From this...

To this...

To this...

(I like black and white pictures, can you tell?)
My braces are gone. I am much more excited than I seem right now, believe me.


It feels weird. It's slimy. It's cool. It has taken me a couple of days to get used to it, and I'm still not really used to it.

I have a clear retainer (in which I am wearing in that last picture) and it's not too horrible. The first day it hurt a little but other than that it's been fine! Just a nice and pleasant plastic taste in my mouth...love it. The only annoying thing is that I have to take it out, eat, brush it, brush my teeth, and then put it back in. But on the upside, it makes me not eat as much! So when I'm bored, instead of going to look in the fridge and the pantry I head to the piano and play. It's a win-win situation. I'm not over eating and I get some piano practice in :)

When they took them off, my gums were super swollen and they were bleeding from here and from there and I had to go spit it out on many occasions. I knew you wanted to know that.


THEY'RE GONE!!!!


Choir tour in a week.


Black Light stomp tonight


and my mom is telling my dad how much she loves tiling and framing and how she gets this great feeling inside. haaaaaaaa. I most definitely did not get those loving genes


Oh! I got asked to prom :) super stoked.

Just doing a little bit of growing up over

I just signed up for housing at BYU.


New place.


New people.


I feel sick.

A little snippet from a talk I liked

California Part 2

We had a free day so a couple of us squeezed (literally) into a car and headed off!

Christian had his knees to his chin pretty much

All of us piled in the back doing a "caitlin" face. Thats what Bethany said to do...

After driving through awesome green mountains (none of my pictures were good enough to do any justice at all, so I didn't post any) we came upon a place called Paradise Cove. It is now one of my new favorite places in California. Most places in Cali end up being a favorite I've found.

This picture is a SFTC shot. I was messing around with settings and changed the color of the water to the color of my sandals. If only it was really that color

This picture does not do this little place justice! At all. It was a pretty awesome and cute area. The stairs went up to private property and the little mini river went back a while.

And of course there is still more to come.


Sorry if my posts have been super lame. When I'm in a hurry all you get is pictures, few words, and those words end up being pointless. After I finish posting pictures from this Cali trip I will be back to normal.

Actually probably not. Because I leave in a week and a half for choir tour to San Diego. More pictures for you! yay! I will attempt to limit them though.


I'm loving General Conference!!! Who else absolutely loved President Uchtdorf's tie yesterday morning? That yellow one? It was awesome.


P.S. my braces come off on tuesday. This tuesday. As in only two more days of feeling like an 8th grader. A week before choir tour. Three weeks before prom (although that one may not even matter. We'll see. ) Wahoo!!!!!!!!!!!

Cali Part 1

We had a long 10 hour drive to Cali. There were a couple breaks in between to stretch our legs and use the restroom and all that fun jazz

Then we rolled into LA, turned on the beach boys, and sssllooowwwllly cruised along the freeway

We saw this bus. And I want it

When we got to Santa Monica beach ( I think that's right) , it had become cloudy :( But it was nice anyway!

We were happy campers

Okay, okay. I though I would pretend to be a dancer and pull one of those leaps on the beach moves (dancers, don't hate. Yes I was trying to copy you. I openly admit it. Just know that it did not turn out)

My pocket is pretty small, and my phone just sits there. So, when I attempted my leap, it fell out.

 Then I discovered it laying face down in the sand. Luckily it wasn't too mad at me and still worked!


Then I thought I should move my shoes before they got covered by that salty water and where ruined. Then came attempt number dos

A little better? eh? 

I took around 700 pictures on this trip. There are many more that I didn't post from SM beach, and there are MANY more to come

7 Steps (or questions) for Sugar Eating - according to me.

This is my new and improved plan on how to eat less sugar. I made it up myself, for myself. If you would like to use it, use away

THE STEPS:
ask yourself these questions...

1. Is it worth it?
-If no, don't eat it
-if yes continue to #2

2. Is it really worth it?
-If no, don't eat it
-If yes, continue to #3

3. Will it make you feel sick?
-If yes, don't eat it
-If not, or at least not easily, continue to #4

4. How unhealthy is it?
-Very: don't eat it
-Eh, in between: go to step #1
-Not too terrible: continue to step 5

5. Will you be able to eat small amounts? Can you have self-control? Honestly?
-If no, then don't eat it
-If yes, continue to step 6

6. How many treats have you had today and yesterday combined?
-If more then 2, don't eat it
-If one, go to step 1 or 2
-If none, go to the next step

7. Is it a pie? (a good kind)
-No, go to step 1 or 2
-If yes, eat it.


I believe these will pass the test

Greetings from Cali

My face is a little burned. I'm hoping for at least a little burn on my arms today. Let's cross our fingers


It's been cloudy and a little chilly most of the time


Being sick in Cali is no fun, but when you forget you're sick...it's pretty darn fun


We found this awesome beach in Malibu. Love love loved it


I will never eat a mint M&M again. At least not until Christmas time. Blah. I'm sick just thinking about them



Saw a "mob" playing poker last night. We in da hood, yo. Oh wait, that's more gangster slang. Not mob.



I can now actually say (in all honesty) that I love long walks on the beach.


Most of my family wouldn't want to live in a beach house. I sure would


Seagulls can be funny


Real Thai food is suuuuuuuuuuuuuper hot


L.A. traffic sucks. If there is a billboard that says "stuck on the 10 again???..." you know it really is terrible


I've realized that cruising around Cali to the Beach Boys makes you happier. Even if you are stuck on the 10


I need to go get ready for an awesome wedding


Peace out my home dawg homies