Pooh Bear!

Some of the best quotes come from Pooh Bear! Here is one of my favorites!!!

Quote Of The Day

"If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I'd never have to live without you."
— Pooh bear talking to Piglet

Cooking!!!

I had my first cooking lesson today!!! There is this family that goes to our church and they are amazing chefs! Sooooooooo, they are giving me, and my 2 sisters cooking lessons for the next 12 weeks or so... Today, was our first lesson and we made some really yummy ravioli!!! We made 100% of everything...I'm not exaggerating! We made the cheese, pasta, filling, and the sauce! Yummy!!! Sorry I dont have any pictures for you...we forget to take any!

Quote of the Day

Okay, I love this quote and I completely agree with it! I think its great advice!

"Anything thats human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwelming, less upsetting, and less scary. The people we trust with that important talk can help us know that we are not alone"

-Fred Rogers

Salmon and Reading!!!

On Thursday, we went to the Ballard Locks with a homeschooling group! The Ballard Locks is where they let the boats transfer from fresh water to salt water (and vice verse) and they have the Salmon Ladder there! The Salmon Ladder is where the salmon travel up the ladder (which begins in salt water) to get to fresh water, to get back where they were born and lay new eggs so that new salmon are born! The salmon were huge but they were also beautiful! It was fun to watch them jump out of the water! We had a great time and I would suggest it to anybody who has a free couple of hours laying around!

I read an Amazing book this week! Its called Hunger Games...It has a ton of action, mystery, adventure, and romance!!! My perfect kind of book! I also read the second book called Catching Fire which just came out last week and is also fantastic! AND, I read Eclipse for the fourth time! The funny thing is though, those books have only taken up 3 days of reading for me, and I wish they would have lasted a couple weeks! Oh Well! Apparently I read too quick and so its my fault!

Quote of the Day:

"He became my confidante, someone with whom I could share thoughts I could never voice...In exchange, he trusted me with his. —Katniss Everdeen "

— Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games)

Homeschool!!!

Im homeschooling this year and I am really excited!!! Over the years, I have gone in and out of public and home schooling... The last 2 years I have gone to my public Middle School, but we decided that this year I am doing homeschooling! All 4 of us are at home this year, plus Sarah the baby is here at home too! It will be busy! But Im still excited!!!

Quote of the Day!!!

"[Homeschooling]...recipe for genius: More of family and less of school, more of parents and less of peers, more creative freedom and less formal lessons."

— Raymond S. Moore (School Can Wait)

Mystery Video

Well, since Im in the very center of all this wedding stuff... I thought I would share this video with you that I saw a few weeks ago! I know that all of you by now have probably already seen it, but it makes me smile every time I see it! So watch it again!!!
You can see the mysterious, fantastic video HERE ...but WAIT!!! Your quote of the day can help you figure out the mystery if you try! Good Luck!!!

Your Quote of the day:

"If this was the last chance to be with you, just this one dance, I want this dance to last forever, but then again, forever may end too soon" — Celina

Fiesta Time!!!

After Rachels wedding, all of the family and close friends went back to my Aunt and Uncles house to have a huge fiesta!

Rachel had this fantastic dress to party in and Edgar had his Mexican suite!

This is the amazing dress that Rachel bought me at the same time she bought hers...It takes SOOOOOOOOOOOOO much energy to wear because of the corset in the back, but its still really fun!!! Rachel, me, and 3 of my cousins were all wearing these dresses! (sorry I dont have a better photo)

Mariachi Band played fantastic music!!!

Here are the wedding colors! Isn't the setup cute?!? This was also the dance floor later that night, they cleared out all the tables and it transformed!

Sam and Sarah (my little brother and sister) were so cute! They danced for hours that night! Sam was dipping, twirling, and lifting Sarah to the point that all of us just stood around and watched them!

"To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love" — Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice)

GIRLS CAMP!!!

Its that time of year again!!! Girls Camp!!! This is absolutely my favorite week of the year! Camping, zero boys, my best buddies at my side, and a really great spiritual experience! Who wouldnt love it!
My favorite night was when everyone cried and hugged random people (hugging people is my absolute favorite thing to do!) We were at golden hour and they had everyone come up and say "I Will" and then what they would do in their lives... mine was "I will ponder daily about what I am reading in the scriptures" What made everyone really start crying was when at the very end they played the song I Will by Hillary Weeks and they had the lyrics for all of us to sing along to... It was amazing...the spirit was SOOOOO strong and it was an unforgetable experience for me and many others.

"One day each of us will run out of tomorrows. Let us not put off what is important."

— Thomas S. Monson