Cruisin'!

On June 11th, my class, (we're graduating from our school) got to go on a cruise from the pier around the coastal area. All the girls got dressed up (dresses, hair done, new shoes, etc.) while the guys dressed normally (jeans, button downs, skater shoes, the occasional blazer). I had a few friends over before to get ready, and it was really fun!!! We went to school and hung out in the gym for a while as the teachers/chaperones/bus drivers got organized, then we got on buses by last name (luckily I was with my best friend, but the ride was still awful and too long.) We had to wait in line to get on the boat, then we finally got on!! We ate pizza and danced on the DJ floor, sang karaoke on the floor below, and also could go on the bow and on the top floor to talk and sit around. We have a band at our school, so they played (one guy surfed the crowd!) Everyone was pretty much on the dancing floor, jumping up and down and screaming and yelling the lyrics. It got pretty cold outside so EVERYONE was inside (I'm talking 350 people.) The windows were all steamed up because everyone was sweating from dancing. It was SOOOOO much fun getting all dressed up and stuff.

We're moving on! :'-) (that means happy crying)

Ice Skating!!

Yesterday me and a couple friends went ice skating at the local rink. I hadn't been ice skating since.......well............forEVER. So I was kind of nervous because the last time I was on skates, I broke my thumb. Of course, those were rollerskates, and I was going down a hill, but I am much more apt at those than ice skates. I got the hang of it pretty fast, and soon didn't need to hold a wall or anyone's hand. Of course, there were all these little 9 year old twirl girls out there that were doing spins and jumps and stuff, while all the rest of us hobbled along, struggling to keep balance. I was super excited because I didn't fall once!! We took tons of great pictures, too. Our legs started to get tired after a while, so we took off our skates and handed them back to the lady behind the counter. Then we all piled into the car and went to Jay Berry's for lunch. Me, Hannah, and Emma got Italian sodas (strawberry for them, cherry for me) and then we split a Chefs Special pizza (tomatoes, feta cheese, spinach, artichoke hearts) and a Pepperoni. Emma got pancakes. Then we all went back to Hannah's house and played board games like Harry Potter Clue (Lucius Malfoy took Harry hostage with the Sleeping Draught in the Potions Room.) Hannah taught me how to make a PhotoShop, and I made one with a bear eating me and Kevin (from UP) eating her. We played catch in the yard for a while, and said hello to the chickens, then I had to go home. Boo! But it wasn't too bad because I got home and we had our own little family Christmas before we go to Idaho for the real thing! I got a pair of gauntlets (gloves with the fingers cut off), a bag from my high school, and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince on DVD. And also on Saturday I got a pair of Uggs.

We drive to Idaho tomorrow!! I'm so excited!!!! We didn't go last year, so it will be AMAZING!!! Oh and afterwards, University of Idaho made it to the Humanitarian Bowl, so we're all going to Boise! We'll be all decked out in Vandal gear!!! I'm SO SO SO SO SO SO SO excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Finally, Some Birthday Pictures!

This is the view from the top of the Ferris Wheel

This guys is obviously on stilts

Here are some of the long-awaited pictures of the state fair I went to for my birthday! There were lots of amazing animals, including a little bunny rabbit named DOOM. Haha!

State Fair!!

Today I went to the State Fair with two of my friends. It was so much fun!! We went on the 1001 Nachts, Giant Wheel, Ferris Wheel, the Hall of Mirrors, and we spent a bunch of time in the barns looking at all the animals. There are some really weird-looking chickens and rabbits! I got kind of queasy after a few rides, but that's okay. I got a Polish sausage, and a cherry/lime Hawaiian Ice, and I also stole a lot of Emma's kettle corn. I'll post pictures later when I put them on the computer.

