Lately....

See that girl up there in that picture? That's Katie Dennington. She's one of my best friends. And she's awesome. Just thought you wanted to know.

Ever since Christmas break, I feel like there isn't much going on but really there is! Let's see.

I had a birthday party with like the coolest people ever.

I went to the mall with Katie and then went to her house.

We rode the golf cart with Marshall.

Logan, Tanner, and Aunt Melissa came for a visit.

I went to a birthday party.

I went to priest/laurel conference.

I watched a high school basketball game and realized how much I miss it.

I had crazy teenage girls sleep over and went to bed 3 hours earlier than them.

Even though it was at my house.

I took a music theory test for the 6th year in a row.

I babysat for 4 hours and finally got some money because I had no cash before.

That money is for some more plans.

And those are just the weekends. Actually, the week IS boring because we mostly do chores.

This is the first year that our drumline did an indoor drumline competition. They had their first competition yesterday in Austin and ranked first in their class. Half of my best friends in the whole wide world are in it. I am so proud of them! I kinda wish I was in it playing the synth part just so I could be a part of it!

I need, so badly, to work on Driver's Ed. Stupid Box.

PROCRASTINATION. oh, and Christmas!

Wow! It has been FOREVER since I have posted anything! Ok maybe not forever, but like 5 months. This school year is going by so fast! Some classes are really easy, but there are some that I really have to work hard in! But I LOVE HIGH SCHOOL SO MUCH MORE THIS YEAR!!!!!!!! I have grown closer to the friends that I want to be closer to, and now they are my best friends EVER! Football season ended in November, and marching ended in October. Contests went better than last year, but STILL NOT GOOD ENOUGH!

Thanks for blocking part of the picture, dude.

November and December were mostly filled with lots of tests, but that's okay, I finally had time to study! It was great! I also had some great times with some of my best friends, Katie, Sarah, Marshall, and Abbi on the weekends! It was great! In this past month we have gone cow punching twice and it is SO MUCH FUN!!!!! I am definitely looking forward to doing it again!

We like riding around on Katie's golf cart!

Now it is Christmas Eve! That means tomorrow is CHRISTMAS!!!!!!! Kenny, Megan,

Will, and Breanna are all here. Jacob and Pierina are spending Christmas in Seattle with

Pierina's family, but that's ok because we got them for Thanksgiving!

Merry Christmas!

summer band

so, i was really really nervous about band tryouts today. but it ended up to be pretty good! i think i made top band again! yay! none of the freshmen are good....seriously. thats good AND bad. good because im guaranteed a spot in top band. bad because, well, we aren't gonna sound good at uil!

before tryouts we also marched. all we did was have another refresher day of how to march, which was really boring. the only good thing about marching this year is that they changed the style ever so slightly to where one of the positions is a LITTLE bit more comfortable.

the best part of today was the 2 hours between marching and tryouts. usually we have no freetime. we usually go straight from marching to practicing music. but because today was tryouts we just kinda chilled in the band hall and i got to catch up with all my friends after a long time of not seeing some of them. lets just say lots of funny stuff happened, haha.

so im really glad tryouts are over, now my only stresses are missing all of next week of marching, and then theres the summer reading projects....

my short and sweet summer.

oh! hello blog! i forgot you existed, blog. this summer has been far too short. but its been a good one.

it started with girls camp. this year was my 4th year, so i got to go on the "high adventure" at the beginning of the week. we went canoeing for 6 whole hours! wow! can you say sore arm muscles? not to mention none of us wanted to sit down....we were all sore from the canoe seats too! we camped out.....hot and sticky night! and that was followed up by a day of boating. the rest of the week was finished off with classes, skits, certification, zip lining, etc. fun fun week. a month later, i went to efy. which was about 2 weeks ago. efy, id have to say, is my favorite week of the month. so many great people who share the same standards as you! and so many classes to go to taught by amazing teachers. and not to mention my amazing counselors, becky and jonny! i learned so much from them! also, can i just say i met some of the most amazing people there? i made some really good friends at efy-tamsin, shantelle, rachel, vashni, and maddie. i wish they lived close!!! i miss them so much!

this summer we have gone to utah twice, and we still have one more trip next week. that makes four times this year. the first time we went was right before efy. we drove up. we drove through new mexico, and also flagstaff, and up through central utah all the way to provo. LONG!!!! we went on route 66, to the grand canyon, and lets not forget the exciting indian reservations we drove across! who am i kidding? those are the most boring places on earth. promise. while in utah we visited with grandma and grandma stutz once again. on the way home we stopped by the cadillac ranch in amarillo.

the second time we went this summer was this past weekend. we flew up sunday morning at eight thirty. we had a layover in denver, and almost didn't get on the plane to slc. luckily we did. we went to the viewing of out great grandfather stutz. what a wonderful man. the funeral followed on monday morning, and this morning we flew home at six am. its been a long day.

sigh. this is my last official week of summer. because next week begins the three week marching camp. HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT. did i mention its hot out there? i guess thats what happens when you go outside for four hours in august in houston. its hot. im looking forward to learning the formations, its just the heat and the sore muscles that im not looking forward to AT ALL. oh well. this week i have to read 2 books and write dialectical journals over them. woot woot.

this summer has been far too short. but its been a good one.