Hurley For the Weekend

Because yesterday was Tedi and Chases anniversary and they wanted a "kid free" weekend my mom decided to have Hurley stay with us because David and I were going to be there.

On Friday my best friend Sidney texted me and said her parents were going to their cabin they have but she didn't want to go so she asked if she could stay with me. I called my mom and asked her and she said it was okay so later that day I went and picked her up.

Friday night Sidney and I were the only kids home because Dave wasn't back from Scout Camp yet and Tedi and Chase weren't having us pick up Hurley till Saturday.

This picture is from Sunday when Hurley was laying under the table and soaking in the sun.

Saturday Sidney, Michael, my mom, and I all went to yard sales for a couple of hours then they took us home so we could go pick up Hurley. Sidney and I met Tedi and Chase at the Provo Mall and then the fun started. It was weird trying to drive while having a puppy in the car with me. We made it home and Hurley got all settled in playing with Sam. The family that was home (Sidney, Michael, Mom, and Me) ate lunch and then we were going to go to a free sale but we saw the Scout trailer up the street so my mom went and picked David up and he went inside and showered because he needed it. He was gross, he hadn't showered in two days (which is a lot for him), he was sunburnt and his nose was really peeley.

Saturday Night Sidney and I went over to her house to get ready for the stake dance which is the reason she stayed home. We thought that the dance was formal so we had all these skirts and dresses picked out and then we found out it was casual. So we got ready and had dinner at her house. We went to the dance and we left early because my feet hurt and Sidney's back hurt.

We had to go back to her house to clean up the big mess we made and when we were walking around her house to get to the back door we noticed the downstairs light was on and we kind of panicked so she was carrying a knife around with her while we looked through the house. That night was bad because guess who slept with me, that's right Hurley. He curled up on the cot with me and I had little room by my legs.

Sunday we just hung out had brunch and got ready for church, but we were late so we got to sit in the very front row which wasnt as bad as most people think it is. Also before Sidney and I went to bed we tried learning the Singles Lady dance that Kurt does in Glee.

Monday we hung out again till Mom got home from work and then we went over to my dads and gave Hurley back to Tedi and Chase.

This picture of Hurley is before we took him home. We made him so tired.

Summer Time

I'm really a bad blogger, I like reading everyone elses but I never update my own. So this summer has already been jam packed. I took out a wall at my moms house, stayed a week at my mom's while my dad was on a business trip. I hardly had time to watch tv at my mom's she worked us to the bone!

I went to Seven Peaks in Provo with my friends Sidney and Angela. I got sunburnt on my shoulder and my nose, my dad called my mom that night and told her my nose was HALF beet red. I got to take my dad in for his Colonoscopy and I got so bored, I finished one of my books, played games on my iPod touch, ate my snacks, watched some of the world cup that one of the other people in the waiting room turned on, then finally I was able to see my dad and take him home, but not before getting Costa Vida.

So that's been my summer so far.

Choir Tour

I need to play catch up with my blog over the last couple of weeks. First on my agenda is going on choir tour! I had a lot of fun and I'll tell you all about it.

First off we went to Grand Junction Colorado instead of boring ol' California.
Friday we got to the school before 6 in the morning might I add and we got on our tour buses and left around 630. About 8 or 9 we stopped at a gas station and we all went to the bathroom, we got back on the bus only to have to get back off the bus. Someone had lost their iPod, they left in the bathroom for 2 seconds and it was gone when she came back for it. I was really annoyed and I think everyone else was too. After that there was no hitch and we watched the Princess and the Frog on our way to Grand Junction. We got GJ and we got some lunch, Sidney and I went to Wendys. Little did we know that there was a Wendys by our hotel that we would later eat at. After lunch we checked into our hotel and got ready for our competition.

We left the hotel and went to Mesa State College to sing. we got there around 1:00 and didn't leave until 5:30 because Vivace(the choir I'm in) didn't sing till last. Before we got on the buses Sidney and I were playing a stupid game and she freaked out because she wanted to do it again and I started laughing so hard i jumped up and down and was shaking my hands too. After we sang we went back to the hotel changed and then we to the mall to eat. It was on the bus ride home that Andrew taught us the four steps to kiss someone.
1) Walk up to them
2) Look them in the eye
3) Grab their head
4) Kiss them right on the mouth
Sidney and I went to the pool that night and she swam I did not because I forgot my swim suit but left soon after going to the pool because my friend Tyler threatened to throw me in the pool with all my clothes on. And at the end of the night us girls in our room pillowed talked till one in the morning END OF DAY ONE

