we're the hope of AMERICA!!

We all need to be reminded that we do have soldiers out serving for us, giving their lives for our country. I think some people think that war and service for our country is some olden day notion that you see in a black and white movie. The truth is there are men and women that sacrifice their lives everyday for our country!! Sure we have the fourth of July, but don’t you think we need to show more respect and gratefulness for our soldiers?! The hope of America is a cute way for us to support our community and our country as well. At the hope of America they sing many songs that celebrate our freedom and our country. I always get the worst goose bumps while I’m there and I love it!! It’s such a fun feeling to be so proud of the country we live in.

HAWAII!

AHHH!! I’m in Hawaii and there’s no way I can even explain how beautiful it is and how much I love it! There’s nothing better than waking up to the smell of the ocean putting your swimsuit on and walking to the beach. :) The beach is just absolutely breath taking! Thursday I went on a walk to the beach and as I was walking along the water I saw so many different people doing so many different things. People were reading on the beach, tanning, swimming, boogie boarding, making sand castles, running, walking, etc. The thing that I just loved thinking about is that each different activity is so perfect at the beach!! The beach makes everything seem more beautiful. You contemplate more at the beach because you have to! When you are surrounded by such a beautiful atmosphere you can’t help but think of everything you have in your life, everything that God has created... Everything! :) I LOVE the beach.

summer? ...

Today my friend sent me a picture of her and her family sitting outside on her back porch and I got SOO jealous!! I love when my family has dinner outside on a Sunday afternoon. Everything is bright and smells so wonderful! We sit there for hours and hours just talking and laughing. When I was little every Sunday we invited the neighbors over for watermelon parties. They came over and we would cut open a watermelon and just eat and talk!! We talked about everything and that watermelon was delicious. I guess it’s the combination of being outside in the beautiful spring weather and talking with my family that made me fall in love with sitting out on the lawn!!

slurp slurp slurpee!!

There’s nothing better than a cold tropical concoction slurpee running down your throat. :) This was greatly remembered by me after a bad bad day. My friend and I went and got slurpees (and sour straws) and went and talked. Slurpees are SOO good and refreshing! It’s like rain, starting over. haha That’s what a slurpee is. All that sugar and goodness going into your stomach! It’s fabulous! It’s more than a drink because it’s thick but it quenches your thirst perfectly. Slurpees remind me of summer. To me a slurpee is the thing that reminds me of late nights of talking on the porch watching a beautiful summer sunset while drinking a slurpee with my friends. There are many things that have certain sentimental meaning and that’s what a slurpee is to me. On a stupid cold bad day... a slurpee reminds me of the sunshine! :)

:S

So my sister is engaged. Friday night she woke me up with the news and I just… didn’t know what to say! My sister graduated from high school last year and it was right then that I realized… I graduate next year and after that I’ll be OLD!! After high school it seems like it’s just all the big important things in your life! My sister demonstrated this greatly by graduating, meeting someone, and getting engaged! I have a feeling like… I’m so happy for her! But I’m so scared! It’s the same feeling as finishing a test. You are SOO happy it’s over but scared to find out how you did! If she grows up that means I have to too!! It’s a step in life that I’m not ready to take yet (and good thing I don’t have to for another year!) It feels like I’m losing a friend… of course she is still there, but it will never be the same! I’ve not quite decided that it’s completely a good thing yet. Marriage will be great for her! But her marriage might suck for me… I’ll have a married sister that won’t be able to play all the time like we used to. What is there to do when we have this feeling whether it’s from a test or a big event in your life? I’m hoping that if I say I’m happy for her and not scared enough it will come true.

the nightmares of the end of the term!

i was looking back at all my other blogs and realized that most of them come down to the fact that if we would plan our time, plan, and prepare we could enjoy life SO much more! Well.. for the end of the term it's still true! Guaranteed every student (and teacher) knows what it's like to wait until the last week of the term to get everything done. It's major cramming all week long. Staying up until one doing homework, being at the school thirty minutes early to retake tests and talk to teachers (and also staying after school!) The worst is the STRESS!! The truth is, the last week of the term doesn't have to be this crazy! The problem is that we make it crazy. School is usually hard enough, we don't need to wait until the last second to get our work done, we won't enjoy it, we won't even really learn it that way! It's all about the time, taking the time and knowing that it's worth it!

Din din morris

I’m sitting here smelling all the delicious food my mom is cooking for Sunday dinner and I started to think… how would I feel about dinner if it was JUST the main course. No jell-o, no corn, no rice, no salad… just meat! It would be so boring! If we didn’t have a choice at dinner of what we wanted to eat, I would feel like I was being pressured and couldn’t make any decisions myself!! We need variety in everything so that we can choose what we really want. Thank goodness for all the little side dishes at dinner. :)