~Simply Kate~

Kemah Birthday Party!

2009-10-22T16:17:00.000-07:00

This year for my birthday I went to Kemah Boardwalk (an amusement park by the ocean) with my best friend Taylor! Bored during the HOUR 1/2 car ride! Took cute pics(:

Finally here!

about to go ride the boardwalk bullet! (huge wooden roller coaster) ahh! We ended up riding 3 times(:

The inverter! It was soo fun! it spun you up and down and completely upside down!

The drop zone! this is a picture of before we rode... when we didn't know what we were getting ourselves into...

up, up, up...then down, down, down!

it was soooo scary! but we rode it again!

The second time we rode when we were going up we had no idea why we were doing it again! it was so scary! we promised each other we wouldn't ever do it again. but we ended up riding one more time before we left

isn't this picture good? Tay took it

On the ferries wheel!

the view was amazing!!

it was so pretty out by the ocean(:

every time we go to Kemah we take a picture on the steps. We finished up the day by looking through all the shops and eating dinner

For dinner we ate at the aquarium. It was so cool eating next to all these amazing fish! there were so many kinds and they were all HUGE

Birthday dessert <3> At night they have all kinds of really cool performers you can watch.

It was definitely the best birthday I have ever had!

Turkeys!!

2009-10-17T08:10:00.000-07:00

I finally got my baby turkeys for FFA! They are extremely cute and so funny. I think turkeys are the dumbest animals I have ever seen and I love them to death(: I was supposed to get 5 but one girl decided she didn't want to do turkeys so I got an extra one. There names are Turkey Lurkey, Tom, Hoggie, Acorn, Gobble, and Big Bird. Acorn sleeping <3

My favorite Turkey Lurkey!

They are so tiny!

They don't really get how to use the feeder yet.. like I said. dumb.

Turkey Lurkey <3

My Babies <333

My Birthday!

2009-10-17T08:03:00.000-07:00

Wow 15! I just had my birthday and it was the best ever! There is this thing at school that when it is your birthday your friends bring you flowers and balloons and stuff that you have to carry around all day. I had to have a big sign tied around my neck saying it was my birthday, 3 bouquets of flowers, a big tray of cupcakes, and 2 huge balloons tied to my bag. The most annoying this was that the balloon sang! I would get attacked in the hall by people trying to tap it, and during class when it was all quiet someone would hit it and it would start singing happy birthday. I didn't really mind it to much because I love the attention(:

This weekend I'm going to Kemah Boardwalk with my bestie! more pictures to come!(:

Highschool!!

2009-09-07T16:21:00.000-07:00

I started highschool the other week and I absolutly love it! I was super nervous at first because I thought i would get totally lost and be late to every class. The school is huge but its not that bad anymore. I didnt get lost once and I have never been tardy(: I love my classes and have made so many friends! The classes are hard and its a lot of work but thats school for you.

Taylor, me, Leah, and Lara on our way to highschool! (at 6:45 am)

New Shoes!

2009-09-07T16:15:00.000-07:00

This year when I was doing my shopping for school I just could NOT find the right shoes! I wanted them to be all white, ballet slipper, flats with diamonds at the end. I know I'm picky. So at the end of another failed shoe shopping trip my mom came up with the idea to just make them ourselves. Our friend Mrs. Penny does this all the time with flip flops. Plain white ballet flats- $9

Diamonds- $2

The perfect pair of shoes- Priceless

End of Summer Party

2009-08-21T18:50:00.000-07:00

Tonight we had our ward "end of summer party". whoop-de-do. Shouldn't we be mourning the end of summer? Why would we want to go back to waking up early for school and staying up late doing homework? Its a strange world.Dad and some of the other men from our ward played and sang after the BBQ. It ended up being pretty enjoyable :)Close up of my daddy playing the banjo <3

Melanie got to bring her friend Regan and they had a fun time playing around the park and on the playground.

Goodbye summer! Hello school! (yuck)

Happy Birthday Claire!

