OK, so last time i did that random question thing, i did some WAY random stuff, so here's my new one, OK?

1. I cant stand listening to people talk while there is music on. if its just the music in the store, i cant really tell, but when I'm in the car, or I'm listening to music on my computer, and someone tries to talk to me, i can't stand it, and i have to turn the music off.

2. this one is really weird because of the last one i wrote, but when I'm at school or church or something, and i am talking to my friend, and someone is telling the lesson, i can tell my friend something, or listen to what she is telling me and know exactly what is going on in the lesson, and i can answer most of the questions they ask me when the realize that i want paying attention. but if i don't want to pay attention, i never know what they are talking about if i choose not to listen...... its really weird.

3. I have to sleep with socks on every night. but when i wake up in the morning, i either have one sock off, or both of them are off, and it's always different.

4. My math teacher thinks that me and this seventh grader who sits behind me are sisters, or twins she has NEVER called us by the right names, and i don't think she ever will. that is why we sit next to each other now, so she can say one name, and whoever she said can answer the question.

5. i am VERY good at speaking an English accent. when my English teacher heard me speaking in it, she laughed, and asked if i had relatives that live in England. i just simply told her no, and she got a VERY surprised look on her face. i don't know how i speak it so well. i guess I've been watching too much harry potter.

6. I randomly speak Spanish while i am talking to someone. i say things like, bueno, hola, senior, and senorita perro, and sub once(this one is kinda a slogan for all the middle school XC runners) and i also count in Spanish whenever i say numbers.

7. i reran the mile in P.E. 4 times, and i am STILL not satisfied with my time. the first time i ran it, i was pretty satisfied, and then the next time i went to P.E. i ran it again to see if i could get a better time, and i got 1 sec. slower, so i went back the next day, and ran it again, and then i ran it again the next day, and i finally ended up with 6:54 as my best time. if you got 8 min, you got 100% on your final grade, so my coach couldn't understand why i wanted to keep running it. i was also the ONLY person to ever ask him if i could run it again to get a better time, even though i already had 100%

well that's my new tag, i hope you learned something new from it! i sure did from reading you guyses!

CHRISTMAS???

christmas keeps getting earlier and earlier each year. this year, it outrageous! seeing christmas commercials a week and a half before thanksgiving, or sometimes even sooner, thats a little weird! when you drive down the road and see peoples christmas trees up a week beofre thatnksgiving, its really weird! its like no one wants to give there thanks anymore on thanksgiving! What happened to the spirit of thanks giving? pretty soon there going to have to get rid of it and just make a VERY early christmas. i know that christmas is all about christ and how he was born, but some people dont see it like that, they see it as an oprotunity to get the prestnents we want. What happened to sharing all of the things your thankful for on thatnksgiving? i think this is all stupid and that christmas should NOT be advertised or even thought about until thanksgiving day is over, AND we have had time to rest to recover from the long weekened! if you agree on this, i would love to see your comments, if you dont, i still would too, maybe it is a good thing, maybe its not, i need some feedback! please write your opinions!

New Coat!!

So i got a new coat. its not a big fluffy winter coat, its a nice, and sorta warm coat. but it is SOOOO cute!!!!

me and kelsie convinced my mom and dad that we needed new nice coats, becasue our nice coats they bought us in vegas a few years ago, well.... there just not really "new" anymore, but for 10 bucks, they were pretty good cause they lasted us a few years.

so when i saw this coat, i HAD to have it! the price was 60$ but it was on sale for 50% off, so we payed like 30$ for it. but of course we had to look and see if there were any other coats we liked for a cheaper price. So we went to the mall, and looked in all of the stores, but nothing i really liked, but my mom didnt want to pay 30$ for the coat, so i decided to make a deal, she would only have to pay what she payed in vegas for my old coat, and id pay the rest, so we decided it was a good idea, but after a few hours of searching, i just wanted this coat, so we went back to JCPennys and looked at them, and kelsie found a WHITE coat, i know, kelsie and white, but she promised to only wear it at church. But we finally bought them! it made me sooooo happy!!! now i feel like a princess wearing my new coat. but of course lookin good always has its down side, and the coat is made of wool, so its kinda itchie, but its all about lookin good!!! Thank you mom for buying me the coat!! i will wear it forever!