Beach Visit

Yesterday was just HOT. So we went to our friends' house on the local lake. We went down to the dock, set up towels and lawn chairs, and had a lot of fun. The water was SO warm!! But there was quite a lot of seaweed. The younger boy, Jack, and I had biggest/smallest splash contests, diving contests, and had fun impersonating people while jumping in. Some of the people we impersonated were Rachael Ray, the Kool-Aid man, Disney princesses, the Chairman (from Iron Chef America), Michael Jackson, Billie Mays, and others!! We were entertained for about an hour doing that. They also have a slide that goes into the water. The goal was to get down to the bottom of the slide without slipping or going into the water. It took me 6 tries. We took a break and ate animal crackers and Cheez-Its. We fed Cheez-Its to their dog, Woody, and made him do tricks and stuff. Then their friend showed up and threw us footballs as we jumped in. I was pretty good, I have to admit. I got slightly sunburned on my face and shoulders, but it doesn't hurt at all.

1 DAY LEFT!!!!!!

THERE IS 1 DAY LEFT OF SCHOOL!!!!! OMG! I am SOOOOOOOO excited! We got yearbooks today, and I got 30 signatures with more to come tomorrow! We had Homeroom, 1st Period, (Mr. O started crying!) 2nd Period, 5th Period, 6th (we watched "Remember the Titans"), then FUN DAY! There was cotton candy, a DJ, someone from a smoothie place, and a face painter. All the lines stretched forever, though, so I didn't get cotton candy, a smoothie, or my face painted. I just walked around the track with Hannah and talked about summer! MY BACKPACK IS GOING TO ENJOY ITS 3 MONTHS IN THE CLOSET!!!! moohaha.

HURRAH FOR SUMMAH!!!!!!

Wild Day at WILD WAVES!

Today was the Honors Society Field Trip to WILD WAVES AND ENCHANTED VILLAGE!!! It was SO MUCH FUN!!! It wasn't the hottest day, but it was nice and sunny for part of the time. We went on all the great rides like the Timber Hawk. But the Ring of Fire was closed, and the Wild Thing's line was WAY WAY WAY too long. We went on a BUNCH of huge water slides and the Wave Pool, and the Activity Pool. Then after that we bought some food, chicken tenders, fries, and a funnel cake. It was REALLY GOOD!!!! The bus ride took FOREVER, though, but on the way back, I slept. We got back to school a little early, but they didn't make us go back to class, we just went and lay down on the sunbaked tennis courts and slept, and watched movies on Ellen's iPhone. I HAD SO MUCH FUN!!!

Night at the Museum II: Battle of the Smithsonian

Yesterday I went to go see Night at the Museum II: Battle of the Smithsonian with my two friends Morgan and Sam. It was really good, but I do have to say that the first one was better. My favorite part was when General Custer was trying to figure out Sacagawea's name. It went like this:

General Custer: Any questions?

Sacagawea: *raises hand*

General Custer: Yes, Sacagesdfjkjhsndjfnm......

Sacagawea: That is not my name.

General Custer: Sacagameha.

Sacagawea: *raises eyebrows*

General Custer: Sack-in-a-box!

Sacagawea: No.

General Custer: Cinco de Mayo!

Sacagawea: *shakes head*

General Custer: Mission Accomplished!

A Pretty Darn Amazin' House

Yesterday after the tournament and the boat party were both over, and we had cleaned up the boat, I went to my friend Brooke's house. She has 20 acres of land, a pool, and a tree house that could pass for a real house. The best part was that she has this little mini-Jeep called a Ranger. I got to drive it! I wasn't very good; I almost tipped us at one part, but I thought I was pretty good. Halle was closer to tipping us than I was!

This is a Ranger

This looks sorta...kinda...a little bit...like Brooke's tree house

Best V-Ball Tourney of the Year: Day 3

DAY 3!!

6:03: Wake up

6:50: Leave for the University

7:30: Arrive at the University

8:30: Well, we were SUPPOSED to play, but there was a bunch of confusion about the time we were playing. We were told 12:30, but then our coach called my mom at midnight and said, "No, 8:30" then when we all got there, the team we were supposed to play wasn't there! We waited...and waited...and waited...and then we started scrimmaging each other. They still didn't show up. So they had to forfeit.

9:00: Rest...shop for spandex with cool print, buy burgers, veg out

10:00: Play (and win) our second match!