2009-08-21T18:45:00.000-07:00

Our little Claire Bear turned 7 years old this Wednesday! We got her some birthday donuts thinking we would give them to her in bed but she woke up to early for us. She got to go out to lunch with mom and dad then went to Academy to pick out a new bike. Her Hannah Montana birthday party is next Saturday so I'll put up more pictures then!

Dallas

2009-08-21T18:26:00.000-07:00

First off I want to apologize for not updating my blog practically all summer. I don't even have the excuse that I was busy..I just didn't do it.
This past weekend my mom got to go to Colorado for my Great Grandma Gwen's funeral so my dad took us kids up to Dallas to visit our cousins.

Josh all dressed up in his cousin Tyler's football uniform

Josh and Tyler are the same age and the best of buddies. One of the nights we went to visit our Aunt Sarah at work. She works at a books store in a fancy area with a river walk, restaurants, and lots of stores :D Down by the river they had 2 metal horses that were perfect for picture taking.

Claire Bear and me <3

The two amigos (no need for a third)

Our wonderfully playful cousin Whitney

Whitney messing up my picture by giving me bunny ears- that little stinker

That's better(:

Oklahoma Trip - Everything Else!

2009-07-13T08:19:00.000-07:00

After this post I will have finished everything from Oklahoma!

My grandpa always takes our nice wall pictures so he took mine while I was there. This is the (super scary and gross) lake that Emily and I swam in multiple times. My first time I went swimming in it I was freaking out! My feet were touching icky mud and I swore something swam next to me at least a hundred times!
The tree house! Emily and I sat out here many hours talking, texting, and just laying there enjoying the nice weather
We spent A LOT of time texting <3 :)
Chickens! Every time I would talk to Claire on the phone she would ask about the chickens
Riding Horses! This time was extra fun because I actually got to ride the horse out side of the pasture!I got to ride Twila At the airport :( Leaving was the saddest thing ever! I actually started crying on the airplane.
Emily and I are the best of friends and I miss her sooo much already! We both decided that I should move in with her :)

Oklahoma Trip -Elliott's Home!

2009-07-13T08:07:00.000-07:00

One of the exciting things that happened while I was visiting was getting to be there for Elliott coming home from his mission. We got at the airport an hour early and found out that his flight was an hour delayed.. So that gave Emily and me lots of time to goof around and have fun :) I think that you can tell we look related a lot in this picture. While we were walking around (and around and around) the airport we asked random people if we looked like sisters. They all said yes :)

hour delayed flight + play place at the airport =

Elliott!

It was so fun to see Elliot and hear all about his mission. I still cant believe how much he has changed!

Oklahoma Trip -4th of July!

2009-07-13T08:01:00.000-07:00

I got to celebrate 4th of July with the Edens. We didn't do fireworks, but we got to go to a wedding and on our way home we drove through the most beautiful lighting storm and watched the fireworks going of in the distance. It looked so amazing!

Emily and I made a 4th of July cake together! :)

Oklahoma Trip!

2009-07-13T07:58:00.000-07:00

I just got back from visiting the Edens in Oklahoma and I had the time of my life! I was so sad when I got home because I wanted to go back. Emily and I are only 6 months apart and the best of friends! I was there for 10 event full days so I'm going to have to cover my trip in a couple different posts. :)

Katie the Critic

2009-06-29T15:00:00.000-07:00

I know I say this allot but this is absolutely the MOST amazing movie ever! My best friend Taylor has been telling me about this movie and how great it is forever. We watched it as a young women activity and no kidding everyone fell in love with it.

The movie is about this guy, Rick, who plays rugby. His dad and him haven't been on the same page allot lately which is extra hard because he is also his coach. When Rick gets into some trouble he is sent to juvenile detention. While there he has to play for the Highland rugby team, who are the enemies to his team. Before nationals he is released back to his parents and has to decide which team to play with.

