the other necessary junk (that's an oxymoron! Look mommy, I'm learning :]) I brought along. I mean, you would NOT believe all the crap you can stuff in a suitcase, backpack, and purse! I brought my hairdryer, staightener, and curler, not to mention my iHome to recharge my iPod, my own linens and towel for my dorm room, plus the three church outfits required, multiple shirts and jeans, a pair of heels, swimsuit, and pajammies. I'd like to thank Afton and McKenzie for all their help, because zipping closed my bag would have been impossible without their body weight. Back to the EFY experience though--it was just great. I met tons of people including some pretty good-lookin' guys and lots of new texting buddies....sorry dad, it was inevitable. I did a thing called the Music Program while I was there were we'd go and practice church songs during our free-time to perform them on the Thursday that week. I got a solo :] and sang a duet with a very smiley guy named Will. I also tracked down a guy who brought his guitar and used it to try out for the Talent Show they were having singing and playing a song I wrote. I got in! And, needless to say, after I played it I was pretty popular hahaha. It was nice. Those are the highlights so far, and now I'm back with the Valentines where Carrie is eager to show me the best time I can have while I'm here, and I'm excited to see what else could be better than renting Indian Jones movies and watching them after the cousins fall asleep. And jumping on the trampoline and playing with Shadow and watching Daniel do front flips in the grass onto his back. Yes, it's been a very fun vacation 'away from it all.'
The only thing that could possibly make it better would be the priviledge to use my cellphone every once and awhile to see how my friends and family are doing. And I'm so excited to see the Maxwell's next week!!!!! Josh and I (that used to say me and Josh, but I thought about how Grandpa always chews me out for saying it wrong) have been trying to formulate plans together to get me down there a day or two earler than planned, hopefully my parents let me :] that would be very very nice--imagine me saying that with an Italian accent for effect. Yeah, I think that's it, I'll add pictures and promise my future blogs will be much shorter for all of you dying of boredom. Thanks for reading! ~~~Carpe Diem!!!!~~~
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