Being Mom/LIFE

Wouldn't recommend it.

I love children. I really do. And I can't wait to have some of my own someday. But my mom's gone to Australia visiting my grandparents who are serving a mission down there and my dad just started a new job so the full-time babysitting job falls on... me.

Being mom is much harder than it looks. Cooking breakfast, lunch, and most often dinner (dad handled a few meals), shipping kids off to their things, cleaning up everything, handling jobs and other stuff is much harder than it looks. I appreciate my mother much more than she left, if at all possible.

First day on the job was one of the worst days of my life. I've been trying to get all of my friends to go to the swimming pool and stuff with me all summer long, and I swear on the one day I can't go anywhere, everybody all of a sudden wants to go to the pool. No, seriously. I got at least 30 texts that day from people that all of a sudden could go to the pool. Or the movies. Or even call night games. It just about killed me to say no. Then Esther and Matthew were "you're-not-my-mom-you-can't-tell-me-what-to-do"ing me all day long...

Nightmare.

The next day was much better. We went to Timp Cove Park with Tyson and Logan and their siblings. Man, I haven't seen those guys in forever... it was way fun. :)

Then when we came home we went to the pine wood derby, where Matthew did awesome! Afterwords, we went and got the Percy Jackson movie.

All of you avid book readers (I'm one too) that get mad at people who love that movie, I'm sorry for saying this but I really like that movie.

Yes, it has nothing whatsoever to do with the book besides the Gods and the name Percy Jackson, but it's still pretty good.

I've gotten yelled at so many times for saying that I like that movie. Geez.

Friday was good too.

Saturday... July 3rd... here's where the fun comes. Saturday was easily one of the best days of my entire life. Top 15 or something... wait...

1. First time I held Esther

2. First time I held Matthew

3. When I found out we were getting Matthew

4. Sealing to Esther

5. Sealing to Matthew

6. Ward campout

7. Ward campout in Duvall

8. 5th birthday (surprise party at Disneyland)

9. Won Sonatina festival

10. Back to school shopping with Mom

11. Field trip to China town in 3rd grade

12...

Okay, ya, somewhere in the top 15.

Got up super early to go to the Provo Parade.

Picked up Tyson and Kylie because they were coming with us to keep us company.

Drove to Provo. Found the perfect parking spot.

Walked to the parade.

Streets were empty. It was awesome.

Chairs were set up everywhere. Also empty.

At this point, we were a little worried. What was going on? Was their a nuclear bomb in Los Angeles and everybody's too busy freaking out and killing people to go to a parade?

I think this 24 thing is really starting to go to my head...

Eventually we asked somebody where all the people had gone. Guess what he said.

"Come back Monday and people might be here!"

He was even smiling when he said it.

Are you flippin kidding me?!? I WOKE UP SO STINKING EARLY ON A SATURDAY TO COME TO THIS!!! PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO BE HERE! JUST MAKE THE PARADE COME!!!

Emphasis on how tired I was all day long.

Although I think I wasn't the tiredest... Matthew was a grouch and Tyson was yawning all day long.

To make it up to us, we got giant doughnuts from Macey's.

Like, giant doughnuts. I got 2 of my favorite kind. You know, the chocolate glazed with Fourth of July sprinkles? Those are the best. And they had the long ones. The super long ones. The six-by-three inch ones. Oooooooh man.

Yum.

Macey's was totally empty, too. Awesome.

We then went home, tried and failed at napping, showered and fixed ourselves up so we didn't look like we had just gotten up at an unearthly hour to go to a non-existent parade, did chores, etc., etc.

Three hours later we were picking up Tyson and Kylie again (this time with Taylor the amazing) to go to the pool. I had a cute red, white, and blue swimsuit on so it totally fit in and it was, like, woah. I have to swim. Let's swim. In my Fourth of July swimsuit.

It was basically amazing. :)

We swam for three hours or so at the PG pool. I think our lives were deeply affected by something out of this world that day because, as with everything else that had happened that day, the pool was empty. It was kind of freaky...

We alternated between the line-less water slide, the line-less diving boards, the empty hot tub, and the deep end of the pool, which is so small that our group made it a lot more cozy than not.

Oh, it was amazing.

Did you know that Esther can go off the diving boards now? She was totally doing some pretty sweet tricks up there! Pencils and... pencils and... pencils but it was still awesome to see her doing that.

We all had contests to see who could make the biggest splashes and who could dive the deepest and who could swim the farthest and who could bump these diving ring things by splashing water onto the pavement with our bodies. That, like many other thing about this day, was amazing... hahahaha...

Once we were done there, we dropped the Maags off (sniffle) and went to...

The one.

The only.

Ladies and gentlemen... TUCANOS!!!