I know this sounds like another one of those sports movies but believe me! This is extremely good. Just in case I haven't persuaded you to see the movie yet here is a picture of the main character :)

Now how could you not want to see this?! :)

Cool fact: My uncle actually played against Highland Rugby team when he was in high school!! How cool is that!

Thanks!

2009-06-23T08:05:00.000-07:00

While I was at girls camp I got a package from my wonderful Aunt Emily! A while back she had a post that if you were one of the first five to comment she would send you a home made gift. I was supposed to repost it but I wanted to wait till I had nothing else to post..but then I forgot and now I feel really bad. So if you are one of the first 5 to comment on this post I will send you something homemade. You can repost this if you want but you don't have to. I got the cutest thing ever! She used strips of paper to make my name with all the little curls and the flower. It looks super complicated! I love it and it matches my room perfectly! Thanks Emily! <3

Katie the Critic

2009-06-23T07:28:00.000-07:00

Title: Beastly
Author: Alex Flinn
I actually read this book in the beginning of the school year and absolutely loved it. What inspired me to write this post was that last night on ET they said they were making a movie out of it that is coming out next summer! I got so excited that I actually requested the book to reread again!
Beastly is a modern day Beauty and the Beast told in the beast's point of view. If you thought you loved Disney's Beauty and the Beast you will love this way more. This book is the sweetest most amazing book ever and you HAVE to read it before the movie comes out! :)

Picnik

2009-06-22T09:02:00.001-07:00

I just found this website called Picnik and I absolutely love it! You can add words, pictures, borders and much more to any picture you have. It makes them so cute! :) Fatima and I are going to different high schools next year :(

This is one of my favorites!
This one is supposed to look like a film strip
cute!

I love making ones that look like polaroid photos

These are just my first practice ones. They are allot of fun to make and I love how they all look!

Girls Camp!

2009-06-20T09:16:00.000-07:00

I just got back from my third year at girls camp! It was so much fun! Our theme this year was Women of Worth (wow) and everything was Hawaiian. Just to warn you all of my pictures are totally out of order. No, I did not look even close to this good at camp. This was on the last full day so I decided to straighten my hair (yes I brought my straightener to camp) :)

Kamryn and Rosalie!

This is the end of our ward skit! We did amazing!

Champions Ward's skit! My bestest friends Stefi (birthday girl) and Cne! (ipod girl)

Cne and Tay! They were 4th years so I barley got to see them! :(

Stefi and Me! She was also a fourth year! what a stinker :)

Me and my absolute bestest friend Taylor!!

Our cabin! Aren't the decorations great?

Mommy! She came up on Thursday and stayed over night for the last night

At our girls camp we have an award called the "golden broom" so we all keep our cabins clean. In the history of girls camp Klein Ward has NEVER had the golden broom so this year we worked extra hard... and we won it!!

Kamryn, Me, and Laura at lunch!

Klein ward at lunch! One tradition is that if you have your elbows on the table everyone sings this annoying "get your elbows off the table" song and you have to run a lap around the mess hall, so we took a picture with all our elbows on the table

Taylor and my part in our skit

We went swimming a lot but the last time us 'older' girls didn't want to but we weren't aloud to stay in the cabin alone so we just sat there! (that's me laying down trying to get a tan on a cloudy day) :)

We had an hour of journal writing everyday

On Wednesday I was sick and slept in the cabin all day and on Thursday I got poison ivy! But that's ok! I had so much fun and got a lot of new great friends :)

Last Day of School/ Dance

2009-06-11T11:20:00.000-07:00

Our last day of school was last Thursday and I was waiting to do this post so my friends could email me the pictures from the dance. But they haven't yet and I'm tired of waiting, so I only have pictures from the last day of school. Leah and Me! One of my bestest friends since third grade!!

Victoria, Leah, and Me!

Nicole is one of the sweetest girls I have ever met!

