Told You So

Well I told you it'd be a while before I wrote here again. I've been pretty busy. But Grandma Owen made me feel guilty so I had to do a quick one. So here it is.

I'm getting used to this online school and after a while it's not so bad. Though I have an 8-15 page paper to right.

I'm also taking "Foods and Nutrition" at the middle school along with Seminary. I'm glad I don't have to take seminary at home or online. I need at least a little social life. Haha. And in Foods class i get to cook! Not that I need the practice.

In case you were wondering what that picture on the right was...its me. LOL. We had crazy hair day at my online school and not to brag or anything...but I think mine was the best. I might have over done it a little ...but I don't think anybody else was very creative. No offense to anybody who happens to go to OHSU


I also cut my hair! And the best part is I can still put it in a pony or bun or whatever. And it look cute when I leave it wavy...I think.





I'll be 15 in about a little more than a month. Scary! But then it's Christmas!! Woohoo!! I'm excited for a long break from school. But no. I have to wait for Thanksgiving first. Not that that's so bad either.

Well. I believe that brings me up to date. Once again, it'll probably be a while before I update again.

Life...is good :) PART 2

Well, as I promised, here is the rest of my life.
How about I go from least important to most.

I cut my Bangs! I like them. Sometimes they get in the way. But for the most part I like them and
am glad I cut them. Here's a Picture. Do they look okay?

Puppies are doing pretty good. We only have two left! One blue and one silver. They are bigger now than they are in the picture. But they're still cute.









The Farm or whatever you want to call it is also keeping me busy. We have somewhere around 50 rabbits, 2 cats, 2 puppies and 1 dog. That's just the animals. We also have to pick blackberries (which by the way I picked 13 pounds today and only got halfway done!), and Goji Berries. And don't forget weeding. That's always fun. Oh and don't forget the big lawn I have to mow. We had a big lawn in the first place but then Grandma's house got some grass and now I have a big lawn to mow. I usually end up doing it in two days. Plus all the other random jobs that keep us busy.


School! Well this year for school I will be going to public school. But only for part time. I will do Seminary, Choir, and Food Nutrition...something like that. But all the required classes I get to do at home! On a laptop! That's mine! Yep. I get my own laptop. The school provides it so there's no issue with the programs and stuff. Here's some proof if you don't believe me.

Oh and I have to give a talk this Sunday so I think I'll stop writing. (Or typing). Thanks for reading. :)

Life...is good :) PART 1

Well. Sorry I haven't updated in a while. But I've been busy. And its not an excuse either. I'll give you proof and just tell you the last month of my life.

To start off, I had girls camp. It was a blast! We had it up at a girls home in Mantua. Some people didn't like it because we weren't sleeping in tents. And I was one of those girls. But I also didn't care because we had flush-able toilets, a really fun water day, and lots of other stuff that you don't get when you go real camping. So there's that.

Then the day after I got home from girls camp, we went to a family reunion up in Afton, Wyoming. No time to write about girls camp there. And the family reunion was so fun! We had lots of games watched movies 'till 2:00am and water fun.
We also made a short video about Mom's and Dad's life from when the met each other up until we moved to Perry, while they were gone. (They had to go back to Perry for a wedding one day of the reunion.) It was pretty funny making the video because at one point I was Mom and Matthew was Dad. And we had really funny scenes. That about sums it up for the reunion.

Then the Monday after we got home I had E.F.Y. for the rest of the week. It was AMAZING!! I had the best time, felt the spirit a lot, and made a lot of friends. I am even going through with drawl because I miss my friends. But there is a reunion for it this Saturday. Hopefully I'll be able to go to that.

And then Rachel (my sister), had her beautiful baby girl. I haven't seen her in person yet but Mom went up and help her for a few days. Which is another I would write about it here's the link to Rach's blog. http://gosslovin.blogspot.com/

So there goes three weeks. Plus you add my procrastination. Makes up however long I haven't done this.

But now that I'm caught up, I'll tell you about the rest of life. Later :) and don't worry. I will do it tonight.

Oh yeah. Sorry I don't have any pictures. I will have a couple pictures later. Plus I didn't have a digital camera at girls camp or efy so I'm still waiting for film.

Puppies!!...Finally!

Okay. Sorry it took me so long to this up. I have been really busy this last month. But anyway here are some pics of the pups. Cute! You need to come see them!! All those who live in Arizona and Florida and are coming for the family reunoin (Jared, Laura, Alan and Robin) don't worry I think they'll still be here by the family reunion.

