Surprise!!!

Wow I have amazing friends!! I just turned 15 and they all threw me a surprise party!! It was a couple days after my birthday so I was not expecting it! So me and Sara usually do something on our birthdays but couldn't on mine. So Sara asked me if I wanted to hang out on Friday since we couldn't do anything on my birthday. So I got there and she takes me to her room and all of our 8th grade yelled SURPRISE!!! It so surprising that I just starting laughing! Then they all yelled Happy Birthday! I have never had a surprise party before and it was so fun!! Sara's amazing mom made pizza for us(thank you Heidi!) and we played Just Dance. We were trying to make a video to put on Facebook but something would happen every time we turned the camera on! Either someone would laugh or we would just mess up! It was hilarious!! We had LOTS of laughs and had a great time!! Apparently Sara called my mom and asked if it was ok and I had no idea!! Anyways thanks again everyone for a great party!

They left me!!!

Sara and her family left to go to D.C. on Wednesday!! They are like my second family! And they left me!!! Now I know how Sara felt when I went on the cruise!!! Go to older posts and you will remember how lonely Sara was when I was gone!! She is leaving a whole entire week and a day!!!!! They are so funny, they all want to by me a souvenir!! ha-ha  I will be busy though! I have been working on a personal progress project. I guess you could say I got a job at the D.I. I'm doing volunteer work so I'm not getting paid. I have gone every day this week and I have to work for ten hours total. I have to go two more days and work for two hours each day. It has been a cool experience! I worked with a girl from Brazil and she had a really strong accent. It was pretty cool. Its the perfect time to do it since we are having harvest break:)

So many things!!!

Oh my goodness! I haven't even posted since school started!! Oh by the way, I love the high school!! Everyone is so fun! They are so enthusiastic! I have had a lot of fun so far! I am sure I will have a lot more fun too.  I love my schedule!! I have an easy class in between all my hard classes. It goes: Speech(hard but fun) choir(easy) algebra(hard) band(easy) and then reading which isn't hard yet, its just annoying. haha So there you have it! hard easy hard easy and annoying! haha Anyways me and Sara where talking about how fast this summer has gone! I had a really fun summer though. I was pretty much always doing something. My brother jade left for his mission at the end of july and we have been able to email him every Monday. That has been really cool for our family.
He is in Linden, Tennessee right now. I know what your thinking...Where the heak is that!!!? It is about 3 hours away from Nashville. He pretty much lives in the woods. haha he lives a little trailer in the middle of nowhere. He hasn't complained at all about anything! he loves it there!! He isn't even homesick at all.....yet:) well I will keep you updated on that! haha seeya!

1 Year...

Well, after a year of blogging, I have definitely learned a few things. One, I am really not very good at blogging. You know, after you start, it takes a while to realize that you aren't that great, and you need to do better. But, I'll get there. Two, that there are people in this world that are willing to look at two 14 year old girl's blog. I want to thank all of you who take time to just check up, even if it hadn't been updated forever!! And three, that I love to write. I love to get out in the world how my summer went, or how excited I was for school. So I will continue that, forever and ever.

Now, Tehya and I are in high school. Our first day was FULL of assemblies, rules, and you guessed it, TALKING!!!! I heard so much talking, I was beginning to miss Jr. High and the relaxation of it all. High school moves so fast, and if you don't look around, you'll get shoved into a wall. True story. I should know. But I have met so many new people who have become my friends. I am taking one class that I know will stretch me and I will have so many experiences. So I will keep you updated and thanks again for checking in.

Time Flies When You're Having Fun!!!

Can you believe that the summer is almost over? I am in total shock, but at the same time, I am incredibly excited. High School is almost beginning, and I can't believe it. I got my braces off today!!!!! My teeth look awesome!!! Thanks to Elison Orthodontics!! After three years of appointments, elastics, headgear(which I never wore), and braces, my teeth are done!!!  

While school is getting closer, I am sad that our summer is almost over. Tehya and I were not able to hang out enough to satisfy us, but it was good. We have had fun together talking about what we are excited for, the new edition to our high school, and who our new friends are going to be.

If you haven't already been to our house this summer, let me give you a tour. We have been redoing our bathrooms since the middle of June, and they are finally done! Our kids bathroom is awesome! And my mom's and dad's is gorgeous!!!

Life is good where I am, and that's all I could ask for. I have a whole year ahead of me. Ballroom, violin, friends, high school, and life in general. I will be better at blogging this school year, and that's a promise:)

Kid-Bathroom

Kids-Tub

Mom and Dad- Cabinets

Mom and Dad- Shower

Proof.

I am so happy!!!!!

Here you are folks. Miss Sara (without braces!!!!!!)

Talk to you all later,
                            Sara Bara

My 4th of July!!!

