school

school has started. yay! even though i was terrified to start at a new school it has been way easier then i expected and i am so grateful to have the friends i do to help me thru it. so far its been okay...

ok so you know how my sis has been here for the past couple of months? yeah so i was just about sick of having her here when it hit me that she wouldn't be here for much longer. i have not always had a great relationship with her and even though its been weird to be on talking terms with her I'm getting used to it and surprising enough enjoying it. yesterday my sister and her daughter ( aka my little baby) left to go back to Washington. its so weird not having them here and i miss them like crazy but i guess I'll have to dredge up the strength to go on. oh well...

so this Thursday in chorus we're having a party of sorts. I'm soooooo excited! its the annual choir shindig!!!!! yeah! ( yes that's its official name!) most of friends are in chorus with me so they'll be there. and most of those who aren't are still in chorus so they'll be there too. including most of my guy friends... including a really good guy friend;)! again i say I'm soooo excited!

so me and my sister while she was here went on a diet. now i know your thinking of starving yourself and sugar withdrawals but let me tell you it actually worked. at first when she told me she wanted to do it i said no way! are you kidding me? Hallie on a diet? me on a diet? please! but then i started thinking bout it. i was about 2 weeks from starting high school, terrified of high school, and wanting the boys( of course) to notice me. so whats a girl to do? well so i decided to do it. ( after some begging from autumn of course) ok so this thing is called hcg diet. weird huh? yeah so its a natural diet that resets your metabolism. that's why it works! i lost like 17 pounds on it. in 2 weeks! and now my metabolism is reset and way faster so all in all it worked great ( except that my brand spanking new buckle jeans( yes Heidi and autumn have converted me to buckle) are big on me :() so yeah... hehe

oregon

Imagine a green, dark and full as a Christmas tree; now remember a green as light and airy as a spring day in grandma's back yard, picking apples laughing. Now imagine the yellow I see - the yellow that makes you grin, sunshiny, that makes the world happy, now imagine those colors and feelings mixing and mingling with red tips coming to view. This is what I see. This is my view.

i wrote this in Oregon on the drive up the coast. its so beautiful up there!

from left to right: madelyn, zane, lexi, tanner. bottom: left to right: taylor,alex,tanner, zane

HERE YA GOOO...

to the left: ( left to right) Dannika my roommate, Holly my counselor

the right: top: zach, bottom left: nick, bottom right: kale

efy

wow this was my first year of EFY and it was amazing. ( for those of you who don't know know what EFY is its this: especially for youth) i went to Provo BYU campus for this year. my roommate was Dannika. it was sooo fun. we met a lot of good people who i hope will be my friends for a long while. we had amazing classes and dorms( lets get this straight: everything was amazing) it was really cool getting to know the campus and living in dorms me and Dannika kept saying we were students and we really did feel independent. our counselors were really cool too. they helped a lot with everything. all in all it was, yes you guessed it, AMAZING! out company's name was Por Que??? hehe yeah it was awesome :)

1st month

the last day of school : after school we all went over tomy friends house and partied! we had a huge food fight with all kind of gross stuff. ewww ( pudding, whipped cream, macoroni salad, spam...etc) we got all gross than hopped in the pool we swam for a couple hours then went and had a huge bonfire. we set fire to all our school stuff. it was sooo fun smores came next then i went home and slept. ahhh felt good not to wake at 7 :)

on saturday mom left for caamp and i was officially the mom of the house. thats morning austin came and got me and ian and we slept over there that night. it was really fun. on sunday day came and had dinner with us then we went home.

monday mornin: i left for camp. that was really cool. we hiked like 15 miles and went cannoing
that was really fun. we came home on wed. a shower never felt so good ;) ian and dad left on monday of the next week for scout camp. a whole week with just mom and me. ( except for when austin comes ovr) that was a great week...

sorry

been a while... hmmm... k so SCHOOLS OUT! summer time yay! so heres my summer soo far...