time flies

So I am a day late only because yesterday was a busy day, but what I wanted to post was how crazy it is that a year ago yesterday it was Arnold High Schools class of 2009 graduation! A year ago I graduated! Crazy how time flies! Sometimes I wish I were back in high school, but graduating was definitely a GREAT memory! I enjoyed looking back through these pictures and re-living the night!

California Trip: Day 1

If you are interested in seeing how fun our trip to California was then watch this. . . It is only video from the first day, but more will be coming soon! :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtBfGQfuMfQ

yay!!

I have been waiting for a night like tonight!
Being outside for soccer I could feel it getting hotter and the humidity rising as the clouds began to get thicker.
We got home and I took a nice cold shower and started to watch Lost.
As I layed in bed I started to get a craving for chocolate, but then thinking of choclate made me think of YoGurtys Yummy Yogurt!
We went there the other night after Emilee's soccer game and I got the most amazing combination of chocolate ice cream, brownie chunks, marshmellows and raspberries!
I went downstairs and my mom told me she was craving it as well!
It was 8:30 and it closes at 9.
Mom yelled upstairs to the everyone and told them we were going out.
With no time to waste we jumped in the car with out pajamas and whatever flip flops we saw first on.
As we drove, my brother and mom started talking about how they loved being spontaneous! and it made me realize that I do too! :D
The heat outside that I had felt earlier was causing heat lightning and it lite up the night sky! I forgot how much I love lightning!
We quickly went and got our yogurt and then headed home and it was fun seeing all of the tourists all dressed up having a night out on the town, as we walked around looking ready for bed!
To top off the night it started to storm! Pouring rain, thunder, lightning!
My first storm since I have been home! I love it! Love it! LOVE IT!

oh what a beautiful day

Yesterday I began my day with another run on the beach and my goodness I cannot even begin to describe how perfect it was! Cloudless sky, light wind, small waves, clear turquoise water and just absolutely BEAUTIFUL! I was so hot and the water looked to perfect to pass up, so after about 20 minutes of sitting on the sand and staring out into the open ocean I decided to take a spontaneous swim! Now if you know me then you know that I am a bit paranoid when it comes to swimming at the beach so this was also sort of a way for me to start getting over my fear. The water was so cool and refreshing! It felt so good, especially after running, to just float there in the water under the hot sun. I was in the water for about 10 minutes when I noticed three huge shadows swimming in a little school together. The main reason I don't like swimming in the ocean is because you never know what kind of sea creature will come around, and that is exactly the reason why after seeing those shadows I quickly ran out of the water. Normally it will just be some fish, but this time the culprit was sting rays! They were HUGE and only about 10 feet away from me! Luckily I noticed them before they got any closer or I may have run out crying and looking like a big baby! LOL.

As lovely as taking a swim felt, it probably wasn't that great of an idea. The problem was that my feet were all sandy and there was no way for me to dry them off, so I had to put my socks and shoes back on with sand still on my feet. Needless to say it wasn't that comfortable of a run home with shoes filled of sand, and dripping wet shorts!

The day continued to be GREAT with lunch out with my mom at Tropical Smoothie, then once school got out Kaity and Tori came over and we went swimming! It was SO much fun getting to hang out with both of them, finally!!! We just got to talk, swim, and lay out! Good times for sure! After a few hours of swimming we came back to my house ate some dinner and then headed over to Frank Brown to watch Emilee's soccer game! I love watching those little girls play soccer! They are all SO cute and you can just tell they are having so much fun! This is game was the first of the end of season tournament so all of the parents were pretty intense!!! It was so exciting though! Emilee played goalie and they were only up 1-0 by the end of the first half, so every time the ball even got close to her my heart would start racing! Tori and I definitely did our part in the cheering section, and Tori almost seemed to be getting into it more than me! I LOVE how excited she got everytime emilee would make a save, she is a GREAT friend! :) the whistle finally blew; they won and my heart started to settle down!