Wow! I really stink at this!!! I haven't posted forever it seems like!!! Anyways, I hope you all had a great Independence Day!!! Sara and I got to be in the parade for ballroom!!! It was SO hot!!! We walked and danced from Smith Park all the way to Porter park!!! I know it doesn't seem like that far, but when you are running, walking, and dancing ( and throwing candy of course) it feels like forever long!!!! haha That night my family and I went to rodeo. It was really fun! My brother had gone boating with our cousins the entire day until the rodeo!  He was there from six in the morning until about five  in the evening!!!! He was so tired and I have never seen a sunburn worse than his!!! He can barely walk! I feel so bad for him!!!haha So, I hope you all had fun!! See ya'!;)

Triple Dog Dare You!!!

Ok, how many of you ACTUALLY know the Cups song? That's right maybe 45%. Ok, maybe 50%, but that is stretching it. Tehya taught it to me and it was awesome....ly awful. But I practiced and practiced....and practiced. Now I got it!!! Now I TRIPLE DOG DARE you to try it. Go for it!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLF5zDBehPE

My Memorial weekend!!!

I hope everyone has had a fun Memorial weekend! My family and I went camping up at Henry's Lake. It was super fun! We had some other family come up too! Me and some of my cousins were going on a four wheeler ride down a dirt rode away from camp. While we were riding I was in the front of everyone. I look up and I saw an elk run across the path!!! It was only about 20 yards away!!! It was kind of scary but really cool at the same time! I'm sorry I didn't get any pics!!! I am really bad at that!! Anyways, I hope you had a good weekend!!!:)

Sorry!!! And Lots of changes!!!

Well, let's just say it. I have joined the community of lazy bloggers:) I am so sorry, I have been banned for quite some time. Man, have I learned my lesson or what? Anyways, so I switched my room around... again. Yeah, I got kind of annoyed  bored with the way things were set up. So, PICTURE OVERLOAD!!!! So you all know it as this...

It was changed to this...

And that is what it is now. Oh my I think I changed it around like three times. I finally just slept on the floor for a night because I didn't like where it was. yeah, it was bad. Anyways so Tehya came over and we moved it again.

And we played around and it took FOREVER!!!!

Ok, we caused it..

But we played around and had a good time and got it done!! Now here is a little look into where I got all my stuffs!!!

Bedspread: Walmart

Dresser: It was my grandparents. They bought it when they were first married. I love that it has a cute story:)

Jewelery Thing: Tai Pan

Picture: Ross

Mirror/ Frames: Ikea

Nightstand: Target

Chair: D.I.( Ok, so it was all of the colors you could ever dream of.  But after a little sanding and spraypaint, it was this lovely chair I use in my music corner! Wahoo! Go D.I!)

So, that is my room right now. We will check back into that in about 4 or 5 months:) See ya!

Wow we are busy!!!

I haven't posted anything for ages it seems like! I'm working on it though!;) So we had piano festival over this weekend. We also had High School choir auditions. You could either make Great Day or Swing Choir. I made Great Day! It was quite the hastle trying to find out. The teacher sends emails to tell if you make it or not. So a friend of ours texts me and she asked me if I made it. So I went to check my email. With all the wind and crappy weather our enternet wasn't working!!! Maybe it was just my luck! So here's this teenage girl like freaking out because the stupid computer isn't working! I told my mom and she (being the genious she is) says just call Mr. Cherrington and ask. So she ended up calling and asking him!!!! During all this I was on the phone with Sara. She kept saying oh I'll check it for you!! I did not want her to find out before me!! Just sayin! haha Love you Sara!! Anyways that was our spring break!!

Random subjects

Sara and I are doing ballroom!! We are just starting it. It is so fun!!! I've only had one practice and I love it already! We are beginners so I'm not very good at it but I'm learning. I know Sara has taken a class before so she has had some experience. We are also going to start track soon! We are really excited for that too! I am so out of shape it's not even funny!!! I think dancing will help a little bit. Try-outs for high school choir is soon too! Wow! We are busy!!!!:)

Nobody's Perfect

So today I was reading the news paper ( I now what normal teenager reads the paper, I don't know either.) But I came across an article by one of my best friends, Cami Brown, and she wrote an article about not being perfect. My other friend, Juliette, said"Cami, I am glad you're not the perfect you want to be, because the kind of perfect you are is SO much better." It is true that we all want to be better than we are, but the best we are right now is what is best for us. I love that article and I think it might just become a wall hanging:)

Wow!!!

Wow I'm SO tired of being sick! Ive been sick for about a month and a half now! It really stinks! Last night Sara and I went to the high school boys basketball game!!! Its was really fun! We had lots of friends there to talk to and cheer with!!! We won all three games. Good job boys!!! I was super tired when I got home last night. I had been standing and cheering for about three hours straight! It was crazy and super fun!

Sorry!!!