All of the Random, Funny, Experiences on the Trek

OK. The first funny thing that happened to me was that we got into camp and started preparing our dinner (which by the way did not have enough flavor to it). And the First Aid lady walks by and asks if got the bag of candy that was in our bucket for dessert for dinner. We did and said yes. She said to eat one to keep up our blood sugar and keep us going. That is the first and probably the last time anyone will ask me to eat my dessert first, then dinner. But that's not the funny part. I was sucking on a mint and this kid named Alex made me laugh which made me spit out my mint into someone elses stew!! I looked at for a second and Alex is like, "now look what you did!" So I started taking it out and Alex says to stir it in and starts stirring it in!! No! I finally got it out. I think Steven(that was his name) might have tasted some mint but he didn't say anything.

The next funny thing is that on the way down from the steep muddy hill, the bottom of my shoe started coming off. You know. The part that helps me not slip and keep a grip on the ground. Anyway it started flipping around. After about 15 feet it just came off. Now its lost forever. But I'm kind of glad it came off. It gave me an excuse to get good running shoes. Here's a picture.

The next funny thing is that the night it rained I was sleeping and my retainer came out somehow. I wasn't very happy 'cause I new I would get in trouble for something totally accidental. But when they brought back the sleeping bags they had my retainer in a little baggy. And when I told my mom about this she stood there waiting for me to say the "but they found it" part. It should interesting seeing my orthodontists face when I tell him I lost it. And then a minute later tell him I found it.

I think that's all. I know these stories probably weren't even funny to you. But I had to tell them somehow.
Oh and sorry about the last post that it was so long. I didn't think about doing a part 1 and a part 2 'till after I had published it.

Hopefully I will write about the puppies in a couple days 'cause their eyes are opened. :)

Trek. Oh lovely Trek

*sigh* this is probably gonna be my longest post ever on this blog. And will probably take a while to write it too.

A few days ago my stake had a trek. It started on a Tuesday and we went home on Friday.
The first day we started at 8:00 at the church. Then got rides to a different church and got water bottles and learned "handcart safety." Finally at around 10:30 we take off with our buckets and bags in the handcarts (we got a 5 gallon bucket as a suitcase and a bag for a sleeping bag and extra coat and shoes).

The first day we hiked 15 miles!! It seemed to take FOREVER!! And we didn't even get to the campsite we were supposed to! The actual place we were supposed to stop was 2 miles further. So it was kind of cramped the first night. After that it was all good 'cause we had dinner (funny story for that.) and we went to bed...then we woke up to rain...at 3:00 in the morning. The girls in my company were in between a tarp. And it was working for a while and than it started leaking in and stuff. So we got out and someone lent us a tent. But that didn't do me too much good because I was on the edge of the sleeping that was unzipped. So I was kinda cold. But than Sister Grenko came and told us there was fire and I got warm. Then I found my bucket wasn't sealed so I spent the rest of the time around around the fire drying my stuff out. Oh yeah we weren't the only ones who got wet. There were only a few people who didn't get wet.

By the way is anyone wondering what happened to the sleeping bags? They got soaked. So the leaders took them to the dry cleaners!! (Funny story for this too).

The second day was SO much better!! Since it rained the trail was all muddy so instead of going the 12 more miles we were supposed to(7 one day, 5 the next) we went five miles, on mostly flat ground that was quite muddy, and stayed there the rest of the trek. The only thing wrong with that five miles was that we had to stop every 10 or 15 minutes! It was kind of annoying! And whats more is that we were 10 minutes from the next campsite and they told us to stop for lunch!! Why couldn't we just FINISH IT!!!! Sorry. I had to get that out. But the rest of the day was good. There was a little river so a lot of people went there and washed their feet and cooled off. Then we had dinner which was much better than the night before. AND we had TENTS!! And yes it did rain but we stayed dry that night. I was very happy.

The next day they decided they wanted us to take us up this really steep hill. (Don't forget it rained the night before). The steep hill was across the river and the bridge was too small to fit the handcart through. So 3 or 4 boys took it from us while we crossed the bridge and they went through the river with the handcart. Then we got the handcart and headed up the hill. Almost like story.
They got us up there, gave us a five minute brake, and took the boys away. Yes. They were gonna do a woman's pull. It was not fun but coming around the corner the boys were standing there and they all had a blank look on there faces that said they wanted to come help. That just gave me a perspective of what the women went through and how much the boys actually did help. (hehe). After that they had us hike a couple more miles but that was OK.
Then we came down the hill (funny story for that too) and when we got to the river we went strait through it with our shoes on. It felt SO good!! After everyone got their handcarts parked most people went to the river and pretty much jump in. Some people even got dunked or just went all the way in. I didn't because I wasn't that hot or desperate.