WE'RE GOIN TO STATE!!

kolton ran at distircs last week, and now were goin to state! (my moms blog got more into it) but anyway, im so excited!! 7 of the boys get to go and run, and 1 girl got to run, cause she made it in the top 10. all of the girls dont get to go cause they lost to rigby by 1 point. but next year, both boys and girls are gona go, cause i already told myself that i am gona run varsity every race, and try to make it in the top 10 in districs, and go to state. Maybe if i make goals for myself now, ill achive them next year!

the only thing bad about state, is that it means that XC is over. i am so sad! i know that usually when a season is over, your really happy, but im really sad! i finaly found the one sport i am good at, and love! i liked bball, but im not exactally that tall. Im good at dance, but its not the one things i love. im good at running, and i love it. its my perfect sport. and i know that theres track, but its more of a sprinter sport, ive even seen someone sprint almost the whole mile! (well ran faster than normal, not sprinting) our schools record for the mile is 5:50!!!!!!!! WOW!!! amazing!! im gona have to talk to that girl!! well, im sad that XC is over, but ill be really happy next year when it starts again!!!!

My Attachment

You know how when you have kids, you get attached to them, and protect them, and are devastated if something bad happens to them?? well, Ive got one of those, just not a kid, its a dog. i am emotionally attached to Sydney. when she got sick, i was really scared, i thought it was really bad, and thought she may not live. one night she started choking on something, and was coughing out blood, and it was really gross. i thought that she wasn't gona be O.K. she really scared me, and that night she had to sleep in my room. the next day was Sunday, and i didn't even want to leave her to go to 2 hrs of church. I made sure she had her medicine at least once a day. When she finally got better, it was a big relief ! Every day i am so glad to come home and see sydney waiting for me in the garage. She is the best dog ever! i know that sounds weird, but shes the best friend i could ever have! I love her so much!!

I've Been Tagged!

7 random facts
1. I have owned 8 chickens, and 1 turkey
2. I can't keep fish alive no matter how hard i try( actually my bata and frog have been alive for about 2 weeks now, and that's a new record!)
3.I can make a funny shape with my tongue
4. My neighbor across the street has a red 4 wheeler
5. i am very scared of bugs
6. my neighbor has 2 rats that are really cute!
7. i really want some lemonade and crackers right now

7 people to tag

kolton

robbie

heather

jaime

Clair

bryan

clifford

In Memory

I got this from my friend, and thought it was pretty cool. Especially since we have all been donating our hair, and blankets, and hats for those who have cancer. I just want to let Kelsie, Sam, Maddie, and Mindy know that your all doing the right thing. Some where in the world, some little kid is really appreciating what you doing, and that could save there lives, beacause most children die when they have cancer, because they give up, and think that no one cares about them anymore, but im sure that they really appreciate every thing your trying to do to help them. Thank you for setting a great example to everyone!

Kolton Got a Blog!

I know its crazy, but yes, kolton did get a blog. i dont know how he decided to get one, but he did, so here it is.

http://irockthesales.blogspot.com

XC

So i started cross country in august, and its the funnest sport i have ever done! well idk if you would call it a sport, but ya. for practice we run between 1-5 miles every day after school. it sounds hard, but when you have really good friends on your team, it makes it really fun!!

Our first meet was in Green Canyon. We ran 1.6 miles, and i got like 13:35 or somethin like that. Our next meet was in Freeman Park. We only ran 1.5 miles, but that day neither me, or kelsie felt that good so we got like 13 min again. We got to go to bosie for a meet. none of the middle school kids got to run cause they didnt have enough money, but since me and kelsie were already going to watch kolton run, we got to run too.

