10 best memories this year

1. Playing c-team volleyball and having Jo as my coach
2. Laughing all Volleyball practice
3. When Jo slipped on her sweats and fell
4. Making it to XC state
5. Playing jv and varsity basketball
6. Was high scorer a couple of times
7. Being a STATE CHAMPION!!!
8. Highest free throw percentage out of our bball team
9. My bruised knee from hitting all the many hurdles
10. Making it to state in track and having Jess help me

stupid gift certificate!!!

OK so remember when we all did the march madness tournament??? and remember if you won you get a gift certificate to Edwards theater??? ya well i won and they game me the trophy and all but i still haven't got my dang gift certificate!!! i am so angry. i mean really if people are going to say they well do something, they better do it!!!! i am so annoyed. i have asked Ms. Taylor, Holly, Kylee, Remi, and Kourtney probably all more that once and no one will do anything about it!!! if i don't get it i am going to be very angry because that's the only reason i did the stupid bracket!!!

state track here we come!!!

o my this week was exciting!! i barely made it to state in both 100 and 300 hurdles!!! i am so so excited Ü ha but in the 100's i started off pretty good. i was 3rd or 4th the whole way. i went over the last hurdle and i started going so fast....ha probably not!...but i started to stumble. i was leaning forward so bad that i thought i was going to fall over. i leaned over that finish line not knowing weather i got 3rd or not. i was so scared. the guy read off the times. "3rd place lane 6 time of 18.69" i was so happy. i couldnt believe it!!! i kind of felt bad because the girl that i just barely beat is a good friend of mine. she was really disappointed but oh well i guess i had to do what i had to do! then the 300's came up and i was so nervous. we started off the race. i think i started off in 3rd. then this same girl that i beat cruised in front of me. then i was in 4th by quite a ways. we had about 3 or 4 hurdles left and i knew if i wanted to get 3rd i had to run as hard and as fast as i could. i started to pick it up and this girl (brig) started to die a little. i quickly started to make up some ground. with 2 hurdles left i was only about 3 feet behind her. then come the last hurdle i was barely ahead of her. once again i just beat her at the finish line. they yell once again " 3rd place lane 6 time of 52.6" i couldnt believe it, i got a personal record by 2 second!!! i was so happy. brig was upset once again but hopefully everything is okay. well it was probably one of the best days. ha but it was so fun and now i can't wait to go to boise!!!!

ten things im looking forward to this summer

1. basketball tournaments
2. csi basketball camp
3. family reunions
4. earning money....hopefully at the mini baazar
5. youth conference
5. girls camp...4th year!!!
6. boating
7. golfing
8. getting a tan Ü
9. no school!!!!
10. just have a good time

how the weekend turned out

this weekend was so much fun. like i said earlier, my cousin came home from his mission, another cousin got baptized and her little brother got blessed. friday night at 10:30 my cousin donny flew into idaho falls. it was so fun to see him. he looked so good. it made me super excited for blake to come home. it was crazy to see him and to think you havent seen him for 2 years. it was lots of fun and i really enjoyed it. saturday morning we left for boise. that afternoon my little cousin camryn was baptized. it was so neat and i was so excited for her. then right after she was done they blessed the baby. it was such a good blessing and i even shed a few tears. it was such a fun, neat experience. i dont think the weekend could have got any better Ü

My Favorite Books

These are 5 of my favorite book and their first lines:
The Holy man- There was a holy man who lived in a hermitage on a mountain.
Tuesday's With Morrie- The last class of my old professor's life took place once a week in his house...
Life of Pi- My suffering left me sad and gloomy.
Where the Red Fern Grows- When I left my office that beautiful spring day, I had an idea what was in store for me.
The River- Brian opened the door and stood back.

This up coming weekend!!!