Than after everyone one was done playing in the river the bishops came and we had a little ward meeting thing. Then we got to eat dinner. It was very good but it wasn't as good as everyone had said it would be.
After a while there was a dance. Yes, I did dance...or try at least. I would've been funner if they had showed us how to dance 2 weeks before instead of 2 months before. (They had a stake mutual on learning how to square dance).

In the morning we had to really early because they wanted us gone by 8:30. Nobody really complained about that because everyone was excited to go home. After everything was put in the handcart we parked and ate breakfast and then we all left.

It was five miles to the church we were supposed to go to. It was pretty boring for the first 2-3 miles. But there was a marathon we ran into and the end so it was fun to cheer them on and read everyone's cheesy advertisements.

I think that's it. If I left out details you want to know I guess you can leave a comment. Sorry it was so long. And sorry there are no pictures. I didn't take a camera.

Love Story meets Viva La Vida

This is an awesome video arranged by Jon Schmidt. It's a combination of "Love Story" by Taylor Swift and "Viva La Vida" by Coldplay. Just so you know it sounds cooler if you know what both songs sound like separetly first. //www.jonschmidt.com/catalog/music_video.html

Dixie had her Puppies!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, Dixie had her puppies yesterday. She had 10!! but one died. :( It was the first one and...we're not quite sure why it died. But the rest lived. And Dixie is doing really well too. She is pooped, but good. Here are some pics. There two different kinds of colors. The lighter one is called silver. The Darker ones are blue. (Don't ask me why they say blue). The dad was a blue color I think and Dixie is a silver. Dixie had 5 blue and 5 silver (the one that died was blue). And I bet ya didn't know weimaraners had stripes when you were born did you? But they go away after about a week. I know in the pictures it doesn't look like 10 and its not. That's only 7. I went out there and she had 2 more! Sorry I couldn't get the pictures to tilt the right way.



P.S. Sorry about not keeping a good update on the bunnies. I was kind of busy. Hopefully I'll do better on this.

Dixies Gonna Have Puppies!!

Okay. I know this is a little bit late because Dixie is due to have puppies on June 1st or 2nd. I'm SO excited!! Anyway...here's a couple pictures of her. There's before and after. Can you tell she's pregnant? Sorry I couldn't get good one of her standing up. She wouldn't hold still. Hopefully I be able to keep an update after the puppies are born. We shall see.

Bunnies!! More Bunnies!! Still More Bunnies!!

O.K. Recently we have had a few litters of bunnies. We had 7 litters total. 5 litters died. And only 2 litters lived. So we have been really excited to see these bunnies grow. There are 5 bunnies in one. And 2 bunnies in the other (litter).

So Just today two jump out of the boxes. I tried to take a video but it never seems to upload for me on here. So sorry. Here are pictures of them from when the were itty bitty to their eyes opening to now. Hopefully I will put more up as they get older and we can actually start holding them.

Beagle

We found this Beagle wandering around in our yard a couple days ago. It was an old dog I think. It ended up being a dog who was being watched by someone who I used to do 4-H with. Oh, and guess what the dogs name was. Beagle!! He was actually pretty cute too. I forget how cute beagles are when you look them strait on.

The Cat Wanted to Take a Bath...In The Washing Machine

O.K. This is really weird but as I was walking out of the bathroom I saw that the the washing machine door was open and then I saw the cat was in it!! Dangerous! I'm glad I noticed it when I did. Here's a couple pictures.


And no I did not put her in there.

I Didin't Forget

Hello y'all. Just letting you know that I didn't forget to update this. There just wasn't much to say.
...plus I've been lazy. But just a little bit.

Waaaaaaa!!! I can't believe its SNOWING!!!!!! It is NOT supposed to snow! I was just starting to get used to the warm weather too! It snowed like a half an inch. And it still there! And its still snowing!! I don't like it. But I guess I can't do anything about it.

That's all...I think. Goodbye. :) :P

Patcy

Brenda isn't bragging about Patcy enough on her blog so I am doing it for her. (I'm just kidding Brenda).

