a surprise visit.....

So, as most of you know, Lindy, Ame, and Tevi came up!! The first night they were here, i was with my friend Taylor, and my mom said they were coming to our house on Friday while grandma Risa and grandpa Barry were at the temple. Me and Ame had so much fun!
So, in my career exploratory class, we get to use the computers a lot. And, when you get extra time you can play on the computers. Well we have discovered a thing called photo booth. It is an application on those computers, where you can mess around with the picture, while you take it. Anyway, so a few weeks ago, I discovered my moms laptop had it. And, our normal computer has been all messed up, so we have been using my moms laptop. So, it was at the house when Ame got here. We took some awesome pictures. also, we watched The Little Mermaid, Straightened her hair, drew on the side walk with chalk, watched Kung Fu Panda!1 (awesome movie) and we watched spongebob. and took pictures a lot of the time.I had a lot of fun. Im glad she got to stay with me. So there are a few pictures.(we took over 100) I'll do the rest later. My favorite picture is of Tevi!! He looks like an alien!!***Thats how i did the picture in my heading!!***

*Quick Update

Since its late, I'm doing a quick post. New Years and Christmas was fun. But this post is a quick update on Taylor. She was released from the hospital! She was able to come home for Christmas!!!!! I was so excited and so was she. she was able to be home for about a week and a half. She got a wii for Christmas!(its one of the things she wanted) and she came over to our house, and over to my other friends house. She still has an eye patch. And since they had to shave a tiny part of her hair for the draining tube, she has short hair in that part. she calls it her "man" hair. And she loves to feel it. She is going back tomorrow right after church back down to mesa. She will live with her sister and do out-patient therapy 3 times a week. she will do speech therapy, occupational therapy, and physical therapy. She will be hoe- schooled for the rest of the year. I'm excited she is doing awesome! But, still keep her in your prayers. I will post on Christmas & New Years tomorrow. I'm really tired right now!

PICTURES

PICTURE 1: I was strapped to this thing for like 3 hours. I was very uncomfortable. there was a back board underneath me. i couldn't move.

PICTURE 2: they took the back board off, and the duck tape. also the card board thing. i still have the neck brace. ill take a picture of me with it on soon.

MY CRAZY WEEK

Okay, so this last week has been really rough. I have experienced many frightening and AWESOME things. be ready for a really long post.-I will post pictures later.

SATURDAY:Nov 15- We had a volleyball tournament in Alchesay and placed 2nd. we did awesome and it was good to see my Holbrook buddies. we came home in our little bus and were dropped off at the school. then my friend's sister came and picked us up. (us being me, my friend Kylie, and my other friend Taylor) as we were driving home we wrecked. we hit head-on with another car. none of us had our seat belts on -except the driver Taylor's sister. She got a burn from the air-bag and broke something in her hand. me and my friend Kylie were in the back seat were fine we only had a few bruises and scrapes. on the other hand, my friend Taylor, who was in the passenger seat, was unconscious. we went to the ER and Taylor was flown to St. Josephs in Phoenix.

SUNDAY:Nov16- I woke up hurting really bad. I was sore all over. so i stayed home from church and rested. I kept thinking about Taylor all day. a few people visited me.

MONDAY: Nov17- I woke up a little sore but did not want to go to school. so I stayed home. my dad and I went to go pick up my friend Kylie. she was going to stay the day at our house with me because her mom and dad were in the valley for a football game. We played games, watched TV, slept, and ate food.

TUESDAY-FRIDAY: Nov 18-21- I went to school and had a volleyball game. It was normal except without my spunky Taylor. Kylie spent the night.

SATURDAY: Nov 22- Me, my mom, and Kylie went to see Taylor. I was scared but i needed to see her. It was a long drive but it was worth it. We got down there around lunch time and had Panda Express. YUMMY! Then we went to see Taylor. She was staying the PICU. We walked in and it felt really peaceful. THe light was off because they said she responds better in the dark. She was still out, and had her breathing tube in, and her feeding tube in but to see her made me feel that everything was going to be alright. We talked to her and joked with her and it felt she was wake and happy. then we got some ice cream at BASKIN ROBINS-31 flavors, and went home.

SUNDAY-MONDAY:Nov 23-24- On Sunday I had YW in excellence and then on Monday I went to school and did all the normal things.But, on Monday night we went with my dad and sully to the valley for our thanksgiving weekend.

