The Ari Quotes :D

Hey guys! I'm back and I survived! I did end up hurting my foot ( the picture on the right), but that's okay, it doesn't hurt too bad. Anyways, camp was so great. It was a lot of fun and I learned so much up there. For example, my ward does not want to wake me up if I don't sleep with them and they will just let me miss breakfast...and flag ceremony. Or my bishop and his counselor are really good at soaking other people while canoeing...man that was cold! Haha. I also learned a lot about friendship up there and got to meet lots of new girls this year. It was such a joy being a YCL and a whole new experience. I loved going on the sunrise hike, even if I had to wake up around 4:20 a.m., it still was amazing. I almost froze the last night, and it didn't help that I decided to take an ice cold shower and wash my hair with freezing water in the spigot. Haha. But as I said, it was so much fun. So there's this girl in my ward, her name is Ari. She is like the most crazy girl ever! Haha, she always makes me laugh and I just love her to death. Haha. So here are some quotes she said while we were up at camp and I know some of them won't make sense to you but I just think they are funny! :P

"Cleanse the raisin!"

"The porta potties are closer or you can go to the biffies if you're fancy."

"Actually, it's going to land on your head April, to be optimistic."

"Kaika chose Taylor Lautner...We'll just let him live his dream."

"What's wrong with Tyson? I thought he was my fake brother."

"Wipe the grease off of your face so I can put it in the fire."

"I like drugging the bees."

"She wants grease papers! I know she does!!!"

"Apparently, they're going to put me in a straight jacket, not a gay jacket."

-Ari grabs an orange cake from the fire-

(while tossing it in the air) "Ahh! Ahh! It's hot!!! Nobody warned me!"

It's SUMMER!

Hey guys! So with it being summer break and everything, I thought why not do some quick summer quotes. Hope your summer has been amazing so far. Mine this week...oh wow! It's been great! I've loved every minute of it! I can't wait for the rest of the summer! I went to the Parade of Homes with my friend this week and then I also got to see my bestie! It was great, oh and I was able to talk to the most amazing guy ever! ;) It has just been an amazing week! :) Anyways, I'm going to put a few summer quotes and then a few that I found that I really like. Hope you all are having a great summer! :D

"The tans will fade but the memories will last forever." -Unknown

"Summer is where the girls go barefoot and their hearts are just as free as their toes." -Unknown

"A life without love is like a year without summer." -Swedish Proverb

"Celebrate summer - sun-drenched days and starlit nights." -Gooseberry Patch

"Squeaky swings and tall grass. The longest shadow ever cast. Water is warm and children swim. And we frolic about our summer skin." -Heather Veres

"I love you, not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you." -Roy Croft

"We're all a little weird and life's a little weird, and when we find someone who's weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love." -Dr. Seuss

"Life is like a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving." -Albert Einstein

"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on." -Robert Frost

"Mistakes make me human. Failures make me stronger. Love keeps me alive. But it's you who keeps me smiling." -Unknown

One step at a time...

Hey guys! It's almost summer! I cannot wait! I'm soooo excited! I'm so tired of school right now. I need a break! It's so weird to think how old I'm going to be...I mean yeah, I'm not too old...but still to me...I'm growing up WAAAAYYYY TOO FAST! So these last few weeks have been insane! My sister left for her mission and will be flying out to Richmond, Virginia this Wednesday! This will be the longest that she has been away from home! A year and a half...which isn't too long, but still...she's my sister. I've lived with her my whole life, and even when she did move out, it wasn't like I still couldn't see her...whereas this...I won't get to see her till that year and a half is over. Well, I'm sure she will learn a lot and she'll have a blast! Oh, last post I mentioned that I was doing One Acts for my school...well we did really good. I'm really proud of everybody who was in it. We got in a three-way tie for Judges Choice of Best One Act! I want to just really quick thank my director for all she has taught me through it all. She is so amazing, not just as a director, but as a friend too. I had a blast being a part of her One Act. I am so grateful for the experience she gave me. Thank you so much Bonnie! I'm really going to miss you! As well as the rest of the cast from my One Act! I had a lot of fun with all of you! You all are amazing! Oh and guess who got to skip Drama 2 and made it into Drama 3! Yup, this girl! I'm so happy and sooo thankful! The end of this school year is finally starting to work out! It's exactly what I needed to keep me going. I have learned a lot this year, and have been through a lot...but I'm grateful for all the good moments, actually I'm grateful for every moment, whether good or bad. I know myself a little better, and know what I can handle a little more than I used to know. This is what life is about. You are given trials to learn. You are only given what you can handle. You just have to take it all one step at a time. Hope you all have a great week, and for those who are getting out of school this week like me...YAY! Now...onto those quotes!!!