Kristen (her hair usually isn't in her face) Me and Fatima! I'm going to miss Fatima so much next year! She is going to Klein Oak High school and I'm going to Klein High school! :(

For 5th, 6th, and 7th periods we had an 8th grade dance! It was super fun and I'm sad I didn't get any pictures. Before the dance was even over all the girls were crying and even a few boys had watery eyes. Half of the school is going to Klein and the other half is going to Oak. Dumb. The saddest part was that this was the last time a bunch of people would see Irene. Irene is one of my absolute best friends and she is moving to Korea this summer! That added a lot of tears on the last day.

Field Day

2009-06-05T06:49:00.001-07:00

On the second to last day of school all the eighth graders got to have field day! My group of friends all made matching t-shirts.

On the back of out shirt we had our last name and a number. Then we all signed them. Irene had to put her first name because Timashpolskyi doesn't really fit. :) Irene, Victoria,Brittani, Me, Shelby, Leah

Field day wasn't as fun as we thought, we mainly just stood around and talked, but at least we looked cute!

Girls Night Out

2009-06-05T06:42:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we decided that we needed a little girl time. So we had a girls night out party! We played games, watched movies, did nails and facials, ate junk food, and of course talked about boys :)
My friends and I got the downstairs and Melanie and her friends got the upstairs. We had such a great time that we are all ready planning our next one. <3

Memorial Day Weekend

2009-05-31T07:27:00.000-07:00

Well this is a little late but oh well. For Memorial day weekend our Hudson cousins from Dallas came and visited us. We did ALOT. Saturday morning we got up early and went down to Brazos Bend to see the alligators. The kids rode around in the back of Uncle Richie's truck (I wouldn't because it was messing up my hair)

We didn't get very far on our walk before we had to turn around. This was so funny. Claire had been terrified the whole time, all ways hanging on to some adult. After we assured her that the alligators would not come on the path she got a little braver. So she decided to walk ahead a little. We were all looking at one in the water when Claire comes running terrified, and all she can get out is "on the path!"

After that we went to an Astros game, but forgot our camera in the car :(

Monday morning we went to a Memorial day service at the veterans memorial cemetery

This cemetery is huge! Its only 2 acres smaller than Arlington.

There were so many people that we had to park way far away. So instead of walking for 20 minutes to get to the entrance we hopped the fence! :)

After that the kids all went to the neighborhood Memorial day pool party and I went to my friends pool party.

Surprise!

2009-05-20T15:17:00.000-07:00

A while ago at school we had a scholastic writing competition. I hate writing. So when I found out I could write a poem instead of a story I was all for it. Until I heard it had to be at least 35 lines. But I made myself do it and it turns out... I was picked to be in the contest! It was a total surprise! :D

Witch’s Brew

More minutes slowly tick by and by,
And soon it’s the witching hour my, oh my.
I can hear the floor above me creaking,
And the sink below me slightly leaking.

Stir; stir the witch’s brew,
Watch out she might be coming for you.

I see a dark shadow walk slowly by,
Then something mysterious up in the sky.
I look more closely to wait I see,
And get the urge to suddenly flee.

Stir; stir the witch’s brew,
Watch out she might be coming for you.

I run outside onto the street,
And here behind me a single heart beat.
I can see the wind run through the trees,
And feel the shaking of my knees.

Stir; stir the witch’s brew,
Watch out she might be coming for you.

I turn around to what is there,
And could not help myself but to stare.
What I saw was a complete surprise,
I just could not believe my eyes.

Stir; stir the witch’s brew,
Watch out she might be coming for you.

Standing there great big and tall,
Was the silliest witch of them all.
Her hair was green with purple lights,
And her legs were covered with sparkly tights.

Stir; stir the witch’s brew,
Watch out she might be coming for you.

She wobbled when she walked towards me,
And handed over a golden key.
I took it from her wrinkly hand,
She said it was for a magical land.

Stir; stir the witch’s brew,
Watch out she might have a gift for you.

She lifted up her magic wand,
The key transformed into a magical pond,
It wasn't what it really seemed,
I woke up to find that I had dreamed.

Good news! Great news! Amazing news!

