Maine Trip

Wednesday - We packed and cleaned up so we could go. Around 11:20 we headed to the airport, unpacked our stuff and went in. Nothing really interesting happened while in the airport, it was just the usual security and rush. At about midnight we boarded the plane, and headed off to JFK airport where we would get our next flight to Maine.
Thursday - I didn't really get much sleep that morning, because Kate would lay on me, so I would lay on her, and then she would move, and she wouldn't stop moving. When we arrived at New York we couldn't get out of the airport lest we should miss our flight.  I took this time to pull out a notebook and doodle. When the time came, we left with our flight, and headed off. This time I slept just fine, and woke up as we were going over Maine. It was gorgeous there was water and trees! Trees! After we landed Grandma and Grandpa picked us up and brought us to their house. Pretty much then we really just got settled down most of the time... Later in the day we went to Macey's with Grandma, Marie, and Sadie. Grandma wanted to see if this one dress would fit mom, so that's why we went. Funny thing is that I ended up being the one with the most to try on (not out of my choosing) in the end. I ended up getting a shirt, pants, ankle length skirt, and a jean jacket... Kate got a dress, two shirt and I think she may have gotten something else but I can't remember... Rachel and Anya both go a hello kitty outfit, after that we all went back and just had fun. Grandma showed us her jewelry and I might I say she has some really really pretty stuff. After that I don't really remember what happened much, I know we all talked and had dinner and such, and then they all went to pick up Lila while Kate and I watched Rachel Anya and Doctor who. In bed Kate took up the entirety and I was stuck in a crack with almost zero blanket.
Friday - Friday we got up and ate breakfast. Later in the day we left for a trip. We visited my great grandma's grave,  now I kinda have issues with graveyards, want to make me teary and edgy for a day, take me to a graveyard. They're just so sad to me for some reason. I was in the car with grandma, grandpa, Seth, Marie, and Kate, and we were the first there, because everyone else decided to get food. So the others in the car were pretty upset, while we waited for the other two cars of people to arrive. When they did arrive it was down-pouring and Seth decided to wrestle Amy in the graveyard. After the tousle something happened and Seth partially mooned them, which got the same response from Lila. Except it was a full on mooning. Then we all went off to get pizza taking the scenic drive. I got a sub there which was really good, and talked with Kate, grandma and grandpa. Then we all went to Shaines Ice Cream. I got a double thinking that it would be about the size of their single... it was three times bigger, and dripped purple on my white shirt, but it was DELICOUS. We went to this one beach area and went to this factory in which salt water taffy is made, and then a couple of us went with Amber to this cute little candy store, and then half of us headed towards the beach and the other half went into a little souvenir shop. I stayed under a roof holding Arwin so she didn't get cold and wet, like the rest of us. When we got back a few of us girls went to a makeup store, it was quite cute and fun! My favorite part was sampling perfume, that was interesting! We got home then had dinner and then went to bed. Kate and I then watch Dr Who and went to bed.
Saturday: The big day. We went to the boston temple and Kate and I babysat the entire time. It was tough but it wasn't too bad. We just kept track of and entertained Rachel, Sadie, Anya, and Arwin. There were multiple potty breaks, in which they would argue over who would go first, and fights on the potty... Ack! other than that they were pretty good. They calmed down and played easily after a while. Finally it was done and they all came out. I was sooooooooo glad to be done with it. So we got in the cars and grandma and Lila went in to get some garmets and it felt like it was another another hour.... AH! I think it was like 3 and none of us had eaten since like 6-7ish.... we were hungry and pretty edgy. Finally we all left for the hour ride back. With all the traffic we pulled to the side got Mc Donalds and headed off again for the ride which took like 4 hours. We were all dead by the time we got back. A whole bunch of us had to shower due to girl reasons and such. Yes a few of us were on the dread time of the month... Gack gack gack gack. That night we showed Grandma Duck Dynasty and watched several episodes. There's one episode called Daddy's Got A Gun, and it's about where his daughter is dating this boy and grandma was agreeing with every word they said.... That was kinda nerve racking. I can soooooooo wait for my dating years! I'm scared of what dad will do! An understanding-of-the-gospel quiz? The intimidation and questioning? The accusations and canceling the date before dad even meets my date? I think I'd rather have the gun approach... I don't know, I'm probably really overreacting but still I am freaking out! Well anyhow we went down and all talked then went to bed, watched dr who and went to sleep.
