Special Olympics

had the opportunity to go to special olympics at fullerton on friday- so much fun. i love seeing the kids' faces light up when they walk down the path with everyone cheering for them. my kid was paul~ about thirteen, I would guess. he liked to go around trying to pop all the other kids' balloons, so i always had to be on the lookout, but he was so sorry after he had done it:) we had a lot of fun.

JSB and Danielle

Friday was JSB. We had a half day, which was great.
heres the outline:
drove Joseph home,
went To TJs and the party store where I ordered two dozen balloons for Danielle's bday,
played phone tag with Bethany,
took a shower,
hair in curlers,
Beth came over in the middle of this.
Then we had several hours to talk, which was great.
Then, we took curlers out, and did my hair,
she did my makeup,
she had to leave,
Grace came,
Danielle came,
we all left to go to Chantal's, where a limo drove us to the Hilton in Irvine- after we took plenty of photos:)
JSB was pretty fun, in a different way. I definitely think I had more fun Junior year, though. But it was still cool.

After that, we all piled back into the limo to my house, where Danielle, Amy, Kamille, Grace, and I were sleeping. The room was full of balloons, and we talked until about 2? Then someone wanted to watch a movie, but I fell asleep in the first 5 mins then woke up at 3:30 to turn it off. Then I slept on the air mattress, and forced Grace off apparently, bc Daniell e was hogging the bed. Danielle had to leave early, but the rest of us had breakfast of pancakes and strawberries at about 9. Everyone except Grace left at 10. Grace took a shower, I took a shower. We watched the movie from the previous night (slumdog) and then went to Georges Greek food (or something like that) on 2nd street- where I almost had to teach Grace how to // park. Then I went home and slept from 4-7, and drew a picture from 7-12. And that was basically my weekend. tah-dah!

DC

Because I haven't updated in awhile, and I just came back from a trip to DC/Virginia, I'm going to post, but I'll try to keep it semi brief. We left on Easter, and arrived at about 8. I may get the days mixed up, but heres what we did, to the best of my remembrence. Actually, I have no idea what we did on what day, so forget that! We went to Arlington national cemetary, the capitol, smithsonian history museum, an art museum, and lots of different monuments. One of the coolest parts was definitely seeing the declaration and constitution! On wednesday, we drove down to virginia, where we wandered around colonial williamsburg thursday. friday we drove back to the airport, and arrived home around 8. I must say, everything was fun, and went well. I only wish danielle could have resisted punching me in the eye:)

Updated Life

This week has been intensely stressful! Beginning of the week wasn't too bad, I was trying to get ahead on some studying so I wouldn't be swamped Wed/Thurs night, but ofcourse I still was. I had an English test over 26 poems. yech! Part two is on Monday. To make it all worse, though, my computer finally gave up! The hard-drive crashed... poor baby. So last night my dad and I went out to find a new one, bought one, and brought it home. Unfortunately the person who set up the wireless internet account the first time forgot all the info or something. So now I'm at work on the internet because I can't get on at home:)

Fun stuff...

this whole week i have had a very minimal amount of homework due to broadway showcase which is amazing. yesterday was fun- long. i went to south coast with danielle, her mom, amy, and her mom- looking for jsb dresses. they were only able to stay until about 4:30ish, so my mom came over from school after that, and she and i went around looking. my feet felt like we covered every inch of the mall! so did my moms. she ended up taking her shoes off and walking barefoot. dont often see that at south coast. it made me happy. had dinner at the nordstroms restaurant- very yummy pizza. i did finally find a dress, and i love it.
today, i am at work. i have one more paragraph to write for an essay, and a simple Bible worksheet. overall, a good weekend so far.

one complaint- the sun has disappeared:(

3 day weekend...

I am so excited. First of all the sunshine has made my week. Then, all week we;ve had very little homework because of all the practicing for broadway. And then we have tomorrow off:) Hopefully just a relaxing day, and then in the afternoon looking for a dress with amy and danielle. Lets see what happens!

Think About Summer

I love this picture. I get an email every day from a website of maybe 40 artists who paint a picture a day (or are supposed to), and this was one of the pictures for today. I love it!! It makes me want summer even more. To drink Jamba Juice, and go summer clothes shopping, and just sit int the sun:) Which I got to do for awhile today.

books<3

They made my day today! One in particular. I was in the school library today, returning a book, and they had four or five boxes of books that they were giving away for free. Anyways, I found one that I used to love and is no longer being printed:) yay.

do you ever feel boring?

I spent the weekend with my sister, and wow. She and Ben are just so interesting that I feel so boring around them:) They are both so smart. It makes me wish I cared about learning. I think it is important, but only so far as it will get me to my next step in life. They love it, and ask them about anything, and they can give you five facts about whatever you ask. It is amazing. I love them. I love hanging around them. They always make me want to change. I am who I am, though. The most I can do is let more of my personality out because I am me and not them.
Did that make any sense?


Anyways. My mom and I left Friday morning. We arrived, wandered around Sacramento, looked at some great neighborhoods, had a great lunch- best burger I've ever eaten! We hung around her apartment that afternoon- Ben came home. Then Mom and Mary went to get a canvas to paint on, and Ben and I played a game.
Saturday we went to my cousin's wedding. Got to see a lot of my family, which was awesome. I got to sit with some of my cousins, which was amazing. That pretty much took all Saturday.
We had to leave early this morning, but it was nice to be able to relax at home before going back to school.

I can no longer fight it. I have senioritis B.A.D! Summer should get here pronto. Oh, and I'm craving the beach!!!!!!!!!!!!! Go with me?????

princess and the pea

driving home toady was quite a story. i was going down del amo as i usually do, and at an intersection, i had to wait for this poor guy. the signal was green, and the cars were backed up. some guy had dropped a notebook and all his papers were scattered around on the street. maybe his girlfriend dumped him, and then threw him and his notebook out the car window, but whatever happened, i felt awful imagining what i would feel if i had to go around picking up all the papers. then a few streets further down, i saw one small pickup with the back filled with probably a dozen mattresses. i would have counted, but it turned to corner. but there really were twelve all roped together. so anyways, that made me think of the princess and the pea.

As you can probably tell, nothing momentous has been happening lately, so i decided to write about my drive home:)
have a great weekend!

Evolution of Dance

this clip really is the greatest! watach it when you have time to see all of it>>>

A thousand times I've failed......

...Still Your mercy remains And should I stumble againI’m caught in Your graceEverlastingYour light will shine when all else fadesNever endingYour glory goes beyond all fame
Your will above all elseMy purpose remainsThe art of losing myselfIn bringing You praiseEverlastingYour light will shine when all else fadesNever endingYour glory goes beyond all fame
In my heart and my soulLord I give You controlConsume me from the inside outLord let justice and praiseBecome my embraceTo love you from the inside out
EverlastingYour light will shine when all else fadesNever endingYour glory goes beyond all fameAnd the cry of my heartIs to bring You praiseFrom the inside outLord my soul cries out


this song has been running through my head, and i love it!