I'd rather sleep my whole life away than have you keep me from dreaming.

This will be a long blog because it will be covering a one week time period. Here it goes! Enjoy.
Tuesday, the 6th, I went to a soccer game at Lone Peak, we won!

This is my cousin Brian Hale. He's the keeper.
Then I went swimming at Brandon's house with him and Derek. It was fun; Brandon's pool is really sweet. My dad also left for St. George on Tuesday to a UTA (Utah Truckers' Association) convention - he spoke at it.
Wednesday, the 7th, I had seminary - best class ever. I took a funny picture of Brother Christiansen; he looks a little bit like Cristiano Pesci in this picture.
Then I went out to lunch with my mom at the Brick Oven. It was so delightful! She left to St. George after we had lunch.

Then I went to a Lacrosse game against Lehi. Lone Peak totally slaughtered them.
My mom needed me to go to Nordstrom that night for customer appreciation night. I took my friend Scott with me so I wouldn't have to go alone.

This is his dog. I took a picture of her when I picked up Scott.

T'was very nice of him to join me. On the way to the mall Scott took about 20 pictures on my camera (he's a bit camera crazy). I got my mom some shoes from Nordstrom for Mother's Day that she has been wanting.
My parents got home on Friday, the 9th.
I hung out with Kara and her friends Kasey, Spencer, Phil, and Dave that night. I also brought along my friends Caitlin Yeck and Caitlin Anderson.

This is Kara and me.

This is the Caitlins.

We went to Chadders, then to the movie Iron Man. That movie was so good! I thought it was going to be totally cheesy because, in the previews, this guy in an iron suit is flying with jets in the sky. Well the movie was sweet.
Saturday, the 10th, was fun! Tori and I got take out from Cafe Rio. We took it to the wooden park in PG and ate, like a picnic! Then we went to Partyland in Lehi and got balloons to make balloon hats. So on the way of taking Tori home, her mom told her that she couldn't hang out that night (which was weird because she let Tori come get lunch). So I went home, called Lindsay, and we made balloon hats. I took mine to Tori because I thought she might like it. T'was fun.

This is the balloon hat, balloon arm band, and balloon bracelet.

That night I went bowling with Derek, Justin, Brandon, Jeff, and Becca. I lost. But I would either get a gutter ball, spare, or strike. I rarely got anything between. So I did well depending on how many gutter balls I didn't get.

This is Derek and me.

This is Jeff.

This is Brandon.

This is me after I got a spare.

I GOT TO TALK TO SKYLER ON SUNDAY!!! Because it was Mother's Day on Sunday, my brother got to call. So I got to talk to my best friend.He is doing awesome in England.

Tuesday, the 13th, I went to the Lone Peak soccer game. We lost in overtime (first to score wins). There was no score the entire game until overtime when Weber got lucky. It was the most competitive and sad game I have ever seen from LP soccer. These boys are still awesome, they rock.

LP is in the white. Weber in the red.
Yesterday, the 14th, I took a long nap and had a really weird dream having to do with Batman coming back, only he was magical. Then I went to a Lone Peak Lacrosse game at Mountain View. We beat Sky View 12 to 7. The refs kept making the worste calls. It was ridiculous. T'was. We still won though. That just shows how amazing these boys are.
I went to my Grandma's house after because she lives next door to MV. We chatted and watched the Jazz-Lakers game. Which, by the way, does anyone know the final score of that? I was only able to see the first quarter.
So today... I just got back from seminary like 5 minutes ago. Brother Christiansen is one of the very best teachers.
Here's my top seminary teachers list:

1. Gillings & Christiansen
2. Twitty
3. Permann
4. VanDyke
5. Fillmore

Seminary has pretty much been my favorite class ever. Speaking of, seminary graduation is this Sunday at 6. I'm speaking at it. Exciting, eh? Well I'm excited to speak at it.

Shout it out

Last night was Prom. It was so much fun! I went with Blake Barney.Way cool. There were 16 people in our group, 8 couples. Blake and I were the oldest ones in the group, the rest were juniors, but the group was so fun! Blake picked me up at 6 in his dad's beautiful turbo Pontiac Solstice, oh my gosh it was beautiful.

We met the Excursion Limo in Draper

Then we were driven to The Five Alls in Salt Lake for dinner. Delicious.

Went to the dance in the capital building in Salt Lake.

Then we went home.

The whole night was such a blast!

I saw my cousin Kara today! I now remember how much she has influenced me throughout my life. I would like to give the greatest shout out to her today. Here's a small list of a few things she has done for me, not in order:

1. Got me loving Johnny Depp
2. Little Women
3. Backstreet boys (back in the 90's)
4. She taught me bass clef for piano which I have grown so much in
5. Taught me that "Asphault" is another word for "butt crack"
6. Got me into Moulin Rouge with Ewen McGregor and Nicole Kidman
7. Taught me the word "Fart" when I was like 2.. or 3
8. Helped me understand that speaking your mind and being bluntly honest is best
9. Taking your siblings (or in my case: cousins) out is cool and fun
10. The best style out there is your own style

I love you, Kara!

