31,755!!

I finally got around to writing my story today. (FINALLY.) Its been about a month and a half since I last wrote something for it. (Which is too long, in my opinion.)

Anyway. The title of this post is the current word count for my story: THIRTY-ONE THOUSAND, SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE!! The chapter I finished today is the second longest chapter I've written so far, with a word count of 2,619.

Hooray for progress! Now I just wish I could figure out how to move the story along...I feel like I've been stuck on the same topic for the last six or so chapters :\

Have a good night :D

One Year!

One year ago TODAY, I met my best friend, Nancy (or Nanc^, as I like to type/write). It is honestly weird to think we've only known each other for a year, especially since we've been acting like sisters since day 2 of our friendship.

Yay for best friends :D

Lagoon!

My dad scored us free tickets to Lagoon for his hard work at the Utah Press Association, so we went today. Brace yourselves, this is going to be a long post.

First, we went to pick up my aunt Tamara so she could go with us. My brother, Michael, couldn't go because he had football practice.

On the way to Lagoon :)

We got to Lagoon and immediately went on Terror Ride. According to my sisters, its tradition that we start our day at Lagoon with Terror Ride and end the day with Dracula's Castle...I think its just because they're the first and last rides when you enter the gate. But whatever. We rode that. My sister, Megan, and I pretended to be scared of the ride, while my sister Laura actually was pretty scared. But she's eight, so its okay.

After Terror Ride we went on the White Roller Coaster. That's one of my favorite rides :) not sure why, but it is. 

 Megan and I in line for the White Roller Coaster. This is sort of an awkward picture. Oh well.

Then we did Spider, Wild Mouse (anyone else feel like they'll have a bunch of bruises on their arms and legs when they get off that ride?), Wicked, and Colossus. All of those (except for Wild Mouse) are my favorite rides. :)

Then we went on the ride with the swings...I just call it "The Swings", but I know it has an official name. 

 Caitlyn

 Dad

 Megan

 Laura

After the swings, we went on the Tidal Wave. And had a screaming competition with the other side. We totally won. 

Then we had lunch. After that we kinda separated and did our own thing. Caitlyn, Megan, Tamara and I went off to Jumping Dragon. Caitlyn and I pretended like we feared for our life on that ride. Twas fun. We went on Space Scrambler, and Tilt-A-Whirl...all in a row (after Jumping Dragon). Needless to say, I was a bit queasy when we got done with Tilt-A-Whirl. Hoping to settle my stomach, we went on the Bumper Cars.

 Laura

 Mom. For some reason, she likes to take a picture of me while I'm taking a picture of her.

 Megan

After that we rode some more rides (I don't remember which ones they were). After those rides, we went on Rattlesnake Rapids (also one of my favorites). For those who have never been to Lagoon, but have been to California Adventures (by Disneyland), Rattlesnake Rapids is exactly like the Rapids ride in California Adventures...except on Rattlesnake Rapids, NO ONE will step off of that ride dry. 

 Dad (and Mom)

 Mom (there she goes, taking pictures of me taking a picture of her again) and Laura

 Megan

 Me. My backside got soaked because I bent over as we went under the waterfall.

 Better picture of me

 My mom, siblings and aunt decided to go through the rapids again, and this is them afterwards. They are even more soaked than the first time, and this was the attempt to capture that moment. Attempt failed. 

Then, for some reason, we decided we wanted to get even more wet. So we went on the Log Flume. You don't get as wet on that as the Rapids, but you still get splashed.

 Tamara and I

We went on some more rides that I don't remember, and we went on The Rocket. We went on the Re-Entry version, which takes you to the top of the tower and then drops you. The attendant (who looked like he was 14) pointed at me and Caitlyn and said he was going to tell the people controlling the ride to unlock our safety restraints when we got to the top of the tower. Then, as we were going up the tower, he shouted out "I'm kidding!" Little punk. 

I gave my mom my camera while I went on the Samurai, and she went on the Ferris Wheel. I had no idea she took this picture. I'm in the middle of the second row from the top (the insanely white person). 

After that ride we repeated most of the coasters, and I wanted to try out Bombora because its the newest attraction at Lagoon. Bombora is Bom-boring. It is exactly like The Bat...not very fast, not very long, not exciting at all. The only good thing about it was The Beach Boys song they played during the ride. 

Here's a complete list of all the rides we rode: White Roller Coaster, Cliffhanger (I didn't go on that one), Spider, Wicked, Wilde Mouse, Colossus, Swings, Tidal Wave, Sky Ride, Bumper Cars, Space Scrambler, Tilt-A-Whirl, Samurai, Jet Star, The Rocket, The Bat, Jumping Dragon, Bombora, Rattlesnake Rapids, Terror Ride, Dracula's Castle (I also didn't go on that one). 

Very good day indeed. And now I shall read my scriptures, write in my journal, and go to sleep. :)

For Some Reason...

Tonight as I was writing in my journal, I was able to really reflect on how AMAZING today has been. Honestly. I wish every day could be as amazing as today, September 4, 2011, was. I am just overwhelmed with the happiness I am feeling right now.

I really needed a day like this. And Heavenly Father knew that. So he gave me probably the best day I've had in the last 5 or so months.

Here's to hoping there are more days like this in the near future. :)

Pottermore

Possibly one of the only things that is making me mad at the moment.

They've sent out bajillions of emails, yet I can't get mine yet? They sent some out today, and have been sending them out every few days or so for almost a month!! HOW AM I NOT IN YET???

This is only slightly infuriating.

What will be even more infuriating is if I don't get my email until the day before the site opens to everyone. I WILL BE LIVID IF THIS HAPPENS. Just sayin.