Independent Music Study

Is such a productive class! Not. I mostly just nap or play with my iPod but today I decided to be good and practice our Region Symphonic Band pieces. :)
Thanks to the wonderful invention of YouTube, I can listen to recordings of our songs and play WITH them. It's like having a whole ensemble to play whatever I want whenever I want. Pretty nifty if I do say so myself :)
I love playing my clarinet. It makes me feel like a boss. I think the hardest part about practicing is actually getting out and putting together my clarinet.... But once that's done, I thoroughly enjoy it!
Music makes me a happy kid! I'm very thankful to have it in my life :)

Dear Boys Part 4

I'm addicted. But that's okay, right? :)

Dear Friend,
I'm sorry that's all you'll ever be. I know that makes you upset. I don't like breaking hearts, but do you honestly want a girlfriend simply out of pity? No.
Sincerely, Best Friend

Dear Missouri,
You should write me. I know there has only been one P day since I last wrote, but I really need a letter this week. I'm dying.
Sincerely, Utah

Dear JJ,
Please. PLEASE!
Sincerely, I'll Do Anything

Dear Boy,
"Hey. Stop being dumb. Come here." gets me every time. I told you I was weak. Round four? Bring it.
Sincerely, Girl

Dear HAL,
Can't wait to eat your food. Serious.
Sincerely, 18 Days

Dear KB,
I'm a jerk. Thanks for being patient. Maybe this is just a bad idea. I tend to just mess everything up. The rest of our lives depend on the things happening NOW. We've gotta be smart.
Sincerely, KJ

Dear Senior,
It's like nothing has changed. Kinda weird... But you are oh so funny. I've missed you. Welcome back.
Sincerely, Sophomore

Dear Peeta,
I already like you. Wrong choice? Maybe.
Sincerely, Can't Stop Reading

Dear BFBF,
You guys make me happy. Thanks for being nice to Bomb. She needs it. Plus, I love your hair!
Sincerely, Biology

Dear Adam and Nathan,
I sure do hope you guys are happy. I'm trying to make good decisions. I really would just love to meet you. :)
Sincerely, Ma

Dear FH,
I really hope you have a good day tomorrow. I'll be asking ;)
Sincerely, Lovestruck

Dear Track,
You get more and more incredible every day. I wish I could just talk to you!
Sincerely, Blushing

Dear Smile,
I don't think you understand how much I love having you around. You make my whole soul worry-free. :)
Sincerely, Ahhhh!

Dear Tubaba,
Prom was epic. Thanks for being my date :) I can't wait to tell those one people ;) hahaha
Sincerely, Kawa

Dear Asian,
Your blog KILLS me. You are so funny. I hope I get to hang out with you in the future :)
Sincerely, Not Asian

Dear Jason,
Once a captain, always a captain. I'll miss you.
Sincerely, Die Hard Fan

Dear Teacher,
Maybe things need to change. I worry about the years to come. I just hope the kids can pull it off. Don't let them down.
Sincerely, Trying

Dear Little Man,
I'm glad I'm the favorite. I've been waiting for this my whole life. Plus, I love getting free therapy every day :)
Sincerely, 112%

:)
Goodnight

Jr. Prom

Saturday March 10, 2012 was Prom. It was so much fun :) Josh Simpson asked me a really long time ago with a 24 pack of Mountain Dew, so of course I said yes! He's a great kid and I'm glad he listened when I said that I wanted to go to a dance with him this year ;) haha
We spent the day having more fun than I've ever had in a whole week! We started out with smoothies at Geoff's house with 9 couples! We played pool and enjoyed chatting and sippin' fruit smoothies.

Hannah always wins...

Josh and I :)

After we partied a bit we headed to Noah's. That place was so cool! We had our own little party room equip with everything we could ever need to have fun! Josh and I played wii while others played volleyball, ping-pong, more pool, and other games. We at delicious sandwiches and I talked to my girlfriends and ate chips! Then we all got together and played a super fun game called Wear wolf. We all sat in a big circle and had to close our eyes wile we played basically a murder mystery game. It was the best :)

Kristianna's action shot!

Of course Hannah and I had to take a picture in the mirror before we left :)

After our time was up at Noah's we headed home to get ready. I was ecstatic that I had been having such a fun day and now it was time to get all pretty and put my dress on! My wonderful sister came over to help out :) It took us a while to figure out what to do with my hair...it didn't turn out as well as I had hoped but hey, it worked. So then Josh came to get me again and we exchanged flowers and took pictures :)

I actually managed to put it on myself!

How precious ;)
He totally wore a tux with a tail just for me. Because I've always wanted a boy to do that.
:)

Since I can't take anything seriously we had to take a picture like this before we left!

My flower was so pretty! And I can't believe I already had nail polish that matched perfectly!

