The Importance of Being Lauren

Warning: Saying this got me in really big trouble! I don't recommend repeating this to anyone!! It all started when I was at the end of the pew, my Mom was sitting next to me. It was also Fast and testimony meeting. Thankfully it was almost over. The Bishop was going to wrap it up but then a guy with bright orange hair came up. He looks like the weird dude from "A.J.'s Time travelers." My Mom hardly knows anyone by name even now, but it was worse back then. She nudged me and asked,"Sunbum, who is that guy?" I whispered back,"His name is Lint um, I forget the last name." Then I started laughing when I realized what I said. I quickly corrected myself and told her I meant Clint! But by then we were both laughing. Then after church Dad asked what was so funny. Mom told him, man you wouldn't believe the lecture I got for that. I never ever made the mistake of calling any adult by their first name ever again (not even behind their back!)! Because it ...

For Christmas I got these really awesome "e mo " shoes, and a skeleton shirt. I've been wearing them all afternoon. I also got black nail polish to complete my emo look! But I always have trouble putting on nail polish so I haven't put it on yet! I can't go to any emo conventions though because my Dad took away my emo belt! How can I be emo without my emo belt?! This is madness I tell you, madness!! This is what he told me,"Sunbum you wear that stupid belt everywhere! You wear it to church, around the house, and even when you're cleaning!" With that he took it away and hid it in his room. I tried not to cry but I walked to my room, and threw myself on Caterpillars bed and cried until I had no tears left to cry. That's another thing to prove that I'm emo . I feel my heat break again when I think about my emo belt! *sob* I'm so emo! *uncontrollable tears!* Till tomorrow farewell! *sniffles*

Wow! This is probably the second time that I have weird dream Monday on a Monday. I had this dream about a year ago. But its message has stuck with me. Okay so before I went to sleep that day I had eaten about four granola bars! I was really embarrassed that I ate that many. So this is how my dream went: I was at the gates of Heaven, and God was standing there with a long list of names. I was the only one there in front of him. He turned and told me," Sorry you can't come in. You've eaten too many granola bars in your life time." Then this big gust of air came and took me away. At that moment I woke up! I was so scared that I completely stopped eating granola bars. I told my family my dream. Yeah and you'll probably guess what they said. What did you think about this dream?

Every time I make banana bread I ruin it. You see I double the recipe, and most of the time I forget things. But not today! I doubled the recipe, and instead of all white sugar I used some brown sugar also. The smell was heavenly! But I was afraid that it would be flat, and disgusting as usual. But no! It was perfect. In my many tries of making banana bread I finally made the perfect batch. Four loaves of wonderful smell, taste, and looks. Sadly I didn't take a picture before we devoured it, so I guess you'll have to take it from me. Monkey loves bread so she ate a lot of it! She also started a Blog today. Go Monkey!!

This week starts Young Women basketball practice! A couple months ago they were doing Volleyball. I know I suck at sports but I'm especially bad at Volleyball! So I didn't go to anything related to it. But I really like Basketball! I played on a team at the YMCA. Through the whole semester I scored one basket. It was really sad. I like playing against Buster, because I beat him every time!! Of course I make every basket when I'm at home, but when I'm playing anywhere else I can't do it. Do you guys have that problem? Oh! And the Friday after Christmas the Young Women are having a camp out. It sounds really exciting!!

My Dad bought Monkey deodorant a couple months ago. It's supposed to be Fresh Arctic apple. Yeah right. Every time she puts it on the whole room smells like it. It's a horrible smell. This is what it smells like: Month old rotten green apples, combined with stinky socks, with a little sugar to make it smell sickly sweet too. I hate being in the room when shes getting dressed because its aroma is nauseating! I wonder what she'll get next time. Peach breeze, or Tropic pineapple? I don't even want to know what those smell like!

This session of Weird dream Monday-Tuesday will now come to order. I had this dream Friday night, but I liked it so much that I remembered it! This is how it went......... Most of you know that I don't like Jacob Black (From Twilight). The beginning of my dream was like the end of Eclipse. I have no idea why almost all my dreams I'm older than I am in reality. Anyway I was 15 and I lived in some little town. I had a shed next to the house that I did my work in. In the dream I had a little sister whose name was Kate. My name was Beatrice. Very weird right? I met him and had a weird conversation about my life in my dream. In this dream I actually liked him. Anyway he imprints on me! Hm. Maybe it's because I'm dorky, and clumsy like Bella. At the end I got married to him! Yay me! Does this dream mean that subconsciously I do like Jacob? That is the only Twilight related dream that I ever remember having. I wish it could have been about Edward! *Oh! And the reason I didn...

