Cub Car Rally

In the beginning of April, my ward had it's 2nd annual Cub Car Rally, a.k.a. a pinewood derby! Last year it was just for the youth, but this year, the whole ward was included! I think they gave out around 100 cars, (for people to build). On the actual night there was around 60 cars entered to race! We had young women's/young men's activities where we could build our cars, (at my house). For the first few weeks after we got our cars, I wasn't sure what to make. Last year I made a pink 1950's Chevy convertible,that was awesome :). Should I go for style or speed? I wanted to do Lightning McQueen or another character. Finally I decided to make a wedge, which had won last year. My dad was making the same thing. My dad cut the shape and put on axles he bought that were supposed to be fast. Then I painted it white. My dad also put in weights in the back. It turned out being too heavy, so we shaved out some wood in the bottom and I painted over that. The last step was the easiest, I put a blue Roxy sticker on it and the Roxy Rebel was ready!

On the night of the rally I was really excited! There were a lot of cool cars like a horse, (Sierra) a block of cheese, (Pratt's) and Ryan Calder's awesome car he spent 50+ hours on! I thought my car was decently fast, and I was really excited when it won the first round! Then it won it's second round, and it kept winning! It made it to the final round, the championship round!! My dad's car and Matt's old car my mom was racing also made it. I won!!!!! My car took first, my dad took second, (close to that) and Matt's car took third, (2nd or third I think). The Allen sweep! :) I got a certificate and a little trophy. Other men in my ward wanted to race my car again to make sure that theirs couldn't beat it. I was really excited that I had won! It was a great night and I'm sure the tradition will continue, the cub car rally, not the Allen sweep, but we'll see! ;) Here are some pictures!

ahh, summer!

Sorry everybody for not updating for awhile! I now have much more time because i'm finally out of school!! and no, I don't have summer school or something, school gets out at the end of June up here! Now that exams are over, homework is over, basically stress is over, I can relax! I have a lot to write about that I haven't gotten to, so I'm going to start with the Cub Car Rally/ Pinewood derby! Get ready for lots of posts!

It's amazing what you can accomplish in a day

I didn't have school yesterday and I don't on Monday too (it's Victoria Day). Yesterday I got around to doing a lot! like:
I cleaned my whole bathroom, (except for a few drawers heehee) and we went shopping.
We bought a new shower curtain, toothbrush holder, towel, and rugs!! It was definetly time to redecorate it. It's funny how sometimes you don't think that you have to re-do something or change something, but when you do you think "how could I stand it the old way it was?" here are some pictures!

I love it!

We also finally bought curtains for my room! Oh ya, I haven't even shown the bedspread I got!! Remember my post a while back when I couldn't decide? The one I chose wasn't even on that list. It's from PB Teen.

(are you seeing what my favorite colors and patterns are? :)

At Micheal's I bought a super cute (pages already put together, just add pictures!) scrapbook. I'm probably going to use it for my trip to California. I was thinking for a Personal Progress project I could make scrapbooks of some of my trips I've been on. Let's see, Nauvoo/St. Louis, New York, California, Texas, Utah (when I've lived up here) and maybe camps I've done too. This is what it looks like:

Here is a picture of my new favorite make-up, M-A-C!!! This is all I have but it's a start. I LOVE the lipgloss, it's my fav! If you ever need an idea for my birthday present or just for any day..... try mac! ;)

I have a lot of pictures! I got a digital camara from Target when I was in California. It's nice, pink, and you can take pretty good pictures! (you can also change the little plate where you put your fingers. it can with two other designs) It was only $107!I just have to figure out the date in the corner. Does anyone know how to get rid of it? Aunt Christy and Uncle Chuck are up for the weekend or until wednesday or thursday! I love having visitors and we are going to go to Banff next week. The weather is sooo nice right now. It was 85 today!! I LOVE spring/summer!

Softball

Yesterday I had two softball games, (it's seeding round) and they were both in the north at a nice new park. They even had real dugouts!! Our home diamond is just at a school. The dugouts were nice, except (as you might be able to see in the pictures) the fence in front only comes up halfway. Well, towards the end of the first game I sat down on the bench, (the only time I sat down during the game) and someone on my team hit a foul and it ricocheted off a pole and hit me on the back of my shoulder!! It hurt for a while, but I don't think I even have a bruise! I wonder why they didn't put up the rest of the fence....

We lost our first game by a lot, but it was a division 1 level team (we're division 2) and one of our pitchers wasn't there. I caught the whole game. We won the next game though!! It was our first win so far. I like my team a lot, I've already made friends. I got a new bat this year, it's pink!! I love it. Here are some action shots...

Batting

Catching

My trip!

I'm home now and I had a great time in California! I went shopping, (Target, Pac Sun, Hollister, Ulta Beauty; i got a new straightener, etc!!) I also got a digital camera from Target that was pretty cheap and is super cute! (pink) We went to Laguna Beach, where we saw dolphins, and Balboa Island, where we saw sea lions sitting on someones boat! I went to Mike and Moka's ward and the chapel there is so pretty and yw's was nice. Moka and I wanted to go try Bickram yoga which is where you do yoga in a really hot room. It detoxes your body and loosens up your muscles. We got there for the 8:15 class, but we looked on the paper and there was no class at that time on Tuesdays! We were bummed but i'll have to try it here. I got to babysit the kids a couple of times. I love the kids, and Bentley is so cute! She is growing a lot and knows how to smile! She loves laying on your chest and loves to cuddle. I miss them so much already! My mom and dad got back from Africa safely! I'll see if I can post some of their pictures. They went on a safari, (saw almost every animal) my dad golfed, they went to a lake that has the highest population of birds, and went to the markets! They brought back tons of cool stuff. They visited my dad's friend John and his family who are living in Kenya. They had an amazing experience!

Now it's back to regular life and softball's started! I have pictures and a game tomorrow. My team is called the Hurricanes. I also have to get back to school tomorrow, only 2 more months! Headin' down the homestretch! Now it's getting pretty busy. Tonight I have a fireside. They renovated our chapel. Now we have nice new carpet, new choir seats, and new paint! It's very nice. Saturday there is a groundbreaking for our new chapel! Very exciting!!

California!

Soryy I haven't written lately! Well as the title says, i'm in California visiting Mike, Moka, and the kids! My mom and dad are in Africa (they left last wednesday, the 9th)! I stayed with my friend Sierra then yesterday I flew here!! Bentley is so adorable and Mac and Perry are so fun and cute! I'll hopefully get new pictures up soon. I've gotten to babysit the kids and cuddle with Bentley! I love being an aunt. This week we'll get to go shopping, the beach, swimming, and play lots! It's so nice here compared to the 14 degrees,snowing, and black ice I left! I love California and it's so calming to be here. I'll write again soon!!!

More Pictures!

I'm just going to post a few more pictures!

She's only 2 days old!

I haven't even met her yet but I love her!