RISE AND SHOUT!!!!!!!!!

GOooooo Cougars!!!!!!!!!!! We're on a role this year with and undefeated record, recently concreted by TWO shutouts in a row! And I get great seats at every home game to boot! I'm in the North nzone, row 9 with my friend Sadie, who is in the picture with me below.


I tried hard to get you a video of the fight song in the sold out stadium, but I sadly found out that the video on my camera has no sound. The fight song is no fun without sound, so we'll just have to be happy with pictures. Next home game: October 11!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday, Sarah! Teenager no more! That was a long 10 years. ;)

The word is no

So, I didn't make it. See my blog for details

Callbacks for singers

So, about halfway through Nebraska I got this call from my friend Camille, telling me I am on the callback list for BYU Singers!!!!! Even though she told me, I still had to look at the list about 10 times before I believed it. I went to see Dr. Staheli on Thursday, and sang for him again. I think that went pretty well, as did my audition for Concert Choir the next day (just in case). The list that's going up today includes all those who were on the first list (we tried out during the spring and summer) as well as those who are returning to singers and those Dr. Staheli wants to hear again after this past weekend of auditions. I may go look at that list just to see how many are on it, but most likely I'll just wait until 12:30 when we are all together for the beginning of callbacks. It's really hard on my nerves to walk down that hallway, so I might save myself at least one trip. Oh, nevermind. I have to look at the list today to see if Dr. Staheli changed his mind about my singing soprano or alto. Today I'll have callbacks with the other girls in my section, and tomorrow morning I'll have to walk down that dreaded hallway again to see the final list. My friend Becca Whale and I practiced together yesterday, and we're hoping to walk down the hallway together for moral support. Going by yourself is the worst. Pray for me today! I'll let you know tomorrow how it all turns out.

First Day of School!

Well there's no avoiding it now. Classes start tomorrow. On the bright side, I only have one class on Tuesday and Thursday, and it's at 8 am. So tomorrow should be too bad.

In other news: Meagan and I made it safely to Provo once again. It was a long trip and we started crying when we passed the sign for Minneapolis (just kidding), but we made it. Also, Meagan found out that she made call backs for the Singers. She'll have to explain that though because we weren't sure exactly what happened next. All I know is that she'll be stalking the HFAC tomorrow waiting for the list to go up...I'm just not sure what the list is for. Needless to say, she's really excited. Especially since the Singers are going to Ireland this summer.

More news: BYU won their football game on Saturday against Northern Iowa. GO COUGARS! And there is another game this Saturday. We're definitely looking forward to that out here.

That's it for now. KEEP BLOGGING!!!!

my trip to the caribbean

i just got back from this awesome trip to the Caribbean and i learned how  to Sail and everything. there iare some amazing stories to tell that i cant do it right now. call me facebook me or talk to me in some other form or shape to sak but right now i will put up some tight photos of me !

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No More Pre-K!!

Alright, I have successfully completed 2 weeks of camp with Pre-K and Kindergarten kids. It was a lot of fun, and the kids were so cute, but I'm ready to move on. I'll miss those kids, but I'll see them around. I love those kids, but teaching them was a big challenge. I definitely work better in a teaching capacity with the older kids...or at least I think I do. Actually, I haven't worked with any older kids. It might turn out that I'm better with the little ones. My teacher filled out an evaluation for me, and it was all good. I doubt people ever give poor evaluations...unless someone is really bad. Well, it's all over now. I get to move up one grade level at a time. My schedule has changed a little since I posted it last month:

Week 3 (June 20- July 4): Wild at Heart with 1st-2nd grade
Week 4: Sleuths with 3rd-4th
Week 5: Aquatic Odyssey with 3rd-4th
Week 6: Advanced Bay Quest with 8th-10th
Week 7: Nature and the Arts with 1st and 2nd
Week 8: Water Works with 1st and 2nd
Week 9: Storm Chasers 5th-7th

Yup, I get the full range and get to work my way up. It will be interesting to see how each group changes. Only a few things have changed and the camps that I really wanted to do, I still get to do. So, all is well.

I'm pretty much exhausted after two weeks of Pre-K. Everyone is congratulating me on surviving, so I guess this is normal. The most important lesson from the past two weeks is probably flexibility in lesson plans. The dynamic of our AM and PM classes were completely different from each other and Ali and I really had to figure out what to change to make it a good experience for the PM campers, and for us too. We decided on more unstructured time, and working in groups. For me it meant doing a lot of stuff without Ali. I lead my group of 8 on hikes, crafts, games, etc. It seemed like a lot to me, but it worked, so I stuck with it and really enjoyed it.

So, goodbye Pre-K! You taught me a lot and looking back, I promise not to remember all the bad times and just remember the cute ones...there were plenty of both.

There! Aren't they cute?? They were convinced that I couldn't see them when they hid there.