Saturday afternoon I had a chance to talk to Brynn!! She sounded just like I thought she would. I never know what to say when I'm on the phone, so I sounded kind of dumb! Sunday was a very exciting day because it was Mel's and Coco's (My Aunt) birthday. I went with my Mom to get the cake. We found a semi- cute Dora cake, Mel is obsessed with Dora. The reason why I will never know! She wanted chocolate cake, but we got marble. It was a little something for everyone! Anyway we went to our Grandparents house played games and talked. Then my Mom asked me to play 'Dueling Banjos' on the piano. I did it! Well the beginning anyway. Now I'm trying to learn the rest. Mel got "My little pony" for her birthday, and Coco got a 3D castle puzzle that's really cool! Sadly Monday was the end of my weekend adventures. :(

Last night was our ward Christmas party! The theme was 'A night in Bethlehem.' I was the apprentice tailor for Sister M. My job was to record everything that people took. I also helped people get outfits put together. Sister M. made little 'treasure' bags for the people who returned the fabric at the end. Mona, and Crazy cat lady were there, they both were helping with the fruit stand. I called Cat lady 'Miss fruity' the whole time. She was greatly annoyed. I loved helping! I always feel left out when I don't have something to do. Mona came over to talk to me while everyone was watching the 'Nativity scene'. She also went over to the sweets shop to get both of us cookies. I was very surprised that she knew my favorite kind of cookie. (Which is oatmeal raisin) We said our fare wells and departed. I thought the party was the best! They did a really good job setting everything up. And that's all I have to say about the party!!

Tonight we are going to be babysitting for ward Temple night! There are a lot more babies than Young Women so this will be a very interesting activity. When we were planning it I recommend we do stations. On the bright side my Mom made a bunch of church related puzzles a long time ago, so all I had to do is get them into little groups. Last week all the youth went caroling for the activity. It was a lot of fun. There was a group that didn't come back until everyone was leaving. They had seen the missionaries, and they went caroling with their group. I really hope this activities goes smoothly.

Weird dream Monday was canceled due to the Internet connection shutting down and not saving anything. So today I bring you 'Weird dream Monday-Tuesday'! I had this dream along time ago, but it is still vivid in my mind! This is how it went... It was dark and everyone else was asleep. I was just laying in my bed thinking, and trying to get to sleep. Then I looked over to the door, the doll face wasn't there! I didn't see it anywhere. Well to understand the dream you have to know that I was very scared of the doll face. I still avoid it but I'm not scared anymore. Okay now that you know that we can go back to the dream. I couldn't breathe or move! I looked to the edge of the bed it was right there, and it was moving back and forth! It was mumbling things I couldn't understand. Then it smiled at me and tried to strangle me with it's long braids. I wanted to scream but I couldn't. Then I woke up. I couldn't go to sleep after that! The next night I ma...

Today is a day to celebrate! I finally found out when the next 'Chronicles of Narnia' movie is coming out. As some of you know it is one of my all time favorite series! I love all the books and the movie. The new movie looks amazing! I've decided to read the series again before it comes out (May 16). Eleven days after my birthday! I totally know what I want to do now. And today the 'Golden Compass' comes out in theaters. Almost all my favorite books are becoming movies now! It's all very exciting!

Yes. It's that time of year again. The time when most radio stations put on stinky Christmas music. (I absolutely despise Christmas music.) All of it sounds the same to me. I would also like to mention that most Christmas movies stink too. I would do a top ten list, because I'm sure there is enough stinky Christmas movies out there. But sadly enough, most people just don't have enough time to read that long of post. So here it is the Top 3 worst Christmas movies ever: 3. A Christmas story . "You'll shoot your eye out." The classic quote to this movie. Yeah! Sure we get it, you really want a BB-gun for Christmas. Your parents don't trust you enough to have one, so just give it up already and enjoy your 'fuzzy pink bunny pajamas.'Okay thanks. 2. Christmas with the Cranks . Yup! That's right only number two. Take your canned ham and cry about it. So your daughters coming home last minute for Christmas. Tell her you have plans already, you don'...