Savages, savages, barely even human

... Oh gosh, Kara is funny.

When it's time to party, we will party hard

Today was a very relaxed day. First I worked on a half time for the sophomore cheerleaders, then went to the beach, got ready for the day, packed, walked around and saw a sea turtle (neat), got a Strawberry Daiquiri, and came back to the room. We leave tonight. I'll be flying first class baby, sweet.


At the beach it was very, very hot. The sun was hot. The weather was just perfect! About 80*F. But the sun was roasting my body like a hot dog about to be eaten by angry savages. The back of my hands got burned. They seriously kill. Okay, not seriously.

Last night I met this cute guy. He's 51 weeks exactly younger than me. Lame-man's terms: he turned 17 one week before I turned 18. I didn't calculate the 51 by the way. There's 52 weeks in 1 year, minus 1 week and you get 51 weeks. Simple math really. ANYWAYS.. I thought he was quite fun to talk to. He's a good listener and a good talker, both very good qualities for a guy. I put my number under his hotel room door. He hasn't text or anything yet though, so I don't know if he has got it yet or not. I want to talk to him again just because he was super nice to talk to!



Men/women: be a good listener and a good talker. If the girl/guy starts to say something, shutup. If you need to say something while she/he was talking, don't interrupt rudely; instead say something to the effect of 'hold that thought for 2 seconds' do what you need, then ask her/him to continue with the conversation by reminding her/him of where she/he was by saying the last couple words she/he had said, or by asking 'now, where were we?' Stay on subject; if you have to change the subject say something like 'this is completely random, but..' or by having a conversation conjunction. A conversation conjunction is something that will connect 2 different subjects for a conversation (i.e. Hey, so, anyways, [saying person's name], etc.) Understood? Good. If you have any questions, please ask me.

Last night Jeff asked me what I have waiting back home for me. I had to think about this for a few minutes. I don't have much waiting for me at home. My brother is in England, my friends don't need me back for anything, my wonderful dog Tyke died a year and 1/2 ago, and cheer is over so the squad doesn't need to count on me anymore. I really don't have much back home. But I do have my cousins Lindsay and Kayla.

My bed and pillows have been calling my name all trip.

I have a seminary class that I have missed seeing.

And I miss my home.

Home really is where peace, heart, and love is.

I need to go to the airport now. I'm coming home!

The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.

Yesterday afternoon until now has been a bit of an adventure. Yesterday, Sarah and I were on the beach trying to spot out some cute guys for a little island hook up (we wouldn't do anything bad of course.. duh) and we saw this surfer guy, named surfer boy. He looked over with this weird sort of stare. Almost creepy. Sarah wanted to put our numbers by his stuff. While she was writing the numbers down, we spotted a couple other cute guys, named hat boy and long hair boy. Both were very attractive. Very. So I was trying to convince her to not put the numbers by the surfer boy's things, and instead hold off so we could chat with hat boy and long hair boy. But she still wanted to put the number down. So she made me put the lid to a gum box holding the precious digits in his shoe. Turns out that sufer boy's name is Mike. I've had bad experiences with mikes, so I call him Michael. Michael is 25. 7 YEARS OLDER THAN US. Still, Sarah continues to talk to him. He wanted to hang out with us, but .. no way. HA! Michael isn't as cute as hat boy or long hair boy. Oh my gosh were they attractive... (Please compare story with Sarah's.)

Today. Today, today, today. We woke up around 5:30 am because that would be 9:30 am Utah time. We (meaning me and my wonderful parents) went for a walk on the beach and took pictures of our feet. (My mom has a foot fettish and likes pictures of feet. Don't ask why.) The walk was very nice. I got to write my name in the sand with a flower by it. T'was fun. Although there weren't any seals out today like on Monday. Bummer.

So now I'm sitting outside of our room on the lovely little porch facing the pools and beach. Awesomeness. Plans tonight: play on beach, eat, play on beach, shop in little gift place, play on beach, sleep.

Tonight was quite interesting. There was this boy that I guess wanted to talk to me and Sarah, but he was too shy to approach us on his own. So his cousin did for him. The kid (the one that wanted to meet us) is named Jeff. He lives in California near 6 flags - like I know where that is! He was really fun to talk to, I actually wish he would've asked for my number just so I could talk to him. He would be a good friend. NOTHING more haha. He gave me a half-hug goodbye. It was weird. He's really nice though.

Well I come home tomorrow night and get back Saturday around 10 am. So I will get to see all of my beloved friends again! I miss them.