2009-05-15T17:23:00.000-07:00

This is my last year in Doerre Intermediate School and next year I'm going to high school. I'm pretty sure by now that everyone knows that I LOVE art. All kinds of it. So of course I signed up for art next year. Everyone freshman year has to take art 1 which is basic level- boring. But... The high school art teachers each year come and look at our portfolios to see if there is anyone that they will let skip and go straight to advanced art. They don't have a specific number they take, they just pick whoever is good. The good amazing great news is... I got picked!! I'm soo happy! I always go into art before school and work with some friends. The morning after the portfolio review I was so nervous! When I found out I made it I was so happy I actually started crying!
I cant wait till I get to take this class next year and hope I don't disappoint them!

Cinco de Mayo!

2009-05-08T18:13:00.000-07:00

Ok, well I know Cinco de Mayo was a couple days ago but oh well. This year Mrs. Penny from Theiss Elementary asked me if I wanted to do a painting for the celebration at the school. It was like a month before Cinco de Mayo so I thought sure no problem! This will be fun! But then I forgot. She called me May 4th to see if she could pick it up and I hadn't even started! I hadn't even drawn what it looked like! After painting for 7 hours straight I finally finished around midnight! It was so huge! It was around 10 feet long. Seriously.

We couldn't get that great of a full picture because it was longer than our living room!

Happy Birthday Mom!

2009-05-03T19:21:00.000-07:00

This year was mom's 40th birthday! The day before her actual birthday we decided to throw mom a family surprise party. She was working till one then was going to the doctors so she wouldn't be home till around 3. I was already home from school not feeling well and Dad went and got the other kids out of school early so we could surprise her even more. The balloons looked black instead of purple and the streamers were supposed to be black instead of brown... oh well!

Poor mom :D

The cake was like a fire ball! We actually had to take it outside and open the doors and windows because it filled the kitchen with smoke!

Claire was comforting Mom because she was feeling old

The funniest parts was watching Elvis try to pop one of the balloons. He does this every time we bring one home. We love him!

And They Lived Happily Ever After!

2009-04-30T06:23:00.000-07:00

Congratulations Heidi and Sean! They were married today in the Houston Temple! Heidi and Sean are both from my ward so I have had the pleasure to know them both since I was like 7. They are the cutest couple and we are all very happy for them and wish them happiness in their new life together!

I just love this picture!

All the pictures were so cute I couldn't put just one! :)

Youth Conference Part 2!

2009-04-22T17:29:00.000-07:00

I finally have pictures! Because I couldn't bring my own camera there aren't very many good pictures of my so most of these are group pictures. I tried to put them in some what of an order. Well here we go!

When the cars dropped us off they told us we were in Jerusalem. We then had to pack up all our things and travel into the wilderness.Camile and me waiting for the guys to come back because they had to walk all the way back to get the brass plates.King Benjamin talking to all of us on his tower! Everything was so realistic!Abinidi! This was one of my favorite reenactments!

Abinidi being tied to the stake :(
Poor Abinidi :( This looked so real! Everyone thought Windsor ( the guy playing Abinidi) had actually caught fire!

Enos telling his story to the yellow nation.Samuel the Laminite! This was another really cool reenactmentThe iron rod! The tent in the back is the big and spacious buildingThe tree of life! The sweet fruits were marshmallows :)

Sister Dibbs (President Monson's daughter!!) talking to the yellow nation!!

Wow!Sister Dibbs then talked to all the young women!

This is my tribe! They were all awesome!

After each reenactment we had a "therefore what" were we talked about what we had just seen.Another therefore what with my tribe!Me and Stefi! and our very pink faces :( we got soooo sunburnt! I got second degree burns on my sholders! ouch!Our sages! (tribe mom and dad) Brother and Sister Marsh! They were the best!

Battle training and learning the HakkaMy nation (yellow) learning the Hakka!Marching in our straight rows of 10 off to battle!Charge!