When I was in school I always had the worst substitutes. So about a year before I started home-schooling I had this substitute that was absolutely horrible. She was our teacher for the whole week. On Friday we were having a reading test, in the middle of the test I had this overwhelming urge to use the restroom. I went up her desk and asked her if I could go. This is what she told me, "Sorry sweetheart you're going to have to wait until we go to lunch." She didn't listen to me when I told her that this was an emergency. I finished my test in a rush so I could go. I ran back up to the front and begged her to let me go. She said," Fine you can go." I ran out of the class and down the hall. Sadly the classroom was a very long way from the restrooms. I did not make it! I had to go to the nurse and get a change of clothes, after I went and told the teacher. She gave me shorts to wear. So I walked around school for the rest of the day in shorts to small, and almos...

Remember when I mentioned Jams in the Apache post? Sadly I just can't ignore the main person in my story so he has to be in it.*sigh* Well you see we've been in the same ward for about three years now, and I've never spoken to him. But here's the weird thing about it, there is not a week that goes by that I don't dream about him! (or D.D) Anyway last night he was in my dream here's how it went....... I thought it looked like downtown but I wasn't sure. It was early afternoon, and for some reason Jams was with me, and my Dad's Focus was in the parking lot. In my dream I was fourteen, I was at work but I didn't know what it was that I was doing. Then I asked to borrowed his cell phone, to call my Mom and she told me to take the Focus and come home. Then I was really confused, how could I drive? I'm only fourteen. Then I asked Jams if he could drive me home. He said he would, then he climbed in a got the keys from the door. He kept stepping on the b...

Last night my Mom got the first season of Ghost whisper on DVD. Mom, Monkey and I all went to watch it on the computer in the living room. I knew I was going to cry because I always do. In the beginning of the first episode I didn't think it was very good. But then in the middle I started sobbing really hard. (Then at that moment I knew that it was a good episode!) It was like that for the whole thing, every episode I would cry, and cry (and then cry some more). I finally got the chance to catch my breath when the movie froze and I went to fix it. Then I started to cry again. So there you go, this is proof that I'm emo !!

One Saturday we were at a restaurant with our Great-Grandparents. When we were leaving my Grandfather started talking to me. He said,"You know you're growing into a beautiful young man." I smiled politely and said,"Um. Thank you?" (I wasn't actually sure what to say.) So after that I told my family what had just happened. Huge mistake!! They still make fun of me! They say,"Oh! Sunbum , you're growing into such a beautiful young man *gag*!" Well I guess it's not as bad a some of the other things they tease me about! *By the way I am not turning into a young man so um it's all okay!*

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. Since I didn't do it yesterday I'm going to do the list today! This is the Top 5 things in my life that I'm Thankful for. 5. I'm thankful for being able to got to the Temple, and read the Scriptures. 4. I'm thankful for the opportunity to learn. 3. I'm thankful for all my friends!! 2. I'm thankful for our Country and the people that fight for it. 1. The number one thing that I'm thankful for is, 'My family!" Yes that means my 2 brothers, 3 sisters, my Mom & Dad, and my dog Reagan!! I love you all!!! I have a lot of other things that I'm thankful for. But now I want to know what you guys are thankful for!

About a year ago we went to meet all of our family at this restaurant. We all went to the large table and sat down. Everyone was talking, and laughing and having a good time. Then a mariachi band came into the room and started playing. My Mom asked them if they could play the Macarena. They started playing it then my Mom said,"Sunbum why don't you dance?" Then in front of everyone in the room I did the Macarena. My whole family stared at me with shocked eyes. Well except Mom she almost fell off her chair because she was laughing so hard, and she had to hold herself. I got really embarrassed by the middle of the song, so I sat down. The guys patted me on the back and said,"That I did a great job." So there now I'm the first "Awesomest Macarena dancer ever."

A couple nights ago I was laying in my bed reading as usual. Suddenly my younger sister burst into the room being chased by Crazy Cowboy. They were fighting each other for a talking lamb. It is the most annoying toy ever!! Anyway she begged me to keep it in my bed. I took it, they forgot about the toy and went to sleep. It was really late when I finally finished reading, that meant that I was the only person awake.( Which was bad because, the book that I was reading had a scary part in it that stuck in my mind.) So I turned off the light and climbed into bed. I turned over and then I heard a voice. I froze in fear! Then I started calling out my sisters names, even though I knew perfectly well that they were asleep. I was so scared! I frantically started looking around the dark room to find what was talking. Then I felt the lamb from under me and threw it across the room. Then I was debating with myself which was stupider being scared of the talking lamb, or not remembering to put it aw...

