Come Fly With Me

Wow. I am SO behind on this one but I didnt just want to skip over it.

Prom was a month ago and im just now getting around to blogging about it.

Our theme for Prom was "Come Fly With Me" by Frank Sinatra

 It was so much fun. Everything from getting asked and every minute after that. :)

Prom was absolutely fantastic.

It was literally the perfect night, I dont know know any other way to describe it.

And what other way then with pictures?

And theres no better place to start then the very beginning right?
I got asked by Billy Burckel.

He is a Senior. Actually he's senior class president. Haha
We know each other because of theatre.

He asked me with bananas :)

"What do you call two banana skins?"

"A pair of slippers!"

"Why do bananas wear suntan lotion?"

"Because they peel"

"Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like an arrow."

"Be Dum Tss!"

"How is a banana peel on the sidewalk like music?"

"Because if you dont C sharp then you will B flat!"

So thats how he asked me!

I got a banana on my car, in some classes,

and from some friends.

It was awesome.. I had an idea that it was him,

and I wanted it to be him but I didnt want to get my hopes up too high,

but I was really glad that he did. :)

And this is how I answered him!

His little sister Jessie (shes my age) unlocked his car for me.

I hung monkeys from monkeys in a barrel from the ceiling,

I cut out bananas and hung them from the sun roof,

I filled the barrels with the candy runts,

and put big banana laffy taffys all in his car.

Krista and I were still decorating when we saw all these people walking out..

turns out it wasnt him but it was still a really close call!! Haha

So moving onto spirit week!

Our spirit weeks are really awesome, and it only makes it even

better if you go all week.

Of course Billy and I went ALL out. It was so awesome.

Also during spirit weeks at DCC,

each night there is an event and they are always fun too.

Monday was "Wing Day"

Monday night the Dodgeball Tournament.

Tuesday was "Lazy Day"

(they made it that because all Juniors had to take the ACT that morning haha)

Tuesday night was Movie Night, they showed UP.

Wednesday was "50's Day"

I think Wednesday might have been my favorite because

Billy and I did more for it than any other day.

Wednesday night was Swing Dancing Night!

And because Billy is a really awesome dancer he was the one teaching it,

so i quickly found another date!

I took Matt Norton.

He was awesome and im so grateful that he came with me.

I even got to dance with Billy for a little bit. :)

Thorsday was "Skydiving Gone Wrong Day"

(Which is Injury/Crazy Hair Day)

 But I had a choir competition that day so I wasnt at school.

Billy didnt do it either. Haha

And that night was International Cooking Competition,

Billy was one of the judges but he was so great and came to my Choir concert

that night, even though he hadnt been home since 6:00 that morning.

I was so happy that he came. :)

Friday was "Thunderstorm Day"

Which is basically just spirit day.

That night was Mr. DCC.

Billy was in it and he did awesome.

Oh and he won Mr. Congeniality.

Kevin (middle) won Mr. DCC, which the judges from other schools vote for.

Aaron (right) was runner up.

And Billy was Mr. Congeniality which is what the whole audience votes for.

And of course, Saturday night was Prom! :)

It was at The Garden of the Gods Club.

I got ready with my two best friends Sarah, and Anna.

And our great family friend Kirsten Waite did mine and Sarah's hair.

Both Sarah and Anna helped me with my make up too.

They all made me look to pretty, so im grateful for that. :)

I absolutely loved my hair. It was gorgeous, and even stayed in place all night.

Shoot even when I woke up the next morning it was still all in place!

So thank you thank you thank you to Sister Kirsten Waite!
She did such a great job on mine and Sarah's hair!

                                            

 This is my best friend Anna. I love her to death.

She is so cute and fun to be around.

And of course she is a really great friend.

I love these girls with all my heart!

We got ready together, but we werent in the same group..

It was a bummer, but it's okay.

I love Sarah with all my heart.

We've been best friends since 8th grade.

She's always been there for me.

She is so beautiful and I can imagine where I would be without her!

 My mommy is so great! She made the sleeves on my dress, and the the back!

