Kailee's Korner

July 24th Scrapbook Page

2011-05-30T10:01:00.001-07:00

The Mormon Pioneers arrived in Salt Lake City on July 24th, 1847. I thought it would be fun to scrapbook how your family celebrated this day. There are fairs that go on in most cities in Utah on July 24, so take some pictures while you are there, and save them in a scrapbook!

Happy Summer!!! Scrapbook Page

2011-05-30T09:02:00.000-07:00

I decided to make a "Happy Summer!!!" Scrapbook Page because I thought it would be a cute way to celebrate that school is finally out, and what you did during this summer vacation. You could put pictures of your kids playing outside in the sprinklers, or the first time they got to to swimming this summer, or your favorite memory of this summer. Have fun!!!

4th of July Scrapbook Page

2011-05-29T14:57:00.000-07:00

I know it's still a long way off, but it gives you time to prepare!!! I have been really bored today because it's Sunday, so we can't really go anywhere. That's why I've been designing these scrapbook pages :). Anyway, I hope you enjoy this idea!!!

Scrapbook Design

2011-05-29T14:29:00.000-07:00

Most people probably wouldn't scrapbook about Memorial Day, but I think it would be a nice addition to someone's memory book or scrapbook. You will have photos of a day in remembrance of loved ones that have sacrificed their lives in order to keep our country free if you scrapbook this day. That is why I have designed an idea for a Memorial Day page for a scrapbook. For an idea, you could take a picture of your kids placing flowers on a loved one's grave, or how you celebrated Memorial Day this year. I know it's short notice for a holiday that's tomorrow, but it would still be a great way to remember this day.

ClOgGiNg!

2011-05-29T13:47:00.000-07:00

My clogging team just recently went to Nationals at Lagoon, and received 1st place on a team dance to "Tea Party", and 2nd place on a team dance to "Smooth Criminal". In my individual entries, I got three 1st places on 3 of my 4 solos, and one 2nd place on the fourth solo that I didn't know the ending :).

At our very first competition, we got 2nd places on both of our team dances, and I got 2nd places on all three of the solos that I knew. At our second competition, we got 1st places on both of our team dances, but we didn't do individuals that day because of time issues.

Those are the only competitions we did this year, so I will probably post some information about the cometitions we do next year!

Remember Prince Charming.....

2010-11-15T19:04:00.001-08:00

Salt Lake Temple

THIS IS MY CASTLE!!!

The Crown You Earn

2010-11-15T18:42:00.001-08:00

The Crown You Earn
By Wylene O'Barr

Listen child and I will tell, of a life that you once knew well
Of a father's love you see, He taught and nurtured you at his knee.
This Father that loves you so well, is King of Heaven, and now I must tell.
You are a Princess, of great worth, you are one of Royal Birth.

He knows your worth and whom you are, that you will succeed, and go far.
He taught you to love, and be kind, have dignity, use your mind.
All the things that you must know, for one day you would surely go,
To earth to live, it is the plan, to grow and live as mortal man.

With coming to earth, forgetting was part, only in mind, not in heart.
Someday you'll return, and receive the reward that you have earned.
One day a crown you will wear, for a princess, indeed, you are there.
The crown you wear reflects you worth, of what you gained while on this earth.

The Crown You Earn (continued)

2010-11-15T14:58:00.000-08:00

Your crown won't be of gold, silver, or jewels. These are precious only to fools.
Your crown's worth comes from the heart, so learning these qualities you must start.
FAITH you see, precious by far, that a "Daughter of God" you truly are,
DIVINE NATURE, if you please, for you inherited divine qualities.

With your own mission you came to earth, so realize your INDIVIDUAL WORTH
Continually seek to grow and learn, for KNOWLEDGE is the right way to turn.
One thing to learn and have courage to do, is make right choices and carry them through,
You're given freedom of CHOICE you see, but with it came ACCOUNTABILITY.

Father taught, "take care of your brother", GOOD WORKS, we call, serving each other,
Now INTEGRITY is having the courage to choose the right, VIRTUE-defend it with all your might,
With patience, study and prayer, you will see the rewards of eternity there.
Take pride in you worth, do not settle for less, always try and do your best.

These values are wonderful tools, for in heaven THEY are the jewels
So to Father you will return, with all the things you have learned
On you head, for all to see, with great pride and majesty
Goes the crown you will wear, its worth is truly beyond compare.
And your loving Heavenly Father will place it there.

GHOSTBUSTERS 2!!!!

2010-06-17T10:59:00.000-07:00

Who you gonna call?

GHOSTBUSTERS!!!

We rented Ghostbusters 2 last Thursday and I LOVED it just as much as the first one!! I can't say which one I like better, they're both just SO good!!

I'll tell you the story about the paper dolls. One day I made my friend, Whitney, an Indiana Jones paper doll because I was bored. She came over that afternoon and I gave it to her. She thought it was cool so the whole time she was over, we made paper dolls. She made a bunch of Indiana Jones characters. I couldn't decide what I should make so I thought of my favorite movie: Ghostbusters. Then I made the characters from the movie. They turned out pretty cool!! If you've never seen Ghostbusters, I'll tell you their names (in order from left to right), Dr. Peter Venkman, Dr. Ray Stantz, Dr. Egon Spengler, Winston Zeddemore (I don't know if he's a doctor), and Janine Melnitz. They are played by, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson, and Annie Potts. There are also two other main characters, Dana Barrett (Sigourney Weaver), and Louis Tully (Rick Moranis). I haven't had time to make them yet.

