Looking at Things From a Different Perspective

Yo.

My Mom came up to me a couple weeks ago and said, "Lizzie, has your closet always been color-coded or am I just noticing?" It made me think... what would it look like upside down?

So, today, while my parents went to Morgan's wedding, I went to work. Check it out:

Here is my closet.Here is my closet from a new view.And that got me started on something new... my piano! Look at these different perspectives (sure... it's pretty messy, but in my defense, I'm writing a new song, which normally gets me going crazy and I don't clean things when I'm crazy):So I took random pictures of my house to show the world my new perspective on life.I honestly don't know why I put the refrigerator in there. Anyways, that was fun.

I am sooo excited for Trek!!! And I just really need to get this stuff out of my room. It is a disaster.We had to buy a new compact scripture set because Esther stole my Bible and lost it. This is the same set I will be taking to Girl's Camp and EFY.I finished Forever Strong! Man, that took me forever!

I got all dressed up yesterday in my new BYU outfit. I think it will serve as my new profile picture. Like it?I am adding a slideshow of pictures from when I was a kid just for the heck of it. I am very sorry if my randomization is scaring you.

I must go now. Morgan's wedding is today, and I have to get all ready. The Quote of Today is from Matthew.

Hasta luego!

Quote of Today: Mom! I think I just saw an invisible quarter! Or maybe it was an invisible penny...

:|

Happy Dad's Day!
What did you get your Dad?

I gave my Dad a BYU baseball cap (I have a matching one) and a BYU tee shirt (I have a matching one) and tickets to a BYU football game for me and him. Fun, huh? And then Matthew gave him BYU pajamas...

Before I begin today's post, I would like to dedicate it to a very loving creature...(Dun, dun, DUUUUN...)

The Black Widow in our basement has disappeared! Ahhh!

If you or anyone you know has information on where she has gone, please contact me immediately! She is very dearly missed! Thanks; it would be very much appreciated (and I don't want to figure out where she got to the hard way).

Anyways...

Yo.

You are one of over 1900 visitors. You are very privileged to be viewing this right now.

New music, people! Check it out!

Yes or no? Should I get a new background? I kinda like the green dragonflies. I'll look into some new layouts, though...

Okay... I am sooo tired. Wanna know what I've been doing?

Well, Monday was family night. After an awesome day of playing legos with the Bradfords and Matthew, baking cookies, and making pajamas, we saw Night at the Museum 2 (which actually wasn't as bad as critics say it was! They did a pretty good job) for family night on Monday, and we were up until about ten.

Tuesday night (right after Summer Camp- click the words to go to our blog), Jessi and I went babysitting (together), made cookies, went for a walk, got in our pajamas (more on that later), to make fabric flip-flops and murals while watching Forever Strong and get the call from Logan and Tyson that they're throwing night games (that was a long sentence). Jessi and I got dressed and ran up there and had the time of our lives playing "tag" and watching the boys do backflips on Logan's tramp and doing magic tricks that were NOT FUNNY and such. It was a lot of fun!

Wednesday night was Youth Night- joint Young Men's and Young Women's. We went to Heritage Park and played sports, after which Jessi and I went home to finish our murals and fabric flip-flops and movie in our pajamas.

Thursday night, I babysat my cousin Alexis's little girl, Isabelle. She went to bed at 7:45, so I sat on the couch watching Disney Channel the whole time. In my defence, I would like to point out that their DVD player wasn't working, and nothing else was on that has been approved of by my parents.

Friday night, I babysat Esther and Matthew, until I got the call from Jessi that she wanted to call night games (for her first time ever- yea!). We didn't have a very good turnout, but it was very fun.

And then, yesterday, I was woken up at seven thirty by my Dad, who said, "Wanna go to the Strawberry Days Parade with us?" Uh, noooo!

I ended up going anyways.

Pictures taken at the parade to come in the next segment.

And then, we got to stay up until eleven watching Esther's Dance Company Showcase and then shopping for Father's Day dinner. So tired...

Picture time!

I'm actually getting pretty good at this. I've updated a lot of pictures onto this blog lately.

*Proud.*

:)

Okey-dokey...

First, I must show Summer Camp Pictures!

