I Love To See The Temple!

So today was such an awesome day! I got out of school at 12, cruised around with GLEE musica playing, and then went to the CALGARY TEMPLE OPEN HOUSE!

I've already been to the Calgary Temple but this time the whole Magrath Stake Youths were going up! And the best part about it is that we didn't take cheese wagons... We got to take those huge buses that are for like travelling and stuff! Good job Stake, way to class it up! :) So the ride up was pretty fun, I guess. I sat alone because, well, I'm a loner. Just kidding, I'm selfish and I wanted to stretch out and have my junk in the seat next to me. The 3 hour trip was so fun. Imagine being on a bus with friends all around you and just having a good time... We even got cookies as a snack. BONUS! So my ward, 5th ward, and Welling got paired up as bus buddies and we had a great time!

The temple is SO beautiful! Like it is even more stunning than the first time I went, and it was pretty amazing the first time around. The rooms are so detailed and elaborate, the furniture is custom and don't even get me STARTED on the chandeliers! They were huge, crystal-ly, glittering (I really mean glittering), rainbow catching, and really fit for a queen. So beautiful!

So I'm sleeping over at my Aunt Wendy's tonight! She watched Janet while I went to Calgary. (thank you)!. Okay, so I got to her house and the door was locked but her light was on so I walked over to the window and BOOM! I almost fell into a pit. Story of my life. She had some flooding and water damage so they had to fix the pipes. I almost fell in the hole they dug. So I ended up sort of being scared because I'm reading The Lying Game and I thought there might be a dead person in the hole. I've read too many mystery novels and watched one too many episodes of Castle... Whoops. So I waited for about 5 minutes before someone opened the door.

Inside, we visited for a bit then she asked me to sleep over. I was going to stay a couple minutes to chat then sleep at home, but no one's there and I would probably wet myself because I'm too scared someone's going to kill me on my way to the bathroom.

Last little tidbit of my day... My friend Spencer B. told me that our other friend Jon K. bought JUST DANCE 4!!! I'm so super stoked because me and Spencer are the high scorers and we BATTLE!!! boom! I won the last one. just saying. We're probably going to hang tomorrow with the herd. They call themselves the NERD HERD! Pretty catchy right?

gnight xoxo

i heart books!

Ever heard of the book series, The Lying Game? It's about this girl named Emma who has been passed through foster homes her whole life because her biological mother abandoned her. She is doing pretty good until she sees this video online of a girl. Who looks EXACTLY like her! She looks up this freaking imposter and figures out they have the same birthday and they're identical, but this girl lives a fabulous life. See where this is leading? If you don't I'll just tell you! SECRET LONG LOST TWINS! Her name is Sutton.
So Emma wants to meet her, but Sutton's dead. Emma has to BE Sutton because a note was left on a car telling Emma that if she didn't, she would die too.
I'm going to stop there and let you read them yourself. But I seriously looooovvvve these books. I totally read them out of order though. I accidentally started with the 3rd then went to the 4th then the 1st then the 2nd. Messed up. I know. Oh well.

So I've realized this week that I've had to put much more effort into my schoolwork than I did last year. Last year I got things done during school and things made sense. Now I have to actually review over stuff that we've learned so I can get answers and stuff. Not that the curriuculum is hard, it's just there's so much information that it's difficult to comprehend! ARGH!

And Halloween's coming up! New post coming soon!

xoxoxo

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Blogging, Memes, and Sundays!

I've realized lately that I need to blog more. Like WAY more. I could make up excuses like "I've got a lot of homework" or "I'm too busy" for why I'm not writing... but really? I'm just super boring and never have anything to write about. My new pact is: Blog at LEAST twice a week, even if it's boring. So you'll be getting another blog from me pretty soon.

Another thing I've realized is that I'm obsessed with looking at funny memes. I could honestly read them for hours. I think that the cat ones are so hilarious (I blame my sister Kim for this)! Truthfully, I really don't like cats. But cat pictures sure do get some giggles out of me! Some examples:

So my Sundays usually consist of 4 things. Getting ready, going to church, family dinner, and a nap. Today was an exception. I got up, went to family dinner, watched some LDS General Conference, then went to a movie. I feel really guilty because I'm not supposed to go see movies on Sunday but, it was SUCH a great show! PITCH PERFECT! It was so amazingly funny and the songs were GREAT! Okay so, not very guilty but still, just a little bit...

So the President of the Church, Pres. Thomas S. Monson, totally dropped a bomb on all the LDS people planning on serving missions. Usually the men go on missions at age 19 and the girls at 21, but now he lowered the age! The men can go at 18 and the women at 19! I'm so glad that he did because it gives more people the opportunity to learn about the gospel! I'm so grateful that he did this because most women are preparing for marriage and finishing school around the 21ish 22ish age. Some women didn't want to have wait that long to have the privilege to serve a mission. Now they don't. THANK YOU PRES. MONSON!

I hope everyone has a super duper Thanksgiving! Show your gratitude by making a list of 20 things you are thankful for! And if you have more than 20? KEEP GOING! Happy Thanksgiving everybody!