She is basically the best mom ever.

I love her! I love her! I love her!

Thanks for all you do for me mommy! :)

So whne Billy came to pick me up,

Brielle and Carissa were on skype!

Haha so they got to see me make my grand entrance down the stairs,

and they said hi to Billy andthey saw us do flowers.

It was kind of cool actually because I love and miss my sisters alot,

 so it was kind of cool that they  were kind of there.

 I even got his boutonniere on on my first try!

Can I get a WOO WOO?!

Haha I didnt even stab him!

NO BIG DEAL,

But I was pretty proud of myself. :)

(Maybe it was just from watching Carissa do it for so many years. Haha)

One of my friends teased me by saying that he got my flower on the first try too.

Haha it was funny.

 Yay! We were successful with the flowers!

So here comes the pictures! Prepare youselfs casue there's alot.

I dont even have his yet! But I want them! So hopefully ill get those soon. :)

I really like this one.. 

 I think I was telling a funny story here..

Billy looks so concerned about something.. Haha

That day it was SO windy!!

Haha I love this picture! Its so funny!

 (Look you can see my cute tennis shoes!)

Hahaha AWKWARD stairs pictures!

Hahaha so funny!

We had some time to kill before we were supposed to meet up with our group so we just

had some fun on the piano :)

I think this is actually my favorite pictures.. :)

<3 <3 <3

Watch and Learn

Dont be too jealous of our awesome piano playing skills.

 The whole "SAVE BILLY" thing is a long story.

But basically he has a condition wher he is just too attractive and we (all of his friends)

are all trying to save him from it.

Hahaha he absolutely hates it but its freaking hilarious.

Ohh these boys..

There is never a dull moment.

EVER.

This is their hokey game while we were waiting for some other couples in our group to get to the park.

The boys decided to have a hockey game, and they were al in these positions in like less than 30 seconds. It was hilarious.

:)

Trying to protect me from the freezing cold wind!

Skipping :)

Our whole group!

 The whole gang!

So windy!

I love the swings <3

Wearing white tennis shoes to Prom was the greatest decision ever. :)

Im gonna miss thse crazy boys next year.

 Wow. This post was LONG!! But I didnt want to leave anything out!

Haha anyways, Prom was the best night of my entire life.

Everything was absolutely spectacular.

Add swing dancing was a blast, Billy is a pro at swing dancing.
Plus, he made me feel like an absolute princess.

Billy was crowned Prom King of course.

 After Prom we went to our friend Cody's, he has tons of land in the forest and played night games and watched movies and eat. It was so much fun.

We ended up falling asleep. And when we woke up, it was 7:30AM!! Haha

So we headed out and I got home and I thought I would be in so much trouble!

My mom came own to my room and first thing that came out of her mouth??

"So tell me all about it!!"

I was soo tired, and there went that hour that I would get before going to church was passing fast.

But of course, I told her all about it and still got about a half hour of sleep before going to church at 9:00.

haha Anyways, im glad I got caught up on all of this.

I kind of wish that I could just live in that night my entire life.

Im so glad that I got asked cause it was a blast, and I by far had the best date ever.

"Hope ya know I had a hard time"

I love Mormon Messages.

Who doesnt?

But I especially love this video and talk by Elder Cook, because I feel as though

I can relate to it easily.

Sometimes more often than not.

But I am grateful that I can because that

means that I have trials,

and trials help me to learn and grow from them.

But the past few days I have been really thinking about this video,

because I saw two really close friends celebrate exciting times in their lives.

One friend is getting married.

The other, leaving for his mission.

Both of these individuals have overcome huge trials in their lives.

As I was apart of the celebrations this past weekend,

I was overcome with so much peace.

So much happiness.

As I saw these two really struggle, lose hope and question everything,

it broke my heart.

But this past weekend, they were the complete opposite.

Filled with joy. Love for the gospel.

And the unerstanding of who they are.. their potential..

and Heavenly Father's plan.

Experiencing all of this this past weekend

reminds me of President Uchtdorf's talk in the October 2011 General Conference.

