Moving

OMG!!! I cant believe my ears. I thought that Cedar City was were we would stay for a long time, but our time here is coming to a quick end. Only a few years ago we moved to Cedar City scared, nervous, angry, excited, all just mixed emotions. We had a feeling that we were supposed to be here. So we came. At first we didn't know how to handle it, and now that we are moving again. I still don't know how to handle it. I love Cedar City, I have had many trials in my life, and a lot of lessons learned here and to leave it, it feels like leaving my part of my heart behind. I know that this is a hard thing, but I know in the end it will all work out. For some reason we are wanted in South Dakota, and to be honest I am really excited!!! :D

I guess that the only thing that is permanent is change...

Hey

Hey everyone just wanted to give you an update about how things are going. They are going good. School starts in less than...hmm...10 DAYS!!! and I will be a high schooler. Exciting huh? Well, i don't think that I am really ready for it to start. Well, I don't think I really told you about my summer. I had a good one thats for sure. Up a Grandma's, Kaitlyn and I had the oppurtunity to stay with her. We had such a fun time. We hung out with the girls, and Dallon of course and pretty much everyday we went out to eat with Grandpa. We helped Grandma around the house and it was pretty much our vacation.

One day we made Chocolate chip cookies, where Kailtyn taught the kids how to make them. It was so fun to watch, I took pictures most of the time but thats okay with me I just like ot eat the dough (LOL). Then one day we made Sugar Cookies. It was fun to watch Pheniox and Erin shape their cookies and decorate them when they were done. It was a colorful mess. We just had a great time Thanks guys.

Then this last weekend we went with Dad and Mj to watch my dad ride in the ULCER. It was awesome. For those who don't know he rode 110 miles around Utah Lake. It was amazing to see him crosss the finish line. The pictures are on the top.

Well thats all for now... write again later

Enough with the tears...

I LOVE YOU SHAWN!!

Hey everyone, I know I haven't wrote in awhile. I have just been having a hard week. On this last Monday my friends funeral was held. It was sad. I wasn't ready to say goodbye. It was a nice service though I must admit, but when the casket came in it was hard for me. His grave has lots of pretty flowers every where.

Shawn

Hey everyone, I know that I haven't wrote in awhile things have been tramatic lately here for me. On Monday of this last week was somewhat of a good day. Kaitlyn and I ran through the sprinklers at the park sponatiously when it was dark. When we came home we were laughing and having a great time. I got in the shower and then she did. Well then I heard police sirens. I didn't think a thing of it because you hear it all the time. Not until Mary Jane said that they were driving down our road. We ran outside and saw it go down a road. The first thing I thought of was Pat Bratan. But it wasn't it was much worse. Sorry this is hard for me to write. My friend Shawn had tried to commit suicide. When I found that out my whole day came crashing down I was sobbing and called my friend Chelsey who cried too. Kaitlyn cried hard too when she found out. I couldn't sleep that night everytime I closed my eyes i thought of him.

Well, I woke up the next morning and my friend Chelsey and her mom came over to see me. I found out that he was life flighted to Primary Childrens Hospital at 2 and he was on life support. At the time that was all I knew and I was okay with that. About an hour later I talked to Mary Jane who didn't sound very happy. Gosh this is hard. Shawn had past away that morning. I broke down, Kaitlyn, Chelsey, Emily, and I broke down. I couldn't believe it. Still I can't believe it.

Chelseys mom had some great ideas for us to do. A way to grief. Shawn and I were close friends and I loved him like family. So we bought a football that we would all signed and we were going to give it to his mom. We bought a teddy bear for Spencer the brother, and we also wrote letters to the family. At mutal that night we talked about Shawn and cried. I cried all day. We also decorated the neighborhood with yellow ballons and ribbons.

Before that though we wrote notes to Shawn and but them in balloons to send to him. Well, the pictures speak for themselves.

Stadium of Fire!!

Well, the fourth of July was a wonderful day. It was full of excitment and anxiety. First of all, my MOm drove me down to American Fork where I met up with my Dad and Mj. We then went to dinner, and I went to have a sleep over with Kaitlyn whom I haven't seen for what seems like forever. This all happened on the 3rd. Well, the next day we went and walked in Provo (my skin was crawling it was so hot) and then arrived at the annual Aunt Kathern Birthday Lunch. From there we went to the STADIUM OF FIRE!!!

We were so excited to go. The best part of course was the Jonas Brothers. I could hardly wait. When we got there, Kaitlyn and I were stopped some girl and her mom that we had no idea who they were. They asked us if they wanted these tickets that they had. We had no idea what they were. They told us they were like backstage passes, where we get to meet the celebritys. Kaitlyn was shaking with excitment and I couldn't breathe. So we walked down to where the ticket told us to go and we were taken into this room where it was hot and had a light buffet. We ate a cookie and there they were the JONAS BROTHERS!!! I wanted to run my fingers through Joes hair it looked so soft. But of course there were to many girls. We also got to hear Glen Beck speak and followed him out. I swear I felt like I was in Hollywood walking down this isle and screaming fans were on the sidelines.

