This little piggy went all the way to EFY!!!

Last summer my sister went to EFY and had an amazing time. I would always hear about the fun times she had and the great friends she had made from years before. As she told about her most recent trip, I soon realized I would be going this year.
That's when the butterflies started.

Here's the catch: EFY is expensive, so in order to go, we have to pay for half of it. And for an average 8th grader, that's a lot of money and a big sacrifice. But I was willing to save. My sister would always apply in January, wait until summer and then scramble trying to earn money. I thought I would try a different approach...
Starting November I decided I wouild gradually work up to it, instead of rushing at the last minute. When I told my mom I had already started saving, she got me a piggy bank that I cuold keep my money in.
That seemed to work! Every time I went babysitting or earned money at all, I would pick out tithing and then pout the rest in my EFY piggy bank. I was really proud of how disciplined I was. Once I put the money in the pig, I would never take it out. I was really good that I started saving early. I wasn't stressed or felt like I was on a tight schedule. It was great.
Well, my hard work has paid off! After months of babysitting, earning, saving snd serving I finally made it! I am officially going to EFY!! (I even had 32 cents to spare!**) It's a big releif but also very exciting for me. And I finished 2 months early! :D
**I re-did my room over break. In the process, my mom told e to "gut" my closets, nightstands and shelves. In the process, I found my old piggy bank from when I was 6-8 years old. It had 4 dollar bills in it and the rest was all in change. I decided to use it to my advantage and it ended up being $9.54 JUST in change! I added it to my fund in a heartbeat.

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Doing the sound board sure is fun! Almost makes me wish I acted this year.... I miss all my drama friends and just the thrill of being an actor. But I can't complain, it's been fun working sound with allie(: it's a bucket of fun! We've become really good friends working together. Today we're performing for the middle school. Good thing i'm not intimidated by them haha. Show starts in 30min!! I AM PUMPED!!

life in the 8th grade

school this year certainly hasn't been as great as last year but i suppose its going well for me.
I've made a lot of new friends and had the chance to be boys basketball manager in the fall. As of now, I have decided to participate in the school play not as an actress this year, but as a help backstage and running the lights with my friend Allison. Today is first practice and I gotta admit I'm still kinda shakey and unsure if i really want to commit to doing it...lets see how today goes! I'll post more later on about the play since i don't know much about it yet. It'll be fun!!

<---me and my crazy friend in yearbook class

just plain ol' me!

me at my grandma's (i dyed that bandana hehe(: )

sepia shot! i likee this one

car window photography (epic right?)

make over time!

just another afternoon all to myself!

"me a name i call myself"

heads up!

i lovee posting pictures so ill be doing that for a few posts(:

woahh

havent written since forever ago(: so halloween is coming up fun! fun! super excited

last friday went lazertagging with my buds that was awesome
i really have no idea what to write about and since pics are worth 1000 words ill post some pictures!


me and my best friend(: )maddie)

we had to wait 2 hours for the line at lazertag so we went nextdoor to wendys for some frostys mmhmm(:

yeeah boi!

welcome to lazerquest! :D

some of my awesome editting skills(:
such a fun day!

more canada pics

i didnt have enough room on my last post for other pictures so heres the rest of them!

C-A-N-A-D-A! ! (eh?)

Here's me and sis amy and sis lindsey at the start of our trip. We went to an Italian restaurant called Carino's! boy was it goooodd!n :p (me licking my lips!)



you can tell im VERY serious about coloring my kids menu! (yes i got a kids menu. . . it was a gourmet restaurant EVERYTHING was HUGE!!)



the boarder. . . . . .at night!!



our lovely Canadian hotel! :) it was called Ocean Promenade! (haha check out the sign) it had an excellent view of the beach. sooo pretty! the only 2 negatives: it was next to a PUB! haha and it no pool :(



. . . . nevertheless the hotel had BEAUTIFUL scenery, as shown in this picture!

brian regan maddness! :)

this is super awesomely totally cool! me and sis amy were bored and did this on the whiteboard. . . it's amazing! (for those of you who dont know this. . . . .) its a brian regan quote extravaganza! :D brian regan is a super totally awesome cool comedian and so me and sis amy made this! ta-da!

isn't this just ADORABLE!!??? (if i do say so myself. . . ) :D

I was looking through family photos and GUESS WHAT I FOUND? ? ? THIS! ! ! !---------->
i just thought it was so cute and wanted to share! (for those of you who couldn't tell, the one on the left is amy and im the one on the right. . . haha back when she was taller! :) jk aimes, luv you!) arent we just the cutest little princess faries ever? :)

so sorry for the slip-up!

sorry guyz i've barely written . . . . at all! ummm anyways i cant post much of the pictures because we got a new computer (yay!) and some pics were lost however i did find one....


me and amy at the tree farm (xmas)
sorry but thats it for now!

havent written for a while

so whats going on with everybody? how are ya guys doing? i have tons of pics from new years and christmas but i cant load them up yet i will later!

caroling

wow ive done so much caroling within the past week
1.) For dance, we put on a Christmas production with carols in it
2.) I went caroling for mutual with YW/YM
3.) I just got back from caroling around the neighborhood with my family
not to mention all the christmas songs on the radio and the songs i have to play for piano lessons. . . you could pretty much say, i have alot of christmas spirit (which i do :D) but. . . . it's gettin to me. So what does everyone want for christmas this year?

CHRISTMAS!!

Merry Christmas Everybody! ! im so super duper excited! We got our tree last saturday and its all pretty and lit up :D this year im having a really good christmastime.

New Blog!!!!

So here's the scoop; I just got a new blog! I know it's not obvious at all, right? Happy day :D (oh yeah. . . and check out my awesome cow over there)