My Culminating Exhibition

At my high school we are required to complete and pass a Culminating Exhibition (CE) to graduate. I have been preparing for this for a long time. It has to be 15 minutes long and we have to talk about three different questions "Who am I", "Where am I going", and "How am I going to get there?" I created a powerpoint about these three questions. It was 26 slides long. Anyways, I presented mine today. I was really nervous and stressed out this morning. You can ask my mom. I was bitter and annoyed at EVERYTHING.

When I got there I put on my powerpoint and I started the presentation. Then when I got to the second slide a movie of me playing the piano was supposed to play. However, it didn't play and I didn't know why. One of the teachers said it's because I forgot to save it on my flash drive. I KNEW I FORGOT SOMETHING! Anyways, after this little glitch I started to really worry. What if the rest of presentation was as bad as this. However, I basically overlooked this little problem and continued on with my presentation and the rest of it went surprisingly smooth.

At the end the panel of teachers had the opportunity to comment and ask questions. One of the teachers said that they appreciated how organized my binder was (I organized it into like 8 sections). One of the teachers also said how they liked that I just continued with my presentation. They said that it was good how I just overlooked my technical difficulty at the beginning and moved right on through. They said that was something a teacher has to do often. That made me feel good that although I had an issue at the beginning they found a compliment for it.

I really thought I wasn't go to do very well and I was afraid that I wasn't going to pass. BUT I PASSED!! Now I am done with all of my high school requirement! YAY!!!

Tolo

This year Tolo was on March 14th, 2009. Tolo is like Sadies or Preference (aka Girls Choice). So, me and my friend Samantha got a group of people together and we planned the whole thing. Our group was as follows:

Samantha and Barry
Shay and Ethan
Me and Zack Isaacson

The first thing that we did was go to Funtasia. Funtasia is an arcade place with video games, bumper cars, lazer tag, mini golf and other things. The first thing we did when we got there was go and play mini golf. It was really fun. We didn't keep score, so we don't know who won. After mini golf it started to rain so we went inside to play lazer tag. We played girls vs. guys and the guys won. After lazer tag we went out side and raced cars. That was fun too except it was really, really cold outside. After we did all of this we got quarters out of the machine and played arcade games. We split up as couples and decided that whoever got the most tickets would win (we didn't have a prize though). Shay's team won that. I think she had two times as many tickets as me and Zack did.

We left Funtasia around 5:30 (we got there around 3) and we headed back to my house. At my house we made pizzas as teams and we played Mau (a card game). After we were done making and eating our pizzas we talked for a little while and then we headed down to Samantha's house.

When we got to Samantha's house we played Rock Band (a Wii game) and just hung out for awhile. Then we had banana splits for dessert. After dessert we went back into their family room and just talked and watched funny YouTube videos (You should really check out "David After Dentist" on YouTube). It was really fun. After we watched a couple videos Shay and Ethan left but Samantha, Barry, Me, and Zack stayed to hang out for awhile. We thought we would leave around 10 or something. However, we just kept talking and lost track of time. The guys didn't end up leaving until about 12:10 and after we said good-bye to them I went back into Samantha's house to talk for a little while. I don't think I left her house until 12:30 or 12:45.

The date was WAY fun...and it lasted 10 hours. We couldn't believe that it last so long but it really didn't feel like it.

25 random things

Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a post with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.

