Baptisms for the Dead

Each Wednesday, me and some friends go to the Temple to do Baptisms for the Dead! It is such an amazing experience each time we go. I love going to the Temple so much!! I don't know what I'd do without it being so close to where I live!

L to R: Morgan, Me, Kaden, Bryson, Shayna, and Jessica!

I love to see the temple. I'm going there someday
To see the holy spirit, to listen and to pray.
For the temple is a house of God, a place of love and beauty.
I'll prepare myself while I am young;
This is my sacred duty.
That's one big group! ;)
:)

Christmas Choir Trip!

December 3rd and 4th, the Pine View Concert Choir went up north to Salt Lake City to sing and sing and sing! :) We headed up there at 5:30 am Friday morning.

It's early!!! :(

All of us were sleepy, so we slept most of the morning. By the time the sun was rising, we were all awake and talking away! ;)

So tired we're crazy! ;)

We finally got up to the State Capitol Building (the first stop of singing) and waited for Trilogy to get there.

State Capitol Building

Trilogy had gone up the day before so they had already been singing for a day. They were on day two. We went inside the Capitol Building and sung under the big dome! Man was it coooool!!! :D It echoed like you've never heard any other echo before! It was completely awesome! :) We sung our songs there and had a fun time doing it! (Sorry I have no pictures of this.)

Kara & Me

Then we went to our hotel and checked in. At 2:30 we went down to Temple Square where we went and sung in the Joseph Smith Building!

Joseph Smith Building

It was so cool! We were right next to the temple too!! I had been to Temple Square once before when I was about 9, but I don't remember much of it.
It was awesome to go again! After we sung in the JSB, we had an hour and a half to do whatever we wanted.
Morgan Wood and I went to the Visitors Center and talked to some Sister Missionaries. I LOVE Sister Missionaries!! They are AWESOME!! :D I hope I can be a sister missionary one day! :)
I also went and took pictures of the Temple, the Reflection Pool, some more of the Temple, and then even MORE of the Temple with the Christmas Lights on! :)
After we went over to the Assembly Hall and sung there!

The Assembly Hall

We were recorded and told after the trip that we would be put on the radio next year! Woot! hehe :)

Kendall & Me

Then we went over to the Visitors Center and listened to Trilogy do one of their performances.
After we went to the hotel and got ready for bed.

My Roomates! :)

I also planned some surprises for my friend, Shayna Henrie's, birthday the next day. Her mom was up north also watching our performances, and she was staying in the same hotel as we were. So I planned some things with her :)
We decided at midnight we'd go into Shayna's room and jump on her bed, and wake her to give her a present. :) I got my room, Shayna's room, another room of girls, and some random others, to meet outside Shayna's room at 12. We got everyone there and then went into Shayna's room and all jumped on the bed, waking her up. :) It was fun! Then we sung quietly, "Happy Birthday!" :)
The next morning, my room, and Shayna's mom, brother and sister, all went and woke Shayna up again, but this time at 7. We took her out to breakfast at Denny's! It was a lot of fun! :)

The Birthday Crew! ;)
L to R: Emily, Amanda, Garret (Shayna's Brother), Shayna's Mom, Logan (Shayna's Sister), Shayna, my empty seat, and Katie! :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHAYNA!! :D

Shayna & Me at Denny's! :)

At 10, we loaded buses and went to the Conference Center. We got to tour the Conference Center!!! :D

The Conference Center!! :)

Shayna & Bryson inside Conference Center! See the waterfall?? ;)

Oh my goodness I LOVED it! I had never been inside before! It was completely awesome! :D

Shayna & Me inside the Conference Center! Can you see the waterfall behind us? :)

Me & Morgan

After, we did one last performance in the Church History Library and then headed home!

