Tagged... well not really!

I haven't been on blogs for like FOEVER! So I was just looking around and Sister Menghini had a tag for whoever wanted to do it, and since I am bored I think I will do it!

10 Things I Cannot Live Without

1. Well my first would have to be family. Even though they annoy me SO much I honestly think that I can say that I would be lost without them.

2. The Church. Who isn't going to say this!? It truly is amazing and I know that I could not live the way that I do if it wasn't for the support of my young women leaders and everyone in my church.

3. Friends, they are amazing. I have a special friend for everything! Just ask me what you are(:.

4. My dog. I guess he could go under family but I think he is worth his own number. I just love coming home after having a bad day and knowing that I can go straight to Leo. He is the best dog that you could ask for.

5. Clothes. I am so into clothes. I guess I get it from my mom who was a personal shopper and Nordstrom for many years but I cannot go out if I am not in presentable clothes and matching.

6. Books. I love books. I can read them so fast and no matter how small they are they take youi to another world for a period of time. I will find myself wanting to be the characters in the books.

7. Dancing, it's my passion. Although I haven't been in a class for serveral years I ofter just dance in my mom or just for fun. It's way amazing.

8. My phone. I know that any tipical teenager would say this but it's true, I love my phone. I have to have it with me at all times.

9. California. I could not live without California. Sometimes it's the only place that I ever fell at home, at the beach and with my family. I want to live there when I grow up.

10. Cameras. They are so amazing. You can capture any minutes in your life with the clikc of a button. And now you can just put them on your computer!

People I tag: Sister Golding, Kennedy, Katie, Shanci

Sorry this was so long! I hope that the people that I tagged do this!

Life is Hard

Life is hard. :) If you haven't already figured that out. Me and Marisa aren't ever going to be friends again and she said some pretty hurtful things to me. She thinks that she is so cool and always has to be the center of attention. It's so annoying. Actually, I never realized just how annoying she was until this incident. I am kind of glad in a way that we aren't friends anymore- friends don't say the things that she did.

Well right now I am sick, yay me. And my mom is out of town. So yes, life does stink. I can tell you first handed.

Update

So we are an vacation in Prescott. We rented a house with my grandparents and cousins. It is really pretty and huge. I really like it and I wish the vacation wasn't over yet. Some drama has been going to with me and a friend and I think I lost her which makes me mad, I thought we were bestest friends. I really wish I didn't have to end like this. 

Hey

My blog is officially blocked. I hope that this will prevent some further problems. Foe everyone that I invited that has not been to my blog, this is my blog. I post about 2 or 3 times a week on what I have been doing. I really enjoy hearing from you with comments and you do not have to be a member to comment. I hope that you decide to come to my blog reguarly to see what I am up too!

Blocked Blog

Hey, I am going to block my blog because of several incidents. If you would like to be invited to my blog PLEASE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE leave your email as a comment or if you don't want to do that email me at smilekatieheartsyou@gmail.com.

Thanks!

Concert and Game

Well this last week was so hectic. It was the last week to turn in papers and get grades up. It was ALSO our school choir concert. We sang 3 songs by ourselves and 3 songs with the High school and the 7th grade. I thought it was a very successful concert. I really enjoyed seeing the high schoolers play because next year I might be singing with them. 

The next thing I did was go to the game this weekend with Marisa. We ended up winning by 22 points, which was good because it was our homecoming game. Some guy from the other team got hurt and I felt sorry for them. I saw so many people at the game and it was a very fun experience. I want to go again next week and to all the other games!

Dilemma.

I am stuck with a desicion, who to like!? Sister Menghini gave a wonderful lesson about qualities in guys that I really appreciate. I believe that even now, even when I am 14, it is important to like guys that have good qualities within them.

So there are two guys, both pretty amazing. I don't know who to really like though so I was hoping for some advice. The first guy is funny, mormon, understanding, can relate, strong beliefs, good friends, cute(:, and all around good. The bad qualities though is he never texts me back and he kind of flirts alot.

