Ballet Recital 2008- Earth and Beyond!

Last week, we had our annual ballet recital. The theme this year was Earth and Beyond. My class's dance was Asteroids. We had purple costumes with a short skirt and some sparkly waist and arm bands. It was lots of fun though! We had a super long dance--over 6 minutes, and my teacher was great. Her name is Liz and she is leaving next year to get her Master's Degree in New York! She was an amazing teacher and taught me lots! Here's some fun pics! In the ones where we are doing our dance, I have a ribbon in my hair and a black leotard on. They only had some people wear costumes for rehearsal to test the lighting.

Above is me and my sisters with my aunt, Zildy. I was so happy she came this year, because she has tried to come for a lot of years, but something always comes up, so it was good she came (or I would have been REALLY angry! jk). By the way, I don't have my costume on, because if you dance on pointe, you don't get to keep it.

I can't wait for ballet to start again in August. After the recital, ballet ends for the summer. I always miss it so much! Sadly, this will be my last year to dance at Clytie Adams, because I'm graduating next year. I will miss it so much when it ends!

Fun with Family

About two weeks ago, my aunt, Ruth, and my three cousins came from Texas to visit for a week! We had such a blast. It was cousin crazy for a whole week and we had such a good time. My other aunt, Zildy, came from Salt Lake and stayed a couple of nights too, so that she and her two kids could be around for all the fun. Unfortunately for me, I had work, school, and ballet a lot, so I couldn't be around for as much fun as I wanted to be.

They came on Monday night (I had to leave right after they came because I had a class) and
we had a barbecue and the cousins began bonding by playing the Wii (classic).

I don't really remember too much of the week because I was gone a lot, but I do remember that the mom's went shopping a TON! It seemed like every time I came home, they were out shopping, which made me jealous. >: {

By the end, it was really really sad when they had to leave again. We don't see them very often and its the BEST when we do. I wasn't able to be there for the last goodbye (I was taking the ACT) but from what my mom told me, it was a huge tearfest and everyone was crying like crazy because they didn't want to leave. Just for that reason, I'm glad I wasn't there, because I know I would have been crying too. I hope someday, we'll all be able to live close together again, like we used to, so we don't have to have such sad partings. So yeah, it was lots of fun while it lasted. We hope to see our relatives again soon!

The Last Day of School!

On the last day of school, which was on May 31 for me, my friends and I did lots of fun stuff. We stayed at the school and signed yearbooks for a while and once we were done with that we went to the park. At the park, we played tennis (which has become one of our frequent hobbies, though we're all REALLY bad at it). We also played kickball. We wanted to play volleyball, but there were some other kids around so we figured it would be better if we didn't. After that, we went to a playground and played tag on that a lot (like elementary school!).

Laura and Jackie try going on the tire swing at the playground. They had a little trouble though. :)

Courtney pulls a face as she prepares to go down the slide.

We played a lot on the slide and tried to squish each other as we got to the bottom.
From top to bottom: (Hannah, Jackie, Laura, Courtney)

I'm in the back, trying to be seen!

After that, we went swimming at Farmington pool, except one of my friends, Laura, couldn't come because she had to go to work (I know sad!). Swimming was lots and lots of fun. We were planning to watch a movie later on my Courtney's projector, so we went to Smith's, got lots of treats, and visited Laura while she was working. It was cool.

Then we went and watched the movie, The Forgotten. It was kind of a scary movie but mostly it was just weird. It was fun, and we talked and laughed alot too. Overall, it was an amazingly fun day! I had lots and lots of fun and a great way to hit off summer.

Memorial Day

On Memorial Day (which yes I'm aware that it was awhile ago) in the morning, we went to the Union Station museum with my grandparents. There were three sections with antique cars, old rifles, and the trains. I think the trains was the best part because it had a lot of exhibits and stuff you could go in that used to be like a real train. The cars were way cool even though we couldn't sit in them or anything. We probably spent about five minutes at the most in the gun exhibit because we didn't really care and they all looked EXACTLY the same. :D It was lots of fun though and we had fun pretending to run all the train stuff.

Later on, our old next-door neighbors came to our house for a barbecue and we played a lot with them. Its always fun to see them because they were our best friends for the longest time and we don't want to break that bond. It was a great day and was definitely nice to have school off!

Psychoness!

I have been sooooo busy lately! School just ended, I'm working on a sociology class (one of my college ones), my ballet recital is coming up, and I just started working at Smiths. Talk about crazy! I just wanted to post something really fast and I promise that another post will come soon. I just have no time right now. Every minute counts! MPL (More Posts Later)!