third term is over!

phew. that was a looong term/quarter/thing.

and im even proud of my grades! all A's and B's :D

but i got an A- in photography (i got a C- last semester) and a B in graphics (C- last semester too)

those are the subjects that require the most work/projects

and about friends. ya it sucks losing a friend but it just means you get closer to your other friends

i love kristin and kate!!! XD they are amaazing

and ive stumbled upon 2 songs ... in spanish that i understand and LOVE

chocolate by jesse y joy

and mi sol by jesse y joy

saaturday

as most saturdays go i was on fb and miranda tagged me in her a desperate plea for getting out of her househer family is moving kinda soonish and they talk about moving all the time

so i replied fast and we got things going and as it happened she was coming to sams club (like 4 min away from home) so thats where we kidnapped her from

we watched benny and joone (LOVED IT!!) and ate lots of popcorn

kristin came over later

and kate ... didnt come :(

but we still had tons of fun!!

after rollerblading and walking around and ya

we went to the mall and saw when in rome!!!

SUCH A CUTE MOVIE!! i loved it! a lot

coldstone is downstairs from the movie theater so we of course went there

each got our regulars

mine: cakebatter ice cream (like it size), fudge, caramel, and cookie dough

yumm

it was around 10ish and they were supposed to be home earlier but we missed the early movie so we kinda had to return them home

on the way we blasted our music and yelllllled

our reason for yelling: so other cars can enjoy the song

:D

such nice people i know

overall ... XD great saturday

and dang it no pictures. ill make sure to ge

t some next time!!

WAIT NO! I DO HAVE SOME!! just of miranda and kristin dear. miranda and kristin took pics on photobooth while we were just chilling around the house.

Miranda is smiling ... and on the phone?

Kristin is hiding behind her hand. Ha it didnt work!!

Why is Kristin constantly hiding? And why did they go to Paris without me!!

GASP 2010

It doesnt feel like a new year to me yet.

but im sure it will soon. im still writing all of my dates as 2009

oops

COUNTING DOWN

if you have not read it ... then you definantly should!

READ THE SEVEN ANCIENT (deadly) WONDERS! THEN THE SIX SACRED STONES! BY MATTHEW RIELLY!!!!!! THEY ARE AMAZING!!

october 20th the next book in the best series is coming out!! its called the five greatest warriors!! I WANT IT! stupid mexico they dont have english books here :(

if i count this up there have been 15 ! this whole blog ... that should tell you how awesome these books are and how much im excited for it!!!!!!!!! (way past 15 now)

school

SCHOOL STARTS ... TOMORROW!! AHHH!!! AND I DONT HAVE ANY OF THE JUNK I NEED!!  AND IM GONNA BE A FRESHMAN!!!! *GASP*

chinese camp ... and songs

so at chinese camp they showed us so many good songs ... i doubt you will understand them but ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcpzfYQi_IU  <-- means suddenly i miss you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JitxsB3g6As&feature=related  <--- means forget my words

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBGyF11fOnA  <--- means a day of rain

there are so many ... i could go on ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyb9QAMjW6w&feature=related <-- that was our theme song ... we were the rat house ... it means i love you like the mouse loves rice (oh and we had a kid named big rice 大米 in our house so it was really funny :)

wow

kay so long time since ive blogged

but now it seems like a good idea

(or it could just be im really REALLY bored)

so ive been waiting and looking forward to summer

for the longest time

and now that its here

I DONT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO

there are lots of movies coming out that look good so theres a chance

and ... im a freshman now

wow that sounds lame but im a HIGHSCHOOLER!!

yay

our 8th grade graduation was pretty lame

we ate then the teachers presented awards

i didnt get an award for being smart this year

i got it for being helpful ya ... great award huh??

whatever

we also got our class picture

I LOVE IT!! but its too big for me to scan ... so

you dont get a picture of it :)

ya so lately ive been chilling in my hobo jacket

thats right! i have a hobo jacket!! its really comfy and warm and snugglie

its super huge and ive got pictures! well one really but ...

ya thats right its awesome!! ya so thats pretty much all thats happened since last time

:/

bleh

pjs

i made my own pjs!!
one is purple with kitties
the other is green shamerocks
and the other one says isnt life juicy? (its starbursts!)

CAMP!!

i know i know

camp was forever and a day ago!

but you have to see

 some of these pictures!!!

that is me on the floor ... we were playing around

and i fell

and my friends were like STAY 

THERE ABBY

and that is a face of laughter ... i was laughing s

o hard that it hurt

in our hotel room ... me and my

 room-mates

having fun!!

the next day we went to the mines ... (right) rocks from the mines!!