The second guy is mormon, understanding, sweet, talks alot, athletic, stands up for what is right, handsome, and kind. His bad qualities is that I never really get to see him and, well, I don't know what else.

So I am kind of caught between the two. I am really confused. I know that it doesn't matter now but I really want to understand that who would make the better buy in the long run. Anyone want to help me at all!?

:)

I know, I know. It's been a week. I am getting pretty bad at this. You see, this is kind of like my journal (minus the personal stuff) and if I don't keep it up I am going to have nothing to read when I grow up. When I am finally completed with this blog I am going to print out all my posts and put them in a binder.

This week has flown by! I don't know why but I have been tired every morning, like really tired. I hope that next week is easier for me because school will be really bad if it isn't. These last couple of weeks have been horrible and I hope to start this coming week with a fresh slate.

Last night was my friend Maria's party and she had a Arbonne party where we got to try out all of their products. If you have never tried this company, you should! It's amazing. My mom use to sell it and we have the occasional item floating around that I find and I love it. Her party was alot of fun and it was a great idea. It was so sad though because Marisa is going out with this guy and Iguess her mom didn't know so I started talking about it and her mom was like...what?! It was so embarresing!

Well I have to go. My dad is taking me about to eat.

Friends

My friends are amazing. So I am just going to write a little bit about them.

Kennedy- Kennedy is my best friend. We do everything together. I don't think we could ever get tired of each other.

Lexie- Lexie is like my sister, literally. We fight all the time time like sisters but I love her so much.

Torie- Torie is my band buddy. We always sit next to each other and if Diego is sitting there we get mad... (:.

Marisa- Marisa is Marisa. She's just fun to be around and drama follows her everywhere.

Katie- Katie has my name so we think that is pretty funny. She is just fun to hangout with. I couldn't get tired of it.

Shanci- Shanci is quiet but once you get to know her she talks alot. I love hanging out with her!!! She is amazing.

Ben-

Lately....

Not much has happened. Today was early release and I went bowling with some friends. That was pretty fun, although I didn't do so hot. I've been really working hard on homework and I have had a lot of it. Mr. Weber for Language Arts just piles project after project and it is getting to be too much! I hope that soon he will get into the swing of things with the rest of us.

My mom's anniversery for her being on a mission was on Moday- 25 years if you can believe that. We celebrated by going to IHOP, we had a coupon, and recieved terrible service but the food was really good! I think my mom was very happy that we were celebrating something that special.

Other than that nothing has happened. I've been getting into a lot of drama which I don't like but there are points in life where it is unavoidible which really stinks because you want to have control of your life. It's hard to not be able to control what you say and do sometimes because it just comes out when you are mad. But that's life! I hope you responde and talk to me.

Well.....

Not much has been going on in my life unless you consider being overworked by your father something significant. Yes, that is basically what I have been doing and let me tell you it's not fun. There just hasn't been anything to post about! I hung out with Shanci at the movies on Saturday and then went to Marisa's to hang out. Later we also went to McDonald's to work on a project with Kennedy. That was fun. I have got to say that the new McDonalds is nice(:. I've been on overload with so many projects due! Well I guess that is life.

So much to talk about!

So today is my 14th Birthday!! YAY! I am officially a miamaid whether I like it or not. I am so excited to get to interact with a new group of girls for a while. : ).

Well for my party last weekend I took me and a couple of friends to the Pounte Hilton Resort and it was GORGEOUS! Seriously, there is no other way to put it. It's so big and there is a least 4 mini "hotels" each which have thier own pool and courtyard along with their waterpark called the Falls. I have to say it was the most beautiful thing you can ever see and if you ever get the chace to go, DO IT!

My brother's party was this weekend and he had a swimparty. It was fun because most of his friends are my friends and that's cool :). I think he had a good time and I am glad for that.

Can you believe that I am sick the weekend of my birthday?! I can't either. It kind stinks. Well, it's just a cold but a bad one at that. I actually had to miss my last Sunday as a Beehive which I was really looking forward too because I am going to miss it.

