Preference:)

My "Cinderella" Dress:)

Don't worry Em...only a few more years:)

Awww...Precious!

How cute!...and that's us WITH our heels on!

Preference was this last Friday night. We had an absolute BLAST! I took my friend Geoff, and we doubled with Lauren and Ben. Lauren had her eyes dilated at an eye appointment the day before, and something went wrong, because they were still dilated 5 or 6 hours before we were supposed to get the guys. Luckily, a nap did it for her, and she was feeling better in time for a great night! Her sister, Brooke, took some more candid pictures of the night for us when we were at her house. I wish I had some of those, but for now I only have our pictures. We went to Ottavio's for dinner, and there was even an accordion player to add to the ambiance:) We then headed to the dance, and had to so much fun, and then went to Lauren's house for dessert. It was such a fun night!

Jr. D'Velles:)

For the past two weeks the D'Velles have held a mini Drill Team Clinic. I got to teach Aubrey's group. Our little number was to a High School Musical Medley, so the little girls got to have basketballs. It was a little crazy, but we all had such a blast! My girls were so good (for the most part:). It was so good to be able to go back to teaching dance for a while. I really love it! Last night the girls all got to perform in front of their parents in the same show as us. It was really sad, because it was one of our last performances as a team. Gracie also performed with the Hannah Montana group. I'm so sad, because we would have had pictures, but Em took the camera with her to St. George.:( Oh well... I am going to post a video of the D'Males (a bunch of Senior Boys mimicking us.) It's pretty hilarious. I'll also post one of our hip hops. (I should be in the back right corner) xoxo: meg:)

Life comes at 'cha fast!

This morning (yes, Saturday) I was at school at 8 a.m.  No, I wasn't being crazy with the Drill team, or even going on a class trip.  By some insane idea in my mind, I decided to intentionally put myself through 4 straight hours of ACT Prep.  I learned about pronoun antecedents and the area formula for a trapezoid.  I learned that 23% of my math questions will come from Pre-Calculus classes.  (woo-hoo!), and I also learned that cell phones are considered a prohibited calculator during the ACT. (Thank you, Captain Obvious!)  I have a b'zillion hand-outs, websites, and books to check out in the next few weeks.  Get this, I will be taking the ACT the day we leave for Spring Break to California.  This should be interesting... The ACT always seemed like such a future event, and it's weird to finally be prepping for it.  I guess it's true... Life comes at 'cha fast! 

It's been a busy one!

If you're used to reading my blog, you know that I'm good at it for a few days, fall behind, and then take one post to update everybody about a month or so of my life. I'm in that last stage, so here it goes! This last month Drill went to State. We did pretty good, but because of difference in some interpretation of rules we didn't place. It was a really great experience and it was great to get some really good competition experience. Both the girls and the boys basketball teams went to state. The girls made it all the way to semi finals and the boys just finished up yesterday. We lost in a really close game (it was sad!) A cheerleader in the game right after us was killed in a car accident on the way home, and our prayers extend to her family and West High. I inherited a really beautiful mahogany hope chest this month that we have moved into my room. Right now, it is just holding bedding, but eventually I'll get my keepsakes in there! I was able to go see Young DanceMakers this month and Ririe Woodbury Modern Dance Co. and Vibe last month. I'm so lucky to live in a culture so conducive to dance. It's been really fun to rub shoulders with Benji Schwimmer again, and to see him perform. The most important thing that happened this month, though was Lauren's family's mission call. As many of you know, her dad has been called as a Mission President and they have been anxiously waiting to know where their French speaking mission would be. I was lucky enough to be there when they opened the call. They have been called to Tahiti (her dad will be returning there after serving his mission there!) While we're all going to miss her lots, it's going to be an amazing experience for her and her family!

A Play on Words....

I have a fabulous English teacher. I am convinced that she knows everything.... at least about British Lit and everything having anything to do with the English language. I had to share some of her insights, because I think they are brilliant, and they really get you thinking. We were talking about connotations and what emotions words seem to invoke in us. She said something like this, "How come we can have so many words for red: crimson; scarlet; ruby, And then there is only word for love, as powerful as it is. Love between brother and sister isn't the same as love between a married couple, so how do we think that we can cover it all in one word?" I kind of planned on writing about this on Valentine's, but then... well you'll know if you read it.
She brought up a very powerful point the other day, that actually helps in scripture study if you can believe it. She was talking about formal and informal forms of words and specifically brought up: thee, thou, and you. She asked us which one we thought was the more formal in biblical times. Obviously we voted for thee and thou. We stood corrected! You is the more formal. This is where it clicked. She said, "So when you pray, you are in a sense saying Daddy." I wonder if we really think about that when we consider our relationship with our Heavenly Father. I really love this way of thinking. Anyway, just some food for thought.