Saturday, February 23, 2008

Weekend

My story is officially finished and printed! I am so excited! It is the longest book I've ever written! It has 91 pages of story and 4 pages of extra stuff. I used 25 pieces of paper and I owe my mom 10 bucks for ink! :} It took me 2 1/2 hours to print it. Here's why:

Every full piece of paper has 4 story pages on it. I put 2 story pages on a sheet, and then I put 2 more on the back of that. It took a long time to figure it out, and a VERY long time to do it!

We just had a "bonfire" in our driveway. My dad built a fire pit out of a wheel and we put wood in there and light it. We cooked hot dogs and marshmallows. It was yummy!

I went to Katie's Jazz Band "Benefit Concert" last night. They did a very good job and I'm happy I got to see it. There were 2 singing performances after that and then the high school jazz band played. It was really cool to watch!

After that I went to a sleepover for the Beehives. We did some planning and then we watched CHARLY. That is a sad movie, but I loved it!

I've had a good weekend!

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Hot Guys :)

Just because I'm bored, I'm going to make a list of hot guy celebrities:

1. Henry Cavill



2. Freddie Prinze, Jr.




3. Zac Efron



3. Robert Pattinson



4. Ricky Ullman



5. Nick Jonas



6. Joe Jonas



7. Chase Crawford (I don't know who this guy is, I just saw his picture somewhere)



8. Stephen Colletti



And that's all I can think of right now. . . . I might add on to the list later!!

Kennedy

Monday, February 18, 2008

Here's a beautiful pic of me!



Here's a beautiful pic of me! LOL! It was totally random but I think it turned out pretty good.

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

5 year old sensation . . . .

Isn't she so cute?! I was looking up random videos on youtube and found these. . . . (It's the same girl, for all of them, just so you know. . . )





Tuesday, February 5, 2008

In Loving Memory of Gordon B. Hinckley . . . .

This man was a great man, and think we should all try to be like him and follow his amazing example. When I heard about his passing, I was sad and I still am. I know that I shouldn't be though. He gets to be with his loving wife and family that have passed before him and I should be happy for him. It's going to be really different not having him as the prophet. He's the only prophet that I've ever been alive for. But I know that President Monson is going to be a great prophet for us! Here's a tribute that I found on YouTube.


Sunday, February 3, 2008

Sorry. . . .

Hey, sorry for not posting for so long!! I haven't been "busy" but let's just say there have been better things for me to do than playing on the internet! :) I've been challenging myself not to get on the computer and it was working well, until today!

Well over the weekend I went to Parker, AZ with my dad and Connor for a race that they are having up there. My dad isn't racing in it, we just went to watch. It was so much fun and I took some good pictures. It took about 3 hours to get up there. On Friday night, we left at about 9:30 and didn't get there until 12:45 (the midnight 12:00). I wasn't allowed to fall asleep because if I did, my dad would be more likely to fall asleep, and we wouldn't want that! So I had to stay up with him and it was so HARD not to fall asleep, but I managed! We drove in our Suburban and when we got there, we put the back seats down, set up sleeping bags and went to sleep (Connor slept in the front "Bench" seat). I didn't sleep very well because some maniacs were out late either partying/getting drunk or racing around in their quads. They might've been doing all of those things! But they were making a lot of noise and it was hard to fall asleep. The Trick Trucks started first at about 7:30 a.m. We didn't get to see them (it was quite disappointing because Trick Trucks are the coolest) because we didn't get out of bed until about 8:00. My dad brought a little propane stove and heated up some water for hot chocolate.

ABOUT THE RACE:

The only races WE go to are the ones in the desert. This particular one was in Parker, AZ. We went to the same one last year as volunteers for the Checkpoint (we had to write down the number and time they passed of EVERY SINGLE CAR! There were about 300 or so). This time we got to just watch. Each lap is about 120 miles. To finish, you have to complete 2 or 3 miles. Most cars go so fast that they break down in the first lap! The track isn't just flat ground. There are many turns and road "obstacles" (Cacti, trees, little animals). There's also what racers call "whoop-dee-doo's" (which are little hills that come one after another. These are particularly hard if you have a small car with a low-class suspension) and "washes" (which are areas that have different challenges: big rocks/boulders to avoid, part of the track that kind of makes the car go sideways, etc).

There are also many different kinds of cars (as you will see in my pictures). There are buggies, truggies (the front part of the car is a truck and the back a buggy), Trick Trucks (which are BIG million dollar trucks that go SOOOOO fast!), Jeep Speeds (jeeps), Hummers, and lots more.

Now that I've written a novel, here's some pictures!!!!



Here's one of the Trick Trucks that I managed to take a pic of
This is a buggy
This is a one person buggy
This is a Trick Truck that finished first in class 6
This is a truck that was shown at the finish. It's BIG!
This is a Jeep Speed. It's in 2-wheel drive so it had a hard time going up the hills.

This is a truggy

I got some videos too but it takes way too long to process it!