Well I think that is all I have to say for now :). I hope that I kept you reasonably entertained.

My Party at the Pointe Hilton (pictures)

School

Well school has started. I can't say that I enjoy it, some parts I do, but I was kinda getting bored with the sitting around the house all day thing. Here's what I think about my teachers:

Mrs. Sundust: I think she is really nice but she can get off subject. She will start talking about something and 15 minutes later you won't know how she got to that subject.
Ms. Seaman: I think she is really cool. I think she is great at what she does. She is wonderful at anything that is preforming arts.
Mr. Hindman: He is pretty funny but I don't like it when it is all quiet and he just starts yelling. He things that it is funny but I don't. Maybe I am just a stick in the mud.
Mr. Webber: He is really awesome. It is his first year teaching and you would never know. He is laid back and let's us do out own thing but still let's us know what is required.
Mr. Graham: He is awesome. He is so funny and he makes Social Studies really fun. He has to be my favorite teacher this year.
Mrs. Baker: Her class was a little boring last year but I love her teaching style. And she is ALOT better this year. I think she is so nice and lenient and she never really gets mad at all.

So that's what I think of my teachers. All in all I am glad that I got the teachers that I got!

Well...

I cannot believe that school is going to start. Where does the time go?

So this week has been rather long. First of all I have to mention, I GOT MY HAIRCUT! I really like it. I got major layers and bangs, which I love. I think it was time to go back to my old ways and it was more of of a relief than I thought it was going to be.

Well for mutual we had a pool party at my house. I really thought that it was fun. The hotdogs were fantasic which is hard for me to say since I really don't like them at all. I was glad that Mya and Ethan and Tyler came with their parents because they made the party even more fun. It was so funny watching them swim. I also went to 3rd wards mutual which we fixed the hymn books.

I had a really fun time spending the night at Shanci's house! We babysat at Sister Bradshaws and made a cake which Sister Winder helped with when I ruined the frosting. The next day we went shopping and I got some more clothes but with my money. It was a lot of fun hanging out with Shanci. I hope that I can do it again soon!

All About Me!

Ok, it is entirely possible that you read my blog reguarly and know virtually nothing about me. So that is why I am writing my own personal survey about things you might want to know about me. What I am hoping it that you will repost the survey onto your blog and answer the questions yourself!

So here it goes.

Full name: Katherine Grace Russell
Birthday: August 25th
Lifelong goal/dream: To get married in the San Diego Temple and become a journalist.
Hobbies: Scrapbooking, writing, reading, the computer, music
Random fact about me: I can wiggle my eyes
Childhood Memory: My 8th birthday party and my baptism, they were amazing to me.
Favorite book: The Secret Diary of Brett Colten
Favorite Author: Mary Higgins Clark
Something I hope to Accomplish: Make the top 10 students in high school
Pets: One dog, Leo. He is a dachshund
Beliefs: I am mormon or LDS
My Hero: My grandma or my mom, they mean everything to me.

So this was short and easy to fill out. I hope that you will do it too!

This Kid

Ok, so there is this kid that really likes me. I mean really. I don't like him and he eventually forced it out of me to tell him, I really didn't want to but he was like, "We are friends, and friends tell eachother they can trust." So I told him and he went on to make my feel bad by saying that I give the worse rejection.

It doesn't stop there. He went on to talk about my past personal life using the same excuse, "We are friends and friends tell each other," making me feel bad because I had just hurt him so I told him the answers to the questions he wanted to know.

Well I am really good friends with someone that he really doesn't like and I am trying to get him to forgive my friend. So I ask him if he is still mad, and what do you know, more personal questions. Well, this time I refuse to answer and talk about it with my friend and he said it was cool, I didn't have to worry. So I wasn't. Until the next day when he said that I didn't have to worry about him asking abou it anymore, Kennedy told him the answer. Once, later, he told me that he was just messing with me to see if I would tell him, I was MAD! And Kennedy eventually talked to him and he get the idea that I hated him and blah blah blah.

