The Importance of Being Lauren

A month ago one of my Seminary teachers have everyone in the class a name tag. It said of course our names and what ward we are in. The name card was plain, boring, and it was pitifully ugly. I decided that nothing that had my name written on it could be so lame and like everybody else's so I took it home with me. I armed myself with markers, and a pencil and I attacked that tag until no spot was left uncolored. I'm in love with my name tag's colorfulness!!! I drew a flower, made a colored border, colored in the letters, I even wrote "Be happy" in big happy yellow letters, and I drew a Pimpster-Sun on the front. I must say it was one of the most beautifully creative things that I have ever created. (My Mister Pimp-sun resembled this sun only I drew him fiery orange spiky hair. I think they're related or something.....) I started a trend!!!! Almost everybody in the class started decorating their name tags as soon as they saw how awesome mine looked. I thought ...

Lately I've been terrible about doing "Thank You Posts"! So I'm going to do one to my friend: Nancy Face !!! The awesomerific Nancy Face has sent me a whole lot of stuff and I still haven't thanked her for it!!! (Please don't think I'm ungrateful, because in truth I really love everything!) First she sent me a huge envelope of candy a couple months ago (I shared.....A bit), and I never Blogged about it because somehow the pictures disappeared or got deleted, and I didn't think my post could be completely without showing how happy I was to open the package and stuff.... On Monday I opened the mailbox and saw my name standing out on one of the envelopes, and then I saw who it was from........ One thing about me is that I love getting things with my name on it, and a second thing is that I love anything Face. Anyway so Nancy Face sent me an adorable Valentine's Day card!!!! (I really did almost pee because I was so excited. ;)) So this is what I have...

Merry Christmas everybody!!! This afternoon I took on the chore of listening to the piled up messages on my moms phone. It's really is a grueling job, but I enjoy doing it. Anyway back to what happened...... So first I went through the usual boring messages, and then I heard the formal serious voice in the receiver say,"Um...I would like to tell you that your daughter Monkey has won our Colossal Stocking !!!" I screamed at Monkey who was playing on the computer,"You won, you won the Ginormous Colossal Stocking!!!!" I was jumping up and down while saying all of that, while Monkey's face was completely passive and she shrugged her shoulders and said,"So...." I was shocked, because when I won last year I was so excited I practically died of happiness. (check here for pictures of my Christmas booty.) When I was finished being happy for her unimpressed self; she told me that the only slip she put in was the one I filled out for her !! What can I sa...

Monday afternoon I had the pleasure of watching the highly anticipated movie Twilight ! I thought the movie was okay , the music was fantabulous though, and the people were extremely good looking. My mom and I laughed a lot throughout the movies running time. I almost passed out from lack of breathing because I was laughing so hard when Edward kisses Bella's forehead. (It looked like a lip-suction cup on her forehead.) And again at the very end when Bella wants Edward to bite her and Bella's eyes are rolling all over the place in anticipation!!!!! That was the greatest!!! I liked the movie don't get me wrong, but it had so much potential to be better. They put way too many "wink, wink" moments for me to take it too seriously. I loved Alice, Jasper, Emmett, and of course Edward! They are my favorite vampires!!! Now tell me what you thought of the movie........... This scene was totally awesome!! His......Hair......Is.....Perfect!!!! The best pictures of Robert P...

Sister Norton is one of my favorite people in the whole world! Not only is she adorable, but she's also incredibly sweet. About two months ago when James Dashner came to Texas, she invited me to go to lunch with her..........and James Dashner!!!! Not many people can say that their favorite author bought them their first ever Burger King milkshake, but at least I can! (It was really good!!!) Thank you so much for everything James and Sister Norton!!! And now without further ado the pictures from my amazing time with you guys! This is my little sister Mel Smells showing off her signed bookmark. Do you see that thing draped over my right shoulder? That's the shirt that I won!!!! It's way cool and I got it signed too!! Behold, the awesomenss of the authors table! Ewww, who did that?

I just had one of the best mornings ever!!! Last night for Mutual our class decorated Halloween cookies, and delivered them to people in our Ward. Sadly Monkey and I could not attend the activity, so I didn't think anymore about it. At about 7:00 in the morning I got up to make the lunches of my "schooler" siblings. As I stumbled across the kitchen I noticed a plateful of beautiful pumpkin shaped cookies on the counter with my name on it! (Literally) I would like to thank my teachers and all the girls in my class for this!!! It was really thoughtful of you all, and I would like you to know that I really appreciate it!!! I love you guys, and I think you're all awesomerific!!!!!!!

Since I don't feel like writing at the moment I would like to instead share my favorite song ever with you....... Different by Acceptance !!! (This is especially for you Lauren because I know that you love Acceptance too!!) I have been crying to this emo song for about two years now and I'm still not tired of it. So please enjoy this until I come back with a real post for you guys tomorrow...... Lots of Love- Sunbum *My 1st Blogiversary is in 8 days!!!*

After finishing Breaking Dawn I didn't think that I could love any book ever again. Boy, was I totally wrong about that!!! This is the first time that I've actually been glad to be wrong...... The lovely sisters Brynn and Cherstin recommended both of the following books to me. Thank you guys for telling my mom about the Uglies!! My mom and I absolutely adore the Uglies series!! Please don't tear me apart for saying this but .....I think it was way better that any of the Twilight books...... I didn't read this book at first because everybody I knew who read it told me,"Oh, Sunbum you would love this!! It's so your kind of book!!" I truly despise being predicable so I decided I wasn't going to read it, and their predictions wouldn't come true. (Ha!) You can see how well that plan worked out.........I'm a sucker!! I couldn't resist for very long; so now I have proved them right! I really hoped that I wouldn't like it, but my hoping w...

