Oh the things I can do!

So I'm finally 18. I'm not gonna lie that it sounds a bit anti-climatic considering it is society's equivalent of me becoming an "adult." Despite this recent transition I still feel like a kid and I plan on staying that way. No growing up for this dude. As I have been thinking about my coming birthday these last couple of weeks I started making a list of all the new things I could do. Here's some of the things I came up with in no particular order: buy dry ice, get drafted into military service, go to elders quorum, vote, hold puppies at the mall (that comment is courtesy of Bryce), jury duty, buy Cuban cigars, get a church calling, no longer being charged as a minor, go to mission prep, and a bunch of other stuff that I haven't thought of. Well, considering that my birthday this year is on a Sunday, I can't really say that anything exciting happened. We had ward conference today though and there were some really awesome talks given that brought the Spirit so I guess that was as good a birthday present as any I've ever received. Thanks to everyone who made my birthday so special though. Yesterday was a really long day but it was probably one of the best I've ever had. I had a race yesterday that I had to get up at 6 for even though I wasn't running until about 10. It was a rough race because I was already injured and it was the first one of the season which is always stressful, but I did good so I'm excited for the season. Then I went straight to work because I was supposed to be there at 10 even though I didn't actually come until 12 because of the race. I let my manager know ahead of time though and she said it was OK. Work was also very eventful. I finally escaped the clutches of my manager and told her...that I couldn't work any more. It took me about 10 tries to say it though. Everytime I would start explaining she would change the subject and then walk away. Then, I went to our man night where we had epic video game battles, battles with swords and other medieval weaponry, and other manly stuff. Then I got kidnapped to a surprise birthday party for me and maddi. It was way fun and Maddi's mom made these awesome, giant sub sandwiches that made a big #18. It was way cool. Then the girls thought it would be funny to cover me in tape after they had put lipstick on it. Oh and all the guys brought swords from Nolan's house to the party so we took a picture of us holding all these weapons. Anyway, thank you everyone who came to the party! And I would just like to wish my very good friend Maddi a very happy 18th birthday as well. Well, I think I've talked too much now so I will be merciful and let those who actually bother to read my posts leave in peace. Bye!

So I finally got the picture of our man night! This is all of us guys posing for Maddi's mom in her front room with pretty much every variety of weapons you can think of. Some day we will have an epic battle and bloody up all these weapons!

First Week of School! First Week of School!

So this week went by kinda fast/slow, but I'm glad its done. I decided that I probably won't have that much to write about during the school year, so I might as well get all the standard stuff out of the way. I'm finally a senior and life is sweet! I can finally leave my Cross stuff in the car and not have to drag it around all day. Plus, I can't wait for the senior assemblies and all that jazz. I did realize this week that like half my friends have all graduated and are either going to college or on missions. It's crazy! But it's all part of life I guess. I'm going to miss you guys so much. But I know I'll see you all again one way or another. This year is going to be way fun though. Between two choirs, seminary, cross country, english over at MCC, Anatomy w/ Hatch, and Gov w/ Baser, life is gonna be awesome. Of course its still gonna be kinda insane, but I'm looking forward to it. And I've decided to give my new Cross coach a chance cuz he seems like a good enough guy. It's kinda depressing though when almost your whole team, including your coach, either graduates or decides not to come back. This years seminary will be with Bro. Janes and he is really awesome. And I can't think a better way of ending up my Senior year of seminary than with Christ's life in the New Testament. It'll be fantastic. Just as a side note, you've probably noticed by now that the music you're listening to is all thematic. I love listening to music when I'm doing my homework, but I've realized that I can't really make it work that well cuz I start singing along. So, at least now I have some awesome music I can listen to and actually get my homework done! I've probably missed some really good ones, but these were all the ones I could think of on the spot. I'll probably download some later. Well that's all for now folks. Later!

Vacation!

So Bryce, my dad, and I all went on vacation to texas last week. I would have posted earlier but first I was waiting to get the pictures and then our computer decided to go on strike so I had to wait. Anyway, we had a blast thanks to my awesome sister and her family! We did lots of fun stuff while we were hanging out there!

Like make human towers...

and play "House" after Bryce, Kaytie and I figured out how to put it together.

We also went to the zoo and Fortworth Botanical Gardens!

We also got to plant a little garden, play DDR Hottest Dance Party on the Wii, go swimming, and play board games every night after the kids went to bed. All in all everything was fantastic. I could go on forever about all the fun we had. Even the 15 hour drives there and back were made OK because I got to finish 3 books! This vacation defininately made up for the whole summer of work! Thanks so much Kaytie and Ryan for letting us come and hang out with you guys. I can't wait to do it again!

Howdy!

Ok first of all I'd proudly like to say that after nearly doing 40 hours on my history class this week, (in addition to the 40+ hours I put into Lifeguarding and Nielsens) and completing at least 25 days worth of material...I'M FINALLY DONE! Ya its been a pretty insane week, but I got through it thanks to the thought that I will be spending all next week saying, "Howdy Partner!" Yep. Thats right. I'm going to Texas and gonna wrangle me up a couple hundred hugs from two of my favorite people in the world...my niece and nephew.

They're pretty much the cutest kids I've ever seen. Except for Kiley. Can't forget her either!

I've been able to hang out with this little red head all summer. She definitely deserves the nick-name Smiley Kiley! Anyways, I think the best part of the trip is going to be the 15 hour drive there and back. Haha. Actually I've decided this will be a good opportunity to catch up on all the reading I've missed out on this summer. I'm bringing 3 books (all courtesy of Marc's recommendation. Thanks Marc!) and two books on tape. So I think I'm set to go. Well, I better stop now before I suffer from a blog overdose. I've never had one of those, but I've heard they're BAD! See ya'll when I get back! Maybe I'll git me one o' those Texas drawls. Haha. Later!

IT'S ALIVE!!!

So I decided to get on board with everyone else and make myself a blog. I don't know how long I'll be able to keep it going...I doubt I could ever come up with enough posts and pictures to keep it interesting, but maybe I'll just keep it as a sign to everyone that I'm still alive and well, and taking the world head on! Anyways, have a fantastic day! Talk to ya later!