do's & don'ts.

last night i had a sleepover with the ballroom team... oh my gosh it was a party all night long.
here is some advice i give to all of you.

Do:
> make a triple batch of muddy buddies
> pillow and blanket
> ear plugs {a must}
> movies {chick flicks!}
> wear comfy sweat pants.

Don't:
> don't stay up until 6 am
> don't bring a rockstar... unless you want to be... well you know how it goes
> DON'T put a feminine product on a girls forehead.. unless you want to end up getting chased and attacked by a broom.
> don't tell them your most embarrassing moment... unless you want to be laughed at forever.
> DO NOT BRING ALL YOUR GAME CUBES, WII, X-BOX, ETC. OVER! {boys specifically}
> you know when you are really tired, and you start blurting out personal or embarrassing things about you... ya don't do that when you are tired.

this was a great way to end my summer, i love my ballroom family.
p.s. i'm really tired.

vacation time || part two

it's time for the part two of this vacation, are you excited... because you should be!

on our last day my cute cousin, allie, came down to las vegas for a couple of hours.... in those couple of hours we decided to be dare devils. so we went up to the stratosphere and did the thriller rides.... the view was fantastic and the ride was crazy amazing! i am terrified of heights so this was an accomplishment of mine, pretty proud of myself. 

 ^^crap-ee photo quality

we were on the 112th floor.... that is really high- SUPER HIGH. allie and i were so excited we could not control our selves... i can now finally cross that off my bucket list. i would totally do this again- for sure!

after the stratosphere my aunt and uncle picked us up and we headed up to st. george. after the long car ride, allie and i got huge snowies and scarfed it all gone.

that night we went to go see Mary Poppins at Tuacahn! my teacher is mary poppins, so it was cool to actually see her perform! the cast was amazing, the dances were fantastic... it was super cute. i'm not gonna go into detail about it, because i don't want to spoil it for you people who haven't seen it!

 ^^ my cousin is cool because she has a face on her tree.

sunday i went to allies church, had lunch, and then went home. 

i love vacations and i'm glad i got to end my summer doing all these things. school is in a week, and i'm so excited i can't handle it!

being a kid for the night.

do you know what is fun?
oh i'll tell you! forgetting about the world and deciding to act like a little child again. i got my little sisters and we took crazy pictures on the tramp. it is super fun i tell you, but you can only have a super fun personality to do it. who wants to be with a boring person while doing this, certainly not me.

warning:

if you do this, please don't hurt yourself. especially when you are trying to do a superman and land right on your face... it's not fun i tell you!

also, scream as loud as you can to see what the neighbors will do. you never know what could magically happen. :) 

being a child for a hour or two is the BEST. all kids do is scream, jump around, and act like they are the boss of everything. try it one night and you will love it- i promise.

vacation time || part one

i am finally home from vegas and st. george! i am so happy that i am home, i missed my cat and my bed. vegas isn't a place where i would vacation at, but it was fun. i also gained 10 pounds this week from eating all the crap that i did, but the food was sure yummy.

^^ first night we were there, we ate at Rain Forest Cafe', boy that was a BIG meal. 

 ^^ i had crepes for breakfast and lunch practically all week... boy it was D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S

 ^^ on my "life bucket list" it has: see a Cirque Du Soleil production. so my nice daddy bought tickets and we saw KA. i loved it, but i had no idea what the story line was about... other than that the stunts were amazing.

 ^^ hotel with a million of pools?... we stayed in a pent house and this was our view, pretty fancy?

 ^^ if you haven't gone to Max Brenners, than shame on you! well... you can only go there if you love chocolate- and that is me! everything has chocolate on it, the fries, salads, everything! best chocolate place in the whole entire world.

we left friday afternoon, and i did something completely crazy the last day! to bad you will have to wait until tomorrow to find out, pretty much the high light of my year! vegas was good to me.... minus the pornography everywhere i looked. 

sorry about that || exciting news.

hello lovlies!
i am currently on vacation and haven't been near a computer for awhile.... i have a lot of posts coming up soon, so don't you fret. i miss blogging every day or every other day, so i'm excited to get back. sorry about no blogging!

since i am on the computer right now, i guess i could blog about something! i have exciting news, i have reached 10,695 views on my blog! i think that is so crazy, especially since I've only had this blog for a little over a year. i love blogging, and i am thrilled that you readers like reading my blog. thank you!

i think that is all for now, chat with you soon.

camping in the mountains.

i got home from girls camp today, and it was so much fun. we got cute accessories and felt the spirit so strong. we were at the heber valley camp, so that means cabins... which made it extra special. 