The first picture above, is a picture of a 'Double Feature Gift Set' that I bought when we returned Ghostbusters 2. It has the first movie, the second movie, and a movie scrapbook that goes behind the scenes of the making of Ghostbusters. Did you know that originally, Ghostbusters was going to be, "Ghost Smashers"? I thought that was funny. Also instead of scientists, they were going to be spacemen who traveled the unknown. I could just picture it, "Who ya gonna call? GHOST SMASHERS!" haha.

That Little Penny in the Parking Lot

2010-06-17T10:52:00.000-07:00

Remember this every time you pass that little penny in the parking lot. I always thought it was for good luck, but I like this version better.

I found a penny today,
Laying on the ground.
But it's not just a penny,
This little coin I've found.

Found pennies come from heaven,
That's what my Grandpa told me.
He said Angels toss them down.
Oh, how I love that story.

He said when an Angel misses you,
They toss a penny down;
Sometimes just to cheer you up,
To make a smile out of your frown.

So, don't pass by that penny,
When you're feeling blue.
It may be a penny from heaven,
That an Angel's tossed to you.

So now pass this on to people you care about,
And who you feel are Angels to you...
I just did...
An Angel is now watching over you.

HAVE A GREAT DAY!

Percy Jackson! Premiering in Indonesia!

2010-05-01T16:36:00.001-07:00

My dad took this picture while he was in Indonesia. I thought it was pretty cool so I wanted to post it. I e-mailed it to my friend Whitney and she wrote back and said, "At least we know people on the other side of the world don't have so many disadvantages!" haha

GHOSTBUSTERS!!!

2010-05-01T16:11:00.000-07:00

Are you troubled by strange noises in the middle of the night?

Do you experience feelings of dread in your basement or attic?

Have you or any of your family actually seen a spook, spector, or ghost?
If the answer is yes, then don't wait another minute! Call the professionals! Our curtious and efficient staff are on call 24 hours a day to serve all your supernatural elimination needs! Ghostbusters - 555-2368! We're ready to believe you!

Can you guess what my new favorite movie is?? I'll give you a hint: BOO! Well, if you are too lame not to be able to tell what my favorite movie is by now I'll just tell you: Ghostbusters! I LOVE it! It is hilarious and freaking awesome! I got the last two pictures off the internet and the first one is just the disc menu that I took before I watched it the 9th time. Sorry, they're kind of blurry. It was the best I could do with my dinky, little camera. Oh, and mom, I'm not complaining about my camera. It's the truth.

Young Women Lip Gloss

2010-02-22T16:16:00.000-08:00

YW Lip Gloss

Guaranteed to soften lips

(only if you soften your words)

I have this pot of lip gloss,

I'll put some on each day.

I do it to remind me

To choose the words I say.

I'll try to speak with kindness

To everyone I meet.

I'll try to spread some happiness

To those that I may greet.

This pot of gloss reminds me

Of the values I hold dear,

The colors are so cheerful

And the message is so clear.

If I want to live the gospel

I'll choose each word I say.

I'll speak in just the kindest words

And I won't forget to pray!

A couple weeks ago for our separate activities in Young Women's we made some lip gloss. Our leader that was in charge of this activity handed out a little poem to go with our lip gloss (the one above). I thought it was cute so I wanted to post it on my blog. Hope you like it!!!

6th Grade Science Fair Project

2010-02-03T13:40:00.001-08:00

Wind Generators...

For my 6th grade science fair project, I decided to find out 'What factors affect the amount of electricity put out by a wind generator?' My hypothesis was 'I think the speed of the wind is the only factor that would affect the amount of electricity put out by a wind generator.' I tried blowing the propeller on my homemade wind generator, but that didn't work, using a hairdryer on the highest speed-that still did not work, I used an electric fan on the highest speed-I think you know by now, that this didn't work either. There were only 2 things that did work: to turn the propeller by hand and to use an electric drill. My conclusion to this experiment was (this isn't the whole thing) 'I was wrong that the only factor that would affect the amount of electricity put out by a wind generator is wind speed. There are many other things that could affect it.'
One thing that I am excited about (actually the only thing I'm excited about with the science fair), is that I was one of the four winners in my class!!!!!!!! I'm excited that I won, but I didn't really want to go to the district science fair. I was nervous enough with the school science fair. Anyway, I thought that was pretty cool to win at the science fair because I didn't win last year.

New Beginnings

2010-02-03T13:27:00.000-08:00

"Elementary, My Dear Watson"

For Young Women's New Beginnings, the YW leaders are doing a detective skit called: 'The Adventures of the Missing Personal Progress Book'. Anyway, my mom and I were down at the church setting up yesterday and my mom wanted a picture. So, willingly, I put on the trench coat and hat and posed for her. (Actually, before she even finished what she was saying, I started jumping up and down saying, "I'll be the detective for the picture!!!!!!!!!!") So, the picture above is of me, the awesomest detective...EVER!

Young Women Birthday Bags

2010-02-03T13:11:00.001-08:00

Imagine 41 more...

For a 10-hour project in Young Women's, my mom and I made birthday bags for all of the girls. It was a LOT harder than what it looks like!!! Inside, there is a white candle with a tag on it that says "Wax strong in your faith", a pearl glued to a piece of paper that read: "You are a pearl of great price", white gum, and a few white mints. The poem on the front says:

FAITH

(author unknown)

WHITE

What is white?

