LONG post!

well folks, this is a long overdue post consisting of 3 different subjects, of which you will now read. please. so start off...

GIRLS STATE!

for those of you that are unaware of what Girls State is (which, honestly, is probably most of you), it's basically a week of politics and government for girls only. the American Legion Auxiliary is an organization of old folks who hold veterans in the highest regard and do everything they can to celebrate them. so anyways, they pick a certain few girls from high schools all over the state, and i was lucky enough to be one of the six from my school. with me were Jamie Croteau, Megan Robinson, Chelsea Vreeken, Carley Barber, and Kira Robinson.

Kanab girls, minus Jamie and Chelsea. (They were gone too fast after graduation to get in the picture)

anywho, i was assigned to the city of RAMPTON! within the first like hour of being at Girls State, i was named our city hobo. yeeeeeah... that was strange. and also, i somehow ended up with a pet spider named Rambo.

we had a banquet on Friday night in the Great Hall of SUU (aka the "Harry Potter room"), and we all got to dress up extra nice (even though, we had to dress up ever single day) and have a nice, catered dinner. also, we all got these little poppies that were handmade by American veterans.


For graduation, we all got to wear our prom dresses. Unfortunately, this picture was taken as i was saying "Crap, my shoes are sinking." I was wearing heels that were sinking into the ground.

Girls State also consisted of many, many, MANY meetings. in some cases, each city was assigned a city room where we went to vote. however, once we were done voting, the judges of election and our counselor had to leave the room to count votes while the rest of us just kind of... hung out. this is a picture of my friend Jessica as we were both sleeping on the back counter of our city room.

We had the opportunity to watch a flag burning ceremony, and that was real neat. everyone was very silent and respectful, and definitely reverent. Neat fact: the stars don't burn. Seriously, the stars stay intact and they usually fish them out and give them to veterans.

Rampton city girls at the banquet.

Our motto thing was "Rock the Vote" and "Empower Yourself"

Me and Jess! See, here's a funny story. As i'm sure you know, Kanab and Beaver are like... HUGE rivals. That being said, can you guess where Jessica is from? That's right... she is a Beaver Beaver. Somewhere during the week, she became Bessie (like "Beaver Jessie" combined) and i became Kenny (like "Kanab Jenny"), even though i never called her Jessie, and she never called me Jenny. The point is, we got to be pretty dang food friends, even though we're from rival schools. What are the odds, right?

This is just me in my ridiculously uncomfortable dorm.

on to the next subject...

Ashton's visit!

Sadly, we didn't think to take like ANY pictures until her very last night here. while she was here we played Fugitive with a bunch of people, went to church, took a trip to Hurricane for Wal Mart, went to the shooting range and shot some guns with my friends Starms and Chandler, explored the tunnel, and generally had a good time. her last night here, we attempted to have a movie night with treats and "The Princess Bride"... however, we were both exhausted and we only got to the part where Buttercup throws herself down the hillside after Wesley.

we love Take 5...

third subject...

HAIRCUT!

it is SO short...

anyways, that is the end of my very long, overdue post. i'm real sorry about that! but you know, i'm doing what i can, right? :)