There's this girl in my brothers church class. Her name is Ms. Bossy Pants . Just from her name you can find that she likes to boss people around, even if they're three times bigger than her! In sharing time she was in the row in front of where I was sitting. I was talking to the girl next to me trying to block out Ms. Bossy Pants bossiness. Then she turned around and started doing her signature move(rubbing her index fingers together and saying,"For shame."Oh! And shaking her head at the same time!) Isn't she such a little multi- tasker ? She started with the,"For shame Sunbum . For shame, your not suppose to be talking right now." (In my defence we still hadn't started class yet.) But that was enough for me, I didn't care if her mom was behind me(telling her mom is her only defence). Who is she to tell me what to do? Then the evillest plan popped into my head. I smiled wickedly at her. Then I turned to the girl next to me and said,"Oh loo...

For years now I have been trying to learn how to trill . My sister Monkey didn't have the patience to teach me how. So when we sing along to songs that have trilling in it they always make fun of me. Sometimes Monkey and I play this game were we say,"I bet you can't do this!" I can never win because she says,"I know you can't do this." With a smirk on her face she starts trilling . No matter how hard I try I can't do it! I feel ashamed after I try, because I make everything around me spitty ! I can never participate in a conga line, or sing mariachi music.*sigh* Does anyone else not know how to trill ?

Last week I took on the challenge of folding the laundry. A whole sofa full of laundry!! None of my brothers wanted to help, but Caterpillar and Mel were eager to fold with me. Even with their help it took a long time!!! When we finally finished folding, and putting away the clothes we all sat on the sofa. As we sat there proud of our work, the boys wanted to get on the couch too. I decided to tell them the fable about the Ants and the grasshopper. Then I asked them,"What did you do all afternoon while we worked?" I already knew the answer of course but Buster said," I was trying to get Mr. I don't want to fold the laundry boy to work with you." I started laughing and told him that I had been listening to him practically the whole day! Suddenly he was quiet. They both walked off quietly back to their room to fold the clothes that I had put on the bed. The end.......

Last night we finally had our talent show! We all practised at Crazy Cat lady's house two nights in a row. When our friends Mona, and Ali came we went to a room to prefect our dance. When we got back to the gym we had to plan a little skit with the young men about honesty. It was really fun to act it out! Then we started the talent part of the show. We were one of the first acts. So we walked onto the stage in our beaded shirt glory (we looked really silly!). When we started dancing everyone started laughing. I had a lot of fun dancing! Then Monkey turned off the music (she was our D.J!) When we were exiting the stage I almost fell off the stage because I was laughing so hard!! Then the next performer Jams said,"You guys did a good job dancing." I could tell he was fighting a smile though. Now all of you know what happened this cold Wednesday night at the Youth talent show!! Remember you heard it hear first! Over and out.

Who has the honored title of my favorite author? The author of Leven Thumps, of course. When I got home Wednesday night my mom was on the phone so I went to eat. I was kind of disappointed because I had just finished, Leven Thumps and the Eyes of the Want that afternoon. Suddenly she came running into the living room and said," Sunbum you will either jump through the ceiling or wet your pants." She went on to say,"Guess who is coming?" I got excited even before I knew. Obert Skye?" Yes, she exclaimed!" He's coming to Sister Writer's house. I started screaming," Obert Skye is coming! Obert Skye is coming!" I was jumping up and down as I said that so it sounded weird. I kept saying that as I walked around the house. Until my brothers and sisters started teasing me for being all girly . Then I just kept it to myself. On Friday I got ready really early. Well earlier than I usually do. I curled my hair, and put on my new outfit. My da...

This story is from my ear piercing experience. And I'm happy to know that this will never happen again. This story takes place on a bright and sunny Friday evening. My sisters and I really wanted to get our ears pierced like Caterpillar. So we went to the store in the Mall that Caterpillar went to. The lady there lets say her name was Fern. So Fern let us pick out what earrings we wanted. She got the staple like thingy out and asked,"Who's first?" She looked around then Monkey went up to the chair. It was done in a second and she didn't even flinch. The lady looked at me expectantly. I shook my head. So Mel went next. I was surprised to see she didn't even blink. I convinced myself that it wouldn't hurt. So I walked up to the chair I could feel my families eyes on me. Then I felt Fern put the staple thingy on my ear then excruciating pain hit me. I started crying. Then Fern exclaimed,"Hm. You have unusually thick ears!!" Everyone started laughing...