I was sitting on my moms bed talking, and waiting for the accursed Parental Blocks to allow me back on the computer when this happened........ Me: Buster, pretty please may I read your Boy Scout popcorn brochure! You know how much I love reading it!! Buster: No. It's mine. Me: But.......But for all these years I've let you read my American Girl magazines!! Buster: *gasp* What? *frantic jerking of his head* Mom, I have no idea what she is talking about! Me: *evil grin* Yet you do Buster....Don't you remember when you got in that cat-fight with Warden Monkey for the last issue? I mean with all the injuries you sustained from that, I thought that you might remember. Buster: *Incomprehensible murmuring and dirty looks* Me: Can I read your brochure now ?...... *The sad thing about all of this is that I didn't even get to read the brochure, even after all of that!! Oh, well....*

Thank you, thank you, thank you Alice for sending me this awesome shirt! I love it beyond the point of comprehension! I would also like to thank you for bringing me back to my senses. That's right I'm on Team Edward again! Of course I would have gone to your Blog to express my thanks unto you first, but alas the horrible Parental Blocks just had to strike again!...... I was in Twilight Heaven when I opened the package and pulled out this amazing shirt! Isn't it awesome?! Why I'm doing that with my lips is a mystery even to me. Do you see what it says? This is the Edward that I want to bite me. No Robert Pattinson thank you. *I know that this post is already in the awesome overload, but I just wanted to say for one last time (in this post).....Alice I think you're awesome!!*

Wonderful Upop (as heard on XM radio) has just introduced my mom and I to this amazing band from Denmark called..... Alphabeat !! I love them for their peppy, cute, musical sounding songs that are easy to sing along to. Their adorable videos are super fun to watch also. This band is just plain awesome!! So I recommend all of you to give them a try!!.......

I got tagged by Whitney!! Okay here are the rules: You link back to the person who tagged you Post these rules on your Blog share six unimportant things about yourself Tag six random people at the end of your entry Let the tagged people know by leaving a comment on their blogs Enjoy the results! 6 Unimportant things about me.... 1. I've read each book in the Twilight series at least 6 times. 2. I love the Internet, and computer. 3. My favorite game is Monopoly because I always win. 4. Most of my friends in the home school group are boys. 5. I have a big mouth. 6. I don't like when people write JK and in parentheses just kidding as though I don't know it means. >:) I tag: Sister Face, Lauren Face, Cameo, Nadia, Brynn, Awesomeblossom.

It's only two weeks until Girls Camp! With my excitement comes the fears of forgetting my toothbrush again, or not packing enough underwear. Last year I had a dream that I forgot to pack underwear, so that's why I'm scared I'll forget one of the most important things! Have any of you had the pre-camp fear?

This picture is of my new favorite band Metro Station . The band was started by Miley Cyrus' brother, and Oliver from the show Hannah Montana's older brother. I have their song Shake It on my play-list, and I recommend that you listen to it. That's right just go and click on it and give it a listen. Hopefully you guys will think that they are awesome too!

Today is Monkeys 12th birthday. Yes, we are both going to be 12 for the next month. Isn't that great? So this is for you Monkey. Sorry I just discovered that there is very few pictures of just you alone. Well Happy Birthday anyway!!!! Come here to wish her a happy birthday too! She's the tallest person in this picture. *sniff* This is what she had to wear when doing Taekwondo. It was completely white until she started exercising in it. Woo hoo! That was one of the funnest pictures ever to take. Wasn't it? (Is funnest a word?) I think she might love this family more than me. :( She is a true cheese-ball, but we all love her like that. These are her stick-figures, man they're very fancy! Beware: She is fierce when she has her cookie gun. Make no sudden movements when she has it in her hands. You have been warned. Seriously she gets really mean if you mess up the cookies. These are some of the things I know about you: Your favorite color is: Turquoise Your fav...

Thank you Cam! I can't believe you did it so fast, and that you used your valuable computer time to make this award. I'm so *sniff* honored. I also appreciate you letting me borrow your copy of Pride and Prejudice . *I know that you miss kissing Collin Firths face* But I'm almost to the middle it, so it'll be back home soon. Rock on Mr. Darcy ! I loveth thou. *sigh* I do truly. Anyway I would like to pass this award on to the following: Sister Face, Lauren, Mom, Monkey, Brynn, Whitney, and if I can I give this award back to Cam. *sob* I have the greatest friends!

Thank you so much for giving me this award Sister Face! Needless to say I'm very excited about it! I'll ask my mom to put it in my sidebar as soon as possible! Thank you also to Cam for the Laffy Taffy award! I'll put the picture up soon. I would also like to than Whitney for the award! And to share the Bloggy love...... I would a like to pass this award on to Cam, Whitney, Brynn, Lauren, and Sister Face.

This post is dedicated to Lesee! So here is the story behind the name Sunbum! I went through a really "hippy" phase about two years ago. I wanted to be a real "hippy" , so I needed a name! My Mom was Sister Strippy because she wears a lot of stripes! But I didn't have anything. I was really bummed. *gag* Anyway so I was going through my science book, and there it was! The perfect name for me! Well actually it was sebum! Of course I misread it as Sunbum. I excitedly made it Sister Sunbum . That was my nickname for a while, until I went all "emo". I hung up the name, thinking that I would never use it again. But the day I started my Blog I took it down again! Then my screen name became Sunbum (my secret identity).... Weird story right?