Scentsy :)

So, my mom and I have recently started selling Scentsy. Scentsy is a wickless, safer version of the traditional candle, and I LOVE IT! It's been nice to have a flexible semi-job to help pay for my drill bills and to have a yummy smelling house :) We held our first party last month, and got our shipment from the party a week and a half later. Here are some pictures from the shipment (Ah, our family room was covered!)

SQUAD!

So, for those of you who are drill boughs... or those of you who have become drill team boughs because of me will know the word squad. Because of injury, not making grades, sickness, and unexpected problems that come up with girls on Drill, Mrs. A has to choose a squad for at least Military and Dance. Each squad contains 12 girls, so that there are substitutes if something comes up. So, in short, you have to work hard for your initial spot in the dance to start out, otherwise you don't perform or compete in it when the time comes. This week, the pressure was on, it was squad week. We had to do fuettes (these crazy turns that I'm finally almost able to do), headstands with slaps (again, a lot of Drill jargon, but I think a few of you will get it :), and we had to show off our splits. Yesterday, after school, squad was posted in the locker room, and this year I was picked for BOTH!! The real pressure is on now in the next couple of weeks before our first competition. (Now, I have to get an arial....cartwheel with zero hands! Ah!)

Dancing Under the Stars!

Okay, this post is for all of you So You Think You Can Dance junkies. :) I know I'm really behind, but I am trying to catch up. Towards the end of the summer a couple of the girls in my family had tickets to a show called "Dancing Under the Stars." I'd heard of it, but didn't think that it was going to be anything huge. I didn't have any plans the night of, so I decided to go with. Well, much to my surprise (A VERY GOOD SURPRISE) Chelsea Hightower, Gev, Kelli Baker, and Matt Dorame were all dancing in the show. There was Mandy Moore choreography in the show as well as a bunch of other big names from shows like "Dancing with the Stars." Oh my gosh, I was amazed by Gev, Chelsea, and Matt. Chelsea and Gev even did one of my favorites from the show... "These Arms of Mine." My time at the show was split between holding my camera to get videos of the dances that wouldn't even do the dancers justice, wishing I could move it like everybody on the stage, and actually taking it all in. And, yes, as you can see from the picture, I wasn't too afraid to ask for an autograph, and picture at the end. Matt is so tall! I felt ridiculously small:) I guess it kind of makes up for ditching out on tickets to the SYTYCD tour this year :)

1 Whole Year

Snow Fun if ya know what I mean:) Don't ask...

Mom and I at Universal :)

Art City Days... It was late... again, don't ask :)

My girlies at EFY :)

Looking back I just realized that it's been about a year since I started this blog. I've loved it. It's been kind of a journal... just one I could share with everybody I know. Sometimes I can't believe how fast time passes and all the amazing things that could be crammed into one year.
Some of the highlights... and other random hilarious events have included:
-Meeting Benji Schwimmer
-Saying goodbye to Lauren :(
-Going to Newport... yes I still need to blog about this:)
-Everything and anything related to Drill
-Watching my own little sis at Stadium of Fire
-Singing in General Conference
-...and so much more!

A good laugh...

This is pretty funny, and according to the press, "Joe the Plumber" was said 22 times in the course of this McCain/Obama debate. Anyway, enjoy!