After the battle we all wrote down on a piece of wood a bad habit we wanted to stop or something we wanted to do better. We then threw the pieces into a big fire

Jordan, Amber, and Taylor! My beautiful friends! :DThey blind folded us on the way to the last reenactment.

We sat blindfolded while we were hearing the noises of huge thunder storms and to signify they three days of darkness.

This was the most amazing experience in my life!

The whole group! I'm in the second to last row on the bottom in the right middle (does that make sense?)The land we stayed on was beautiful!

I loved loved loved youth conference! It was the best experience of my life and I cant wait till next years! This is only a few of the thousands of pictures they took. If you want to see some more or are just really bored you can go here http://gallery.mac.com/tomkunz

There still putting up more so I'll probably have more posts coming!

Dog Show Art

2009-04-21T14:44:00.001-07:00

This year in art we did not do "dog show" as one of our projects. We could still do it, but we had to do it on our own time. Because of this I have been working every weekend for the past month and a half. But at least my hard work paid off! 10 students art pieces were chosen to go to the Dog Show. I'm hoping that I can make this a tradition because this is the second year in a row. This Year:

Last year: (I think I've improved)

I'm really into a lot of abstract colors and I love Andy Warhol. (that's where I got the idea for this year) I will let you know when I find out who placed!

80's Dance!!!

2009-04-18T10:13:00.000-07:00

For this months church dance we had 80's theme! It was amazing! I think half the fun was dressing up and doing our makeup/hair!Brittani, Shelby, me, and Leah

We took lots of pictures :D

Brittani and Leah! cutee

More pictures! They all walked home with me after school so we had a lot of time to get ready and have fun!

How cute are we? Extremely!

Were finally at the dance! It was so fun! Taylor (last on the right) coulnt come over so we met her there- thats when the real fun started! Love ya Taylor!!

After the dance we had to wait a while for our ride... so we took more pictures!

I love this! (I'm wearing Josh's shoes- that's why they have pen all over them)

The whole group <3

Youth Conference!!

2009-04-14T18:25:00.000-07:00

Let me just start by saying-Wow! AMAZING! This was defiantly one of the best experiences of my life! Everyone had to dress up in Book of Mormon attire. Thursday night we had a dance (normal clothes) and then they told us about what we would do. Bright and early Friday morning we met at the church in our costumes. We then drove up to the wilderness! We had to walk allot and carry lots of heaving things. They did so many amazing reenactments of different Book of Mormon stories. They did Abinidi, sons of Jared, Enos, Alma the younger,King Benjamin, and when Christ visited the Americas. It was AMAZING! We got to have huge battles with swords and shields. It was soo fun! We slept in tents Friday night and did more reenactments and battles all day Saturday. There was so many people there! We were all asigned tribes with about 12 people in them. I loved my tribe! We couldn't bring cameras but don't worry they took lots of pictures and will give them to us soon! I will be posting more stories of funny things that happened there, but I'm out of time so ill have to tell you later!

Congratulations!

2009-04-08T19:30:00.000-07:00

Congrats Kristy! We just recieved news that my aunt Kristy is going to have a baby!! She is about 2 months in and were all very excited for her! I loved how she told everyone- she sent us all an e-mail saying "this is the cutest shirt!" and when we look at the picture we see Rissa (her baby girl) wearing a shirt that says 'big sister'!

We love you and are all very happy for you! :)

NJHS

2009-04-08T09:43:00.000-07:00

Good news! This year I was accepted into NJHS - national junior honor society. They had a big ceremony to celebrate all the new members. When they would call your name you would stand up, walk and light your candle in the "candle of knowledge" then shake hands with the principal and get your certificate. I was sooo nervous! I just knew that I was going to trip, blow out the candle of knowledge and catch something on fire. But when they called my name I was fantastic :)

My certificate!
Waiting in line for my name to be called...