This coming weekend is going to be so fun. Friday night my cousin Donny gets home from his mission. I am way excited to see him. It went pretty fast for the most part and i cant wait to see him. Then Saturday morning we will be driving to Boise for my little cousin Camryn's baptism. She is so excited and i just think it is the cutest thing!!! i just love that little girl. Then on Sunday her little brother is getting blessed. His name is Maxwell Beck. He is so cute. so this week is going to be pretty fun and full of happy moments and i just cant wait!!! it is going to be a great weekend and i hope everything goes well.

8 Of My Favorite Sayings

-For your FYI
-You suffer so beauifully
- I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired
- If all else fails, read the directions
- Stachu?
- That will work about as good as a lead balloon
- Face to Face...Facebook Ü
- Crying fox

Make-up

So who decided it was the girls who had to wear the make-up and do there hair and be the pretty ones? ok i guess this sounds like i hate being a girl but i really don't. well i just think that sometimes i wish i could go without doing my hair and make-up and no one would care. Yeah....wouldn't happen. i wish boys could be a girl for a day just so they know what it's like. it can be fun, but sometimes it can be miserable. the guys have nothing to worry about. girls they have to look pretty because then the boys wont like them. ha see it is just a horrible thing. especially when you are tired in the morning and you have to wake up early to get ready. see if i was a boy you could wake up like 15 minutes before you had to leave and still not be late. it takes me like an hour to get ready!!! i would love to be able to just role out of bed and pretty much be ready for the day!!! i think that boys and girls should just trade places for like 3 days and just see what it is like!! Ü

Fly Away Home

The movie Fly Away Home is one of my all time favorite movies! I loved it when I was little. I probably watched it 2 times a week. Well in this movie a girl finds a bunch of little chicken eggs. She took them home and was going to raise them. She took them to her room and in her dresser drawers she put blankets all bunched up to put the eggs in so they would hatch. When I was little I always wanted to do this. So I would get a little bucket think that we had and some baby blankets. I would put the blanket in the bucket and bunch it up just like in the movie. I would then get pool balls and put them in the holes and pretend they were my eggs. I would check them and make sure they were warm and doing good so they would hatch. I thought this was so fun. I had never told anyone about this until just barely. I just told my mom and she said that she would always see them and wonder what in the heck was going on. Ha I guess I was just a crazy little kid who wanted some chickens :) haha

My Biggest Dream!!!

one of my biggest dreams i have is to go to boston and go to a boston celtics game!!! wooo-hooo ha i love them!! they are the best team ever! i thing i really want is to somehow get a pass that you can go meet all the players and get autographs kinda like you can get backstage passes with singers. ha :D i just think that would be the greatest. i love just about all of the celtic players. the best ones though are Paul Perce, Ray Allen, and defiately Kevin Garnet!!! ha i love them. Paul Perce has always been the leader of this team. Ray Allen is the shooter and does great things. KG is so big and strong and athletic he is just great! he has been hurt this season and the celtics have really been effected by it. other players i like are Rondo. He is great. He handles the ball well and can penetrate great! Big Baby Davis is so cool. he just has a good way about him. Perkins is so big and so young. he came right out of high school and has just domanated. Eddie House is so great off the bench. He has one of the quickest releases i have ever seen. he is an awesome shooter. Powe is just another great big boby inside and does some great things. some players im not a huge fan of are Moore and Marbury. Moore can be good but he always trys to be the one who makes the great plays. he always trys to get a charge and is a lot of the time late. Marbury can be good if he changes his attitude. he is doing pretty good since he got with the celtics so i hope he can just keep being a team player. as you can see...for the most part, I LOVE THE BOSTON CELTICS!!!

Best books

• The River- Gary Paulsen
• Gables of Legacy- Anita Stanfield
• The Holy Man- Susan Trott
• The Holy Man's Journey- Susan Trott
• Tuesdays With Morrie- Unknown
• Life of Pi- Unknown
• Amelia Badelia and the Baby- Peggy Parish
• Where the Red Fern Grows- Unknown
• Stargirl- Jerry Spinelli
• Travel Team- Mike Lupica

These are some of my favorite books I have read. Amelia was the best book when I was little. Then I started to love the sport books. In the last year is when I have read some of my favorites. I suggest all to read these books. They are great!

