Homecoming - September 25, 2010

Sorry I haven't been able to blog about this yet. My life had been consumed by soccer and school. But now that soccer is over I can catch up a bit! Yay! :) I was asked to homecoming by Scott Carlson! He's awesome.

How Scott asked me

I was voted onto Homecoming Royalty! What a shocker! I was so surprised that me, lil' ole shy Jessica, made it onto Royalty! :) I was woken up at 5:45 by some girls off student council and they then announced to me that I made royalty! I had to go to school in my PJ's. It was a blast!
Two of my best friends were on royalty too with me! Kara Messinger and Jillian Schmutz!

Kara, Jill, & Me! :)

For our royalty skit, I was Peppermint Patty off of Classic Peanuts. :) The skit was so much fun!

All that made Royalty

Me & Morgan Wood! :)

Me & my escort: Brendan Lamoreaux! :)

The Homecoming football game, the football team played Hurricane. Homecoming Royalty had to go out onto the field at half-time to see who would be crowned Queen and King. :) Isaac Katowa was crowned King, and Kiley Mirable was crowned Queen! It was a fun experience! :)

Me, Jill, & Kiley Mirable. Kylee was crowned Queen :)

We had 11 couples in our group. Me & Scott Carlson. Shayna Henrie & Kimball Stucki. Jillian Schmutz & Kendall Wilkey. Sierra Worlton & Dyllen Cafferty. Doro Nyga & Spencer Meek. Jessica Hutchings & Corey Kimzey. Shelby (forgot her last name..) & Jeremy Banks. Karlee (forgot her last name too...) & RC Thurston. Megumi Gass & Mike Hanson. Andi Johanson & CJ Taylor. Dallyn Hallows & Ryan Nielson. :) Twas a fun group! :)

The group! I can try naming everyone..here goes from L to R:
Dyllen, Sierra, Ryan, Dallyn, Corey, Jessica, Jeremy, Shelby, Kendall, Jillian, CJ, Andi,
Scott, Me, RC, Karlee, Spencer, Doro, Mike, Meg, Kimball, & Shayna!

C.J. & Andi in their 'costumes' and with their nerf swords!

When Homecoming arrived, for our day date we went to Babylon Park and had a battle! My goodness, was it epic! :) We had all bought nerf guns/nerf swords/bows and arrows before hand and then went to the park and split into two groups.
One group had one side of the parking lot (a HUGE hill!)
and the other group had the other side (another HUGE hill!)!
Then we started the battle. It was just like capture the flag, except the flag was a rock. And you had to try and kill the 'enemy' with your nerf weapon before they got the rock! Simple enough! :) It was so much fun! My team lost...but it was so much funness!

Me & Scott. We went exploring way up high on the rocks

Then we gathered for pictures, ate dinner, and went to the dance!

Yeah that's right! I got to ride in a Corvette!! :D
After the dance we went over to Spencer's house and had dessert! YUM! :) Homecoming was fantastical! :) Thanks Scott for taking me! :)

Scott & Me :)

Catch Up!

Flip, I've had no time for anything it seems like lately! School and soccer have taken over my life!! ANYWHO! Ü So, I'm going to do a bit of a catch up since I haven't done anything posts of my summer or nuthin'! So here goes! Ü
May 19th - June 1st:
We went to Danny's Medical School Graduation over in Milwaukee, WI! What a trip!

We're leaving Denver to Milwaukee...an 18 hour trip...

We turned it into a Church History Trip after the graduation! So so SOOOO awesome!!

Me in the Sprecher Brewery in Milwaukee! haha Ü

Danny graduated, and we played in Milwaukee with him for the weekend.

Someone broke into our van and stole our camera. :(

The Mississippi!

Then we left to Nauvoo, IL.

Lil' cabin we stayed in while in Nauvoo. It was tiny!!!

Now, this place is AMAZING. I love it. I love the spirit that you feel while you're there too! It's just wonderful. We got the opportunity of going to do Baptisms for the Dead there in the Nauvoo Temple when we went! Best and most amazing experience of my life!!! Ü

Joseph & Hyrum

We stayed in Nauvoo for a couple days and toured around.

Me in the Mississippi!

Then we went to Far West, Missouri (i don't know the initials for that state..). But on the way, we stopped at Tom Sawyers Cave! His ACTUAL cave!!!! Ü
That night we got to stay in some cabins in the woods!
That was fun! Ü While in Far West, we went to Haun's Mill,
the Far West Temple Site,
Adam-ondi-Ahman,
and Jamestown.

Notice the sign... Ü

Jamestown is a little Amish town there in Missouri. We saw them riding their carriages!! Ü After Far West, we went to Independence. We went to Liberty Jail,
the Independence Visitors Center, and then to the Community of Christ's temple that is across the street from the Visitors center. It's a really weird temple...Then after that, we went back home. Stayed in Denver with my Aunt Karen for a couple days, then finished the trip home.

Me and cousin Julie!

It was awesome!!! Ü

Hiking in the Rocky Mountains! Ü

We stopped at a gold mine on the way home!

