Yo ho, Yo ho, a ... shooter's??... life for me!!

Last night I saw Pirates 4
It was pretty good, but my
favorites were definitely the one liners :D

Jack Sparrow: You've fallen for your own con, love.

Angelica: No, the lies I told you were not lies.

Jack Sparrow: You lied to me by telling me the truth?

Angelica: Yes.  

Jack Sparrow: That's very good. May I used that?

Angelica: I'm sure you will anyway.

Jack Sparrow: Mmm, of course I will.

Angelica: Admit it, Jack. You still love me.

Jack Sparrow: If you had a sister and a dog, I'd choose the dog.

So, these were my highlights of the movie...

now on to the shooter part.

Today for some mother daughter bonding we went to a shooting range.

Fun, huh :D

Technically I wasn't allowed to do any of the shooting...

See, you're supposed to be 21 or older, but once we told the guy I had some gun experience from shooting on the ranch, and the fact that we were the only people there... he let me in :) 

Since it was our first time (and because I'm underage) we rented one .22 automatic pistol to share, and we got 100 bullets to go with it, which we split 50/50. Then we picked paper targets.

Once we were all set up he left us alone and we began shooting and switching off.

It was the funnest thing I've done for awhile :)

Granted, it's not the ranch and there are a bunch of rules, but still.

I definitely want to do it again.

Flibbertigibbet

Flibbertigibbet: n, a frivolous, flighty, or excessively talkative person

a synonym for gossip

No joke :D

So in Young Women's today our lesson was about being depenable... that one's for you Sis Smith :D

Haha okay, for serious now. 

Being dependable

reliable

steadfast and

never taking your eye off the ball.

Sis Smith did a great job teaching this lesson and it made me wonder...

Am I dependable???

Can people count on me??

I sure hope so, I mean, I try my best to be reliable.

One of my biggest pet peeves is when people say they'll do something

then they're a no show or they call a couple minutes before to flake out..

I really hate that!!

It's one of the things that really frustrates me.

So, I've made it my goal to never be like that..

I think I'm doing a pretty good job...

Now, on to the funny part of my day.

Today was Keilanie's 8th birthday, she's my mom's best friend's daughter.

Our families are tight.

Well, she happens to LOVE our dogs, Kobe and Kooper.

So, we took them with us to her party.

bad idea, let me tell you.

Kooper was whining and whimpering and barking the entire drive.

Kobe on the other hand was very good, just looking out the window.

Yeah, I don't know what Kooper's problem is...

Oh wait, yes I do.

Mom: "This is not normal... then again, he was an only puppy. Maybe he should have been aborted."

Hahaha, maybe you had to be there, but boy it was hilarious!!!!!!

Later that night, as we were walking out the door

Keilanie picked up Kobe for a goodbye hug. Then almost fell over.

Keilanie: "He's like a miniature cow!!!!"

Probably another had to be there moment :)

Today was just an all around great day.

Results...

Back when it was the season of school I took some AP classes.

Namely, US History and Calculus AB

Yeah, I don't know what I was thinking....

I hate history and math is... well, it's math.

Well, I got my scores in the mail today...

I may have freaked out a bit... just a little :)

First off you should know:

1- no recommendation

2-possibly qualified   

3- qualified

4- well qualified

5- extremely well qualified

So, I opened up the letter....

... not scared or shaking at all...

and I saw a 2... and a 5 :D

History - 2

which means...

Calculus - 5  :D

Yeah, I'm pretty psyched

I knew I wasn't going to do well in History, so a 2 was good.

I never in a million years thought I'd get a 5 in math though. THAT made me happy :)

I'm ready to celebrate :D

Playback

Highlights of my last trip to my dad's:

*Getting yelled at by a hobo

Uh huh, that's right. We (Bre, me and Bailey) rolled down our window to toss some food to this dude sitting by the freeway exit by Wendover holding a sign that said HUNGRY.

We offered chips and pretzels...

He yelled at us

"I HAVE NO TEETH!!!!"

We offered pudding

"I HAVE NO TEETH!!!!"

He did however take a wad of cash from the car behind us...

On our way back to the freeway Bailey threw pudding to the guy. 

It landed by him, sounded like a gunshot, and made him jump.

Yeah, we were laughing the rest of the trip!!!!!

*Being chased by camel spiders

Need I say more???!!?!

*4-wheeling around the ranch

Dad, Brock, me and Bre went 4-wheeling just for fun.

Then it started to rain...

but it was still fun.

*Swimming in the crick at 8 mile

Moss, bugs, horseflies and all..

It was quite fun :D

and yes, I did say crick.

You see...

Me: "Crick is what country folks say, it's easier. You live in the city so you say creek."

Bre: "I don't live in the city, I live in a suburban area. So what do city people say?"

Me: "Umm... canal"

Haha!!! I love my quick thinking mind :D

*Picnic up Lamoille Canyon

Well, it started out as a nice family outing...

But ended up in a huge waterfight. It was pretty awesome.

Everybody was throwing water at everybody.

Then it escalated..

Muddy water was being thrown

then Dr. Pepper and Mountain Dew..

As I said before, pretty awesome.

And I started it :)

*Getting the Johnson's number

Now, THAT was funny!!

