Ho, Ho, Ho Merry Christmas! :)

 This year for Christmas, it was just me, Amanda, my parents and grandma. I was pretty bummed at first but it turned out to be just as good! On Christmas eve morning we went out to breakfast for "breakfast with Daddy" that we've been doing since we were kids and then later that evening, we had a nice dinner than  played our traditional game of Left, Right, Center which i won, so i received my dad's large cup of coins which was worth about $60! And then, of course we watched the nativity video which we love watching every year to remind of what Christmas really is about.

 Christmas Eve morning, at breakfast with Daddy!

Christmas Eve night, with our new pajamas!

 On Christmas morning my mom insisted we get up at 7 rather than 6 and we made sure to set our alarm to get up no later! As we were waiting at the top of the stairs to come down, Ash and David came over and hung out while we opened our gifts because they already had Christmas with Davids fam.

I am pretty sure grandma had more presents then all of us combined but i was super excited about my gifts and I LOVE them!! Our family's main gift this year is a trip to Disneyland in February!

Even though this year, we didn't have all 15 of us it was still awesome and I loved celebrating the birth of the Savior.

Gift Exchange

  This year my friends and I decided it would be WAY easier (and less expensive) If we drew names this year instead of buying every person a gift. This year i got Holly! i was excited to get her because the same day i drew her name we went shopping together which it made it tons easier, even though it was supposed to be a secret.. I may have been a bit obvious ;) Anyways all of the girls came over yesterday and we had pizza then opened our gifts! Turns out Lindsey had me and I LOVE my gift! she gave me this super cute watch from Charming Charlie's.

My new watch!!

 It was very fun and i think this will become an annual tradition!

David Archuleta/ Tab Choir concert

 My family got tickets to see the David Archuleta/ Tab choir concert and so this past weekend we headed to Salt Lake!! We stayed with Andrea and Jeremy and then the next day drove another 4 hours to Salt lake. It was a lot of driving and claustrophobia but it turned out to be totally worth it!! I have never been a huge David Archuleta fan but he was amazing!! After the concert we walked around and looked at the temple lights which were so pretty! The next day we drove to St. George and went to church Andrea and Jeremy and then drove home that day. It was great and I am so glad we got the opportunity to see the concert! :)

 The stage was decorated really cool!

 The whole fam after the concert

And of course we had to take a picture of the two cutest little kids ever!! ;)

cousins/Holly's 15th B-day

 This past weekend was been so much fun! My cousin Jessi came to visit and on Friday, her sister Heather came and we always have a blast with them! these girls are the funniest cousins ever! We love hanging out with them! We decided that we really wanted to embarrass Heather when picking her up from the airport so we made a sign and cheered as she got off the plane! Haha gooood times!:)  then we went to our house and hung out.

On Saturday, It was one of my really good friends, Holly's 15th Birthday! To celebrate she invited a small group of us to go out to dinner to Johnny Rockets and then had a photo scavenger hunt at San Tan mall. It was me, Shaelyn, and Austin v.s. Kell, Holly and Noah.  But sadly, the security guards caught on to what we were up and we were forced to stop. Afterwards we went to Holly's and played some intense extreme spoons and then just hung out for the rest of the night, it was super fun!

 The whole bunch!

Thanksgiving

 For  Thanksgiving this year we didn't have our whole family but we were fortunate to have Andrea and Jeremy come down and celebrate with us! We went shopping and hung out most of the time. It was weird not having everyone with us but it was still just as fun!

A couple of days before Thanksgiving my brother Austin brought his xbox kinect over and we played Dance Central, even though most of us were super embarrassed to it, it was still and a lot of fun! And as you can see from this picture, Kylie rocked at it!! :)

Thanksgiving was delicious! but since me & Amanda aren't "one of the married couples" we got shafted to the kids table!

On Saturday, while everyone was watching the BYU football game, Kylie and I made some yummy cookies! she is a good chef! ;)

We had a great weekend and I love spending time with my family and I am so grateful for all of my many blessing!

Dance Concert

 On Thursday and Friday I had my schools dance concert!! It was super fun!! And i think we preformed very well! The concerts theme was Once Upon a Time.. Films, Fables and Fairytales.  The song we did ours to was "Live and Let Die" from James Bond. Aside from the gallon of make-up we had to wear, it was great and I can't wait until the january concert! :)

My dance buds! 

 And..... Guess who got their permit.... 

Me! I was so thrilled to pass the permit test the first time! 

Now i just have to convince my parents to take me out driving.. ;)

Fall Pictures

  The other day Holly's sister, Lexi took me, Holly, Kell, Shaelyn, Lindsey, And Katie to take some pictures at this place call Peacon Groves.  It was super fun taking pictures with all of us six! Lexi is an awesome photographer!

In this picture we were supposed to keep a straight face.. as you can see i failed that attempt 

These girls are seriously my best friends! We do everything together and have the best time! I can't wait for even more fun/crazy times with them in the future! :) 

Party like it's 1980!

 For Halloween this year me and a few of my friends, Alyssa, Shaelyn, and Lindsey  dressed as "80's chicks" It was very fun dressin up in leg warmers and doin' our hair in side ponytails :) We all met together with a group of people and went to our neighbors haunted house and then had and dance party and played murder in the dark! It was a very successful  night!