Ahhhhhhhhhh!

Man, I love that place.

Meat. Meat galore.

Turkey wrapped in bacon.

Garlic sirloin.

Steak. Medium rare.

And the best... grilled pineapple.

HEAVEN!

If you haven't been, I'm totally taking you. Just save up all of your money for this year and next and maybe we'll be able to go in five years! Yay!

No, seriously. Make Tucanos a priority. At the top of your to-do list for life.

Like, before get a driver's license. Ya. It's that important.

Bam.

So we ate at Tucanos. It's my dad's birthday month so he gets a free meal. They sang to him in Portuguese and everything. It was legit. When they came by to ask who has the birthday, Esther and Matthew and I all stared and my dad stood up. It was awesome to have the 39 year old get sung to and receive a little ice cream sundae with all of us tiny little kids just watching.

That's another one of those "must accomplish in this life" experiences. Do it.

Just do it. Nike.

Hahahahaha... long story. It's kind of an inside joke...

Nevermind.

K.

So.

Then we went to the PG Jr. High to reserve spots for us, the Jensens, Becks, and the Maags.

It was funny because once we set up our blankets and spread them out so we had a ton of space, Esther and Matthew went and played on the playsets so it looked like my dad and I were hogging up the entire field. :)
I got bored and walked to the Jensen/Beck's house. They weren't home. I walked back. I sat on a blanket and took a nap.

It was a pretty eventful time of my life.

I napped until Matthew sat on me. I looked up and everybody was there and I had a million texts. :)

Man, I love those smiley things. Don't you?

Let us now take a moment to appreciate the smiley.

:)

And the winkey.

;)

And the frown.

:(

And the kissey.

:*

And the clown.

:0)

And the angel.

0:)

And the sad...ey? Whiney? Cryey?

:',(

And the boy smile.

:D

Everybody knows the boy smile. I love the boy smile. It means happiness.

:D

:D

:D

Anyways... fireworks.

Way fun.

Cold, but fun. We were all squeezing into blankets (I was covered) and just watching the fireworks.

The best part was when a line of fireworks tipped over and fireworks went everywhere except... up. Know what I mean?

They went flying over to the school. (YAY! Down with the Vikings!)

Hahahahahahahaha... it was pretty sweet.

I mean... *cough* *cough* it was NOT funny. My friend Chase actually got hit in the leg with a firework. People got hurt! NOT funny. >: (

Hahaha... that's an angry face... hahaha... okay I'm done.

So the fireworks were amazing too.

See why it was a good day?

Ya. It was awesome.

K. Sunday was awesome.

Monday was super boring. My dad just switched jobs (yay! He's really excited for this one! He's programming for stock brokers, apparently. Something like that. Sounds boring to me, but he likes it) and so Monday was his day off. He took the kids to the pool.

All the scouts are on their canoeing high adventure thing this week so I couldn't text them and I got extremely bored. Sat around watching movies and playing games and texting one or two people that didn't ditch me for something fun. (thanks guys)

Tuesday was day one of SUMMER CAMP!

And the day I fell in love.

I thought I knew what love was... until that day. This is for real, people. I am in love. Oooooooooooh man.

You know those clowns that walk around with twisty balloons and twist them into millions of shapes? Hats and poodles and monkeys and swords? It's an art. And it has bewitched me, mind and soul.

Never again will I love so deeply as I love creating balloon sculptures.

No, seriously. I'm a pro.

Anybody want a hat or something?

Hahaha... okay so the summer camp theme this year is Disneyland. Every day is a new ride from Disneyland. Tuesday was Goofy's Playhouse. Basically I did a clown school. (I was in charge) For clown school I learned how to make a bunch of balloon sculptures. So cool. I had, like 100 or so the other day. Used them all. Loved it.

Dad promised to bring home another package today. PSYCHED!

I know, you know that I'm not telling the truth... hahaha if you watch that show I LOVE YOU!!!

Anyways... summer camp.

Yesterday was Jungle Cruise. Today is It's a Small World and I'm in charge again. I had to learn how to use chopsticks to be able to do summer camp today! :)

Man, this summer camp thing is really getting to my head. :) I love it.

You know what is also getting to my head? 24! Ahhhhhh!!!

I love that show! I'm totally addicted!

I'M GOING TO MARRY JACK BAUER SOMEDAY!!! I LOVE HIM!!! AHHHHHH!!!

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

Okay, I have to go now. I've got another date with Jack Bauer before summer camp starts today. ;) Hasta luego!

Quote of Today: There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.

