all that babysitting paid off!

I had my heart set on a new purple nano... my 3-year-old one is silver and I do not like it!... so my mom and I took a trip to Wal Mart (she had to return stuff there anyway) to see the nanos. They only had silver and black, my two least favorite iPod colors. We went to Target, only a block away, to find that they had only my three top favorite iPod colors: purple, blue, and pink. The purple was strange, it looked more like indigo in real life - it had a funny shade of blue mixed in. The blue was cute of course, but it wasn't me... So, I got the pink!!! I got a nice case to put it in that totally matched the shade. Then a warranty, of course. My old iPod couldn't play videos, which was a bummer, so I've been saving up. I am too much of a saver though, because I let my accounts overflow to $500 before I let myself spend $200 on a new iPod and iPod accessories. I was actually thinking of getting a new phone, too, but... Nah, I can't blow all my money that fast! I must go back to my saving ways....

my first post of 2009!

It hardly feels like it is 2009! It's sort of surreal. I wonder what will happen in 2009. I would write 2009 things I hope to do this year, but that would be a little bit long and it would take forever. Instead I'll write nine things I hope to do/accomplish this year - New Year's Resolutions.

9. CONTINUE TO BLOG. I think it's good to blog, but better to journal. That's why journal's #4. Hey, I'm not trashing blogging, I just thing it's better to let out your feelings for only you to see and not the whole world.

8. HAVE FUN. Not that I don't already. :)

7. SAVE MORE $$$. I already do this, but if I'm gonna get into BYU, I better save more.

6. HAVE A GOOD ATTITUDE... No comment.

5/1. READ THE WHOLE BOOK OF MORMON. This should be number one, but I'm too lazy to rearange the whole list. So, this is number 5/1. I need to revive my testimony.

4. WRITE IN MY JOURNAL...! I know, I know, I blog a lot but it's not the same. I'd be nice to have something with all my inner feelings and thoughts. A blog records what you've done but not in full detail.

3. MAINTAIN GOOD GRADES IN SCHOOL... Study more, pay attention in class, and the like.

2. BE MORE WILLING TO HELP AROUND THE HOUSE. Do chores with a good attitude. Do stuff I'm not asked to do.

1. BE NICER TO MY SIBLINGS, especially my 10-year-old brother Andrew, because we fight a lot and don't like it when we do.


I hope you have as good as a 2009 as I hope to have!! Love you all!! :D

christmas :)

Austin deep in thought as he tells Santa what he wants for Christmas: "A Bakugan 6 pack, a Bakugan 3 pack, a Bakugan 1 pack, and a Bakugan backpack." And he got it!

My new electric scooter... goes up to 15MPH! Seriously, you don't know how fast that is...

I seriously had the best Christmas ever!! I know, I know, I will say that every year but that is because it keeps getting better... and, I'm sure my parents would say, more expensive. This years I got a blue electric scooter, an awesome Wii game called Animal Crossing City Folk, a digital picture frame, a journal, a CD, three adorable necklaces, a Twilight mirror (who knew those even existed?!), and a little bit more!!

Beck (on the far right with his dad, my uncle Todd) doesn't want to see Santa. Everyone else, however, seems happy to sit with the jolly man.

Kate cuddles with Santa. She wanted a Baby Alive. She loves it - even though it is annoying. It actually poops real poop... You feed it real food and it makes it into poop... It is sick.
Lucy giving her "How could you do this to me?" look to her momma.

On Christmas Eve we went to my Grandma Sue's and Grandpa Bryce's house. "Santa" came and gave everyone PJ's. Kate and Austin were ecstatic. My little cousins Beck and Lucy... not so much. The second Beck saw Santa walk into the room, he burst into tears and

freaked out. He wouldn't even touch the jolly man in red. Lucy, however, didn't notice Santa walk into the room until she was plopped in his lap. Then.... well, let the picture tell the rest. She reached out to her momma, screaming and crying, totally traumatized that her mom would hand her over to a "stranger".

The food was awesome too! We had carne asada... mmm mmm good. Thanks Uncle Brad!! My mom and I stayed up all night making chocolate pie, which was awesome too!

I hope you had as awesome a Christmas as I did!!!!!

a rant on peppermint bark, 27 dresses, and get smart

Sorry for all the posts lately (I DID promise to post more, didn't I? so don't blame me) but lately I have a weird obsession with William Sonoma's Peppermint Bark (pic above). Have you ever tried it?!? Oh, it is to die for. My mom bought some the other day and my family cannot keep our hands off of it. The perfect combonation of creamy dark chocolate, melt-in-your-mouth white chocolate, and perfect-tasting peppermint chunks... Mouthwatering. I'm just killing you, aren't I?