 Instead of carving pumpkins this year me, Holly and Noah carved apples... haha seems stupid but it was actually pretty fun and we didn't have to worry about making a huge mess, plus non of us had pumpkins ;)

                                                                                     (Shae, Me, Kell & Holly)

Trek

 Over fall break I went on the pioneer trek with my stake. I was pretty bummed at first, ya know.. spending most of my fall break pushing a handcart for three days without showering or using a toilet, but it actually was great! It was such an awesome experience and i loved my "trek family". Even though it was really hard sometimes and a lot of times i just wanted to give up, but it really taught me that i can push through anything as long as i have the savior by my side. The best part was at night when all of us would get super hyper and loopy because we are running on 4 hours of sleep! It was definitely a memorable experience and helped me gain greater appreciation for my ancestors :)

Corn Maze

 Saturday night me and some of my friends went a corn maze! well, we pretty much just played tag in corn maze and then rode the train, raced on the tractors, played on teeter-totters, and a whole bunch of crazy stuff, it was super fun! 

 Nate, Aaron and Katie doing the hammer hitting thing ;)

 Me, Aaron, Katie, Nate, Valerie, Cheyenne, Lindsey, Kell, Holly, Collin, & Bryton

A Party Weekend..

 This past weekend was very fun. On Friday Lexi took me, Holly, Kell and Katie and we ran some errands with her to target, Tillys and then she took us to Jamba Juice. This doesn't seem very exciting but it was! Like i mentioned in previous posts... every time we get together, we have a blast!!!! We had dance parties in the car, taking silly pictures, being random and weird, and of course we had the best time!!

 Saturday we wanted to throw Kell a surprise party because her birthday was last Wednesday so me, Holly and Shaelyn decorated our backyard all crazy and awesome then everyone came over and then we called Kell to come over and she was so surprised!! It was super fun! we got in the Jacuzzi, had a dance party, ate brownies, and had a crazy time!

Friday:

Saturday:

I love my Friends! they are amazing! :) 

Best Buddies!

 I recently joined a club at my school with some of my friends called Best Buddies. Its where you are matched with a student who has a disability or is handicap and you are their "best buddy" for the school year! you have to contact them once a week through email, phone call or visiting them and then you hangout with them twice a month. We went to the "matching" party where we brought our parents so they could meet eachother. My buddy is a really sweet girl named Jacqueline. She is really funny and LOVES disney! My mom was talking to her mom and her mom was saying that Jaqueline's past two buddies went to BYU and still email her! I hope i can be that good of a buddy! I think this is going to be a really neat experience and hopefully we will have a lot of fun this year!

They had a little spot where they took pictures with each match and they had you put on sunglasses and silly stuff for the picture.

My mom took the picture with her iphone so its a little blurry... 

6 crazy girls at the cabin.. ;)

 For Labor day weekend my parents let me bring my awesome friends! Shaelyn, Lindsey, Kell, Mariah & Katie to the cabin! Holly was going to come but sadly got sick and wasn't able to, she would have just added even more on to the fun :(

 When we all get together we are CrAzY!!! we always have so much fun, so when all of us are together in a cabin for 3 days it gets insane!!! We went on hikes, watched movies, played games, went quading, did pretty much everything including of course... dance parties!!  We didnt go to bed til about 1am and just stayed up all night talking, laughing, taking pictures and making memories! I truly have the bestest friends ever!!! I am so grateful for my parents and all they did for us and putting up with us for 3 days straight!

Rain!

 Yesterday was Scott and Lindsey's wedding which was sooo fun! After the reception it started POURING outside! so me, Holly, Kell, Lindsey and Shae ran out there barefoot and got our dresses soaked playing in the thunderstorm! It was so fun! 

This is kind of what it was like..  haha! ;)

 Arizona thunderstorm... are the best!! 

Kidnapping for some french toast..

I am currently in the Mia Maid class presidency in our ward and we thought that for an end of the summer fun, we would "kidnap" the girls and have breakfast! We did this last Summer but we had fewer girls so it wasn't as fun. After we had everyone we came to my house where my Dad cooked us some yummy french toast ;) Lindsey also took video of us waking up each girl just for fun and the best ones were of Shaelyn and Darion, so I posted them on here to share! 

Darion: 

Hahah i love her reaction!

Shaelyn:

First of all it's pretty funny how her brother answered the door without a shirt on and secondly, 

It's funny because as i am pulling her sheets off of her I whacked the camera! haha!

Maybe you just had to be there ;)

Tubin' and a whip lash

Friday, Kell invited me, Lindsey, Shaelyn and Alyssa to the lake! We got up and left at about 6:30 and spent the whole time tubing! Which is just the way we like it! It was super fun, aside from Alyssa almost snapping her neck and doing the splits in the air as she bounced off the tube! It was a great trip and the weather was perfect! and just to make it better I only got sunburned a little on my face ;)

Good ol' lake times :)

How to Host a Murder...

Me and my friends played this game last night! It was super fun!! everyone was dressed up like the 50's. Ashley and David were kind enough to host it for us and they did a great job! Everyone had a certain character they had to dress up as and mine was Penelope Loafer. I was the twin sister of the guy who got murder and was rich so I had to dress up all fancy. We had to listen to a creepy tape and then each round we would get a booklet telling us more about our character and what we were supposed to "revel" and "conceal" about ourselves. I happened to be in on the murder! It did get our brains thinkin' and took about 4 hours but we agreed it was probably the best game EVER!! ;)

Kell, Holly, Addie, Valerie, Alyssa, Shaelyn, Me, & Lindsey

Valerie (Priss) Kell (Joseph) Me (Penny) & Shaelyn (Calvin)

Alyssa (Rick) Lindsey (Del) Holly (Dee) Addie (Evelyn) 

we will definitely be playing this game again!