(below) there were some sheep wandering the streets

we went to this mountain

and climbed it!!

it was insane ...

it wasnt as hard as the mine climb ... but

still it was tough!!

then we went to a farm ... a s

heep farm

i pet some baby sheep

they were so fluffy!!

they also had some horsies

i wanted to pet them too

but ... we didnt

MURDER MYSTERY

the party was a while ago ...

but it was WAY FUN!!!

so we all had names, and i was mrs. snow

(apparently i was married to mr. snow)

and we had to wear the color our name was ... i wore white

anyways ... we ate dinner

and then it began!!

some people then left the table

only one didnt make it back!!

it was our dear friend sargent something or other (decker)

clues were hidden all around the house

and we had to decide who did it, with what, and where

in the end ... my partner mrs. white

commited the murder

and her boyfriend colenel mustard covered up the murder!!

it was way fun!!

after the murder

we played mafia which happens to be the best game in the entire WORLD!!

for those of you who dont know how to play ...

you have a deck of cards and tons of people

there is one storyteller

you sort the cards so there is at least one king, one queen, and one jack

and then numbers for the rest of the people

kings are the mafia members

queen is the angel

and jack is the detective

the storyteller tells everyone to close their eyes

and the mafia chose one person to kill

everyone closes their eyes

the angel chooses one person to save

everyone closes their eyes

and the detective chooses who the mafia are ...

if the angel chose the wrong person the person chosen by the mafia is dead

the point of the game is for the mafia to guess who the detective is, or 

have the detective guess who the mafia is.

its way fun!

ps i was one of the mafia members

XD

I GOT MY AIRSHIPMENT TODAY!!!
i am soo happy

i was opening all my boxes and crying all over everything!!
i found my last year's yearbook ...
some of my friends would NOT let me look at what they wrote till i got to mexico
and i read them

oh my goodness!!
i love you mary, cassia, maxine!!

it is so crazy ...
i feel like im missing so much of my stuff/heart
its weird ...
i hope we find it

new york city

wow
today's trip has taken ... forever

i fell asleep for ever ...
and once i woke up ...
we still had not taken off!!
how insane??

whatever

we got to the hotel ... then went to jackson hole
the hamburgers there were INSANE!!
they were ginormus

after that we walked back
and saw the Grand Central Station
it was huge!!

...
fun day

ballroom dancing

wow!
today i stayed after with nick and brayden (young men from church)
on sunday they convinced me to come and dance
i was the only middle school girl there ...

it was a ton of fun ...
but i messed up a lot
all the other people knew the steps
they had been learning for 2 weeks

we are doing the swing
we are gonna get costumes soon ... woo hoo
right now we are going the swing
and ive got a dance partner now ...
:D

so yea.

life is good ... life is sweet
for now

the zoo!!!!

because i am so wonderful at spanish ... that is why im in the special spanish class
the GOVENOR of mexico city invited 100 asf students to come to the zoo
he didnt acutally show up ... but whatever

i got to go ... along with ...
miranda
esther
steph
nick
pablo
adrian
kaylyn
gabi!!

it was a lot of fun
our tour guide was kinda phyco
he wouldnt let us see any of the fun stuff like:
the giraffe
elephant
sheep
snakes (even though i didnt want to)

but we did see a ton of cute monkeyes
they were all tiny
we also went into the butterfly house ... thing

they let us 'release' some butterflies
then they took us to see the spiders!!
miranda, esther, pablo, and nick held my hand the WHOLE WAY!!
i love them!!!

one thing that was really funny was ...
we saw a baby tiger playing with a ball and one of my friends said:
' awww thats so cute!!
not as cute as you though Abby!!'

how sweet???
anyways ... they told us were could get food there ...
BIG JOKE
and i didnt have any food ... so i starved!!

all over ... today was pretty fun!! seeing the animals with all of my friends
what could be better?

see??

i blog

CANCELLED

thats right ... the guy who was planning it ... didnt

everyone is busy!!!

grr

now im so stuck in boredom

NO HOPE

dan in real life

 kinda excited about today ... me and a couple other of the young men and women are going to see a movie ... dan in real life

ive already seen it ... but i am excited still

not so bad

i guess that the spainish 'speech'/narration part wasnt so bad ...

once we finished i felt way good

miranda and i had fun ... and we danced with our big skirts ...

our flamenco skirts ... mine was a really pretty blue ...

i will try to get the pictures on here ... later

i am so nervous about tomarrow ... i am doing this HUGE narration part and its all in spainish ...

ahh!!

todos sabemos que hoy en mexico hai un presidente; se llama felipe calderron: para que esto sucediera, los mexicanos tuvieron que pelear y enfrentarse a muchos problemas.

despues del descubrimiento de american, los espanoles decidieron venir a estas tierras; atraidos por la riqueza.

despues de un tiempo, los espanoles comenzaron a maltratar a los indigenas, los esclavizaron, les quitaron sus tierras, sus cassas y sus riguezas, el oro y la plata se lo llevaron a espana.

despues de sufrir por casi tres cientos anos, los indegenas comprendieron que era el momento de pelear por su libertad.

asi fue como un dia, toco la campana de su iglesia para llamar a todos y decirles que hai que luchar.

despues de once anos; de mucahs batallasy muertes; los mexicanos logran su libertad.