When we got there, it was POURING rain!! the varsity boys and girls all had to run in the rain, then the freshman boys ran, and it was so nice outside!! it was perfect temp for running!!! then they started the freshman girls, and it was really nice outside, then it started to rain again. you could see the HUGE big black clouds starting to come. after the girls, it was middle school boys, then girls. they postponed the girls race because of lightning. it was raining really hard! it was lightning really bad. it was really scarry!! we ended up deciding to go home. me and kelsie didnt get to run, but it didnt really matter because we still got the trip to Boise!!

On friday was our meet in Blackfoot. it was the flattest course i will ever run!! it was 1.5 for the middle school. when i started our running, i was in first place. then i let someone pass me, cause i didnt really know where i was going. i ended up getting 7th place out of the whole race. my time was 11:15!!! it made me so happy!! they decided to give out the top ten people meddals for the race!!! me and kelsie got medals cause she got eighth!! it was the best race ever!! and i bet that there were at least 20-30 people running for middle school!! it was the best race ever!!

cross country is fun, but the best part is that my friends get to do it with me too, and kelsie and kolton too. i especially like the meets cause my mom and dad cheer for me the whole way!! its always lots of fun! and hearing there voices while im running, knowing that there proud of me makes me was to run faster than i have ever run before!!

thank you everyone for cheering me on!!!!!

ABC tag

OK, i got tagged awhile ago, but here it is.

* A - Attached or single: single(im only 13!!)
* B - Best Friend: Stephanie, and Kaylee
* C - Cake of Pie: Cake
* D - Day: Everyday
* E - Essential Items: My phone
* F - Favorite Color: PINK!!!!!!
* G - Gummy Bears or Worms: Worms
* H - Hometown: Idaho Falls, ID (it will always be home)
* I - Indulgences: ice cream and candy
* J - January or July: July! January cause of snowboarding, and july cause of xc
* K - Kids: ummm..... maybe in like 8 years
* L - Life is incomplete without: Happiness
* M - Marriage Date:um.....in 7 years???
* N - Number of Siblings: 2, kelsie and kolton
* O - Oranges or Apples: Oranges
* P - Phobia or Fears: spiders, mice, rats, worms, catterpilars, my food touching
* Q - Quote: if all my friends were to jump off a cliff, i wouldnt follow, i would be at the end to catch them
* R - Reason to Smile: knowing that i get to run 5 miles every day
* S - Season: all of them, always a different activity in all of them!!
* T - Tag three: kelsie, mindy, and jamie
* U - Unknown fact about me: i can play piano very well. i played in sacrement meeting once, now i play in YW every once in awhile
* V - Vegetarian or Not: NOT
* W - Worst habit: shking my hands before i run, it gets annoying to other people!
* X - X-rays or Ultrasounds: ive only had an x-ray, so x-ray
* Y - Your favorite food: anything that i can eat, and thats not touching
* Z - Zodiac sign: Pisces

Life Wrap Up

So i know i havent really written in like 2 or 3 months, but im sorry, youll see why in just a minut!!

so this year im in 8th grade in RMMS. kelsie is in 7th. i enjoy having her in the same school as me again. no more gettin home at different times, no more tryin to get ahold of eachother, cause were just in the same school. but being in eighth grade also brings one joy to my life, and one dissapoinment to my moms. i go to high school next year. ya its way exciting for me, and kinda scarry, but for my mom, it may be difficult. she cried when i turned 12 and went into YW, she cried when i got babtized( well most moms do) so i think that it may be hard for her, or it may be fine, either way, ill just nod my head and agree. that usually works.

i am now in bonneville cross country. so is kelsie and kolton. its fun having your brother and sister in the same activity at the same time. its fun just to get out and do stuff together. every day for practice we have to either sprint, or run 1-5 miles. it may sound hard, but when you have a bunch of friends to do it with, it is fun.