June 9th - 14th:
My mom and I made a trip down to Pheonix to help Danny move into his new condo! That was a fun trip! Just me and my mom! Ü I love my mom! Ü It was fun playing and helping Danny too!

Me & Danny in his newly furnished condo! Ü

We went to Ikea a LOT!! But I didn't mind, because Ikea is SOOO cool!! Ü When it comes time to decorate my house, I'm going to Ikea! Ü

Misty, Lil' Jacob, and Me! They came and said 'Hi' while we were in Pheonix!

June 17th - 20th:
BROWN FAMILY REUNION!!! I love going to the Brown Family Reunion!

Kelsey, Rachel, & Me!

It makes up most of my childhood summer memories! And it's so calm and peaceful while you're up there at the ranch!
Except for when Betsy gets after us teenagers about the A-Frame... And I love going to see all my cousins!! It's a blast! Ü
June 21st - 25th:
Soccer Camp up at SUU. It was a crazy busy week! So. Much. Soccer!!!
But it went good! I barely got sore too! So that was really nice! Ü And my face didn't swell again like it did last year so when I got home, I didn't look like a Klingon! Bwuahaha Ü

Ouch... (that's me in the pink)

July 2nd - 4th:
We went to California to celebrate the Fourth of July with my Grandma Stone! It was fun! We rented a condo that was only ONE block away from the beach! Hoorah!!! Ü

Can you see the ocean between the buildings there!?! Ü

And then one block away from the Bay, which every night you could go to the Bay and watch the fireworks from Sea World! Which were SOOO awesome! Best fireworks I've ever seen! They were at least 3 times longer than the ones here in St. George. The grand finale was even bigger than the firework show here in St. George! It was Epic! Ü Then for the actual 4th, we went over to some cousins house and went down to the beach and watched the fireworks being shot off the pier! I love fireworks! Ü

Fireworks on the pier Ü

July 5th - 10th:
Loren and Nelda Tyler family reunion! It was so fun!
We had a cabin up at Lake Arrowhead that we went to for the reunion! I didn't really have many cousins my age there, so I played with all the youngins

Ain't she a cutie!? Ü

Which was fine by me, because they were so fun!
And so cute!! Ü Lake Arrowhead was beautiful, and it barely got above 80 degrees! It was so nice!
July 12th - 17th:
UREA!!! Ü I flippin' LOVED this week! It was so fun! And I made some awesome friends! (see previous post) Ü
July 19th - 23rd:
Soccer conditioning. UGH. Not the funnest week...at all.
July 27th - 30th:
Girls Camp!!!! Ü

Best of Friends! Ü Me, Kara, & Shayna

This year at girls camp, we had bunkers! It was like we were in a concentration camp! It was SO weird!

Our bunkers...weird, eh!?

But it was still so fun! And it was actually quite nice, because for most of the week it was raining the whole time, so it was nice to have a dry place to retire to. Ü The 3rd day of girls camp we had a ropes course!
It was so fun! It got quite muddy by the end, but it was fun! Ü

We look the best when we're dirty. Ü

At the end of that day, I had to leave girls camp early because I was going home to meet my brother Loren, as he came off the plane from his mission in Fiji!!! (so it was worth it to leave girls camp.) Ü

Kara, Saya, & Me! Ü

July 29th:Loren is BACK!!! And with an accent too! ;)
No worries, it's starting to go away, but it's still faintly there! Hehe, I LOVE having Loren back!!! He's so fun! I've missed him so much! It was fun while we were waiting at the airport for him. We 'waved' the plane down, and then anxiously waited till he got off the plane. He tortured us by being the last one off the plane, and taking his sweet time to come in through the doors of the 'HUGE' airport we have here in St. George! ;) When we got home, he told us stories, showed us pictures, and gave us gifts! And showed all his souvenirs!

Us Girls in our Sulu's! Loren brought 'em back for us!

It was awesome! He even brought us back some brain forks! 0_o (Fiji used to be cannibalistic...) It's wonderful having him back home! Ü

The Fam Ü

August 2nd & 3rd:
Soccer tryouts! I made it! Woot! haha Ü And Rachel made it too! We're gonna 'rock' the team this year! ;) Haha get it? 'Rock'? We are the Stone's! Ü Anywho..hehe Then soccer practice started and summer was pretty much over. And then school started on the 11th of August. That meant summer was officially over. :( And now I've just been up to school and soccer ever since! And homework...can't forget that stuff... :/ But, occasionally I do get some free days/nights! So one of these free nights, my best friend Shayna and I did our Senior Picture Photo Shoot with my parents! The pictures look amazing! Ü I'll post them soon!
OH! And I almost forget. So Homecoming for Pine View is this week! And guess what! I got voted to be on Homecoming Royalty!!! Ü

The shirt is WAY too big for me! haha Ü

What a surprise that was to be woken up at 5:45 in the morning and be told I'm on royalty! It's awesome! I'm really really excited! And I've got an awesome date! Scott Carlson! It'll be fun! I'm so excited! I'll post pictures of Homecoming after it's all done! Ü Well, that's my quick short catch up of my BUSY summer!! (even though it's not that short...)

Keep Smiling!! Ü