Thank You......I Guess.....

The other day I started talking to the new guy at Kung-Fu. We both stretched while we talked, and the subject matter was all over the place. In the middle of our conversation he told me about his siblings and then he asked about mine. I told him their names, and went down their ages. Then he asked," So who is the oldest?" When I told him that I was, his eyes got really big and he asked again," You're the oldest?! Oh, well you look like it." I'm pretty sure I looked confused for a few seconds, and then I said," Thank you.....I think." And that was were the conversation ended for that day.

The next day he sat next to me doing form practice. He smiled and said," You're Norma, right?" "What????!!!!!" I said internally, and laughed on the outside. I just couldn't believe that he thought my name was Norma!!! Norma? Seriously?!!!! That's just crazy! It doesn't
t even sound like my name!!! Plus I've always said that Norma sounds like an old lady name, don't you agree? (Please pardon me if you happen to be named Norma!)

Anyway, in my rushed to correct him I said," No!!! My name is Laura!!!" (Which is totally not my name! It is kind of a mix between "Norma" and my real name though....) I smacked my forehead, and whispered urgently,"Wait, no!!! My name's not Laura either!!! Oh gosh, I just told you the wrong name." The poor guy just sat there looking at me while I laughed at my stupidity.

I think he might be a little worried about my mental health now. He'll probably think that I have triple personality!!! I'm Sunbum, Laura, and Norma all in one, and each one is crazier then the next.....

Due To The Request Of One Of My Favorite Bloggers (Sister Face) I Shall Now Tell You All About My Week At Girls Camp!!!!

*Warning: This post contains a lot of exclamation points, and it's probably not totally grammatically correct!

One of the best parts for me is that mom was able to drive us to camp this year!!!! And what made it better was that my friend Cameo rode with us!!!!! I had so much fun singing/talking with my mom, Cammie, and Monkey on the way there, and then showing my mom around camp when we got there!!!! Okay on to the Girls Camp part:

Girls Camp was amazing!!! I learned so many things, and since this year we focused on unity I was able to make a lot of friends outside of the 3rd year girls. As I told you in my last post, our theme was W.O.W (Women of Worth). We learned about having “The Hawaiian Spirit” on the first day, and the leaders challenged us to be nice to everyone by smiling and say "Aloha" to everyone we saw. I was pretty much the only girl who did that throughout the whole week!!! And then I took it to the next level.....

I woke up before everyone in the mornings and I would be the first one ready to go so I could say my new favorite phrase in Hawaiian “Aloha Kakahiaka” which is “Good Morning to You” in Hawaiian. I might have annoyed a couple girls by being so cheery so early in the morning, but a lot of people like it, so negativity didn't bother me.....Much.


I was not thrilled at first when I found out that our ward was going to be sharing a cabin, and that we would be moving out of the cabin where we'd been for two years in a row, but then I found our who we were going to be sharing with!! Monkey and I have a really good friend in that ward, and the news got better when we found out that we got the HUGE cabin!!! I was really happy about sharing after that. I made a lot of new friends in the other ward, and two girls in particular were so sweet with me!! They were both 1st years, but unlike 1st years in years past they weren't intimidated by the older campers (I was so glad that they weren't because that would've stunk) one of them approached me at lunch on the second day and said," Do you want to be my friend?" I was so surprised because that had never happened to me before and of course I said,"Yes!!!" She looked so happy, and then I felt really happy!!! That was an awesome experience for me!!

As a 3rd year I had to teach a little lesson before our night hike, and that made me want to be a Youth Leader real bad!!! (The night hike was totally awesome, and we've never done it before!!!! The Youth Leaders taught lessons under flashlights at little stations, and they taught about divinity. After the hike we sung hymns and that was really beautiful)


This year was by far the best year for me because not only was I able to feel the spirit strongly throughout the week, but I was also able to learn new things that helped me build my testimony.

On the last day our Youth Leaders dressed up as Women Of Worth from the scriptures (Esther, Emma Smith, Mary, ect...) our Leaders taught us about each of these women’s acts of faith, love, courage, and patience! And we learned how to be like them in our everyday lives!!!

I cried a couple times at camp, and I baled like a baby at testimony meeting (as usual), and I got to know the girls in my ward better!!! I love Girls Camp!!! I can't wait until I can share my experiences, and knowledge with the younger girls when I'm a Youth Leader!!! In two years!!! (Oh, and 4th year sounds pretty awesome too :)

So that's all I have to write for right now, I pretty much covered everything I wanted to, I need to write it all into my journal before I forget details!!! Aloha (bye) everybody!!

Girl's Camp! Woot!!!!!!!!

Oh my goodness!!! Camp is in two days and I'm so excited!!!

Im our ward we have an awesome camp leader, and she invited Monkey and I over to her house today to decorate camp shirts, and love note jars!! She is totally awesome!! :)

Last year Monkey and I made our own camp shirts and so they took the idea from us. (And I got it from my mom!) Our theme this year is on Divine Nature, and Women Of Worth (Or WOW)!!!!

