JAZZ BAND!!!

O....M....G..... I LOVE JAZZ BAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Okay. At our school, we have an after school thing called jazz band. It's sooo much funner than normal band...AHHHHH! lol I'm in percussion and i'm play vibes for it, and they're sooo cool!! when you push down a little pedal, the sound rings and it's amayyyzing!! :P Riley's in it too and he loves it....but not as much as me. :D :P

There are some kids in my class that go to it, and randomly throughout the day in dead silence they say OMG JAZZ BAND! it gets annoying after awhile, but it's soooo cool!


isn't it sad that that is the most interesting thing going on in my life right now? rawwwr. :P

actually, i never blogged about it, but i got a rip stick a couple months ago....it's soo fun and i'm finally as good as riley!

wow. im so boring. well, i have to go do my boring stuff :P BYE!




p.s. sorry for not blogging in a while...the stuff that happens to me just doesn't seem that important :P

School starts!!

School started last Thursday!!!!!! I was so scared that I wouldn't like it, and that I wouldn't know anybody, but then I realized that I was crazy and that it would just be the same people from last year!! Haha! silly me, right? :D :P :)

Anyway, I really like school because I have friends in every class and on the bus, and I sit with all my friends at lunch! yay!! The classes are gonna be a little bit harder, but I think I can handle it...except for maybe algebra 1..oooh that's gonna be really mean to me.

That's about it, it's pretty uneventful here...

~hasta la vista~


:D :P :)


P.S. I can make marge simpson!!!!!

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hee hee hee!!

sis. mings party!!

On Friday, one of our YW leaders had a sleepover at her house. I wasn't expecting to do anything but hi-lights to my hair...but sis. Ming cut side bangs in my hair!! i'm sooo happy!!!! i'm going to miss the Mings when they move...on the first day of school so it's a VERY sad day on Aug. 14th!!

Another good thing at sis. Mings was that our very awesome and amazing leaders took us at MIDNIGHT to get the amazing book BREAKING DAWN!! it's sooo awesome!!! :P it was a good thing that our leaders wanted to read it too.... Me, Sarah, Alex, and Lanae stayed up all night reading it!! seriously!! no sleep at all!! we read until breakfast...and i woke up at 7 the morning before!! i'm exhausted!!! oh well, it was worth it!

i gotta go....:D :P :)

July 3rd

hee hee!!! I kinda made the posts out of order...oh well!!

Anyway, on July 3rd, Riley, Jared, Sarah, and I got Dentist appointments. My mom is NOT happy at all with our results...heehee....Riley, Jared, and Sarah each got one cavity...and Sarah has an extra tooth...but that's not bad.... Me, I guess I REALLY need to cut down on the sugar because I got THREE cavities....that's what my mom was mad at...haha. I'll be better...I promise!!

Before the dentist appointments, I had a doctors app. for my back....They seriously rushed us in, and rushed us out...I think we were only there for like a 1/2 hour! Anyway, they took me in for an x-ray, and when we came back I was SCARED. My spine was like doing curvey-zig-zags! AHH!! But the Doctor said I didn't need a brace or anything...and it's never gonna get better or worse...but I think that it was a whole waste because if we went all they way there and spent money for him to tell me that I was fine, then...ugh. Oh, well, at least we don't need to worry anymore!! :P :D :)

4th of July!!

Our family went to Independence, MO for the 4th of July...actually it was a church history trip...but it was during the 4th!! We saw lots of cool things. (I PROMISE I will post pics later!!!!....they aren't downloaded yet!!) Well, we were sitting in our little spot...Mom wanted to get better seats, but Dad insisted that we stay where we were...and it turned out that he was right!! All we had to do was look straight ahead...and we had the PERFECT view!! Even though they didn't do any smiley or heart shaped fireworks, they were all pretty amazing. My favorite fireworks are the ones that make your whole body vibrate when they BOOM!! It was soo fun!!!

(Like I said, pix are coming!!! we got some pix of the RLDS, or the Community of Christ, temple thingy...it was awesome!! :P :D :) )

babysitting

I've been babysitting soooo much lately!! I watched the Thompson's for like 6 hrs...for 2 days!! (6 hrs each day!) and the Heinigs, for like 4 hrs...and while the parents had a shoot thing, Marisa and I watched 6 kids for a couple hours!! I was supposed to watch a baby today, but it was raining and the plans got cancled....=/

I know it's really short...but that's really all that's happening!!! :P

Doctors and doctors and doctors, oh my!! ;)

Wow. It's going to be soo crazy this week!!

MONDAY

Riley, Jared, and me had an orthodontist appointment. We found out that Riley (of course) has perfect teeth. Jared and me could use braces, but we're not decided on that yet.

