Facebook! AHHH

Oh my, Facebook is addicting!!!! I haven't posted in so long. Everyone needs to get a Facebook, they are just a blast. I love blogger because I can write and tell long stories and i can't do that on Facebook. But on Facebook you can find people you used to know or whatever you want and that is really fun! But I will try to refresh my blog as much as possible! P.S. tommorow is the last day of school!!!!!!!!YEA!

Biggest Bowl of Soup EVER

On our family trip to Hyatt Wild Oak Ranch, we went to dinner at a Mexican food place called Pericos. It was SO good! I ordered a bowl of tortilla soup instead of the cup because I assumed it would be the normal size. But the waitress didn't even mention it was this big! It was still good, but everything in it got soggy since I couldn't slurp it up as fast as required.:)

Computer

I promise I will post when our computer comes back with all of our pictures. Our faithful ole' computer had some crazy virus that is making it go completly insane! Haha:) expect a post soon!

In-Style Weddings Book

This weekend while my grandma was in town, (very fun weekend which will be posted about later) we went to Barnes ans Noble Bookstore for fun after dinner at Cheesecake Factory. As all of you know, I have and obbsession with wedding things and outdoors and green and everything like that! So as a surprise, without me seeing, my grandma snuck this book into her purchase. I love it! It is AMAZING! It's all put together by the magazine editor and its hugge and the pictures are just incredible. It makes me smile:)

WHEN WILL SCHOOL END???

When will school end? I have PLANS here! I'm going to Florida... I'm going to- CASSIE IS COMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHH! Hallelujah! It's been too long for us! I miss you Cassie! Here you come! Part-ay par-tay par-TAY!

Failure

I didn't win Doodle4Google. I didn't even make it past the school level :(. I bet the others were really good and I hope someone from our school wins! Isn't this picture soo funny? It's a website making fun of those inspirational posters we have all over our classrooms. I will post more later.

So I heard:

So I heard that all of you Californians are taking on the Doodle4Google challenge as well. Everyone that does one must post theirs so I know no one copies mine. No cheating young ladies! That was pretty pathetic but I'm very competitive! :)

St. Patricks Day!

This morning I didn't even know it was St. Patricks Day... but that's OK! I want everyone to comment and tell me what you think (it can be random) St. Patricks Day celebrates because I don't really know! This is what I think:

One day a red haired guy with pointy ears was walking down the road and he stole a little piece of bread with green mold on it so he was shrunk and his hair was even more red and his ears pointed even more and his clothes turned green. He took more of the moldly bread and feed it to his whole entire city so they'd all be the same size. Then people from other cities started attacking them so they had to live out in the four leaf clover patches. After 200 years people started to find them and celebrate them for their brave-ness! So if you don't celebrate them by wearing green today they will pinch you because they've been through a lot and deserve to be celebrated. What do think?

And the award goes to...

My favorite 3 kids to baby sit! Emily, Jack, and Megan. (And the cutest!) Maddie and I baby-sat for them a few weekends ago and we got paid $40 total for maybe 4 hours. GREAT! And the kids went to bed at about 8:30 leaving Maddie and I about 3 hours to ourselves. So we got out paper and markers and made the kids a scanvenger hunt for the next morning. It was pretty cool but not anything amazing! Two weeks later there family is on our doorstep with this! An award with and extra $10 and a candy-bar. Maddie got one too! It was the sweetest thing ever! Thank you Woods family!

Doodle4Google

A few weeks ago our school was entered for a nation-wide competition called Doodle4Google. Go to www.google.com/doodle4google/ to see what it is in full detail and the AMAZING prizes. The theme was What I wish for the World... this is mine. Click up close on it to see what it looks like really close. I'll let you know if I advance in the competition or anything!

Ideal Sunday

[Pictured above is my favorite corner of our yard and the fence is a little wet with rain which I like!]

This Sunday I rolled out of bed at about 9:30 and the family was already awake. We ate donuts (spl?) my Mom had gotten last night. Then I took a bubble bath while it was raining outside softly and misty. Then I came into my Mom's room to post and I turned on Mindy Gledhill. If you don't listen to her on Sunday's YOU NEED TO! She's one of my favorite singers even for non-church times. My favorite song is Golden Slumbers sung by her. It's amazing!