The other night she was so funny. She was nodding her head a lot, waving her arms and laughing. It was hilarious. I managed to get some of it on camera but of course she didn't do so well since I was recording but oh well. Still funny. Shoot!! ...The video is taking too long to load. Sorry. Maybe I will be able to get on here sooner or later. Sorry!! :(

A New Car!!!!!

Woohoo! Yep. We bought a new car. It's a 2007 white minivan. Classic right? It's a very nice car. We(Mom and Dad) got a GREAT deal. It's got all the cool stuff, stow and go, AC in the back, etc. Um...I think that's all. I was just really excited and decided I would let y'all know. :)
Toodloo! :P

Junior Jazz

I've been trying to post this for a while but keep forgetting. So if you've seen my other post (25 Random things) than you know that I joined a "Junior Jazz" team.
I joined 3 games late but that's not too bad 'cause I don't think those games count in league standings. But since I joined we haven't lost a game (even though I've only played two games). And I'm pretty sure were going to playoffs.
So...I don't know why I'm writing this because it's really embarrassing, but I lost my jersey. We just won a game and went to get my hoodie and my watch. I took off my jersey to put on my hoodie. BAD IDEA! I really thought I had it when I walked out...apparently not.

Um...I know there's something else to write about but I can't think of it right now!!!*sigh* That would be all for now. Toodloo!

25 random things about me

OK so I was doing this thing on facebook so figured I might as well post it on my blog.

Note: I edited this post on #18 'cause it said that I have blog 'cause I did this on facebook before I did it here.

1. I love animals. Especially Horses.

2. I like to cook. And I make WAY good bread sticks and calzones (pizza pockets).

3. I joined a Junior Jazz team...but I joined late. So I've only played in a few games.

4. Depending on my mood, I can have my room spic and span...or I can not even care what it looks like. Most of the time its in between.

5. I love to babysit. But not so much that I do it free all the time.

6. I don't really like nuts that much. I do like cashews and pistachios but in other stuff.

7. I have only a few friends ('cause I'm home schooled), but if any body tries to hurt them or make them feel bad they will regret it.

8. I can never decide which season I like the most. (can anybody?). I like the summer cause I get to don't l don't have to much school work and I get to play...but I also have to work. I like winter because there's snow and no work to be done outside.

9. My favorite food is eggrolls that my mom make. Or calzones that I make. Than spaghetti and Pizza. Than chille potatoes.

10. I love to read. But only when I'm in a nice quiet spot, not being bothered.

11. I can be quiet, or I can be as loud as possible. Most of the time its in between.

12. I like to sing...but know if my voice is good. Even though people tell me its good.

13. I like to go bare foot almost every where in the summer.(especially in my back yard). Or else just flip flops

14. I like to play the piano and even try to write some.

15. I have a dog named Dixie and I love her very much. I don't care what people think about her.

16. Most people comment on how skinny I am. :)

17. I have a little brother who is very hard to be nice to sometimes.


18. I don't really like cake and ice cream together. Sometimes I don't even like cake. Though recently Brenda made an ice cream cake(ice cream on frozen cake). So good!

19. I don't really want to grow up. I would love to just stay at the age of 9 or 10.

20. I have 1 dog, 2 cats, and 15 rabbits. 18 animals in all. We used to have a lot more.

21. I'm ticked at my cats 'cause they used to be nice to Dixie. And now they're not.

22. I'm the 9th child of 10 children. I have 2 sisters and 7 brothers. My oldest bro. is 33 and my
youngest bro. is 9. I have 4 nephews and 7 nieces.

23. I can be a night owl and I can also get up early. I usually don't do either too much.

24. My mom says I have a good English accent.

25. I cut off 12in. of my hair once and gave it to "Locks of Love."

My English for Today

I guess the title says it all. Today updating my blog counts as English!

I had a pretty good Christmas. I got what I wanted which was snow boots and Mad Libs ( Word Game). Plus other good stuff, but I doubt you want to know all that I got so I'm just gonna go on to the next paragraph.

Now that Christmas is over not much goes on around here. School, animals, church and...that's about it. But YW basketball did just start and I'm excited about. We had our first game yesterday. We lost! :(. That's okay though 'cause we had just found out about the game the day before and we didn't have any practices. So we are going to better next time.

Well, I think that's the best update I can come up with. Later!

P.S. I forgot to say that we got a telescope for Christmas too! Here are a couple pictures we took
with the web cam on it.