DISNEYLAND DAY 3

A combination of all of our favorites, and some new things, such as Space Mountain (3 times). We just had a blast! We also got to go see a play of Aladdin. It was super fun! Sorry I don't have pics, Kaeli has them. My camera died the night before. The button that you push down to take the pic is stuck, and as of now, I still have not gotten it fixed. I was very sad...We did a lot more stuff than I posted in those 3 days, but there wasn't room to fit it all! I would have taken forever! We had soooo much fun there. Thanks to Gma and Gpa for taking us!

Out,
Happy sammich

DISNEYLAND/CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE DAY 2...PG 1

So, for those of you who have never been, California Adventure is right next to Disneyland, and it has some rides, but is mostly about the characters, how they made the movies, etc.
Here is me next to the giant "C" in "CALIFORNIA".
C is for Ceana, its good enough for me...


Read the sign! You get the idea!
We went and saw a 3-D movie over by "A Bug's World". These were our 3-D glasses! Bug eyes! YAY!

Hollywood! This is where most of the characters were, it was a really great place to go to learn about the movies and the characters themselves!

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DISNEYLAND/CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE DAY 2...PG 2

I love this movie! This was a fun little "ride throuh the story" type ride. It was so cute!

We went to a little show called "Drawn to the Magic", where some of the animators from the movies came out and drew some of the characters. At the end, the characters came out and danced for us! Here is a good one of Cinderella.

We also found some fun treats along the way, such as this Mickey Mouse icecream bar. Kaeli actually took this picture, and I really like it. Thanks Kiwi!

This was another one of our favorites. We went on it 2 times! You sit down , and get buckled in, and it lifts you up right in front of a big screen, and it makes you look like you are "soarin gover California".

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DISNEYLAND, DAY 2...PG 3

I only went on this once, but this was a huge white rollercoaster that only grandpa and I went on. It was soooooo fun. I didn't scream though...I really like big rollercoasters!

One for the boys...Lightning McQueen! Mater is off to the left, but not really in the picture.

This was back in Disneyland. The whole face is made from flowers!

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DISNEYLAND, HERE WE COME! DAY 1...PG 1

I CAN'T BELIEVE I AM IN DISNEYAND RIGHT NOW!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

We had someone take our pic in front of the Fantasy Castle.

Quick! Name that movie!

Us girls on Dumbo! You may have to zoom in if you want to see our faces. Goofing around, waiting for Grandma to get a fastpass for a ride.

It's a small world after all...

Sorry these are out of order a bit, I thought I was being smart, but ended up messing the whole thing up. Hope you enjoy! The first post is about us in California, so you may have to scroll down if you want to read them in order.

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DISNEYLAND, HERE WE COME! DAY 1...PG 2

One of mine and Kaeli's favs...to be exact we went on it 4 times in 3 days!

Then we ate at

where we got lunch and

and delicious (not to mention ENORMOUS)

Look who we found!

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DISNEYLAND, HERE WE COME! DAY 1...pg 3

We rode the to "adventureland", where we met up with

Another one of our favorites... Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters. Crazy, I know, but it was super fun! Kaeli posing for the camera...

Before we went home, we saw this amazing water show on Tom Sawyer's Island. They sprayed a fan of water up, and then projected images up onto it! The whole show was called Fantasmic.

Quick! Name that villian!

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CALIFORNIA! WE ARE HERE!

If you didn't know, our grandparents surprised Kaeli and I by taking us to DISNEYLAND!!!!! It was an amazing experience!

The first night...we arrived in Cali in the evening. It was about 10pm before we got to have dinner, so we asked around, and finally decided on
It was absolutely amazing! I got Teriyaki chicken to share, and Kaeli got pizza. Oh, but the cheesecake, the cheesecake. It pretty much melted in your mouth! We got a "fresh strawberry" piece. This is the before picture, mind you. It was gone in a matter or seconds. Mmmmmmmm...

After dinner we were "oh, soooo full".

We got into the hotel, the amazing

and fell asleep as soon as we could. We were so worn out, and we hadn't even started Disneyland yet!

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RAIN...