Next week for our Wednesday night activity we will be doing a talent show. This will include all of the youth.I personally don't really enjoy preforming on stage, but Crazy Cat Lady and I wanted to do something for this. So these are some of the things we considered: Lip synching, interpretive dance (her idea not mine!), or singing a crazy song. My Mom recommended that we do the Apache dance. If you've seen it you will know that it's a very, very crazy dance. One time I watched myself do it in the mirror. It was horrible. I went to her house so we could decide what to do. I asked,"Cam do you want to do Thriller?"She wasn't thrilled at the idea of doing Thriller, but she said she would do it. I was excited to learn that her sister knew it and she was willing to help us. But then I made the mistake of showing her the Apache video on youtube . She absolutely loved it. So now we're going to do Thriller with her sister for her talent, and she's going to do...

As all of you know, yesterday was the much anticipated Halloween. My Mom wanted us ready early because we were just going to walk to the park. As usual I was ready extra early so I was stuck helping my younger brothers, and sisters. At 7:00 exactly we walked out the door. But then we had to go right back inside to get my brothers cowboy hat. We finally started to make our way to the park. When we got there it was empty and dark. All of us groaned and said it probably is at the other park. So we all walked the way to the other park. When we got to the other park it was empty. At that moment my Vampire Elvis heart sank. My Mom said,"Well since your are all dressed up why don't you take your brothers and sisters up to the door to trick or treat." I felt like I had been tricked. We made our way around the neighborhood trick or treating. We got a ton of candy! At the last house my mom asked the people about the party. They said,"Oh yeah they had it at 6:00." I turned...

This is another Halloween edition. Please enjoy......... Halloween is tomorrow!! And I'm really excited about it too. I will also be attending our neighborhood Halloween party. My favorite part of Halloween is dressing up. A couple years ago I was a Cowgirl that was kind of boring. Last year I didn't dress up. The only thing I did was wear a mask. This year is the best by far. I'm going to be,"The First Vampire Elvis impersonator ever." I absolutely love that title! Anyway at the party I had my wig on, and all the boys thought I was a boy. Okay would a boy wear flip flops under his costume? Or hang out with girls. I think not! I helped my sister Caterpillar play the games because it was hard for her to move. She was a doughnut. E veryone said that they wanted to eat her costume!! So what is your favorite costume?

This post is a Halloween edition please enjoy!!! About a week ago I was trying on my new Vampire cape in my room. I was hopping up and down and saying I am," Awesome Vampire Cape Woman. I will save you." I had to hold up my cape to keep it from dragging on the ground. Yes and me tripping on it. I heard Monkey bugging someone outside the door. She was being really bossy. Then the idea hit me. She walked into the living room so I opened the door and stood behind it. Then I called,"Oh Monkey I need you for a second." She came stomping in" Wha ."She wasn't able to finish her sentence because I jumped out from behind the door with a expression of a Vampire when it's hungry. My arms held up high so I wouldn't break my cape. That also kind of took a blow to the scary factor. Anyway she ran out screaming. My Dad opened the front door at that very moment. And I was on the floor laughing so hard I could hardly breath. She didn't bother anyone for the...

At Girls camp my secret sister gave me really nice bubble bath mix, candy, and a magic towel . I had never even heard of a magic towel before . When I got home I put everything I got in my dresser, well hidden. Over the next couple months I kept finding the magic towel every were I turned. I had forgotten that I kept moving it. Duh! About a week ago I had finished everything required of me. I didn't want to read (that was a first for me), it was too hot outside to play, and I was just sitting on the floor staring at my new Leven Thumps book. The closet was open, and when I looked up I saw the unopened wonder of the magic towel . I called my sister Monkey in and said," Hey do you want to grow a towel with me." Apparently she was bored too. She bounced up and down excitedly and shouted,"Yes! I would love to grow a magic towel ." So I went to the sink and opened the chunk shaped as a pineapple, and dumped it in the warm water. It was like watching the grass grow!...

