I see red.

I have never seen so much red in my life. Actually, that one time I ate all those cherries, that was a lot of red.  Never mind.

Here's a red flower.

Oh look! Someone in a red dress who just happens to be standing by a cherry tree! What a coincidence. That person is me, by the way. I decided that I needed to document what I wore when I gave my second talk in church. I rather like that dress. It's really comfortable.

I had to talk about my trip to Palmyra. But since that was four years ago, I don't remember much! So I talked about what I remember most clearly, and that is the Sacred Grove. Gosh I love that place!  I was practically rambling when I got up to speak because I forgot half my talk as soon as I saw all the people in the audience. I was completely calm when I was sitting in my seat, but when I took those three steps to the microphone, something changed and I ended up shaking like a leaf. It was quite an experience.

I'm so glad it's over!

I told my dad that we needed some pictures of me on this momentous day, so we went to the cherry tree, and I ate cherries while he took pictures.

We managed to get a couple good pictures of me, but I'll only put one up.

Funny story about the earrings. So I'm putting them on this morning when I think: I wonder if I start shaking when I'm speaking, if my earrings will shake too... that would be pretty distracting.

So I changed my earrings to non-dangly ones and put the dangly ones in my scripture case, which I changed into after my talk. It was actually a good plan, seeing as I was shaking so hard. I probably caused another wave of earthquakes in Japan, it was that bad.

The good thing is, it's over. I hope never to have to speak again. Like that will happen.

I can only dream!

Hahahahahahahaha...ha

I laugh because it's fun. So I find things to laugh at. Here are some of the few things that I found. 

And when I say few, I mean few. I found TONS of stuff.

My dad set up a black background so we could take some cool pictures of the irises that are blooming outside our front door. I only got like two good ones, but my dad got many! He always does, he's a master.

I started summer dance classes this week. When I looked up 'tired' on Pinterest (the most fabulous site I've ever seen), this is what I got:

Basically.

BUT IT'S SO MUCH FUN!

And when I looked up 'fun' on Pinterest, this is what I got:

Okay... That's kinda random.

IT'S SO MUCH FUN!

I must go practice my tap dancing.

5-24-11

SCHOOL IS OVER.

Cue the upbeat music and backup dancers.

I can't believe it! This school year went by so fast, it's ridiculous. Bring on the sleeping in fest!

On the other bright side, I will never have to take Spanish again! You have no idea how happy that makes me. Whenever I laid awake at night worrying, it was because of Spanish. Whenever I was stressed out to my maximum, it was because of Spanish. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love the language, but the classes were a living heck.

YIPEE! School is over!

I drove with an instructor for the first time today. Let's just say that I can't wait to finish the driving. I want to get it over with as soon as I can. It is so nerve wracking! Sheesh.

To celebrate the end of school, we did yearbook signing. The yearbooks this year were... busy. Busy, busy, busy. You could hardly read anything that they had on the page. It was as if they were going wild with all the stuff offered on the yearbook program.

'Hey! That's cool, let's put it on the page 10 times!'

And my dad scoffed at the bad quality of the pictures. But it was fun! Then, when I got home, I ran outside in my bare feet and took pictures of flowers. Then I roamed the neighborhood looking for more flowers I could stick my camera into.

Enjoy!

And also,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARIA!

My lovely sister is 23! 

(Wait, do you want me telling them your age? It's not old!)

You are such an awesome and beautiful sister!

To find the lovely and talented photographer who took this picture, click here.

5-21-11

Before I show you anything else, here's a picture of a flowers.

There's your flower, on to something else.

We shaved our cat.

(Well, not us. The vet shaved our cat)

I nearly died from laughing! She looks so pitiful, but she looks SO much better than before. Her hair is growing back quickly, so she won't look ridiculous for long.

My finals are over!! I have two more days of school. TWO! 

HALLELUJAH!

GAH!

Before I start ranting,

Now that you've read an inspirational quote in spaced out capital letters, let me rant in spaced out capital letters.

L A T E  W O R K  D U E  D A T E S  C A N  G O  D I E  I N  A  H O L E.

Whew. Glad I got that out. This whole week is just, grrr.

End of level testing

Due dates for homework

Ballet rehearsals

School

More ballet rehearsals

Final exams

Ballet performance

Remembering my pointe dance

More stuff

So basically everything inconvenient in the world has been laid upon my shoulders.  That's alright, I can handle it. But I just might be consuming all the chocolate in the house.

Breathe...

and take a picture.

Happy Mother's Day!

This is my beautiful mother. Not only is she beautiful, funny, kind, crafty, and awesome, she is also a mother to 5 kids! She is the best mom in the world, and I can't imagine having any other mom!

I love you Mom! ♥

The Tulip Festival.

Ah. The Tulip Festival. I LOVED IT. So many flowers!

I keep on forgetting to put these pictures up, my dad started bugging me to do it, so here I am! Finally doing it!

Here ya go.

Ever wonder what I look like when I'm taking pictures? Normally I'm even more hunched over, trying to get as close to the flower as I can.

This place was huge! My dad and I were there for 3 hours. Flowers galore!

They even had a huge waterfall! This place is full of wonderful things!

I am definitely going to that again!

I hope you enjoyed the pictures! I sure enjoyed taking them :)