TUESDAY:Nov 25- woke up late and went to my aunt Tennille's house to help her with her preschool while my dad was at meetings. while sully helped the baby-sitter watch griffin. It was fun and i liked helping her. then in the afternoon, my dad took me to see Taylor. the light was still off and and she still had her breathing and feeding tube in. i talked to her and felt peaceful.Then we had pizza at Tennille's house and went back to the hotel. My mom and Mitchel were coming down and were not to far away. The hotel had Dark Night and I had never seen the movie, so we watched it. IT IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!

WEDNESDAY:Nov26- woke up really late and got news of Taylor . the nurse told Taylor if you can hear me then wave. SHE WAVED. it was awesome to hear that. then we went to Denny's. Then, we went to our uncle Tony's house to have our thanksgiving dinner. It was delicious. I love a good dinner.we stayed the night there

THURSDAY: Nov27(Thanksgiving)- woke up and went to Boomers house. Boomer, my dad, Jeff,and their friend Dennis were going to go hunting. so while they packed up I played with Griffin (the sweetest kid in the world.) Then when they left we went to go see Taylor-for me. WE walked in and she was asleep but the light was on. Her mom woke her up and told her to wave. I couldn't believe it was her. I miss her so much at school. but i know that if i pray and fast everything will be okay. then we ate and went to our friend Jody's house. we visited her and the Karges family for a little then went home.

FRIDAY: Nov 28- I'm here posting and thinking about Taylor! have a safe holiday and wear your seat belts.

TAGGED!

1. I love biting my nails. It is a bad habit i need to stop.
2. I love to chew on things. Especially plastic! i don't know why but it is so enjoyable to just sit and think while you chew on something. No wonder i loved 'poo-fiers' so much.(pacifiers)
   
3. I have long fingers and long arms for my height! it comes in handy during sports.
   
4. The worst nightmare i have ever had is of crumpled paper. It is weird but i love folding my papers. In the dream, the paper flashes back and forth between smooth and wrinkly! WEIRD i know!
5. This is really hard!! umm... I have ran for student council for three consecutive years and never won. always losing by like 5 or 3 votes!! I really wish peaople would just vote for me!!! if only they really got to know me and knew how much i would enjoy doing it.
6. I love taking pictures. This year I have a photgraphy class and i really like it! i do really well. *even though i lost a school camera. ALso I have a career class and I always say I wouild like to be a photographer! i think it would be fun.
   
7. I'm extremely weird!! ask my friends. I can be really shy! but when im in the zone, I can be totally random, and goofy! Maybe thats why people don't vote for me!! they think im some kind of freak! OH WELL! I love being me.

I tag anyone who has time or wants to do itor hasn't done it! * WARNING IT IS REALLY HARD!

Nerd night

For young womans the other week, we did a daddy daughter nerd night. it was really fun! You had to dress up as a nerd with your dad. Then, you had to a bunch of activities: 1)Shave your dad blindfolded, WITH A POPSICLE STICK!!!!so there was no ! 2) 3 legged race. 3) your dad had to pick out which pair of feet was yours. 4) you had to pick your dads nose out of the rest. 5) a nerd test. (my dad was the nerdiest! he even wore a belt buckle with his name on it.) 6) tie your dads tie. & at the end everyone got an award. I got best use of sweats award. 7) Your dad had to braid your hair! we toally lost that one. It was really fun and I don't really do anything like that with my dad (without brothers), so i was glad i was able to go and he wasn't busy. This week we are having a halloween pary. I will post on that later.

Science Project..

what a stud
This month in science we have been learning about DNA. so our last project was to "Create a Person" using DNA codes. My person was the coolest, if I may say. I used Max's head with Michael Phelps body.so he turned out to be an awesome stud! what do ya think? Can you see max looking like this in high school? (its not a good scan sorry)

*SPIRIT WEEK*

So next week is spirit week and Monday is pajama day. i didn't have any cool pj's and decided that a onesy (however you spell it) would be awesome, so i called around and finally found one. it is so cool. its big but its cool. so what do ya think, should i wear it?

look what i found

look at the fat on this kid
Don't think i know them *weirdos
Max - look at those cheeks
Pearl
Today I was at my friends house and we were finding things to wear for *Spirit Week* and when i got home i had my mom take some pics of me. Then i looked at the pics on the camera and realized they were from the reunion. they are not that great but they look alright.

When the Family Gets Together...

I know I haven't posted in a while, but I have been extremely busy. well. a couple of weekends ago, we went to go chop wood. and g-pa Barry and g-ma Risa tagged along. I think we had a good time. While helping granpa load wood, a bee stung my finger.i have never been stung by a bee before and to my surprise, it didn't hurt as bad as i thought it would. so after i was stung, i read my book for the remainder time. The day was beautiful, and so were the mountains. IT was a good day even though i was stung by a bee.