I MADE IT INTO ALL-CITY 1ST CHAIR!!!! I AM SO EXCITED! I FOUND OUT THURSDAY RIGHT AFTER MY AUDITION! I WANTED THIS MORE THAN ANYTHING AND I GOT IT! I AM SO PUMPED!THIS IS SO AWESOME!

How was everyone's Thanksgiving? Hope it was good! Mine was pretty good, we went to my grandparent's house, so, it wasn't that exciting. Did anyone see the Woodburn Outlet Mall Last night? It was insane! The parking lot was absolutley filled with people! Thanksgiving is about giving thanks for what we have, not going shopping because there's a big sale going on! People are insane! This world has gone mad!

I had a volleyball match on Tuesday and thursday and WE WON BOTH TIMES!! Tuesday we played Houck, and on Thursday we played Leslie- It was awesome! AND EMILY IS ON MY TEAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(by the way, it doesn't feel any different to be thirteen)
Saturday we went and saw A Christams Carol. It was creepy. Emily, Brier and I were holding hands almost the whole time!

I realized I'm going to be on one of the better B teams in volleyball! I hope I'm with Emily and Mykala! I am also going to be 13 in 1 1/2 days! Anybody who is reading this right now and knows me... DO NOT SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME IN CLASS OR AT LUNCH OR I WILL HURT YOU!!!!!!!!!!! (YOU CAN WHISPER ANY OTHER TIME THOUGH. I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD KILL ME!)

Okay, so it's like, 11 days until my birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! November 12 is the day after veterans day, so in the fifth grade I didn't have school on my birthday but this year and last year I have/had school. I can't believe I'm going to be a teen!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, I remember the name of the song, it's called Wood Splitter Fanfare and it's an awesome song!!!!!!! Right now I am sick, but not to bad. Just a cough. I am extremely bored out of my mind at the moment. Waiting for paint to dry is a very tedious process. Paint, let dry. Paint, let dry. Paint, let dry. I am working on my Cell City Project, so it requires multiple layers of paint! Like I said, I am extremely bored right now so I am just typing for the fun of it. Oh! Oh! Oh! I remember! I learned a song called Revenge of the Double Bass all by myself without any music! It's only a bit hard, but it's AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Again, go online to JW Pepper and type in Wood Splitter Fanfare (and Revenge of the Double Bass if you'd like) and listen listen listen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, so, today in orchestra sectionals, we played this awesome song called something like "wood..... something er other, but it was sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cool! The piece is by Brian Balmages (The one who did the one, the only, To Tame the Raging Rapids! Look it up at Jw Pepper!) I can't wait until tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tomorrow's Friday! YES!

I love Music!!!!!!!!!!

Today was a vey interesting day! I went to the orthodontist to get my retainer, but the stupid thing wouldn't fit in my mouth! They had to take impressions again today so I can go back next week and get a new retainer that actually fits! I also convinced myself that I should play Volleyball this semester! So, I have to get the forms for that. (actually Coburn kind of "helped" me to decide that!)Now I have two sports to look foward to, Track, and Volleyball! At least I don't have any homework!

I get my braces off in 1 day! (not including today or Tuesday)

I get my braces off in 7 days! School was boring so there's not much to tell there, but I did go to Michaela's house right after school for a few hours! Michaela, Emily and I filmed "music videos" to various songs and it was hilarious!!! I'll post the videos that we made in a few days when they're edited.

From left to right: My mom, Aunt Janice, Aunt Patty, Aunt Kristy, Me, and my cousin Jessie, about a year ago.

Cool!

In orchestra, we got this new piece called "The Gentle Giants" and it's a bass solo!!!! How cool is that? It's really easy, but i'm listening to it right now on JW Pepper and it's amazing! Tomorrow is my third day of school and i'm loving it! I also get my braces of on the 22 of this month!!!!!

SCHOOL IS SOOOOO AWESOME!!!!

The first day of seventh grade was soooooooooooooo awesome! Orchestra is my favorite class!
I can't wait until tomorrow because that's when there's less talking more working for the teachers! Can you tell I'm excited? It feels good to be a seventh grader!!!

TWELVE MORE HOURS UNTIL SCHOOL STARTS!!!!!!
I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!

Emily and I when we were young!!!!!!

I took a picture of my bass!!!!!

School is ONE DAY AWAY!!!

School is almost here and I can't wait!!!! I'm counting down the hours!! This is so cool!!!!!!