Things We Take For Granted

This past week my grandparents, cousin, aunt and uncle went to Guyana to see my cousin on his mission. They were supposed to pick him up but he got a 30 day extension. While they were there, they could just see all the people who had nothing. There was trash everywhere, people who had nothing, animals that roamed the streets, and puddles of rain water because there was no drain system. The people there don't have very much food. They get a chicken from the store with the head just cut off. My grandma said that a lady got up at 2 in the morning to fix them a meal. She cooked chicken that was so gross that they had to choke down to be courteous. When they cook the chicken, they just punch it all together. They don't pull out all the insides or the bones, it's all just mixed in. That makes me appreciate that we have good meet and food to eat. After seeing pictures I also think how grateful I am for garbage men. The people there don't have a garbage it is just all on the ground. It rains so much there that it is constantly muddy and there are puddles everywhere. No one has washing machines so they wash their clothes by hand then put them out to dry on wood post. Then it rains and it's muddy so they just get dirty again anyways.On the streets they don't have drains for the water do go so it just stays there until it sinks into the ground. These people are so poor and really have nothing. My grandma said that a lady went and bought a new table cloth and plastic chairs that she couldn't afford just so that my family had a place to sit. It was so sad. The kids there have no clothes and no education. The people are so poor that they cant buy uniforms for their kids so they cant go to school to get an education. It made me stop and think how blessed I am that I can go to school and get a great education. There was one kid that was just out playing in the streets with no clothes on because they don't have hardly anything. The thing that just blows my mind is that all these people, no matter what they have or don't have, they are still the happiest people you can find. They are so humble and are thankful for everything. You always see them with a smile on their face.

My Bucket List

- Go on a cruise: I think it would be fun and a good experience
- Go to England/Europe: Visit where Blake served his mission
- Visit all 50 states: To see all the wonderful things in the US
- Write a song: I love music and I would love to have my own song
- Save a life: To know that I was the reason to help someone live and there family so they didn't have to suffer
- Be a hero to someone: So maybe I can change someones life, like people have for me
- Make someones dream come true: To have someone feel like they are on top of the world and so happy because you did something small for them
- Get married and have kids: I have always had a love for kids and I would love to have my own
- Play college basketball: Basketball is one of my most favorite things and its always been a dream of mine
- Write a book: Maybe I can inspire someone to change and be better like books I have read

The Mysteries of Life

1. Why is the sky blue and not green?
2. What came first; the chicken of the egg?
3. Where is heaven?
4. Why do they call it an outlet when you plug things into it?
5. Do vegetarians eat animal crackers?
6. Who is Heavenly Fathers dad?
7. Why are there shooting stars?
8. Why do they call 12 inches a foot and not a toe?
9. What is beond this galaxy?
10. Who is they?

remember when...

remember when i ripped my pants in 6th grade?
remember when i ran into the door jam?
remember when i ran into the dock wakeboarding and cut my leg?
remember when blake and jade got in huge trouble for breaking the lamp?
remember when i went to the hospital on my birthday?
remember when grandma skidmore called me after jeopardy because the guy just won a car?
remember when we would play sharks on the swing set?
remember when brady would be chance the dog?
remember when i would get mad at alli over something stupid in city league ball?
remember when i had braces?
remember when i wet my pants at school in 1st grade?
remember when maribel made me play with her for 2 weeks or she wasn't going to be my best friend?
remember when grandma skidmore put maple syrup on my ice cream?
remember when i would take grandma her newspaper?
remember when i almost ran away?

faced death!!!

well i have a few stories that i could have died from. the first one i was about 2. i was with my cousin and we were driving home from the store. she got in a wreck and i guess we rolled and luckily nothing happened. i wasn't in my car seat so i was blessed! the next one i was also 2. we were boating and we stopped at the dock. no one was watching me and i fell off into the water. still no one knew. thankfully my uncle Todd who had just come into the family looked in the water and saw something blond floating. he reached in and pulled my up by my hair. so once again i could have drowned and no one would have known. so i guess i that was a sign it wasn't my time to leave this life. i am so glad that i am still here today because then i wouldn't have had all the great memories that i have now.