Lighting my candle in the "candle of knowledge"

Shaking hands with the principal

Waiting for all the hundreds of names to be called...standing in tall tall heels... getting burned by the candle wax... Such fun! :)

By the time we were done, someone had accidentally blown out the "candle of knowledge", caught the paper around there candle on fire, and everyone was burned by the hot wax. The things we do for school :)

Katie the Critic

2009-04-07T15:28:00.001-07:00

I'm soo excited to write this post! I have just read an amazing book and cant wait for you all to hear about it!
Tittle: The Red Necklace
Author: Sally Gardner

I give this book an A.

The Red Necklace has everything! Mystery, Romance, Magic and everything else that makes up a good book. I don't want to give away to much because I don't want to spoil it for anyone. (because I know you're all going to rush to the library to get it) The story takes place in Europe in 1789, at the beginning of the French Revolution. Sido, the marquises daughter, has been hated by her father all her life. Yann, a handsome mysterious gypsy, was orphaned at birth and raised by Tetu', who helped him understand his magical abilities. When these two teenagers meet they feel a strange force pulling them together. They later are forced to work together to stay alive. In doing so, they learn about their past, future, and the joys of love and family.

General Conference

2009-04-05T18:58:00.000-07:00

Luckily for general conference we can just listen to it on our computer. We turn the volume up way loud so we can hear it all over the house. I went around and took some fun pictures of what everyone was doing.

I was working on sewing my costume for youth conference! Fun! (more posts on that later)

Mom was helping :)

Josh was sitting on the front porch enjoying the fresh air

Claire was up all night sick :( so she took a nap

Melanie shares a room with Claire so she was also up all night

It was such a nice day that in between sessions we went on family walk. After conference we had hamburgers on the grill and ate outside on the picnic table.

The (big) itsy-bitsy-spider

2009-04-04T18:00:00.000-07:00

So after school my mom drives home me, Rachel, and Becca. We had just dropped of Becca and were on the way to Rachel's. Both of us were in the front seat because the back was full. While we were driving down a busy street Rachel points to windshield and says "oh my gosh! there is a spider in the car!" It was huge! Like a little bit bigger than a quarter! Both of us were screaming "Spider!!" and "Stop the car!!", but my mom couldn't stop because there was a line of people behind us! Rachel and I slid way down in our seats and sat totally still the rest of the way. The spider had climbed onto the visor and we were finally on Rachel's street, when all of a sudden Claire reaches over and smacks the visor down! Rachel and I are screaming and moving around and mom is driving crazy criss-cross through the street! Mom stops in front of Rachel's street and Rachel and I jump out of the car screaming. We looked all over and couldn't find the spider...
Later that night...
On our way home from young womens Melanie was sitting in the front seat and we stopped at a gas station. I get out of the car and tell Mel to switch spots because it is my turn in front, but of course she wouldn't. I get back in my seat and all of a sudden Melanie starts screaming and throwing her arms around like crazy! She jumps our of the car and runs all around the parking lot screaming "Spider!!" and hitting herself trying to get it off! EVERYONE that was filling up there cars were cracking up! I couldn't breath I was laughing so hard! But after we still couldn't find the spider...

Our little visitor...

2009-04-02T06:06:00.000-07:00

Around 9:45 Monday night, I walk into my mom's room and see her and Melanie sitting on the bed very quietly looking into the corner. I asked them what they were doing and they said they had heard something in the corner behind the t.v. Of course I didn't believe them, so I went and moved something near it... And we see a brown blur flying all across the room!! Melanie runs out of the room screaming and mom and me drop to the ground! When it finally lands we find that its a bird! My bathroom window had been open earlier so were guessing that it got in through there. It took us like a half hour to get him out!It was kind of hard to get a picture because he would only land for like 10 seconds before flying off again.

He wasn't very big but it was still scary when he was flying around

This is how dad was trying to catch our little visitor :)

Who Wants to be a Believer?