"One step at a time, there's no need to rush. It's like learning to fly, or falling in love. It's gonna happen and it's supposed to happen, that we find the reasons why, one step at a time." -One Step At A Time ~ Jordin Sparks


"Sometimes all you can do is cry and that's okay, just know that when you cry, I'll be there to comfort you." -Alissa Lopez


"When we encounter challenges and problems in our lives, it is often difficult for us to focus on our blessings. However, if we reach deep enough and look hard enough, we will be able to feel and recognize just how much we have been given." -Thomas S. Monson


"Life is too short to be anything but happy. So kiss slowly. Love deeply. Forgive quickly. Take chances and never have regrets. Forget the past but remember what it taught you." -Unknown


"A friend will stop you from overreacting, but a best friend will walk beside you, giggling 'someone's gonna get it.'" -Unknown


"Life is not the amount of breaths you take. It's the amount of moments that take your breath away." -Unknown


"The most beautiful we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and  an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen." -Elizabeth Kubler Ros


"Butterflies don't know the color of their wings, but human eyes know how beautiful it is. Likewise, you don't know how good you are, but others can see that you are special." -Unknown


"Having a rough morning? Place your hand over your heart. Feel that? That's called purpose. You're alive for a reason. Don't give up." -Unknown


"You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have." -Unknown

"Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light." -Albus Dumbledore


"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain." -Unknown


"Sometimes you will never know the true value of a moment until it becomes a memory." -Unknown


"Life is like a camera. Focus on what's important, capture the good times, and develop from the negatives." -Unknown


"What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it." -Unknown


"Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next." -Gilda Radner


"We need to be the change we wish to see in the world." -Mahatma Gandhi

I'm back! :D

Hey guys, I'm back. So, here are the summer quotes I have! :)
"Sun is shining. Weather is sweet. Make you wanna move your dancing feet."-Bob Marley (lyrics)
"Beach sand, perfect tans. Day walks, night talks. Sleepless nights, pillow fights. & spending every day with those who matter most." -Unknown
"The tans will fade, but the memories will last forever." -Unknown
"Amazing friends; summer nights; Chocolate ice cream; mud slide fights; Half the summer is gone already So lets spend the rest of it; slow and steady." -Unknown
"Belly tops, flip flops. Lemonade, in the shade. Blue skies, hot guys, late nights water fights, ice creams, sweet dreams, bathing suits, shooting hoops, party time, schools out, sleeping in, sneaking out summer’s coming…" -Unknown
"Summer is where the girls go barefoot..." -Unknown
"Summer is delicious. rain is refreshing, wind braces up, snow is exhilarating; there is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather." -Unknown
"So here's to all those summer nights when my feet hit the sand and the waves break my fall and all my friends around me out number the stars." -Unknown
"Celebrate Summer - Sun drenched days and starlit nights..." -Unknown
"Sunny days, party nights, hot guys, water fights, pretty hair, tanned skin, schools out summers in. ♥" -Unknown

