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This past week has not been the best week ever. It started out good. . . but quickly came to an end. While at self defense monday morning, I was practicing my mad skills I have learned so far when the other persons knee jabbed into my ribs. I just laid on the ground crying and unable to breath or make any sudden movements, because if I did the sharpest pain would shoot through me. Come to find out I cracked my ribs.  And let me tell you, cracked ribs suck! They hurt so bad and just make things so not fun!

So after cracking my ribs I still had things that had to be done that week. I had a research paper I had to do and a ton of other homework. The pain was so bad I never even wanted to do any of it because I could never focus on my work. I eventually got it all done, but it took way longer then it should have.

Thats basically how my whole week was. But yesterday (sunday), I decided to make my aunt Melanie's homemade tortellini. I slaved away in the kitchen for a while preparing it all. My roommate, Sarah, would help out a little every once in a while, but I am weird when it comes to baking and like to do it myself so I know that it gets done right. But it turned out amazing!!! All the work of doing it was well worth it! I have almost decided that I really just want to bake. I love doing it! Plus I have always had that in the back of my mind, but lately more and more that is what I am leaning towards doing. The only problem is that BYU doesn't offer any type of cooking classes or anything really, so I need to go and talk to the a guidance aid and see what there is I can do. So we will see :)

BYU life :)

So it has officially been forever and a half since I have posted anything up on here. I was planning on posting my saluditorian speech after graduation and as you can tell, that never happened :) Then after my parents and I went to Hawaii I was going to post . . and again, never happened. Then once I got up here to BYU I decided that I really for sure I was going to post, and as you can see its just barely happening. So i'm slackin a little bit . . . but its ok :) Here is a small update on SOME of the things I have done while being up here so far.

I have been at BYU now for a month almost exactly, and I am still trying to adjust to college life. Its a lot harder then you think it would be. At first I thought I was going to take it all in. I hiked up to the Y and 12:30am and didn't get home tell close to 3:30am which probably wasn't the best of choices, but it was very memorable and the view from the top of the Y is AMAZING!!!!

I went on a lunch date with a guy who I thought was super sweet and very cute (well he still is cute). We had talked quite a few times and hung out and what not but never exchanged numbers so he showed up at my dorm on a sunday after noon to get my number. It was so sweet! The next day is when he called me after class to go get lunch, which I thought was so awesome! But like most guys I find myself associated with, he ended up being not as sweet as I thought. It ended up that he has had a girl friend for a few months or so. And the worst part is I didn't even find it out from him, I found it out through my roommates and my friends. Ya he was a player. Who would have thought that even at BYU there would still be those type of guys around? Not me!!

Other then being super stressed with having mid terms this past week, trying to find new friends that I mesh with, and adjusting to living on my own, college has been a great experience! And hopefully it will continue to get better and better! I swear I am going to be better about posting on here! Or at least that is the plan :)

Simple things can effect a lot!!

So last weekend we moved my sister into a new house. She lived in a 2 story house and most of the house was on the 2nd story, which as you could imagine, wasnt the most convenient for her husband who has had multiple stokes. But her new house is AMAZING and beautiful! Its all one story and open. So now her husband can go anywhere he wishes.

For those of you that dont know, moving isnt the funnest thing in the world. It gets very old very fast! We started at 7 in the morning and loaded everything up (well everyone else did, I was busy trying to entertain a 19 month old).  To make a long story short . . . We moved her :) But the neat thing was when we had basically moved everything in, her husband Roy started crying. Not knowing what was wrong, we asked him if he was ok and he replied with a simple smile and a nod of the head. He was so happy to have some more independence and not have to rely on others to help him do everything!

In life we take the simple things for granite like tying your shoes, getting out of bed by yourself, walking, talking, and so much more that when you see someone who was so independent become someone who heavily relies on you for everything, it makes you stop and think of how blessed we truly are. Something so simple as being able to get places by himself made him cry. We need to take a step back when we think life is tough and say to ourselves, "It could be so much worse".

Life is so sacred and we should take advantage of everything we have, never taking anything for granite, because you never know when your life may end or drastically change.

PROM!!! :)

This past weekend was prom and man was it AMAZING!!! I swear it looked like it came out of a movie! But before I get ahead of myself (which I tend to do sometime), let me tell you about the whole day, because really the whole day was great!

Ok so for those of you that don't know, James Self asked me to prom. Funny little fact: I have now gone to prom with 2 Self boys and one of their cousins. Pretty funny huh? Well anyways ... So James came and picked me up at my house around 1:40 and I had no idea what we were doing for our date! All he would tell me was wear an old swim suit (which thankfully I did!). So on this date their was me, James, Alyssa, Drew, Jennifer, Riley, Mariah, and Caleb. Needless to say it was an awesome group! We ended up riding quads down to the river where we played in the knee deep mud. It was so much fun! We seriously looked like mud monsters! Then they took us home so we could shower, and I'm not joking, I had to wash my hair 4 times to finally get all the mud out!