When they came on stage I was screaming and danceing and singin every time Kaitlyn saw Kevin she would hit me in the leg (by the end of the night my leg was numb) It was probably the most awesome, coolest, fantabluos concert we have ever been too or ever will be Sadly we had no camera.

My Sister's Keeper

Yesterday, my mom and I went to the movie theater with a good feeling that this movie was going to be good. We had high expectations for it to live up too. Well, I can tell you that this movie was excellent they did an acceptional job on it, yet it was very emotional.

In myself I had a hard time realizing that I wanted to go see it. I thought it looked touching and I just had to see it. Well, I cried the whole time and at some point I had to leave the theater. It was an EXCELLENT movie but for me it hit way to close to home.

Washington Blvd. Car Accident And Baseballs

Last night my mom and I were chilling and watching Confessions of a Shopaholic when out of no where we heard a crash, and then our power flickered. We really didn't pay any attention to it and continued watching the movie. Then my mom noticed cars kept turning around in her driveway one right after another. It was odd but again we paid no attention to it. When the movie ended I got up and watched as a car turning around when I noticed flashing lights. I told my mom and my curiosity was sparked. My mom and I ran outside up to Washington Blvd. And what we saw was exciting but crazy at the same time. It was if the powerline was severed in half. I ran back to the house and got Brent so he could come see. When I got up to our neighbors house I noticed that the pole across the street was lying on the ground and police officers and electricians all the works basically were there. Apparently a man drove right onto the sidewalk and ran right through the power pole, the explains the crash and the power outage. It was a crazy sight, it was if the neighborhood was out watching it. Thankfully though the man was consous (sorry don't know how to spell that) and they took him to the hospital lets hope he is okay.

Before the accident my sister had tickets to the Ogden Raptors game thanks to her work. So of course though baseball ain't my thing, free tickets though, so might as well go. Well, I took advantage of the food (of course lol) and just enjoyed the game. Well, while I was not paying attention all of a sudden there was a foul ball. Oh no! I looked up and sure enough it was right above us. I bent down and put my hands on my neck and bent low. Well, the next second was quick all I heard was a ball hit the bleachers and up I went. My sisters friend, Bryce, got hit with the ball square in the shoulder blaid, and it bounced off the bleachers and hit my mom in the jaw. Bryce's back was red and already seemed as if it was bruising, you could see right where the ball hit. My mom's jaw thankfully was not that bad.

Well, I saw two things I probably wouldn't see that up close and personal before. It was insane.

The Fantastically Awesome Lagoon Trip (again)

(The Samuari) (The Wicked)

Yesterday we went to Lagoon. Can I tell you again it was totally awesome. Mindy, Grandpa, and I arrived first at the park. Of course Grandpa didn't want to ride anything in his words "I need a cold drink" was the first thing on his mind. So, Mindy and I went off to ride some rides. We first went on the Spider. I have only been on it once before but it was fun. Then we went on the rollercoaster Wicked. I was very nervous at first cuz of the straight up and down but I think that it proved to be totally Wicked. We also went on the Samuri. That was cool too. We decided that watching it was 50x scarier than actually riding it. It was an awesome day.

Dusk

When you look at the sky

At the beginning of the dusk.

What do you see?

Do you see the colors so vibrantly showing?

Or the clouds dancing gracefully above you?

Or the sun exclaiming "Good Night" to all of those below?

I will tell you what I see.

None of those.

Sure they are beautiful, but what I see is more than that.

I know that each sunset is one of a kind.

Just like each on of us.

We all dance differently, we all look different

but on the inside we are still human.

Just like no matter what the sunset looks like

it is still Dusk

Lagoon

Today was a fun day. I was invited to Lagoon with my Aunt Mindy, Grandma, Ernie and the girls, and the Wiser kids. I was esctatic! So I helped Mindy get her kids ready and out the door we went, on our way for a fun filled evening. When we got to the park, I was going to wait in line for Wicked, but because of the line we had to wait in, we decided just to ride the Colosus and be good with it. After that I headed over to Kiddie Land (thank heaven for cell phones) and rode rides with Dallin, Erin, and Maddie for a little while. That was fun!!!

Then we thought it would be nice to let Grandma and Mindy go ride some rides so I decided to watch Oakley for them, and they headed off. Oakley is so cute, if you looked up "cute" in the dictionary her picture would be right beside it!

Well, thats it for tonight. Hope you enjoyed it. And I defeintly say to

"Go to Lagoon!!!!"

The Loves of My Life

(from top clockwise) Duke, Rudy, and Dottie

For many of you who know me, you know that I love animals. Especially dogs. It is as if I have a special way of communicating with them. They seem to understand me, and I understand them we just get along great. My mom calls me the "Dog Lady". LOL!!

I grew up for a while without a dog, I don't know how I did it, honestly. But now I have many dogs in my life. My mom has two, they are yorkies. There names are Duke and Dottie. Dottie is the big one Duke is the small one. And I love them both terribly!!

Then there is my Rudy he is so fat and adorable it is hard not to fall in love with him.

I love dogs I don't know what I would do without them.

Love Ya