Thanksgiving

This year's Thanksgiving was a special one. If I was to describe it with a quote I would say "There is always a first for everything."

I had the opportunity to make the turkey this year....yeah, I'm still surprised my parents trusted me to do it. I was excited up until my dad informed me that I had to pull out the "extras" from the turkeys back side...if you know what I mean.

Bath Time!!!

The turkey was definitely made with love ;)

Spencer and Sarah decided to make a movie for Thanksgiving. Whenever Spencer has a camera and it's a holiday we tend to make movies....some of which have made it on to Facebook. (My first day of High School Freshman year I had teachers saying "Hey your the one in Spencer's movie." Not fun!)

Here's Spencer showing Sarah how to look mad.

I will always remember this Thanksgiving. Not because it was so fun or because for the first time I had no homework over break. But because my dad had our family host a dinner at a homeless shelter. At first I was a little nervous, I had never done this kind of thing before and I didn't know what to expect. The dinner turned out great. The amazing thing about the whole experience was that if the family hadn't told me that they were homeless, I would not have been able to tell that they were. It was truly an eye opening moment for me. Just because someone is homeless it doesn't mean they are worthless. If you think about it, Jesus was born homeless yet he has made the biggest and greatest impact on our lives.

When it came time to cut the turkey I insisted to do it myself. Yeah, that didn't turn out so good. I cut one piece and was frustrated with the difficulty of the seemingly easy task. I gladly passed the task over to my dad.

This year was great!

Thanksgiving Turkey Bowl

There is one special tradition that I look forward to every year. Thanksgiving Turkey Bowl. Who says the guys get to have all the fun playing football on Thanksgiving morning.

This year I thought it would be nice to dress up for the occasion. Spandex here I come.

New Moon, Midnight Showing....

Last year the wonderful Kelly Burton organized a Twilight party for the midnight showing. It was amazing. This year Kelly has done it again.

With boat loads of homework, Sarah and I drove over to Kelly's house for the New Moon party. We watched Twilight and hung out with a ton of friends.

Kelly decorated her house for the occasion...red carpet and all.

Sarah and Shayna with their vampire fangs.

I have never, and will never, read the Twilight books. But I am always willing to stay up till 4am to watch the movies. It being a school night I was dreading the fact that I had 2 hours to sleep before getting up and going to school. I missed first period and I had planned on "missing" second period to get in some more sleep and to try and study for an up coming test. I called it my "rebel" day. But before I could fully experience my rebellion, I had to tell a past teacher of mine about my midnight adventures. After I had shared my thoughts on New Moon, she asked me what class I was supposed to be in. I knew I was caught. She gave me the you-should-be- disappointed-in-yourself talk. I gave her the evil eye and said she was ruining my life. What a teenager response, I know. After "slamming" her class room door, I was still determined to live out my "rebel" day with Shayna. I got to where Shayna was and I panicked. I felt so guilty for skipping class. I called my mom to tell her what I had done. She laughed and said it was fine. Then I got a pass to go to my class. The guilt was gone and I felt good about not totally skipping out on my classes. But I did make sure to tell my teacher how guilty she had made me feel. Next time I feel the need to be a "rebel" I'm staying far away from Ms. GiultTrip.

Dinner at Gramp's

My grandpa lives in Portland, so we go to his house for dinner often. This time both Matt and Kristyn came...this made all the difference.

Kristyn, Matt, and Spencer all together at anytime makes it impossible to go for one minute without laughing...or peeing your pants.

This is what it is like when we eat with Matt, Kristyn and Spencer at one table...

Spencer is...different

All I wanted was a good picture of them, but the seriousness didn't last long...

"Sorry 'bout your car Kristyn."

Dinner with a friend

A couple Sundays ago I was sitting next to my amazing Young Women leaders, aka my best buds, and we started talking about cooking. I told them about the addiction I have with my pork chop meal. I decided it was about time I cooked for them, so I set dates to cook for each Kelly Berton and Kirsten Hinton.

I made Kelly's family my pork chops for dinner that week. It was very fun sitting and chatting with her and her family. I cant wait for our next dinner date.

Tonight I brought mini pizza crusts and pizza toppings over to Kirsten's house with Sarah and we made pizzas with her little kids for dinner. I had a good time.

Jen your next on my list of dinners to make....oh, maybe a dinner and then a movie at the ghost place in Downtown :)

I love my Young Women leaders. They're more like best friends to me and I love spending time with them.

Mooning Mulvey...

Today Sarah and I mooned Mulvey. I totally know what you're thinking, and no not that kind of mooning.We cut out little moons and taped them all over Mulvey's door during school.I had a class first period, so Sarah did the crime for me. I was walking to lunch and Mulvey happened to walk out a door as I passed. The first thing she said was "YOU!" She didnt even stop to say hi, she went straight to accusing me of the vandalization. I was shocked with her accusation. "I was in class first period, so tecnically I couldnt have done what ever you are saying I did to you" I said with innocence....but I garanty she saw the gulty look in my smile. Once again we were in a "fight". I had to confess to the crime in order to get help with a question. If she wasnt a teacher I could go days with out talking to her, it would be a fight I could win.

Anyway, I got some pics, but the lighting was terrible so they're blurry...and whoever took the pictures didn't realize that it would be nice to get the door with the moons in the picture instead of me and the wall. Oh well.

Fun at Kohls

Sarah and I met up with Katie and Shayna at Kohls to go shopping. I baught a black P-coat...I love it.

It all started when Shayna saw two furry vests. We got a picture together. Then every time we saw something else that look funny, we took a picture with our phones. I had a great time.

I LOVE MY GILRS!