Background???

I'm trying to get caught up in here. But I don't know if I'm doing this for me or for other people. I don't know if anybody even reads this anymore but oh well. So I updated my background to something not so holidayish (like my new word) and I came up with this. Don't really know if you guys like it, let alone me yet. So we will see if it stays. Gabe's birthday is come and gone right with Valentine's Day and pics will be updated soon, just when I get around to doing it. But I might not even do this blog anymore. I'm deciding. Maybe for me, but if you think differently let me know. Leave a comment to let me know. And soon, real soon. I'll have pics. Hopefully!!! :)

Cleaning Day!!!

Today we cleaned the house top to bottom. Fun, Fun, right??? Well, not really. Dad mowed the lawn, I had to clean all the shoes in the garage (man talk about a lot of shoes), mom vacummed, mopped, and steamed the floor, plus cleaned rooms, dad got on the roof to fix tiles, I vacummed rooms, and my dad's still working. Our house is a lot cleaner though. The ground is squeaky clean and everyone's happier! So for all you guys out there, if you want to give your mom a Valentine's gift, get your siblings together and clean the house. It work's and is a great way to make your mom happy! :)

Snow Trip!

This weekend I went to our Youth Snow Trip for our ward and man was it amazing. I was stupid enough not to bring my camera and take pics, but I can tell you all about it. On Friday after school we all met up at the church at 4 pm and left on our 4 hour car trip. We stopped up North at a Taco Bell to eat dinner, where they bought about 200 tacos, and then we were on our way to our Stake President's cabin. The girls went to the cabin and the boys boys went to another place (except the deacons who had to camp in the snow.) When we got there we couldn't pull in all the way to the cabin cause of all the snow and the cabin was about a half mile away. So, with our mighty muscles, we had to get our snow boots on and walk a half mile in the snow, carrying all of our stuff.
Talk about a great experience! After laughing, falling, and freezing our butts off in the snow. We finally managed to haul all our stuff to the cabin and get warm and toasty. We had a fireside and then got to bed. The next morning we woke up at 6:30 and had breakfast and got ready for the day. Luckily, our Stake President was nice enough to pull all our stuff in the back of his truck, so we could walk easily out to the main road. After walking to the main road we all left for about another 2 hour drive to the place we were going tubing.
When we got there, we got our snow clothes on and started having fun. I went down 7 times, which is a HUGE improvement from last year when I only went down once. Going in pairs, alone, and racing people was soooo much fun!!!!!!!!!! One of the leaders had to come up and get a group of us so we would come down for lunch. We ate lunch and then left for home. Besides getting the worst sunburn ever. And being called a tomato at church the next day, it was an amazing experience and I encourage all of you to go, who haven't been to thew snow. But, don't forget to WEAR SUNSCREEN!!! (Who would expect someone from Phoenix to know to put sunscreen on in the snow!!!)

It's over ALREADY!

Fall Break finally ended and we go back to school on Monday. Crazy right, my mom's excited, but I don't think I'm ready to go back yet. I don't know. All I know is I NEED to go back to school so that's the important thing, right. But the good thing is we won't get bored anymore. We went on a camping trip our first week of fall break, but our second week wasn't that exciting. With Halloween, my birthday, school, and all the after school activities I have going on though, I think I will be pretty busy for the rest of the month! We'll see! :)

Abbey's Birthday!!!

I recently went to one of my best friends birthday partys! She was turning 12 and we had a blast! We went to the mall, went shopping, Abbey got her ears pierced, then we went home and had pizza, and then watched a movie at her house. I just want to let her know she has been a awesome friend and I hope we will be friends forever!

Happy Father's Day!!!

On Father's Day, I gave my dad two movie tickets so him and my mom could go see Transformers 2, he liked it. My mom made my dad French Toast for breakfast (his favorite), while me and my brother wrapped his presents (surprisingly my brother did awesome at.) We went to church where he got a King Size Snickers Bar (and so did I, for passing them out) and then came home and had Spinach Dip for lunch, yum. We all took naps (well most of us) and then we had spaghetti for dinner. After that, my mom gave us pieces of her homemade Butterfinger cheesecake while we watched Transformers (best cheesecake I've EVER tasted.) I would just like to let my dad know he's awesome, and is a great example to me. He does a great job taking care of our family and watching over us. I don't know what I would do without him!

Girls Camp

Tuesday June 9th
Today we got to Taylor Ranch. We set up our kitchen area and tents, in windy weather. For dinner we had Hawaiian Haystacks. Challis, Quincie, Sarah, Bailey, and Kassie were in my tent.

Wednesday June 10th
Today we did our craft activity and make necklaces by hammering letters into metal tags. Our service project was picking up dead trees and putting them in piles so, Bro. Taylor could burn them. We cooked dinner, had a ward program, and then had a devotional.

Thursday June 11th
Today we went on our 3 mile hike (about 4.) I didn't bring water so I shared one of my friends. I got big blisters, though. I ended up freezing in my sleeping bag, that night.

Friday June 12th
Today we had many certification things to do: learn to tie knots, do the Heimlich maneuver, etc. Then we had Bishops night and had a testimony meeting. every single young women (about 25) bore their testimony, even the 1st years. Tonight I was a lot warmer.

Saturday June 13th
Packed up our things and had a 3 and a half hour drive home. I got home really sick with a cold I got Thursday, though.

It was a great experience and it strengthened my testimony in many ways. I hope you all get to go and have as much fun as I did.