this girls camp consisted of: canoeing on a lake, long hikes every day, star gazing, skit nights, staying up way to late, ice cream at mid-night, hot showers, no make up, eating to much delicious food, testimony meeting, challenge courses, and doing pranks all night long. 

i am grateful that i got to spend 5 days feeling the spirit and gaining better friendships. i loved every second of it... although i wanted to go home because i was home sick, it was fabulous. i've been there 3 out of the four times i've gone to girls camp, and every time i've gone there... the spirit is so strong and amazing. i'm grateful for my heavenly father and the opportunities he gives me, i am truly blessed. 

i am sad it's over... the week flew by to quickly, but i am so glad i am home!

home for awhile.

pardon me for not posting for four days, i've been camping and i just got home. 

and guess what... tomorrow i leave for girls camp for 5 days. 

i am excited and totally warned out from camping. it will be worth it, because girls camp will be amazing.

at least i get to sleep in my own bed for tonight!

just keep swimming.

> utah lake, probably the most disgusting lake in the whole entire universe. but boating and tubing on that lake... makes it worth swimming in that fishy gross water.

> boating and tubing is my favorite part of summer. even though you might die while doing it, it's totally worth the bruises and burns. flying around in the air and having your swim bottoms almost fall off because of it, it's fabulous! it was a great day swimming and almost dying with my beautiful sisters of mine. 

fitness time.

it is time for the fitness post. yay. i am not going to be doing my summer fitness routine, because i don't have one. to me i believe that you should enjoy yourself during the summer... so i'm going to be doing my winter//fall work out routine. since i go to a performing arts school, they kick our butts with hard work outs that will make you sore for days. not even kidding. it's totally worth it though, because now i have a great amount of muscle. i also believe i got all this muscle from drill team, and just because i'm a dancer. 

drill work out//killer sandwich: 

run one mile every day

10 jumping jacks

50 sit ups

25 crunches

50 push ups

30 second plank

25 burpees

20 high knees

the killer sandwich? well the killer sandwich is when we would do all those things, as many times as we could for 30 minutes. (besides the one mile run) we would do the killer sandwich once a week, and oh my gosh it was a painful experience. {maybe that's why i have such a hard stomach..?} we weren't supposed to have sugar the whole entire year... but i sort of cheated. 

school work out:

25 jumping jacks

25 high knees

25 triceps pushups

25 push ups

50 crunches

2 minute plank

we would also do pushups across the floor and yoga at the end of each month. the school work out isn't as bad as drill team... but it did make me sore from doing it EVERY SINGLE DAY. last summer i would do 300 sit ups every day... woah. i know that is a lot, but i really wanted a strong stomach- also a six pack. :) 

drinks:

DONT DRINK SODA. 

i don't drink any soda, and i haven't for probably.... well let's just say it's been a LONG time since i have had soda. i personally don't like soda, so it's easy to stay away from that. you should drink at least 8 cups of water every day... and i hardly ever drink water. i don't know why, but i never come across my mind to drink water. 

drill work out drink: a.k.a the worst drink alive.

2 cups of spinich

2 cups of water

1 cup of whey protein

a squeeze of lemon juice

now blend that baby up! 

our coach made us drink that every single day. it is supposed to cleanse you when you drink it..? honestly i almost threw up the first time i had it. then i decided to put some strawberries and bananas in there, and it tasted like heaven drinking it. 

i hope this was at least sorta helpful and got some tips.  i do like working out, but not during the summer. have a great monday!

kicking off the first week of july.

this first week of july has been pretty awesome. fourth of july, breaking into ryan's house, snowies, movies, and parties. yup that is my kind of week. 

to kick it off megan and i got snowies. this heat wave is ridiculous here in utah, and i was craving a sno cone. 

later that night was our block party and we partied it up for the fourth of july. a couple of girls and i went to my good friend ryan's house, and sorta broke in.. no not really they wouldn't answer their door so i walked in. that's weird... no it actually isn't because ryan and i are like brother and sister. we walked in and of course all the lights were turned off. we ran down to their basement trying to search for them, and ryan's brother scared the pee out of me... literally. later that night we went trash bagging with the boys and us girls and it was oh so fun. 

next day i went to the movies with some boys and girls from the night before to see superman. i could see that movie 5 times because i like it so much.

fourth of july was oh so fun. i was in the provo parade and man it was hot. that parade was so long.... five guys asked for my number, two boys blew kisses at me, and one told me "wow your gorgeous." the fire works were awesome and the food was fantastic. 

i think it is crazy that it's july and crazy that school is almost in a month... wow! hope you all had a wonderful fourth of july!