TUESDAY (today)

Riley and me had a doctors appointment. Riley has a foot problem, and I have a little of the same thing, but not as bad. Other than that, Riley's perfect, and I almost am...
A couple of days ago, we were swimming, and I didn't really want to go, but I decided that it would be nice to jump in the pool...and it's a good thing I did, otherwise my parents might not have noticed. Apparently, I have a curve in my spine. My parents never really noticed before...but it's really noticable now. So, Mom got me in as soon as she could, and the doctor confirmed (hee hee that's a big word ;) ) that I have scoliosis. Wonderful, right? yea..no. It's never hurt me before, but the Doctor says it needs taken care of ASAP. I guess it runs in the family. I'm not reallllly worried, but I don't like the idea of a bent back!

WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY

Riley, Jared, and me have Ortho. appointments again.

JULY 3RD

10:30-- I have a back thing...to see if I need a brace or something.

2:00--We all get our teeth cleaned.



So, we are VERY busy...and I'm not looking forward to any of it. It's summer! I wanna have fun!! Well, I can't wait till it's over!!

camp

Well, I said that I would write about camp on Sunday, but I got home a little earlier than I thought....so here goes!!

I really wish that I had pictures, but I forgot a camera...oops!!!!

Anyway, camp was so fun!!! We got there on Wednesday, and we had a little "get to know you" game. All we had to do was talk to people, and doing that didn't really help much, because the people I talked to didn't end up being my friends anyway, but later on I made such good friends!!

WEDNESDAY

It wasn't all that fun on Wednesday because we were just getting used to the camp and stuff...and we were pretty busy. We had classes and stuff, and those classes actually taught me a lot.

THURSDAY

Thursday was SO much better! I actually had a couple more friends, and they are awesome!! We went on a hike that day, it was about 2 hours...we drove up to the lake, but then we hiked a trail right by it...it was very green. I almost fell a couple times because we went off trail and climbed some rocks, but I had a great time. When we were driving back, we saw the group of first-years walking up to the lake...tee hee! They looked tired and we kind of felt bad....but they all got back in one piece!

FRIDAY

I think Friday was the best day, only because we had Testimony Meeting...that is my favorite part about camp. Apparently we were there for about 2 1/2 hours...but it didn't feel like it at all! I got up and bore my testimony...I had all of this stuff planned out, but right as I got up there, I kinda forgot, and I just said things...lol. Yes, I cried. But my favorite part was when my friend Brandey gave her testimony....it was awesome. She was only baptized last year and she loves the church. Her cousins are really mean to her, and it makes me sad. Everytime they do something to her, she looks really sad. But when Brandey's cousin got sick, she was always checking on her and making sure she was okay, and when her cousing left, she cleaned up her bunk and made her bed, just because she wanted to be nice to her. I was amazed, she is such a good person!! I asked her why she did that, and she said, "Well, doesn't our church say that even if people are mean to you, we should still be nice back?" Wow. That was a REALLY good answer. Anyway, =), In her testimony, she said, "In all of the other churches I've been to, I didn't feel anything at all. But when I came here last year, I felt the Spirit, and I felt like Heavenly Father was right beside me the whole time. I know this church is true" Grrr! she made me cry!! Well, Brandey is an amazing person! luv ya Brandey!!

There is also a helper there, his name is Brother Temple....(Harry) and every single time he talks, he brings the Spirit...it's pretty cool...=D he got up and I couldn't help but cry, he's just awesome. All of the Young Women have a song for him....it is,

"We love you Harry,
Oh, yes we do!
We love you Harry,
And we'll be true.
When you're not with us,
We're blue!
Oh, Harry, we love you!!"


hee hee! I like that song!!




So, all in all, camp was awesome!! I can't wait till next year, and I'll be a 3rd year!! yay!!

Nicole Goes to Camp

Daddy is taking a moment to say how much he loves his little (not so little) girl. She makes him proud in everything that she does. I hope she has a great time and remembers it forever!

The Lake

OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!! All of the youth went to the lake today!!!
I'm gonna start at the beginning---

Well, last night I set my alarm clock to 7:30 (we had to be at the Strattons' house at 9). So I went to bed thinking that I had plenty of time, and I had nothing to worry about. The next thing I know, my mom is waking me up. I was thinking, "Stupid alarm clock didn't wake me up!" Then I looked at it, and it said 7:15. I was confused...not a good thing when you're exhausted. (We stayed up pretty late yesterday) Anyway, I got ready and everything, still trying to figure out why my mom was so rushed. Well, I said, "Hey, mom, why are we in such a hurry?" She said, "We have to leave at 8:45!" So I said, "Well mom, it's only like 7:30." I asked her why we were up an hour early, and she said that my dad read the clock wrong, he said it was 8:15. Then Sister Hienig called and said that she would pick Riley and me up. My mom pretty much got us up for nothing. =/

On the way to the Strattons' house, nothing happened. We waited for everyone to come, then we said a prayer, and we were gone.

On the way to the lake, almost all of the young women piled into BROTHER Bingham's car. Poor Brother Bingham. Every time the young women go somewhere, we always end up in his car! I hope he doesn't mind....

When we finally got there, at around 10:00, we unloaded, put our stuff down, and pretty much dove into the lake. It was FREEEZING!! But, we all got used to it, and hung out, and had a great time. I was finally done, and I swam back and helped watch the CUTEST little girls EVER!! They were really fun.

