Growing up does not sound quite as appealing as it once did.

A few Sundays ago, I took a look at my life. I realized then, that within the next 8 months everything is gonna change! I am going to go from High School to college, Seminary to Institute, Family ward to Singles ward, kid to adult! Guys, I CAN VOTE THIS YEAR!! WHAT IS MORE TERRIFYING??!?! Oh, I know, the fact that statistic wise(according to the married women in my family) I will probably be married within 6 years.(yes I actually calculated the average marriage age within the Parry Women) So, I don't know what else to do other than pray. That and sing How Firm a Foundation. eeap.. so, I am totally open to any advice here! Just give it to me!

General Young Womens Conference

the sunset was nothing less than amazing as we left the YW conference. I wish that my phone could have captured the colors!

because of the sunset, the temple was turned pink

These are hanging lights taken at the new City Creek Center

the fountain was on fire!!

Because General Conference is next week the young women's conference was yesterday! I had the amazing oppurtunity to go to the actual conference center with some of the girls in my ward! I got a good 4 pages of notes! It was amazing to feel the spirit of being in the presence of the prophet of God and other church leaders. I was so inspired by this meeting! After the meeting we walked around the brand new City Creek Center Mall that just opened!! It is spectacular! I suggest taking a visit! Oh! GUESS WHAT!!  I also got to go the the midnight showing of the Hunger Games movie! eeeeep!! Me and 2 of my besties dressed up as capitol people. Unfortunetely I did not get any pictures, but if I do get any, they will go straight onto here! My friend's had a little protest of me dressing up as capital because they think I should have gone as the main character. (I was the only of the 3 who had long enough hair and slight resemblance.) But that was not fun enough for me! I LOVED it! don't get me started because I will jump right in with my opinion about it! I love how they kept to the book. I do have a few words to say about the cinimatographer but other than that, it was simply amazing! Call me and we can go on for DAYS about it if you like :)

you can now feel safe

Guys I am officially CPR certified!! WOO HOO!!

STRESS

oh my, I think that I just had the most eventful weekend of my life so far! I am usually not a busy person so this was new to me! It started off with the HOSA competition. HOSA stands for Health Occupation Students of America. I had the opportunity of going to the state competition with my tech center and about 2,000 other students. I stayed up to about midnight on Wednesday night to finish final touches. The next day at 10:00 we left. By 4:00, I was testing in my first event Home Health Aid. Luckily I was one of 19 to pass the written portion so I was able to move on. Later on that day, me and a partner presented a poster of Accupunture and Herbal Medicine; that is really facinating by the way! The next day I did the other half of the Home Health Aid test and the Medical Terminology test! WOW!! I cannot recollect another time where my stress levels were so high! hahaha. I had so much fun though with a few friends from the Nursing Program that I'm in. I did not place in anything but I am still pretty proud of myself for at least trying. This is not something that I would normally do.

The next day was Prom. You must understand, I found out that I was attending Prom 5 days before this. Me and my date sort of get paired together A LOT! If we don't go together than the friend group is not together. But before any fun Prom stuff got to happen I had to go to clinicals. I go to Draper Rehab Center every Saturday morning at 7:00 AM for my tech class. I really love working with the CNAs there and all of the residents. So 12:30 hits, I go straight to a freind's house to get ready. I saw the last 20 minutes of the movie that they were watching. about 3 1/2 hours later all 4 girls were all prettied up and ready to go! We had dinner at a Tai food resturaunt and it was amazing!! and I got one of the cheepest soups! It was delightful! after that, we went to the capital building where prom was being held. That was a lot of fun filled with dancing and such! I thank my friend's cousin for lending me the dress. Pictures will come soon!

The next day was Sunday and oh no, my eventful weekend was not over yet! While I was waiting to present my poster at the HOSA competition, I got a call from a lady in the ward telling me that no one else could do it and was wondering if I could give a talk in church! Well sure!! Why not (twitch twitch) well, honestly, Sunday morning I wrote up a few sentences before I had to go to a meeting with my bishop! naturally. that went well but eventually, the stress got to me and I started crying JUST BEFORE I stood up to talk. great. I stood up read my few sentences and pretty much just talked for another 10 minutes. People were nice and complimented how much they liked it...

hahaha you thought I was done with the talk didn't you?? NOPE!! The very next day I had a medical terminology midterm test in my CNA class! yay. luckily, I got an 85% which is a B. after that weekend I am more than willing to settle for a B. :)

sweetheart Mascarade!

So much fun!! Kelly came over early to do my hair all pretty and I left soon after. My date was able to dance a little despite his wheelchair. After we left, we watched Lady and the Tramp, which I have no recollection of ever watching so that was fun!

awww

I will forever keep this little valentine from one of my best friend's little sister. She very sweetly wrote "Happy Valintise Seru." on a McDonald's napkin :)