This week at our Young women activity we each had to teach a five minute lesson. I was completely stuck. I didn't have any idea of what to do. So I kind of held it off until the day of the activity. On Wednesday I was in a rush to find something fun to teach. My mom told me not to be boring. I had no idea what the other girls would like. So I went to my closet and I found a paper with the poems I've written. Then it literally hit me. I could teach how to write poems that I loved learning and I bet they would too. I was so excited that I had something to teach. I skipped over to my cubby. Yes, I still skip. As I said it's so hard to avoid! I got even happier when I found the instruction sheet for Diamond poems. For everyones information, Diamond poems are my favorite poems ever. I asked my dad to print out copies for me. He had it done in a couple of minutes. Complete with lines to write their poems on. Thanks for doing that Dad! I was the last person to present my lesson, ...

I always have a hard time choosing things. When I get ice cream I always have to debate with myself. Strawberry or vanilla? Chocolate or fudge? Okay the last one kind of taste the same but anyway. I like gum so when I'm at the store I go with my brothers and sisters to the candy aisle. They go straight to the candy they want. But I stand in one place pondering. Spearmint gum or Bubblicious ? Skittles or M&Ms? So I'm always the last one to leave. I know it's really sad. Sometimes I can't decide what I want and I just leave without getting anything. I don't have this problem when I'm buying clothes, or taking tests that I have to choose the answers on. So I have no idea why this only happens when I really want candy. Does this happen to you?

One day we were all sitting on my moms bed watching videos on youtube. Earlier that day she was singing a Paul McCartney song. We didn't know what it was so she found a live performance clip. It was a pretty slow song suddenly the camera turned on this young woman. She was wearing a half shirt and she was shoulder shaking vigorously. We all started laughing. Maybe this girl got a bug in her shirt and she was trying to shake it out. But we will never know the truth. Well anyway ever since then my mom shoulder shakes to songs with a good beat. Sometimes when Paul McCartney is on the radio my mom starts shoulder shaking like the girl did. I told her that I would never shoulder shake. It started a couple days ago when it hit me. She had just put Superstar on my play list. Before I knew what was happening I was shoulder shaking . Now I do it without thinking. This is a very embarrassing thing for me. Now I want to know if anyone else does this. If you do join the club.

I have said many crazy things in my life. Most of them my mom has already blogged. So I'm going to blog this one. Besides it is my story. When we were at the pool Friday my mom wanted me to pull her around the pool. I did it, then I tried to pick her up in the water. I jokingly told her that I'll have to get married in a pool so my husband could carry me over the threshold. Please remember that I was joking. Well anyway this summer we spent a lot of it at the pool. So we saw the lifeguards frequently. One of them always had his Rubik cube with him, I thought it was interesting. So when I got home I said,"Mom I want an aerobics cube." Yes I thought it was an aerobics cube. I learned quickly that I was wrong. Because my mom started laughing and told me between laughs that its Rubik. Okay so now I get it. That's only a couple of the crazy things to have escaped my mind and come out of my mouth. So I don't feel alone on this matter please share some of the crazy ...

A couple days ago my sister and I were sitting in the living room, talking. She brought up how disgusting speedos are. My brother just happened to pass by at that very moment. He turned around and said, "Why are you talking about Superman panties?" My sister and I burst out laughing. We started teasing him about it too. Then about a week after that we went to the pool. We were all jumping in and screaming, when suddenly my brother dived in as he yelled "Look at me! I'm Wonder Woman!!!" He made a huge splash and came up choking because he swallowed water. My mom told him to make up his mind. Was he Superman or Wonder Woman? Well he's definitely not Wonder Woman, and he's totally not Superman. This poor boy doesn't know who he is. How would you help him on his journey to find his secret identity?

A couple years ago we were in the front yard fixing our garden. We had our dog Reagan out and he was running around. It was a beautiful day, and we were the only ones outside. Then a lady came around the corner with her big dog. She got all upset and told us, Please hold your dog until we pass. "Grover is really scared of other dogs!" So every time we saw her after that we would hide and yell, "Where's Grover?" The reaction was really funny! She would look at the sky, and all around her with her mouth open, and then we would fall down laughing. Then the fun ended after a year of that, because then she would just smile and wave. So we stopped, but on very special occasions we still do it. We see Grover on some days but usually it's just her. She doesn't even acknowledge us anymore. I will never do that to any one ever again. I don't think I would mind if anybody did that to me though.