When I looked around, I didn't see anyone from our group, except the little kids who came along with their parents. After a while, I found a leader and asked where everyone was. They said that they were getting the boat, and that they were about to go tubing, and jet-skiing. I was so excited!!

TUBING

Me, and my friend Marisa wanted to go tubing really bad. So we found out where the boat was, and we jumped on, and couldn't wait to go!! (We felt a little bad after we got on because we didn't wash our feet off, and it was a white boat...oops...but Brother Hienig said, "Oh, that's okay, that's what water's for!" When we finally got where we were able to go really fast, Marisa and I got on. She was a little nervous because she had never done it before, and I would be, too, because it didn't look very safe...hee hee hee. Once we were ready, I gave them a thumbs up, and we started to go. Marisa wasn't very patient, and she was saying, "Why isn't this going fast? When will we go fast?" I just told her to hold on and to be ready to scream. It only took a couple of seconds, and we were off. We were flying against the waves, and doing lots of turns and stuff. When we did a really sharp turn, Marisa accedentally leaned the wrong way, (toward me) and I flew off. For a second, I held onto the rope and just let the boat drag me because the water felt really good, but then I just let go. I got back on, but this time we forgot to lean back, and the tube kinda dove straight down into the water, and me and Marisa both fell off...oopsies! We got one more ride, and we didn't fall...but this one was hard. There were huge waves, and we felt like skipping stones! When Marisa finally yelled stop (for no reason, I don't know why she did,) anyway, she yelled stop, and our ride was over. Darn. When we got back on the boat, we found out that Brother Hienig was trying to throw us off, but we held on. (Grr Brother Hienig...we'll get you!! =D j/k) And that's about it for tubing...Marisa and me wanted to go again, but the boat kept leaving before we could get to it...darn again!!

JET-SKI!!!

Marisa (of course) and me went jet-skiing with Sister Hienig...it wasn't as fun as tubing, but I've never been on a jet-ski, so it was pretty cool. It took us forever to find the life jackets...we were about to leave and the boat was taking one last ride...and of course all of the life jackets have to be on the boat! So we all ran bare-footed to the dock (It was really rocky on the way there and none of us had shoes...unless you count Sister Hienig's mis-matched flip-flops...lol. But when we finally caught the boat, they didn't have any extras, and they said that there was another one back where we were. Great. So we walked all the way back...ouch. We got back, got on the jet-ski, and we were gone. Marisa and me were kind of nervous because we had seen Brother Wicksom drive the jet-ski and tip...a lot. (One of the times, Riley was riding with him, Brother Wicksom turned too sharp, and Riley and him both fell off...with Brother Wicksom taking part of the jet-ski with him...oops!!) Anyway, Sister Hienig said that she was a good driver and that she hadn't tipped the whole day. We trusted her, and we of course didn't tip. I LOVED IT!!! It was like riding on a motor cycle and a boat at the same time!! There was only one time that I almost fell, but that was because the seat was slippery, and we were bouncing on the waves...I'm glad I didn't.

Well, my sister Sarah is bugging me to do something with her, and I have to get ready for GIRLS CAMP!! WOOOHOO!! IT'S TOMORROW!!



I'll write about girls camp on Sunday!!!

First one!!

Hey everyone!

This is my very first blog!!
I asked my mom to help me make a blog, but she said, "No, not right now." So I got the Website from her, and I took it from there.
My parents just left to go to the temple in OKC (Oklahoma City.) It takes like 2 1/2 hours!! Yeah...They're gonna be gone for a while. Riley and me are babysitting Sarah, Jared is at his basketball games.
Jared started out playing soccer, but he didn't like it very much. I guess he said that it was too much running. So, we started him on basketball. He loves it. Right now, he's on Sister Hienig's team!! (She's in our ward.) He's on the team with her two sons. (Tonight, he has his first two games!)

We have been having some huge storms lately!! You would think that Summer would be hot and dry...well, that's what I think of it as. But noo-oo! We have to live in muggy Oklahoma! Yeah. It's REALLY muggy here. You can walk outside and pretty much see the water everywhere! When we're driving with the A/C on, you see the humidity coming through the vents!! It's weird...I don't like breathing water!


Moving...ALL THE TIME!!


I moved from Wisconsin when I was about 9. That's when I moved here, to Oklahoma. When it was about a month from my 12th birthday, we moved to Nevada. We stayed there a year and 3 months. Just as I had grown to love it, finally, we moved back to THE SAME HOUSE in Oklahoma!! AHHHHH!! I like it here, i guess. The ward is great, especially the youth!! All of the youth hang out, and do stuff together! The older girls hang out with the younger girls, it's awesome!! All the youth are going to the lake tomorrow, I'm so excited!! Anyway, the only things I don't like about Oklahoma are, the humidity, I MISS THE DRYNESS!!! And, school. I hate school. GRRR! =D Moving back here was a really good thing, but I still miss Nevada and Wisconsin!


I'll get pictures up later...once I figure this out more!




-Nicole