White is...

Clouds, lace and dandelion puffs

Bathtubs are white

(White are my legs by May)

Linens blowing on the line

Cold vanilla ice cream

Eggshells are white

White is...

Foaming, crashing waves

White means...clean

Snow is white

Angels are white

The face of Moses was white as he descended from the mountain

And the stones of the Brother of Jared...

They were white

White is...white is...

Swaddling cloth

Baptism

Temples

The Resurrection

White is a Pearl of Great Price

What is white?

White is my FAITH

Church-continued

2010-01-24T16:07:00.000-08:00

Sorry, the post below wouldn't let me type anything on it--it was being dumb. Anyway, The first picture is one that I drew in church today, the second picture is the real thing. I thought it was a pretty good drawing so I wanted to post it on my blog. Hope you like it!!!

Church

2010-01-24T16:04:00.001-08:00

Christmas!!!!!!-continued

2010-01-10T10:49:00.000-08:00

As I said in the last post, if I forgot anything, I would try to remember to post it later. With my luck, I was pretty sure I would forget at least one thing-and guess what? I did. It's not the greatest thing ever, but I like it. I got - drum roll please - a... *drum roll* CATERPILLAR PET SHOP!!!!! *cricket, cricket* Anyway, I told you it wasn't amazing, but at least I really like it. It's pretty cool.
I might post a picture or two of my presents later, but for now, Au revoir!!! (goodbye)!!!

Christmas!!!!!!

2010-01-09T19:11:00.000-08:00

I haven't updated my blog in a really long time so I thought it would be cool to tell y'all what I got for Christmas. Here it goes: The Animal Kingdom cartridge for my Cricut, a pink iPod nano (the newest ones with the video camera), Indiana Jones Lego video game, Dance Dance Revolution Super Nova, Dance Dance Revolution Super Nova 2 for my Playstation 2, Scrabble Slam, penguin socks, two shirts, the fourth Percy Jackson book (The Battle of the Labyrinth)-the books are about Greek Mythology and a boy named Percy Jackson who is a half-blood. In the book half-bloods are half Greek god or goddess and half human. Percy is the son of Poseidon, Greek god of the sea. He and other half-bloods go to a camp called Camp Half-Blood. The camp has magical borders so monsters can't attack half-bloods. Percy and his friends go on lots of different adventures and are very exciting--you never want to put it down. In sixth grade we learn about Greek mythology so they're really cool books and my absolute favorite series. Anyway, I also got The Hannah Montana movie, a snow globe that plays music and has a teddy bear in it, and $20 from Nanny and Grandaddy. That is all I can think of right now so if I think of anything else I'll try to remember to post it.

Fairytales-continued

2009-12-11T20:19:00.000-08:00

The post below was a writing project we did in school. It was really fun! We rewrote Fairytales from a different character's point of view. Here's mine:

2009-12-11T20:15:00.000-08:00

The Real Story of Snow White

By: Kailee Howland

You think you know the story of my stepdaughter Snow White, but what you don't know, is that I am the nice one. My little stepdaughter, my beautiful stepdaughter, told it all wrong! Today, I'm here to tell you the real story of Snow White.

Once upon...we're going to skip that part. Everyone knows that Snow White works SO hard! Really, she's a lazy bum--I mean, a sweet little, innocent girl--(not). So one day, I guess she got tired of my complaining, and she ran away to some ugly, little cottage. I had been trying to find her ALL day long! I was going to feed her a nice afternoon snack because I knew she must be so tired from all that hard...work. Did I really just say that out loud? Oh my goodness I'm turning into my mother.

Anyway, I was just trying to be polite! How was I suppose to know that the apple was poisonous? When I gave it to her and she took a bite, she fell to the ground. Wait a minute, give me a moment to try and figure out what could have happened.

Oh! Is that what venomous means? A few days before, I had gone to a store called “Get Your Venomous Apples Here!” I didn't know what venomous meant so I took that word out and looked at it like this, “Get Your Apples Here!” So, I got some.

Getting back to real time now--on with the story. I didn't know what to do so I started panicking, screaming, and running around in little circles. Then, after a few minutes, I knew what I had to do--I had to go and get the prince.

After I got back with the prince, he swept Snow White off of her feet and gave her a kiss on the cheek. At that very moment, her eyes fluttered open. The prince put her on his horse and they rode off into the sunset and lived happily ever after.

See, I am the nice one! I saved her life! Well, I also put it in jeopardy, but she's still alive now! So now that I have proved to you that I am the nice one, I better be heading off now to visit Queen Snow White and her husband the king. I need to remember to take my mop and dust cloth...

My Nieces and Nephews

2009-09-26T17:14:00.000-07:00

German is three months old in this picture. He LOVES to laugh and smile.

Joseph, Adelaide, Laura, Christiaan (bending over), Jenalee, my dad, Jared and I after Adelaide's dance recital. We're at the duck pond.

I just thought I'd post some pictures of all my nieces and nephews. I haven't put any recent pictures of them on my blog in a while. So I thought it might be a good idea. :o)

The State Fair

2009-09-26T16:57:00.001-07:00

This year in sewing, I had three things go to the State Fair--my black and white polka dot skirt, one of the stuffed frogs I made, and my apron. As you can see, I got a second place ribbon on my skirt and a first place ribbon on my frog and on my apron. I thought that was pretty cool!!!

