Yet another Cross Country Entry

All of my posts are probably going to be about Cross Country (XC) from now on haha it's like my life now! Well a huge part of it! The team just went up to SUU for a meet. We did okay...the boys took 2nd place which is way good! We had I believe 3 of our boys in the top 10 so thats good. We didn't do that well though because it was all grass and you run slower on grass. Unfortunately, I didn't get to race because I have an injury. I am over pronating in my feet. What that is, is my ankles turn in a lot when I stand so all of my weight is on the inside of my feet and i'm not getting any support for my feet so it's pretty painful. When I start running it travels up to my knees and if I don't get it fixed it can go all the way up to my neck! So I have been taping my feet for support and I should be getting custom insoles for my shoes so I can get the support I need in order to run! We go up to BYU this weekend for a race and hopefully I can run! So cross your fingers!

In other news. I was just asked to Homecoming on Saturday. I was asked by a guy in my grade his name is Derek Bird. I don't him super well but I do know that he is really cool and nice so I am excited! He asked me by putting a "dead person" in my bed with a little R.I.P. gravestone and a poster said I would die to go to Homecoming with you haha. So i'm either going to answer him by having the same grave stone and have a poster that says rest in peace I would love to go with you! Or, Rett came up with an idea to be like "my MUMMY said it was okay so YES!" haha and I would toilet paper his room! I will most likely do that because I love trashing people's rooms! haha

So that is pretty much the run down on my life right now! College started up for me this last week and it is already taking up a huge part of my days! But so far its pretty easy just time consuming! Oh also my choir group Canta Bella starts practice tomorrow!! I am super duper excited!!!

Hurricane Invitation

Saturday we had another meet at Hurricane High School. It was at 8 in the morning bleh. The course was really easy and really fast though! I like how the did the races to. In my first race they did JV and Varsity girls together but at Hurricane they did JV then Varsity so there wasn't as much people to worry about beating! At the start of the race us four JV girls (I know thats a lot!) we got togehter and did our prayer and cheer and then we started the race! On my 3rd lap -which is really only half a lap- me and this girl were neck and neck and we decided that it would be fun if we raced! So we started just sprinting to the finish line and neither of us were letting the other one win. Just before the finish line though she barely beat me. I was mad but it was fun. Her name was Chanden and she goes to Cedar-not like that matters but just letting you know! Afterwards we started talking and promised to never race again haha we basically killed each other we were so dead but it was worth it. I ended up taking 7 minutes off of my time which is awesome! I also didn't finish last either which is even better! Haha so our boys took first place and 7 of them placed in the top 10. Our girls took 3rd and 1 of our girls placed in the top 10. Not a bad day at all! :)

XC

For my senior year my friend Taylor convinced me to do cross country with him. So, I started running in the mornings and after school with the team. Luckily Coach Holt was going easy on me and only made me do 3 miles every practice till I get in better shape. The team is really fun and crazy! I don't know how everyone can stay focused when they run. Anyways I had my first meet on Wednesday at Ceday High. It was supposidly an easy course but I almost died haha. It really wasn't that bad I just was struggling a little bit haha. Our boys ended up taking first out of all 7 or so schools and 4 of our boys placed in the top 6 which is really good! The girls took first! Just so everyone knows I came in last! YES! Haha but hey someone has to keep up the back and make sure everyone makes it through right? My time was 35.something ha and everyone ran 3.2 miles. We did really good and I was dead tired after so my cool down consisted of a lot of walking. A cool down is where you jog like a mile after you run-crazy I know but it's not that bad after you have just been running and sprinting and stuff. My next race is this Saturday at Hurricane High School and this course is supposed to be really fast. Its all paved and there is only like one little hill so that's good for my part. My goal is to just finish. I don't care if I come dead last, at least I tried and I finished strong just like I started.

First Day of School

The first day of school was pretty fun and boring at the same time. The seniors(thats me!) and juniors didn't have to show up till noon because the school was doing sophomore orrientation so that was always good. I didn't have to be there till like 1 though because I am taking two college classes in the morning at Dixie so my friends Taylor, Nick, and I wandered the halls and bothered everyone haha it was pretty fun! We went to our classes too though so don't worry. I have the easiest classes. Third period I am a teacher aid for an English teacher, fourth period I have ceramics! Fifth and sixth are college seventh I have social dance - with all sophomores :S and eighth I have seminary! That class is going to be so much fun! Just think of all the fun and crazy kids in the school and you have my seminary class. Poor Bro. McKarther....haha so ya that was my first day of school!

