It's My Life:): January 2012

Saturday, January 28, 2012

FREEDOM ACADEMY!!!

***ALL PICTURES ON NEXT POST***
so here is the thing.. i went to freedom academy this summer and it was the best week of my life.. why you ask? because it was and no one will never understand unless you have been there!
I did so many things that i would probably never do if it wouldnt have been for that week. so here is goes. first some stuff about the BLRG's our group consisted of well normally 4 boys and 4 girls, but later became 5 and 5 when we added our honoraries Irfan and Olivia! we were always front and center whether it was in big group pictures, for the concert, speakers, anything. we loved to play games, made up a harry potter song to a cup game, which made us pro., we were almost inseperable the whole time, all got along like best friends!
Sunday- got to camp williams and had mike schlappi as a guest speaker, got assigned to our groups, mine was the best BLGR bobcats! in my group was me, paige, megan, susannah, daniel, weston, erik and brayden, and then there was A-Train, the best counselor of all! it wasnt long before our group was a family. that night we had dinner in the chow hall and then we went to do ice breakers in another building. our group didnt really even need it but it was still fun. what do you know all of the sudden a drill sergeant yelling, giving us orders, i bet that is not even a taste of how it could have been. it was kinda fun though:)
Monday- first flag ceremony, and it was official! we had some speakers including 3 byu athletes, one of them was riley nelson from logan/byu. also senator garn talked to us. he was in the airforce i believe and he has been to space, now that is legit! after all of the speakers came the exciting part. we went to the state prison! we went to a part of the prison called con-quest. from what i understood it is a privelegde to beable to stay there. we sat in on a pannel of 4 prisoners each having commited a crime of some sort, (gangs, durg abuuse, abuse) they introduced them selves and delegates got to ask questions. it was actually pretty good getting to talk to them. we then went on a little tour i guess you could say and there was a guy in one of the rooms pulling this really funny face at us so daniel started doing the same face back and all the inmates would laugh then we would laugh and that went on for awhile. we went and had a swat presentation and then A-Train drove our bus back, lets just say she was better than my most recent bus driver for bball that ran a red light! we had a little presentation with the k-9 dogs and then went to the leadership reaction courses. i think we completed one successfully, the first one that we did. we may have cheated at first but we didnt know, we redid it though. the rest of the courses we did, were just funny, people falling into water, weston getting stuck on a pole.. oh boy! we had a litttle pool party bbq and danced the night away. me and erik were making our own moves, pretty much pro. me paige and a-train got a little excited with the giant marshmellow and chocolate fountain ( i will just put all pictures on the next post.) we have these awesome games we play, pretty much whenever we have the chance.. ninja warrior and some bunny game, but like i said awesome!
Tuesday- we went to the capital, to be told that august 2 is now a holiday, freedom academy day! we went in the senate and the house of representatives, took some pictures, played some games, and planked and creeped. when we got back we did 3 army activities. we rode in humvees and did a humvee roll simulator, i drove this big tractor thing, loaded a cannon, with fake amo, and shot and m-4 in a simulator. we had a speaker, skip morgan, that night which was reallly good. after skip we had a concert put on by vocalocity. we spent the rest of the night at the O' club having good conversations with the BLRG's and 1 of the honoraries, Olivia. found out some stuff about weston, like that we are all his children, he is now like my best friend!
Wednesday-we went to the airguard base that is by the airport. this is where a-train works and she took us in to show us where she works. it was probably one of the best overall days, me and paige went up in the cherry picker, put on these really hot yellow suits and gas mask, got to go inside the big and little planes, and we also did a firemans challenge, and yes the BLGR girls won. we marched and sang caidence, some of them were funny, phil led us, he was a funny guy:) we went to 2 news and had a tour, while we were waiting we saw a fight outside, i sat in dave fox chair took a pic to send to kelli, she was in chicago with him. this is where we learned perching. curtisy of matt gephart. it later became an addiction. we went the justice building (court) and i almost fell asleep. we went back to camp williams and ate chow, had a flag retirement ceremony and i was the person who carried the flag. then there was the speech contest, which i didnt do, but there were some really good ones. if you want to read something good read this http://hedgehogcentral.blogspot.com/2006/12/second-lieutenant-scott-lundell-rip.html after that all of the 'secret squirrels' met under the BLGR tree, we really had a tree, and wrote our letter to a-train. my camera died, but what do you know natalie had the charger for it, and also my camera was lost for like a day.
Thursday- today after we ate breakfast we got to go see a helicopter and take pictures with it, we were out there first and took many pictures, i think a-train had connections:) there was a speaker and then we did more army activities, i shot an M-16, who would have though that having only sot a gun once at camp loll this summer, that i would have been such a good shot, it was kinda fun. we also went repelling, i was the most scared for this. i first did the freefall repelling and brayden was my balayer it was actually quite fun! i then went and did the wall and that was pretty fun too! i wanted to go again, but i couldnt. i got interviewed by the provo paper here is the video==>http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/vmix_e411d032-bf15-11e0-becf-001cc4c002e0.html we went back and we had the talent show, we finally got our COIN SHAKE, it was highly anticipated!!!! the BLGRS did a little creep, and others did talents also. megan totally stole the show with here original song peter pan, she is probably going to be famous sometime in the future, Megan Hatt, remember that name. after the talent show we had our last little party, it was like an all night dance party! learned the beat it dance and the wobble. probably one of the best dances i have been to. there was pizza at midnight and all other types of food that you can imagine. that night we stayed up until 4 and it was a party in olivia's room. it was pretty fun, and paige convinced lauren that i had a twin growing out of my chest, totally believed me! i couldn't go to sleep that night because i knew the next day it would be over and i would have to go back to reality, which i didn't want to, especially because that meant volleyball.....
Friday-mixed emotions.. best week of my LIFE, but it had to end. we had our last breakfast/meal in the chow hall, last flag ceremony last time together. cleaning out my room was depressing. we had a guest speaker at the graduation, scott anderson, he was super good, and he showed some good videos my favorite was this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR3rK0kZFkg went to the blgr tree afterward to take our pictures and say our last goodbyes. Daniel had to leave though so all the pictures are minus him. we all stayed there for awhile, i was the last delegate to leave, the only thing left in the o'club was my suitcase and a fish. sad day when i drove out of those gates. freedom academy was definantly a week to remember! met some of the best kids there, and i miss them all!
* the coin shake, it was a big deal, it was the 50Th anniversary of FA and so they had coins and they had given them to every speaker or volunteer and we would always cheer for the coin shake, even though we had never seen the coins
* for every meal pretty much there was some type of desert whether it was brownies for breakfast or ice cream, always ice cream

