The World at 10,000 Feet

As we walked up the short trail, across streams and up the sharp rocks, we came to it - Cecret Lake in the Albion Basin up at Alta. The lake is in a beautiful location with great mountain scenery, which I will miss for the next two years, while I live at sea level.

Mockingjay

This year I have found one of the best new series since Harry Potter. The Hunger Games trilogy is a post-apocalyptic story about the country of Panem, which makes up 13 districts and the Capitol. The districts provide all that the capitol needs and leaves the districts in dire circumstances. In the Dark Days, district 13 rebelled and was distroyed and as punnishment, the districts must must participate in the Capitol's "Hunger Games." Each year one boy and one girl from each of the remaining twelve districts are selected to play the game. The Games are a televised event where the participants, called "tributes", must fight to the death in a dangerous outdoor arena until only one remains. The winning tribute and his/her corresponding district is then rewarded handsomely. Katniss, the main character is selected to play, and while playing, sparks the fire to ignite full rebellion against the evil Capitol.
Mockingjay is the third and final book of this series and it lives up to the hype. In this book, Katnis becomes the Mockingjay, or face of the rebellion, which ends in full-on war. The book is exciting and exhilarating; cliffhangers are at every turn. Mockingjay is every bit as exciting as its predecessors, The Hunger Games and Catching Fire. Suzanne Collins creates an edge-of-your-seat plot, which follows Katnis as she plays the games one final time with a shocking ending, determining the fate of humanity.

A year in review

2009 was a great year! Here is a recap of my favorite moments of 2009.

January

• Although I already was accepted to BYU-Idaho, I finally decided to go there for college.
• Many free periods in high school!
• NEW YEAR, New Semester!

February

• Valentines dance with Alyssa! Fun Fun!
• High School basketball games at the ECenter
• Hanging out with Logan, Laura and Alyssa

March

• MORE CRAZY BELNAP!
• Choir tour including Disneyland and seeing Phantom in Las Vegas!
• Ikea
• Found the world's greatest product - The Snuggie
• 9 to 5!!!!
• Choir NAME CARDS

April

• The woes of English 1010

May

• "That's Not My Name!"
• Graduation
• UP!
• END OF DEALING WITH CRAZY BELNAP!

June

• Last Night - After Graduation
  
• New Job - Fruit Stands
• 18th birthday fun!
• Registering for classes at BYU-Idaho
• New camera
• New Zealand Girls visit. Lots of adventures!
• Hiking

July

• Harry Potter Party
• Work, Work, Work
• Lagoon
• Best Youth Conference EVER!!!

August

• Get ready for school!
• Family Reunion

September

• Moved to Rexburg, Idaho!
• Get Connected
• Met AMAZING people!
• Fun with FHE sisters and room mates!
• Sand Dunes
  

October

• General Conference with Reece and Levi. Ride back to Rexburg with Laura, Sarah, Kelsey, and Reece.
  
• Owl City Boise Concert!
• Crazy Halloween!
• More New Friends!

November

• Looking forward to break
  
• Thanksgiving at home with Reece and the Rhondeaus. Fun Fun times!
• Cabin Adventures. Christmas music, sitting by the fire for 4 whole hours! Felt the Christmas spirit!

December

• Finals Stress
• Final Rexburg adventures
• Leaving Rexburg :(
• No School Until April!
• CHRISTMAS!!!
• Seeing Old Friends!

As you can see, I had a very productive year. I hope this year brings me many more adventures!

I'm Back!!!!!!

I completely realize that I haven't blogged for months, but now I am out of school and I will be back at it again. I really have no idea why I didn't blog much while in Idaho. I had plenty of time to do so. I guess I just couldn't think of anything to blog about.
BYU-Idaho was GREAT! I love that little town in Idaho, the wide open spaces right across the street from campus, and better yet, the people and all my new amazing friends. School was a learning experience, not just for the knowledge you learn at school, but the kind you gain just by living. I had to learn patience living with others. Every college student, in my opinion, needs to move out for school. There are life lessons one will never learn without living independently.
College for the most part was good. I wish I had gotten more involved and started tracking school earlier in the semester. Although my grades were fine, I wish that I had worked harder. But hey, that is what next semester is for.
Overall college has changed me for the better. I know what kind of a person I now want to be in life and I now am beginning to know what in life really matters. College is supposed to be a big change in life, and for me it has been.