We had a light rainstorm this afternoon, and do you know what I did? I went out on the front lawn and just laid there. It felt like home. I got rained on.

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3 THINGS I HAVE COME TO KNOW TO BE TRUE THIS SUMMER...

#1: Slurpees are good

#2: Bounce houses/slides are the bomb diggity

#3: It is an almost frightening idea to jump into a swimming pool right after watching shark week

4th of July- fireworks By Ceana!

I was at my aunt and uncle's house for the 4th, and we did at-home fireworks. Between 3 familie, we had tons of fireworks! This is only 1 side of the table...

Uncle Neil and some sparklers.

Hope you enjoy this video! This is one of 12 videos that I took!

Brigham Young Historic Park- By Ceana!

I took these pics at Brigham Young Historic Park on Temple Square. There were a lot of pretty flowers, and statues of Joseph Smith. Aunt Charisse and I had gone to a concert that night.

Yes, this is the actual color of these flowers- blue! My mom really liked this picture!

We liked this one as well, because the big daisy is in focus, and the rest is a blur. You can still tell that there is a flower garden in the backround.

I wasn't as happy with this pic because the main flower I was trying to get in focus was blurry. I really like the color, though.

This is one of my historic pictures. I really like it, and hope to get it in black and white or sepia as well!

EFY- DAY 4

Thursday- I will try to keep it kinda short. Today was one of the first days that we had to wear sunday dress for the whole day.
Savannah and I gave the morning devotional, and it was on being and example of the believers in faith. We taught about faith, and what it is, and how to strengthen your faith. We had fun giving it. Mosiah 3:17 and Moroni 7:26 (Book of Mormon) for all who want it.
We had breakfast and then went outside to have our counselor devotional. Jason talked about what we need to do to study the scriptures, and that helped me a lot. That is the day that I really got the desire to read my scriptures. It really helps you be happier.
After that, the next thing that I remember was the Variety show. Wow. The variety show was so cool! One of the guys from our company played the piano and sang at the same time. I don't remember what the song was called. It was an awesome song, though. He is very talented. There was a handful of people who sang, and a couple of girls danced. Two of the other companies did skits, that were pretty funny. One of the skits was about peanut butter, and it was hilarious! There was a guy who played the maple leaf rag, without music! It was pretty sweet!
After the variety show, we went to another musical party, and this time it was a rehearsal. We were going onstage and singing tonight! We went through the whole program twice, and that meant a lot of standing. I felt sorry for the people in heels! Anyway, we talked about how to stand, and how to breathe, and to SMILE! It was good.
We had dinner, then had to go back early to get ready for the spiritual program. We talked about singing, and the reverence that we should show, and how everyone was going to come in silently. It was going to be very spiritual. And it was. After everyone was there, we started the program off with our songs. We had solos, and little things to read in between. Bro Smith was the big speaker tonight. He talked about a number of things. He talked about all of the things we have been learning about this week, he combined everything together. The scripture for this year is 1 Timothy 4:12, which reads "Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity." He talked about all these things, and that we should apply them to our lives. One of the things he said was that the temple is a little bit of heaven, where we can escape the world. And then I had this thought: if you go to downtown Salt Lake City, you can't really see the temple until you are actually in Temple Square. It is blocked by big buildings. Buildings taller than the temple. It kind of gives me a weird feeling. It makes the temple seem so small and insignificant. All around it, the world is changing, and going on, but inside the temple it is calm and peaceful, and you kind of forget about the world. Heavenly Father is there, and you can feel the Spirit. It is a kind of haven that I wish the whole world could experience. Well, they can, but they can't just walk in. It is one of the most amazing places you could be. I am so glad we have temples. It was very spiritual, and we came and went silently. We went back to our dorms, had a small devotional by Kristen, and then we talked about that night a little bit. I laid in bed that night and thought about all that I had heard and learned about. I fell asleep feeling comforted.

Happy Sammich
I miss you!