So, Bre was driving through the salt flats and she starts to pass this white truck. From behind we could tell that there were some guys in the back seat. Bre asks if any of them are cute, so I look over. As I'm looking, one of the guys waves!! We passed them and get in front just laughing. Then, a couple of minutes later they move over and start to pass us. Bre goes, "Oh no! They're passing us!" I look over as they get right next to us... 

and there's a paper held against the window... 

with a phone number!!!!!!

Not only was it cause of some interesting conversation, but it made me feel pretty good about myself. I mean, I never thought anything like that would happen to me... guess I was wrong :D

Thanks Johnson boys, you kinda made my day :)

Sleep talking Dog??

So last night my dog Kobe was sleeping with me.

Well,  he was licking himself when I fell asleep.

Anyway...

I woke up to him whimpering and whining in his sleep.

At first I thought something was wrong, 

but when I sat up to check on him

he was still out of it

My best guess is that

he was having a dream.

Do dogs dream???

Well, I'm pretty sure I can answer that with a 'yes'.

My guess is he was dreaming about Koda,

the huge Akita that lives across the street and sometimes tries to eat Kobe for dinner..

I'm betting Kobe was dreaming about being able to take him on.

See, Kobe's not even a foot tall, Koda is a horse...

I've sometimes wondered how much dogs understand.

I know my dogs understand the words

treat

mommy's home

go to bed

and...

well, Kobe knows close the door

...

Anyways

I think that it would be totally awesome to get a look into my dogs' heads.

My other dog Kooper, he's devious, and smart.

Kobe is too, but he's a pushover.

Unless he's in protective mode...

Mindless chatter for the morning... ✔  :D

1 minute

It's funny how 1 minute can make such a difference.

Today I took a minute out of my time to catch a bird that had been flying around my garage all day and let it go. 

I took a minute to tell my mom I would take care of the yard paraphernalia that's all over our garage.

I took a minute to tell my friend I missed her...

It's funny how all the minutes of our day add up

and how one minute of service

or

simply going out of your way to do or say something nice or positive

can totally change the outlook of your day

and someone else's.

Today I felt really good.

I felt like my day wasn't just about me.

I felt like maybe I made a difference in somebody's life.

Caving, Rafting and other Fun

Flaming Gorge camp out with my friends?

I think yes!! :D

Caving with Bre was a party.

We went exploring in a crevice where a red ?↓ was spray painted onto the wall.

Smart, I know

but it was extremely fun

not to mention wet, muddy and filled with wet sticks.

It was really cool though, at the bottom was a tiny river, maybe a foot across and was solid ice. When I got closer I saw that it widened and entered a small room, then another farther in. Again, solid ice from wall to wall at the bottom. And this is maybe 20 feet down from where people are walking. I was tempted to crawl across the ice and see where the tunnel led, but changed my mind cuz the ice was smooth and I wasn't sure if it would hold... if it broke on me I'd've been in trouble. Anyway, it was a bunch of fun.

Next, you should know there was no extra water at camp...

So I couldn't start any water fights

and had to improvise.

Nutella fight with Bre. she may have started it, but I won :D
Cobbler fight with Tori. I started it and I ended it.
When Annika was asleep in a camp chair after caving I 'accidentally tripped' and the open water bottle in my hand that wasn't mine spilled on her face and woke her up...
and sometimes me and Bre give each other dead arms and bruised ankles...

Oh, so we went river rafting. I drove down with Annika, Bre and Sis. Bellows.
Problem was we got there late and had to wait 2 hours for the rafts to be brought back.
We decided to check out the Flaming Gorge Dam (that thing is HUGE!!) and took the tour,
well, half of it :D
We started the tour, met a crazy biker chick who was insane, then realized there was no way we could stay for the whole thing and make it back in time.
Bellows explained all this to our tour guide who reluctantly let us go back warning us that we'd have to get back through the door we came in. Did I mention it was manned by a cop and metal detector??
So we kinda run past the cop then Bellows tells the people at the front door that she was getting a little woozy from being up so high... following our exit she jumped a concrete freeway barrier that was in the parking lot.. Hahaha :)

All I'm going to say about this next part, after getting to the raft ramp but before everyone got there, is that Annika has GUTS!! No joke... She is amazing and will do things I won't even consider, no matter how much there is to gain (in this case it was $30), but don't worry I was rolling on the ground with laughter, as was Bellows. Bre was with Annika, was was also laughing. I don't remember the last time I laughed like that. It was great and hopefully there will be a repeat soon :D

So once we finally got onto the river it was pretty fun. There was one girl that complained the entire way, and Annika and Bellows stole the bail bucket so I couldn't soak them, oh and the stake leader wouldn't let any of us get in the water... but besides that it was a blast. The rapids were not as big as the Grand Canyon, but being there with my best friends made it so much fun. Toward the end I stood up on the front of the boat holding the rope to keep my balance... I stayed up pretty good, til I lost my balance, then I went crashing onto Bre and this other girl... but it was all good.

Favorite Quote:
Thanks for being considerate of the well being of my sanitized hands ~Bre


So these are most of my highlights of girl's camp.
It was a ton of fun and I felt that I made the most out of it...