New Years Eve Dance

I had a comment asking if I went to the my church's New Years Eve Dance, and I did. It was really fun, but at first I was really nervous. My cousins were visiting since last Sunday (they're from Utah) but they left early this morning. Anyway, My cousin is 15, so she came to the dance with me. There was a thing before the dance starting at eight, then there was the church broadcast a little before 9, and the dance started when the broadcast was over. At the dance, I mostly was with my cousin and a bunch of home-school friends, but I was also with some nice girls from my ward. The dance went till 12:30am, so I was really tired by the time it was over. (I got up at noon today, I was so tired:) It was really fun, and I think I'll want to go to more dances. What did you do for new years eve? Happy New Year!



Here are two picture of my cousin and I right before we left for the dance. My Aunt and my cousin did my hair in a really cool braid like a crown on top of my hair, and in a long braid in the back, so it was really pretty. Thank you Aunt Julie!

Happy New Year!

Happy Birthday...

To Me!

Ok, Ok, My birthday was over a month ago, on Nov. 13. which yes, was a Friday. I don't believe in that bad luck stuff much, but I just think it's funny! So know I'm 14 and a Mia Maid (14-15 girls)at church. I'm am getting used to it, but I really miss beehives(12-13 girls) I can now go to church dances, but I haven't yet; my first one will probably be the new years eve dance this year.

Here are some pictures of my past Birthdays.


My 4th Birthday, In the picture: my friend Emily and I.


My 5th Birthday. Emily and her family was there to, just not ion the picture.


My 6th Birthday. In the Picture from the left: My friend Emily, Her brother Christopher, Me, my brother, my other brother and My friend Katie. ( You might recognize Katie and Emily from previous posts.


My Dad and I before my baptism, so right after I turned 8.


M 9th Birthday. My friends Emily and Katie went to see the move The Incredibles together.


My 11th birthday.

My 13 birthday. My mom and I went to see the play Wicked in Los Angels with the tickets I got for my birthday.


My 14th birthday! A restaurant called "Sonic" opened by my house. There is one in Utah that we always go to, so we were happy when one opened so close. We went as a birthday treat for me, and it was really fun and yummy.

Now I have to get ready to do a Christmas post! (You might have noticed I have a very cute Christmas background:)

Fall Musical

Every year our local Home-School community puts on a Fall Musical, which is simply a play with lots of singing that we do in the fall. (hence the name:) This year is my third year and I love it! The first year I did it, the play was Seven Brides For Seven Brothers It was super fun, even though I was just a town girl and a School girl. I had two lines and was and in the chorus. Last year the play was Pirates of Penzance, which is a very, very funny play that I highly recommend, the same with Brides For Seven Brothers. In Pirates of Penzance, My character actually had a name, (that I can't seem to remember) and I had two lines and a tiny solo. This year the play is Oliver! It is a really funny play. This year I am in almost all the choruses and I am a street vendor with a duet (I think, it might be a solo) I have to sing the words "Who will Buy" four different times and then hold it out for a long, long time. The play is in a few weeks, and I'm exited (and nervous:) If you live near us, let me know if you want to come and I'll give you more information about it.


Here's me with some of my Friends in Seven Brides for seven Brothers.


Here's some pictures from Pirates of Penzance


My friend Elisabeth and I.

Books I Read This Summer

I read a lot of great books this summer. I rated them with stars ***** (5 stars) being the highest. This list includes all the books I read from the first week of June to the first week of September.

***** Over Sea, Under Stone (re-read)
***** The Dark is Rising (re-read)
***** Greenwitch (re-read)
***** The Grey King (re-read)
***** Silver on the Tree (re-read)
***** The Freedom Factor (re-read)
**** The Missing DaVincies
***** The Mysterious Benedict Society (re-read)
***** The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey (re-read)
**** The red Scarf Girl (re-read)
**** Angel on the Square (re-read)
***** The Impossible Journey (re-read)
***** Treasure Island
**** The Penderwicks (re-read)
**** The Penderwicks on Gardam Street (re-read)
*** Magic or not?
**** The Well-Wishers
***** Half Magic (re-read)
***** Magic By the Lake (re-read)
**** Knights Castle (re-read)
***** The City of Ember (twice)
**** The People of Sparks
***** The Lost World (re-read)
***** Journey to the Center of the Earth
***** The Red Fairy Book

Sunflowers

A while ago one of my brothers planted some sunflowers, and now they're blooming!
This afternoon I took some pictures of them. I think they turned out nice!

Note: I did NOT change the contrast or color or anything else like that on any of these pictures, I only cropped them.

Sewing Lessons and Babysitting

A couple of weeks ago I started taking sewing lessons from a nice lady in our ward that recently moved in. A couple of years ago my Dad taught me how to use our sewing machine, but like I said that was a long time ago and I have forgotten a lot. (Plus, I am almost convinced that our sewing machine is defective. I really think it is, I'm not just saying that because I didn't know to use it! Now I do know how to use it and still seems defective:( Any way, I have been learning (and re-learning) a lot of stuff and have bean having a lot of fun! Right now my sewing teacher and I are working on a skirt for me! It's almost done, I'm so exited!


Here is a picture of me working on my skirt!


Here's another picture of me working on my skirt, along with my sewing teacher's four year old daughter. (More about her later) Oh, and don't worry I'm not burning the fabric, I made sure I wasn't pressing down for the picture!


Earlier this week at another sewing lesson, my teacher asked me if I could watch her daughter after my next lesson on Friday. I didn't have anything else that day so I said of course!

Here is another picture of the cutest little kid ever! We had a lot of fun playing while I was watching her and we played a lot of little games that she loved.


We played Mr.Potato Head and tried to make the weirdest faces we could!


We also played with one of her favorite toys, blocks! (to be specific, Blocks with letters on them:)
As a side note: She was convinced that the "T" in "ROCKET" was supposed to be upside down, I thought that it was so cute I had to take a picture:)