CEANA- EFY

Sorry, I haven't been able to catch up on stuff, but I decided to start with EFY since that is the thing I would have blogged next. This year's theme was Being An Example of the Believers 1 Timothy 4:12. For all of you who don't know, EFY stands for Especially For Youth. It is a week-long camp, I guess you could call it, where kids from our church that are 14 and up go for a spiritual week. It's not like Girl's Camp, which is actually camping. At EFY we stay in dorms (at Weber State University, in this case), and we are around LDS members the whole week. I think you will catch on as I explain the days...

Monday morning- Grandma Afton drove me down to Ogden, where the university was, and we got checked in all right. Apparently the people there were worried about the swine flu, so they were checking everybody's temperatures. We got a CD with this year's music on it (every year they hand out a special EFY CD with music on it about that year's theme), a lanyard (name tag), booklet, and movie. The movie has lessons on it that are based on this year's theme. I got my room key, and we were told that we were on the 10th floor of that building. Thank goodness for elevators! I had a window in my room, so I had a nice view of Ogden. It was esp pretty at night. We got my stuff put in my room, and we were going to head out for lunch. We had some questions about what we were supposed to do, so we decided to ask the girl next door, which I later (in the week) found out that her name was Savannah Astle. A.K.A the girl I was closest to at EFY. If you are reading this, HI SAVANNAH! Anyway, we asked her, then Grandma found that she hadn't had lunch yet, so we decided to treat her to lunch. You see, check-in was at 11am, and they weren't feeding us lunch that day. We ended up at Subway, and we got to know each other better. We talked about family, and her past year at EFY, this year was her second year. So she kinda knew how the flow was going to be like. We came back on campus, and we said our final goodbyes, and Savannah and I headed up to our rooms. We went into her room after I finished getting settled in. We weren't roommates...yet. We ended up chatting for at least an hour and a half on her bed, waiting for our rommates to show up. Neither one of our roommates showed up. At all. It was the same way with another one of our girls too. So, we only ended up with 7 girls in our group. We talked about where we live, and school, and where our roommates could be. It was good bonding time, I thought. Later we were having a meeting in Savannah's room with all of our girls and our counselor. Our group included me, Savannah, Hollie F., Hannah C., Ashlyn D., Annie D., and Michelle B., and our counselor was Kristen L. We had a get-to-know-you game, and we said random things about each other, like how I am allergic to green peas. I love to eat them, but I am allergic. Anyway, we did that until we had to go down to meet our other half of our "company", which was the guy half. There was a 2:1 ratio, guys to girls, well, almost. There was 12 guys, not including our guy counselor. It was pretty awesome! We played some team-building games, but we still kinda separated ourselves, between guys and girls, which is not how it was by the end of the week. :) We played a game that was kind of like duck-duck-goose, except the person who was it (mostly the counselors) said duck, and they would have you answer a random question. It was pretty funny, we had some good laughs. Our company name was Contend With Anger by the way. All of the other groups had different names too. The next thing we did was walk over to another building where we had a "rules/regulations/orientation" presentation. It was also a preview about what we were going to do that week. We also met our session director, Bro Smith. I liked his devotionals/FHE lessons throughout the week. He is a good speaker. After that we had dinner, and our whole company pretty much sat together. I remember us having salad at every meal, except breakfast, every single day, but I can't remember what the main course was. After dinner we went back to where we were before for the rules talk. Bro Smith gave his first devotional (for this session) on being an example in word and conversation. In the little booklet they gave us at registration, it also has room for notes too, so I was able to take some good notes. After that we spent some more time with our company, and we set some goals. Goal #1: to be the most grateful group in this session. Goal #2: to be able to read Moroni 1-9, so we could read chapter 10 as a company on the last night. I think that is what we started with. We couldn't have too many goals, because then we wouldn't be able to concentrate on anything but our goals, and anyway, it was a good start. After that we went back to our dorms, and we had a small devotional, just with the girls, given by Kristen, our counselor. She gave a great devotional on recognizing the Spirit. After that we had lights out.
I thought that this was the longest day, because I didn't really know anyone, and we didn't really know what we were doing, and we had a lot of time to kill. It was a pretty good first day though.
It is almost 11:30 here, so I am going to go, but I will get the whole week in+ ASAP.
Pics are coming next week!
Missing you, hope you are having a wonderful summer!
Happy Sammich