Before . . .

During. . .

After :)



So we got ready for prom and went to McClellans house for dinner (I hope I spelled that right). It was so yummy! We had stuffed shells :) Then we loaded up in a minnie van, yes a minnie van because were cool like that, and headed off to prom. We arrived and man was it amazing!!! It seriously could have come out of a movie! There was a fake cieling and walls, a photo booth, a great DJ, and amazing food!! We danced the night away and before we knew it, it was over. But it was so much fun and something I will remember for a long time!

Prom

The group. We clean up nice huh?

Chelsea and I

 

The Girls

Better late than never . . . right?? :)

From left to right: Allison, Garrett, myself all striking a pose

The McGee family

The McGee girls showing off our shoes :)

Dad with all of his girls

So a little while ago my brother Garrett got married. Well I guess it was more a LONG time ago. But still at least I am talking about it now right?

Ok... so my brother ended up getting hitched on March 18, 2011 and let me tell you that was a very weird day for me!! Garrett and I have been very close ever since he got back from his mission (thats right not before his mission! He was very mean before believe it or not). We would hang out all the time and be able to talk about anything. Of course we still messed with eachother, I mean after all we are brother and sister. I was afraid that by him getting married I would lose him. Deveney (the girl he married) is so awesome though! But still. Sitting outside the Snowflake temple with all the little kids, I sat for a while just thinking. Thinking about how it would be between him and I now. Would we still be close? Would we be just brother and sister and not friends? Was I getting replaced? Silly things to think about I know, but what can I say, I am a girl :)

 As it turned out I had nothing to worry about. Of course! We are still super close and nothing could change the relationship we have! All those little worries were for nothing! I have learned something about myself through this experiance, and that is sometimes I over think things and I need to just sit back and not worry. There is no point to stress over the little things. Everything will work out the way it is supposed to be. End of story :)

Lesson Learned!

April showers bring May flowers . . . except not really!

Right when I start to think that winter is over and spring is finally here, I have to get proved wrong! Lately it has been around the high 70's to low 80's so you would think that snow would be out of the picture. Well aparently not!!

 I wake up Saturday morning to it snowing out side! Yes . . SNOW!! The day before this I was at a track meet in Safford where it was nice and warm and I got a nice little tan. I guess you can never really pridict the weather. It's going to do whatever it wants. But still. . .

I wasn't in the best mood Saturday because for one, I wasn't feeling all that great (I had gotten a super bad cramp at the track meet and it still hadn't gone away), and second I was planning on a nice warm day so that I could go and wash my car, but with snow. . . that wasn't really going to happen. So here I was feeling sorry for myself when my dad walks in with a letter from someone. I got so excited! I forgot about not feeling good and being in a bad mood, because of one simple letter from someone! Its crazy how something so small can change how you are feeling! So my lesson learned? Don't let small things you can't controll, ruin your day! It's not worth it! Just go out and have fun! After all . . the only person who can change your attitude, is you!

♥ SPRING BREAK!!!!!! ♥

M-I-C-K-E-Y  M-O-U-S-E!!

So if you couldnt tell, I went to Disney Land for spring break with both Jazz and Show choir, and let me tell ya, it was a blast!! It was one of those times where you just have fun with your friends. We left on Wednesday at 4 in the FREAKING morning and didnt get home until 8 Sunday night! And of course we got hardly no sleep while we were there so it makes for a long first day back at school! But it was worth it!

The all time highlight of this trip happened when we were backstage getting ready for our show (and backstage of Disney Land isn't all that great or majical. It's just . . . well. . .ugly! :)   ).  We had just gotten done getting into our costume when me and Chelsea decide to take our bags back to the trailer. While walking to the trailer, a girl who was between 12 and 15, asked us if we were princess's!!! We were so excited that someone actually thought that we were princess's at Disney Land! Sadly we had to tell her no, but isn't that just awesome that someone would think that?! I think so :)

One other great experience that I will never forget happend in the car ride home. In this car there was me (of course), Drew, James, Josh, Kevin, Robert, Riley, and Beth (our driver). And those of you who don't know Drew, he is one of those people who likes to pull pranks and stuff like that. So he decided that he was going to fill his mouth up with water and spit it on me (which was gross by the way!) But that just lead to one huge water fight in our car, and it was so much fun! After that we had a really spiritual disscussion (after all, we are all LDS, and it was Sunday) and it was so good! Definantly a great experience!