Shelby & Me

We stopped at the Provo mall for lunch and GUESS WHAT!?! :D I saw Marissa!! From UREA!! I hadn't seen here since then! It was so awesome!! :D What a surprise! Haha it totally made my day and weekend! It was amazing! For reals, what are the chances of us seeing each other there in the mall!? It was sweetious! :)
The ride home was fun. We played the sound game! :) Hehe it was so so so so FUN! :D

The Sound Game! :)

My friends are awesome. :)

Alex & Me

Choir trips are awesome.

Bryson & Me

I love singing! :)

Senior Pictures

Can I just say, my parents are fantabulous!! They do so much for me! I love them so much! In the fall, I asked my parents if they would take my senior pictures for me!

Of course they said they would!

Me and my best friend Shayna took our pictures together! It was a blast! :)

Thank you mom and dad! You guys are great photographyers! I love you so much!

Yes...we really DID run through the sprinklers!! It made it all the more fun! :) And our pictures after getting wet turned out cute still! :)Check out more of their pictures at: dpstonephotography.blogspot.com :)

Sadies Goes 80's!

October 30th, was our school's Sadie Hawkins dance! It was so fun! :) I asked Viktor Petkovic, a foreign exchange student from Montenegro. He is awesome, such a fun date! He has a very thick accent, haha I love it! I love all accents! Anywho!

Me & Viktor! :)

So for our day date, we had a paint war!!! It was so much fun! We also played Duck Duck Goose while waiting for the whole group to show up. That was fun too! We were slipping all over because the grass was a little wet. It was awesome :)

My group - Jumpin' picture! :)

The combined large group! :)

The paint was was epic. I got my friend Jillian really good and then she decided to get me back. She got my hair and face and even in my mouth! :p That crazy soul. ;)

Me & Jill! :) If you look close enough..you can see the yellow paint on my teeth! :p

After the paint war we all sat around and at lunch and then those who didn't go to the football game, we went and played games.

Me & Viktor - a painted mess! :)

My group:
Jillian Schutz & Enrique Tellez
Me & Viktor Petkovic
Kylee Sawyer & Cole Owens
Dallas Jacobs & Nick Rabbit
Kauri Melessa & Shean Gass
Michelle O'Conner & Max Henderson
Brenna Reimer & Robb Hall
Lauren Lane & Spencer (don't know his last name)

Check us out. Hoorah. :)

After games I dropped my date off and then went back home to shower and get all the paint out of my hair. BOY was that a task! I don't know if I want to go through that again!!!

I'm a painted mess!! :) But it was so fun! :)

Me & Viktor. Dad caught me off gaurd.. :)

Then I went and picked Viktor up for pictures and dinner! That was fun! Thank you Mom and Dad for taking our pictures!!! :D (dpstonephotography.blogspot.com)

The group! Look at all the pretty colors! ;)

Green Sweaters: Spencer & Lauren, Pink Sweaters: Michelle & Max, No Sweaters: Robb & Brenna

The Group!

After dinner we all went over to the Tyler's spook alley! Pretty dang awesome and scary, I must say! They do amazing spook alley's! haha :) It was fun!

L to R around the table: Dallas, Nick, Enrique, Jillian, Kauri, Shean, Me & Viktor!

Then we went to the dance! That was fun! After a couple hours at the dance we went to Jillian's house and played games until it was time to go home.
Twas such a fun day! :) Thanks Viktor! :)

Flashback!

So a couple weeks ago my mom was going through her room, getting rid of old papers and such and came across an old artifact made by the one and only: Moi! ;) This picture was made in November of 1999. I was 7 years old. One of the best art pieces I've ever done.

Ain't it a beauty? ;)

I drew the face, and eye lashes in pencil.
The brown face: was colored in with pure chocolate pudding (that's why there's a huge grease mark around the whole head).
The body: made in china. ;) I somehow either cut of the head or found the body without the head. Both very probable actions, considering what I was like when young. ;)
The mouth: a black crayon snapped in half.
The eyes and nose: Marbles!
The hair: Yep that's right. Jacks. :)
I had totally forgotten that I used to do these kind of drawings when I was a youngin'. Totally flashback down memory lane when my mom found this! :)