National Wear-No-Shoes Day

Hello to all of those lovely people in my life!!!
Today is national wear no shoes day.
Why?
Because I say so.
So, take your shoes off.
Do it.
Right.
Now.
Yeah... it started in Mythology when we had to take off our shoes for Yoga, but I just never put them back on.
It's really fun.
Although you do have to walk around with your shoes all day long.
Hahaha... it's awesome.
Guess what?!?
It's Pacman's 30th birthday!!!
Go to Google. Right now. It has to be today.
You can play Pacman.
It's basically amazing.
We're in Computer Tech right now, surfing Grooveshark and blogging.
A.K.A. Hans Zimmer and John Powell. MY HEROS!!!
Right now I'm listening to everything Hans Zimmer put into Madagascar 2 and Pirates and The Italian Job... remember that one?
And looking up 101 things to do when you're bored in class.
Yeah, we're doing a lot of them right now.
Way fun.
My favorite one is to pretend that my scar is hurting.
"Ouch! Oooooooouch! Not Voldemort!!!" (spoken in a British accent)
I must go now.
I have to study for an Espanol test next period.
Emm3a says hi.
Farewell!
Love to you all!
The Quote of Today isn't funny.
Hasta luego!

Quote of Today: The only thing children wear out faster than shoes is parents.

INSANITY

I'll tell you one thing that's insane.

This is my 100th post on this blog!

Congratulations! You are reading something over spectacularly spledidlyumpciously amazing!

You just don't know it yet.

Hahaha... I am watching Enchanted right now.

"I want to go on a date."

"A date! ... what's a date?"

Hahahahaha... and now they're singing.

"I've been dreaming of a true love's kiss!"

Ahhhhh!!! Love this movie!

Okay. Sorry. Got a little off-topic there.

Guess what?

Today we cleaned out and turned in our lockers! We took all of our stuff home!

The only problem is... where do I put all of it?

All of you fellow AP Huggers: bonfire, my backyard, 7 o' clock, on Tuesday. Refreshments will be served.

Hahaha... we had way too much fun in that class.

We call it AP Hug class, but it's really AP Human Geography.

I wish it was AP Hug class. I wouldv'e gotten 1000000000000000000000% in that class every term and a perfect score on the final!

Psh. I wish. Psh.

Yeah, right.

New music! Check it out!

My current favorite song in the entire world is Only Hope from A Walk to Remember. I've kinda sorta been in the rainy mood and this song fits in perfectly.

Yeah, I'm not a fan of Mandy Moore either. But I am absolutely in love with this song!

Okay, check it out.

I did this in Seminary today before we got all serious and bore our testimonies of our experience in Seminary this year (which was way neat, by the way. Even a few guys shed some tears).

You read it left to right, and down. Just like you would read any normal blog post of mine.

Reading it out loud is even better (to somebody is the best- especially if they don't know what you're reading!).

You can read it sentence by sentence, like you really want to, later.

Just not yet.

Ready?

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Wasn't that fun?

You now have my permission to go back and read the individual sentences like you are dying to.

Unless, of course, you already did.

In which case, you are a terrible person who deserves to be dismembered, struck by lightning, shriveled up and burned, after which buried in an unmarked grave underneath a million miles of ocean with nothing but the flesh-eating sharks to keep you company.

I told you not to do that.

You should totally try one of those. It's way fun.

Anyways, on to the actual post.

Remember the title?

INSANITY?

Quick intro...

Brandi.

She's way cool.

Like, unbelievably cool.

So, we were comparing planners (both were pretty amazing) and I saw on her planner that every single day starts with "INSANITY."

Apparently, this is a workout program or something.

However, my mind interpretted this a little bit differently.

Because, those of you who know me well, know that in my mind, everything sounds like a challenge.

Things such as "Lizzie, would you ever jump off this roof?"

Or, "Lizzie, don't go off that cliff!"

Or, "this year, Lizzie, no painful April Fools jokes. Or jokes that call police officers down here."

Or, "DON'T JUMP OFF THIS SKI LIFT!"

Hahahahaha... good times...

One of these days I am going to be seriously hurt.

So, anyways, I challenge you to a little something this Summer that I like to call INSANITY.

Every single day, you must find something absolutely, positively INSANE to do.

Like, mylifeisaverage.com worthy. That insane.

Have you ever been there, by the way?

I've written one or two submissions.

So be INSANE with me.

I triple dog dare ya.

Something like conducting an egg drop.

Something like this (well, what happened before this)...

Dancing in the rain and searching for rainbows!

By the way, this is on my new bed!!!

I love this bed!

Look, it has those bump things that you can push in! That's seriously what I do all night long until I fall asleep...

Gosh, I have amazing friends. That was the famous Jess, y'all!

LOVE HER!!!

Okay? Are you with me? INSANITY?

Cross your heart.

CROSS IT!!!

There. You see? You crossed it.

Now there's no backing out.