Every day we have to prepare a lot. I think this is me scolding Matthew for playing with the hoola hoops that I needed for an activity that day.This is Emmaline. She is always fifteen minutes early on the dot. She normally hangs with me. She's my personal assistant. Cute, isn't she?Is it bad to have favorites? This is Kyson, and he is defiantly one of mine.For one of our activities, we made Egyptian mummies out of our teamates. There were four teams, so I shall show four pictures...(Matthew was mad in that one).

And, as with any other activity, the moment's hesitation that it takes to transition from one activity to another is all it takes to trigger off ultimate chaos!!! We had a toilet paper snowball fight right there in my basement! Everybody, meet Falicia.
We also made cute paper mache pinatas...
...and played a "taste-testing" game (this week). Some of the foods we tested were Cinnamon-sugar, chocolate chips, Cheerios, oatmeal, popcorn, basil, powdered sugar, flower, vanilla, and some other fun stuff.

Moving on to the next topic: clothes! The new style around the Haws' house is making your own clothing. I figured I would give you a virtual fashion show; here is me trying to take pictures of the clothes while they are on me. It didn't go very well; sorry they're all blurry!

I made the brown ones, my Mom made the green cupcake ones for me.That was maybe a little too high. I'll try and get a lower shot...

More...

There we go!Here are my cupcake jammies!I zoomed in a little more so that you could see the cute cupcake print!

And these are those fabric flip-flops I was telling you about earlier. Didn't they turn out cute? They have a small pink and brown spot in there somewhere...

Before, I mentioned that we went to the Bradford's to play legos. Well, here we are! They were making a truck and an airplane when we got there and Matthew had a blast!They had legos scattered everywhere!!! Do you know what it's like for a clean freak to see this mess?!?Oh, well. It actually was pretty cool.So cool, in fact, that Matthew refused to leave. Here he is:

Jessi and I promised to bring by some cookies and pick him up later.

Strawberry days parade! We thought it began at nine, but it really started at ten! We waited for a whole hour in the rain! Here we are waiting (and waiting, and waiting!).Dad wasn't too excited about Esther being able to run out into the middle of the street.

We sat by the cutest little girl ever. This was the only shot I got of her. I think her mom got mad after I took the picture.

And then the parade started! I'll show two pictures (I'm running out of time):

Dad says it's time to go. I hope you enjoyed that! The Quote of Today comes from the A1 bottle.

Quote of Today: SHAKE WELL- If there's only one drop left, a more extreme form of shaking may be required. Like dancing. Or jumping jacks. You can do it. Yeah, it's that important.

Sunday Talk

Fridays mean nothing during Summer!!!
Yo.
They really don't.
It's like, "I can't wait for Friday," all school year long, and then all Summer it's all, "What's the point of a Friday again?"
I feel all glum without anything to look forward to all week.
Maybe we just look forward to Wednesdays.
Happy Tuesday, everybody!
Jessi,
I don't know where else to write this, so I am going to write it here. I loved your music video! My favorite part is when you skip in. Sweet! You should so another one!
I'm back.
I'm just looking at pictures right now.
Like this one...

That was Matthew holding a chicken because (as a school field trip) he visited Hee Haw's and they were dared to catch a chicken. He was the only one to do it!
That's my boy!
Look at his happy little face!
Daddy and I went to Singin' in the Rain on Friday night. I had so much fun! For those of you who have seen either the movie or the musical, it is probably one of the best musicals I've ever seen. In the movie, my favorite character was Cosmo (duh- isn't he everybody's?), and in the play, Don was my favorite. They even had it rain! The people in the front row seats were given rain ponchos, but Don made it a priority to drench everybody else by kicking the rain up. I got wet!
My Dad and I also started this "top ten" thing. While we were waiting for the play to start, we
listed our top ten movies.