i started dace again. i know i quit last year, but i just needed a break, so now im doin it again. but it kinda interfears with xc and track. xc gets over at 5:30, or 6 on mondays, and dace startes at 5. i would MUCH prefer running, but dancing is fun too, so ill have to suck it up.

i am also in piano lessons still. i still take from Christina hudman, who is an EXTEEMLY good teacher, shes patient,and nice, but still pushes you a little. some piano teachers push you to do good, others are nice and are patient, but dont try to push you. Christinas both. i love taking piano lessons, but they interfear with xc too. same with dance, its a time issuse.

well, thats my life since i wrote last. so now you can all stop bugging me about writing again!!!

Girls Camp

sorry its taken so long to write this, but ive kinda been doing it a little bit at a time.

Girls camp was a blast this year, it was stake camp, and we went to Darby. the very first day, we set up camp, then we went to the lodge to do our skits. ours was hilariouse!!! we were the tooth faires, so our skit was about having wisdom, so we had a wisdom tooth, who helped us in every day challenges, and how to have a better life style, so after every time the wisdom tooth was done telling us the right thing to do, we all said, GOT WISDOM? then some of us said, WORD! it was so funny!!!!



the second day was hike day. we all had a blast the whole time, but the one thing that was bad, was that our hike was at 6 in the morning, it was better that it wasnt as hot, but we all were tired when we had to wake up at 5. we all hiked monument, or the win caves hike, we didnt go in the caves, but we did see the monument. it was a fun hike!!

Later that day, we decided to prank the leaders, so while they were sleeping, we put saran wrap around the tent, and safty pinned the zipper closed. then they woke up because we were so loud. once they realised wht we had done, they started laughing. we thought that they thought that there was only the saran wrap, but they knew we pinned it. so we decided to go clean the bathroom. while we were cleaning, they came with squirt guns! while they were squirting us, the guy outside making sure no one was coming in while we were cleaning, told us that we had a hose in the bathroom! that made them run!!!

the very last night, it was raining really hard, so we decided to sleep in the cabin. that was fun. it smelled really bad!! it was really hot!! but it was better thatn being flooded by the rain! spiritual night was the same as always, everyone crying, and were all happy our parents were there. except this year we didnt get the cows mooing the whole time like last year!( maybe some cows just like to bear there testimony too!!)

over all, it was a fun girls camp!!! thank you mom, who put alot of effort into making it fun!! and thank you for all of the pranks!!! it was a blast!!

Girls Camp

ok, as most of you may know, im gona go to gils camp in a few weeks, so all of you people out there who have gone to girls camp when they were in young womens, and everyone who went as leaders, i need some help. i need pranks! and of course, my mom is goin, so i need some for her too! so, if you have any, please, please, please, let me know, cause im leavin august 5th, so i need them quick! thank you so much!

Remember???

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments.

Washington Trip

Washington is the best place in the world, it has lots of trees, its by the ocean, and its never too hot, in fact, i could live there for the rest of my life! well, in arlington, or mt vernon. not seattle. but im not writing this post because i love washington, and i love visiting there, its because i love spending time with my family, and i love doing stuff together with them, wether its just me, and my mom and dad, and brother and sister, or if its all of my cousins, and aunts, and uncles, and great aunts and uncles. washington was great because i got to spend the whole weekend with all of my family. but now that i have talked about all of my family, i want to talk about just one specific person. Max. now, i know most of you, mostly my moms family is thinkin, whos max?? why does she want to talk about max? well, ill tell you why.

