My birthday party!!

On January 13th I turned 18. However, my party wasn't on the 13th it was on the 16th of January. I invited about 30 people to my party...it was held at my house. They were each given a character and told to dress up as the character. Then when they got they hung out for a little while and when everyone arrived we made an announcement...a murder has been committed. Then everyone was given an envelope with three different words (place, person, or thing). Then, like the board game...kinda, they had to sneak around and find out what pieces each group had and try to solve the mystery first. I don't remember who solved it but they figured out that the chauffeur committed the murder...and i also don't remember what weapon was used or what room it was committed in.

Then, they talked and ate for a little while. Then, my friend got a mysterious phone call from someone saying that the chauffeur was now dead. Then, they were given a new set of envelopes and clues. This one took a lot longer. I think one of the problems with this part was that a lot of people kept there old clues to trick people with. But it was still really fun. After someone finally solved the mystery we talked for a little while and then opened presents. I got a ton of money a couple DVDs (Enchanted and Music and Lyrics) and some other random candy and stuff. After presents we had cake and just hung out until 10:00 pm. yeah....it was really, really fun!!!

College update

Well, as I promised I will keep you updated on my college decision. Well, as you already know I've been accepted to NAU and UP. However, I have now crossed those ones off of my list because I have received another college acceptance as well. I have been accepted to BYU-Idaho. Currently this is my top school but if I get into Provo I will definitely be going there. Well, again, I will let you know if I get into Provo or not. Keep your fingers crosses that I do!

A Long Day!

Today, Friday, January 23rd was a really long day.

- 5:00 am~ This is the time that I usually wake up on a weekday because I have to get ready for seminary.

- 5:45 am~ Zach and I left for seminary at this time. We usually have to drive my dad to his van pool too so we leave a little earlier but today he was the one actually driving the van so we didn't have to drive him.

- 6:40 am~ Seminary starts at 6:00 and goes until about 6:40. In seminary our teacher makes the students teach once every 2 months. I had to teach on Tuesday and Nelson taught us today. He taught about the Savior's death.

- 7:45 am~ This is the time that I got to work. I'm not even supposed to be at work until 9:00 am and I can't even get into the building until then. So, I just sat out in my car and did homework. The only reason I got there so early was because I think it's pointless to go home and then have to leave again almost immediately and I didn't know how the traffic would be.

- 2:00 pm~ I got off work at this time. I usually get off work at 4:00 but she ran out of things for me to do today. I basically just made copies of various things. It was really boring. The plus side is I get $15 an hour.

2:30 pm~ I went to the mall. I hadn't eaten lunch so I got something to eat at A&W in the Food Court and then I went shopping. However, there isn't much you can buy with only $20. I ended up going to Bath and Body and I bought a lip gloss.

4:00 pm~ I went to my friend Andrew's house. I watched them (my friends Kristen, Andrew, Emmett, Casey, and Gretchen) play frisbee for a little while. I would've played too but I was in heels because I forgot to bring a change of shoes. Then we walked back to his house and made dinner. We had spaghetti, salad, green beans and bread. If Andrew is reading this he would probably say that we watched him cook dinner but what can you really do to help prepare spaghetti. You just put noodles in a pot and watch them boil...I did open a can of green beans though. Anyways.......the dinner was really yummy. Gretchen made a pie for dessert that was also really good.

6:45 pm~ We left Andrews house to go to a play at Everett High School. We all had to follow Andrew there because we had no idea how to get there. We followed in this order (Andrew, me, Kristen, Gretchen). At one point a car got in between me and Andrew so he pulled over into the shoulder. However, it was a very large shoulder and I thought it was a turning lane so I got over too and then Kristen got over and then Gretchen. Then we had to get back over into traffic. I'm sure the other cars thought we were idiots. haha. We all laughed really hard about that one.

9:15 pm~ The play ended at 9:15. It was really good. The reason we went was because an ORCA kid (Le Button) wrote it. He also directed it and wrote the music and played the music during the play. He's a very talented person. I got home at about 9:30 and watched TV for an hour before I went into bed. It was a very long day. I was gone for 15 hours but it was really fun too!

College!