Super Fun Trip!!!

Disclaimer:I am already putting on a bunch of pictures(bare with me) but if you want to me more just go to my Facebook page :)
So the past two weeks my little sisters, my dad and my step mom all took a huge trip to all sort of places! First we went to Dinuba and saw my grandparents. We only stayed for about half a day but had fun! We rode a horse and went to Sals for lunch.
Then we went to our Aunt Amy's in San Fransisco! It was cold for me and my sisters but to everyone else it was normal haha. We just hung out and went to the dog park. It was fun. One day we went into downtown San Fransisco and spent the day with Kimiko! It was really fun-we did a little shopping and ate lunch. Next we took a 12 hour drive to Hermiston Oregan! The drive was long and pretty much was no fun but well worth it. Alex's friend Michelle lives there and it was lots of fun! We went boating and went cliff jumping, tubing, and wakeboarding.
We ate a ton of yummy food and even stayed in a tent in the backyard! Well the little girls did. Her little boys luke and skyler were way funny and entertaining.
They had a rope swing that we were on for a while and we went swimming a lot! Those few days there was really fun and pretty! They had amazing sunsets. Random fact about Oregan: It is illegal to pump your own car with gas in Oregan. Next we went to Seattle to our Aunt Barbaras. It was so much fun! I even got to hang out with a cousin my age! Which made it even better. We played a lot of croquet and went swimming down at the lake which was really cool because it had a diving board thing out in the water. We spent one day in the Seattle Center where we played carnival games (i won a gecko!!) rode a roller coaster and went to a cool fountain.
We saw the space needle but didn't go in it. One night that was really cool was when they took us to see the Seattle skyline. It was so pretty!! Alex and my Dad made us close our eyes so we could get the full effect and it was definetly worth it. We also went to the public market one day which was really cool. There was stuff everywhere you looked! We even saw the very first starbucks ever! Me and my cousin Karina got these awesome hair things called wonder buns where you can make a perfect bun in about 2 minutes and it is so easy! Even Morgan can do it! The last day we just hung out and went to a place called Pegasus which has awesome pizza! Then from there we went to Quilcen(i think thats how it is spelled) and stayed at my Grandpa Stans! It was so pretty. There was so much to do in such a little town! We picked a million blackberries and some raspberries and made them into a cobbler which was delicious.
We rode a quad which was fearsome! It was camo with a skull helmet and a flower for a touch of girlyness! Haha we went clam digging one morning and that was pretty intense! We dug a whole lot of clams up. We even found a ton of sand dollars!! They were everywhere! That night -after a fun day of hiking trails, rope swinging, quading, and relaxing- we went down to the beach and had a bbq.
It was so delicious! We went kyaking right before which was way fun except I got really wet. The best part was smores though.
Everyone ate some and I got a million pictures!
One morning me, Morgan, McKenna, Arika(our cousin), and Grandma Linda all went on a 3.6 mile hike and it was cool. It was really pretty on the top even with all of the cloud cover. After that we didnt really do much cuz we were all really tired but we did play a lot of games like Yahtzee and Scrabble Slam. I highly recommend them both! The food throughout the entire trip was amazing! Everything(especially at Grandpa Stans) was fresh! Like litterally everything and it was sooooo good! I got a lot of cool pictures too! Oh we also went to Port Townsen! That was REALLY fun! Alex grew up there so she knew all the places to go, natually. We went to an old abandoned Bunker and it was really creepy at first but way fun once you get the feel for it. We just went through all these little pitch black passage ways and climb ladders and all kinds of fun stuff :). After that we went to some huge amazing park with some crazy long indian name! It was really cool it had a pathway to walk to the beach and flowers everywhere and room to run around-all that good stuff kids need! We had a little picnic there and then we went to a drive in theater! We saw Harry Potter which was good but long! We all came home and crashed after a long day! We left Quilcen Sunday afternoon and flew into Vegas. Except for Dad and Alex they flew into San Diego. It was my little sister's first flight and apparently it wasn't all that exciting haha we didn't even get peanuts!! But oh well maybe the next flight we will. Our mom picked us up at the airport and we stayed over night in a hotel. The next morning we got up bright and early and went school shopping! It was fun and very productive. We were talking the whole time and i'm pretty sure my mom was getting annoyed after so much haha. All in all awesome trip. Awesome people. Awesome towns and an awesome time :D