Keith Grace

most of you may know, matt and andrea williams. if you do know them, then you probably know that they have 3 kids, Grace(6), Keith(3), and Max(18mnths) . i dont know why it was, but for some reason, max just loved me, i dont know why, or what i did, but the whole time i was there, he wanted me to hold him, and he would grab my hand, and pull me to where he wanted me to go. i had so much fun with max all weekend, but then it was time to leave. that was the saddest thing ever! i didnt want to leave max! even though he had no clue what was going on, all of us were sad. no one wanted to leave, we all wanted to stay forever! i wouold have slept in that tent every night if i had to, just so i could stay with that family, and most of all, max. it was hard to say goodbye to him, and i will miss him, but i know i will see him in a year.

Me and Max

Fun Cousin Day

So while james and sam were gone, we decided we would take her girls for a night. well, we all had ALOT of energy, so we decided to do some dancing to HSM. while we were dancing, we got out all of my old dress up, and put it on, and took lots of crazy pictures of us dancing, and dressing up.

I love when my cousins come over, and i love spending time with them. we always have so much fun! thank you mckinley and raegan for the fun night we had dancing!

Summer

ok, i know i havent written in like almost two months, but summer is sssssoooooo busy sometimes! well, ive got to admit, my summer hasnt been busy at all! so there is no reason why i shouldnt have written anything. oh well, whats done is done.

so ,as you have read already, my summer is really boring, and i know how i have said in the last blog i wrote, that i wanted school to be over, and i wanted summer to come, but right now i want school to start, but if i had to go back to my old teachers, i would have said, no way jose!! cause that was crazy!!! well, i guess i wouldnt say that about some of my teachers, but most of them , i wanted to get out of there as soon as i could, but now im going back to new teachers, so i thinks its gona be funner.

well, now that the beggining of summer is over, now come the hecktic weeks, first were goin to washington for a week, then, i get a week to be home, and then i go to girls camp for a week, that is going to be fun. my mom just got called as the assistant camp director, so now shes goin to camp too!!! its gona be really fun! but after i get home from girls camp, i have a week, then school startes! not a very long summer!!! well, i guess im glad its kina over cause im sick of doing nothing all day!

NEW CHICKENS!!!!!

OK, well, we didnt have much luck with our last chickens, cause one died( we dont know why) and the other died cause it ate fertilizer, and lets just say, morty had chicken nuggets for dinner a couple of days ago. M y dad felt bad, cause he was the one who put the chicken in the garden knowing that the dogs could get in, then he forgot about it, and, well, i guees you can guess the rest.

well anyway, he felt bad, so he bought 4 more chickens! these ones are cute! they arnt yellow like our old one, there black and greyish, and there only a week old! they are so cute! well, we dont have any pictures of them at the moment, but i will put some on later.

Memorial Day (moms star valley trip)

every memorial day weekend, we go to wyoming, and go see all of my moms realatives graves. really, its just an excuse to going down and taking a family trip to star valley, where every one there is related, so while we were looking at graves,all i saw was turners on every grave in sight! well, maybe family trips dont sound like alot of fun, but this one was.

we wanted to go hiking at intermition falls, but since it was so muddy, we decided not to, so we tried to find another trail, and my moms aunt karol told us where another short trail was. we couldnt find it, so we ended up just going to a trail near my great grandmas house, but didnt walk up very far.

when we got to the place to hike, there was a small bridge we had to cross, then after you crossed it, there was a small opening, then the trail, we just stayed in the opening though. when everybody was just standing around looking at the mud, i got an idea. why dont we have some fun i thought. since we were in wyoming, there was still a little bit of snow on the ground. so i picked up some snow, rolled it into a perfect ball, and chose my target carefully. i finally decided on matt. i chucked that little ball right at him, but then i paid for it later, cause my mom threw me into the snow. but i started something fun, cause then everybody started chucking snow balls every where, it was great!!

then, on the way home, we stoped at a gas station so my dad could go to the bathroom. While he was in the bathroom, we saw a park just in front of us, so we decided to drive over, and try to scare my dad cause the car was gone. we went on the teeter totters, and the swings, it was lots of fun, cause everybody played, not just the kids!!

this memorial day was fun, and i hope that next year will be just as fun!!!! thank you bateson family, radford family, and my family for giving me such a good time!! oh, and all of my moms family whom was having a good old fasioned "weenie roast" when we showed up!

