Cousins United! ;)

Wow, what a busy summer for me so far! I have so much to tell, so many pictures! But the main thing I want to tell about is my family reunion I had a week ago! For one of my 'long lost cousins' finally came again!! ;)
Each and every year, I have a Brown Family Reunion. This is my favoritest part of summer! I have a lot of awesome cousins, and I have three that are like best friends to me. :) Rogan, Kelsey, & Bethany! We are always hanging out at the reunions, catching snakes and lizards! :) I love going to reunion to see them!

2000 - Bethany, Rogan, Kelsey (and her lizard), & Me :)

Well, one year, Rogan didn't come.
2002 - Last year I saw Rogan

Then the next I didn't go, but she did. Then she didn't go again until this year, 2010! I figured it out by looking at pictures in my scrapbook, that I hadn't seen Rogan in 8 years!!!! Crazy, eh!? It was so good to see her and play with her again!! Hehe :) It made reunion a blast to have her there! The four of us were all back together again! :)
Me, Rogan, Kelsey, & Bethany :)I love my amazing, wonderful cousins!!! :) They are the best!

Dance Mary Dance

I love you Mary. :) ♥
There's a light in her eyes that escapes you and me. From the worries of life she will ever be free. Imperfect in form, but a soul that is pure, her place in heaven is sure. In a world that is hers, on small nimble feet, she whirls and she twirls to an unheard beat.

There's a smile on her face, what's she thinking of now? Is she hearing a song in the silence somehow? Though her voice in this life cannot sing a tune, she has a song of her own. In a world that is hers on small nimble feet, she whirls and she twirls to an unheard beat.

I bow on my knees and thank God for sending Mary to teach me of love. A blessing of rare and infinite worth, she's showing me what matters on Earth. In a world that is hers, on small nimble feet, she whirls and she twirls to an unheard beat.

Dance Mary dance, Mary dance. Dance in your own way. Dance Mary dance, Mary dance. Dance Mary dance, Mary dance.

Song written by Patricia Stone

NACD Cleaning group! :) - 5/1/10

L to R: Top Row - Mary, Dad, Mom, Cindy, Chandis, Wades, Me, Jessica, Shayna, Hunter
Bottom Row - Rachel, Hannah, Kelsie, Nathanial, Aubrey

ACT

Well, the ACT came and went. On April 10th I went and took the ACT. I thought I did pretty well afterward, and then I had to wait. Wait, wait and wait for my scores to finally either be mailed or show up online. FINALLY they were put online!! Today they posted ACT scores online! What was my score!? I got a 26!! I could have done better, but it wasn't too shabby for my first time! I'm going to sign up again for the June 12th ACT and hope to get better! Also, I'm taking the writing portion of the ACT next time. Yikes. We'll see how it goes!! :)

Preference!

So this past Saturday (the 20th), Pine View had a school dance...Preference!! :) It was girls ask guy, and I asked this really nice guy - Beau Jones. Beau had soccer games up north (in Salt Lake) that weekend, and came home that Saturday, so we didn't start our day date 'till about 1:30. The day date was fun! We dyed easter eggs, had an easter egg hunt, and then played games! Our group consisted of 4 couples. Jessica Hutchings & Kaden Cox, Jillian Schmutz & Corey Kimzey, and Kylee Sawyer & Mike Cooper, and then me & Beau! It was a fun group! After games, we went home and got ready, and then later we had dinner, pictures, and then the dance! Dinner was great, and pictures were fun. :) The dance was awesome! Haha it was so much fun! After the dance, we went to Jessica's house and had brownies and ice cream! We were all so crazy just from being tired it was awesome! :) So much funness! hehe :)

On the tire swing! :)

The Group! L to R: Jessica, Kaden, Jillian, Corey, Kylee, Mike, Me, & Beau

Me & Beau! :)

The group again! :)

Gone!

So, my 3 best guy friends are all gone...the last one leaves for his mission just this Wednesday! Mitch left first and went to Brazil; Ryan left second and went to Washington; and Josh is leaving for Thailand! So much crazyness!! :) It's awesome to see them all go, and now I can't wait for two years to come and see them all come home! :)

Mitch, Josh, and Ryan at graduation May '09All of my best friends before Mitch leaves

L to R: Josh, Shayna, Mitch, Me, Ryan, and Jill! :)St. George TempleI can't wait to get letters from them and hear about how they are doing, and hear all their awesome stories of serving the Lord! :)

Jr. Prom Pictures

This is a bit late, but I finally got more pictures from Jr. Prom! :)

Leaving for the Dance :)

Our awesome pose with the water!

Another awesome pose :)

Eating Dinner

The final pose :)

Our humongous group!! (11 couples)

Jr. Prom!!

Just yesterday, I went to Jr. Prom with a very good friend of mine! His name is Kendall Wilkey! Ü And also, he ended up being crowned Jr. Prom King! So my date was Prom King! Hehe it was awesome! I had a blast! To start our Saturday 'day date' off, we all went to Best of EFY (BEFY). I just went with my ward, because my date had to help set up the dance for the night. BEFY was fantabulous!! I loved it so so much!! And then afterwards, I got home, changed into some b-ball related clothes and Kendall picked me up for some games!
We went over to the church where we played Glow-In-The-Dark Basketball!! That was fun! We had light sticks that we put around our necks, and the basketball lit up in the dark! It was a new experience, but so much fun! And a bonus, I made a basket from PAST half court!! It was cool! And the game was pretty brutal, for we had 11 couples in our group!! After Glow-In-The-Dark Basketball, we played a couple rounds of dodge ball, and then played ultimate frisbee. It was a blast! After all the games, we were dropped off to get ready for the dance and dinner. I had an hour to get ready..not quite enough time, but I managed. Ü
When Kendall picked me up, I gave him his boutonniere, and he my corsage. And then pictures. My parents didn't take much pictures, which surprised me. Usually they take more than just two..but here are the two they took! Ü

Silly faces!! Ü

Kendall and I!

After pictures, we headed over to Corey Kimzey's grandma's house for dinner. (Corey is another of my good friends, and one of the guys that was in my group) We took more pictures there and had a delicious dinner! And after dinner, we took even more pictures, and then headed to the dance!
The dance was pretty fun! Ü Although it's kinda hard to break out in dance moves when you're in a dress..haha but it was still super duper fun! Ü
Thank you Kendall for a wonderful day/night!! I had a fantastical time! Ü Ü