11:00: Get our picture taken for winning the Emerald Division

11:30: Get on the boat/yacht AGAIN for a party with our coaches and all the parents and swim, eat, talk, tan...FUN. Even after all the girls jumped in, most of the parents and both our coaches jumped in! It was awesome!

Best V-Ball Tourney of the Year: Day 2

On Sunday, it was the second day of my FAVORITE volleyball tournament of the year.
DAY 2!

6:02: Wake up
6:49: Leave for the University
7:16: Arrive at the University
8:00: Play (and lose) our first match
9:00: Play (and lose) our second match
10:00 Referee a match
11:00: Okay, so my mom and my friend Brooke's mom told me and Brooke that "Oh, we're only going on the boat for about 5 minutes to drop some stuff off." Yeah...about that. We ended up staying on the boat for 8 hours. we swam, we talked, we tanned, we had SO MUCH FUN. We went up to the main gym and hit this cool volleyball on a bungee cord that told you how many miles an hour you hit it, there was a video of it, and there was a coach there telling you what you were doing wrong! It was AWESOME!

Best V-Ball Tourney of the Year: Day 1

So over the 4-Day weekend, I had a volleyball tournament over 3 of the days. It was SO much fun! So...here's day 1!

6:23: Wake up
6:44: Leave for the University
7:17: Get to the University
8:00: Play (and lose) our first match
9:00: Rest for a match, eat, veg out for about an hour
10:00: Referee a match
11:00: Play (and lose) our second match
12:00: Referee another match
1:00: Play (and win!) our third match

Then...from 2:00 - 7:30, we went on my friend's 70 foot boat/yacht!! IT WAS SO COOL! There's this little ledge at the top, where you can jump into the lake! It was really cold, but it felt really good after a day of playing and getting all sweaty. There is also a lounge on the bow where you can rest your towels and get all nice and warm after jumping in the lake. I got sunburned on my shoulders, though, but it doesn't hurt at all!!!

Well You Know That It's Going to Be Alright...

WHEN WE GO SHOPPING!!! Today I was away from home almost all day when I went over to Maki's house, then leave to go SHOPPING! We went to Build-A-Bear, and made circulating bear named Hannaninakilo. It's sort of a combination of all our names. Then we went to Nordstroms and tried on all these really fancy prom dresses. It was a lot of fun, but none of them really fit. We went to this really good pizza place, then we went to Baskin Robbins and I had Coffee Ice Cream, Hannah had Peppermint, Tamie had Cookies N' Cream, and Maki had Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough. We came home and decorated a shirt as a "Rough Draft" for our actual circulating "Thinger" shirt.

This is Hannaninakilo sitting on the fence at a park.

This is the cool shirt that we painted as the "Rough Draft" for the circulating Thinger shirt.

Tennis Party!!!!!

Today we had our tennis party!!! It was a whole lot of fun. well, not so much at first, since I was on JV, we just had a lame party down in the commons with those little orange/vanilla ice cream cups and Butterfingers. But then some of the JV players went upstairs and crashed the Varsity party. There, they had pizza and brownies and cupcakes and soda and KAREOKE! I had fun singing "See You Again," "American Pie," and "Hot N Cold." With Hannah! And Lilia! And Kate! The food was very yummy, and the JV people were wondering why the heck our party wasn't as amazing as theirs. My throat kinda hurts now!

Hannah Montana and Hannah!

Today I went to see Hannah Montana: The Movie with Hannah and Emma. It was a cute movie, and I really liked it. I liked it because Hannah Montana reveals her secret to the people of Tennessee, it was a good plot, and the Hoedown Throwdown is really catchy. (Oh, and the guy who plays Travis [Lucas Till] is really cute!!) I had to restrain Hannah from eating all her popcorn during the previews! Afterwards, we had lunch at Cucina Cucina! and it was really good; Hannah and Emma split a Margherita Pizza and I had one whole Margherite pizza. It was really good. Then we came home and played catch and volleyball, and biked (or in Emma's case, ran) to the duck pond and climbed trees. It was a lot of fun. Did I mention it was REALLY nice today? I wore a tank top, shorts, and flip-flops to the movie! It was like 72 degrees! (Yes, Farenheit, I think you would die if it was 72 degrees Celsius.)