1. I was born in Provo, Utah
2. I volunteer in a kindergarten class
3. I currently want to be a kindergarten teacher when I "grow up" (this could change but I'm almost positive that it won't)
4. I used to be deathly afraid of dogs (long story!)...but I've gotten over that fear
5. My middle name is Kathleen, my mom's first name
6. I moved to Washington when I was really little (like 3 months old) and I've lived here ever since.
7. I am the oldest kid in my family
8. I have three brothers (Zach~15, Josh~8, and Jackson~6)
9. I love marine life and the ocean(I used to want to be a marine biologist but I changed my mind)
10. I attend ORCA (Ocean Research College Academy) and I have since the beginning of my junior year.
11. I love to cook.
12. I enjoy listening to most kinds of music.
13. The farthest I have ever traveled is Florida (my mom really doesn't like planes so we usually go to places like Utah and California so we can drive instead of fly)
14. I've been playing the piano for about 8 or 9 years now.
15. This summer I had the opportunity of seeing Shrek the Musical and The Phantom of the Opera...both AMAZING shows.
16. This Summer I babysat for a lady in Shrek the Musical. It was so much fun and I enjoyed it a lot.
17. Most of my family lives either in California or Utah (with various others scattered around)
18. I broke my ankle when I was younger and now I have a "loose bone" in my foot and it still hurts to walk sometimes (about 9 years later)
19. I never miss an episode of American Idol or Dancing With the Stars. They are my favorites!!
20. When I graduate in June (on June 7th and June 9th) I will receive both my high school diploma and my associates degree.
21. I actually enjoy school (most of the time). I am looking forward to taking Botany next quarter.
22. At the end of 5th grade we moved to Lake Stevens and then right after I turned 16 we moved to another house in Lake Stevens and we live there now.
23. When I graduate high school my goal is to attend either BYU-Provo or BYU-Idaho (right now I'm still waiting for my acceptance to BYU-Provo but I'm already accepted to Idaho)
24. My favorite colors are blue and purple (today....it tends to change frequently)
25. I have AMAZING friends. I don't know what I would do without them.

Now, I tag anyone that reads this blog. So, get on it! I'm sure you can think of things to write. It's not that difficult...haha

Date night!

Yesterday, January 31st, 2009 I went on a date with Zack Isaacson along with my friend Samantha and her date Ian DuPape.

Well...it's actually kinda funny how this even started so I will start from the beginning. So...Samantha and I have been hanging out every Saturday (we are very sad that we will be missing two Saturdays while I'm in utah...haha). Anyways, we planned to have a movie night yesterday. Then Samantha got asked out on a date so she was planning on coming over but then, randomly, she asked me if I would ever go on a date with a guy in our ward named Derrick. I told her "probably not". Then she texted me back and said..."okay. Who would you go on a date with?" I gave her two ideas (Barry West and Zack Isaacson). So then she said..."okay..." and that's all I heard from her for awhile. Then I was getting anxious and I'm like..."what are you gonna do". And she said three simple words "work some magic". So, I didn't know who I was going with (although I had some idea), what we were doing or where we were going.

Then, like a day or two before the date she finally told me who I was going with (Zack Isaacson) and then we decided that she should come over and hang out for a little while before the date so she came over and we just talked for like four hours. It was crazy. haha. Then we went downstairs about 15 minutes before they were supposed to get to my house and talked to my mom for a couple minutes. The first thing she said when we got down there was that she didn't want any "hanky, panky". Okay....right.................we had no idea what that meant. However, she told us and I think we kinda wish we still didn't know. She said she was going to say that to the guys too...and guess what....SHE DID!!! However, she didn't tell them what it meant. They kept bugging us about it the whole date...they wanted to know what it mean. They finally kinda figured it out today when they went and asked my mom again but she didn't tell them whatshe told us which made us happy.

Anyways, when we finally left on the date we first headed to the Everett Mall. There we ate Panda Express and just talked for awhile. While we were sitting there we saw our friend Shay Frenzel walk by with her boyfriend. Ian threw a paper towel at him and it almost hit him but he didn't even notice. It was really funny.

After we were done with Panda Express we wandered around the mall because we had awhile until the movie started. We went into different stores and got gum balls from different machines. It was fun. When we went into Bath and Body we were talking about how much money we have and Samantha said "I have 25". The lady that was working there said, "You have 25 what? Boys?" And we all started laughing. However, as Samantha was laughing she wasn't paying attention to where she was going and she ran over a little kid. He was probably 4 or 5. She felt So bad afterwards.

So, after running over children and walking around the mall we headed to the movie theater and we saw Paul Blart: Mall Cop. It was actually really funny! When the movie was over we went to Cold Stone and got ice cream. After we got ice cream we went to the lake and just hung out for awhile. It was really fun!! I got home around midnight and then Samantha started texting me and then I talked to my friend on the facebook until about 1. I didn't end up falling asleep until 1:30 or 2 and we have to be at church at 9:00 in the morning. I didn't get much sleep but it was still WAY fun!!!!

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!