Okay, that's all.

A Wise Roach Slayer Once Said," Roaches Must Die!!!" Seriously What Do They Other Then Spread Disease?

Roaches......The most disgusting bugs ever. I learned some new things that I didn't want to know about them today..... You can become allergic to roaches if you inhale, or accidentally eat something with the allergens that they produce. (The allergens come from the roaches poop. Yuck!!!)


I can't believe that I didn't use my Roach Slaying powers to kill the four fugitive tree roaches that broke into our house!! Instead of destroying them I took them to our neighbor's yard and said," Go! Live your life, and don't even let me catch you again." And I walked away feeling happy! I was totally going against my Roach Killing nature by doing that!!! I have concluded that those accursed Tree Roaches brainwashed me!!! That's right! Brainwashed!!! I didn't have any desire to kill them, and I suddenly started hating the sight of Raid. (They either brain washed me or I'm slowly turning into a giant tree roach)

Thankfully I came to my senses!!!!! I will never let my talent for killing Roaches go to waste. I will not let my Raid can collect dust on the shelf in my super secret room where I first became The Roach Slayer!!! I will bring justice to this household once again! There will be no Roaches left to poison my food, or make my mom and siblings scream and run in fear!!! I will be victorious!!

*Where I live we have a terrible problem with bugs!!! And we live right next to four huge pine trees so we get a ton of tree roaches!!! They're huge!!!*

I Don't Look Anything Like I Did In Kindergarten, But My Old Friend Does!!!!

Every year of school I got put in the same class as Clayton. Clayton was my friend so I didn't mind. Clayton called a lot and always said," Mr. Infidel (my dad) may I please talk to Sunbum." He walked over to my house even after I started homeschooling, and asked for me. But after a while he stopped coming. This never bothered me, actually I never thought anything about it until recently. When I say "recently" I mean last Tuesday.....

He was riding his bike past our house, and I was having a running competition against Monkey. He watched us as we ran around the front yard and then back, and I expected him to say hi and leave as he always does when he passes. But he didn't. So to break the silence I said,"Hi, Clayton." And gave him a big goofy smile. He looked confused and he asked," Uh, where's Sunbum?" Then I was confused, I furrowed my eyebrows and I said," I am Sunbum." He looked surprised "Oh, you look different." He told me. "Uh, thanks so do you." I said still shocked that he didn't recognize me, I mean it hasn't been that long since I've seen him! There was a long silence again, I didn't know what else to say so I just looked at him. That's when I noticed that he didn't look different. No matter how many years have past I can still he still looked almost exactly the same as he did in kindergarten!!!!

I'm so stupid because I told Clayton," Sorry, but I'm going to have to take that back, you look the same actually." He shrugged his shoulders (his expression hadn't changed since he had found out that I was Sunbum), he asked how my mom was doing, and then he left......

*I felt terrible for that last comment, I was just taken by surprise. He'll probably never talk to me again....*

I Guess I'm Deaf AND Dorky!!!!!

It all started when I was stretching in Kung-Fu. When I stretch I don't think about anything but stretching, so a lot of times I don't realize what's going on around me. That's why this happened to me.......

I knew something was up when I saw all the people next to me move to get farther down the bar. Sadly the only thing I that went through my mind was," Man, do I stink that bad? How can that be? I just took a shower!" For about five seconds more it was silent in the room, (the silence should have been a huge sign that there was something wrong) and then I heard yelling! And it was right next to me! I turned around as quickly as I could and there was Master J. and he was yelling saying," You deaf? You not hear? Move over there." And he pointed to a crowded spot on the wall. I made the mistake of looking up, and I saw that everybody in the whole room was watching me in silence. I blushed so hard my arms started to burn, and then I looked at the ground again and said," Oh, I'm sorry." Then I walked shamefully between one of my sisters and a little boy, to make things worse Monkey pushed my other sister out of the way so she could tease me the rest of the stretching time.

*Yeah, this was not one of my finest moments.

Movie Review On: Race To Witch Mountain

Today I saw Race To Witch Mountain at the dollar movie. I for one was not impressed. The only thing they had against the original movie is that they cast Alexander Ludwig as one of the lead male characters, he's one hundred percent more adorable then the other boy. Other than that the original wins by a long shot, although I didn't particularly like the sequel to it......

This movie had way too many car chases for my taste, and even though I've liked Annasophia Robb in everything I've seen her in; I thought she was a little over the top in this one. The worst part though was in the middle of the movie when they dropped the "Global Warming" bomb. *sigh* Just so you know I rolled my eyes sarcastically at that part. (I recycle paper, and I pick up trash off the street when I can. And I never litter. I think I'm helping the environment by doing that, now stop trying to guilt me!) I have to give Disney a couple points for being subtle about it though....

Out of five stars I give this movie a: 3 1/2 (I added the half a point for the cast. Or more specifically Alexander Ludwig)

P.S. I think he has very pretty eyes, and he's Canadian!!!