EFY

EFY stands for Exciting, Fabulous, Yay!

I know that that is kind of an interesting thing, but I couldn't think of anything better for Y. I guess I could have said that EFY stands for English for Youth, Especially Fat Yaks, Empty Fun Yardstick, or Everyone Forgot You. Those are all kind of sketchy too though. Oh well.

Anyway, last week I went to EFY. I LOVED it! It took me two hours and fifteen minutes to tell my mom about it when I got home. It was the best week of my summer so far. It was great. Everyone in my company was so nice. I made some really, really good friends. Our counselors where amazing too! We had so much fun together.

I didn't expect EFY to be so spiritual either. I during almost every talk and in almost every class and devotional. They had us read our scriptures for a half and hour everyday. I cried during that too. Everywhere we went the boys in our group had to escort us. The dances where really fun.

FFA

I believe in the Future of Agricuture with a faith born not of words but of deeds. . .

I have of late, gotten very into FFA. It is so fun! I am in four contests. They are Creed, Parliamentary Procedure, Records, and B.I.G.(Best Informed Greenhand). They are all really fun, except Records sometimes which is kind of hard and confusing, but it's ok. My favorite is probably Parli. Pro. It is REALLY fun and exciting. It is also kind of stressful. My favorite motion is Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn.

"I move to fix the time to which to adjourn, so when we adjourn, we reconvene tomorrow at ten a.m. in the Ag. Room. "

It is great because it has so many parts to remember so that you sound smart when you say it. Zone is February 4th and we Wellsians are going to win!

". . . stand solid for my part in that inspiring task."

P.S. Today I experienced one of the discomforts of agriculture. Mom paid me a dollar to carry a huge, bloody, dead raccoon that Dad shot over the fence with a shovel. It was gross. . . and REALLY heavy for a raccoon, but I did it! Aren't I an agriculture star!

Thankfull

Seeing that Thanksgiving is in two days I will tell you everything I'm thankful for. Ok? Ok.

I'm thankful for:

The gospel in my life
My amazing immediate family
My amazing extended family
That it is a blizzard outside and school is cancelled
My friends
My sisters' friends (Jessica Ballard went to Salt Lake with us yesterday and now she is snowed in with us. She is amazing and so are all Liberty's and Desi's other friends.)
Plays and musicals
Makeup (mostly mascara)
My phone
My teachers
My voice
My Young Women Leaders
That I have bought all my Christmas presents and I am happy with them, plus I'm not broke (although, I am close. I only have 12 dollars left.)
My classmates at school
My clarinet
The piano
Music
My brain
Basketball
Vehicles
Electricity
Headbands
The computer
My new brown boots that are soooo cute that I got for only $7!
My new eshakti dress (go to eshakti.com and they have the most amazing, cute, modest, dresses that actually fit!)
clear nail polish
That I finished my periodic table of people I know for Science!
Colors

(I realize that this list is really long and boring and I commend you for reading this far, but really I won't be offended if you stop reading, because I plan to keep writing a lot more.)

Hot bath
Delicious food
jewelry (especially earrings)
Christmas is coming up
Stake Dances
Any kind of dances
Sheet music that you can download off the Internet for five dollars that you get right away
Stuffed animals
Alarm clocks
My Cinderella collection
How crazy and funny people are
My house
Water
Temple Square
Holidays
Our dishwasher is coming tomorrow
Braces (even though they hurt)
Little oranges are in season
I can give piano lessons to McKenli
I applied to be an FFA Greenhand Officer (I want to be Vice President)
4-H
You can program peoples numbers onto your phone so you don't have to remember them
Everything

Hi

Hi, sorry I'm so lame. I just realized I haven't written since May! That was four months ago. I was such a blog neglecter this summer. It's ok though because all you other bloggers out there made up for me with your awesome posts.

Well I would like to tell you about every day of my summer in great detail, but it would probably take a week, so I won't. I did have a REALLY great summer though. I think it was the best summer I've ever had. It was pretty crazy. I was really busy. I went to Youth Conference, Girls Camp, FFA Camp, BYU Basketball Camp, The Missoula Children's Theater, and to Salt Lake a few times. I had so much fun!

Also this summer I got to go to my first. . . and second, and third stake dance. I also went to two dances at FFA Camp. They are REALLY fun. I had a great time at them.

When summer ended, school started. (Wow, way to state the obvious, Clarissa.) I am going to public school at Wells High School. I really like it. I'm a freshman and my locker is #75. It's pretty great. I also have a really nice new friend from Idaho named Kayla. I also have a lot of great friends I already knew. My life is pretty great.

Now I've written a blog. It feels good to not procrastinate it anymore. I promise to write more, but probably I'll end up not writing for four more months. :)

For Good

I'm so thankful for all the great people I know that do nice things for me, like Mom, Dad, my sisters, my brothers(sometimes, no just kidding), my grandmas, my grandpas, my aunts, my uncles, the Young Women presidency, my friends, my teachers, my cousins, my second cousins, my third cousins(no just kidding, I don't think I know any of them), my 4-H leaders, my Sunday school teachers, and on and on. They are great.