I dont remember the exact name of it,

but Presicent uchtdorf said,

"Please understand that what you see and experience now is not what forever will be."

and I absolutely love that quote,

because it gives such hope.

To anyone who is struggling in anyway I think.

That one day, I wont be struggling with what I am now.

Although I will have different trials,

because I got through ones in the past with His help,

I know that He will in no way hesitate to help me again.

I know my Father in Heaven knows and loves me personally.

He does not give trials that we would not be able to over come.

Even though it can be extremely hard sometimes to let him know

that we are having a hard time,

he always knows.

He is just waiting for us to go to him in humility

and to ask in faith fot help.

He will bless us.

In his time, good will come.

Until then, we need to have faith and patience.

The saying,

"When you feel like you cant stand any longer, get on your knees and pray."

keeps coming to my mind.

So that's why I love this video so much.

Because it reminds me that I am not the only one that is struggling,

and that in his time He will lift me up.

But life was never meant to be easy..

Turn to him. Reach for him.

Turn to others. Reach for them, and serve.

I love this talk and the challenge it gives each of us.

And I am grateful for it

 and I am so grateful that I was able to see the process of getting to where they are now.

And of course to celebrate with them this past weekend.

The entire experience has helped me to more fully understand the power of the atonement,

and how our Father and brother Christ want us to be happy and to return back to them.

I am overwhlemed with happiness and gratitude, I feel like I just cant even say that enough!

It really was such a great weekend. :)

My adventure Book - Chapter One

So you know how in the movie UP,

Ellie has an adventure book?

Well last Saturday, me and Emily had our first of hoprfully lots of adventure days.

An advenure doesnt necessarrily have to be something crazy,

just exciting.

Adventure days are days that neither of us work.

So some of the things we do may seem boring, but it was an absolute blast!

Our day started off with sleeping in, which was absolutely fantastic

conidering both us had extremely long weeks

as we were up at 5:00 AM every single day.

We made blueberry muffins for breakfast, and got ready for the day.

(Of course we had to look cute for the pictures! And let me tell ya,

I think the pictures are cute cute cute!!)

We then headed over to our great neighbors

Kerry and Kathy's.

They own a tandem bike and let us borrow it.

Gosh, those things are so hard to get the hang of, but
once you do get the hang of it,
its SO much fun!!
It takes so much teamwork, but you feel so great when you are successful,
because it takes so long to do!
We were out there for a good hour before we got it,
then at least another half hour once we got it
cause it was so much fun!
So just to show you a little bit of our experience,
here's a video and some pictures!

After a successful morning!

Even mom and dad took it for a ride and had fun!

Of course they were successful from the right from the start.. haha.

Oh and I totally recommend doing it,
cause its SO much fun!!

Next up on our Adventure Day,
shopping!
We went to Marshalls and picked up some canvas to do an art project.
Which look beyond awesome if i do say so my self.
Its tons of fun, so I would recommend it.
Although it does kind of get splattered all over the place. Just as kind of a heads up.


We went bowling for my bbowling clss which I thought was going to be a complete breeze,
bowling 18 games doesnt sound too hard right??
WRONG.
I have to get an average of 120 or higher in order to get an A in the class.
When we bowled, I bowled a 45..
I think its pretty safe to say that bowling is not my sport,
and that I will definitely be using bumpers!
(Shh! That'll be our little secret!)

Definitely, Maybe

OKay so i'm sure you want hear all about the new job.

Well, just as a fair warning, this post may or may not be very boring.

I absolutely hate the job.

Why you ask?

Well considering, I just finished a 40 hour week, (which was supposed to be a 50 hour week)

and only got paid $120.

$3.00 an hour.

I mean are you kidding me??

Anyways, long story short, when I brought it up

my boss was really mad and chewed me out for a good half hour,

about how irresponsible I am,

and ugh. It just went on and on.

The phone call ended in tears on my end.

Anyways, after all that,

I have never felt so accused in my life.