We then headed over to pick up Hannah and Josh and I talked in the car about life :) He's such a great kid! I'm glad I got to go to Prom with one of my really good friends. He made it so easy and comfortable and it was just rad!
When Geoff and Hannah came out we were like awww and headed to Jorgen's. Because we were taking a LIMO to prom. Yep. It really was such a great date :)

When it first pulled up!

All of us!

Inside! It was hard to get a picture of everyone but here's a general idea.

We drove to The Old Spaghetti Factory for dinner. I was so excited because I've only been out to eat at an actual restaurant for a dance one time. So it was kinda fun to have everyone staring and telling us how nice we all looked. :) We had reservations so it didn't take long to get in. But of course, there was a giant mirror so we had to take some pictures ;)

CHEEESEEEE

Jordan is so dumb...
But Emery and I looked cute!

It took the better part of forever to eat dinner but it was lots of fun and super yummy! We had to sit diagonally from our dates so I was across from Jay and it was pretty entertaining. :)

Jay :P

Josh :)

Geoff and Hannah :)

When we were finally done eating we headed to the Capitol! Emery and I spent the whole right talking and laughing :) She's my best friend's best friend. haha so naturally, I know a lot about her but haven't ever really spent time alone with her. We used to have science together in 9th grade before her and Elise were friends so we've known each other for a while but haven't really talked. Anyway it was super fun! She's HILARIOUS. She pretty much had me dying of laughter and she helped me out with a few things. :) I'm really glad she ended up being in my group. I was worried I'd be with a bunch of girls that I was friends with who weren't friends with each other and I'd be caught in the middle, but it ended up just fine :) and all the boys got along too...but that's just what boys do ;)

We waited in line for forever to take pictures :l but they played a slow song and Josh and I danced in line :) Everyone was staring at us but it was cute. I'm glad my date was so sweet :)

We danced in our big group and it was so fun! Since all the songs they play are nearly impossible to dance to, we just made up our own crazy moves and laughed a lot! After a while Emery and I were getting tired so we went for a walk to see the Capitol :) We found some cute little water bottles and they were instantly our best friends!

How to hold while dancing :)

Prom :)

When we were literally exhausted, Jorgen called the limo guy and we walked out and got picked up. It was so nice to not have to walk 2304983059384 miles to the car after being at the dance for so long. I'm so glad we had that limo!

We got in and drove around downtown for a while. We saw the Salt Lake Temple and admired it and had a nice talk about how amazing the Church is. I'm glad I have good LDS friends who will discuss such things on a date. :) I love them.

We got back to Jorgen's and then drove our own cars back to Geoff's house. It was sad to say goodbye to the pretty limo but I was also happy knowing I'd get to take my dress off soon!

We got to Geoff's and most of us changed and we hung out and ate ice cream and played some more Wear wolf. People started leaving and eventually it was 12:45 and pretty much everyone went home except for Josh, Hannah, and I. We put in a movie and chilled with Geremy and Geoff. I played all my people back on Draw Something and then decided it was time to go home. It was daylight savings which meant it was basically almost 3. And I had church at 9:30 that morning :P So we packed up and went home. Josh walked me to my door cause he's so nice and I thanked him for a fun day/night :) It really was so much fun. I felt like such a princess and I loved our big group! I'm glad I could spend some one-on-one time with Emery and get to know everyone better. :)

I got in bed and watched my clock change from 1:59 to 3:00. It freaked me out but I took a screen shot on my ipod anyway. Just cause I wanted to remember it :)

I still can't believe I didn't get in trouble for being out so late :P

What a fun day :) I'll always remember it. Thanks Josh!

Copper Hills Jr. Prom

"Never Gonna Give You Up"

Dear Boys Part 3

Here we go again.... :)

Dear Convenient,
Honestly, you aren't fooling anyone. Stop trying to act like you don't care. We all know you do.
Sincerely, Still Not Interested

Dear Picklzz,
I wish you would text me back. I feel like you don't even care about me anymore. It's weird not being able to talk to you all day long. I wish you were at least doing something important :/
Sincerely, Be My Prince

Dear Boy,
Thanks for teaching me to never get excited for anything. Ever. Thanks for teaching me how to cry and scream and hate you but still have a place for you in my heart. You are the reason I don't even feel welcome in my own "home". You honestly make me feel so unwanted. You've lied to me time and time again and it makes me so mad. At least this time I saw it coming and didn't believe you. Sometimes I have a hard time thinking about what we once had. How perfect our friendship was. But you never cared about me when your stupid friends were around. You left me completely alone when all I wanted was a little comfort. I wanted to hit you that night. Punch you so hard that you'd understand how much you've hurt me. But I didn't because for some reason I loved you. And probably still do. I guess I'm just mad at myself for never saying any of this to you. Maybe because the truth is, I don't even mean any of it. And I would probably take you back tomorrow because I'm weak. Stop being everything to me when I mean nothing to you. I respect our past, you don't even acknowledge it. Sucks hardcore.
Sincerely, Girl

