Girls Camp!

This week is my last Girls Camp as a YCL! :( It’s so hard to believe! Just a few years ago I was thinking: “It won’t go by fast! I’m only a first year!” But now... it’s here. It’s been a stressful week planning and preparing but I’ve never been more excited to go and share my thoughts, experiences, testimony, devotionals, and my cRaZy side with all these beautiful girls in my tent, ward & stake.

I love love LOVE the mutual theme this year: “Arise & Shine Forth that thy light may be a standard for the nations.” D&C 115:5 I hope that this week all the girls and leaders going to girls camp can gain a better understanding for that scripture and that we can come home as better friends and daughter of God and that we can share our light and be a better example to all those around us by sharing our testimonies and touching the lives of those in need of our examples, testimonies, and light.

I’ve set a few goals for this week at Girls Camp:

1. Take at least one picture EVERY day

2. Take a picture w/each of the girls in my tent, each of the 1st years in my ward, & one with ALL the first years

3. Bear my testimony {I haven’t missed a year and it would just be awful not to share it this year}

4. Make a new friend/Get to know someone I don’t know very well

5. Write in my journal every day

I’m not really sure what I’m doing on the computer right now! :) I’ve got girls camp to plan!!! Wish me luck! I CAN’T WAIT to come home & share all my pictures & great experiences! See you in a week! :D

Bucket List, Last day of school (yearbook day), dates, & St. George

WARNING: This blog post may be a liiiittle lengthy. :)

Bucket List:

{Book #1}

Pride & Popularity by Jenni James

I just finished this book yesterday at our families BBQ over at my aunts house. It was such a cute book! I couldn’t put it down after I got into the first few chapters. It’s definitely a Pride & Prejudice type of book, but it has it’s own little twists and turns in it that aren’t in Pride & Prejudice. I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a cute book to snuggle up with and read. :)

Last day of School!!!

{Yearbook Day}

Me & Morgan

EmmaLee & I

EmmaLee, Me & Morgan

Marissa & Syvanna

{We went to Orange Leaf after we had gotten our yearbooks signed.

Syvanna & I

Marissa & I

Tuesday Night:

Date?

We came to my house Tuesday night and played Just Dance, had pizza, and played other random games.

Dallins been learning how to play the piano so Sam sat down and taught him a new song. :) It was so cute :)!!!

Hollie, Logan & Syvanna

St. George!!!

{Family Vacation}

Hollie & I before going to the Leads park.

Ashlyn & I

The fam at the Tuacahn. We went and saw Aladdin. It was a pretty good performance, I loved how they used lot’s of fireworks, and they even tried to use 3D... which was... interesting. But all in all it was a pretty good show and I had such a good time with my family.

Continued: California Rose Parade Band Trip

Well... I’ve FINALLY got all the pictures on facebook so I decided it was time to do a blog post! I’m not sure why but on all the pictures the right side was cut off :(.

My crazy room partners! :)

Planet Hollywood for dinner!

The Spinning Tea Cups... first ride we went on! :)

After Splash Mountain... yeah... I didn’t get wet!!! :) haha, yeah right! (I was soaked the rest of the day!)

Whinnie the pooh ride... the only reason we went on this was because the wait was five minutes long and we didn’t want to wait any longer! :) haha

On the Jungle Safari ride! :)

We wanted pictures with all the princesses but the lines were too long so we went and took pictures in the princess gift shop! :)

Overlooking California Adventure!

On the FREAKY Mickey Mouse ferris wheel! :)

Last day at Disney land right after eating at the Pizza place! (Where we ate both days!)

The castle at Disney Land!

My knight in shining armor!

I think this was the last ride we went on in Disney land! :)

Dinner at Bucca di Beppo after Band Fest!

The BEAUTIFUL girls in my room! :)

Our “room mom” brought us some sparkling cider and those cute little cups so we could celebrate the new year before going to the dance party at the church house! :)

TWINNERS!!!

BEFORE we got dirty at the beach! :)

The pier

Our crab... we named him Fredward :)

Our beautiful sand castle made out of cups from the hotel :)

THE BEACH!

Our BANDquet dinner after marching the LONG Rose Parade!

At the Hard Rock Cafe on our way home to American Fork! :)

A week in CALIFORNIA with the BAND

This last week (Christmas break) the American Fork Marching Band went the California to participate in the Annual Rose Parade! I had the funnest week spending two days in Disney Land, a day at Band Fest, a day on the beach and in Hollywood, and a day performing the Rose Parade. I have pictures that once I figure out how to get them on my computer, I will put them on my blog. I'm so grateful that I was able to be in the wonderfuly amazing and hardest parade! And I grateful my parents let me go and payed for my whole trip! I love you! :)

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(AFMB on KSL TV)

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(Actual footage from the Rose Parade)