Photo Shoot

When my aunt Mimi came this weekend Allie made sure she got her pictures taken and I got a few done. This is my favorite picture considering I'm playing flag football! ~!YAY!~ You can go to my mom's blog to see more and I will use the pictures in posts. There are a LOT of Allie...

NEW TEMPLATE! (again)

Lets see how long this one last! I found a great template that is totally me! But it doesn't have the log-in thing which bugs me. I like it enough that I'm going to add things to the sidebar finally. It's been awhile because I had to keep it on my old template for really confusing computer reasons. But it's better now! YEAH!!! What do you think?

Good Ole' Braces...again

Here I am...Braces: Phase II! Hooray! This means I'm getting closer and closer to being done. This picture looks kinda weird from our camera. Kinda blurry, but too bad! BTW I didn't get to have any color:( I'm not just boring! Click on this picture at your own risk. My teeth aren't too sore but the dentist said to wait till' dinner. That can't be good! But it's 5:40 and I'm feeling pretty good. One more thing, I look so funny/gross when I eat because I'm not quite used to it. (Let me put it this way, I need practice!)

By Popular Vote...

This is the burn spot from the lamp burning the drawer above it!This one shows how it almost burnt all the way through the drawer, which would have caused th
There is the cabinet that it all happened in!

Not really by popular vote, just one request. But that's OK! I am going to tell in full detail how my girl blankie caught on fire. (If you are very confused read the post before this one.) Allie and I were at the age where playing "House" or "Mommy" was really fun for us. So one morning we decided to turn my room into a full on kitchen for our "families". We made little curtains for the windows, made a table, and now we wanted to make an "oven" to make some "bacon". We took the lamp (with OUT the lampshade) and put it in the cabinet. We slammed it shut, and behold... LIGHT! It was really bright and actually looked like an oven... but we thought it was to bright. So Allie grabbed my Girl-Blankie and stuck her onto the lamp. BTW the blanket is just laying over the burning light bulb with OUT a lamp shade. Our mom called us downstairs for popcorn I think and we left our "oven" going. When we got back our room actually smelled like bacon! I guess from the fire. Allie looked in the smoke-filled cubby-door-thing and said "Nope, it's not on fire!" Then I went and looked, and sure enough, fire. Right on Girl-Blankie. My parents came upstairs and beat the fire out. My girl-blankie had a smoldering black hole in it. I was crying soooo hard and Allie felt sooooo bad because technically it was her idea but I don't blame her. But......... after a little help from Grandma Karen, she looked good as new! And there is the longest post I've ever made!

Girl Blankie!

I'm starting my very own tag... a fun one that you don't have to answer, copy, and paste every little thing on. Props to Taylor though because I stole the idea from her.

Everyone, post about your baby blanket, teddy bear, pillow, whatever it is. Here is mine, Girl Blankie! If you look up close on the first picture there are some faded out little girls on it. They used to be really clear and noticable, but I've had her since I was 1. Also I don't say "I've had it since I was 1." I say "I've had her since I was 1." One time Allie and I caught her on fire which I will have to post about another time because it's a little bit long. Funny because she's one of things were (this is going to be dorky) when we leave on a vaction I can't leave her at home because I feel bad for her. So anyways, post about your baby-thing even you Mom and any one who wants to!

Happy Birthday Kathrine!

This is a dedication to Kathrine! Happy Birthday! I can't believe how old you are... 14 now. Do I sound like a grandma or what? I love you sooo much. Just take a moment now to think and laugh to yourself about every inside joke we have. I am laughing right now. Anyways, HAPPY BIRTHDAY and I LOVE YOU!

Love,

Dar

P.S. Cute picture I found of the girlies right?

Grinch!

