Camping at Bear Lake

Monday: We packed up which took hours and drove off. The drive was looooooooooooooooooooooooong and the kids were LOUD! It was really fun with all the games ans such we did in the car! The drive through the mountains was gorgeous, and I couldn't believe it when we got near the lake! The water was so clear and peaceful, and then we crossed the Idaho boarder. So part of our trip was spent in Idaho! or at least 5 minutes was... We eventually found the cabin which is Rosanne's family's cabin, that we were going to be camping outside of. The cabin was not what I had in mind. I had been imagining cabins like the ones we had a girls camp, no this was an A-frame attached to a mini cabin house. If I had known that I would've brought my straightener and such. Darn it. The kids were all to eager to get into the water, me not so much, since it was the infamous time of the month. Gr... When we got to the water, Kate and I got into a boat and headed off down into the blue. The farther we got the lighter and more vibrant of a color the water got. Eventually Kate and I got stuck and couldn't go forwards or backwards... We were stuck, then Johnny and Adam came, who were mad at us because we had kicked them out of the boat for trying to commandeer the boat, and getting mad at us with no purpose. But still they were our only hope and thankfully they did help us, but it caused them to be slowed down and then adam started freaking out and threatened mutiny. So they forced us off, and me and kate found they had pulled us to a point where we could just walk back so that's what we did. That night, I can't remember what we ate, but we went down to the beach and played pig sticks. It was a lot of fun, but no one ever seemed to get the bottle so far into the lake that we wouldn't get it without getting really wet... eh, it was super fun anyway!!! Later when it was like pretty much completely dark, mom brought out the cake! yum!! I probably ate more than I should've but ya know...
Tuesday: I woke up that morning and worked on my story. Then all the little kids joined me while drawing, it was fun... today I wasn't planning on going in the water that much so I just went around in my shirt and didn't put any sunscreen on, that was a big mistake because I got the worst sunburn of probably my life. It was fun in the water, a fish hit my leg and I jumped on the boat... hey I couldn't see it so it freaked me out... On another note we had another Adam mutiny in which he threatened to attack us with a paddle, and then threatened to throw johnny's shirt into the water... Actually it was really adam's shirt johnny had just borrowed it, so we HAD to point that out to adam. He started crying so we had him walk back to shore... After all this I went back and held arwen under the shade, and ate snacks. When night came it turned out my entire back, legs, and face, was bright red. I couldn't move! Everyone went inside and we played Arkham Horor.
Wednesday:Wednesday morning I lurched over towards the cabin and the chairs... my legs and back refused to bend. As the day went on the ibuprofen started to kick in and I was able to start bending and walking around like nothing hurt. Rosanne's relatives with the girls our age came and I was able to meet them. Jessica was the oldest (my age) and was so inviting and cheery! Her younger sisters, who forgot to tell me their names, were so fun too!!! I had a great time with them, and then their cousin Breah arrived! She was also very out there and inviting! We all helping bring things down to the shore and set up, and then we headed out into the waters. We were all talking when Breah mentioned Full Metal Alchemist, and me and her started fangirling and asking each other what mangas the other had seen. Both of us had watched or read Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles, so we started fangirling over that, and then Fai, and so on... Jessica was completely confused about what we were talking about so we used Avatar the Last Airbender as an example, and she understood, but still couldn't follow so we changed the subject. All of us got on the raft with the little kids and I left for a bit to go play with Ada, and got more sunscreen on. Ada and I made sandcastles, and then I went back. Some of Breah's brothers had joined us, a twelve year old and a ten year old. They kept trying to tip the raft, so we shoved them off and chatted and played with the younger children on the raft. Then all the children left and Breah's 15 year old brother joined us... His first introduction was asking who we are sticking his hand out to Kate and introducing himself as 'Sexy' I almost died laughing at Kate's facial expression. She was repulsed, but later on he was just hilarious. Then a dog came on the raft and one by one every left, starting with Kate. Jessica's younger sisters and I stayed in the water for a bit and swam around. We soon joined the others in a big group in which we all talked. One of my favorite conversations was about words with different meanings where I mentions how I could say 'I'm feeling gay today!' and everyone would know I meant happy, and how if I did that at school... well it would just get awkward. Then Sam (one of Jessica's younger sisters) asked what gay was. Kate told her that it used to mean happy but it doesn't anymore. She stood up and said "Oh in that case, I'm gay!" Holding back laughter we all freaked telling her that it USED to mean that but doesn't anymore and that she shouldn't go around telling people that. Eventually we all went back to the raft and got in the water. Breah and the boys moved the raft out to a spot where me and Jessica couldn't touch the bottom, and the raft wars begun there. Brennon jumped up on the raft and started making a speech about how we were no longer the younger kids and that now we were the big kids and that we controlled the raft, etc, etc. So me and Breah shoved him off. Breah then jumped up and declared that since she was the oldest she controlled the raft, and started shoving people off. It eventually got to a point in which me and Jessica were the only ones that hadn't been shoved off and so we stuck together clinging on for dear lift. At one point half of them ganged up on Jessica and she fell off, although I tried to keep her on... Then they came after me, but they, no, they could not get me into the water. Everyone, even Breah, that went after wound up in the water leaving me victorious. Then they're aunt and uncle came and it became a war of trying to stay on the raft. They flipped and tossed the raft to the point where it was vertical so pretty much everyone fell off. Kate accidentally embarrassed me by trying to stay on and pulled my swim bottoms down, thankfully no one saw... but still.. At one point Breah, her siblings, aunt and uncle, were all at one end of the raft trying to tip it, and they were so unbalanced that I just lightly tapped Breah and they all fell in. Dad came near the end of it and had Kate and I go in, shower up and pack.  After packing I sat back and talked with Jessica and Breah, and K about books, writing, and other stuff. We all had S'mores and then because josh was being really bad, we packed up and left.
It was really fun!