Now, I am going to be a talent show on Thursday. It's at the school. I am singing this amazing song with my friend Alyse. It is called for good. It's from the musical Wicked. For those Wicked fans out there. (not like bad, wicked, like the musical Wicked) Here are some of the words;

So much of me is made of what I learned from you. You'll be with me like a hand print on my heart. And now whatever way our stories end, I know you have rewritten mine by being my friend. . .who can say if I've been changed for the better? I do believe I have been changed for the better. Because I knew you I have been changed for good.

I really like that song. It reminds me of all the people I said earlier. I am sure thankful for them. Thanks everyone!

A Baddish Day Made Better

Yesterday was a crazy day. I went to school. I was really excited that I got to sleep in a little, (Hayden is no longer going to seminary) even though I should be sorry that Hayden isn't going to seminary anymore. I am kind of. (the tiniest, microscopical, little bit sorry)

Anyway, I slept in, but it ended up me sleeping in too much. I didn't have time to put on my new makeup. I did my makeup in the car. It was an experience I wouldn't like to repeat. After I finally got it to look somewhat normal I reached inside my bag for a brush. (I very rarely brush my hair except in a moving vehicle. It's weird.) There was no brush! I looked everywhere. By this time we were to school and Dad had already gone in. I went inside the school. I was worried that my hair looked really messy. A lot of people were wearing miss-matched socks, weird hats, or crazy bright colors and patterns. Sometimes at Wells High School they have a weird dress up day. It was crazy day. Some people even had crazy makeup and ratted, crazy hair. (Hey, maybe I can blend in.) I asked Brieanna, Emily, Chelsea, and Mandy if they had a brush. No one did. I finally had to brush my hair with my fingers in Dad's room. I survived.

But everything that happened yesterday wasn't completely bad. There was also a lot of good things. I went to the store with Emily. It was way fun, except we didn't have enough money for everything we wanted to buy. We were 87 cents over. I thought we would be. I had to give up my orange juice, but it was ok.

Band and Choir went well, but all day I was nervous. Everyone was. Finally, it was time to get ready for the concert. I actually got ready in the bathroom of the band room. I didn't get to go home between. I had played basketball with Emily, practiced the piano, ate at McDonald's, and been nervous.

There were a ton of black and white clad students in the band room. Everyone was nervous and warming up and tuning. I was just a little flat on my clarinet, as usual. You're supposed to push in if you're flat. I am always all the way pushed in. It is sad, but ok.

Finally we went to the auditorium.

First the elementary band went. They played "Hard Rock Blues". Everyone loves that song. I was holding my clarinet and resisted the urge to play along. I did the fingering though. I have forgotten one part though.

Then it was our choir's turn. I loved it. Singing in front of people is so much fun if you really know the song. People were out of tune a lot though. I stand right next to the two people who always get out of tune. It is sad. I didn't really care then though. It was great.

Then the high school choir went. They did pretty well.

Then our band went. We did really good. Our two songs were good. It was over really fast. Desi and Lib gave me fake flowers. They are so nice.

I asked Mom how it all sounded. She said our choir sounded really out of tune a lot. I asked her if it was me. She said no, but it was other people. I was sad. I wanted it to be like all really amazing. I kind of wished that I had just stayed in bed all day and not had so many trials, but Mom convinced me of all the good I did. She told me that our band sounded amazing and no one would care if our choir sounded out of tune, and it wasn't me anyway. She told me how great I am (even though I'm not that great.) She is nice like that.

Moms are amazing. If you see yours any time soon, tell them they are great.

Ten Reason Why I'm Happy

Thelma sent me a birthday card. It was very nice. At the end she wrote. "Write a blog already. (I know, I know, you're busy.)"

So this blog is for Thelma. I am really good at writing scattered, theme less blogs that go everywhere. I have a lot to write about so this might be like that, but I'm going to try to give this blog a theme even if it's broad. Here it is;

Things I'm happy about

1) Spring has sprung around here. When I say that I mean there is no longer snow on our back porch and the sun is shining. That's good enough for me. I was just jumping on the trampoline!

2) I have an awesome cell phone.

3) I have unlimited texting on my phone so all you adoring fans out there can text me. Call my mom to get my number.

4)I am going swimming. . .outside. (well kind of) Our family is taking the Activity Day girls to 12-mile. This afternoon. For those of you who aren't familiar with 12-mile, it's a little hot springs 12 miles from Wells.

5) We got a Wii! It has Wii Fit on it. It is good exercise and is really fun.

6) I have finally lost a pound! I have been working and working on losing weight. I think the Wii is helping me!

7) It's Spring Break!

8) I got makeup and for my birthday that I love. I have a great beauty consultant. It's Jennifer! I recommend her to you all. (not that you need a beauty consultant)

9) Our band (and choir!) concert is in six days! I'm really excited. . . and nervous.

10) I FINALLY wrote a blog! I'm sorry I don't write much. Read Thelma's blog if you want more posts. Plus it's really fun to read!

11) There is just one thing I'm sad about. Pictures won't work on our computer right now. I can't figure it out. Neither can Desi or Dad.

It's ok though. The good things definitely outweigh the bad things.