Okay, I will say it. I am terrible at blogging. If you haven't notices, the last time I posted was the 15th of Novenmber! An entire month, goodness! Anyways, lots has happened. Tehya and I had our VERY first sleepover while her parents and brother were in Star Valley. That was stinkin' fun!! Then, I started playing cello!!!! But it didn't last long because it was becoming a distraction to violin so I gave it back. But I still love it :)  Sorry about the pics with the cello, I don't have a fancy schmancy camera yet :) So, yup here are some pictures <3

These are of my cello, Enjoy!

Tehya and I, at like, oh...11,12,1?

This one is by far my favorite.

Sorry!!

WOW!! It has been a long time. Sorry!! Like Sara said, we had a dance yesterday. It was really fun. I slow-danced with like seven guys! It was pretty flippin' awesome!:) Then we decided that some freshmen are going to crash the next dance at the Junior High! That should be interesting.... considering the guys that are doing it. Sara's post will probably be like two times the size of mine! Thats O.K. though at least I try to keep up with her!;)

Sick day...

You know those days where you can kind of tell that you're getting sick, but you don't do anything to help it, and then the next day, you wake up feeling so miserable that you just don't want to do anything? Today was one of those days, you know, the second day. I woke up and read scriptures and went right back to bed and didn't go to school. After lots of glasses of orange juice, a bowl of soup, and a few movies, I felt a little bit better. So I get to go to school tomorrow and go to the school's first dance!!! I am sooooooooooooo excited!! The theme is Tropical Paradance :) Tehya and I will let you know how it went!! Hope I feel better <3 ya!!!

My Birthday!!!!

So my birthday was on the 17th and it was soooooooooooooo fun!!!!!!!! I went to school and Tehya had got there early and decorated my entire locker!! It was so cute!!! Then my cute mom and dad sent me a bouquet that had 9 packs of gum and a whole load of kisses!!!! It was awesome!!! Then in Choir, thanks to my friend Kreed (Thanks dude :) they sang to me and it was awesome!!! And in Orchestra, my friend Addison had the class sing to me!! It was soooo sweet. My friend Jake's present to me was saying Happy Birthday to me ALL DAY LONG!!! It was annoying, but I grateful for friends who do that for me! Then, because it was a Wednesday, (one day I will post about Wednesday, ahhhhh!!! :/ But I went to violin and piano and when I came home, to my surprise, My friend Samantha came to my house and completely decorated my room. The picture doesn't do it justice how incredible it was!! I loved it!! Then we had my birthday party and my sweet grandpa got out of the temple just to come and spend my birthday with me!! My grandparents gave me a gift card to Maurices and my parents gave me a REALLY cute dress and TURQUOISE jeans!!! Two pairs of jeans now! Score!!! It was a really awesome birthday!!Thanks to everyone who made it awesome!!! Love ya!!

This is the bouquet that my mom and dad gave me!!!

This is what Sam gave me, a Sprite and a thing of bracelets.

These next three pics are what Sam did for me!!!

This was J.T. asking me for candy, figures huh?

This was my room and I loved it!!!

Hmmmmmmm...

I saw this and thought "isn't that true". Comment if you think so too!!! The only reason I say that is because well I am boy-crazy!!!! :)

Random Summer Pics!!!!

So my summer was pretty busy with our annual family trip, reunions, friends, more reunions, and stuff like oh I don't know REUNIONS!!!!! ( Can you tell I had a lot of reunions? :) Enjoy!!!! BTW, picture overload!!

This is a sea lion that we saw in Oregon!!!!  We made a joke that because there were five of them, it was kind of like our family. 

This is a jellyfish that I thought was a lightbulb!!! We all have those moments right?

This is my "sister" Kelli, and this was at girls camp!!! We stayed at West Piney and got to sleep in the lodge one of the nights and it was a lot of fun... partly because we didn't go to bed until 3!!!! Please ignore the girl on the left, she had been hiking all day and only a few can get away with looking good like the girl on the right...like I said, it was about 2 when we took this picture. I was kinda tired!!

My friend Madi did this in my hair!!! How cute huh? Our ward started the trend of braids and buns :)

These next two are of the waterslide my grandparents rented for the day for our Thurgood reunion. I probably went down it 100 times, doing flips constantly!!

This is my cousin Adri and Cambelle. They were born only a couple weeks apart, and are inseparable when they are together.

My cousin Kendalyn, who is a couple years younger the me, but we always have fun together!!

This is THE candy shop in Jackson Hole, WY that i am currently wanting more than ANYTHING!!! Darn that Pucker Powder and fudge!!!

This is Pucker Powder!!

We went mini golfing and took Tehya along with us. That was a fun day!!!

Man Alive I miss her!!!!

Yes this is me being a miserable bum and complaining about how much I miss my best friend.(If you don't know who I am talking about, it's Tehya...) And yes I know that she is probably having experiences that will change her life and give her memories forever, and I am grateful that she has the opportunity to have this trip but I miss her so so so so so so so much!!!!! She is my best friend and I love her to the ends of the earth... I even have a countdown until she comes home, just to show that I need her!!!! Oh well, just have to keep busy until then!