Accident.

The one thing I didn't mention in my preference post... Ha ha. While we were in a hurry to leave to go to our picture appointment, Jena was quickly backing out, but forgot to check behind her first. She ended up crashing straight into my car. It was horrible... There's a nice big dent with scratches along the side of it, and her bumper is dented too. She was crying and we were trying to tell her that it was going to be ok, but it's pretty bad. Poor thing, I felt horrible. We still have to get it all figured out, but I seriously hope it's not too bad for her sake. We'll look back on this next year and laugh about it, I'm sure.(:

Preference 2011!

I had an absolutely amazing time at Preference this year. It was an entirely too perfect day!(: Our group was just Brayden and I, and Jena and Colton. At first I was sad that Baylee wasn't going with me, she had a military ball the same day, since I've never been to a dance without her. But, in the end, we loved having a small group!(: Only had to take one car, and very little coordination was involved. Ha ha. (:

For our day date, we went ice skating! I drove, and after taking an hour detour trying to find Jena's house (my GPS took me 28 minutes away.... and she lives in Syracuse...) I went and picked up Brayden first, and he helped me get there. (: I'm just directionally challenged! After getting Colton, we headed to the Ogden ice sheet. It was so much fun! (: I'm not an ice skater, and at first everybody else had to help me just to stay up, but by the end I started to get the hang of it. It was way fun. (: I even only fell once! (:

Afterwards, we went to Starbucks! Big yummy chocolate chip cookies, hot chocolate, and a chocolate chip frappuccino(: Yum(:

Then we went home to get ready!

Thank you to Heidi for getting me all ready(: She did a fantastic job being my hair and make-up artist of the night(:

And thanks to Lisa for doing my beautiful red and silver glitter nails(: Darling much?

I was kind of behind on time, I just can't get ready fast enough! But, after being a little bit late, even though Colton and Jena tried to go pick my date up without me :), it all turned out great. Made it home, and headed out the door! Went to pick up Brayden! His whole family was there, and I was nervous, but they were all so sweet!(: He has a very dollish family(: I struggled to put on the boutonniere, but with Brianna's help, I got it eventually(: Took a couple pictures, then went to actually get out pictures taken!

That was fun, we like pictures. (: Although.... Ha ha. I thought it'd be really cute if for one picture, I picked Brayden up! The boy picks the girl up usually, so I thought it'd be cute and different, especially for a girls choice dance! Well, we decided to try it out while we were waiting for Jena and Colton to finish up..... and well.... I ended up totally dropping him and he fell right on top of me. Whoops...(: It was pretty funny(: I'm just weak(: I can't wait to see our pictures(:(:

Then we went to Olive Garden for dinner! We had reservations, but we were almost thirty minutes late. Everybody was there for preference, and we thought we'd have to go somewhere else, but they were nice enough to give them to us anyways. Thank heavens! It was delicious(:

Then off we went to the dance, where we partied all night(: These boys make me laugh, I just love them(: Crazy kids(: We had a blast. It was perfect(:

Then we came back to my house to have snacks and watch a movie. Love watching movies with Brayden(: (: (:

Anyways, it was a perfect night and I'll remember it forever(:

We're pretty cute(: I had the best group ever(: We couldn't have asked for a better night(:

Our boys are scandoulous(;

My gorgeous corsage(:

They are so darling(:

I love this picture♥

He makes me happy(:

Amazing day(:

Preference!

I asked Brayden to preference this year(: Trying to figure out a way to ask him was very difficult, because he was so creative when he asked me to homecoming.

I knew I wanted to surprise him, and eventually I figured out a way!

Basically, I made a "chemistry worksheet," because we have the same chemistry teacher, and then I gave it to her to give to him as an assignment. She did, and must have done a pretty good job (: I love Mrs. Gunty(:

Well basically, it was just matching spaces to letters from the periodic table, and it ended up spelling, "Since we have so much chemistry, will you go to Preference with me?" And then had my name(:

He said he had no idea, so I was really happy with how it turned out(:

Basketball Game

I went to Whitnie's basketball game this week. And it was pretty sad. Her whole team is basically made up of cute little girls from our ward, and they just try so hard, but still lose by 20-30 points. So far anyways. I'm hoping they win a game or two during the season! You just feel bad for them! But they keep trying, and they're so fun to watch.

End of Term Break!

We got two days off of school for end of term! It was so very much enjoyed. I love little breaks from the stress of assignments, tests, and grades. It's nice to have absolutely nothing to worry about every once in awhile, and just have fun! Pictures from the break:

Visiting the animals at Petco! They are just adorable. I wanted to buy almost every single one, especially the robo hamsters!!! (: I think I fall in love with anything that's little (:

We got to hold ferrets! (: (: (: 

We love Sage (: Even Brady likes her, and she hates dogs! (: 

And at the mall. We performed an undercover operation for Jordan, our bro at Bath and Body Works. (: It was fun. We'd still make horrible spies, but we totally enjoyed ourselves.  

