Monday, April 30, 2007

Beautiful Weather

I'm loving the weather we are having. It's perfect. In the high 60's low 70's everyday all day with a little breeze. Who doesn't love this? Oh that's right... the ski bums...

Well... There's not much to say. Dance is going excellent. And Seminary is 100% attendance as usual. School.... it's coming.

I really wish I could just go be outside all day. But I have to stay away from the sun until after the performance or Jan will kill me. Not even kidding. I came back from Powell with a horrible tan line and she flipped! Whoops.

Hope everyone is doing well. Happy Spring/Summer!!!

:D

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

That's Selfish

On Sunday we had a really great fireside. Two brothers that both play football for BYU and are both returned missionaries spoke to us. They had so many things that I found really great that I can apply to my life. I hope all the youth were listening because they taught us some great lessons.

One of them talked about how they were good people and made the right choices when it came to the big decisions like drinking or smoking e.t.c. when they were teenagers. He pointed out that it's good to know the church is true....it's better to live the true church. It's the small things- reading your scriptures daily, saying personal prayers, paying attention in seminary and Sunday school. Take it seriously- you'll grow if you do. He said a quote that I'm not sure where it came from, "As tiny drops of water shape out landscape; minute by minute choices we make shape our character." What kind of a character do I want for myself? I've been thinking about this constantly now.

Don't think about yourself. That's what both of them kept saying. They said that when you go on a mission everything stops being about you. Both wished they had stopped thinking all about themselves before their missions to prepare themselves. You have to think about the Lord's plan, not yourself.

One brother was getting into football and was excelling a lot. He approached his RM brother and his wife one night and said that he was not going on a mission. He wanted to stay and continue with football. His brother told him he was selfish. It's not always supposed to be about you. Focus on others.

You have to make the right choices for you. You have to decide for yourself to make the right choices.

So then yesterday while I was studying my scriptures I was reading in D&C 4. And right next to the section beginning I have written, "What does it take to be a servant of the Lord?" Everyone always relates this section to missions and missionaries, but I related it to me...now.
*see that ye serve him with all your heart, might, mind and strength, that ye may stand blameless before God at the last day.
*if ye have desires to serve God ye are called to the work
*faith, hope, charity, and love, with an eye single to the glory of God, qualify him for the work
*remember faith, virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, brotherly kindness, godliness, charity, humility, diligence
*ask, and ye shall receive; knock and it shall be opened unto you

There are so many things that apply to me now. We should apply these scriptures to our callings, our roles in our families, and just our daily lives.

Thursday, April 19, 2007

This Might Win Favorite....

I Only Believe in Schiance!



I laugh at this movie every single day. And somehow I always find ways to quote it. It's amazing. I love this clip though.... I only believe in schiance...

Friday, April 13, 2007

OK Go!

Well... My little brother's school is doing a talent show. They and their friends want to do this. I volunteered myself (of course!) to help put it together. Now I'm stuck. Where on earth am I going to get 8 treadmills?!?!



I decided that I could get away with 6. But still... 6 treadmills?!? And look at these guys. They do it in one shot. There's no editing or stopping or anything going on with their video. How am I going to teach four 10 year olds to do this? I'm sure these guys practiced for months and months and had to tape it a million times to just get it right.



My dad is convinced that the treadmill dance will never happen. He thinks I should do this instead. This one just isn't as exciting though! And the treadmill one is just a crowd "wower". If that's even a word. You get what I mean though...



If you have any suggestions.. Please help!!


And Happy Friday the 13th by the way!!!

Saturday, April 7, 2007

Mom's Celebrity Look-alikes

My cool celebrity look-alike collage from MyHeritage.com. Get one for yourself.

Dad's Celebrity Look-alikes

My cool celebrity look-alike collage from MyHeritage.com. Get one for yourself.

Nixon's Celebrity Look-alikes

My cool celebrity look-alike collage from MyHeritage.com. Get one for yourself.



Here's what Nixon had to say:

This is my look-alike. All girls (except for Sam Neill... Whoever the heck he is!). I may look like girls... but you should notice my hair. That's probably why. You're probably wondering why my hair was long. Style. I had to look good out on the waves.