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Year In Review Continued!!

The whole Family (38 of us) went to Nauvoo.. to much excitment it gets it own post!!

We went to the setting of the angel Moroni at the Brigham City Temple!

Went to our SBO training at Camp Loll with all the scouts.. intersting, but this is us at polarbear springs, i guess the water is cold?

Freedom Academy! best week of the year :) it also gets it own post, well because there is too much info, and it deserves it!

Ugh is all i can say, not the best time of my life, probably one of the worst, but what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, and basketball is much better! i like to think of volleyball as an opportunity to creep, perch and plank.. and be crazy with Kassi and Morgan, we are the powder puff girls:)

I likies to cheer myself up by, being crazy:)

Went to the USU ropes course, would have never done it if i wouldnt have been changed at FA.. lets just say i totally perched on the perch!!

Here it is.. Classic!

Painted the intersectino for homecoming at 4 AM for the last time

It is what it looks like, my horn fell off, literally!

Cheered for the home team! go bears:)

Maybe went crazy on a friday night (rain and lightning+flooded soccer field)

Went to dew tour, maybe got a speeding ticket, we didnt know the speed limit was 30??

Giving a shout out at the Box Elder Vs Bear River game, also where me and mike won the dew tour tickets

Play powder puff, i was the quarter back, and we dominated.. who knew i could through that far?

A little camping at beaver mountain with the owen family, i wasn't afraid to eat dust

Me and Ari :)

kind of obsessed with perching and planking. here are some pro's

I went and watched Suzi play at Jordan High for the state playoffs

Me, Karl, Chase and Mariah went to frightmares! best time at lagoon ever:) evern conquered the sky coaster it was CRAZY

Went to Salt Lake and met up with some amazing people, wish more could have came but it was still nice, even if a random man kissed james' hand:/

Then i met Megan at the Gateway and we went to the jazz scrimmage, i really was this close to josh howard, it is not a lie! it was exciting, and FUN! that was definetly a good day.

It was nearly came to an end, christmas was good! I got a new acoustic electric guitar and we pretty much did the yearly routine of visits. On new years eve we went to the Smart's for dinner and a little party i guess you can say. Now it is 2012 and it is rockin'!

Adios

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Year In Review!!

I find it time to start another new blog, even though my other one never really got “started” I guess you could say...alot has happened this year, so this will pretty much consist of pictures, I will call it highlights of this year 2011:)

first!!

student council- I was junior secretary and it was a great year serving my friends with my friends! I then in the spring ran for student body secretary and here I am now, serving the people :)

We Would change our pick up line weekly:)

I played some basketball, our team, with coach park, had a total turn around and went from last place in region to 2nd place in region! we lost our playoff game, but the season was so much fun to spend with my "sisters!!"

There was softball season. alittle sad when i got moved from 3rd base to first base but i guess it was all worth it in the end when i got 2 first team all state recognitions, first team all area, and first team all region. once again BR Softball won state, 4x but it is only my 3rd! The game was crazy! we went into overtime, and don't even worry on the way home our bus broke down, a bus stopped behind us, and it happen to be canyon view, the team that we had just beat!

4 peat State champs, my 3 peat for me!

7 friends that were in seperable, i guess you could say! always doing stuff if it was making shirts or shoes, or eating cinnamin pull aparts at jenny's!