Last Summer

2009-09-25T09:34:00.000-07:00

"Swimmers, take your mark..."
"GO!"

This past Summer I was on the Swim Team again. In the two pictures above, I'm in the second lane. Just thought I'd let you know if you couldn't tell in the second picture. I got my first plaque at the Silver Meet this year for girls ages 11-12 in the 5o-yard breaststroke. I got 7th place. I was SOOOOOOOOO excited!!! My friend, Kiera, has three plaques.

Sewing

2009-09-25T09:14:00.001-07:00

My stuffed frogs and I.

In sewing I made a stuffed frog for me (the one I'm holding). I really liked it so I thought it would be a good Christmas present for all of my nieces and nephews (the rest of the frogs).
The green ones are for the boys and the pink ones that match mine are for the girls. German's is the one in the middle--you can tell because it has smaller buttons for its eyes. I entered either Christiaan's or Joseph's in the fair and it went to state and got a first place ribbon.

If Jared, Shiloh, Chad or Melanie are looking at this right now, don't show this post to your kids. I want their present to be a surprise!!! :o)

Jenalee's Birthday!!!

2009-09-25T08:55:00.001-07:00

Jenalee, Adelaide, my dad and I in front of the waterfall.

Shiloh, Laura, Christiaan, Adelaide, and my dad also in front of the waterfall.

For Jenalee's 23rd birthday we all went to Bridal Veil Falls up Provo Canyon. Both of my nieces and Christiaan LOVED it. Joseph went camping with Chad, so Melanie, German, Joseph and Chad didn't come until we were already back from walking up to the waterfall. I'm sure Joseph would've had a blast though too.

There is a river on the other side of the road where everyone is standing, so of course we had to go throw rocks into it. I mean... that's what rivers are for, aren't they?

Student Council

2009-09-25T08:08:00.000-07:00

I am in the magician's outfit on the bottom step.

I'm in sixth grade this year... my first day of school was in the middle of August. I can't remember exactly when.

The sixth grade students got the choice to be on the student council--we just had to sign a paper that the teachers sent home and take it back to school. Then the teachers picked the students who they wanted to be on it. My friend, Whitney, and I got chosen to be on it with ten other students. Then we had to do a skit in front of the whole school. After we did that, all the kids in the school voted for who they wanted to be President. The person with the most votes was president, the next was vice president, then secretary, and the last, reporter. If we didn't get chosen for one of those, we still got to be on the student council. The boy who got chosen for president only said, "I'll do anything to make you laugh," then he danced around in a tutu. I can't remember who was vice president or secretary but Whitney got reporter. I didn't get anything, but at least I'm still on the student council.

Mine and Adelaide's Dance Recitals

2009-07-09T11:55:00.000-07:00

This picture and the one above it are of Kiera and I before our dance recital.
Adelaide during her dance recital.
Adelaide after her dance recital.

I am REALLY late on posting about my dance recital, but not too late on Adelaide's.
This was Adelaide's first recital and she was so excited. She had on this little purple clip that kept falling out, so all during her dance when it would fall out, she'd stop everything she was doing, pick it up and put it back in her hair. It was really cute.
In my dance recital Kiera and I were in three dances, and our modern dance class got to start the finale. Our clogging class was third in the finale and was also in the opener. The other two dances were just our normal class.

More Paper Dolls

2009-07-08T10:04:00.001-07:00

I've been making a lot of paper dolls lately so I thought I'd post a picture of them on my blog. The picture is of the paper dolls that I have kept. I have made a bunch more but I gave those away or put them in a birthday card, things like that. In the picture there's Mary, Joseph, baby Jesus, a supergirl, Mr. and Mrs. Claus, an Indian girl, Raggedy Anne and Raggedy Andy, two clowns, a cowgirl and a cowboy,a boy dressed as a pumpkin, a girl dressed as a bee, an angel, just a girl, a boy dressed as a lion, two princesses, a fairy, a genie, a prom girl and a teeny, tiny, little girl.

Just Call me Grace...

2009-07-08T09:01:00.000-07:00

...as in graceful. Yesterday, my friend Kiera and I were at my house playing when we decided to go back to her house to play. Well, we went out the back door so I stopped to see if we had any tomatoes growing on our tomato plants. (You'll need to know I had my hair in a ponytail and I was wearing a baseball cap. The ponytail went through the hole in the back of the hat). Anyway, in the planter box the dirt is about an inch lower than the wood around it. The tomato plant that I had stopped to look at was on the end, so when I turned around I tripped over the wood and when I hit the ground my cap flew off of my head, without even coming unsnapped and there I was flat on my face in the grass looking like a fool. Kiera heard me hit the ground with a THUD so she turned around and saw me just laying there and my hat like three feet away. She probably couldn't figure out what I was doing on the ground so I got up laughing (just so you know I didn't get hurt) and told her the whole story.

My new nephew GERMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-05-10T18:00:00.000-07:00

This is my favorite picture of him.
Adelaide patting German's head.
He opened his eyes for us.
Adelaide just LOVED holding German. Who wouldn't? HE IS SOOOOOOOOOOO CUTE!!! He was born on May 3rd and weighed 8 pounds 4 ounces. We had been taking care of Adelaide and Joseph all week and when we took them home they were REALLY excited to see him. The first thing Adelaide wanted to do was hold him. OF COURSE! :o)
When German came home from the hospital, he "brought back some presents" for Adelaide and Joseph. They were excited about that too. Joseph got an Eeyore and a Piglet stuffed animal and Adelaide got a Cinderella doll. They both got some marbles and a marble racetrack thing. You put the marble on top and it rolls all the way down into the can. They had fun with that.