I'll be posting about my INSANITY as often as I can. Now it's up to you to a) do it, and b) tell me about it. Most amazing INSANITY idea gets... a prize. Yeah. An amazing one. An INSANELY AMAZING one.

Prizes will vary; depends on the person.

For instance, Katie would probably want something different than Mom would want (yeah, Mom. This applies to you, too. Although I will admit that it would be INSANE if you just did one insane thing. LOVE YOU!!!)

Come on. I know there's a lot of you that read this junk.

This message is for you.

Even if it's something your entire YW is doing.

Even if it's natural for other people, but INSANE for you.

Even if it's just saying something funny that is just absolutely INSANE.

Okay?

Even just one flippin' day!!!

Report back to me when accomplished.

Note: If you want the prize, you must tell me that you have accepted my challenge. Pictures of the insane event counts for bonus points.

Glad we all see eye to eye on this now.

Happy last week of school, everybody!

I'll keep you posted!

Farewell!

I LOVE YOU ALL!

No, seriously. If you take the time to read this, I must really, really love you.

With.

All.

Of.

My.

HEART!!!

LOVE YOU!!!

Hasta luego; speaking of which, I gotta go study for a test in Espanol.

Hasta luego!

The Quote of Today is something that Albert Einstein said! Besides "Wahoo!"

Quote of Today: Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Dad's Egg

Parachute?
Or rock?
Take your vote... and then click to find out now...

Quote of Today: Although I cannot lay an egg, I am a very good judge of omelets.

Mom's Egg

Hahaha... this one was awesome.

See? Even the birds nearby were excited!

Quote of Today: The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not smashing it.

Matthew's Egg

Matthew's... ummmm... rocket? Yeah...

I guess we kinda sorta go on forever at the end... sorry...

Quote of Today: Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she laid an asteroid.

Esther's Egg

Yo.
Sick of eggs yet?
Well, too bad.
We've still got at least 3 more.
Here's Esther's.

Ahhhhhhhhh!!!


Quote of Today: When arguing with a stone, the egg is always wrong.

My Egg

Why, hello!
Fancy meeting you here!
Come here often?
Hahahaha I know you do. This is your favorite place to be!
I mean, when people turn on their computers every day, they say, "I wonder if Lizzie has posted today. Do you think she has? Oh, boy! This is my lucky day! Now I will sit at this hard little chair..." (now you are very self-conscious of how hard the chair is. Ha! I seeeeeeeee youuuuuuuuuu!) "...and read her post until I fall asleep!"
Well, you will no longer sleep.
For my next act, I will wake you up.
You will sit on the edge of your seat in anticipation for the end.
Presenting... my egg drop!
From the roof!
Where I dropped it from!
Watch and enjoy!

Stay tuned for Esther's egg!


Quote of Today: A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.

Eggs

Yo.

So, Esther's 3rd grade class at her school is doing somewhat of an "egg drop" thing today. And our whole family helped contribute the idea.

On family night this week, we got out all of the supplies at our house to protect these eggs.
Milk cartons.

Cotton balls.

Toilet paper rolls.

Boxes.

Balloons.

Tape. Lots and lots of tape.

And eggs, of course.

Here's our egg contraptions!

Dad...

Matthew...

Mom...

Esther...

Me!

Mine was the best. I named it the Cloud Nine.

Okay. I'm uploading the videos of how each egg drop turned out next. Say tuned!

Quote of Today: You may have a heart of gold, but so does a hard-boiled egg.

