The Importance of Being Lauren

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...