Vacation!

We're going to Maine today! I'm so excited to see all my family on my mom's side! It'll be so much fun and I just can't wait! It's gonna be Kate, Anya, Rachel, Arwen, Mom, and me going for a week, and all the boys are staying home. We leave at midnight tonight, I just hope I'll be able to sleep on the plane!

Torture Devices

I'm making a list of things I love so I can remember them and use them as torture devices for my children when I'm older.

Movies:
Warm Bodies <3 nbsp="" p="">Summer Magic
Polyanna
Rise of the Gaurdians
Megamind
Legacy
17 Miracles
The Place Promised in our Early Days
Batman Begins
The Dark Night Rises
Teen Titans
Black Beauty
Chronicle
Wreck it Wralf
Megamind
Monsters vs Aliens
Taken
Thor
Captain America
Iron Man
Avengers
The Incredible Hulk
Polyanna
Thoroughly Modern Miley
The Scarlet and the Black
How to Steal a Million

Books:
Christian the Cross of Lead
Fablehaven
Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles
Beyonders
Scarlet Pimpernel
Ella Enchanted
The London Confidentials
Let Them Eat Cake
Poppy
Ever
Fairest
Hikaru No Go
Spiral: the Bonds of Reasoning

I know there are a lot more and I'll probably update this as I remember

Fourth of July

Week of the 4th of July --
On Monday we went over our imdediate reaction was to leap into the pool. It was fun but it got even better when Riley and her family came and everyone played pomp! It was rougher than it has been in a while. That night me and kate went on the tramp and chatted with Riley.
Tuesday I didn't want to shower again soooo I didn't go swimming! ^.^ pretty much I just kinda fell asleep on the couch cause I went to bed at like 3am and then had woken up at like 6:30ish and couldn't really get back to sleep although I tried for a few hours.
Wednessday: Pretty much the same as tuesday except I think I went swimming... swimming was really fun! Pomp especially ya know I might've confused Tuesday with Wednesday... well all in all it was good times in the pool with cousins!
Thurs/ Fourth of July: Fourth of July we got here and jumped in the pool! We played games and had pool fun and then it was dinner! Yummy! Pretty much everything at grandma's is soo good! Since it was the fourth we had soda, pink fluff, chips, homemade icecream, the lot! While we were eating Lizzie and Emma came! I was expecting them to come a lot later so I was really happy! We went outside, watched the fireworks, and then we went in and played the story game! But sadly we had to go home...
We didn't go back because all the kids were grumpy and tired, people at grandma's got sick, and we had to rest up and pack for camping... I'm sorry I missed most of the reunion... it was so fun for what I was there for!!!