Easton's Celebrity Look-alikes

My cool celebrity look-alike collage from MyHeritage.com. Get one for yourself.



Here's what Easton had to say:

Why do I look like Jesse McCartney?!? You know him live at Disneyland once? It was sweet. And Lost? I'm not lost! Why do I look like him in his Lost style. I wish he was Lord of the Ring's style. That's who I look like. He should shave.

My Celebrity Look-alikes

My cool celebrity look-alike collage from MyHeritage.com. Get one for yourself.

Friday, April 6, 2007

The 5 Days of Lake Powell

We just got back from a very exciting trip to beautiful Lake Powell. Three families, one house boat, two speed boats, and too much cereal.

On the 1st day of Lake Powell there was...


Loading the boat up with all our junk to get on the house boat...as quickly as possible. We did manage it in one trip (lucky us!). We settled in and unpacked everything! A few people were anxious to get out on the water and went water skiing and wake boarding. I wasn't quite ready for that yet....



On the 2nd day of Lake Powell there was.....


Glassy water. Perfect for water skiing! Did I want to learn now? Nope. We also took a hike farther down on the beach we were staying on. This is when Nixon decided to go cliff jumping and broke his arm. Poor thing! Second day and a broken arm.

That's the scene of the accident. Pretty depressing. I love how my mom took a picture of it though! Later on, while they left to go to the doctor's office, three of the many boys took a tube ride. It was intense! Did I want to get in the water though... Nope. I just took some pictures and went along for the boat ride. The three boys on the tube seemed to have fun catching a lot of air though!

This is the air.



This is the landing.
They ended up all tangled and upside down.
It was hilarious.

On the 3rd day of Lake Powell.......



We boated to another part of the lake and hiked to some Indian ruins. It was pretty hot outside and by the end of the journey, even I was ready to get in the cool refreshing lake. I don't know how we didn't end up with any pictures of the actual ruins, but this was my family when we got to the top. It was fun... and hot!


Also, I got in the tube. Complete with a dry suit because I didn't want to get wet. Dry suits are amazing. That's all I have to say. Then I got off my first ride in the tube and decided I didn't get very wet so I didn't need the dry suit to go tubing after all.

Then we went to another beach (that had some more shallow water so it was warmer!) and played in the water and the sand.

On the 4th day of Lake Powell.....


I attempted to wake board (with the nice purple dry suit. Thanks Nic for letting me use your dry suit which is actually a girl's dry suit... but we won't go into that) . After a frustrating 20 (according to Nic. I think it was really only like 8 or so...) tries of trying to get up and stay up, I finally got up and stayed up for a short while. It was so fun. And tiring!! Talk about muscles dancers don't use! In all the pictures I look very angry. But I was really just concentrating really hard to not fall. This is what most of my tries ended up looking like though....


On the 5th (and final) day of Lake Powell.......

There are no other pictures to put. But... I went wake boarding again (even though I woke up and could barely move my body!) and got up every time and was able to stay up! I also had some interesting falls too. My favorite fall was the day before, and we have it on video!

We also went tubing one last time. This time, for the first time in the history of the tube we were using, it flipped. Easton, Wade, and Kip all got catapulted from the tube!


We also had to make stops to the poop dock (I didn't go on this little adventure) and the gas station, and we cleaned the whole boat. Said our thank yous and goodbyes and were on our way home.

It was such a fun vacation with 2 other really great families like mine!


Some details that happened everyday....

  • We played lots of card games. But especially Nic and I. We played a lot of speed. He only beat me twice though.. and is pretty bitter about it. And also very determined to beat me again, until he can beat me at least twice in a row. We're going to be playing cards for a long time!
  • Between the 3 families... we probably had around 20 boxes of cereal, lots of bagels, and too much food in general. That's ok though.. better safe than sorry!
  • We slept under the stars on the top of the house boat. This is when I learned that my dad snores A LOT! And that I don't do well sleeping in a space with a lot of other people.
  • We got to know the other families really well and made some friendships that will last for a long time. If the people I spent these 5 days with can still talk to me after seeing me with messy hair, no make-up, and totally myself, then I have some pretty great friends.
  • Somehow I adopted some more little brothers. And two little sisters (finally!). We all had fun.. and it's sort of like we're all family now.