My 5 items i would grab in a fire

if there were a fire in my house and i could only grab 5 things they would be:
1. my phone-that way i could call for help
2. pictues- so i could remember all of the good times Ü
3. my blanket my grandma made me- i would be warm and it means a lot to me
4. journal-so i could remember all that happened and so my family would know about me and my past
5. any money there was- so we could still buy things if we needed
these would be only some of the things i would want to take but i think they would be the best things to choose from.

childhood injury

it was July 30th, my dad's birthday. KaCee Simmons always had a bike party before school started. we would all bring our bikes and ride around and have Popsicles and just have a good time. since it was my dad's birthday we were going to go boating so my mom said i could only go for a little while. when i got there we all just started to ride our bikes. after a while this kid came and brought some stuff for a jump. i thought it was really cool. of course i saw the boys doing it and so i wanted to try. so just calm as can be i headed for the jump. i was going like as slow as you could possibly go and you all know that if you are going to go over a jump you have to have speed. ha so i started up the week jump and once my front wheel got over the edge it headed straight down. it was metal on the end of my handlebars so when they started to fall the wheel turned and the handlebar stabbed me right in the chest! i fell down and started to cry. Jana took me into the bathroom and i was bleeding. so after that i just went home and continued on with the day. over time i got a big circled scab and it turned into a scar. to this day, i still have that scar and every time i see it i always remember that dang jump!!

what if

what if i could fly?
what if he liked me?
what if i was the queen?!
what if the world fell apart?
what if i couldn't read?
what if i was homeless?
what if i was famous?
what if i died?
what if i was an astronaut?
what if i was paralized?
what if i had mental problems?
what if nobody loved me?
what if i was a guy?
what if i had 6 fingers?
what if i was married and had 3 kids at the age of 18?
Some of these things are bad and i would hate for them to happen. Others would be really fun and have lots of good things that would come along with them...

highlights of the year

• state CHAMPION!!!
• 4.0- so far Ü
• went to state in XC and took 3rd as a team
• made the volleyball team
• made varsity basketball as a freshman
• passed basic auto!
• doing the hurdles in track
• first kid in the family to play in the Idaho center
• beat Stacia's jv team in overtime-then there was some contention
• took 4th in 300 hurdles first track meet-ha there was only 5 running!!!

dreams-

i can remember one dream very well from when i was just little. i was 5 years old i think. to me this dream was a nightmare but now i just laugh about it. in this dream was my family and my grandma. here is the dream: my family and i were all just home and all the monsters from toy story were attacking us. they started to come into our house and on our yard. we told them to leave and to get away. we started to pack up our stuff and get into the pick-up. at that moment all the little creatures started over to my grandma's house. as soon as we realized where they were going to rushed over to pick her up. i remember that she couldn't walk fast so it was hard to get her into the pick-up. as soon as we got her in we took off and left all of our stuff and were free. now that i think of this dream i think it is so funny that i was so scared. the thing i remember most was the one eyed bug. ha anyways i will remember that dream forever! i loved it.
now have you ever had a dream and then woke up and thought it was real? here is another dream: I was in 8th grade going on a field trip with my class. i was sitting by a boy and i guess that i really liked him. we were on a train going to a museum...ha how lame! ha but we were sitting by each other and he put his arm around me. i thought it was great. it was weird because we were in the front of the train and 2 or the teachers were just talking to us and didn't even care. that made it even better know that they wouldn't make fun of us. well the dream went on and i think he kissed me. so i woke up and i thought that i really liked this boy. i kinda though about asking him out and all but then realized that it was a stupid dream and he didn't like me. i was heartbroken but things went on... Ü