My Valentine Box

2009-02-11T16:02:00.001-08:00

The side of my valentine box. The Alamo is on it. :o)
The other side of my valentine box.
The top of my valentine box.

At school we are having a contest for valentine boxes. Each grade has a theme that they have to decorate their box with. Kindergarten is nursery rhymes, 1st grade is I love animals...(I think), 2nd grade is Love Bugs, 3rd grade is simple machines, 4th grade is Utah, 5th grade is I Love America, and 6th grade is I Love Europe. As you can see my theme was I Love America. I did a thing like "Flat Stanley" except I called mine "Curious Kailee." I made paper dolls then stuck them in the picture so it looks like the doll really went to that place.

My Science Fair Project

2009-02-11T15:37:00.000-08:00

A close up of my experiment.
Me with my project.

At school we have to do a science fair. As you can see, this is my project. My question is, "How much weight will it take to push eight levitating or floating magnets together?" My hypothesis (an educated guess) is, "It will take 1 ounce of weight per magnet to push them together, which will be a total of eight ounces."I spent a lot of time working on this thing, so I hope it's good enough for the judges. :o) Anyway, I had to get all of the supplies to do the experiment, do the experiment, paint the board, paint the dowel rod, write the report, write the presentation, complete the journal, create the display board, take the pictures, make the graph, type a whole lot of stuff and now I just have to go to the Science Fair. I hope this is going to be worth all of this trouble.

P.S. It took four ounces of weight to push all of the eight levitating or floating magnets together. :o)

OH NO!!! MY CHARM!!!

2008-12-30T17:08:00.000-08:00

My rhinoceros charm from South Africa. Sorry, it's not a very clear picture.
My charm bracelet.
My camel and lamp from Dubai.

I also have a moose in a canoe and a mother moose with her baby that I took a picture of but somehow it didn't work. So I'll probably post them later.

Since my dad has been traveling around the world for work, he has been bringing back charms from those places. In Germany though, he brought me back a porcelain doll but they were so expensive he started bringing back charms. So anyway, for my birthday this past October, I got a charm bracelet to put all of my charms on. So of course I wore it the next day. The day that I wore it, we were upstairs early in the morning getting ready. I was trying to decide if I wanted to wear it but I couldn't make up my mind. I wanted to wear it because it was new, but I didn't want to wear because I was afraid that one of the charms would fall off. Then my dad finally convinced me that I should wear it, so I did. I ran down to the main floor and got into the car. We went to Wal-Mart, a wedding reception, and to Chad and Melanie's house. When we got to Chad and Mel's, I wanted to show them my bracelet. But when I pulled my sleeve up and looked at it, my rhino charm had fallen off!!! I looked all over their house but couldn't find it. Then I started crying because I knew that my dad would probably never go back to South Africa. At least not for awhile anyway. When we got back into the car we looked there but couldn't find it, so I took the bracelet off so another one wouldn't fall off. On the dark way home I had a thought to say a prayer. So I said a silent prayer asking Heavenly Father to help me find it and that it was really important to me. When we got home, that night we said a family prayer again asking Him to help us find it. The next day after church we went into the basement and we were playing a game. I accidently dropped one of the game pieces and it went under the couch. When I dragged the game piece back out, there was my charm. It was a miracle!!! I hadn't been in the basement that whole Saturday with my charm bracelet! That night I said the prayer and gave a great big THANK YOU to Heavenly Father for helping me find my charm.

Paper Dolls

2008-12-29T10:57:00.001-08:00

If you've seen my mom's blog, you'll know that I got a Cricut Cutter for Christmas. But if you haven't , now you know.When you buy different cartridges you can cut out all sorts of different things. One of the cartridges I got was to make paper dolls. It's REALLY fun!!! These are the paper dolls I've made so far (In order of the picture) : Supergirl-I made a ship to go with her, Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus- she doesn't have any hair because I didn't have any gray paper, a pumpkin, an Indian, a bumblebee, a fairy, a promgirl, a lion, a genie, I guess I'll call this one Cinderella, a regular girl, and a teeny weeny, itsy bitsy, little girl.

The Zoo

2008-12-29T10:35:00.000-08:00

Camels. Very BIG camels.
I think that this one was a black-footed house cat. But I'm not sure. I'm late posting my blog so I can't really remember.
A giraffe. This one was so tall you could touch it's head if it came close. Well, as long as you're on the second floor.
An elephant eating a...it looks like a squash??

We went to the zoo at the beginning of November with all of the family. We've gone before with just Jared, Shiloh, Christiaan, and Laura, so this was our second time going. There were lots of animals there. I mean there were TONS of different kinds of strange animals that I've never seen or even heard about before. There's even a train that goes around the zoo.
My teacher, Mrs. Hogle, and her family bought the land and had the Hogle Zoo built. My mom wanted me to ask her for a free pass, but of course I didn't. :o)

Penguins at the Zoo

2008-12-29T10:28:00.000-08:00

Not very amazing,but the penguins are cute. :o)

Dino Museum

2008-10-26T13:36:00.000-07:00

Dinosaur about to eat another dinosaur.
Bone heads.
Prehistoric fish.
Big dino. Little dino.
This dinosaur was so big, I didn't even come up to the knee...not even close.