Tryouts

tryouts have always scared me half to death, like when i tried out for the basket ball team, or when we were doing race offs for the relays for track(even though i already knew i was a long distance runner) or when i had to tryout for the talent show in 6th grade, even though every one was gonna make it.

now if you noticed, i said pretty much every thing but dance. i dont know why, but when ever i tryout for dance, or go to dance compotitions, i never get scared. i dont know why. maybe my true talent is dance, but my passion is basketball. well, really, since i havent played basket ball in awhile, i really dont have a big passion for it, now my passion is running. i guess im pretty good at that also though.

well anyway, back to dancing. i decided to give it one more chance, so i tried out for the team that kelsie dances on, and i think i did pretty good for not dancing for a whole year. but if i dont like it, i wont ever do it again, but i think ill really like it this year.

Going Green

my dad got this great idea that we should attempt to go green, so we did. so we bought those disinfesting wipes so we could save soap, we have to turn off all of the lights before we go to school, we got oil heaters to heat the house, and we freeze 2 liter soda bottles in the winter, and put them in our fridge so we can turn the fridge down. its all pretty weird, but i guess its better then riding our bikes around every where and lookin in other peoples garbage for food, so we can recycle even more food. that would be extreemly weird!!

Summer

school is almost over, and i am sooooooo excited!!!!! track season has ended, but in just 3 short months i will be starting cross country! i dont have to run 3 miles like the high schoolers do, i just have to run 1 1/2 miles. i'm very excited!

we got three new chickens awhile ago, and 2 of them have died since then, and our last one ate fertilizer again, so he'll die here in a couple of days.

theres olny a couple of days left until schools out, and i have to deal with the stress of missing assignments i already did TWICE, stressed out teachers who dont want to deal with it, all of the kids in my classes who wont shut up and listen because they want to be out of school too, and school lunches that taste like garbage because they're giving us all of the left overs. i really HATE the last weeks of school because of all of this. but i guess ill deal with all of it for 61/2 more days of school. i am just going to act like its all not happening, and come home and forget all about it! i hope every one else is just as excited to get out of school for awhile, and take a break for summer!!!

Tack Update

I had a track meet, april 10th. i ran the 800 again. i placed and got third! my time was 3min. and 16sec. almost 15 seconds off my last time. i almost got second, but he girl in front of me was a GREAT sprinter!!!! i was about to pass her when she started to sprint, so i ended up with 3rd.

thanks to kolton, kelsie, my mom and dad, and all of my friends who supported me!!!!!!!!

My Birthday!!!!!

OK, I know I haven't written in like 4 months, so not many of you will read this because you probably don't read my blog cause i don't post, but I'll be better about that.

I am going to talk about my birthday. My birthday was March 5Th. I turned 13 this year. I got a new snowboard, pink of course! And i also got a Zen. if you don't know what a Zen is, its just like an iPod, but Microsoft makes it, so we can use our music, not he iPod music, because my mom doesn't like iTunes, or iPods, so i have a Zen, and Kolton has a Zune. Kelsie only has a mp3 for now. i also got lots of clothes for my birthday, and shoes.

On the Saturday after my birthday, i went to Jackson with my friends to go snowboarding. while we were there my mom had ANOTHER poparatsy moment. Instead of the guy off Monk, it was Harrison Ford. There credit cards touched! She thought that it was so amazing! I thinkthat he is very old and has a funny nose. I'm surprised that he didn't have a heart attack while he did the new Indiana Jones movie. If he didn't then he probably will during the Kids Choice Awards 2008. Well, anyway, we had lots of fun.

Well, if you are reading my blog, you should be very proud of me!! Thanks so much Mindy, mom, and Kelsie, for reminding me to post again!