Graduations, Grad Blast, and Church Prom

K, lots of pics. We will start out with Seminary graduation. It was on May 18th.

That was quick, but now we are moving onto my High School graduation. It was on May 15th.

Here is our graduating class. We met at the school and then we rode buses over to the Sports Complex. I just realized that we sat with our walking partners on the bus.

Here's Nicole and I...walking partners. Nicole, you are a fabulous and cute person! I am so glad we have become closer this year. You were always there to listen and you are really fun to hang out with. Thanks for making me laugh! I love you!

Gabby and Amy. Gabby, you have been there the past 12 years and I don't know how I am going to survive college without you there. You have always helped me in school and made it so much more enjoyable. I feel like you understand me more than most people and that is a huge comfort. I love you ! Amy, you will always be my Wasilla buddy, art buddy, and French buddy. You have no idea how much all our converstations in art and French have helped me. You are always there and you understand me. I will miss your enthusiastic spirit. I love you!

Katie and Jordan. Katie...you are just awesome! You are smart, strong, and so much fun to be around. You have a talent of turning any dull moment into an unforgettable one. I will miss having you there to keep me laughing. You have taught me so much. I love you too! (Jordan...you are mentioned further down :))

The Six Chicks

My parents

Linnea and I

Me, John, David, Katie, Jordan, and Doug. Thanks for coming guys!



Alright...now we are at Grad Blast. It was at the new AT&T Sports Complex from 10:30-4:00. Then they had breakfast at the Valley Bistro at 4:00 in the morning. Grad Blast was really fun but exhausting! I got to sleep at 6:00 A.M. the next day and slept in until 4:00 in the afternoon.

Katie raced Derek Bosch on the Army course but couldn't get over the wall at the end and yelled for Derek to come and help her over (since he clearly had already finished the course) haha it was so incredibly funny!

Chance Musselman and Beebo Russle in the sumo suits. Haha they were supposed to stay on the mats in the other court but they bolted as soon as the got them on and played around in them for about 20 minutes.

Moving on....Senior awards night.

Amy, Nicole, me, and Gabby leaving the school after awards night.

Then we went to Jordan's house and her mom gave us roses and strawberry shortcake. There was one white rose representing ourselves and 5 red roses representing the rest of the 6 chicks
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And finally....Church Prom. It was on May 10th.

Chris had his performance that night and got there right at 10:00 when it was scheduled to end. But they extended it until 11:00. I am so glad that they did so that we could have time together at the dance.

Jordan and me. I am going to miss you so much, Jordan!! You have always been there at church activities. Church will be so boring without you. I need you in my life more than you know. You have helped me grow into the person I am now. Thank you for all the laughs and memories. I will see in Utah!!

Chris and me. You are a great guy. Hanging out with you the past 4 1/2 months has been amazing! Thank you so much for everything you have taught me and all the sponteous moments. I wish we could have more time. You mean so much to me. *hug*

Chris, Rachael, Jordan, and Conrad.

Here are Jordan and me with the guys. (David Dahl, Bryan Lentz, Dave Gray, John Jensen, and Doug Gray) These guys have been our friends since middle school. We used to hang out all the time over the summer. We would have parties at different houses or play at Wonderland all day long. They are great friends and I will miss them so much!

Linnea, Jordan, and me. Linnea, I'm gonna miss you more than you know! You have grown into such a wonderful person and a great friend. I can talk to you about anything and have taken advantage of that a lot. Sorry for all the near death experiences in my car haha. It kept things interesting though. Hang in there!

Here is Josiah Williams and Josiah Stewart. These guys have been in my ward for as long as I can remember. They are both really cool kids and I will miss both of them.

"The Playerz" and Art Projects

So during that last couple days of school before Christmas break, Kyliegh, Nicole, and I started a game club just for fun. We called ourselves "The Playerz" and we met once over Christmas and played tons of games. We always talked about getting polos but we never did. We wanted to get it done before I leave, so we went to Walmart and got $6 shirts and used Nicole's puffy paint to make our team shirts. We need to finish them with our nicknames and numbers on the back. My nickname is Flash and my number is 4.

Nicole couldn't get the orange out of the bottle and didn't know what other colors to use.



Here's my shirt. I messed up and didn't spell it with a "Z" on the end. The lightening bolt on the sleeve is my symbol since I am Flash.



We only had time for 3 games and Go Fish was one of them. I won that game :)

Here are my art projects from this semester.

This was a silk screen design.

This is me! It's clay fired in the kiln and then painted with acrylics. This project was very time consuming and difficult. It's titled "Grin and Bear It" because Alaska is who I am and it is where my home is. But we are moving which I am excited about, but I still don't want to do it. Therefore...I have my fake smile. Get it?

(back view, the Alaska part of it)

"Regret" This is a strange one. It is an abstract sculpture that I carved out of a block of plaster. Then I spray painted it gold..we all had to. Can you see regret? Its the bust of a person with their hand on their bowed forehead. Abstract!

This is a tribute to the artist Roy Lichtenstein. He painted this style of art. I really liked this one.

"Metamorphisis" This was my last project and it took only a week. It's clay that you cook in a regular oven. It shows a transformation of a butterfly to a leaf. I painted it with acrylics and mounted on a piece of wood. Amy inspired the yellow background and I love it. :)

Last Few Days of High School

Advanced Human Relations~My Favorite Class In High School

Here is my Advanced Human Relations class on the Senior's last day of school. We had a really good class that day. We did some finals that made a lot of people tear up about school ending...including me. I love this class so much! I grew and learned a lot and I will miss these people so much.

Here is the doodle board in the Student Government room.

Here is the Student Government room. It was where we spent all our free time at school. We had chalkboard walls that we wrote on and all sorts of colorful things. I will miss just hanging out in there with my friends. Leaving it on the last day of school was really hard and strange. *sigh* Time goes on doens't it?

Tuesday of last week, Chris and I put on his jumper suits and snuck onto a field and ran into the water there. It was really exciting :)