This past week we went to the dinosaur museum up in Thanksgiving Point. It was REALLY cool!!! There were all kinds of skeletons, fossils, and of course...dinosaurs. My personal favorite was a big trough full of water and sand. You could build anything you wanted with it and then let the water come rushing down to destroy it. It was to see how erosion works, although I never let it destroy mine. I was on one of the edges of the trough, so what I built was a half circle that held water in the middle of it. I kept having to build the walls higher and higher to keep it from washing or 'eroding' away. (Because people kept building dams to stop the water, and then they'd wreck the dams so the water always came rushing down to my moat. And I was on the end of the trough so it made it a little worse). Anyways, it was all pretty cool. But there was also some fun things you could do like: trace wooden dinosaur bones, do a rubbing of a picture, put different legs, heads, arms, tails, and horns on a huge felt dinosaur body, pick a tile then color a piece of square paper to look just like the tile and then put it on the wall to make one huge picture. Then there was a little dinosaur cave that you could crawl through. One time I was crawling through it and my dad came through the other entrance, yelled, and scared the heck out of me. I screamed and ran out the other way. My mom and dad just died laughing. I did too but I don't think I thought it was as funny as they thought it was. Especially since I was the one who got scared. At the very beginning of the museum there were sets that were going to be used in actual movies. I thought that was really cool too.

Cornbelly's Rocks!

2008-10-22T18:26:00.001-07:00

hee hee! At the top of this huge rocking chair it says: Cornbelly's Rock's.
That's a picture of only a small portion of the cornmaze.
This is way cool, dude. It's an I SPY case. There were two different lists, Adults and Toddlers, full of things to find.
This is what this year's corn maze looks like from way up high... American Idol's runner up... DAVID ARCHULETA!!!
Ugh! Gives me goose bumps just lookin' at the stupid thing! That thing is freakin' scary, man! You walk inside it and it is pitch black. I mean so dark that you can't even see your hand in front of your face! And there are all these scary noises and everything. It's just so creepy! See that box there. right by it's mouth. yeah. Well every few minutes it starts making these drumming noises and it starts jumping around.

Anyways, got a little carried away there for a second. Well, we went to Cornbelly's this past Friday up in Thanksgiveng Point and we had loads of fun! There was a mining game where you'd buy a bag of sand and sift the dirt out in the water from the trough and when all the sand was washed away, all that was left were gems and emeralds. That was my favorite activity. There was also this gigantic jumping pillow. We didn't go on that though. I didn't really want to, I've been on it before and it's really not that fun. It's pulled down so tight that you can hardly get up high at all. Well, it was fun anyway.

Antelope Island

2008-10-22T18:16:00.001-07:00

Gettin' ready.....
And there he goes!! Eatin' like there's no tomorrow!
Old fashioned workroom.
A wagon where they used to cook their meals.
An old timer's sink. Sorry, it's sideways.

~TO BE CONTINUED~

Antelope Island 2

2008-10-22T17:56:00.000-07:00

Ugh! Wouldn't want to sleep on that rope bed!
I wouldn't want to have to use those old, heavy irons either!
Absolutely Disgusting! Look at that old washing machine! Ew!
One room. Four beds. One heater. And colder in there than it is outside in the FALL!!!
Look at him! He's HUGE!!!

This past Thursday we went to Antelope Island for the first day of Fall Break. We saw at least 100 bison out there! And once while we were driving we saw two bison in the middle of the road but once we got close, they ran back into the field. Those things can run fast!!! Anyways, the pictures that are indoors are pictures of the oldest Ranch House in the whole state of Utah.

My Birthday!!!!

2008-10-22T17:23:00.000-07:00

First three girls: WINNERS!!! Next three: losers, including....me. Well, we went on a scavenger hunt to peoples' houses to collect all the stuff on the list and whoever made it back first with all the items on the list, well, they won. And my group, yes, we were the losers:0(
Whoa!!!! Who are those creepy people????? haha!
Now that's more like it.(From left to right) These are my friends: Jessica, Whitney(she's also got a blog), Kiarra, ME, Kiera(She has a blog too), and Samantha(her and Jessica are twins).
These are two of the many pet shops that I got for my birthday. Aren't they cute???

As you can see, I had a BIRTHDAY!!! (And a party:0). And the party was SOOOOOOOOO much fun! I had a blast! We played a bunch of games. This one was my favorite: we laid out a long roll of bubble wrap and tried to walk all the way down it without popping any of the bubbles. The first step we took, a bubble would always pop. It was hilarious!!! (Well actually, the scavenger hunt was my favorite but out of all the indoor games, this one was definitely my favorite). We also bought everyone a colored t-shirt and bought these little diamond designs and we ironed them onto the shirt. We wore those the rest of the night. We took a couple pictures with us all wearing them up above.

Fall Fashions

2008-09-21T18:32:00.000-07:00

Me in my new church dress with leggings.
Me on the stairs in my new church skirt with Jenalee peeking around the corner.
The good picture of me in my new church skirt. hee hee!

~TO BE CONTINUED~

Fall Fashions 2

2008-09-21T18:17:00.000-07:00

These are my brown gauchos that I sometimes like to dance in.
This is me in my room standing next to my AWESOME lamp.
Me and Jenalee sitting on the porch in front of our house.
Jenalee pretending to shoot me.
Me sitting on the front porch.