Dear Elder,
Happy birthday! I can't believe you're 20! You're almost to the year mark. :) Can't wait to have my friend back.
Sincerely, One Of The Few That Still Writes

Dear Tubaba,
I. Can. Not. Wait. For. Prom.
Thanks again for asking me :)
Sincerely, Kawa

Dear Piano Man,
Your concert last night was incredible. I can't even express to you how thankful I was that you took time to run through the program with me before it started. And giving me the microphone :) I feel stupid for being more nervous than you were :P hahah thanks for shaking my hand and autographing my friend's book! You really are an incredible man. I adore your music. Thanks for playing my favorite song :)
Sincerely, Band President

Dear Real Friend,
It's hard to be with you ALL DAY EVERY DAY, but I'm sure it's not easy for you either. Thanks for being a pal and putting up with me. I don't know what I'd do without you!
Sincerely, NO

Dear Brother,
When you get married and move out I'm really gonna miss cleaning up after you. Oh wait. No I'm not. :) I love you so much! Thanks for being great.
Sincerely, Sister

Dear Tip Top Tux,
You're hilarious. I'm so glad I got to come visit last night! You made Josh look real nice :) an your dog is cute.
Sincerely, Going To Prom With A Stud

Dear Dad,
Come home NOW. Mom is making us eat basically nothing because SHE'S on a diet. Lame, right? Anyway I hope you're safe!
Sincerely, Me

Dear Teacher,
Thanks for making fun of me today. In front of the whole class. But, I guess I could have avoid it if I just practiced. Oh well :P
Sincerely, I'll Get You Back One Day

Dear JJ,
Call me. Pleaseeee. My dad would be so proud of me!
Sincerely, I Need Money

Dear Kony,
Wtf man?! What you do is NOT okay. And that video gave me nightmares. So thanks, jerk.
Sincerely, You Will Be Stopped!

Dear Smiley,
You make all my cares and worries just disappear :) I adore you.
Sincerely, Melting

Dear Bro Jo,
Thanks for all the lessons that I swear you give specifically for me. You've helped me out so much.
Sincerely, Learning

Dear VP,
I want to hug you. You are my lifesaver, literally.
Sincerely, The P


Whoa. I feel kind of better now. :)
Thanks for reading!

SemCo! SemCo! Party Time- Excellent!

I love Wayne's World. hahahahahaha. Best movie ever. :)

Anyway, last night we had a little Seminary Council get together at Derek's house. His parents were so nice to let us all come over! It was a little quiet and weird at first when we were waiting for everyone to get there. But, soon enough we were all having so much fun! It was literally the most fun I have ever had ever. :) Now for a random recap of the night....

*Note: these are in no specific order. Just things I can remember. :)

Food

Laughing

Brother Waite's cute family

Brownies

Ping Pong

All the clocks!

Barbies

Epic Foosball battle

"Sedarahc" (reverse charades!)

Would you rather?

Shelby's rants about how smart he is ;)

Man Dates

Finding little Derek in all the family pictures

Learning to Waltz :)

Trips to the bathroom with the delicious smelling soap

Kelsey's obsession with babies

The spinny chair and the broomstick

Brother Waite suitless and being called Dad and Curtis :P

Megan insisting we play "snort" :P

Blindfold made out of a long sleeve T-shirt

Crying from laughing so hard

EFY music

Minute Maid Juice Pouches that don't open

"Just try not to bend the straw....dang it...give me a fork!"

Jamming out to whatever came on

Derek's family observing our strange actions from the kitchen :)

10000 pillows

Missing Kate ):

Talking about the future

Refusing to believe we're almost done with this year

BOW TIE!

"And this is...Sister Waite..."

Kelsey and Shelby singing songs that no one else knows

Endless Star Wars trivia

Doritos

Getting lost in the neighborhood

Talking about our favorite high school memories

Nathanael's CTR ring

Derek reminiscing on his last basketball game... ):

Jacob ditching us for church ball!

Jr Jazz

Nathanael hugging people! (does not happen often)

Yummy salads

Friends :)

I really never wanted the night to end. I almost couldn't believe we'd been there for 5 hours when we left. I'm just so thankful to have these kids as friends. They make my life so interesting. :) We're all so different it's amazing we can even work together... but, we have one thing in common- we love to serve the kids of Copper Hills Seminary. It's incredible how close we've become this year. I think that's one of the things I'll miss most about high school... all those kids mean the world to me. I'm just very thankful to have been placed in this calling to serve with such awesome people. :)

And now it is time for my sister's birthday party.

I. Am. So. Excited.

:)

And this made me laugh. So enjoy :)

^^^ I think they're cool now. :)