Last Friday, Maddie and I went babysitting for the cutest girls! But the youngest one was having a really hard time getting to bed. So we had her on the couch and we were trying to sweet talk her into getting into her Pull-Up for bed. She was saying really funnny things like "This isn't funny!" and "It's not fair!" Then Maddie just scooped her up and tried to move her into her room and she points her tiny little finger at her and yells, "YOUR THE GRINCH!" in her adorable little girl voice. Maddie and I laughed and that made it 10 times worse... but thats OK because after a little while she cooled off and let us put her in bed. But it was really funny at the moment. How could you compare sweet Maddie to the grinch?:)

Goodbye Kiss Kiss

It's so sad that all of these awesome singers and OLYMPIC SWIMMERS (eh-em Micheal Phelps) just go bad on us. Chris Brown just assualted Rihanna after a fight in the car and Micheal Phelps was caught doing drugs. Now I can't enjoy Chris Brown's music anymore because it makes me sad that he did something so bad! And Micheal Phelps isn't such an awesome guy to me anymore. I thought he was some great role model, but not too much anymore. I guess this is the time us Mormons step up and stand out of the crowd versus all these stars gone bad. Hopefully Taylor Swift can be a light to these troubled stars also. Right? :) I love her.

Blog Under Construction!

Hey! As you may have noticed my blog is under construction right now! So It might be changing around a lot. I will tell you when I am settled with one blog.

Town Lake Fun!

On our 3-day break this week I think I was actually home for about 5 hours. On our last day of break on Wednesday we went to Town Lake to walk and feed the ducks. For those of you non-Texans Town Lake is in downtown Austin and it's a big and long trail. So in this first picture we have this adorable pack of little ducks that we're feeding bread. But then these nasty fat and ugly pigeons and crows come along and swoop the bread right out of mid-air... so everytime one would come Maddie would kick it away. So a pigeon is flying at me, Maddie is scaring it away, and I am scared of it.

We couldn't leave until I got a picture of my duck. This random duck is just floating around in it's gorgeous-ness and I am chasing it with a camera because it is so darn amazing looking! My duck! His name is...ummm... Beff. Yes, Beff! :)

Ignore the graffitti (splng?) But don't we all look so cute standing in front of the glorious Town Lake in Texas! Ahh, I love it.

And I always have more pictures of myself then others because I people should know I was there too, right? Anyways, we went to this cupcake trailer thing in Austin called "Hey Cupcake" and we all got a DELISH cupcake. Yum Yum Yum Yum Yum Yum Yum Yum Yum!

Ice Day!

Notice, Austin is the only gray area. Which means "Winter Weather Adivsory". I don't have school till' 10:55. Ahh sleeping in on a Wednesday is a nice thing. I hope this happens again tommorow. Plus we don't have to make it up on "Good Friday". Now I have to go get my cup of hot-chocolate! *YUMMY*

Cross my fingers!

There is a chance we will have a late start tommorow. SLEEPING IN SOUNDS AMAZING RIGHT NOW! There is supposed to be a big freeze tonight, but we aren't sure if it will be severe enough to last till' the morning. I'm crossing my fingers it will. Plus if it's a late start (10:00) then we won't have to make it up on "Good Friday!" Lets see if dreams do come true...

Rain!

This is a picture of rain if you can't tell:Monday morning in Austin, Texas is normally sunny but still cold. But this Monday was something else. Every morning I walk outside to plan my outfit and feel how cold. Yesterday there was that amazing smell that I LOVE of pine trees and a new fallen rain. The fog was hanging low along the roads and was wrapped around the light posts. I inhaled that scent for a long time, until it didn't smell as good anymore. After school it was exactly the same. And this morning, RAIN! It hasn't rained in Austin for at least 2 months. Barely any rain, but a quater of a millimeter of an inch still counts for something right?

New Blog

I finally got a new blog background. I think since it has the flowers is is still "Pots Pans Pans Petals-ish" I'm pretty sure I like it! The one thing I hate about it is that the nav-bar isn't there on the top and I'm not sure why. So if i want to sign into my blog I have to go to Cassie's first then to mine:) Weird huh? What do you think?

Guitar

I have always dreamed of being able to sit down, grab the acoustic guitar, and play along to Taylor Swift with all my friends and be like "Oh ya it's so easy! I can play any song you can think of!". (Haven't we all?)