The time has come for me to decide where I want to go to college. Well, BYU is still my first choice but I also have other options. I haven't gotten rejections or acceptances from BYU yet but I am anxiously awaiting them. However, I would like to let you know about the acceptances that I have received. I have received an acceptance letter from Northern Arizona University (NAU). I was accepted into their Elementary Education Program which is what I want to go into. They also rewarded me with a $22000 scholarship for academic intesity in High School. I was very excited about this. This amount of money will definitely help influence where I choose to attend. NAU is located in Flagstaff, Arizona so it is not always hot. it actually snows in the winter. I think it would be a very nice place to go. I also got accepted to University of Portland (UP). They haven't offered me a scholarship yet but, after January 1st, I am able to apply for scholarships to that school. Before I make my decision I am going to research my different options and the quality of their education program. I will keep you posted on my decision.

My Christmas Traditions

This Christmas my family stayed home. We often go to Utah for the holidays but this time we went for Thanksgiving instead of Christmas. So we just had a nice Christmas with just my mom, my dad, me, Zach, Josh and Jackson.

Every Christmas Eve I plan a special program that we have before we go to bed that night. This time our friends Mary and Sasha Guzman came over and they ate our Christmas Eve dinner with us and then participated in the program. We sang Christmas songs, read the Christmas story in the Bible and played a game called "Christmas Cranium". Josh and I created this game together while we were stuck inside. We got 14 inches of snow (more snow than Washington has seen since 1861) so we stayed inside a lot of the time. Josh and I colored and created a game board and I created the cards. A lot of them weren't hard but it was still really fun and now mom says that it is going to be a new tradition from now on. Then, after the program we ate dessert and just hung out and talked with each other. Every Christmas Eve night my brothers and I sleep by the Christmas tree. We can do this because our Christmas tree is in the living room and our stockings are on the other side of the bottom floor in the family room.

On Christmas morning we woke up at 6:30 am. Mom decided to try out a new tradition and I don't think she really like it. She told us to get up at 6:30 in the morning and make her and my dad breakfast in bed. Then, we would take the breakfast up to them and they would eat while we opened our stockings. However, I don't think she liked it very much because who's hungry at 7:00 in the morning? So, after we opened our stockings we went downstairs and opened our presents. We always take turns opening presents and we only open one at a time (the order is: Jackson, Josh, Zach, Me, mom, and dad). This year I got a few cool presents. I got a Nintendo DS and games for it. I also got the Twilight Soundtrack and a $15 Itunes Gift card. WE also got a lot of board games and a couple Wii games including Are you smarter than a 5th grade (Thank you Aunt Linda!) It was a really good Christmas. Then, after we open all of our presents we are just lazy ALL day. We sit around and play with the presents we got and mom sets some munchies out on the counter that we eat throughout the day. I always look forward to our family traditions every year.

I've Been Tagged

I was tagged by my aunt Linda. Here goes:

8 TV shows I like to watch:
1- American Idol
2- Dancing with the Stars
3- Hannah Montana
4- Wizards of Waverly Place
5- Suite Life of Zack and Cody
6- Gilmore Girls
7- Sabrina The Teenage Witch
8- Sister, Sister

8 Restaurants I like to eat at:
1-Cheesecake Factory
2-Olive Garden
3-Quiznos
4-Taco Time
5-Applebees
6-King Buffet
7-Sonic
8-Johnny Rockets

8 things that happened today:
1-EMAIL
2-facebook
3-played games with my cousins
4-hung out at my aunt Linda's house
5-read Twilight
6-cleaned my room
7-watched TV
8-listened to music

8 Things I am looking forward to:
1-Thanksgiving
2-games with my family tomorrow
3-My aunts wedding
4-Christmas break
5-My 18th birthday!!!
6-Seeing my Grandma in February
7-Shopping on Friday
8-NOT driving home to Washington on Saturday

8 Things on my wish list:
1-get into BYU!!!
2-finishing my Chemistry homework on time
3-passing my chemistry final
4-finishing my 15 page paper for my english class
5-my 18th birthday to come!
6-Having a nice, quiet Christmas at our house
7-Survive the rest of the quarter before Christmas break
8-Go on a stress-free vacation.

8 people I'm tagging:
ANYBODY that reads this blog post!