Friday. Is. OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Ohmygosh yesterday mustv'e been the most stressful day of my life.
Like, no joke.
Do you ever have those days?
Okay, for one thing, there was the AP test.
Remember my post about that one?
Yeah... um... yeah.
Enough said.
Well, while that was going on, there was a ten page, 1000 point packet due in Geometry (there's no exaggeration here- it's on Carillo's board in big letters- "Packet due on Friday- 1000 POINTS!!!"
It really is.
Yeah, it's basically insane.
Then there was the 14 consecutive lines from Romeo and Juliet that we had to memorize and recite in front of the class.
That was also basically insane.
And CRTs in Bio, and, and, and, and...
It was an extremely stressful day.
And then, to top it off, I finally heard back from Maeser.
They accepted me.
And guess when they needed to know my answer by?
Yup.
Friday.
Ugh.
By the way, Maeser is a school. Maeser Prep Academy.
Sorry, you're probably pretty lost right about now...
Anyways!
Well, let's see...
Since I didn't have the packet done, I talked to Carillo and he gave me a grace period for being absent.
Since I didn't have the lines memorized for English, I asked Mom to check me out of third period as a... AP-overness-celebration.
Since I wasn't ready for the AP test, I took it anyways.
So all turned out okay, I guess. It was just the pre-test anxiety that was the worst.
The test actually turned out to be a whole heck of a lot easier than I thought it would be.
Still hard.
Still failed.
But easier than the practice tests, that's for sure.
Okay, so when we got there (7:30 AM for breakfast), everybody was wearing jammies. JAMMIES!!! How on EARTH could I miss this memo?!?
However, I was wearing my happy pants, so it worked out okay.
We had grapes, muffins, OJ (haha! Get it? OJ?) and chocolate milk.
I had the grapes. Didn't want to trip over wheat in the middle of a college exam, did I?
And then.
They.
Opened.
The.
Doors.
Dun, dun, DUUUUUUUUUN!!!
OHMYGOSH!!! I totally forgot about that! Remind me that I need to tell you guys about the most amazing PowerPoint in the entire flipping WORLD later on, okay?
Okay.
Anyways...
They.
Opened.
The.
Doors.
Dun, dun, DUUUUUUUUUN!!!
They had us leave our jackets outside. Apparently that's a rule.
Then we got inside and they proceeded to scare the brains out of us.
For instance: "DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, DISCUSS ANY OF THE MATERIAL ON THIS TEST OR YOUR SCORE WILL BE DESTROYED!!!"
Or: "DO NOT TALK. YOUR TEST WILL BE RIPPED UP."
Or: "IF YOU LOOK ANYWHERE BESIDES YOUR TEST, YOU WILL LOSE THE RIGHT TO ANY AP CREDIT."
They were scary.
Then we tested.
For three hours.
Yeah...
But I was by Addy, so it was okay. :)
Well, when that was all over, first lunch was all over, so we all got a half hour of lunch. I texted Mom and as I was waiting for her, I hung out with Logan and Cameron. Cameron was waiting for his mom, and Logan was being a sluffer.
Okay, I take it back.
He was begging his mom to check him out too, but got no results. :P
Mom took me to Zupa's.
Best.
Restaurant.
EVER.
Like, no joke. Get the chicken enchilada soup and (call me crazy- go on, say it. It's not like I haven't heard it before) the Hawaiin grill sandwich. No idea what it's really called. It's likesmoked chicken with grilled pineapple on toasted white sourdough bread... mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!
Can someone say heaven?!?
And then the million dollar bar and the... ummm... shoot. I can't believe I just spaced out on this one.
This will probably be one of those things that I remember at 2 in the morning and then go "Oh yeah! Now why did I have to remember that again?"
I hate those things.
Like in football.
Like the running receiver or something like that.
Did I get it right, Katie?
Now this is going to be that 2 in the morning moment.
Ugh.
Well, yeah.
Next time you go to Zupa's, get that.
And take me with you.
I'll love you forever and ever and ever!!! Just take me to Zupa's when you go!!!
Well, so, I sluffed 3rd period to go to Zupa's (go there!) with my Mommy.
Then I went to Bio to take that test.
Mr. Woolley is seriously the best teacher on the planet Earth.
You know that PowerPoint I needed to tell you about (thanks for reminding me...)? Well, there's another best PowerPoint in the entire flipping WORLD and Katie made it. Yeah, it's about Mr. Woolley's class. Yeah, it's basically awesome.
Speaking of PowerPoints, did I tell you that I'm in Computer Tech right now?
'Cuz I am.
With Katie.
:)
We're looking up pictures of cupcakes right now.
:)
You should try it sometime.
Some of them are way cool.
So far, my favorite is the Mario ones.
Scratch that; the Elmo ones.
Nope- now it's the... wait a minute...
OH MY GOSH IT CAN'T BE!!!
iPOD APP CUPCAKES!!!
No.
Way.
So.
Cool.
Yummmmmmmm!!!
Let's see... that's basically it.
Then Jessi came over and we danced in the POURING rain!!! We searched for the end of the rainbow, but we got as far as Amber's house before we realized that maybe we should have packed a few week's worth of food if we really wanted to find that gold.
Pictures soon to come.
As soon as I get out of school and get the pictures from my laptop.
They're basically amazing.
Then we went chocolate shopping... with Riesons (LOVE THOSE THINGS!!!), Licorice, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, and Symphony bars.
Yuuuuuuuuuuuuum!!!
We also picked up a few pizzas.
We wanted to stop by the school with eggs so we could egg the people that actually went to the ninth grade dance, but my Dad said no. "But please?" we said. "You won't even have to stop the car!"
But he didn't want to put a damper on their happy, romantic spirits.
Aren't we, like, fourteen here?
What's romance again?
And didn't the rain already do that?
We settled for our chocolate and The Italian Job instead.
Have you ever seen that movie?
Like, flippin' BEST MOVIE EVER!!!
Well.
In my top 489 or so.
Best still amazing.
My dream car!!!
Are you a Left Ear person or a Handsome Rob person?
Or a CHARLIE person!!!!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Can you tell which I am?
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha...
Just kidding.
I'm a Wrench person.
Can someone say HOT?!?

