4th of July

On the fourth of July we went to the Kaysville City Parade and fireworks.

Matt's Parade face painting

 Frightening picture of me wearing grandpa's hat and displaying my face painting

 Josh's puppy face painting

Veteran parade float

Grandma catching candy for us

Josh's glostick display at the fireworks

Birthday!!!

My 13th birthday was a week or two ago! When I woke up a plate of thirteen cant-leave-alone bars was at my place at the table. They are soooooooo gooooood!
After breakfast Mom took me to boondocks to use the coupon they give you to use on your birthday.

cant-leave-alone bars

Then we came home and hung out until my dad got home and I got to open presents! I got lots of cute clothes!

 Me wearing my new birthday shirt + necklace

Then all my friends came over and we went to Kaysville City's  summer play, 42nd Street! It was really well done and fun to go to with my friends. 

Us at the play! Me, Noelle, Morgan, and Tailor

 After the play we went to Artic Circle for Ice cream and more presnts. My favorite to open was Noelle's, because she wrapped a cute little Moleskine notebook in...

25 LAYERS OF WRAPPING PAPER!

Me with the cake + another birthday shirt.

Then on Monday, Grandma and Grandpa came over for cake and ice cream!


It was an awesome birthday!

Books!

Lately I've been reading a lot of new  books and recently read two really good ones that I got from Barnes and Noble with birthday money!

First, The Selection, by Kiera Cass. It was really good! I loved it! It's about a future country where the prince's bride is chosen by a process called the Selection. 35 girls are taken to the palace and attempt to win the Prince's heart. It was really good and I can't wait for the sequel!

(plus, the cover is pretty!)

second is the ninth and final book in the Sisters Grimm series, which I've been reading since I was in third grade. It was really good and most of the loose ends were wrapped up but the epilogue really made me want another book.

The Help

I haven't blogged in forever!
I recently got to see the movie version of The Help, and then read the book.

The movie was one of the few where I thought they definitely did the book justice. The only part that was excluded was icky and unneccessary in the first place.

The book was absolutely fabulous and fascinating and one of my favorites! I loved it and defifnitelyy want to read it again.

Cute Cousins!

This is me and my older cousin Brigitte dressing up in some cute clothes our uncle brought ack to our Tante Maren from India. There are more pictures somewhere, but for now, this is all I can find.

NINE!!!!!!!!

My brother is now nine years old! As you can see from the picture he had an awesome Pirates of the Caribbean birthday cake. Now he's in fourth grade and is in the same class as his best friend, Chase. Happy birthday Matt!

Girls Camp

Yesterday I came home from my first time at Girls camp. Our camp was kind of unusual, because instead of going to a lake or something, we went river rafting. I took a little disposable camera with me so I had something to remember camp by. The bishopric came with us and brought, "weapons of mass destruction," also known as guns made of PVC pipe. We went down the river in rafts and little inflatable canoes we called duckies. The first day we got there around lunchime, and after going down the river for a while we stopped and had ice cream. After everyone got some, the guides started an ice cream fight. I had a ton of fun!

Of Boys and Bubbles

A couple of days ago, josh had his friend Gage over and they made bubble makers. Then they had fun being the chefs in our restaraunt and making all sorts of confections out of bubbles. Then, when I got sick of being the waitress, they "cleaned" the entire patio.

New outfit

I have not blogged in forever!!!

My mom made me an awesome new outfit using fabric from Hobby Lobby, old jeans, an thrift store bracelet, and a spare headband. Eventually she is going to add a ruffle to one of my shirts to match.

The skirt

the entire ensemble

The bracelet




The headband

The whole thing again

BIRTHDAY!!!

Last Thursday was my birthday! I amm now twelve! My mom made overr my room for my bithday and I love it! She has pictures of it on her blog. I got some super cute jewelry and a video from Matt, and a little desktop toy from Josh. It was awesome! The day before my mom took me and my two best friends to Cherry Hill and then Yogotogo. Morgan gave me a ducky necklace and some new chalk pastels and Tailor gave me a pillow pet. The funny thing is, they both used the exact same bag, just in different sizes!