Little Surprises

In spending my day being a nanny to some adorable little boys I have learned many important life skills. The first being that even though I say I don't want to have children; I know I will. Every time I see a little kid I get so excited and love playing games and smiling and having fun with them. Keb and I took two little boys to the park last night and in racing them to the playground and helping them get ready for bed I felt that feeling of love overwhelm me. I'm always saying how it scares me that I'm not ready to have children but part of me thinks that if I ever did have kids I would be alright.
So in thinking all this over it made me realize how much of an impact my mom really has had on my life. My mom taught me more than I realized until I was put in the mother position. Thank you mom for always being there even when I wasn't there for you. You are the best mom and I'm sorry I never showed you the love and appreciation that you deserve. Love you Mommy!

Life

Life has thrown many curve balls my way this last year and learning how to deal with all of them has been an exhilarating challenge but has taught me that even when you can't control the situation you need to always look for the good and make it what is most important. Through school troubles to family deaths to just having dating problems there are things in life you have no control over but when things do happen its knowing that they happen for a reason that keeps me going everyday.

Gillette

Sorry it has been so long since I last posted on here for anyone that is following but I have decided to keep up on my blog more now. I have been going to school in Laramie, WY at the University of Wyoming, studying criminal justice. I worked at Quiznos during the school year there in Laramie and loved every minute of it, yes we not only have amazing sandwiches but it was also a great work environment and I got to work with a lot of very cool people.
This summer I am spending it with my best friend from home miss Kebra Kallstrom. I got to Gillette, WY last Saturday and have loved getting to spend time with her before she moves to Dillion, MT to play basketball and is too far away from me. I am going to nanny again for the same people I did last summer and am loving getting to be with little ones since I can't be home with my nieces and nephews.

Bill Daniels Scholar Recipiant

I have been working on the Bill Daniels Scholarship all year from the summer between my junior and senior year clear up till now. For this scholarship I was required to write multiple essays, fill out multiple forms of information about me and my parents. With this scholarship there were three fazes you needed to pass. First you had to get nominated and sent to the Denver scholarship committe which I passed on to. Then you had to get picked from a group of hundreds of kids to get interviewed which I passed also. Lastly I had to get interviewed. This part of the scholarship seemed as though it was the hardest part of all. I went through multiple mock interviews with my Daniels Fund helper. The day of interviews myself and Derrick Moody and two kids from Star Valley went to Evanston, Wyo. Practice, practice, practice was what the ride over was full of and it just so happened to help. First I was interviewed by a panel of three judges who asked multiple question. These were questions I had known the answer to through all this practice so it turned out much better than I thought at first. Then I was interviewed by a man from the Bill Daniels Committe which was easy and comfortable as well because he was very nice and just extremely welcoming. Both sets of these interviews went by very smoothly and I was very proud of myself.

On April 24th, 22 days of long awaited anticipation I was at a track meet in Montpelier, ID when I recieved a phone call from Jan Moody telling me that both Derrick and I had become Bill Daniels Recipients. I was so overwhelmed with joy and excitement I didn't even relize how easy my next race seemed to be. Now with this scholarship I can go to ANY school ANYWHERE I want!!!

I am so grateful for this opportunity I have had to be able to recieve a scholarship like this. I will now be able to get my degree and not be so worried about going into debt and I can focus more on getting better grades and just enjoying my time.

!!!~Graduation~!!!

Well I am graduating in about 5 weeks and am more than excited and ready to be done with high school and move on to college. Everybody keeps telling me to save my time in high school which I totally understand but I can't ave it anymore. I am ready. Senioritis is kicking my rear I have it so bad. :D But oh well! Iam just glad that I am graduating and super excited. Graduation is May 28th and I'm counting down the days. :D

Girls of my Class

In my class we have 4 girls and 8 boys. The girls consist of Myself, Kebra Kallstrom, Kaylee Weston, and Michelle Hoffman. Kebra and Kaylee are some of my very best friends which definately makes class more interesting. All of us girls seem to get along fairly well. We have taken time to have girls nights.

One of these girls nights was taking place at my home. The plan was to have a sleep over and then they wanted to help me and my family kill chickens the next day. Getting ready for bed around 12:30-1:00 o'clock we decided we were going to sleep on the hide-a-bed and all 4 of us girls were going to sleep on it. Laying width wise we decided it was time for sleep. Kebra fell asleep first so she was the lucky one to get shaving cream rubbed on her face. Once the rest of us fell into a wonderful slumber in which none of us could hold still we moved all over the bed. In the hide-a-bed was a hole at the top so you could put it away. Us girls were to occupied to fill it in so Kaylee who was at the top of the bed slid right through the whole and slept there all night. Another of our wonderful girls nights out also was held at my house. We watched a movie and took pictures so we could remember what we looked like in high school.

We know how to have a fun time together and are excited to move on with our lives, yet we are hesitant to leave each others sides. Kebra is begging me to go to college with her while at the same time Kaylee would like me to go to college along with her as well. We will have a hard time being separated from each other. All in all our class is a very close class of girls.

!!!Volleyball State Champions!!!

VOLLEYBALL STATE CHAMPIONS!!!

We played Burlington 3 time this year in volleyball and beat them every single time. The first time was at the Thermopolis Tourn., then at Regionals for the championship match, and lastly at State for the state championship match. We weren't going to let them beat us so we played our hardest and ended up coming out on top every time we played them.