About 3 weeks ago I walked into Luke's room and was just messing around with his electric guitar. Then I decided I should give guitar a chance. Plus it didn't seem that hard either. So I turned on the amp, and taught myself the first chord. So lets say it was D. I would count which string it was that my finger had to be on, then write it down. I thought that was it to guitar and it was sooo easy. Luke was really confused. He kept saying " Wait Dar, let me explain the right way to do it!" But I thought I had the whole concept down perfectly. My Mom said I could start guitar lessons with the same guy Luke takes them from. So I decided to give it a try! The next Thursday I realized what guitar is really all about. You have to memorize these chords and your fingers are numbered, keeping a good tempo, the list go's on and on. My guitar teacher is going pretty fast with me so he already gave me the chords to "Our Song" and he said I can try it out if I want. But playing a musical instrument is a LOT harder than I imagined. It can be a little frustrating, but since I don't have a musical talent with my singing voice, I would like to have a different kind of musical talent. Can any of you play an instrument??

Glass Jar Top

Allie was filling this big jar with all those conversation hearts for a cute Valentines decoration on this little nook in our house today. (BTW this jar is very big and it has a glass top.) I was bored so i put it on my head and it got stuck, which is OK because then it lead to this funny pictures and they are perfect for a blog post. Don't I look great?? Please ignore the coldsore on my face if you are wondering. I really, really dislike them. But I'm working on not being so annoyed with the ANNOYING coldsores I can't do anything about!

P.S. DO you like the pics to the side or on the top of the picture?

My Cute Necklace

OK, if you are ever looking for a good and, might I add, not too expensive present... go to this link: http://www.homestudio.etsy.com/! They have these adorable necklaces! (Mine is in the picture to the left.) Allie and my Mom got them too, and will be posting about their's soon so I won't ruin the fun for them. But seriously, they are soo cute and not too big or too small!

Where is my phone?

My beautiful phone. I Love it! But I tend to ask myself quite iften, "Where is my phone?" I know Allie's comment in this is going to be "ya Dar, you never actually USE your phone!" But I DO! I just "misplace" it every once in awhile. Also, i don't text people in front of my family because I don't think it is polite. Thank you very much! So there you have it, my phone situation.

Sparklers and an Odd Camera

Don't we all love it when we take a picture and it ends upa ll fuzzy and blurry? Just kidding! But it looks like there are arrows of fire pointing at Luke's head. Sorry Luke:) I Love sparklers though... even though I always think they are going to burn my hand off when they get closer.








I Love this pic because it looks like there are three of me and Allie and like two of luke. and like we are holding a bomb or something in the middle:)

Its funny how it looks like Maddie is just running full force at us with her little flame and Luke and Allie are concetrating on starting a flame! These sparklers were pretty cheap, so they were really hard to lite but it's OK!
















Again, Maddie is in the background just skipping along, I'm trying to lite Allie's sparkler, allie (again) is concetrating on her sparkler and Luke is like "Come on I want some action here!"



Well, that was our sparkler and an odd camera experience.


Until next time, Darcy. (My new signature!)

Double Checking

On my post where I answered all of my questions then I tagged anyonew who wanted to be tagged Cass left a great comment:) She said, "I love reading your blog, seriously your posts are so fun to read!!" And i think I know one of the reasons why. It's called proofreading. And I never do it. (Unless I'm in QUEST writing a big paper or something.) I type up my post, put in a picture and post it. Then I read it. I think it has more of me in it. And I think that's why Cass likes my blog. Because somethings I say are sooo weird and random, but thats what makes it interesting! So before you post something on your blog, DON'T stop and re-read it again. It sounds a lot better.

Amber and Kara

These girls Amber and Kara (sisters both going to college in Utah) come every break. Our Mom's are great friends and their family is really awesome. Amber and Kara are both 18 or 19 and whenever they come Allie, Maddie, and I have them "babysit" us. So they came this break and we all just started painting random things, and then we started taking pictures. So Kara and Amber were taking a picture together and Kara painted on Amber's face. So then it started this whole fight with the paint. We went CRAZY just take a look yourself!

You can kind of see Allie and Maddie's paint jobs in this one, use your imagination though!
There's mine up close. DON'T click on it up close, I'm not saying why just don't.
Here is the beautiful Amber!
And Kara! Aren't they both just adorbale?