End of the Year. . .

Here's some pix of our show choir performance. . .I'm in the black skirt. I'll post the videos of this (it took two shots) on the next couple of post cause it wont load right now. Any ways, this song was so fun to perform . . . even when I totally messed up (which you will see, its only completely obvious) . . it was pretty much a blast.





As always, the end of the year brought spring concerts! On Wednesday I had an Orchestra concert, which actually went well considering how unprepared we truly were. Here are a few pix of my stand partner, Keaton (who I absolutely adore, she is such a sweetie) and myself tuning and just getting ready for our concert. (the pix are blurry cause my mom had to zoom in a bunch . . )

The schools award assembly was Thursday. I got an award for 4.0 gpa all year and two awards for Science Olympiad (One for participation, the other for second in sate in the "Picture this" event) None of the pix turned out so sorry no pics here. O and show chior performed our grease medley.

This was the Seminary Awards assembly. I got an award for consecutivley reading 270 days (ten minutes of scriptures a day) and one for passing of the "go for the gold requirements". (4 go and do's, pass off all 25 scripture mastery word for word, and above 90% on scripture master final, which included keywords and references, fill in the blank, and application to real life) Both were outside of school activities with no weight on my grade. I enjoyed doing both, so niether was really a burden.

Timp Caves

So my mom decided that we would have a Stay-cation for Memorial day weekend, here is our first adventure:
Yesterday, my family, the Rumfields (our family friends) and I went and FINALLY hiked up to Timpanogus (sp?) Caves. When we arrived at the bottom of the canyon, it started to drizzled, regardless, we had a picnic. It was yummy. After visiting the visitors center and the gift shop, we began our hike up the mountain. Even though our appointment at the caves was at 3:50 we began our hike at 1:15 due to restless kids and alot of time to kill(the guy who gave us our tickets reccomended that even slow hikers should start at 2:20). Because we had so much time to kill, my dad picked up a trail guide which talked about the plants, rocks and wildlife you would find on the trial. That guide combined with our many drink and resting stops landed us at the entrance of the cave at 3:30 ish. Only the Millers could make a mile and a half hike so long. . . wow. I guess we did have little kids though (on the rumfield end) so it really wasn't that bad. Dallin (the rumfields youngest, probably fourish in age) was so hilarious the entire hike. He waved at people far down the trail, talked about how dangerous the cliffs were, etc. Occasionally he would just stop on the trail, lie down, and insist he needed to rest. He had us all busting up. He is a truely funny individual. Any who, we ended up having our appointment bumped up early due to no shows for earlier appointments.
The cave itself was pretty dang cool. All the early explorers had a ton more guts than I do. I mean seriously, plunging yourself into a pitch-black enviorment, untouched by man, with no idea what lurks below .... even the thought gives me chills . . . Any who. . here are a few pix to mark the highlights of the adventure. Oh and just so you don't have to wonder, the hike down took like half an hour. . . pretty small compared to our two hour and fifteen minute climb.

The lake ... Ooooo AwwwwwSorry Kass, no towers here!

Me and my sis.

I looked out the window and what did I see? Oops. . . no tree.

AHH! Don't stab us all!



The heart of Timpanogus!

Overall, I had a lot of fun. I like hiking, so this was right up my alley . . . pretty much.

Spring is in Full Bloom at the Millers

Spring is finally here to stay. . . At least I think. The flowers are all in bloom, little critters are everywhere. . . Allergies are now in full swing. . . . Yup Spring is here!
Some time last week, one of my family members (I think it was my mom or my dad) noticed a birds nest snugly nestled between our gutter drain and our house. Inside was a robin. Once the robin left, myself and a few others investigated. Here are our findings:

Which brings me to today. Today I spotted a momma bird with a worm in her mouth, bobbing repeatedly over the nest, I assumed that the eggs had finally hatched. This evening I got the ladder and took a peek. Here are the cute little buggers in action.This video was taken by Damaris. I love how that one guy comes up for a worm. Sorry little guy, only mommy does that!
Any who, I pretty much love these buggers and cant wait to see them grow more this summer. (Can you believe I actually posted something before my mom?!) (well at least almost before)

The Chaos Continues

So after I got back from San Diego, crunch time for my forty hour project for English settled in. Mercedes and I made a movie for the project, I wish I could put it on here, but the file is too big, so these pics marking the highlights of the experience will have to suffice.









Overall, this was pretty much the funnest and funniest project ever! Thanks to everyone that helped, I had a blast! The project turned out awesome!

Okay, so I really did intend on posting soon. . . . lets just say I've been a bit busy. Here's my new hair. I love it! This pic is of my cousin Rachel and myself at our annual Easter egg hunt! Now Easter. . . It was great! My Aunt and Uncle from Idaho came with their family and we had a lot of fun together!
Tuesday we left for San Diego, here are a few highlights from the trip!
Annie so loved me the most, it was so cute. It took her a minute to warm up to me, but after that she let me carry her almost the whole time. She was so funny it was ridiculous. This one time I put here down and all the kids came rushing up to her so she got freaked out, and started to get that terrified stay-away-from-me look and so I just held my arms open and she came running back to me. It was so cute. Hudson was so funny. I just wanted to take him home. It was so hard to get this picture, cause he didn't want one and he just kept looking d0wn and saying how much he didn't want a pic, so Jessica started asking him where Annie was and so he put his head up. The smile that he has is just an illusion, because he really wasn't smiling for the pic, he was just talking! It was so cute.

Now you see it. . . . . then POOF! it vaperized.

I chopped my hair off today. . . I pretty much love it. .. Pix will be here soon.