BYU-Luau

Since January I have been practicing for a luau that I performed in on Tuesday and Wednesday. BYU puts on the luau every year to raise money for scholarships. The luau has dances from the polynesian islands and I did the Tahiti section. It was so much fun and it was such a good workout. I was sore after every practice. Here is a picture of me before the show, in my costume.

Here is a good action shot. This was during the performance. Sorry it's so blurry, I was just moving too fast lol

I'm going to Uganda

So I just found out that I have been accepted to a program that goes to Uganda to do volunteer work. I will be leaving at the beginning of May and coming back right before school starts, at the end of August (so basically I will be gone all summer). I will be going to Mukono, Uganda (which is a tiny village). While in Uganda, I will be doing many different projects. A few include teaching classes to elementary age students and construction projects. I am so excited but it's kinda scary flying to Africa, considering I have never left the country. So yeah, I will be spending the summer in Africa :)

Flsahback

I went to my first 80's party on Friday. I didn't have any 80's clothes so my roomate dressed me up. I was told that I looked like that girl from napoleon Dynamite. It was pretty fun. In this picture I look 80's fabulous with my huge jewelry and leggings. I'm actually not sure if this is what they wore back then but it was fun.
Yesterday I woke up early, around 8:30ish (and yes Jen that's early), to do my laundry because I had a lot of stuff to get done. So I separated my clothes and went down to the laundry room in my apartment complex, loaded up and started all the washers. As I walked into my apartment, I realized that I had been holding the laundry detergent the whole time but had never actually used it. Luckily, I had run back down quick enough that the washer doors weren't locked yet so I was able to just pour the detergent directly on my clothes. That was almost a waste of $4, I blame it on being tired.

I'm fixed!

As some of you know, I have been having shoulder problems with my right shoulder. Before last week my shoulder was always sore and I wasn't able to lift my arm higher than my shoulder. So I went to the doctor and I guess I had a lot of inflammation in my shoulder (specifically my bursa). This actually was a pretty easy fix because he injected cortizone into my shoulder and now I am healed. Here is a picture highlighting how I have full movement in my shoulder.

Last night I went to a BYU volleyball game, we lost :( but it was still a lot of fun. During one of the timeouts the announcer asked if anyone knew the single ladies dance so I went down to the court and did the dance. It was actually really embarrassing to do it in front of a bunch of people. I would have gotten it on video but my camera batteries died so I couldn't but here is a picture of me and a bunch of friends at the game.

Christmas!

Ok so it has been a while since I last blogged so this is kind of a long post. I went to Bellflower for christmas and It was so great to see my family. I realized how much I missed my nieces and nephews and how much they have grown up in just a few months.

Here we are playing cards, like we always do when a lot of Thompson's get together. I'm not playing this game but I was the champion of all the games I played.


Adele wanted me to teach her some hair styles so here is one that she successfully did on her own. She looks so pretty.

This is my niece, Ali. She is just precious and she loves me the most hehe. You can't see in this picture but she had just finished putting on chapstick so she had clown lips.

Nick, Jason and Sam are seeing who can knock each other over with their feet while doing a handstand. Nick's method was to get as far away from Jason and Sam and let them knock each other down. It worked, Jason and Sam lost everytime.

Here I am arm restling with my nephews Phillipi and Trevor. It is hilarious arm wrestling with little kids because their arms are so short that my arm is almost touching the ground completely.

Here are some presents from Christmas. I got 2 more wii remotes. Now I can play 4 player on my wii. I also got some earrings, a Kohl's giftcard and a laptop!

This is the family on Christmas morning, ready to open up some presents :)

Here is a picture of Phillipi, Me, and Kat. This was the best picture we had because Phillipi kept looking away.

New Year's eve was so much fun. Me, Jason, Sam and a friend went to a dance and it was awesome. I loved the music the DJ played and there were a lot of people there. They were giving out glowsticks so here we are after all the partying. We were tired and kind of sweaty but we had fun.

Halloween

So this morning I was getting ready for church and I was confused why most of my roommates were still sleeping. I knew it was Halloween last night and we all did stuff until late so I thought maybe they would just roll out of bed and go to church. So finally time for church came so I woke up one of my roommates, which is when I realized that church starts at 11am not 10am. I don't know how I was so confused. But now I have time to blog.

Halloween was so much fun. Last week I had a ward party so me and some friends were the spice girls. Can you guess which one I was?

Of course the spice girls had to take a picture with the Harry Potter Group

Then on the night of Halloween I was a boy scout...haha. I thought it was clever. And my friend Michelle was a pizza.

I was a pro at bobbing for apples. We actually got out a stop watch. 5 seconds flat, beat that.

And at the Halloween party I was at some friends wanted me to go trick or treating and I thought they were ridiculous but some how I got ropped into it. And surprisingly I got a lot of candy. No one even said we were too old.

I'm 20!

So Friday was my birthday as most of you know...Thanks for all the calls. I had an amazing day. The week leading up to my birthday I was not excited to get older, but Friday was like the best day of the year for me. There wasn't a single thing that went wrong. And my roommates decorated our apartment and the door at like 4am with signs, streamers and candy. So I guess it's not so bad being in your 20's. I took lots of pictures so that you guys can see how fun it was. So during the day I just relaxed a nd ate candy and hung out with friends and then in the evening I had a wedding reception to go to. This reception was in an awesome greenhouse packed with plants so of course me and my friend, Michelle, took pictures in the plants as if we were in a jungle. We were setting a bad example for the little kids, though, because they kept trying to hide there too.

Where am I?

Ok so later that night I had a dance party to celebrate the beginning of my twenties. It was so much fun. I cannot think of a better way to spend my birthday than dancing. Michelle made me my birthday cakes. They were chocolate with cream cheese frosting and those white flowers are marshmallows. This cake was delicious and it's adorable. (I also got a cheesecake from my aunt that was delicious.)

I got my hair cut and dyed on thursday, courtesy of my cousin Amanda. How does it look? At my party I wore a tiara and held a sceptor because I'm a princess. :)

I wanted to put this picture up because it's a cute picture of my brother, Jason, and me. I would also like to say that Jason has been such a nice brother here. I love that he lives just down the hall and we get along so well.

Here are a few people from the party. So much fun.

And of course what party would be complete without being thrown in the pool. That water was freezing and my jeans stuck to my skin like glue but boys will be boys. Overall, I had an amazing birthday because so many people really went out of their way to make it that way, so thanks to everyone.