Saturday we got our awesome choir tour t-shirts and went and heard Singers sing at the Jazz Festivial. We heard Singers and another choir sing and then we left. Before we left to get on the buses we saw someone get hit by a car! All us choir members were just talking and standing around this lady got hit and broke her whole leg and the woman who hit her got out freaked out and left. We went back to the hotel so that singers could change and we got some lunch, as I mentioned before that we had a Wendy's right next to our hotel thats where 85% of all our choir went to get food, Sidney and I got our food and got it to go so we could get ready to go to Colorado National Park. We went to what they call the "Devils Kitchen" and hiked up there it was amazing and I took a lot of great pictures. Which I would show you if blogger or my computer was working. Then we went back to the hotel changed and then went to Bananas Fun Park and had dinner there, they had Go Kart racing, bumper boats, golfing, and arcade games. We played golf with Mama and Papa Hulme and it was fun because we did it super fast, which is how we lost Sidneys ball but it was okay. END OF DAY TWO

Sunday was a crazy day, we got ready and went to an LDS Church and sang in sacrament meeting both and intermediate hymn and the closing hymn, then we went to a Methodist church were we had a light lunch and then had an hour and a half concert, then we went back to the LDS church and sat around till 5 while one of the buses (that I was on) went to Safeway. I stayed on the bus and slept and freaked out. We got back to the church just in time for a fireside that had less people there than were in the choir. it was a sad turn out. After that we went back to the hotel and changed and then went to golden corral to eat dinner. We went back to the hotel and I put my feet into the hot tub because the first night we got in trouble for having so many people. Also I got asked to Prom that night while I wasn't home!END OF DAY THREE

Monday was our last day on choir tour, we didn't want it to end, we got up early had breakfast packed everything and sang Mrs. Crockett a song called "Rock it with Crockett" then we went to Moab. We stopped at the Arches National Park visitors center to go to the bathroom then we went and drove till we got to a double arch and climbed that and sang. Got back on the bus ate some lunch and then drove to the delicate arch hike start and hiked up there, I was one of the slowest because I get lightheaded so my "hiking buddies" left me and I hiked with my other friends Hayden, Corbin, Angela and Sammi, but i'm glad i did it because i got some awesome pictures and its something I can tell my kids and maybe something i can show them. We stayed up there for awhile and Mrs. Crockett was the last one up and we sang her our favorite song Open the Door. Here are the lyrics
Open the door for the children, the children
Tenderly gather them in
In from the highways and hedges
In from the places of sin
Open the door for the children the children
See they are coming in throngs
Bid them sit down to the banquet
Teach them your beautiful songs
Open, Open gather the children
Open the door, gather them into the fold
Some are so young, some are so helpless some are so hungry and cold
some are so lonely outside the fold.
Open the door for the children the children
take the dear lambs by the hand
Point them to truth and to goodness
Lead them to bright spirit land.
Open, open gather the children open the door
Gather them into the fold, gather them into the fold.

that song really moved us to tears every time we sang it. After we left arches we went and got food in Price and then drove all the way home.

Knowledge Bowl Update

Since I know you all were DYING to know how we did in the Knowledge Bowl. So we won every round but one!! It was amazing I can't believe we did that well and I was only in it for the t-shirt!

Designer Sewing/Needle Arts

I'm taking a class called Designer Sewing and we just happen to do a lot of stuff that I actually like doing. The pictures are in order of what we've done first and what we've done recently, right now we're working on making a quilt which I haven't done anything on yet so I cant show you.
First we did knitting so I knitted a washcloth. I may not use it but it's good to know how to use it.
Second we did crocheting. I crochetd a head band, it was pretty easy I just crochetd three rows and I thought it was big enough.
Third we did counted cross stitch which was super easy I used a kit and it only took me like three class periods.
Fourth we did embroidery I made two of them, I made one for my sister and my brother in law that said "and they lived happily ever after" and it had two people a guy and a girl holding hands and then it had their names and the day they got married. and the second one is the one in the picture that says "Sisters are we... forever friends we'll be"

The Knowledge Bowl

So at my school near the end of the year we have the Knowledge Bowl, last year I didn't participate because I was only a squashmore and I didn't know that I could do it, but this year my friend Tyler asked me to be on his team. His team consists of our friends Devon and Braden. Our first competition was today and we won! It was 95 against 30. After it was over Devon was funny he said "I knew there was a reason to put you on the team" I'll let you know how far we get in the competition! The above pictures are the shirt we got for just being in the competition

16 and Pregnant

So I watch the show 16 and pregnant. Most of the girls and some of the boyfriends/fathers are so adamant about keeping the baby and raising it themselves. I think that they're being stupid, they aren't doing the right thing in my mind. The parents of the girls who are pregnant support them. In the episodes they don't even consider adoption at all and that's what saddens me the most. I wish the parents of the girls would at least consider it. These girls are only 16 years old they aren't even out of high school yet and they're moms? They need to consider it. I'm sorry I want to go to college and become an adoption case worker so that's why I'm so hard on these girls, they need to realize what the choices they make now will have consequences later. These girls don't understand that their kids have a higher chance of becoming teen parents because of this. They need to think about that.