Pryor

Dei and I decided to go out to Pryor today and ride horses. Tanner and Natalie came along for the fun, too.

Then we went for a ride in the dune buggy, and got a little crazy. :P

Kaona's Sixteenth Birthday

My friend Kaona turns sixteen tomorrow, so I decided to surprise her. :) I showed up at her house this morning, and let me tell you, she was not excited to see me at seven in the morning! ha ha I had her open the gift I gave her, which including some wicked awesome glasses and a poster of her future husband, Ryan Reynolds.

Then we went to IHOP for some breakfast.

And, of course, we had to go to Laurel's house and show off her stuff. :)

Judd had a fun time playing with our glasses, too.

Heart and Sole Race

Today I ran another 10K at the Heart and Sole Race in Billings. About twenty minutes into it, I saw a sign saying "10K Mile 5", and I realized that I can't run 5 miles in twenty minutes! Turns out I ran the 5K! Just great! ha ha Oh well, I still got a cool shirt. ;)

Here's a picture of Dei and I after the race. She cheered at the finish with the rest of her cheerleading squad.

Poor Eddie

Well, it turns out that Eddie's bone wasn't healing like it should, so he decided to go with surgery. :( I hope he is able to heal quickly and without a lot of pain. You're in our prayers, Eddie!

This is the x-ray they took at the vet clinic. ha ha

Tetom Dam Race

This weekend my mom, dad, Natalie, and I went to Rexburg for the Teton Dam Marathon Race. On the way there, we stopped at only my favorite place ever! The Playmill! We saw Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and I have to admit, the guy who played Joseph was pretty cute. :) We figured out that the Playmill does a camp every summer like the Young Ambassador one I am going to next month, so we thought that would be a lot of fun for me to do next summer. We got to the hotel in Rexburg pretty late so we went to bed pretty soon after we got there, but when we woke up in the morning, I realized that I had forgotten to bring tennis shoes! My mom and dad weren't very happy with me. So my dad, Natalie, and I made a quick stop at Walmart for some shoes while my mom went with her friends to start her race. She ran a half marathon (13.1 miles) without stopping! What a stud! I'm so proud of her! Maybe someday I'll have the guts to do that too. :)

I was only doing a 10K (6.2 miles), but that is still farther than I have ever run! I started off pretty good, but most of it was uphill, so it kind of wore me down. I walked quite a ways up the hill, but I ran the whole way down. I finished at 1 hour and 5 minutes, so about a ten minute mile. I was the 91st person to finish overall, and 7th in my age group, 20 and under. After my race I realized that I had a blister on my heel, and my feet were hurting pretty bad. I've learned my lesson! I've decided that running isn't all that bad, and I've even signed up for the Heart and Sole Race 10K that's going on in Billings this Saturday. :)

Don't I look cute.... :P

Bad Way to Start Off the Summer

Last Friday, the first day of summer vacation, Eddie was dirt bike racing in the South Hills while I was having a party at our house. At about 8, my dad called and said that Eddie had crashed during his race and broken his collar bone. Poor Eddie! We all felt really bad for him, and my mom asked Sister Eisele to come over so she could go to the hospital. Luckily he only broke his collar bone, but his bike got a lot of damage too. Hopefully his bone heals properly!

Wicked

Natalie and I got to see Wicked! We were so excited! We went with Grandma, Grandpa, Lindsay, and her friend, and we stayed at the Stewarts house. Tyler, Jacque, Brynn, and Leah came along for the fun too. When we got there we spent the night playing Rock Band.

Saturday we messed around and shopped, until it was time for Wicked!

And, of course, it was amazing!

First Date

One of the best things about turning sixteen is....dating! :) I went on my first date with Jacob Needham, and we went with Liza Smith and Parker Spratling. We went to Phipps Park by Ironwood and hiked around for an hour. Then we went to BBY for some yogurt. We wanted to watch a movie, but we couldn't find any good ones in the $5 section of Walmart, and I refused to see Insidious, so we decided to go to Jacob's and watch Inception. We had a good time. :)

Choir Tour

Every other year Varsity Singers goes on a choir tour. This year we decided to go to Denver. Since I would be flying out of Denver for Florida later that week, I decided to fly there and meet everyone the next day. We got to go to places like a museum, the Denver Zoo, a Rockies game, Casa Bonita, and a Murder Mystery. It was fun hanging out with the seniors in my choir.

Sweet 16

For my birthday this year, my parents decided to get creative and they bought me a gift to represent every year of my life. :)

0-1: I loved watching movies, and my favorites were Babe and Black Beauty.

1-2: When Eddie came home from the hospital, I tried to give him a drink by pouring water on his face.

2-3: The first time I pooped in the toilet, I ran out of the bathroom saying "I made an L!"

3-4: I loved playing with figurines and having them interact with each other.

4-5: I was so into princesses. (And I still am! :) )

5-6: My little sister was born and I loved helping out.

6-7: I was taking a road trip with my grandparents, and out of the blue, I yelled "I am SO freaking bored!"

7-8: I got really into jumping rope, and I even joined a club at the YMCA.

8-9: I got baptized.

9-10: We have a really cute picture of all of us kids with oranges in our mouths.

10-11: We went to DisneyLand for the first time.

11-12: My mom taught Spanish to my 6th grade class.

12-13: I got into basketball and played for my middle school team.

13-14: My parents gave this to me because I won a lot of awards at my eighth grade graduation.

14-15: I starting singing and really began to love it.

15-16: I got my license and started driving.

For my sixteenth birthday party, I decided to do March Madness Sweet 16. I thought it was so clever, and I was so excited to have it. We were going to play games and have a championship at the end. Turns out, Makelle was planning a surprise party for me. It was so sweet and I was completely surprised! All of my friends were there, and I had so much fun. Makelle even put together a game to test how well everyone knew me. I LOVED it! Makelle is such a sweetheart. So, I didn't end up having my March Madness party, but this was so much better! What a great way to spend my sixteenth birthday! :)