Come on, Seriously???

Lately I've been wanting to draw and paint... it's really weird and I'm not sure how I feel about this..

You see, I have no art or creativity genes.. Bailey took my portion.

So, I was sitting outside watching the birds and I thought

"It'd be cool to sketch one of the birds..." 

So not me!!

Then, in St. George the mountains.. We went to the Tuacahn plays, they're outside and done at night, like they start at 9 pm. Well, in the right light, you could barely see the outline of the red mountains against the dark, starry sky. I got to thinking, this would be awesome.. Maybe if I painted it, then I wouldn't have to be so precise with the details, just slap on some paint, make it look kinda similar...

I don't know what has gotten into me.. I'm not an artsy person, I just never have been.

Last night I couldn't sleep and I remembered seeing this one dude in Seattle doing spray paint art... Yup, you see where this is going?? Now, I want to buy spray paint, and maybe try to paint the St. George mountains!!!

Who knows though, maybe someday.

Today was the first day of school.. I am so not ready for the next 9 months. Not to mention it was 100 flippin degrees outside!!! Anybody up for a waterfight???

What Just Happened?!?!

Today isn't the last day of summer and I didn't just pick up my senior schedule... I promise I'm not in denial :)

For serious though, where did the time go??

I'm pretty sure we were given a couple months of summer, not a few weeks!!

On a happier note, my schedule doesn't look that bad...

Sociology

AP English Lit

AP Stats

Digital Photo 1... Business Math (semester 1 and 2)

Seminary

Spanish 4

Communications

Drawing 1... Popular Lit (semester 1 and 2)

See, not so bad... maybe except for the Spanish, but besides that :)

Spanish definitely isn't one of my favorites, but guess what?? I'm teaching myself Sign Language! I've already learned the ABC's, and even though I'm not super amazing yet, I'm learning :D

I want to know where the time went!! I remember being in elementary school imagining what it'd be like to drive and date... Haha, I'm still kinda wondering on the last one :)... I thought it'd be forever before I'd be a big kid, a teenager. When I was that young, I NEVER imagined college would be so close!!

Well, this just goes to show that everyday counts and no matter what you choose to do with your life, time keeps going. Make the best of it and have fun!! Live life to the fullest and enjoy every moment :D

Quotes, Cuteness, and Complete Randomness

A picture is worth a million words, right??

Well, here you go

I took this picture on my phone a couple days ago. I just think it is the cutest thing!! Usually when Kobe is laying like this by the stairs his underbite is especially noticeable :D

I know it's not the best pic, but do you see this lady's leg hanging out the window?? Me and Bailey saw her as we were stopped at a stop light on State Street.. I just thought it was kinda funny :)

I went to Deseret Book today to get a CTR ring. I can't remember the last time I had one, and even then it was just the cheapy ones kids have... Anyway, I had nothing to do today, so after dropping Bailey off at the mall, I wandered Deseret Book for awhile. I found a bunch of quotes, but liked these the best...

I love this, because now, no matter where you live, the world has this standard that it wants us to conform to. You really can be anything... so don't give in to pressure, and just BE YOURSELF!!

I saw this, and instantly thought of some people :) Also, I think it's a good reminder that being a good friend.. all it takes is a LITTLE effort. It's easy :D

And last but not least... another quote, except this one doesn't have a picture.

Life is an adventure.

It's not the destination we reach that's most rewarding. It's the journey along the way.

I love this, but I do have one thought.

Life IS a journey, but the ultimate final destination IS the most rewarding: Eternal Life..

In general though, I do agree. The journey along the way is a rewarding adventure :)

Need I say More??

I have a couple things on my mind, but one thing I especially don't want to forget..

So, a few weeks ago me and Annika were texting, just our usual teasings and banterings :) Well, in the middle of this insulting and demeaning conversation... Haha, no worries we are the best of friends and love each other to death, this is just our way of showing our love :D... she sent this text out to me and everyone else named. And I quote word for word:

If we went to jail...

WANTED: Vicious viper women!! $1,000,000,000,000 (one trillion dollar reward) for each female, beware them. May pull stunts uncalled for.
Kylee- trespassing. She is the queen of breaking and entering
Bailey-vandalism... Books, walls, people... The statue of liberty...
Breanna- stalking, spying, people watching. She could tell you anything about anyone.
Shelby-illegal fire... Of any/all kinds... Breaking the law is her forte :)
Annika-harassing people... Old men, young kids, growling at all hours of the night...
Tori- being a partner of all crimes... This gal is one well-rounded criminal. Stealing might be her expertise though :)
Kinsey- murder. Have you see how fired up she can get? :)

Haha, this made me laugh SO hard!! How I love this girl... She's my absolute favorite :) She can make me laugh when nobody else can. Need I say more?? :D

Pinteresting

I remember hearing some good friends talk about Pinterest

and, seeing as I'm supposed to be asleep,

but am not tired... 

I decided to check it out :)

This is some of the stuff I found under one of the friends I mentioned above...

Needless to say,

I'm now pretty interested in this Pinterest thing :D

Terribly Fascinating

Driving home from St. George, we saw this...

A huge fire making its way toward the local Liquor & Wine Store on the south end of Cedar City... coincidence?? I think not... Haha, totally kidding :)
I really wish I had taken a few pictures from my own camera though,
I don't think these pics do it justice.

Oh, and by the way, no one was hurt... even the liquor store went unscathed thanks to these guys :D

When I was younger I was terrified of fire..

There was this one time, I was at my Dad's and a fire started a couple miles from where we lived. It was dark and from the street you could see it pretty well... I don't remember when exactly that happened, but I was little, and I was scared out of my mind. That was the first wildfire I'd ever seen and I think I thought it was going to get to our house and kill us all... yeah... that didn't happen.

Now? Well, I think fire is more fascinating than scary...

  Oh the memories :) ...

 but I should probably leave it at that.

:D

Seize the Moment

So, it's 1 a.m. and I am supposed to be asleep, but I heard the thunder and couldn't resist :) and let me tell you, I have never seen it storm so hard!! It's absolutely amazing!

I ran to my back door and almost instantly lightning lit up everything... the clouds, my backyard.. In that instant I could see everything like it was noon day. Soon after.. and I mean soon, like a couple seconds... thunder so loud shakes the sky.

I ran downstairs and insisted Bailey come see. Seeing as it's late, she didn't want to, but I made her :) Once she saw the show, she pulled me out to the middle of our cement backyard and pointed out the lightning streaks.

You could see the streaks so clearly, the only problem was the white light brightness and the suddenness of it all. Then in less than a second the booming of thunder. Mind blowing... literally. Between the FLASH and BOOM! I now have a pounding headache :D

We headed back downstairs because, even though it wasn't raining, it was cold. But I wanted one last look, so I ran outside again, only this time it was POURING rain like nobody's business. Again, I pulled Bailey up the stairs, and once again, as soon as she saw all the rain that wasn't there a minute ago we both ran into it. I kid you not, it had been raining all of 3 minutes and there was a pool of water at my feet. We danced in the rain, ran back to the house, then ran out again...

Bailey said, "It's like giant buckets are being poured!"

I definitely had to agree and

It was so fun :) 

I love that not only was this the biggest storm I've ever seen, but I seized the moment and, even though I was in my PJ's and settling down for bed, I watched the lightning, listened to the CRACK! of the thunder, and played in the rain :D

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

This was definitely one of those moments :D