Dillon's Beach

I survived, and in much better shape than Shirley, ha ha, I remembered the sunscreen! :-p

Well, some of you may have heard the story about Shirley's experience at a YCL Retreat at Dillon's Beach from a few years back. She laid out in the sun, on a cold cloudy day, without sunscreen and burned her back and legs so bad that they blistered. Well, I learned from her mistake, Thanx Shirley! :-D

I just got back from my YCL retreat in one piece and unburned. However, there were a few casualties of the sun. Chelsea Chidester and Helena Haueter were the worst, but there were a few others. They burned really bad, because they refused 50 SPF sunscreen multiple times, and on both sides because they flipped over during the day. Their legs are/were so red. Oh well, their own fault. :) They shouldn't have refused seeing as they both have the fair skin.

Anyway, about me, I didn't burn, thankfully Dad reminded me and I listened. :-D I built my first official sandcastle, with the help of Amber and Leslie Rivers, that looked really cool. Also, we stayed in this beautiful beach house with an amazing view of Bodega Bay. Such games as True Colors, Catch Phrase, Spoons, and Signs (knock-off King Elephant Game) were played. I was kind of amazed though at how much free/fun time we had during the day because I was expecting it to all be business and really boring. Jenny Chidester and Trayce Williams did an amazing job! The only thing that could have been better was the weather! The first day, Tuesday, it was so cold at the beach that we were all bundled up in sweatshirts. On Wednesday however, it was warm enough for me to actually walk into the water a bit in just a swimsuit, my swim shorts and a light t-shirt. One of the girls brought a skim board and was even doing some boarding because the waves were just right and the temperature not too cold for her I guess.

Anywho, I had an great time and I actually got to know some of the girls better since I still was a bit lost as to who was who. And, because of the smaller group of YCLs it was actually possible to speak/make suggestions and be heard. This was definitely a great experience and a great bonding time.

By The Way, Sorry for the random jumpy explanations of it all, I think I may be suffering from some "mild" sleep deprivation. :-D

I'm Alive and Celebrating!

Hello, sorry that I haven't been blogging as much as I/you would like. I just have been busy and couldn't think of anything to tell you. So, I will have to get you caught up with how the past few weeks have been. Actually, I think I will just tell you about this past week since I don't remember anything special about the week before.

Oh, wait, the week before last was the last week of seminary. It was so much fun because we had finished with the Old Testament early we just did fun stuff like making scripture mastery posters. Then, on Thursday, since Friday was the seminary breakfast, my teacher gave all the graduating seniors, the kids who lettered, the kids who passed off all 25 scripture masteries, and the kids who have summer birthdays a little reward. I was rewarded in every category except for being a graduating senior, bummer. :-D AND, the rewards weren't like stupid little things. Because my teacher is the manager for Deseret Book, Birthday people get Utah truffles which are very rich and delicious. I also got a book for lettering and a CD for memorizing all 25 Scripture Masteries. The book and CD were both about the pioneers' crossing of the plains, how perfect considering this July my stake is doing the Trek. He surely was inspired because I hadn't told him anything about the Trek I don't think. They are such good stories and everything, the book is all journal accounts of children and teens who crossed the plains and some of the stories are just so sad. So, that was the week before last that you missed.

Now, THIS past week was the cause for celebration. The last week of school!!! Yay, I'm now a senior, oh no, I have to actually grow up now. BUMMER!! :-D But, anyway, I took all my finals and did amazing, getting A-'s, A's, and A+'s in all of my classes. I was a little nervous about a couple of my classes but everything turned out okay. Thank goodness! Well, now my summer vacation has officially begun and I am still a bit shocked about it being here, seemingly so soon, but it really didn't come soon enough! :-D

A look into the future about things I will hopefully post about over the next couple months:

1. YCL overnight training at Dillon's Beach
2. Girls' Camp/Preparing for Girl's camp
3. Birth of Heidi Secundus(sp?) __________ Braun
4. The Pioneer Trek
5. Will and Nancy coming to town!!!!
6. And any other miscellaneous, unscheduled, exciting events in between