Mormon Prom

On a Saturday in April we had Mormon Prom. Up until 3 days before it actually happened I wasn't actually planning on going. However, then Zack Isaacson came up to me during youth group, gave me flowers and asked me to go with him. Of course I said yes. What was I supposed to say?? lol. Anyways, we went on a double date with Samantha and her date, Patrick. For dinner we went to P.F. Changs (a really good Chinese restaurant). I got sweet and sour chicken and I actually tried sushi. I couldn't believe that I actually put that in my mouth. It wasn't that bad but it also wasn't that good. I definitely wouldn't buy it with my money.

After dinner we went to the dance. It was in Issaquah at a really nice location. It was decorated with lights all over the place. We danced and had a good time for a little while. However, then Patrick started not feeling well so we had to leave a little early. It was okay though. We wanted him to go home and be able to sleep. So he took us to Samantha's house (where I was spending the night) and we said good bye there. It was a really fun night. Then when Samantha and I went inside we talked to her mom for a little while and then we got ready for bed and stayed up pretty late/early Sunday morning talking. Unfortunately we have 9 o'clock church and we got woken up at 7 o'clock by her dad calling to wake up her mom. Her dad is in the bishopric so he was already at church but he had to make sure his wife was up. So we were woken up pretty early but it's okay. I will add pictures as soon as they become available to me.... :)

Best of EFY

In the past couple weeks we have had a lot of church things going on. First I will briefly talk about Best of EFY. This was on a Saturday from about 3:00 pm until 11:00 pm. My friend Samantha picked me up around 2:30-ish and we headed to the Everett Stake Center. The first thing we did was register and find our seats. We had to save 1 1/2 rows for all of the people in our group. After we were all seated the program started. We first heard from one speaker (I can't remember her name). After the speaker we ate dinner and then listened to anothe speaker (I can't remember his name). Listening to the speakers was a very HUGE testimony builder. Throughout the whole week leading up to this activity I was not doing well. The only person I would talk to was my friend Samantha. Isn't it amazing how sometimes the speakers can seem to be speaking directly to you? One of the speakers said that when he was out in the hall he said a quick prayer and he had a strong feeling that someone in this room really needed to hear was he was about to say. When he said this I started to get teary-eyed because I felt he was talking about me. The subjects of both talks related to the problems that I've been having all week and it was really nice to hear it from them. I almost didn't go because I wasn't feeling well but I'm really glad that I did.

When the talks were all done Samantha turned to me and said "Wow, I can't believe how much those talks related to you." After the talks were done there was a dance. It was okay but I was so tired by that point. Unfortunately I couldn't leave because Samantha was my ride and she wanted to stay. However, luckily she decided to go home early so she could watch a movie at her house. I was very greatful for that. I didn't really hang out with Samantha at the dance because she is very different when she is around her "boyfriends" and she's just not enjoyable to be around so I hung out with my friends Jacqueline, Eva, Courtney and Mariah. It was still really fun though! I had a good time but I'm glad that we came home early so I could sleep.