I've been VERY bad at blogging (part two)

So--I've finally gotten past October. :) (So now I'm just about 2 1/2 months behind). This will be my November update then I guess. :)

November: What a strange time of year. Not only did it signal the start of a beastly second term as a Junior, but my life seemed to change drastically at this point as well. I had to do a LOT of growing up duing this month, and though it put a lot of stress on me, I don't regret a minute of it.

6th: I went on a date with one of my best friends, Taylor. We got to triple with my other best friends: Jess (one of my best friends from Jr. High) and Hansen along with Mari and Branson. (hahaha--yes I am aware that Hansen's and Branson's names rhyme). ;) We went to dinner at Robentinos, went bowling, had ice cream, played in the park at 4th North, and played Twister at Branson's house. Honestly, I thought my stomach was going to burst I was laughing so hard that entire night. It was definitely a ton of fun!

7th: This was a multi-stake dance. My stake always seems to be left out of these multi-stake dances. Honestly, that didn't stop me at all though. The dance was down in West Bountiful and though I struggled a LOT getting to the building, I finally got there with plenty of time to dance around. This was definitely the best multi-stake dance I had ever been to! Everyone was so wild and hilarious. I absolutely loved it. :)

18th: Academic Olympiad!!!!!! This was honestly a flashback of NAL in junior high. We all woke up early early early in the morning and ran down to the school so that we could hop into the bus with all the other nerds from every other school. We didn't have enough people, so Trevor drove up most of the way so that he could catch us and join the team (that is why he was voted MVP). ;) We had 3 amazing team captains and we were the best-dressed school at the entire thing! We had a "Harry Potter" theme, and, honestly, it cracked me up the entire time. The testing itself was not necessarily pleasant...(except for when I realized that I already had the poem we had to analyze in the English section memorized). Nevertheless, I got to see my favorite hermana afterwards! We all had a lovely lunch afterwards (including my sister who was taken in as the "Co-advisor" for the day). Then we had a "Starwars" battle between the schools where Bountiful did an AMAZING job! We actually got pretty far. :) We then had Aggie Ice Cream on the way home. I crashed when I got home (it was an exhausting day). I don't feel like I was smart enough to be on the team (there are PLENTY of people smarter than me that they could have chosen). Nevertheless, I can't wait for next year!

(oh...the picture was with our "trophy" for Best-Dressed) ;)

26th: Thanksgiving! I was so excited for not only the break from school, but for just the holiday of thanks to come around. For the big day, my Grandma came up to my house. We had a large lovely lunch and then we watched "Lost in Austen" (another one of those movies I can't simply get enough of). I loved having my Grandma up to visit and I loved the relaxation. (The picture below is of my sister, my grandma, and me) :)

27th: This was one of the BEST days of November! Why you may ask, well--this was my first "Tea Party". :) A bunch of us got all dressed up and got together for Hot cocoa and small desserts. We talked for HOURS and really had a great time! There will DEFINITELY be more of those in the future. :)

I also got answered to for the Christmas dance on this night too. I had a lovely chunk of ice left on my front porch that took a bit of work to melt. (actually---There was a large chunk of ice on my back lawn for over a month). ;)

For some reason, I felt SUPER ambitious and wanted to make my own dress for the dance though. It was Thanksgiving break--I thought I had all the time in the world. I chose out some gorgeous dark green fabric. I can't honestly say that it was my FIRST choice though as I went to go pick out my fabric. I'm a little OCD about how all evil red heads wear dark green (look at the movies and tell me it's not true!), but I loved the color so much that I couldn't resist! My sister helped me set it up so that I could cut it out (what a PAIN....honestly--I hated it). Anyways, I had to give up a bit of my precious free time for the dress so that it could be ready in time for the dance. In the end though, I think it turned out quite nicely. I've learned my lesson though---if I want to make a dress, i'll do it in the summer. :)

This is me trying to see the back of my dress (hahaha...it's my favorite part, yet--I could never see it!) ....and I PROMISE I made a shrug to go with it. I would never have bare shoulders....I promise. :)