Well, another thing I'm obsessed with is "Benny and the Jets" by Elton John. Ever since I saw 27 Dresses (when it was in theaters... I saw it with all the Young Women from my ward, of all people to watch a PG 13 movie with), I love this song! If you haven't heard it yet, scroll all the way down to my music playlist and select it!

Oh yeah, I saw Get Smart last night with my dad, and it was probably the funniest movie I've seen in forever! I love how serious yet funny Maxwell Smart (Steve Carrell) is. I was laughing the whole time... Super funny, a must-see!!

Well, that ends my little rant... Um check back for more around Christmas... I'll post pictures that I don't look like an idiot in.

austin sings

My mom, little sister Kate, and my brother Austin after the play.

Some kids at Austin and Andrew's school participating in the play.

Austin in action.

Austin decked out in his costume - sorry it wouldn't rotate.

Here is Austin singing his angel song for his school Christmas play. He got so excited about it. I wasn't at the play because it was during school, but my Grandma Sue came down to see it and hang out, and my Mom was there too. He'll sing his song whenever you ask him. I have some pictures of him in his angel costume (above). He was so excited about the whole thing.

Well, my family is so excited for Christmas! Kate wants a Baby Alive doll, Austin wants Bakugan and Mario Kart, and my brother Andrew and I want electric scooters! Have a merry Christmas!

merry christmas! (again)

No, this isn't the same video: this is a disco version (the better version!) and the other one is the classic version. Must watch both!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

happy holidays

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

I know what you're thinking: Why isn't my Dad on here? Well, I both didn't have a picture of him and it only lets you do 5 elves. Well, anyway, have a merry Christmas and a happy new Year!!

up to the mountain we go!

Today we went up the mountain on the tram with the Terrys to play in the snow! It was awesome. The snow was 3 feet deep up there. I didn't bring my camera, so I don't have any pictures. :'( I need to figure out how to upload photos from my phone... Hmm.



I am so excited for Christmas! It's on Thursday! Wonder what I will get... Well, sorry for the short post but I will post more later!

twilight guy

Sorry for the million and one posts I've done in the past couple days.

Wow, I just found this Twilight site called www.twilightguy.com, and it is sooo funny! It is a guy who reads Twilight's blog and it is very popular. He sorta makes fun of Twilight, which, surprisingly, I find hiliarious. Here is something funny he says (he inserts words to make it funnier, those are written in red):

"..You know," Iteased halfheartedly. 'this whole secrecy and deception things is kinda a pain.'

"Edward's expression hardened. 'It gets easier. After a few decades, everyone you know is dead. Problem solved.'

"He sniffed. 'In fact, the thought is so depressing, I might just break out into song.'

"And thus a new career was born."

Another one I found particularly funny was this:


“I feel like I don’t really understand your relationship. Like there’s some secret I’m missing…” Renee said.

I nodded. “Yes mother, I confess. My boyfriend is a vampire. Surprise!”

But Renee only nodded. It wasn’t the reaction I had been expecting, so in shock, I went on.

“A-and…my best friend is a werewolf.”

But she only nodded again. It was utterly maddening, how casual she seemed to take the supernatural things. What was wrong with her?

So, in desperation, I hissed, MOM CHARLIE ISN’T A POLICE OFFICER HE IS REALLY A GNOME.”

To my utter rage, she only nodded. Then she sighed.

“I guess then it’s time to tell you the truth,” she broke the silence. “See, Phil is actually a leprechaun…”

If you like Twilight and you need a good laugh, go to www.twilightguy.com and enjoy!!

shiny...

O... so shiny!!

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For Social Studies, I had to make a "creative" and "original" Roman Coliseum model and write an essay on the history of the Coliseum. Well, somebody in my class suggested tinfoil, and I thought, oh, that will be easy. I'll just make some tinfoil blocks and stack 'em up. Not so. I successfully made about 6 small 1 inch x 1 inch blocks... in about half an hour. Not working. So then I had a bright idea. My little sister Kate had a box of light foam blocks in shapes of arches, cubes, etc. Because I didn't want to ruin the blocks by gluing then together, I went back to whole tinfoil thing and wrapped 'em up so I could use a hot glue gun to glue them together. Turned out pretty good. And pretty shiny. I got an A-! I was so happy... It was supposed to be 20 in. circumference, which is pretty big if you measure it out, and mine was 12 in. I was just glad I didn't get an F. Woo! Round of applause for me!!