There's no fRiEnd like an oLd FrIeNd!

Thanksgiving break was good! Since most of my friends were gone, emily and I hung out a lot. It was good. There really is nothing like an old friend. Emily and I have been friends since we were like TWO! Crazy, huh? It's so much fun to hang out with her and I honestly could tell her everything. I LOVE our crazy talks about random and kinda weird things. Emily know pretty much all there is to know about me so I can always just be myself around her! It's nice, I enjoy ours talks! So here are some highlights of my thanksgiving break...

-the "blizzard" on tuesday

-doing p90x with emily on tuesday

-watching Bring it on on tuesday with emily

-watching mean girls with emily on wednesday

-THANKSGIVING!

-going to walmart at 12:00 on thursday night/friday morning

-walking around with sarah cause the movie was sold out

-the jazz beating the lakers! stupid kobe...

-Nevada beating Boise... that was a good game

-getting an e-mail from kevin! He had a good thanksgiving too!

-Byu-Utah game on saturday!

-going to church

-snow all day on sunday!

...that's pretty much it! Oh, and also sleeping in until about 10:30 every day, yeah it's kinda bad but still fun! It was nice to have a break, but I'm kinda ready to go back to school. I actually really enjoy school, and we have two basketball games this week and I must say our guy's basketball team kicks butt! we have a really good team! Plus, the sooner school comes, the sooner my birthday is here!!

sToRmS?!?!

So i was going to write this post on wednesday, but I didn't have time when I got home. I decided to call this post storms because I was thinking about this quote, it goes like this: Life isn't about waiting for the STORM to pass it's about learning to DANCE in the RAIN! I thought this would fit good with this time just because of everything that is going on.

Kevin has been gone for over a week. We just got a letter from him today! He's says it's tough, but getting better everyday! He says his comp is stupid though, he says "he is a self-righteous butthead"- his words, not mine. I guess everyone in his district just kind of roll their eyes at him.

On Tuesday there was a "blizzard". Everyone was freaking out about it at school and saying that everyone needed to be home by 4:00. Even though it was kind of ridiculous- it was barely a storm at all, let alone a blizzard, I decided to have some fun. Emily came over after school and we went and rented a movie. Then we came home and did p90x and then had dinner. Then we watched the new Glee and then watched our movie, we watched Bring It On- Fight To The Finish. It was hilarious and I enjoyed it very much! After we watched the movie, we decided we were going to go sledding... at 10:30 at night! It was really fun!

Thanksgiving was good! Spencer, mom, and I went to walmart last night at midnight to get some stuff for my Aunt Karen. I can't believe people actually do that every year. It was fun, but i probably won't do it again, atleast not at midnight!

Life is good right now! In less than two weeks I can get my permit!!! ..and I will also be 15! I put up the christmas tree today and we'll probably decorate the house pretty soon! I love the christmas season! It's good.....

Farewell?

So today was Kevin's farewell. It's crazy! I can't believe it's already here. I look back to July when he got his call, and back then, November seemed so far away, and now all of the sudden it's here. I'm am going to miss him so much. I love all of our times driving down the street, blasting to music and singing at the top of our lungs. I love going to see movies with him, and hanging out with him. I don't know what I'm going to do without him here. It will be so weird. Even though Kevin and I have had our fights, and at times I've said that I wouldn't miss him at all, I'm going to ball my eyes out on wednesday. I only have 2 and a half days left with him for the next two years. When he gets back I'm almost going to be 17. Crazy, huh? I honestly don't think it's really hit me that's i'm not going to see him for TWO YEARS! We don't even get to talk on Christmas because he'll still be in the MTC.

So today in yw our lesson was on being grateful. We talked about how everything we have came from someone else, and it's true. You could make cookies, but where did the ingredients come from? I have so much to be thankful for and sometime I don't think I show it enough! Here are some things to be grateful for...

-My parents, all they do for me,

my mom came and picked me up from school EVERY day during the volleyball season and took me to practice

-my dad who goes to work everyday, and works super hard, just to provide for me.

-My brothers

-My amazing friends, they help me stay strong in the church and are good examples

I could go on and on forever about things I'm thankful for.

I do have some pictures, but my computer is being retarded right now, so they'll be up soon!

State Tournament!

So this weekend was the volleyball state tournament! It was so much fun! It was down at UVU. Yeterday we lost our first match, which meant we couldn't take state :(, but then we won our second match! Yesterday in the morning we played sky view, we barely lost and went all the way to 5 games. Then after we went to the mall to get some lunch, and then went to the Herricks grandparents to just chill until we went back. In the afternoon we played Salem Hills. We took them to 5 games too, but ended up winning! Then this morning we started off playing Spanish Fork. We only went to 4 games, and won that match too! Then we just chilled for a couple of hours until we played again. Our last match was against Mountain View ( I think, It's hard to get all the names straight). We beat them in 4 games! So at the end of the day, we ended up in 6th place. Which is pretty big, saying as Bountiful hasn't placed in state in YEARS. It was so much fun! We had a great season and I'm going to miss all of our seniors. I look up to them so much and they really have helped me get better!

6th place baby!

November?

So i have no idea where October went but it was crazy! The last couple of weeks have been crazy, tough too. I have barely had enough time to even clean my room, which is kinda driving me crazy. It's so messy! But october was good too! For U.E.A. we went to San Diego. just a family trip before Kevin leaves. It was so much fun! we went to sea world, the beach, the temple, and just hung around and explored san diego! And then as soon as I got home, I had to write a report. Ever since then it's been SO crazy. With volleyball, officer stuff, band, jazz band, honors classes and everything else that has been going on. It's also been tough like not really feeling good. Most of the time i just kinda feel like people don't really like me. Like i'm just kinda there. I've kinda learned to tough it out and just get over it. Or else my life would pretty much be miserable.

So Kevin leaves in like TWO WEEKS! Crazy, huh? I can't believe it's almost here. Back in july, when he got his call, I thought it was so far away, but

it's almost here. It's so weird to think that in about two weeks he's going to be gone for TWO years. I'm gonna miss him. although we aren't always the nicest to each other, I'll miss him tons. He's my best friend and we have fun together.

The volleyball state tournament is this weekend! I hope we do good! We have a pretty good team, but there are some other teams that are prett

y good! The JV and Sophmore teams took region, which doesn't seem that cool, but that's pretty much as far as we can go! So I'm happy about it! I'll have to tell about how the tournament goes this weekend!

Here are some pictures from October:

Yeah that's right, it's Shamu!

this is the beach house we stayed at. Pretty cool, huh?