"I'm Wrench. What's your name, baby?"
"Ham and cheese."
"Oh, that's cold. Dang that's cold."

This is where I come in.

"I'm Lizzie."
"Woah. Do you, like, wanna see what I'm doing right now?"
"YES!!!"

I'd take him any day over ham and cheese.
Actually, that's not saying much. I'd take Obama over ham and cheese.
I hate ham and cheese.
Yuck.
Blech.
Ew.
Yuck.
Vomit.
Recover and vomit again.
Ew.
So... yeah!!!
Happiness!!!
Ugh Computer Tech is sooooooooooooooooo boring today.
Ugh.
Ugh.
Ugh.
And now I'm just randomly going off about nothing.
Katie's drawing a picture of flowers and grass and a sun that has swirly things around it.
Darn. She didn't like it.
She erased it and made it completely white.
Bored.
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OHMYGOSH I COMPLETELY FORGOT TO TELL YOU!!!
Katie's making a Cinderella dress now.
It's lovely.
But that's not what I was going to tell you!!!
What I was going to tell you is...
I'M NOT GOING TO AF NEXT YEAR!!!
Nope.
Not me.
I'm going to a nerd school.
A charter school, to be exact.
You know, with uniforms and everything?
Yeah, that's where I'm going.
It's called Maeser Preparatory Academy and I'm going there so I can take an AP class with all Seniors. No exaggeration. Just me (sophomore) and a bunch of Seniors.
Humph.
Maybe they're cute.
But not as cute as WRENCH!!!
Can someone say BABE?!?
*Sigh.*
Wrench.
*Sigh.*
Gotta run; I have Espanol next.
With Smith.
I love Smith.
He's awesome.
We learn, like, nothing in that class.
It's just him lecturing us on how bad the TV stars in the show we watch for class are. They really are terrible.
Then he gets all worked up over how bad the actors flirt.
Then he lectures us on flirting.
Then he dances.
Then he steals somebody's phone and texts all their friends.
Then he gets all worked up about germs... again.
Then he teaches us something for the last ten minutes of class.
Hahahahahahaha... okay.
Hasta luego!

Quote of Today: Be optimistic. All the people you hate are eventually going to DIE!
:)

Sick

Yo.
Honestly, I can never understand why people would try and fake being sick.
Why do they do it?
To get out of schoolwork? It takes forever to make up all of the schoolwork from just one day.
To get out of having to sit through classes? Let's see... stay in bed pretending to sleep all day... or go to school where one or two friends are.
But I don't know why I'm complaining about fakers.
Because it's ten times worse to actually be sick.
Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh!!!
I hate being siiiiiiiiiiiiick!
You know that on Bryan Regan?
The one that everybody talks about?
He's a comedian, apparently...
Well, I finally listened to all of those people who told me to watch him (actually, more like kicked off the phone and told not to call back until I had watched him).
I did it.
I watched it.
And in the ER one, he describes me perfectly.
"Everything on the inside of me wants to be on the outside of me!"
Or something like that.
Ugh.
I hate being sick!!!

Anyways...
School's out in three weeks or so. Esther has a countdown going.
AP test on Friday.
Yeah, I've already accepted the fact that I failed.
I'm strangely alright with it.
It's kinda weird not crying over it and everything.
Nope.
Not for me.
I fail.
Not like it's a surprise or anything.
Life will go on.
I hope...

Okay, so I was watching Night at the Museum 2: Battle at the Smithsonian on Saturday with the fam and I noticed something terrible!!!
Have you ever seen that show?
You know the music?
Well, look it up!
It's all a fake!
We were totally going through the whole movie going, "That's from Pirates!" and "National Treasure!"
I dare you to look it up because it's all copied from other movies.
It's awful!
Although I will admit that it didn't stop me from buying one or two... bought one of them Saturday night and I've listened to it 1,508 times since!
Hahahahahahahahahahaha...
My top listened to songs...
-Lollipop by Sophie Green (2,394 times)
-If I Can't Have You by Kelly Clarkson (1,899 times)
-Getting Past Security from Night at the Museum 2 (a.k.a. National Treasure...1508 times...)
-Life After You by Daughty (1,357 times)
-Astrid Goes for a Spin from HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON!!! (LOVE THAT MOVIE!!!-1,254 times)
-Never Gonna Be Alone by Nickelback (1,194 times)
-Forbidden Friendship from HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON!!! (LOVE THAT MOVIE!!!- 1,182 times)
-Just to Be by Nicole Sheahan (1,178 times)
-Test Drive from HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON!!! (LOVE THAT MOVIE!!!- 1,117 times)
-Smile by Uncle Kracker (1,108 times)
-If Today Was Your Last Day by Nickelback (1,052 times)
-As Long As You Know Me by Nicole Sheahan (1,042 times)
-Hello Seattle by Owl City (1,040 times)
-Ben from National Treasure (the real one!- 1,011 times)
-Septimus from Stardust (787 times)
-Kaboom by Ursula 1000 (hahahahahahahahahahaha... 771 times)
-Haven't Met You Yet by Michael Buble (how do you do the thing? 644 times)