Last Dance of the Year! (And More)

Last night was the last dance of the year. It was pretty fun, but I think the ones before it were better. The theme was "Stayin' Alive/70's/Retro." They played "Funky Town," and that was fun to dance to, because you could do disco moves. And then they played all the old favorites like "The Macarena," "Cha-Cha Slide," "Let it Rock," "Low," "Don't Stop Believin," "Jump On It," and "Disturbia." Afterwards I went over to Hannah (from Chicken News') house, and we had a lot of fun playing Cranium and Whoonu. Emma showed us this strange routine on the rope swing. I think she was in denial that Hannah could actually do it. Hannah and I stayed up until exactly 1:01 am, but Lilia and Kate fell asleep long before that.

After THAT, we went to a college softball game. It was a lot of fun, but the weather was kind of funky. It would get all sunny, then it would get cloudy and windy. It was odd. The home team won 11-3. It was Senior Night, and there were 7 seniors. It was a really nice little ceremony thingy afterwards. All the seniors got flowers and leis. All the other players were crying.

5 Hour Nite

Last night I had a GREAT time with my 4 friends, including Hannah from Chicken News! It was a lot of fun. We pretty much were outdoors all day. We went on Hannah's rope swing, climbed trees, and...of course played with the chickens AND the new chicks!! The chicks are SO SO cute!! My favorite is Lady Bird. We...um...only got 5 hours of sleep. But surprisingly, I feel great! Just a little bit tired. And only one injury! Just a splinter in Tamie's thumb. And Tamie also fell off the rope swing. But this is the first time I have left Hannah's house completely unscathed!!! It was awesome!!

Early Bout of Summer

Today it was 70 degrees!! It was SO nice. We went to a college softball game. Both teams were really good. It was tied 2-2 at the top of the 7th inning (in college softball, there are only 7 innings). With two outs left, the 2nd baseman hits this holy-cow-over-the-fence-into-the-soccer-field home run to end the game and give the home team the win!!! It was SO much fun.

Afterward I went to Hannah's (from Chicken News) house and we played outside the entire day. We went on the rope swing and I got scraped up on my knee, (I don't think I've ever escaped Hannah's house unscathed) then Hannah and I climbed a tree and showed me where she engraved someones name in like 4th grade. Then I engraved something too. It's surprisingly easy to engrave things in trees; the bark was really soft, so I just used my fingernail. We played with the chickens; I held Julia, Pearl, and Lemony, but mostly Julia. This time I didn't have an "AG incident" as Hannah calls it. Julia and Jasper raced, and Julia won! Hannah showed me the "monument" she and Emma built for Charles. It was pretty awesome-tastical.

Apparently...

According to a bunch of quizzes in the teen magazines my friend brought to a sleepover on Friday, I:

• Am destined to marry Kevin Jonas
• am bold like Hot Tamales candy
• have a crush that thinks I'm easygoing
• Am also destined to go out with Jesse McCartney
• Am most like Alice Cullen
• Will go out with a guy friend
• have a fashion sense very much like Alex Russo from Wizards of Waverly Place
• Like casual blazers

And much more that I can't remember.

Who knew?

*Splash!*

Two nights ago, I had a sleepover with some friends. Hannah from http://www.12chickentracks.blogspot.com/, Agent Pizza from http://www.blogofthepizzas.blogspot.com/, Nadine from http://www.candycane-llama.blogspot.com/, and Emma from http://www.emmasdilemmas123.blogspot.com/. We discussed blogging, sledded, drank hot cocoa, and played many games of charades. We had an amazing dinner, and solved many riddles. It was very fun. We sledded down the big hill to a neighbor's house and I mastered the U-Turn!!!!!! I smashed a snowball in Agent Pizza's face (again, very sorry), and aimed and missed many snowballs at Hannah and Emma. Nadine just stood saying wow at the box of powdered sugar doughnut holes at Agent Pizza's house. She also tried to ski down the big hill, but it was too icy.

Fun Fun Fun!