Merry Christmas!

For Christmas this year, all of my siblings came home. It was really fun. We went to the movies, played dodgeball, and ate lots of delicious food (thanks mom!).
On Christmas Eve we played basketball at the park, boys against girls. I jammed my finger really bad, but the girls still won. Later my finger swelled up to twice its normal size and I got bruises on my finger and hand. It was really nasty. I will spare you all a gruesome picture of it. Don't worry though, my finger did not inhibit my ability to have fun; I still had an amazing Christmas! Hope all of your Christmases were as great as mine! :)

School :(

This has been a wonderful summer, but like all wonderful things, it must eventually end. So today I started my Junior year of high school. After getting over my end of summer blues, the day turned out okay, but the real test will be tomorrow...

High Adventure (Part 2)

After being tired and sore from Half Dome (we didn't get to our camp till 2 am) we got to go white water rafting. Highlights from the trip include:

• Tunnel Chute ( a level 4 or 5 rapid)
• Jumping into the cold water
• Spending time with friends
• The Guide
• Paddle High 5's
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High Adventure (Part 1)

I have always been jealous of the boys in my ward who get to go on High Adventure. They always do super exciting things. Last weekend I got my chance to go do these fun things with the boys. After our previously planned trip to Havasupi got canceled, We got to hike Half Dome in Yosemite.The hike was over 16 miles total.

Along the way, we saw waterfalls,
400 foot cables,
and lots of wildlife (there were groundhogs living at the top of the dome, and bears at the base of the trail)!
But I finally made it to the top,
Every Young Woman made it to the top!!!! Aren't we amazing?!?!
Just to give you an idea of how hard and how high it was, this is the view from the top.
Don't look down!
The hike took us 12 hours total. It was the hardest thing I have ever done in my entire life, but it was worth every mile!

EFY

I went to Especially for Youth in July. It was AWESOME!!! I loved it! I got to go to lots of classes and devotionals, as well as dances. I made some great new friends too. Here are a few pics:

My roommate and me

My counselors

My group

The other girls group in my company

The Boys
My company name on our banner (we won 1st place for it, as well as for our awesome cheer)

My entire company

The whole experience was wonderful and I highly suggest going to anyone who hasn't been before!

Girls Camp

Last week, I got to go to Girls Camp. This year I was a YCL. It was so much fun!!! I got to hang out with friends...

have awesome dance parties...

and even zipline!!! (that's my friend's mom about to go down)

(My friend, Brooke, is all ready to go!)

It was so much fun spending time with all my friends.

Even though we can be a little strange.

I can't wait till next year!!!

Sick

On Sunday, Seth was sick. On Tuesday, I was sick. On Wednesday, my mom and Callie were sick. On Thursday, Callie was still sick. But on Friday, SUMMER STARTED!!!!

Piano Lessons

Hey I am teaching piano lessons. If you are interested, just let me know! :)

Sweet 16!!!

On February 12, I turned 16. It was an awesome Birthday. My Grandparents came out for the weekend, so that was great. After school I opened presents and I got a wonderful book full of questions that other people answered about me. I loved it!!! Later I got to go see the movie Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. It was AMAZING! I had been looking forward to it for months so I was so happy that the day it came out also happened to be my Birthday! The movie was not exactly like the book, but it was So worth seeing!!! All in all I had a Super Sweet 16!

Utah

Here are a few of my favorite parts about our trip to Utah a few weeks ago:

• Cute cousins
• Great siblings
• Sledding
• Parties on New Year's and for Courtney's Graduation
  
• Playing Mario Bros all night
• Snow
• Playing Bang
• My awesome snow fort!

Thanks for the wonderful trip! I had so much fun and I can't wait till next time!

Christmas

I know it's January, but I never got to blog about my awesome Christmas. This year I got everything I wanted plus more!!! We even got a Wii and all of the seasons of Smallville! I would definitely say this was a great Christmas! :)

Thanksgiving

I love Thanksgiving. It has some of my favorite things: no school, family, and FOOD! I had so much fun hanging out with friends and family. I even got to go to Six Flags with all of my siblings! I can't wait to see what we do next year!

Wisdom Teeth

Just before Thanksgiving, the dentist told me I needed to get my wisdom teeth pulled, so despite my dread to have it done, I had them pulled. Luckily, I was fine on the anesthesia and didn't do anything really weird. After throwing up and fainting a couple of times, the recover wasn't too bad (although I was craving hard food be the end of the first day). :)

Sorry :(

I know it has been a very long time since i posted so i will try to catch up!