Sunday: I was way nervous to go to church. Being me I wondered how the YW and YM were going to react... Were they going to shun us because we're from Utah? Not even give a care? Or, be all like "VISITORS!!! Yeah!!!" Anyhow I dressed up nicely did my hair and makeup and hoped I looked decent. When we arrived I looked at the tiny building and shivered. Once we entered I was so shocked about how tiny the sacrament meeting and everything was! There was barely  anybody in the small sacrament meeting room... It was so cute! But empty. Sacrament was good, and I mainly worked on my wedding dresses, and talked about them  with Monika. After that, we were escorted over to Sunday school. It was small and quaint and there were only three young women and two young men. Which is a lot like our young women's and young men's. They were all really nice and just kinda laughed when we told them we were from utah! Great! They weren't scary! Due to the teacher not expecting to teach till that morning we just watched one of the old church videos. After that it was young women's and that was actually really nice and fun! Then we left to pick up Rachel and Anya and there were like what 11 primary children in total?! I freaked! How can a ward be so small?!?! On the way home we drove by the beach, it was gorgeous and then headed home. Everyone just really got their own lunch and lounged about. Later though we headed to the lighthouse and walked around the beach. We couldn't go in because it was sunday but I really wanted to. When we got back nothing really happened, just routine. We watched Emma as well, I loved it! Dinner, movie (showing grandma and grandpa parental guidance), and bed.
Monday: Breakfast, Lounge, Errands, Food, and shopping. That pretty much sums it up! Someone went out bought lobster for dinner, and then we cooked them and had an AMAZING sea food dinner and cake!!! Lila did makeup and due to the colors she had I looked like one of those evil girls on tv. which was very amusing!  Family home evening was next, and then came girls night out. All of us girls went to the mall and went shopping pretty much! All the little girls got matching outfits and then a few of us went to Forever 21 and Kate and I both got something there. After that we all gathered over at this little ice cream shop and left. Then we stopped at dairy queen and dunking donuts to get some food and went back home. Then again the usual Dr Who and bed! Sweetness
Tuesday: Earlier in te day we watched Classic Dr Who with Grandpa which was really nice to do! After that we all pretty much hung out until Marie and Seth took their flight home, and then Kate and I went shopping with grandma and grandpa! First we went to Nordstrom Rack, and tried on clothes and both got the cutest stuff! Then we headed over to target in which Kate and I both got a bra and we picked up some undies for Rachel and Anya. Then we went over and got dinner at friendly's! It was really good, and we were all so full! After that we headed to the mall and looked a macey's for a bit and then checked out some of the other stores! We got a lot of new clothes thanks to grandma and grandpa! That night me and Kate watched Dr. Who for our last marathon night
Wednesday: We all awoke and packed up... It was sad to go although I'm so glad I was able to! It was a great week! Anyhow we wished everyone goodbye, and headed towards the plane. During security Kate's bag beeped and had to get searched. All of us wondered what was the matter with it, we all laughed when it turned out to be Kate's big blue eraser that says 'My Bad' on it. The plane ride was a plan ride. Tiring. And I don't think I fell asleep because of Anya. On the second ride there was a Duck Dynasty marathon playing on tv so we watched that as we fell asleep.
Thursday Morning: Dad came and picked us up! I was glad to see him, we finally got home, brought our stuff in and just crashed... Sleep!

Hair Cut

I have never had my hair this short before.... not even close to this length starting when I can remember. I think it turned out well though

The Kids Photo

Just your average family photo plus Joseph....

 perfect----bored---------I'm done ---- CHEESE!

School Pictures

Since most of us kids go to different schools, and so the days we start aren't the same, we did school pictures all together Sunday. Here are some of them:

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