After going on this trip it has made my "senior-itis" so much worse!! I can't wait know to graduate and experience new fun and exciting things! And a piece of advice, don't go to Disney Land during spring break, its packed!!

Looking through a different perspective!

It's times like now where I can honestly say that I am glad to live where I live! We don't have to worry about hurricanes, tornado's, tsunamis, earthquakes, or any other natural disaster. Yes we do have to deal with the occational winds, but I would take that anyday over other things! Sometimes we take for granite the little things. We think that our town is just a little "dump" town with nothing to do. When really living in a little town is awesome! It makes you be more creative about ways you have fun. How often do you here of someone living in the valley playing hide and seek with cars, or having a chocolate pudding slip-n-slide? Not very often I can tell you that. We are so lucky to live where we live! As I keep getting closer to leaving home, I have started thinking about how lucky I was to grow up in a little town! I have had so many life learning experiences that I dont believe I would have had growing up in a city.

I feel bad right now for all those in Japan who have been affected by the different natural disasters. I can't imagine having something like that happen where you literally loose everything! Whether that is your home, something special to you, or a loved one, it would suck! I wish there was something that I could do to help them out, because I really am blessed. I have a loving family, a roof over my head, food, and much more. And in Japan right now, many have nothing and don't even know if some of their loved ones are a live or dead. It's just sad. So we have wind, suck it up and deal with it! At least we aren't having to go through what the people in Japan are going through!

We all need to remember, never take anything for granite!! You never know when something may be taken away from you. Things can happen SO fast! Be grateful for what you have and when life seems hard, just look at those around who have it so much worse. It will change your attitude, trust me!

Life is GREAT!!! :)

It has been a little while since I have posted and a lot has happened since then! So I will just start from the beginning (because the beggining are the most boring ones)    :)

So a few weeks ago I went to the State Student Council convention, AASC.  I went into it a little unsure about what to expect, because after all the only "camps" I have been to are church camps (which are the best by the way!). Student council people are such dorks, me inlcuded! But the fun part is, we don't even really care what people are thinking about how we act or are dressed for that day, because everyone is doing it so it doesn't even matter! I think people in general should be like that and not judge others by what they may look like in the inside, because after all you don't know who they truly are or what they have been thru. At this convention there was a TON of motivational speakers! And I mean a TON!!! But they were all super good and made you stop and think! I am definantly glad that I went and gained a new experience! Oh and the video is of me and Randall at AASC racing on this big blow up thing where you have a bungy cord attached to you that pulls you back once you get to a certain point (Hopefully its not blurry).

Then Thursday I found out I got accepted to BYU!!!! Which I am super excited about, a little scared also considering it is so far away, but still excited!

Ok now that we are done with the boring part (even though I am pretty excited about getting into BYU!) . . . its on to the good part!! :)   As most of you know, our boys basketball team took State this past weekend for the first time since 1971, and I am proud to say that I was there at that game! Anyways I better start at the beggining. So here is how it all went down. . .

Thursday morning my sister sent me a text asking me if I wanted to come down to the valley and watch my niece Marlee (who is the cutest little girl in the history of the world!) on Saturday while she went to clinicls. I was planning on riding the pep bus down to the game on Friday, but I figured I would still be able to go to the game since I would be down there anyways. So friday afternoon me, my Dad, and Jennifer loaded up in my car and made our way down to the valley. Ok this is taking too long . . . so I will make a long story short :)

We went to the game Friday against Winslow and we won!! We were so excited because that was one step closer to becoming State Champs!! That night we didn't get much sleep, we were too excited. Marlee the next morning woke up nice and early at 7:45am. . . not cool, but we dealt with it (not much you can do about it after all). We ended up taking Marlee to the game with us that night. And let me give you a little advice . . . babies get a little cranky when they only get one of their 2 naps and cant run around and play :) But the game was so exciting!!! It could be made into a movie! We won that game 49-43! Its definantly a night in history, and a night I will never forget!

SLOW DOWN!!!

"Go faster daddy! Go faster (face is all chubby)!! Slow down daddy! Slow down (face gets all slicked back)!!"

This is a little thing my best friend Chelsea, my brother Garrett, any myself use to do when we were younger. At the time it was something silly and fun to do, but now I think of it in a totally different way! When I think of this saying now, I think about how at the beggining of this year I couldn't wait for it to be over! I thought about how much fun it would be to be out of the house and on my own. But now I am the little kid yelling, "Slow down daddy! Slow down!" Life is going to be changing here before I know it. And I'm not going to lie, that scares me a little bit! While yes going out and having new experience sounds fun, but all the responsibility that comes a long with it . . . well that part isn't quite as fun. If you think about it you have to pay the bills all by yourself (there isn't the parents there to do it), you have have money to buy your own food so you won't starve, plus you have to have money also to get "sanatary" needs! And the list goes on! All of this can seem a little over welming! At least it is to me right now considering how there are only a few months until I graduate!

