And that's all I have to say.
PS.
Emmy said (it was her first time) that it was the funnest thing she'd ever done. In her life.
JBRTKELBRELJVBLR SO FUN.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
GGICF
Golden
Gate
International
Choir
Festival
=
AMAZINGLY FUNNN.
Where else can you meet super friendly Finnish people, meet people that actually GET your choir jokes, go on cruises, sing ALL day, explore the "scary" dark basement of a Berkley college, and play Red Rover for two hours straight with people you've never met before?
No where else, my friend.
No where else.
But seriously, it WAS a blast.
I sat next to my friend Kathleen, a girl from Finland named Linda, and Anothony, a very feminine but hilarious Colorado-inian? Every day for three hours we got to work with composers from England, California and Finland. My favorite composer EVERRRR was there, Bob Chilcott. He's such a cute little British man, and is very nice. :)
Then every night we would perform. IT was kinda difficult listening to choirs that are WAYYY better than you. But luckily there were some not-so-good ones there as well, so we weren't totally down.
In fact, in the children's category, we got 1st place in the historical category, and 2nd in folk (AKA REALLY good).
...And I have absolutely no patience for blogging, so now I say buh bye.
Gate
International
Choir
Festival
=
AMAZINGLY FUNNN.
Where else can you meet super friendly Finnish people, meet people that actually GET your choir jokes, go on cruises, sing ALL day, explore the "scary" dark basement of a Berkley college, and play Red Rover for two hours straight with people you've never met before?
No where else, my friend.
No where else.
But seriously, it WAS a blast.
I sat next to my friend Kathleen, a girl from Finland named Linda, and Anothony, a very feminine but hilarious Colorado-inian? Every day for three hours we got to work with composers from England, California and Finland. My favorite composer EVERRRR was there, Bob Chilcott. He's such a cute little British man, and is very nice. :)
Then every night we would perform. IT was kinda difficult listening to choirs that are WAYYY better than you. But luckily there were some not-so-good ones there as well, so we weren't totally down.
In fact, in the children's category, we got 1st place in the historical category, and 2nd in folk (AKA REALLY good).
...And I have absolutely no patience for blogging, so now I say buh bye.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Randomness #3
Long time no randomness. (:
I’m drowning. I’m drowning, but it’s a happy kind of drowning. Drowning as I immerse myself in a pool of colored leaves. My eyes are filled with red, orange, yellow, and deep shades of purple. My neighbors stare, but I carry on with my delight. The leaves fly around me as if they themselves are alive. They dance and I join, twirling in circles and doing any lame dance move I can think of. They seem much more graceful than me. I dance on, however, adding lyrics this time. I’m surprised at myself, for the song is a familiar one. One from my childhood. How fitting. I stand there, trying to reminisce and finally realize why I can’t- in this pool of leave, I am there again. How can I look back o the present?
Enjoy.
I’m drowning. I’m drowning, but it’s a happy kind of drowning. Drowning as I immerse myself in a pool of colored leaves. My eyes are filled with red, orange, yellow, and deep shades of purple. My neighbors stare, but I carry on with my delight. The leaves fly around me as if they themselves are alive. They dance and I join, twirling in circles and doing any lame dance move I can think of. They seem much more graceful than me. I dance on, however, adding lyrics this time. I’m surprised at myself, for the song is a familiar one. One from my childhood. How fitting. I stand there, trying to reminisce and finally realize why I can’t- in this pool of leave, I am there again. How can I look back o the present?
Enjoy.
My Amazing YW Leaders and Homemade Slip and Slides
My young women leaders are AMAZING. I just got back from a trip to "Hawaii" they had planned for us.
First, they picked us up in a "limo" (really a mini van with the words limo painted across) and gave us a lay (spelling?)and a flower in our hair. Then we arrived at the dozier's house, only to receive a CANDY lay this time. It was decked out in beautiful hawaiian decor. we had a WONNNDERFUL dinner, with super cute decorations, and not to mention yummy food. Sister Greco, my second/third mom, made an 8 layered jello creation in the colors of the young women values! WOW! After much talking and goofing off, we went swimming. When we had splashed around for quite a while, our YW leaders came out with Virgin Pina Colatas. :) Of course. In martini glasses with umbrellas and super cute spoons! So we sipped that while talking in the hot tub.
After that came more swimming, and when it was about time to leave, our Young Women leaders let us KEEP the martini glasses, spoons, and super cute coasters in the shapes of flowers. Then they also gave us adorable cupcakes that was decorated like a beach, complete with the ocean, made with frosting, a cardboard palm tree, and a minty beach ball!
THESE WOMEN ARE AMAZING.
I did the dishes for them. It was the least I could do. (:
Speaking of water activities...
A couple days ago my friend Cassi and I had just gotten back from swimming. We wanted to dry off for a bit, so we layed in the sun. We got dry in probably 2 minutes. It was THAT hot.
Then random happening #1 occured.
Let's fry and egg on the sidewalk!
Which failed, and we ended up having a a HUGE water fight, aka random happening #2.
We then got TOOOOOO hot again, so Cassi (random happening #3) soaked her towel and wrapped it around herself.
I then commented on how slippery it was.
Leading to the paramount random happening #4. HOME MADE SLIP AND SLIDE!
