walkin' on sunshine

today was filled with good friends, good waves, good food, and good rays. i had so much fun and can't wait for us all to go again!

with my pals

digging our hot tub

about to go kayaking!!

i was soooo scared!!

but it was actually really fun (:

Josh picked that flower off one of his neighbor's bushes...i like it/him

i would walk 500 miles

this past week has been stressful. naturally i waited until the last possible second to complete my final two high school projects. i've stayed up late every night this week slaving over these stupid projects and i am MORE than relieved to finally be done with them and high school! I have to go one more day next week and after that i will be home free!!! BYU here i come! in a few months that is

it was nice to go on a date with my wonderful boyfriend tonight. we got dinner and went to the movies then came home and danced to no music in the kitchen. we've both been so busy these last couple weeks that we haven't really had time to go on a real date so it was nice to just spend some time with him.

i'm hopefully beachin' it up with my family tomorrow before i have to work..have i mentioned how much i love working at gymboree? no food, no tables to wipe off over and over again, and most importantly no bathrooms to clean!!! the best part though is that now i'll be getting two checks instead of one every other week!! hopefully i'll stop spending as much money now that i won't be passing chick-fil-a every morning...

can i graduate?

this evening was seminary graduation and it went really well. i had to give a talk and conduct music and i wasn't really all that nervous. the other talks and musical numbers were great and it was a really nice night. josh came to support me as did other friends from church and i really appreciated it. seminary has been a great experience and im kind of sad it's over! one graduation down, one to go

teachers and friends and p.e. class

i started my new job yesterday and i am lovin' it!!! gymboree is so much different than firehouse and i know it'll take me awhile to learn all the different sizes and stuff but im really excited. it is nothing like firehouse and i don't have to clean the toilets before i leave every night; yay!! i get 40% off at gymboree and i think i might use that discount this weekend to buy my cousin Ellen some clothes for the baby girl she's having! i think i might buy jennifer some stuff too, even though she's not even close to being pregnant...some of the gymboree stuff is just too cute to pass up!

also, i got another letter from jacob today. it's so cool having a friend on a mission and even more cool to read about everything he's doing. he's gonna rock california and i am super happy/excited for him!!


i only have a few more weeks as a high school student...how sweet is that??

start wearin' purple, wearin' purple

saturday was so much fun. honestly i wasn't sure what to expect. a year has passed and a lot has changed since our little group last hung out and i didn't really know how the evening was going to turn out. we started off at michelle's then headed to mcdonald's then onward to fort fisher. we ate on the rocks then me and michelle went to play around on the pillar's near the waves..needless to say we got completely soaked. it was so funny that i wasn't even mad though. after our pillar adventures, i showed everyone to a secret opening in a group of trees that leads to this narnia-like place near the beach. seriously, it's like a little crawl space, entry way and as soon as you climb through the hole, there's a giant opening under a canopy of trees. it's creepy but the awesomeness kinda outweighs the creepiness. after our narnia adventure, me and michelle ditched the boys and walked around fort fisher, talking about everything. after making the boys wait for a good 15 minutes we wandered back to the car and went back to michelle's house to make pie. upon noticing we lacked some ingredients (not to mention sister meadows needed a few items) me and michelle left the boys to watch a movie and hopped in the mustang. we drove with the top down, music up and it was amazing. i wish we could've done that forever. the wind was blowing my hair, it was 80 degrees and my arms were up the whole time; it was like a scene from a movie. after getting ingredients and finishing our pie, we ate it and played some board games. it was a night that i didn't expect to go so well and i hope we have more fun nights with our old little group.

last night me and mom stuffed some name cards in graduation announcements and started addressing envelopes. tomorrow me and kd are taking pictures for our graduation party invitations and on friday me and mom are going to take some senior pictures. even after all these things, graduation still doesn't seem real.

island in the sun

weekend plans:
today/night- josh is coming over after school to swim. then movie night with mommy and jill then a sleepover at jessica's with rachael (and whoever else?)
tomorrow- beach for the morning, the johnson's pool for the afternoon, then beach with friends tomorrow night

could this weekend be any more fun/busy?

love is our resistance

everyone keeps saying "a few weeks left of school!" "19 days left of school!" and while part of me screams "EXCITEMENT" the other part of me goes "wait...i'm done with high school? is that even possible?"

i graduate in exactly one month. ONE MONTH. i still feel like a 7th grader who is kinda goofy, kinda awkward, kinda whatever. i know how to make food and do laundry and take care of myself and stuff and think i'll be just fine on my own but i'm still dreading having to leave home and not have my mommy around.

also i'm still homeless for fall but looking at places here:

it seems like a pretty legit place...but im kinda hoping that i'll snag a heritage room someday when i have some luck...

happy mother's day!

i love my mommy!!! it's weird/exciting that jennifer could be a mom soon but im excited to buy cute baby clothes for her when the time comes...i love my mommy and am glad i get along so well with her. plenty of my friends talk about how annoying their mom's are and how they hate them-my relationship with my mom is just the opposite. i can (and do) tell her pretty much everything and it's gonna be hard leaving home come fall...

nothing but james taylor

so this morning on the way to seminary i was listening to the radio and they had a contest where if you were caller number 5 and won a game of "celebrity ping-pong" you would win a family-four pack of tickets to see iron man 2. so i picked up my phone and thought "eh, why not?!" my call went through and then i was scared so i hung up...and then i thought "why am i scared?" so i called back and was lucky caller number 5! so i played a little game of celebrity ping-pong and WON!!!! so now i'm taking josh, mercedes, and mark on a date friday night after mark's baseball game. i love the radio :)

^ see you friday!!!

what i like about you

i like:
- buttered popcorn
- hummus with pita chips
- my new wal-mart sandals
- dancing in the kitchen
- making cakes
- playing piano
- josh kieb
- my mommy
- my kitty
- my bedroom
- the book of mormon
- chicken
- cheddar chex mix
- wearing deodorant
- the weekend
- being in primary
- mercedes barr
- wearing aprons
- chocolate
- sundays
- mobile facebook
- jennifer
- home movies
- buzz lightyear
- woody
- the amazing race
- lina keith
- milk
- sunshine

who i am

so last night i spent the night at karis's house with her and sarah and it was fun! we sat around and caught up on each other's lives, played twilight scene it and watched spice world.

today we went to hiro's and had a yummy dinner with good friends. i was feeling a little full after dinner so i headed home and watched bait car for awhile...it's a hilarious show where the cops set up a fake car so some thug will steal it and then the cops push a button and completely shut the car off while the criminal inside freaks out...great for laughs.

now i'm going to bed after a long/fun weekend.
life is good.