His:

• Pride and Prejudice (A&E)
• Return to Me
• The Incredibles
• The Sound of Music
• The Pursuit of Happiness
• Star Wars: a New Hope
• The Bourne Identity
• Pirates of the Caribbean
• Transformers
• Batman Begins

Mine:

• Stardust
• What About Bob?
• Bill and Ted's Awesome Adventure
• IQ
• Charly
• Race to Witch Mountain
• National Treasure
• Pirates of the Caribbean
• Singin' in the Rain
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

I gave a talk in church on Sunday and lived to tell the tale. I've copied and pasted it here (I hope you like it- sorry I had to go all "preachy" on you):

To start out my talk this morning, I would like to share with you a scripture from Doctrine and Covenants, section 134, verse five:
“We believe that all men are bound to sustain and uphold the respective [callings] in which they reside.”
Sustaining and supporting the bishop is very important and the church has emphasized it strongly.
Elder Boyd K. Packer said, “A man who says he will sustain the President of the Church or the General Authorities, but cannot sustain his own bishop is deceiving himself. The man who will not sustain the bishop of his ward and the president of his stake will not sustain the President of the Church.” Bishop Moll has been called of our Heavenly Father, and because of this, it is very important that we sustain and support him in his calling.
In my favorite hymn, Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the second verse says: Praise to the Lord! Over all things he gloriously reigneth. Borne as on eagle wings, safely his saints he sustaineth. Hast thou not seen how all thou needest hath been granted in what he ordaineth?
He supports us through people like the bishop. He sees to our needs through Bishop Moll. Our bishop is an answer to our prayers. How many times has the bishop helped you?
Here is a list of ways that we can help the bishop fulfill his calling, and I’d like to share them with you:

1. Accept and fulfill the callings that are given to us. A Bishop’s calling is a very heavy duty, and without the help of others, he would fall to pieces. It’s not because we think that the Bishop can’t handle it, it’s just that he needs support and help. When Christ walked the Earth, he called Apostles to help him and walk with him. He couldn't do it alone. It also for experience. Fulfilling your calling is good for you and your faith.
2. Share our talents. Your talents help so much with your calling and duty in the world. It makes your job unique and it is the reason you have that calling at this time.
3. Pay tithes and fast offerings. One of the many jobs of the Bishop is the Bishop’s store house, the money for which comes from our fast offerings.
4. Be obedient to the counsel of our leaders. One of the most frustrating things in this world is to see people not take the good advice of their leaders. The Lord has called the Bishop for a reason. If you’re not going to listen to him, what are you going to get out of his time spent with you in this ward?
5. Stay dedicated. If he asks you to do something, help him out, don’t just sit around. There is a reason he wants you to be in this position.

Another one of the responsibilities of the bishop is working with the Youth. While pondering a personal story that I should share for my talk today, I kept going back to the same stories- Girl’s camp. Some of the stories I could tell would give away camp secrets and I would be in trouble, so I’ll just tell a few that emphasize the bishop’s personality and humor.
Every year, the bishop gets to go and enjoy Girl’s camp with us. Last year, we had Stake Girl’s camp up at Mutual Dell, and there is a small lake there in which we get to canoe. When all of the girls got in the canoes (some of us tipped the canoes over instead), dived in to the water, and used the zipline, the bishop went fishing. One day, after a hot day at the lake, the bishop came back with a couple big fish. I was interested, and he ripped the fish right down the middle and dissected it for me right there, labeling all of the parts for me. The next day (at the same activity), he pointed to the water, and said, “Liz! It’s a water snake!” I yelled, “No way! Where?” to which he muttered, “Shoot! I got the wrong person.”

To close my talk today, I would like to share one more talk with you. Elder L. Tom Perry counsels us: “I promise you, my brothers and sisters, if we will sustain and support our bishops, learn to be concerned for their welfare, and pray for their success in all they have to do, it will bless our lives as we are placed under their leadership and have opportunity to follow their inspired direction, as they lead the wards of the Church.”

Yeah, me! I'm running out of Quotes of the Day, so if you have one, tell me! Today's is just right for my blog, right? Hasta luego!

Quote of Today: Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand.

A Crazy Summer Day in the Life of Lizzie Normally Goes Something Like This/Amazing Jon Schmit Song/Picutres to Make Up for the Past Year

Yo.
I didn't know what else to call the post. :)
Jessi's back!!! She had a wonderful week in Hawaii (at least, that's what I hear) and we had an awesome late night last night, watching Ice Age 2 and eating popcorn. She brought me back some pretty cool souvenirs and wrote all about it on her blog.
EJ Super Summer Camp started! It went really well... for the most part. The theme was, "Games Around the World" and I was in charge. We tried to make pinatas for the Mexican game, out of balloons and paper mache. That didn't go as well as I had hoped.