SLC- DAY 4

Today was the big prep day, last minute things for the big yard sale tomorrow! We are going to get up at 5:30 (yes, I know what time it is right now, 10:16 MST) and start setting up tables. We (Gma and I) made chocolate chip cookies to sell tomorrow, and Aunt Brittney made peanut butter bars, and she brought them over too. We put them in little bags, and tied them with ribbon. Later that morning we went over to the church and got tables from the cultural hall, and dropped them off at one of Gma's neighbor's house. After we came back, I played on the Wii Fit for 45min. It was a lot of fun! At 3:30 Aunt Jaclyn picked me up to do some shopping! Yes, more shopping! We found some more cute stuff, including a new sunday church outfit for EFY. I will have to do a fashion show and show you some stuff, with my pics. It took us another good 3 hours! It was good time that I spent with her. Thanks Aunt Jaclyn! Afterwards, around 7, we met Uncle Bart for dinner at Bonsai restaurant. Its like Mongolian Grill, only with Japanese food. (No, I didn't get sushi) I got teryaki chicken. It also came with vegetables and fried rice! He cooked it all right in front of us. We were only a table width away, which is even closer than you get at Mongolian Grill. It was soooo stinkin' good! We stuffed ourselves, and it didn't even seem like we ate that much. Well, maybe we did. I don't know. ANYWAY, while the guy was cooking it, he was doing all kinds of tricks with his spatulas and knives. he was throwing them in the air, and lighting stuff on fire, it was just awesome. After he cooked our meat, he asked if we wanted to catch a piece of meat in our mouth. There were other people at our table as well, and they had apparently done it before, so they stepped right up and showed us how it was done. After that Bart and I did it with some chicken. I caught it on my first try! It was soooo good! Better than Mongolian Grill, I think.
While all this was happening we got a pretty awesome thunder and lighning storm. There was a lot of black clouds, and lightning too. We watched it while we ate, and we came out of the restaurant right as it was kind of stopping. I went in Bart's truck,(this one's for you JaNay) and there was this HUGE, I MEAN HUGE puddle, it went all the way across the parking lot, and I am sure it would have reached my ankles if I would have stood in it barefoot. W got in his truck, and held on as he "floored" that puddle, and we pretty washed the windshield of his truck. The water went up past his truck. We both just started laughing! It was sooo fun! Then we did it again, just cuz we could. It was amazing!
We came back to Gma ang Gpa's house, and when we got out of his truck, there was a huge, bright semicircle of a rainbow over the mountains. We stood there, and I got some pictures, but I couldn't get the whole thing because it was so big. But it was a triple rainbow. The bright one had another one right underneath it, and then another one above it, a little ways out. It was so beautiful. It made me think about home, and about how Heavenly Father is watching over us. :)
We then came in, and by that time, Neil and Brittney and Ben had come back to the house and we played Twos and Tens. It is a cool card game, and if you don't know how to play it, we will have to teach it to you. Bart ended up winning. Yay!
Well, that concludes my day. Still trying to get pics figured out, maybe tomorrow...
Hope you are all having a wonderful summer! I miss you!
Happy Sammich

SLC- day 3

I'm sorry, I have tried to get pics up and running, but I was having issues, so I promise to have them ASAP.

So today, I helped wash Uncle Bart's big truck. It was fun as we talked, and vacuumed, and sprayed. Afterwards we went to lunch at Arby's, and we talked a little bit about this summer. He had to go to work, which left Grandma and I to work on the signs for our big yard alse we are having on saturday.

We worked a bit on those, taping words where they needed to go, and getting them all organized and finished. For the yard sale, I think it is to help raise money for Mothers Without Borders (http://www.motherswithoutborders.org/). I am going to help by selling muffins, cookies, and things like that. It is going to be so fun!

After that, we went SHOPPING! I was sooooo excited about this today. We got new shirts/blouses, pants/shorts/capris, tank tops, and shoes, and shoes, and shoes! I am sorry, but this was really fun! We found some really cute stuff. I think I will have Gma take pics of me, and I can post some on the blog! It was at least 3 hours, but we had some other errands to do too. But it was mostly for the shopping.