This story takes place two years ago. I was sitting on the second to last row in primary. The young men were all sitting behind our row. I was wearing my new black skirt that my mom bought me for my birthday. When we were singing one boy leaned forward so he could talk in my ear. He said "Did you know your underwear is sticking out of the back of your skirt"? I started blushing and saying "no I don't", but then I turned around and I saw it was true! The girl next to me heard and started teasing me, while I was still trying to pull my skirt up sitting down. Which was very hard. I was very embarrassed because I knew all of them had seen my flowered underwear. I never wore them again, and I didn't wear the skirt until a couple months had past. I was very upset with the girl next to me, and I told her to go away. Thankfully she didn't mention this to me ever again. And I think he's forgotten too, so I 'm the only one that blushes when I remember th...

I love Triscuits . I believe them to be the best crackers ever in like the history of best crackers. My mom bought these generic store-brand Triscuits ! I didn't notice at first but once I tasted them I knew it couldn't possibly be the grain-weaved cracker goodness that I have come to know and love. I went to take her a plate of cheese and crackers to show her, and she agreed with me that they were terrible. I was suffering in a world of cracker heartbreak. The next time my mom went to the store she bought the good stuff. I was so thrilled but then she went to Colorado and we didn't know if we should open it without her authorization. So we waited, and waited, and waited while staring at the unopened box for the whole weekend. On Monday, the day she got back home, we all celebrated with cheese and Triscuits ! My mom says we are a bunch of crackers.

This year our Girls Camp theme was Shape Up. I was really excited to go to girls camp this year. On the first night the leaders told everyone that they would be on the lookout for people that did nice service things. That person would win the Shape Up Barbie doll for the day. I never win stuff like that, so I didn't even try. The pattern started the first night. I held the door for a couple of people, then before I knew it everyone else was shoving through too. I didn't really care,we all would eat at the same time anyway. So I did this every meal after that.Our second night at camp [the night the first person would get the Barbie], I was in the middle row on the floor. Before they told us who won, they told us what the person did to deserve it. I wasn't really listening ,I was thinking about our skit. Suddenly I heard my name being called. I stumbled to the stage and I was handed the Barbie. I think I stepped on someone's finger on accident. I kept telling myself, ...

I'm always teasing my mom about not being able to skip. In this case she's probably happy she can't. On Wednesday for our young women activity,we had our Summer Challenge feast. It was a combined activity with the young men. For the activity we got to eat according to what we finished. When I got home I was so happy I skipped to the front door. That was a very big mistake. As soon as I got to the front door I tripped on my dads shoe. I was in major pain when I got inside. Yesterday I couldn't even walk on my right foot. So I became Miss Hops- a-lot . It really stunk and then my brothers,and sisters started telling me I was faking it. My ankle was huge, and not to mention it was black! So that will teach me not to skip, no matter how happy I am.

It all started one fateful day. When all the girls in my primary class started asking me why I was so emo . I didn't know what emo was. So I went straight to my source of information [my mom]. She laughed when I asked her what it meant. When she told me it meant I was emotional. I protested but then I figured that I am a little emotional. But my dad overheard and started calling me emo emu . They also bought me a white belt to complete the name. [I didn't wear it until just recently.] I also just recently finished the fifth Harry Potter book ,I cried at the end.

Today my Mom took me and my brothers and sisters to the Halloween Express store. I admit it I was scared of some of the things. I don't like the screaming ghost, zombies,or the changing picture things. Of course I like to tell them I'm not scared but inside I'm screaming. Then we went to Wal Mart which thankfully only had Christmas stuff up. When we got to the candy aisle my mom ran through it with her arms outstretched ! It was very funny. So that was my evening. Oh and for dinner we're having burritos!

This weekend was one of the most exiting weekend of all books of exiting weekends. It was Teen camp this is my first year too. On Thursday my friend invited my sister and I to her house. Then her mom would take us to the house we were meeting at. So we talked, and played until six then I got ready to go. We dropped my sister at my house then we went down the road to the house we were going to. When we got there we started playing a game called, "Do you love your neighbors"? It's a really fun game. I didn't know how to play but it's pretty easy. Then we discussed our theme, "Light". We had three lessons. Then we had a spiritual thought. Then I went home for the night. In the morning my friends mom came to take me back. We went to the clubhouse and had a lesson on photography. It was very interesting. Then we had lunch and got ready to go to the animal shelter. I got to go in the big van with all my friends. We got got lost and stopped for directions. When...