Dad came back and brought me a puppet! It's a Queen Elizabeth puppet and it was so sweet of him. He also brought a bunch of chocolate back, including the stuff that Mr. Brooks worships (Milka bars) and a chocolate bar, the wrapper of which warned girls against eating it. It didn't taste very good.
Oh, well.
Funny moment I just have to share:
One kid showed up to Summer Camp that was a total stranger to me. He was sooo cute and funny and sweet. I played with him for a little bit, and then finally went up to Janessa and said, "Janess, who is that?" I asked.
"Kyson," she said.
"Tyson?" I asked.
"No, Kyson! With a 'k'!"
"Kyson who?"
"Kyson Moll. The Bishop's grandson."
Wow! Say the name once and you get confused! Ha, ha...
I lost track of how many times I called him Tyson at, like, twenty.

That reminds me... I have to show you guys this one music video. It's by Jon Schmidt and it's sooo amazing I can't speak when it's over (if you're wondering how I switched from Tyson to this, this song has the piano and cello in it- pretty self-explanatory!)
It's an arrangement of Taylor Swift's Love Story and Coldplay's Vida la Vida. When I say it's amazing, you had better believe me!!!
It is sooo amazing, I haven't worked on my newest composition all day. It makes me feel like I'll never accomplish anything! My stuff is something a Kindergartner could do compared to his stuff. Will I ever be this good?!?
No!
:(
But back to the song.
I must admit, I have always thought that with Taylor Swift's potential, her song Love Story was kind of a let-down, but this arrangement gave me a new appreciation for the song. And I've always loved Vida la Vida.
Not even writing it, but being able to play it would be impossible.
The piano: Look at him! Laughing! This is nothing to him!!! Does he know that a pathetic excuse of a pianist named Lizzie will be watching this someday? Obviously he didn't think of that.
The cello: I've never seen a cellist do stuff like this! I've seen them pistaccato and play normally, but never do this... pluck... slap... strum... thing he's doing! Anybody out there that knows what it's called, PLEASE COMMENT AND TELL ME!!! It's killing me! And he's playing the drum at the same time!!!
Ahhh!!!
They're so good it hurts!
And no, the website link does not have the sheet music yet. I've checked and re-checked.
Make sure you stay tuned for the story afterwards.
It seems impossible for me to listen to this only once. I think I was at least half of those "1,457,272" views.
Yeah.
The link is right here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v3d6SFcDys

Click on it!!!

Watch the whole thing!!!

Right up to the very end!!!

If you don't, I will never forgive you!

And trust me, I'll know who you are.

I'm sorry about that sudden outburst in obsession over a YouTube video.

Well, at least it's not an obsession over Hoobastank anymore. Trust me, my obsessions over something I actually have on my iPod are a lot worse. A lot.

I'll try not to do that again. I think this "no school" thing is going to my head. I haven't seen anybody in, well, it really depends on the person. Some people I haven't seen for two weeks and I'm dying! You guys can't do this to me!

Now to the next segment of this post... "Pictures to Make Up for the Past Year!"

Yeah, I finally got the pictures from my camera imported to my laptop. Sorry it took so long to get it working.

The past year (in picture form)...

Esther broke her arm and got a hot pink cast. Here she is modeling for the camera. Someday she is going to see these pictures and fall in love with herself. And you can see where I signed my name on the second one!

Esther's baptism was so sweet. You can look into her eyes and know that she is sooo sick, but it was a really nice baptism.For Christmas, Esther and Nash both received $50 Build-a-Bear coupons, so mid-January we spent them on... what else? Build-a-Bear!

We had to say goodbye to Kyra. I miss her sooo much!!! Here we are, waking up at six in the morning on the weekend to kidnap her and take her to iHop. It was sweet. I was the only one who forgot to wear pajamas. Ha, ha. :)... :(

Surgery. This is the one trip to the hospital among many that I actually brought my own camera for! Emphasis on my fear of needles.

Matthew started (and ended) soccer. Here he is doing his happy dance. I love you, Bud!My haircut! This is the last stop. Sweet, huh?

I thought so.

Time for Young Women's!!! Yeah! The one time of week that I get to see everybody (besides Sunday)!!!

See ya later!

Hasta luego!

Quote of Today: Those who love me, may they love me. Those who don't love me, may God change their minds. If he doesn't change their minds, may he twist their ankles, so I may know them by their limping.