Trek

Last week I went on trek. We had to meet at the church at 7am so I had to wake up at 6ish to get ready. We arrived at the church and it actually wasn't that long before we all went inside, had some instructions, and got onto the buses and headed towards Utah Lake. On the bus ride I just hung out with Bonnie and Milan, even until we had to get into families. I was put into a family with no one I knew. There were two other girls and three other guys who're put into the Taukulafu (I think that's how you spell it) family with me. First there was Kayla who's total valleygirl but really fun and awesome. Then there was Tekie, who's more quiet, nice, but a spoiler when it comes to fangirling items.... The boys were Mark (who apparently went to my school when I was a sevy), Louis (who was really quiet), and then there was Joseph, the broadway child with the harmonica.We headed off onto the trail, and it wasn't actually all that bad. I hung back with Tekie and we kept singing for a bit until it was finally lunch time. Lunch was the same every day, turkey and cheese sandwich with a Gatorade, chips, cookies, and an apple. During lunch some people started a game of missionary tag and it was only with great urging that I got up and played. It was actually pretty fun, since most people weren't just looking for their friend groups. After an hour we all headed off again. I tried talking with my group on the way and the only one that would talk while walking was Joseph so I talked to him about Dr. Who. After that, he would not leave me alone, it became extremely awkward... Finally we reached the campsite. The first things I did was sit down. About a minute later I heard someone behind me yell YOLO. They were probably making fun of it, but still I jokingly grumbled that whoever said YOLO should die... I mean the irony. Me and Kayla changed and cleaned up as best we could till we couldn't get anymore dirt off. Dinner was served and me and Kayla went off and ate together, where we talked a lot. It turned out that we knew a bunch of the same people. And then we pointed out guys we thought were cute. She said this guy said Brenden was cute and I of course said the Korean exchange student was cute... of course. Then it was time for skits made by the ma's and pa's and then dancing. We were all stuck in lines and I was partnered with Cody who ended up being the person who said YOLO and HAD heard me... He held it against me the entire time though, but it was still pretty fun. Then we all did this 'Oh Johnny' dance thing, and I was mainly partnered with Cody and Gin (the exchange student). Hallelujah for tolerable partners! Sadly though during that song we moved around partners and I eventually ran into Joseph who complimented my dress... and then back again to tolerable partners!  After dancing though we all went our separate ways and I hung out with Jea and Prim it was really fun! And there was this hilarious guy who kept looking like he was glaring. So Prim asked him why he was, and his reply was that he looked like a drug addict when he smiled... I think we all died laughing there. It turns out that Jea's going to Bountiful too! I know now who I'm probably gonna hang out with there, unless McCall and Emma go to Bountiful. If they do I'll probably hang with them more but all the same. Eventually we all had to go back to our families for a devotional. Our devotional was short but they asked us to tell them about our selves and asked if we had any nicknames. So I did, and I told them the main nickname I've had the past couple of years has been Alice, but I really don't care if you call me it or not. I really did not expect them to actually use my friends nickname for me. Next morning I woke up at about 7, got up and got dressed. We all expected to leave camp at about 8:30 - 9:00ish, we ended up leaving at about 11:00ish because breakfast came at about 9:30ish. Mostly that morning I hung with Jea and then a lot with my school friend Kylie, she was new to the school about when it was ending so I didn't know her too well yet. Then we all had to get together for a big trek picture, which we did and let me just say I got stuck between Kayla and Brenden who'd started talking the night before and seemed to like each other. Once the pictures ended I stood up and so did Brenden who was helping Kayla up when they're clasped hands hit me and knocked me over. I gained my own awkward couple. And then we headed off again. I noticed like half of the girls sitting on the wagons because they had blisters... no offense but I was just kinda there like, 'wha?????? a blister's nothing!'  This time on the trail I talked with Kayla a lot, but Joseph would not leave me alone and kept calling me Alice which was really awkward... really awkward. But anyhow one our first stop I went and I hung out with Bonnie, Jea, Prim, and all of their older siblings and friends. It was fun! I met a lot of people that are in Bountiful already. A little bit later someone started up the game 'mingle-mingle' in which you all have to walk around until the person says a number and you have to get in a group of that or else you're out. It was fun, but at one point we had to get into a group of four and so I was in a group with Jea when Rob hopped in as the fourth and tried flirting... We all just kinda walked away. Yeah it was fun, but then we had to head off again, and lunch was about 2 hours away...Once we got to a place where it was okay to eat, we ate. Oh and if I forgot to mention I had landed into 'Teenage Trek Musical' I'm sorry. There were crushes, flirts, instruments, and random bursts of singing everywhere. EVERYWHERE! At lunch though Kincade and his friends with the Ukes. But it was pretty fun. We treked on some more and the ground just kept getting worse and worse. Kayla and I decided to walk ahead and we chatted a lot, and joined in some singing with my friends Kylie and Sydnee in it. When we finally arrived we again sat down and cleaned up in our tent the bountiful football players put up for us. The wind though was horrible! Some of the tents even blew