Am I boring you to tears yet?
Good.
Now maybe you feel like me.
:P
Okay. I must be going now. Something about sleep... makes... *yawn*... sick people... better...
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OH YEAH!!!
The Quote of Today is from Lizzy because she said it forever ago at lunch and it was absolutely amazing.
Love you, Lizzy!
Hahahahahaha...
Hasta luego!

Quote of Today: She doesn't have to die. She could just SUFFER!!!

Fun Thing to do with Your Leftover Easter Eggs

This year's Easter ended with a bang...
Literally.
Watch and learn. And don't try this at home.

Quote of Today: You're cleaning that up.

Easter

I can bear it no longer.

I am in love.

The lucky guy?

Or unlucky... your choice... ;)

A Reese's Pieces Peanut Butter Pastel Egg!!!

Ahhhhhhh! *heart skips a beat...*

This is always the best part of Easter.

Most people sing, "Santa Baby" for Christmas, but I sing "Easter Bunny" for Easter.

I mean, come on!

The Easter Bunny is my own personal matchmaker.

He gives me my sweetheart.

Reese's Pieces Peanut Butter Pastel Eggs...

Who doesn't love one of those?

I'm completely and totally smitten with one of those things.

He's very lively.

He has "good taste." In women, in music, in everything!

He has a very colorful personality.

He loves me back.

He makes me happy.

He never talks back.

He laughs at all of my jokes (on the inside, I'm sure...).

He's not ashamed to walk around with me.

He knows how to satisfy a girl.

I have him in the palm of my hand.

He's PERFECT for me!!!

Sigh...

I call him RPBPE or Robopube for short.

Hahahahaha...

Yo.

HAPPY EASTER!!!

Did the Easter Bunny come to your house?

He sure did come to our house!

He was awfully generous this year. I got a huge bag of green M&Ms (ahhhhh!) and $25 for iTunes. No, the iTouch was mine already... I got it last night. Yay!

Esther got these weird Cry Baby Eggs. They're a little sour (not quite like WarHeads, but similar).This is her face as she eats them. Don't you just love her? This is her and I last night when we painted eggs.This is us while we did the eggs. It was a lot of fun for our family. Eggs! The finished product...

We will make them into Deviled Eggs for Easter dinner in a few minutes. :)

I think it's so cool that General Conference falls on Easter Sunday this time around. It really makes you stop and think about the true meaning of Easter a little more. It's about the Resurrection. It's about new life. It's about family. It's about happiness.

Speaking of new life, uhhhhh... WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE WEATHER?!?

We woke up today expecting Spring in full bloom and it was SNOWING!!!

Snow, snow, go away. We don't like you when you stay.

I'm being summoned.

Hasta luego; the Quote of Today is what my parents said when they saw me doing this (don't you love my jammies?):

Quote of Today: I never thought I would see the day when our daughter became more interested in texting than the Easter Bunny...

This... That... and Everything in Between!!!

Yo.

Awww man. I haven't done this in forever!

Blogging has escaped my vocabulary lately.

Hahahahahahaha!

Just kidding... APRIL FOOLS!!!

Did you know that April Fools is on April 1st? I woke up on April 2nd all excited to play some pranks (I had good ones in mind, too) and I realized that everybody was serious about it really being on April 1st.

Ugh.

Next year, baby!!! *evil scheme begins to form...*

Let's see... last time I posted was about snow, right?

Well, snowboarding season ends tomorrow.

Don't get me wrong, I love, love, love the snow- snowboarding, snowmen, snowball fights, snowboots, snoweverything, but once snowboarding (yes, the most important one) season is over, the snow needs to melt so we can get on with Summer already.

I'm soooooooo ready for Summer.
School.

Needs.

To.

Be.

Over.

Right.

Now.

Uggggggggggh!!!!!!!

I hate school. Well, now. I know, last post I was talking about how I love it and happy and joy and smiles and everything and now... NOW I KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT IT ALL!!!
School is just torture!!! It's all lies and fake and it's only to make everybody miserable!!!

Speaking of school...

I picked out my classes for next year!!!

Wooohooo!!!

Do you want to hear them?