We also watched the Notebook (: One of my favorite movies of all time!

I'm not looking forward to school tomorrow! I get so used to the time off. I'm ready for summer.

He Makes Me Smile!

Saturday was a very good day. (: Brady and I went for lunch at Applebee's, got ice cream, and then met up with Brayden. We played a few games of Uno, which I won none of... :), and then went to see Sherlock Holmes. We had a lot of fun at the movie. (:

Afterwards, I dropped Brady off at home, and then was saying goodnight to Brayden for a little bit. Well, he told me he had something to give me and he pulled out this:

This absolutely gorgeous necklace! Ahhhhh! Isn't it beautiful?! I absolutely love love love it! (: Oh he is just the sweetest! It even has a real little black diamond in the middle. (: He is so amazing. I just feel like the luckiest girl in the world.

He knows me so well. A crown necklace? It's perfect. Saturday was perfect! (:

Goal.

Saw this on Pinterest and I was inspired.

Take a picture of something you do or think or say or look like every day all year.....

I am going to do this and then at the end of the year, make a book out of them.

It'll be perfect.

I don't think there's any better of a way to document time then through pictures.

I don't want to crowd up my blog, Facebook, or computer with this project, just because I know it'll be a lot of pictures! So if you feel like you want to follow along, you can see all my pictures on my Flickr.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestoryofaprincess/

Wish me luck!

Junior Year - Take Two

Wow. Second term is over already?! This year is flying by! I don't even know what to do with myself!

How am I halfway done with high school?! Please slow down. I don't want to grow up!

What a crazy, stressful, amazing term it's been.

I'm proud to say I got another 4.0! 14th in a row. My high school cumulative GPA is still a 4.0! 14 down...... 6 to go. This has been such a huge goal for me, and I'm praying I'll be able to do it.

Pre-Calculus is still killing me. So hard and frustrating. But I'm making it through.

I'm going to so extremely miss Travel and Tourism. One of my very favorite classes ever. It was just so fun. And I'm also going to miss Foods. Loved getting breakfast first period every day, even when it was Hawaiian Haystacks. (: Glad I had the experience of taking these classes. Memories forever.

However, I'm also very excited about my new classes! Yoga should be really fun. (: An easy PE credit that I'm actually going to like! It will be nice to have relaxation time in the middle of the day! I'm also entirely thrilled about Interior Design 2! I LOVED interior design last year, and doing it for college credit will be perfect. I just love my teacher and I can't wait to get back into it. So incredible! (:

Things with friends are perfect right now. High school is bliss. I wish it wasn't flying by so fast. I am treasuring all the time I have.

This has been a stressful year, but it's ok. I'm learning.

Can't wait to see what Semester 2 will bring. (:

Phone Pictures.

When I don't have a camera with me, I have no choice but to document moments with my phone. It was about time to go through them and clean up my storage. So. Here are my camera phone memories.

Oh mirror pictures.

Baylee and I started a sort of initiation at work. We mix all 70+  flavors together in one ice cream and you have to take one bite. It turns black, and I can't even describe how horrible it is. It's called "Suicide." Bay and I were the first to do it. The flavor takes forever to leave your mouth. I love my job! Took a picture of Lis's reaction when she did it.

Fun times in Travel and Tourism, my favorite class ever. We made a poster of "Foreign Places We Want to See!" Jeffrey drew this lovely picture of Hogwarts. Of course Hogwarts had to be included!

 Jeff and Andrea with our completed poster. I'm so going to miss this class!

And then there's French class. Where we could work on our packets, but instead, my friends and I choose to things like draw as many stars on the paper as possible and play with play dough. 

Making gold pennies in chemistry! (: Baylee and I are scientists, especially since we're so pro with liquid nitrogen. Nitrogen is like our BFF. 

Yeah. They make pregnant Barbies now. That is messed up! The belly is magnetic, and you can pull it off and there is a baby inside. The things they come up with for children these days... 

Brady and I were going through her journals and we found this one from when she was little. Her parents wrote it for her, but we found it pretty funny. Julie's Brady's Journey Journal. Hahaha.

Late night Cold Stone runs that make me feel like I'm cheating on my job. 

Ice cream carving! 

Me and Kenz carved a heart and the Salt Lake Temple. (:  

Went to see New Year's Eve and loved it! 

Our candy wrappers from our winnings in a Travel and Tourism review game. Heather has to ask me for all the answers so she can get candy too. Ha ha, usually I just share with her. I love the people in this class too!

And shopping for after Christmas deals with Bay. (:  It's fun to get in trouble by the Aeropostale worker just because I was wearing all Hollister. "What do you work for Hollister or something? Because we're frenemies with that store." Yeah... we had to leave.

What's on your phone?!