over. Before dinner I played some baseball with bonnie and some others in which they used a stick for a bat which I cannot seem to work with... so I gave up in embarrassment. During dinner I hung with Kylie and Sydnee and then Kayla too. We were all playing games and laughing in the protective tent when it was time for testimonies and stuff with our companies. Thankfully it was more of a discussion but I still freaked out and forgot all I was saying... yeesh embarrassing. Later that night I went outside and hung with Kayla and Brenden until another group of manga loving whovians gave me some spoilers.... curse them... We all went back to our tents, Kayla went to sleep with no problem, but me and Tekie kept talking about our books and stuff. The next morning I went and I ate lunch with Jea, Milan, and Adrianne, who were very quiet, I guess they were tired or something, but I'm not to fond of awkward silences, so I went in search of something to do and found Kylie, and hung out with them till it was time to go, since I'd already packed. Then we went off again. It was a lot more fun this time since Kayla, Mark, and I all could talk about highschool, music, and stuff.  My dress got caught on barbed wire though, and Joseph stopped to help me even though he was supposed to be pushing. I insisted I was good, but they insisted on stopping and Joseph insisted on helping me... my dress ended up getting ripped -.- completely ripped. sigh. well not too far up the road everyone had to stop for like forever. It turned out that Sydnee had gotten heat exhaustion and hadn't been walking due to her blisters and a bunch of boys too turns carrying her back up. About an hour later we were all back on the road and heading towards the women's pull site. Once we got there, all the boys headed off, while us girls we told about what the pull was about and how it represented what it was like for our ancestors during the Mormon battalion or when the fathers and men would die and we'd be left with all our children and wagons. They explained that they had made the terrain as hard as it could get, and let me say, no joke I was sinking in sand and dust that kept blowing in my eyes. By the time lunch came I was full of dirt. But anyhow, me and Kayla were taking care of the front since that was the hardest and we were the strongest. At one point a lady came and helped us, and when some others said they needed help I offered to go, but they said I was needed at my wagon and that Kayla should go. Near the end I almost burst out laughing. They had set all the boys out there and were having them attempt to recite the Young Women's theme. They were everywhere! When one'd be saying virtue another'd be on faith! The boys doing that was probably supposed to be sweet and meaningful but it was really just cute and funny if anything. Once I reached the end, most girls rested, but me and a few of the others went back and helped the ones who still weren't quite there yet. Even after all that I still wasn't tired which was really surprising. Although all the men kept telling us girls to rest, I could've still pushed! As I found out later Bonnie felt the same as well and even tried to, like I did. When lunch came I chatted with Kayla, then Bonnie, and the finally had a HUGE water fight with Hailey, Sydnee, and Kylie! Hailey and I especially soaked each other, but within 5 min. of the trail were completely dry. We had one last (however you spell it) vinette (in which we all gathered and were told stories of the pioneers and given an object to help us remember, and then we headed off to the river crossing. Most of us girls didn't want to be carried and were planning on walking it and splashing each other and having fun, until they gathered us all up, told us we couldn't mess around, talk, or refuse to be carried... So much for that idea. Now if you know me, I hate people touching me, it's waaaay too awkward. Add in the part about carrying, now we're just getting ridiculous! On that trip there were only 5 people I'd be okay with carrying me that I think could hold my weight and in my little family I think only Mark could. I had no idea what I was gonna do. By the time we got there I was shaking. People started carrying others across the water, and then Joseph approached me and was like, "Should we carry our sisters across first?" And I was just there like, "um... sorry but I just need some time to calm down first." He left, and I breathed a heavy sigh of relief. He ended up carrying this girl named Sofia down, and I think he dropped her, just what I was afraid of. A little later on Gin went up and since we weren't supposed to talk looked at me and waved me over. I looked down and then back up, he smiled and waved me over. Cute foreign dude pretty much asking to carry me over the river... Heck yes! I walked over there, and he asked me whether I wanted to go piggyback or just be carried like the other girls. I said I didn't care, and he scooped me up. Let me just say inside I was totally fangirling. Like totally and completely! When I got to the other side I was like dazed and smiling. Saw Kylie, and ran over that way. Once I did I talked to her about it a bit, and let me just say I was like shy smiling which is awkward. When it was all done we left and kept going. Once we all finished we all gathered together and I fangirled to Kayla. Said goodbye to my friends, and had one last water fight with Hailey in which we soaked Kylie, Sydnee, Jea, and each other one last time. On the bus ride home me Hailey and Kylie all sang songs and joked around a lot, until we finally got back to the church. I got my stuff, was calling mom, until she showed up and then went home, and showered! It was really fun!

Big

Last night, Rachel (in a tone of too much enjoyment) yelled, "Whoever spanks Ruth gets 1 billion points!"
In shock I jumped up and half screamed, "What!? Why!?"
Rachel just looked at me and replied, "Because you're butt's so big"
-_- I have no comment on that issue...

Requests

I've found myself doing requests for friends and it's been fun! here's two of them!