I haven't posted in 7 days, so I need to.

Let's see... what's happened this week? Not much, really... and yet so much, really.

Last night we had a dodgeball tournament against the fifth ward. Before it even started, when Brielle heard about it, she said "Oh, you guys are getting creamed." Thanks for the support... I think she jinxed us. We only won one game... And Tori and Brielle were shocked when we told them that. :P But it was SO much fun.

Today we had the Power in You assembly. As ambassador, I got to run across the stage with a chalkboard that we had taped the Power in You banner to. :P But we'll actually get to plan and conduct the next few assemblies. We had Chris (Crap, what was his last name?) From Real Salt Lake come and be our MC. We had this guy from Ghana come and play and sing a song with his bongos (I think it was traditional from Africa... the language sounded African, but I don't know for sure so I don't want to say that I do... but I'm pretty sure.) Then talk about how he overcame trials. The Power in You is all about having confidence in yourself, and all you need to succeed is the Power in You.

For Solo and Ensemble, which is in 3 weeks, I'm doing a duet with Paige. Some of you have already heard about this. But we decided what song we wanted to do- Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing. It's really a beautiful song, one I've always liked. We went over it for the first time today. Paige is really a beautiful singer. And of all things, while we were singing, she said I had a great voice! I laughed. Anyways, I'm thinking this is going to be really beautiful in the end.

The highlight of my day today was Seminary. We decided to have a testimony meeting today, just randomly, and it was really spiritual. People were crying everywhere, the people who didn't like doing things like this were getting up and bearing their hearts, it was all very deep. Afterwards I was so full of love, and telling everyone how much I loved them. I was standing outside the building talking to Roscoe, and Paige just walks up and gives me a hug. Paige is really sweet. It just makes me think of how great my friends are.

There's one particular person I need to raise my hat to, today. So here's to Roscoe!

You are awesome! Thanks for being such a great friend, an awesome person, and a great spirit. I think you really have a gift- you have a strong spirit, and you can use that spirit to make people happy, make people smile, and make people laugh. Thank you for your awesome testimony. I am so glad to have you as a friend.

I love you all!

I hope I don't get back into the habit of not posting. That would be bad. No bueno. Me gusta que yo puedo hablar espanol poco bien. Y yo nesicito hablar en espanol con mi padre antes manana...

Yeah. So. Anywho.

I can't believe I haven't been posting, especially this week when there were things to post!

So... Winter Break, IN REVIEW!

Monday, we went sledding with Tami and Scott and Connor. (My relatives from California, if you haven't been following this since July.) And then we went to Grandma's house.

Tuesday, after a day of homework, I went to Kat's house for a party with her, Quin, Sam, Justin, Nick, Max, and Sadee. It was fun. I need to hank out with some of them more often. :P

Wednesday, again with the homework. I was going to go to mutual, but instead we went to Grandparent's one more time.

Thursday, homework, and then NEW YEAR'S EVE DANCE! Woo! It was Jeremiah's first dance, and he had a lot of fun. He he... he didn't expect to dance with anyone. But 6 girls asked him! It was pretty awesome.

Friday... I think I only did homework on Friday... but I got a lot done.

Saturday, after finishing Dracula and my paper on it, I went Ice Skating with Elizabeth, Jeremiah, and Calvin. It was fun... even though I failed... And it didn't help that they were all really good. But then we went home and played Mario and Sonic... and had a 1 1/2 hour game of curling because Calvin decided we needed 4 end matches. :P

Sunday, first Sunday of the year. 9:00 church, the fast offerings, then going home, then band practice for wednesday, then going home, then Dead Prophet's Society, then going to bed.

This week, I had a Young Men's Recognition dinner on wednesday, where I had to play my guitar and... I kinda failed... Brother McEntyre is supposed to upload the video of it to YouTube, then I'll post it maybe.

So, yeah. That's my life. How's yours? Joyous, I hope.

Obviously, my goal is failing. But it doesn't seem like many people are reading the blog anyway. If your reading this, comment or e-mail me saying you are. Just a "I'm reading your blog" is fine.

So anyway, the past Thursday-Sunday was Youth Conferance. It was really fun. Thrusday we went up to the U of U and hiked up the mountain behind it. I hiked with Jericha and Katie most of the way, and we had a lot of fun. I think the highlight was near the top, when we turned back because it started thundering. Then it started hailing. It was funny to see all the youth run down the mountain screaming and going "Ow, Ow, Ow!" Trying to escape the attack of marble sized hailstones.After that we went to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House as a group, which was fun. Then we had a Dinner and played Volleyball at the church. It was fun, but I didn't enjoy it as much because my leg felt like it was on fire.

The next day my leg felt better, and good thing because we went on another hike. We drove down to Goblin Valley and did the Little Wildhorse Canyon, which is a slot canyon. It's also my favorite hike because it's so fun and because I can do it without feeling really tired like I do on a hike like Jordan Parkway. After that, we went to Goblin Valley and had free time. Me, Tori, Brielle, and Riley all went straight to the huge rocks and started climbing them. Spencer did too, but he ran ahead of us so I didn't count him. I learned that Riley and Brielle have a mild fear of hights, and that Spencer doesn't care about falling from fifty feet up. Brother Michealis had to challenge him to a race to get him to come down. It was cool though, after me and Tori helped Brielle and Riley up to the top, to look over the valey that was on the other side of the rock wall. (And to look down the fifty foot drop that led down into the valley, but I don't think the others even tried to do that.) I also met Brother Linton's brother, Andy. (By the way, for those of you who don't know, Brother Linton is my Young Men's President, and he's also Alena's Uncle. So now I know her other uncle.) On the car ride there and back, I swapped stories with Sister Tuituvuki, Sister Thacker, Sister Briggs, and Brother Griffen. I think I learned more about Carl in the 6 hours talking to his mom than in the 2 years I've known him.

On Saturday it was more relaxed. We went to defferant peoples houses to learn about their personal history, and our group got the Brintons. Then we had some seminars about the temple, and Brother Michaelis played the song he wrote for us. Then we went to the Jordan River Temple to do baptisms for the dead. For some people, it was there first time. It was really cool.

Sunday was our ending. Jaden, Zac, Brielle, Spencer, Justine, Sister Soper, and I gave talks in sacrement meeting. Then we had combined third hour and we had a testimony meeting. It was pretty cool and really spiritual.

So my first Youth Conferance was really great. I can't wait for the next time we do something like that!