Senior Pictures

I've had fun the last few days with my sister, we've been takin gmy senior pictures :) thought I'd share!

Its in the air...

No, it's not love but it is a four letter word

Prom.

I recently got asked to go to prom by my good friend Greg. He's a really fun guy and I figured "what the Hay?" So I said yes (not that I would have said no, even if I didn't want to go.) So today I decided to get online and look for a dress. I had a friend offer to let me borrow one, but wanted to look for myself. I figured "its my senior prom, lets go all out!"
Then I started looking around. First, there are barely any modest dresses, or ones that wouldn't take too much alterations. Those are priced high, like upper 100's....Then I thought about Beautifully Modest, theirs would be affordable right? WRONG. Their modest dresses are like 300 bucks! I sat staring at skinny model after skinny model and thought to myself "Why am I doing this again?
This is madness! And to think there are girls who buy a new prom dress every year, sometimes multiple times a year!!!
What is the big thing about prom? I mean sure its a fun night with friends, when a girl gets to dress up and be a princess. But what about the parents or the date? They are the ones who do all the work for this stinkin' dance and they don't even get to wear a pretty dress!
I am appreciative that my friend asked me to go, I'm sure we will have a fantastic time with the kids in our group, and the night will be worth it...but I almost wonder what it would be like to have a penny pincher prom...?
I wonder if I could find enough duct tape to make a dress out of that...
Mom offered to make one, which I might do.
So there is the dress, then there is dinner, and a ride (a few of my friends last year used and RV, Clever? I think so!)and anything else you plan to do before or after the dance....
I'm not against the idea of being a normal teen and spending money mindlessly but this whole process has really opened my eyes to how silly some things are.
The irony of this was that my date asked me if I felt I was "too old for Mormon Prom" before he actually asked me to go.

Can you Say Smile?

Wow. Today has been a great day. actually, its been a good week. Seminary has been wonderful, school is out for Spring break, I got good grades, and I had a stellar "kick off to spring break sleepover" last weekend. I had a WONDERFUL time with my good friend AnNa! she is AWESOME!
OUr night was filled with all sorts of shinanigans...we made pizza, delicious VEGGIE pizza, helped her siblings do barbie hair (actually one of the best times of the night), running to Wall Mart, driving up roads named after dried fruit, eating WAY too much, and watching an old but gloriously good movie.
I thoroughly enjoyed my evening.
Then this week has been completly STRESS FREE!!!! School got out for spring break so I have no homeowrk, no studying, and only ONE MORE QUARTER TO GO!
its been fabulous.
I also found out that my bestes friend in the WHOLE WORLD is coming here to see me! her name is megan and she has been in Japan for the last few years. After the earthquake and tsunami AND radiation stuff, her family decided it best to come back to the states for a while. She'll be coming to see me next week. 
pretty much this week has been full of good news on top of good news.
well I'm am going to go continue my Scholarship apps.
Laugh with someone today! its a wonderful feeling :):)

Life as I know it.

Well, Life as I knew it completely disapeared on me about a week ago. Last week on Febyrary 23rd, I received confirmation that I was accepted into BYU, Provo!!! YAY!
It was probably the best day of my life thus far:

(This is my I JUST GOT ACCEPTED TO BYU face :])

Since that day, I have been scrambling to get all of the things I need in order. I leave for BYU the week of Jun 13th. This means I will have to take my clark finals early, and that I will not be able to go to graduation (yay!..I mean OH DARN! :]) So I 've been working on getting transfer stuff organized and trying to make lists of stuff I need and money I need...these lists don't get along in my head, mostly because the stuff I need costs money; the money I need...ah the vicious cycle of money.
But other than getting into BYU, life has been pretty normal. I sent out my first Misionary letter a while ago. hopefully it is the first of many:

My missionary friend is serving in the New Zealand area, pretty rad I know!

So pretty much my mind is all focused on BYU and Missionaries, pretty normal for an 18 year old LDS girl right?

Well My friends and I decided that we are going to host an Un- Birthday party, not definite plans yet, but I will keep you posted

Signing off with lots of love,

newly admitted BYU freshman,

Yours Truly :)