Inspiration

Have you ever gotten something like a letter that you just read all the time, that would give you inspiration or something? Well I received a letter that I read before every game that I played in this year. I thought that if I read it I would get some kind of inspiration or it would help me to be the best I could be and play well. I figured that when I read these words in this letter, it made me think that people were looking up to me and counting on me to be the best I could be. Now before big games this would scare me. I never wanted to let anyone down. In the middle of the season my coach, who I really look up to, came to me and said that she had something for me. She pulled out this paper that had a quote on it. She just told me that when she read this that night, she thought of me. This meant so much to me because it opened up my eyes a little and I knew that I had to do my best, and not disappoint her. Now before games I would start to read both the letter and this quote, and by that time I knew that I was able to do whatever my mind was set on doing. The most important thing I learned from this was that as long as I gave my best and nothing less, I had nothing to lose, I could only gain. Now I believe that it's up to you how thing turn out. I know for a fact that if you give your all in everything you do, things will always be in your benefit. Even if things don't turn out how you would like, I am sure that you can learn something from it and become better. I like to say: Accept NOTHING LESS than YOUR best!

Favorite Quotes

1. Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.
2. To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
3. An opportunity lost is lost forever.
4. My worse critic is myself.
5. Happiness is a grateful heart.
6. We were giving two ends, one to sit on and one to think with. It's up to you witch one you'll use more.
7. A winner is someone who recognizes his god-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.
8. Champions aren't made in the gym. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them- A desire, A dream, A vision.
9. Impossible is NOTHING
10. Accept nothing less than your best!
11. TEAM- Together Everyone Achieves More
12. Don't trade what you want most for what you want at the moment.
13. Hard work spotlights the character of people: Some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.
14. Great Achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.
15. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.

wishful thinking~

wishful thinking is how many get throught the day. wishful thinking to me is somewhere i can go and at the moment those dreams cant be crushed. at times when i was little i dreamed of being a professional basketball player, and i really thought that dream would come true. now i have turned that dream into playing college basketball and then seeing where things go from there. now i know that you have to be an outstanding player to be able to play at that kind of level and that i would have to work really hard to do that. so dreams that i had when i got a little older and into my middle school years became not as fun and creative. i started to realize what would come true or not. so some dreams were to get a special part in a play and little things like that. now, i have dreams such as pass a class, get a 4.0, to play good in a ball game, to graduate high school and go to college and still play college ball. now i guess a dream stays with you your whole life. like me, my dreams consists of basketball most of the time but depending on the time i am in my life, that dream changes slightly. wishful thinking is a way to express yourself. if you were always told what to do and what to be life would get boring. there would be no reason to have dreams. i think that sometimes a person wishful thinks just so they can get through a day. i am sure that there are parents that wishful think so they possibly have something to look forward to all day to keep there mind off what is really happening. wishful thinking can be helpful. but the best of all is it always keeps you wondering....

if only, if only

if only if only... do you ever say if only i had that, or if only i did this. well every once in a while i find myself doing this. some of my if only's are:

if only he liked me

if i only made that shot

if only i had that money

if only i was that fun

if only i was a little bit closer

now all of these things happen at all different times. some happen at school, sports practice, the mall, when i want to be done with something, and lots of other times.if only, if only can be the worst thing to hear but often times it could be good...i guess. the bad times is when you miss the final shot of the game and lose and you say if only i would have made that we would have won! the good from that phrase is...ok i can't think of one but i am sure there is something. so the next time you think of an if only moment, recognize what is going on and what caused the if only moment. if only, if only i knew what to write next i sure could end this nicely. but oh well i guess i will just have to move on to the next if only....