Consisting of:
4 wet towels
3 trash bags
1 hose
2 totally insane girls and 1 partially sane one
2 guy friends that laughed at us the whole time
Yes. All of those ingredients are MANDATORY.
I LOVE YOU, SUMMER!
First, they picked us up in a "limo" (really a mini van with the words limo painted across) and gave us a lay (spelling?)and a flower in our hair. Then we arrived at the dozier's house, only to receive a CANDY lay this time. It was decked out in beautiful hawaiian decor. we had a WONNNDERFUL dinner, with super cute decorations, and not to mention yummy food. Sister Greco, my second/third mom, made an 8 layered jello creation in the colors of the young women values! WOW! After much talking and goofing off, we went swimming. When we had splashed around for quite a while, our YW leaders came out with Virgin Pina Colatas. :) Of course. In martini glasses with umbrellas and super cute spoons! So we sipped that while talking in the hot tub.
After that came more swimming, and when it was about time to leave, our Young Women leaders let us KEEP the martini glasses, spoons, and super cute coasters in the shapes of flowers. Then they also gave us adorable cupcakes that was decorated like a beach, complete with the ocean, made with frosting, a cardboard palm tree, and a minty beach ball!
THESE WOMEN ARE AMAZING.
I did the dishes for them. It was the least I could do. (:
Speaking of water activities...
A couple days ago my friend Cassi and I had just gotten back from swimming. We wanted to dry off for a bit, so we layed in the sun. We got dry in probably 2 minutes. It was THAT hot.
Then random happening #1 occured.
Let's fry and egg on the sidewalk!
Which failed, and we ended up having a a HUGE water fight, aka random happening #2.
We then got TOOOOOO hot again, so Cassi (random happening #3) soaked her towel and wrapped it around herself.
I then commented on how slippery it was.
Leading to the paramount random happening #4. HOME MADE SLIP AND SLIDE!
Consisting of:
4 wet towels
3 trash bags
1 hose
2 totally insane girls and 1 partially sane one
2 guy friends that laughed at us the whole time
Yes. All of those ingredients are MANDATORY.
I LOVE YOU, SUMMER!
Friday, June 19, 2009
SUMMER!
I love summer! I go to bed late, get up late, have fun with friends and am basically totally unproductive! :)
Hmmm.
I saw Up yesterday. I recommend it to EVERYONE! GO SEE IT!
Hmmm.
I saw Up yesterday. I recommend it to EVERYONE! GO SEE IT!
Monday, May 25, 2009
15
I'm 15! In less than a year, I will be driving and dating! That's a scary thought, isn't it? My birthday party went wonderful. The pictures are on facebook, and most of the people reading this have a facebook. So look there. :D It got a liiittle crazy. We basically got into a HUGE whipped cream fight and... I can never eat or look at whipped cream ever again. Ugh.
SO. School is almost over! Two more weeks, and one week of actual SCHOOL. The last week is just testing. Four more days of seminary, HALLELUJAH! My year book comes in on Thursday, and you have no ideaaaa how excited I am for it. Next time I see you, expect a full run through of everyone I know! Hahaha.
This year's been great. High school is great. Never thought I'd say that, but now I have.
Overall, life for the most part is very good. There are a couple things throughout the summer I'm not looking forward to, but. I try not to think about the negative.
I'm off to have memorial day breakfast with the family here at home! I miss you all!
SO. School is almost over! Two more weeks, and one week of actual SCHOOL. The last week is just testing. Four more days of seminary, HALLELUJAH! My year book comes in on Thursday, and you have no ideaaaa how excited I am for it. Next time I see you, expect a full run through of everyone I know! Hahaha.
This year's been great. High school is great. Never thought I'd say that, but now I have.
Overall, life for the most part is very good. There are a couple things throughout the summer I'm not looking forward to, but. I try not to think about the negative.
I'm off to have memorial day breakfast with the family here at home! I miss you all!
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Randomness #2
I hate waking up. :P
‘Getting up in the morning has never been easy for me. Why should I be the only one to suffer?’ These are my thoughts as I throw my pillow at the unfortunate person who has the death sentence of waking me up. When I hear the footsteps retreat, I smile and full my fleece blanket up around my face. Ha. I win. Eventually I feel guilty and decide to get up and apologize to the unlucky victim. I say sorry to two members of my family before I find the actual one. I the grudgingly get dressed and grab some breakfast. In mid-meal, I realize I’m absolutely freezing, so I grab a think blanket to wrap around me and start heading back to the table but then I stop in my tracks as the couch beckons me. I give in, and drift off into a deep sleep, knowing this time, I don’t have a pillow to defend me from the waking world.
‘Getting up in the morning has never been easy for me. Why should I be the only one to suffer?’ These are my thoughts as I throw my pillow at the unfortunate person who has the death sentence of waking me up. When I hear the footsteps retreat, I smile and full my fleece blanket up around my face. Ha. I win. Eventually I feel guilty and decide to get up and apologize to the unlucky victim. I say sorry to two members of my family before I find the actual one. I the grudgingly get dressed and grab some breakfast. In mid-meal, I realize I’m absolutely freezing, so I grab a think blanket to wrap around me and start heading back to the table but then I stop in my tracks as the couch beckons me. I give in, and drift off into a deep sleep, knowing this time, I don’t have a pillow to defend me from the waking world.
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