Later Aunt Charisse and Gma took me to a play called Charley's Aunt. It was a really funny comdy-type play, and I was laughing a lot. You should read about it, its really super funny. They have some really good actors. The whole thing was in a British accent.

We have been listening to the music from the Broadway shows Wicked and Les Miserables. The music is awesome. It makes me want to go see them. I mostly recognize some of the songs because the Boyacks sing them a lot. Also, a lot of the ones from Les Miserables were sung at the concert that I went to on Tuesday. Gma has been telling me about the stories that go along wit the music. I love Broadway!

Pics are coming soon...I hope...

Happy Sammich

Salt Lake Ctiy- Day 2

Today was a little more eventful. Grandma and I got b-fast, and then we went to pick Uncle Neil up from Trax. We talked in the car about Wii Fit, and all the things I hadn't tried at that point in time. When we got back to the house I decided to walk Lizzy, our grandparent's Golden Retriever. I think she is the best dog not counting my dogs. She is a good people dog, and she loves to be around them. Anyway, we went out for a walk, and when I got back, Grandma, Uncle Neil, and I played on the Wii Fit. They showed me a bunch of different things, and I got really good at some of them. I can't wait to show you guys! We were on it for about 45 min. We had lunch and then we went on errands. Just me and Grandma. It was about 102 degrees today, and we had to make a lot of stops. Pics will follow. I'm working on it. One of my fav places that I went today was Young Living, where my Uncle Steve works. It is this whole big company that gets natural oils from all over the world, and they help with different things. It is really cool. Here is a website...
http://www.youngliving.us/index.asp
It was pretty cool we got to go in and smell a bunch of different things.
At 6:00, my grandparent's ward was having a Primary(church, younger kids) party, and the theme was pirates. One guy in the ward had built this pirate ship that he pulled around on his 4-wheeler. I know, I know, I took lots of pics, and they are still on my camera. We even got to ride in it! I helped the other Mia Maids help the younger kids with some crafts and things. When Grandma and I got home, Neil and Brittney and Ben walked in the door, and we decided to sit down and play Hand and Foot. It's a reall cool card game, kind of like Canasta. There are some different rules, but its mostly the same. After we were done (oh, by the way dad, we were just playing for fun, but Neil and Brittney did go out first, but we were safe), we got out the Wii Fit again, and everybody had a turn! Neil and Brittney showed us even more stuff, and it was just great! So, its 11:30 here, and I am going to bed soon.
I am going to a play with Aunt Charisse and Grandma tomorrow, and we are going to do more prep for the HUGE YARD SALE on saturday. The Salt Lake Valley is so pretty at night. So, that was my day, I will try and get pics in tomorrow. Bye for now
Happy Sammich

My first day in SLC

So, I am hoping to get pics on here soon, but not this post. I promise they are coming though!
Dad drove us to the airport, and we stopped for lunch at Wendy's. I flew to Salt Lake City, Utah with Erin Mathews (some of you know her, some of you don't) from Portland at 1:35pm Pacific Time. It was my first time flying that I can actually remember, and it was without family. I have been flying before, but it was when i was really little. Anyway, we flew out, and I tried to take some pics out the window. (coming soon)We landed at 4:20 MST. Grandpa picked me up, with some confusion, but it all worked out in the end. We had to stop over and run some errands, and when we got to my grandparent's house, I was ther for about 30min and my aunt Charisse offered to take me to a concert with her. It was being held in Brigham Young Historic Park (mom, where you took Ben). A bunch of her friends were singing, so we went. There was 10 people, and they each took turns singing songs from Broadway shows. These include Fiddler on the Roof (If I were a rich man), Phantom of the Opera (Wishing you were somehow here again), Wicked (Defying Gravity), The Secret Garden (Lily's Eyes), and others that were really cool. That was awesome.

Then I came home (wow, did I just say that?) and blogged. As you have just finished reading. I promise pics are soming soon!

I love and miss you!
Happy Sammich (aka Ceana)