Home, Sweet, Home

Hey! I'm back. I don't know if that's a good thing, or a bad thing...but I'm back and it's good for me! :D So, camp was amazing! I loved it so much! Probably the worst thing up there was the bugs! They were so annoying! You would think flies would not stick on you! My leader had a fly on her finger and was shaking it and blowing it, but that thing wouldn't get off her finger! It was insane! Oh, with all the girls that we're up there (at least this happened in my ward), with all the bugs, there was a TON of screaming going on! Myself included...mostly me and this other girl. :D Haha! I was washing my hair in the spigot up there, just minding my own business, when a HUGE something flew on to my shoulder. I only saw it from the corner of my eye and its antennas were HUGE! I freaked out! I ran screaming, with shampoo in my hair (or conditioner...not sure). :D
The saddest thing that happened there was poor Chester! Chester was a innocent little chipmunk (or squirrel to some). Gabby and I discovered him our 2nd day up there. It had rained the night before, so we had no fire that night. Well, the buckets of water that we use to put out the fire was left out there unused, since there was no fire. Poor Chester fell into the bucket, and he froze to death! How sad is that?!?! :( We had a little ceremony for him, and we buried him, even with a tombstone. So, if you ever go to Camp Shalom in the Wilderness area. Check out the area around cabins 19 and 20 (mostly 20). Look to see if the tombstone for Chester is still there. Poor little Chester. We will miss you! :( R.I.P.
 Well, let's get to some of the fun things! We had waterfront with the bishopric which was so fun. All the wards raced with each other trying to canoe as fast as possible to get little noodles (water noodles) from the water. The noodles were colored to fit the value colors for the Young Women program. (Faith[White], Divine Nature[Blue], Individual Worth[Red], Knowledge[Green], Choice and Accountability[Orange], Good Works[Yellow], Integrity[Purple], and Virtue[Gold].) Then you had to put them in the right order of the values (like the way I just put it). Well, our bishopric didn't make it up there in time, so we had to use our leaders. We were doing really good, in our own way. ;) My ward got.....3rd....TO LAST! Hahaha! :D  It was so fun though! I loved it!
Our last night up there was AMAZING! We had testimony night and man! Wow, there was a lot of feelings! I cried so hard! I have NEVER felt the spirit that strong before! It was crazy! One of the girls who said her testimony before me, really made me cry. Well, I was in the middle of my testimony and I found out that I had made her cry. All of us were crying that night. I couldn't believe it! It was so crazy! After we were all done, we all got up and started hugging. We've never done that before, but we just felt like we had to I guess. My friend, April and I hugged, and the whole time we were hugging we were both bawling our eyes out! The spirit was so strong, I was blown away.
After our testimony meeting was all done, and we all finished hugging, we got glow sticks. Huge glow sticks. When we went to bed, 3 (out of 5) of the girls upstairs wanted to cut the glow sticks and fling them around up there. While I was hiding under my sleeping bag (I'm deathly afraid of glow sticks, well when they're cut...there's a background story to why), the other girls (mainly Gabby) were flinging the glow sticks glowyness all around the upstairs loft in the cabin. It looked so cool after it was finished. It was amazing! I loved it. Parts of the floor looked like glass. It was so pretty, it was like having stars inside the cabin. The downside to it, was the smell. Uh, that horrid smell! It was so hard to fall asleep to it, so I fell asleep inside my sleeping bag. During the night, I needed some air, so I lifted my head out of the sleeping bag and wanted to gag when I did. The smell was still lingering on! It stunk so bad, but looked so pretty.
All in all, I LOVED GIRLS CAMP! There was so much that happened and it was so much fun. I loved getting to know all the new girls and it was amazing. :) So, here are some weird quotes said up there. :)
"You can have peanut butter and jelly [for dinner]." -One of the leaders
"We are happy, happy campers. And we always get along!" -Julie
"We love our flushies. We're grateful for our flushies (then swirl downwards while making a flushing noise)." -
-Zoe
"It goes on for an eternity....and a half!" -Ari
"Aw! There's your cute dimples!" -Alissa (There were many variations of this...and it's an inside joke.)
*burp* "I guess I'll have to take that medallion back!" -Bishop Sperry
Sis. Harris: "What's that your working on?" Alissa: "Schoolwork." Sis. Harris: "Oh, schoolwork...SCHOOLWORK?!?!"
"What would Taylor do if he was lost? Because HE IS!!!" YCL's (It was a cutout board of Taylor Lautner for our evening news. He was stolen.)
There were tons more I could have quoted...but looking at the time...and how I feel (tired). I decided to leave ya with what I've done. Once again, it was loads of fun, but I'm glad to be back! :D