I do everything for her when I work,

and getting only $3.00 and hour.

I have been going back and forth about quiting.

One day I am definitely quiting,

and the next day I am maybe quiting.

 But after this week,

which by the way was one of the absolute LONGEST weeks of my entire life.

I have decided to quit.

It feels so good.

But she thinks that I am getting a new job,

she put that own thought into her head too, I didnt even have to say anything.

Anyways, she said that she would call me tomorrow or Sunday

to talk to me about days and hours that she needs me next week.

So when she does call, I am going to tell her that

I cannot stay with them until they move, even if its only a few weeks away.

That I will be starting that "new job" that I call job hunting, which should actually

be considered a full time job in itself sometimes. Haha

That "new job" will be starting on Friday.

A week from today.

One week.

I can do it.. i'll just have to keep telling myself,

"I think I can, I think I can.."

and if Thomas the train is the little engine that could,

can make it the final stretch up the hill,

then I can finish out this job.

Seriously though...Pray for me...

Cause i'm really gonna need it, as i'm already not looking forward

to another extremely long phone call, about how I have commitment issues.

It should be interesting, but it needs to happen.

I would rather not even have a job,

then spend every waking moment in a job,

 that might as well be some kind of service project.

Anyways, pray that this will all go down smoothly,

AND that I will find another job quickly.

BUT IF NOT,

Then wherever my summer takes me will be fine,

as I am putting it all in the Lord's hands.

So here's to it. I'm gonna need all the prayers I can get on this one..

Cause not gonna lie, i'm pretty worried about it..

 

Quite the Addiction

OKay, so I think I have quite the addiction to blogging.

It's kind of sad.. because my life is so busy,

that when I do have down time, I think to myself

" I wish I had something to blog about."

Haha so hopefully, you get the picture that I am pretty addicted to blogging.

It's kind of pathetic.

So, basically, the first night that I dont have a life... Emily Does.

So im just hangin out at home tonight.

Mom and I are watching Gilmore Girls.

Which takes me to my next addiction!

Gilmore Girls!

I absolutely love this show! Caylee has all of the seasons, ans shes letting me borrow

them! I watched the whole first season in like 72 hours.. Crazy right??

Well that was also before I got a job.

Anyways, were on the second season.

Shoot. I even got mom hooked on the series!

So this week has always been one of the craziest and busiest weeks of my life..

At least it feels that way.

The nannying job ended up working out and so I have a job!

It sounds alot more exciting than it actually is..

in all reality, I kind of hate going to work.

At this point, im not sure if its because I have to be up at 6:00 AM

every single morning, or the fact that it completely consumes my life.

Or if it's both.

Hmm...I started on Wednesday, I went over to their house, and just kinda watched how their schedule goes everyday.. So their old nanny was there for the morning and just kind of showed me the ropes.

I had them for the rest of the day, but I was still like a deer in head lights!

The twins are busy busy BUSY!!

The one thing that I hate the most about it, is how even though this week I was

done by 2:00 in the afternoon, I come home exhausted!

It feels like its 6:00 or 7:00 at night!

So my days have been pretty long this week.

But good news!

My hours are gonna change a little bit next week.

Instead of working from 7:00-2:00 everyday.

Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, I work from 9:00-2:00, then I have a break while the twins nap. But I have to be back by 4:00 and I work until 7:00.

Tuesdays and Thorsdays I work only 4:00- 7:00.

So not too bad. But it looks like ive got some pretty long days ahead of me.

SO, so much for having a super relaxed and fun summer. 

It is going to be CRAZY!!

Working everyday,

taking two classes: bowling for my gym credit,

and business and consumer math for my senior matth class.

Both of which are through BYU.

Voice lessons, getting ready for my college auditions, and allstate.

Im even starting piano lessons.

Oh and girls camp, and family reunions.

It goes on and on.

Sister Reed told Emily and I a few days ago,

and she said that you can either,

Pay now and play later

or

play now and pay later.

I think I'll take the pay now and play later. It'll be worth it.

So bring it on, and let the

crazyness begin.