Today we did a 'Fashion Show' and took some pictures of me in some of my new clothes. Jenalee happened to 'sneak' in to some of the pictures. So we had to do a couple do-overs. I had to keep changing headbands, changing earrings, changing clothes(well of course I had to change clothes), blah blah blah!!! It was fun though--I had been wanting to do it for a while. I wanted to do it because of my friend,Whitney--she had done a fashion show on her blog with all of her new clothes.

A Little About........ME!!!

2008-09-20T11:54:00.000-07:00

1. My favorite colors are: turquoise, lime green, and lavender.

2. My favorite animals are penguins.

3. My favorite subjects in school are: science, social studies, and math.

4. My favorite things to do in my spare time are: jump on the trampoline, dance, swim, jump rope, and play with my friends.

5. My favorite foods are chicken and pizza.

6. And my favorite places to go are: Ruidoso, New Mexico, the city's library, parks, my friends' houses, my families' houses, Outback Steakhouse, and Olive Garden.

4-H Afterschool COOKING!!!

2008-09-19T18:05:00.000-07:00

At school they are doing a 4-H Afterschool program with all kinds of different classes. I'm doing cooking from 2:45 to 4:15 every Thursday. The first week we make candy sushi. Here's the recipe:

6 fruit roll ups
12 large marshmallows
About a cup of rice crispy cereal
1/4 of a stick of butter
Some gummy worms

Put the marshmallows into a bowl with the butter. Melt in the microwave until it looks like marshmallowy goop. Stir. After you have stirred it for a few seconds, pour the rice crispies in with the marshmallows/butter. Stir. After it has been stirred and is all stuck together, take the fruit roll ups and lay them all out. Take out enough rice crispies to cover one whole end of the fruit roll up, but don't cover the whole fruit roll, just the edge!!! In the middle of the rice crispies, put a gummy worm, you can put more rice crispies on top of the gummy worm to cover it, but you don't have to. Then, roll it all up into the shape of a cylinder. You can cut it up to look like sushi.
Anyways, this week we made Stuffed French Toast. That's what is on the plate in the picture. So far I think cooking is pretty fun but I don't know anybody in the class except two boys that are in our ward. They invited me to be in their group. :o( Not that I don't appreciate them inviting me, but they're............BOYS!!!

A Fun Day With Adelaide And Joseph

2008-09-13T17:53:00.000-07:00

Joseph, me, and Adelaide making popcorn.
Joseph, Adelaide, and I dancing in the kitchen.
Joseph, me, and Adelaide stretching.

Today, Adelaide, Joseph, Chad, and Melanie came over to watch the BYU game on t.v. While Chad, Melanie and my mom were watching the game, I decided to turn on my new dance c.d. upstairs for Adelaide and Joseph. They LOVED dancing and stretching with me. They had so much fun. I had showed them my dances before they started dancing. In one of them I laid on my back and kicked my legs. After that, I guess whenever they got tired, they'd lay on their backs and start kicking. It was really funny!!! Every time me and Adelaide would stretch Joseph would try and copy us. He looked so cute when he was doing it!!!Before we started dancing we had made some mallow magic popcorn. It's just regular popcorn that comes with a bag of melted marshmallows. It's SOOOO good. Adelaide had fun stirring the popcorn around.

School

2008-08-23T10:12:00.000-07:00

Here are three pictures of me in my new school clothes, the morning before school started.

My friend Kiera and I on our bikes in front of my classroom.

On Wednesday, we started school. We took some pictures of me in my new school clothes and of me and my friend, Kiera, on our bikes. We live so close to the school it only takes us about five minutes to ride our bikes down there.
I REALLY like my teacher!!! She's very nice. Her family donated land to The Hogle Zoo. They named it The Hogle Zoo because their last name is Hogle. I think that's pretty cool!!! This year we go to school at 8:30 still, but instead of getting out at 2:30, we get out at 2:45. It's only 15 minutes longer, but it feels like a whole hour longer (Since we got out at 2:30 for the first two years). Somedays it doesn't feel a whole lot longer, but other days are just TOO long!!! We have recess at 10:30, lunch at 11:50 and then we go out to recess when we're finished eating.Each grade has a different bell that rings so we know when it's time to go back to class. The fifth grade bell rings at 12:25.
We have been doing fun activities with the other fifth grade classes every afternoon. The one I thought was the most fun was when the teachers divided all the students up into groups of 9, and they gave us a pretty big size of paper that we all had room to stand on. We had to play this game without talking at all, and we all had to be on the paper at all times while trying to make it half way across the gym floor without ripping the paper. If we ripped a piece of the paper off, one of the teachers would have to take that piece of paper away. The paper kept getting smaller and smaller. If we couldn't fit all 9 people on the paper, we would all have to go sit out until there was a winner.
We've had a pretty fun week so far. I just hope the rest of the year will be fun! haha!!

Swim Party and Open House

2008-08-18T11:34:00.000-07:00

On Saturday we got to go to a swim team party. We ate hot dogs, fruit, pasta salad, and dessert. After everybody was through eating, they handed out ribbons from the County Swim Meet. I got a second place ribbon from my medley relay, and a participation ribbon. When they were done giving out the ribbons, we got to swim from 4:30 to 6:00 for free. It was pretty fun.

