Props....

So, at church all the youth get to do a play for the roadshow!! For it, we can only use paper, cardboard, paint, duct tape, and pvc pipe to make the props with. Today, we had to practice for it and we had to make props and stuff so a couple of us made books, glasses, ipods, bags, and binders out of duct tape and cardboard.I made this really cool purse and planner thingie! They are really cool!

Inside of Bag

Bag Open

Bag Closed

Binder Closed

Binder Open

My AWESOME hair!!

I really suck at curling my hair and the other day I curled it and it looked horrible! Finally, I decided to brush the curls to see if it would look better and it did!

Family

At church on Sunday one of our leaders was teaching a combined lesson to the young women on loving your family. She also taught that we would do ANYTHING for our siblings no matter what because we love them. Now, you might be thinking 'whatever!' but our leader gave us an example she heard from Ardeth Greene Kapp that totally changed our whole perspective: 

Our leader first asked for a volunteer who had younger sibling(s). A girl who had two adopted younger siblings was called up. 
Leader: "During construction there are these big beams that are about 120-124 ft. long and 4 in. wide. Now, if I laid one on the ground and said 'if you walk across this beam I will give you 100 dollars.' Would you do it?"
Girl: "Sure!"
Leader: "Let's change the situation a little bit. Let's say we laid this beam across the twin towers. The twin towers are about 1,362 feet tall and it's stormy and raining and the wind is blowing. Now, if I said 'if you walk across the beam I will give you 100 dollars.' Would you do it?"
Girl: "No"
Leader: "How about 1,000 dollars?"
Girl: "No"
Leader: "How about 1,000,000 dollars?"
Girl: "No"
Leader: What if a man has your younger sister-(now starting to cry) hanging over the edge and he says 'if you walk across this beam I will give you your sister back.' Would you do it?"
Girl: (crying also)"Yes"

Everyone was crying knowing that they would do the same thing also.

Cookies

Last night I tried to bake cookies, but for some reason it was really crumby. I remembered putting the eggs in and the vanilla and the butter. I think. My dad told me to throw it away so he could 'show me how it's done'. I started to look for the big glass measuring cup so my dad could use it. Guess where I found it. In the microwave with the butter I apparently 'put into the cookies batter'.

Moral: always remember to add the butter you left in the microwave to the cookie batter.

Creepiness is just Creepiness

In my homeroom class at school, my table is THE MOST loudest, talkative, and the 'most in trouble' table. (I know, that must be REALLY hard to believe.) Anyways, so we were supposed to get out our vocabulary words out and recite them out loud. So we were standing there (my table and I-I mean the PEOPLE at my table) perfectly obedient with our lists out and all and the teacher suddenly looks at us and says, "This table is not going to exist tomorrow" in the most CREEPIEST voice EVER. We had many different reactions to that. Me: Just stood there not caring. Maggie: Standing there still as a statue and completely freaked\scared. 3 other boys: Standing there smirking. Corbin: Standing there not really listening.

"We are HISTORIANS"

So, at school we are learning about the Renaissance, like Leonardo de Vinci and stuff like that. We are also watching a movie about a family called the Medici's who pretty much "ruled" Florence, a city in Italy, which is where the Renaissance first started....blah....blah... Anyways, so there are some scenes where there are awkward pictures and paintings, and every time people in my class always look away and start giggling, laughing, saying "OH MY GOSH" and all that stuff. From my teacher's point of view: "It's not funny. We are HISTORIANS. It may offend you, but we are here as HISTORIANS." Everyone else: "Ya right. It doesn't offend us it's just plain gross."

Spring Has Sprung!-Photography

Here are some scenery photography. I took these pictures from my front yard, backyard, and neighbor's yard.