2009-04-01T19:33:00.000-07:00

For this months combined young women activity the miamaids where in charge! We made it into a game show based off the show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire". We picked out a bunch of quistions from the For the Strength of Youth book and had a great time! I think my favorite part was getting to dress up as the host! :)

I bought the tie especially for this event! :)

Katie the Critic

2009-03-29T19:15:00.000-07:00

Ok I'm starting this new segment on my blog called "Katie the Critic". Whenever I read a book (which is a lot) or go to a movie (which is a little) I will write a review of what I thought. (Warning: there may be spoilers below)

My first review: Knowing

Well I thought this movie is maybe a C+.

It catches you right away at the beginning, but it is also VERY strange and a little disturbing at some points. If your not into scary or intense movies I do not recommend this. I don't know if the movie is really as scary as I thought it was or if it was just me playing around with my friends thinking it was scary. (but don't get me wrong it was scary- I screamed at one part) After you get over the first wave of scary-ness it just gets weird. The ending was NOT happy- I even cried. It does make you think a little and make your own assumptions on what happened. So this movie goes from disturbing, to intense, to scary, to sad, then to weird. I don't think I would bring young kids to this movie, but that's just me. I know this all sounds kind of negative, but it is a good movie and if your into this kind then you should see it.

Click here to read the story line: http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810034384/details

Competition!

2009-03-26T15:48:00.000-07:00

Ok, so most of you know that my sister Melanie also has a blog. So like most sisters were very competitive towards another. (mostly me) We say things like "so... I saw that your post only had one comment... mine had 3!" So I just was going to let you know, so you can help your favorite blog not be beat by her LITTLE sister's blog. :) The only rule is that we have to put the link to our competitors blog- http://melbellesnews.blogspot.com/

Rodeo!!

2009-03-23T15:21:00.000-07:00

This weekend the family went to the rodeo!! We had so much fun seeing all the animals! (and cute cowboys) :) The actual rodeo and concert part was sold out so we just went to the tour the livestock, carnival, and interesting food part.

The petting zoo had everything! They even had a deer!

A lama! I told you they had everything!

This goat was one of the biggest ones there!

Cute: Claire, me, and a sheep :)

Kisses! I dont know what this is but I guess its kinda cute...

We got to ride the trolly to and from the Rodeo to our car

Claire was very tired by the end of the day <3

I dont know about everyone else but I had an amazing day and cant wait to go again next year!

Twilight Party!!

2009-03-21T17:57:00.001-07:00

If you haven't figured this out yet, I'm a twilight freak. Anything to do with it and I'm there. So of course for the midnight DVD release party I went. It was so much fun! They had raffles and games and trivia. I even won a gift card because I knew the answer to one of the questions! We got to the mall at 9 and got home around 1, so I was very tired the next day getting up for Josh's 9 o'clock baseball game. But other than the soda machine eating my dollar it was an amazing night!

Me with my ticket to the PaRtY!!

Ahh! Edward was there! Kisses! I had to share him with Brittani

The line was'nt as long as I thought it would be but was still pretty long

waiting...waiting....waiting... at least I had my great friends Leah, Shelby, and Brittani

waiting... waiting... Leah and I had fun with the camera :D

Yes! Finally! All very sleepy but excited we got our movies and free posters!

I bought this shirt with the gift card I won! It says "I love boys who sparkle" (incase you cant read it) and says Twilight on the back in lots of sparkles!

Happy Birthday Brent!

2009-03-18T19:28:00.001-07:00

Today is my cousin Brent's Birthday!
Hope you have a great day,
Love the Family!

Happy Birthday Melanie!

2009-03-18T19:07:00.001-07:00

My sisiter Melanie turned 12 today and now gets to go to young womens!

Love ya Mel!

Blogging!

2009-03-17T19:03:00.000-07:00

I finally did it! I have been trying to get a blog for hours but I could never find a background I liked. (I will still probably change it many times) As many of you know my LITTLE sister has a blog and as the BIG sister that means i need to also :) Even though it is kinda silly for us both to have a blog when we do almost the same things, now you can hear it from both points of view. I cant wait to get started and add lots of fun pictures and stories! Just don't expect it to be that great :)