Come on, you know you do!

Okay, well, I'll tell you anyways.

Semester One

A1- Current Issues (no idea...)

A2- Drama and Film (cooleo- hahahahaha Jessi! Remember that?)

A3- Honor's English

A4- SEMINARY!!! BEST CLASS IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE FLIPPING WORLD!!!

B1- Algebra 2 (yuck. ew. icky. blah. vomit. yuck.)

B2- Health (awkward silence...)

B3- Orchestra (WOOOOHOOOO!!! FINALLY!!!)

B4- Chemistry

Semester Two

A1- Fitness
A2- Emergency Medical Services (funny story... I thought it might come in handy)

A3- Honor's English
A4- SEMINARY!!! ALSO THE BEST CLASS EVER!!!

B1- Algebra 2 (recover and vomit again)

B2- Child Development (with Whitney!!! Sorry, Emm3a, I'm staying...)

B3- Orchestra (*PSYCHED!!!*)

B4- Chemistry

Aren't those awesome classes?

I still love you, Emm3a! I swear I do! I just... you know... can't work with saws... ;)

Goodness, I've been gone for a while! November, January, then March! Wow...

Let's see... what can I talk about?

Ooooooohhhhhh there was last night!

So.

Yesterday, I got home, showered and everything, then Janessa and Alexis came over. Alexis did our hair!
It was amazing!

Check us out!!!

Okay, okay. Pictures...

Before...

During...After!!!This is our "Big and Sexy" hairspray. And yes, it did work. The hairstyles were big and we were... well... ya.SEXY!!! This is us modeling.After I took it all out when we were done (several hours later), these were all the bobby pins that it took to hold everything up. No, I didn't count them. I don't have the necessary patience to preform such a maddening task.

GORGEOUS!!!
Then we went to a stake dance and danced our hearts out and then we came home and watched The Frog Princess (I know, I know- I totally gave into my girly side this week...) and pigged out on all of the licorice and Kudos in the house. Yuuuuuuummmmmmmmm!

We were up sooooo late...
Well.

What else? Oh, ya! Esther had a dance competition. This is her and her trio. Nice and sassy, ladies! Work it! Whistle, whistle!OH YEAH!!! HOW COULD I HAVE FORGOTTEN?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

While Esther and the fam were off in St. George to cheer Princess Essie on, I was having the most amazing experiences ever at... (drumroll, please...)

YOUTH CONFERENCE!!!!!!!!!!

My gorgeous companion, Jasmine...

She did have to go to Prom because Prom is soooo much more interesting than Youth Conference (*sniffle*), so I hung out around these guys... Sara and I were kinda sorta interesting... hahahahaha...

This is my mission!!! We went to Alaska for our mission. Coolest mission ever!!!

A few little facts: we don't walk or ride bikes; we drive 4 wheel drive trucks around. On occasion (especially in my mission) we use DOGSLEDS!!! Isn't that awesome?!?

We eat fish, whale blubber, reindeer, lots of fish, moose, and Oreos.

Yes, we ate all of those on our mini-mission.

Yes, I brought the Oreos.

Yes, it was all actually pretty good.

Weird fact: everybody there loves beef jerky except Sara and I (it's nasty!!! Ewwwwwwwww!!!) but Sara and I couldn't stop eating the moose jerky! I couldn't decide if I loved it or hated it (Yvaine agrees with me- hate and love can so easily be confused!), so I just had to have more until I decided. It wasn't until I ate the whole thing and then got sick the next day that I decided. Funny how that works...

Anyways!Yes, this is a toilet. No, that's not... ummm... what you think it is. It's chocolate sauce and pineapple juice. Yes, in the toilet. Congratulations. You have officially earned the golden medal of being obvious.

It's actually a great honor in South Antarctica.
Actually, I'm not sure if it is.

Actually, I doubt it is.

Actually, it's possible.

Why am I showing you this... um... scene? Because I think it looks cool. And because we had to clean this all up for a training activity.

Hahaha...

I'm sure you're all downloading that image onto your computers as we (I) speak.

Hahahaha.

Our whole mission zone!This one's my favorite.

Look at David!

He does a funny face in all of them, this one is just the best.

Hahahahahahahhaahahahaha!!!

So... yeah!

I have to go and do homework before I can get a new iTouch.

Yeah, it was kinda sorta stolen. I'm getting a new one.

My last note for today is a YouTube video that has got to be the best video I've ever seen in my life. Soooooo cute! I swear it's worth the 16.24 minutes. If you want to watch it, please click on this little bit of writing that has absolutely no value.
Because you are great.

You are awesome.

Hasta luego; I'll try to write a little more!

I LOVE YOU EACH!!!

Quote of Today: I am discriminated against because I am mexicanese.