Tori had to go home, since it was a school night, so I said bye to her and then me and the family went to this new frozen yogurt place! I got chocolate yogurt with brownie pieces, mashmellows and raspberries on it! OH MY GOODNESS it was the best thing I have ever tasted! GOOD way to end an amazing day! Have I mentioned I LOVE being home?!?! :D because I really do!

a night full of music

Last night was quite a night! First we went to kyle's spring band concert. He looked so sharp in his all black suit with touquoise cumberbum and bowtie! :D He is in the advanced band, which meant he played last. So after sitting through the beginner, intermediate and jazz bands it was finally his turn. He is in the percussion section so he plays everything from the cymbals to the snare drum. I remember watching his Spring concert last year when he was in intermediate band and it just seemed so strange how in one year he seems to have grown up so much. I couldn't stop smiling as I watched him in the back and being able to hear so clearly which part he was playing! You could tell how much he loves having one of those parts where if he were to mess up it would be all him and everyone would notice, but he did an amazing job and it made me so happy!

After his concert we came home and watched Glee! Glee makes tuesdays the best day of the week for me! I just don't know what it is about that show but everything about it just makes me so happy! Every character is SO talented and listening to them sing is just an amazing feeling! What made the episode last night so great is that Idina Menzel finally sang, and the fact that her and Lea Michele sang together made it even better! They sang "I Dreamed A Dream" from Les Miserables! They both have amazing voices and hearing them sing such a powerful song like that just made me want to cry! It was SO good!

To watch the scene of them singing together click on the title of this blog! :D I have watched it about 10 times already! :D

a red flag morning

Woke up a bit late for a run on the beach. Usually around 8 it is already pretty hot out, but not today. It was however, VERY humid and VERY windy. I got to the beach and saw the red flag up already. I ran on the beach monday and the water was so calm, it was like a lake! Complete opposite today. The sky was dark, the ocean was rough and I could see the rain far off in the distance. I took dad's advice and ran with my shoes off. I loved feeling the sand between my toes as I ran right on the edge of the water, and loved when the waves crashed under my feet. The water was so warm and refreshing! And as strange as it sounds, the salty, humid, ocean air was also very refreshing as I ran! As I finished I sat down and just stared out into the never ending ocean, and down both sides of the beach and thought to myself, how amazing it is, for even when its not a beautiful sunny day, it still feels like paradise! This is my home, and I LOVE it!

Observations

Since being home I have noticed a lot of random but interesting things!

1. I forgot what it is like to sleep in the hottest room in the house with the air conditioning turned off at night! One fan is NOT enough! So thank you mom for the two extra! :D


2. Kyle (My brother who is 5 1/2 years younger than me)has turned into this man, who has a deep man voice and is more than an inch taller than me! When did that happen?!?! He hasn't like this 5 months ago during christmas break!


3. I knew Emilee was excited to meet Cappy, but I didn't think she would be SO obbsessed with him! He even gets his own bed in her room!


4. I noticed today how different sacrament meeting is in a famly ward compared to a singles ward where there are no crying children.

5. I realized how much I miss playing soccer after watching Emilee play with all her litte friends.

6. I forgot how excited I get when I hear Chelsea learning to play a new song!


That is all that I can think of at the moment, but I am sure I will think of more! It is definately good to be home! Some things to look forward to will include our Biggest Loser Challenge we are starting tomorrow! We bought an awesome scale and we are going to see who can lose the most weight this summer in our family! Im super excited! I have a feeling tomorrow is going to be a good day too, I have a plan that involves lots of exercise, and starting to eat healthy again! Another thing to look forward to is teaching the Sunbeams! I taught their class today (sort of a last minute thing) but it was fun! I am going to take a picture next week with them, because they are seriously 4 of the cutest girls EVER! It will definately be a challenge considering they don't listen and enjoy running around the tiny little classroom, but it is a challenge I am ready for! And I do get some entertainment out of their randomness! Some of my favorite quotes from them today were. . .

"Look at me, I can walk like a Penguin"
"My mom says not to play with knives or I could die"
"Why does Lily get to lay under the table?"
"Im princess our class because Im the prettiest"

Our lesson was on having a body. lol. I cannot wait to hear what else they can come up with! Lets see. . . . . . ??? This weekend was Prom! I got keep Ashley company while she was getting ready and Maggie and I took pictures with her; pictures that I hope I will one day be able to get, but Maggie only likes putting the ones up that she likes of herself. Since everyone was at prom I spent another night with Chelsea which was fun. We went mothers day shopping and walked around pier park, nothing to exciting, but fun nonetheless. I found out today that Morganne won Prom Queen, and that is awesome! I can't think of anyone else in that class that deserves it more! Anyway, if I want to get up early to run before it gets deathly hot outside I am going to need to get to sleep now! Hopefully this week has a lot of excitement! Tomorrow is the beginning of a summer full of exercise and time to go job hunting again! oh joy! wish me luck!