While it is scary to think about going out on my own, especially since I will be at least 8 hours away from home depending on which school I decide to go to, I am still excited! This is coming up in the time in my life where I will get to experience new things, have fun adventures, and let my true colors shine! I look forward to that. I guess I have learned that I over think things to much and sych myself out. But at least I know that about myself so I can change it :) With these last few months left in high school I'm going to not think about what will be happening in my life in 5 months, I am just going to worry about having a BLAST and making the most out of every moment!

Advice to those youngsters out there . . . it goes by super fast, so make the best of it! And let nothing pass you by :)

Choir fun! :)

Choir. . . choir . . . choir . . .  :)

I'm not going to lie, choir kids can be some of the weirdest kids you will ever meet in your life, but they can also be some of the coolest as well! One thing is for sure is that us choir kids sure know how to have fun and make the best out of the simple things! Even when people can't spell your name right at Starbucks :) ------------------------->

This past weekend the Jazz Choir went to the Jazz Madrigal Festival in Flagstaff. And like most choir trips, it was a blast! It all started at six in the morning. Early Right! I know! Anyways, we all piled into SUV's and instead of sleeping like I had planned to do, we ended up talking and laughing the whole way! Which don't get me wrong was a blast, but those who know me, know I am not a morning person in any form! To make a long story short (because I could go on, and on, and on about it) me Randall and Chelsea made the best of it! After all, it is our senior year so why not! It's not like we really care what people think of us anymore, because that stage is gone once you hit the first day of senior year (Unlike when you are freshman and you think you have to try and impress everyone so you can be "popular" and "cool". Which believe me is DUMB and POINTLESS!!!). 

I have come to a point in my life where I have decided that I am just going to be myself and have fun! I don't want to be one of those people where 50 years down the road you look back at your high school years and wished you had done more or been more outgoing. I'm going to leave it all here and have the most fun I can! Choir to some may seem like a waste. Which I will be honest, at times I wonder, "Why am I doing choir? It's nothing but drama and no fun!" but it's times like this past Friday that make you enjoy it and love being a part of it!

A night in history :)

Have you ever been in the situation where you really want to do something, but you’re just too lazy to do it? I am often found guilty of this. There are many times in my life that I have had a great idea  then end up forgetting about it or just too lazy to do it and end up moving on.  This blog is one of those things for me. I started saying around Christmas time that I thought it would be a good idea to start my own blog about things that are going on in my life. That way when I go to college next fall, my family and friends can be in the loop with what has been going on in my life and know about all the fun things I have experienced or done.  But as you can see, it’s not Christmas time anymore and the blog is just barely starting! I guess you can say I have had a hard time motivating myself when it comes to certain things. And  to be honest, I probably wouldn’t have gotten around to starting this blog except for the fact that we got an assignment in my Senior AP English class to start a blog and post on it once a week. So here is my attempt at a blog about what is going on in my AMAZING life! So here we go with story number one.

                This past Friday was a day that will be locked in my memory for a long time! There is nothing quite like making great memories with friends! So here is how it all went down. Randall came into Mrs. Campbell’s class 5^th hour to steal me away (He needed help moving T-shirts from the baseball concessions to Mr. Longs room and since I had nothing better to do he decided to get my help in doing this). While caring this huge box of shirts - well it wasn’t that big; it just sounds better to say that J- we decided we were going to go together to the basketball game in Winslow. This game was huge! And needless to say, everyone was going so we had to go!

                We left town around 4:45pm and could hardly hold in our excitement! To think that if we won this game we would not only be region champs, but also be ranked number one in the State was awesome! We talked the whole way there about how intense this game was going to be and that as long as it was a good game we didn’t care what really happened. So we finally arrived at Winslow’s gym and I’m not going to lie, we were a little scared of getting jumped or something! When the game started the fans were insane! We cheered so much that are throats were killing us, but we didn’t care! We won that game 61 to 58! It was so awesome! After the game me and Randall decided to go get something to eat at Sonic. Which probably wasn’t the smartest idea considering that practically the whole town of Winslow was there, we were from Holbrook, and Holbrook had just beaten them.  It took us close to 40 minutes to get our food!  While we were waiting we were singing our lungs out and just having a good time! We finally get our food and it was cold (lame sauce!)!  But we didn’t care enough to do anything about it and ate it anyways. When we decided to leave, Randall’s car wouldn’t start. Luckily Sierra was there and could jump start us (which that was an experience in itself!). We finally got home just after 11pm. With everything that had happened that night, I still get excited just thinking about it! And that is why that is one night I will NEVER forget!