Today (Monday) we have to go to an open house for school to meet our teacher. We already found out what teacher we got at registration. I got Mrs. Hogle. The open house goes on from 3:00 to 5:00. We're probably going around 3:00. We also get to find out where our classroom is and where our desk is. All of my BEST friends from last year are in the other two classes. But I'll still get to see them at lunch and and both recesses. My friend, Kiera, skipped kindergarten so she is in sixth grade (but she only turned 10 this year). She had Mrs. Hogle last year and she said she was really nice. Kiera liked her a lot. I hope I like her too!!!:o)

Littlest Pet Shops

2008-08-14T19:24:00.000-07:00

Here are a couple of pictures of all my littlest pet shops. It took some time to get all those pets to stay on the legos. One would fall and it would knock down all the ones next to it. Anyway, here are some things about my pet shops: right now I have 82 pet shops (There is a fish that isn't in the picture because it came with a playhouse and it's in a plastic case thing that's connected to the house). I have 11 cats, 22 dogs, 4 fish, 15 birds, 5 mice, 3 horses, 2 bunnies, 1 guinea pig, 1 iguana, 1 hermit crab, 1 hamster, a dragonfly and a gecko, a squirrel, a pig, a monkey, a tortoise and a hare, a panda bear, a weasel, and a raccoon, a bat, a ladybug, and a snail.(also the fish in the playhouse). I LOVE all my pet shops. I name every one of them. I name lots of them after food.
It was my friend Kiera's idea to name them after food. ALL of my friends collect pet shops. Two of my friends(they're twins) have over 200 pet shops if you put them altogether. Some of them are the same ones though. There are all different kinds of pets. There's a whale, an angelfish, a kangaroo, a puffin, etc. My friend Whitney got the whale and angelfish the other day. I haven't been able to find them at Wal-mart. I hope that I can find them SOMETIME. I hope you enjoy the pictures of my pets!!! But please don't feed the animals!!!:0)

Dance!

2008-08-14T19:23:00.001-07:00

This is me and my best friend Kiera before our spring 2008 dance recital.
This one is of our whole dance class posing after dancing to the song "Lean On Me"
This is the end of my solo-"Distant Serenade"
Me and Kiera backstage and ready to dance

Utah County Fair

2008-08-14T08:37:00.001-07:00

This is me standing next to the dress I sewed.
Me and Adelaide on the carousel.
Christiaan waving at the camera.(also on the carousel)
This is me, Christiaan, Adelaide, and Joseph riding on a boat.
Me, Christiaan, and Adelaide riding in a strawberry.

Yesterday we went to the Utah County Fair to see if I had won a blue ribbon for my dress, or if I had qualified to go the State Fair. We went with our whole 4-H group because we were going to be in the opening ceremonies. My friend, Kiera, and I had to walk behind Springville because there were only 25 cities and 25 4-H kids. (I actually don't think there were only 25 kids, since we BOTH walked behind the Springville royalty, but that's what I heard them say). Anyway, a little before the opening ceremonies started, our group went to see what we won on our dresses. We found my dress and it qualified for state again!!!:o) Then we went to see what the other girls got. They all got first place ribbons, but they didn't qualify for the State Fair. Except for Kiera's. We could NOT find hers ANYWHERE!!!!! So we figured they had lost her dress. But before we could look anywhere else it was time to go line up for the flag ceremony. Then after that was over, the Bartons (Kiera's family) and our family went over where the 4-H place was to look around for her dress again. (we actually got over there a few minutes before Kiera and her family). Well, when we walked in a lady that worked there asked if we were the group that was looking for the dress. And of course we had to tell her yes. Then the lady took us over to the tables that had stuff on them that were going to state and said that they had dropped the dress. So, hers had qualified for state too.
When that was all settled, we went and looked around at the rest of the fair. We got to see pigs, cows, and sheep. We couldn't find the horses though. I think we missed them.
But Kiera was eating a laffy taffy and it pulled her lose tooth right out. She had to come tell me that before they left. We left a few minutes after them. We just went home and watched the olympics for a little bit, then went to bed.

Swimming

2008-08-13T14:38:00.000-07:00

Me swimming the backstroke at the Provo swim meet.
This is me swimming freestyle also at the Provo swim meet.
This is a picture of me after swimming my best at the Payson swim meet.
Me diving into the water at the 2007 Provo swim meet.

I am on the swim team for the second year in a row. At practices, we swim all four different strokes-
butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle. My personal best is backstroke.
At the Provo swim meet, I got 1st place out of all the 9-10 year old girls swimming the backstroke.
I also got a third place ribbon for breaststroke, and another first place ribbon for the medley relay that I was in with three other girls. I also qualified to do the backstroke, breaststroke, and the freestyle in the Silver County Meet in Payson, Utah. The whole swim team is having a party to hand out the ribbons from all three county meets (Bronze, Silver, and Gold). I hope I get some more ribbons!!!
My favorite day at practice was when we got to have a 'free' day. That's when we got to go down the slide, jump off the diving boards, and just play around in the pool. We also played sharks and minnows-how we played was we started out with one person at the other side of the pool and everybody else was on the opposite side of that one person. Then we would swim to the other side while staying completely under the water, while the 'shark' tries to tag us when we come up for a breath. If we got tagged by the shark when a body part wasn't fully in the water then you would become a shark too. The game keeps going until there's only one minnow left.

Blog design

2008-08-12T21:28:00.000-07:00

Here is a special design for my favorite cousin Kailee! Let me know if you want me to change the colors. I hope you like it. Oh and you can change the font colors if you want....just go to "Layout" tab and then select "fonts and colors".
HOPE YOU LIKE IT!

Luv,
Taralee