In the midst of all this I told him that I didn't know how the whole friend thing with him was working out with him because he hept using it against me. I said we needed to work that part out. Well I got home and had an email from him saying, "You know how you said we should be friends anymore? I think that is the best idea you have ever had!" Talk about shallow much?

So since many of you are married and have gone through something like this, advice?

Beach!

Wow, that's all I can say. Today my mom and I went to the beach right outside out house, her in her swimsuit and I not because we didn't not expect to swim. Well we did end up swimming, me in my clothes!! I have gone to the beach for about 4 weeks every summer and many more times durning the year and NEVER have I seen such clear seas. There was nothing, and i even saw a HUGE fish. It was so amazing. It was cear and we went out to where we couldn't touch and felt nothing, not even seaweed. It was the most amzing thing I have ever experienced basically!

Emmys

I am pretty sure that the award ceremony that is coming up is the Emmy's. Tell me if I am mistaken. So I am going to write my views on who I think should be nominated for ANY award.

• Alexis Bledel for Girlmore Girls. Why is she alwlyas forgotten? She is soo amazing and so talented.
• Lauren Graham for Gilmore Girls, she is nominated every year and never wins.
• Blake Lively for Gossip Girls. She will win something, no doubt.
• Gregory Smith for Everwood. I know he probably isn't going to be nominated but she totally should!
• Lily Rush from Cold Case. She is a fantasic actor.
• American Ferrera for Ugly Betty. I do not watch this show but is takes some talent being able to make fun of yourself on camera.
• Miley Cyrus for Hannah Montana... I don't know if I really think that she should get an award but I believe she will somewhere.
• Haily Duff for 7th Heaven. I know she won't even be considered and she wasn't a main character until almost the end but she put emotion into her character.
• Will Smith for Fresh Prince... enough said. He is hilarious.
• Jerry Seinfeld, basically my all time favorite show is Seinfeld.
• Steve Carrell for the office, won't everyone agree?
• Amber Tamblyn for Joan of Arcadia, again wil not get nominated but is amazing.
• Someone from Degrassi. I don't think any of them will be considered because that is a show filmed in Canaga but is really popular. The only person that night be considered is the person who played Darcy who is going to star in the upcoming reproduction series of Beverly Hills 90210
• Ryan Secreast... I know I don't think they will consider him for a "TV show" but he should be nominated for best smile. It's GORGEOUS!

I might have to add more later because there are so many. what do you think of my list?

Vacation

Well my vacation has been good so far! William has been tormenting me more and I don't know what to do about it. Everyone says ignore it or walk away, but it's different with William. You can't do that. And he claws... he digs his nails into me and I can barely type because where he scratched me is lying on the computer and it hurts. I don't know how much more I can take. 

Well Sports Camp was another successful year. I still have one more week of it and I am very grateful. It was so much fun because one of the days we went to the Yacht Club and pretended to be rich and stuff, it was so much fun! They also had a slide that went into the water which was so much fun to go down!

We have gone to Seaworld many times and I LOVE it there! We go many times each year. We went to see Elmo is 4D which was suprisingly good, I'm not even lying. If you do I recommend going. Kids will ADORE it. I just love walking around Seaworld and looking at all the different people that are there. It is so fun to see all the people that come from around the world and see them in one common place having fun. 

I have got to say that I LOVE the beach house. It has a spectacular view which I will have to post pictures of. I am in love with the beach and living on it for two weeks is heaven, there is no other word to describe the feeling of peace you have when you are here, which we better have for the price that we are paying! My mom calls it the "Beach Box" which sums it up pretty good. But it was much better than we thought that it was going to be. 

Well, I have also gotten some good reading it. I will have to recommend some books to you. I have read two so far that I can't say in any other way then they have changed my life so much, and for the better. I will have to loan you the one that I own. Well I hope I didn't bore you :).