i'm jumping on the band wagon

Ok. so since everyone is cool and has one of these- i guess i could try to be cool too.

Leave me a "MUCHO MUCHO" rad comment about a memory you had with me or dealing with me or anything you remember at all!

I am sure this is going to turn into "tell embarrassing stories about bethany..." but that's ok! I am always up for a good laugh in my expense! There are plenty of things I have done in my youth to make fun of me for, so let's hear 'em!

After you leave your comment on my blog, make the same post on your own blog, so we can share things about you.

enjoy.

SPIK AND SPAN

Ok- So this is a totally lame thing to blog about, but it was a really big accomplishment for me! My time is precious, and this took alot alot alot of time!

I CLEANED MY ROOM!

BEFORE:

 

I honestly don't even know how it got like this. When I moved in, I never really moved in, I just kinda threw my stuff in a room and called in good!

I WAS BUSY, OK!?!

AFTER:

yeah? yeah? you likey? ...thought so.

now if only i could do something about that wallpaper. 

guess what....

NINETEEN DAYS!

nuf sed.

Break a leg!

ok- i didn't break my leg. But i might as well have!

I mentioned that at Gisela i bashed my knee cap all up going down a water fall!

At first when it hit it was PURE WHITE! and flat?

i watched it as it turned blue, and purple and SWOLLEN.

It was a miracle i hiked out of there because on the way home, i was about to cry just pushing the clutch when i had to down shift! But i am stubborn and i battled through it.

All day saturday, i sacraficed myself and stayed down instead of doing chores. I know i know. i am so selfless.

(but really- it is hard to stay sitting down when everyone around you is moving!)

On Sunday, my awesome Mom took me to the Emergency Room. Every one there was SOO NICE! and mom is so awesome, and really is selfless, for sitting there with me for THREE HOURS! i love that woman.

They gave me a hefty-duty knee brace for my smasheed up knee cap! and my favorite part-heavy duty PAIN MEDS! YAH TRICK YAH YAH!

I look sicky sicky with my gnarly crutches and knee brace! I am not so mobile but at least i am TAN!

CLIFF JUMPING!!!!!

Early Friday morning we loaded up the Scion and set out for our adventure!!!!

Max, Chels, Spence, Emma, Coco, and I were off to Gisela!

The ride in the car was a little squished seeing that we had four people in the back and only three seats! But we are a really close family! So we did just fine!

Max is Rad.

If anyone has ever been to Gisela they know the hike down is super fun! For the most part there is a trail, but sometimes you must do a little exploring to find your way through the thick, tall, sticky, bamboo reeds! Future reference: Don't forget your machete.

But finally we got there and wasted no time! Collette and I were first! Then Chels and then Spence.

finally Max, who dragged Emma along with him!

We went down the slide we found a few times ago! The slide is not what you would imagine. It is a slope in the rock that, when wet, is slippery and you can slide right down into the water! But it stops about 20 feet above the water and you free fall the rest of the way! Way awesome!

(but don't go head first!)

Here are some shots of the slide!

View from the top! Right before you go down the slide.

THE HIGH JUMP!
Collette, Spencer, Chels, and I all attempted the (next to) highest cliff! YAH TRICK!

Emma and Matthew chose to boycott the cliffs and relaxed and caught some gnarly crawdads and frogs!

When we all got tired of cliffs, we stopped and had a picnic with some nasty wanna be versions of lunchables! (we'll chose wiser next time!)

We rested a bit and played with TOD The Toad that Coco and I found wedged between two rocks!

After our quick (but nasty) lunch break- WATERFALL TIME! We traveled against the current and found some radical slippery rocks to slide down!

OVERALL IT WAS AN AMAZING MOMENTOUS OCCASION!

Besides everyone getting sunburnt to death, Collette getting dehydrated, and me smashing up my knee cap, We left with our body parts in tact and no one died. Which is a good thing. (for the most part. )

We hiked up the mountain

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we slid down a fountain

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the water was cold

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beth, spence and coco are bold

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we ate nastty lunchables

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bethany's knee went crunch-able

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we all had a fun time

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this is the end of our rhyme

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THIS IS ME

Ok- so (by popular demand), I have joined the BLOGGING WORLD!!!
I don't know what I will blog about these days, because everyday in my life is identical for the most part- but, what the hey!!!!!

to start things out-

8 lesser known facts about moi!

numero uno-

Ever since I learned to write, (thanks chels), I have loved to write! I used to write story after story when I was younger, just for fun. When I was ten years old, I discovered something amazing- A JOURNAL. I began to record my amazingly, interesting, ten year old life, everyday, and I have done it ever since!

Nearly ten years later, I have accumulated many more journals in my life, and I have filled them all. Now I have a record of my life for the past 9 years and 7 months. It comes in handy alot, because if i ever have an argument about how or when something happened, i can always just look back in my journal and refresh my memory! ( and of course, i always win the argument :))

numero dos-

My nickname all during high school and still now (with my close friends) is/was BOY.

Let me tell you how this came to be- I actually don't even know how this came to be? But all my close friends, were of the male gender. They all teased me that i was just one-of-the-guys. We all just hung out everyday and somehow the name Boythany arised as a clever variation of my name. We all had a good chuckle from that one. But it stuck. Then from there, to shorten it a bit, I was always known as Boy.

SIDE NOTE: A little word of advice to anyone who is thinking about only having boys as friends. It is very fun. Boys are so chill and less drama and more fun than girls, BUT- beware when they turn 19, they will leave you for a better cause, and you will be foreced to communicate through letter writing.

numero tres-

I WANT A FERRET SO BAD!

someday i will have one.

numero quatro-


I used to think ALL girl missionaries were weird. And I am not going to lie, alot of them are (but they have sweet spirits!....)

But as i have grown up to be the mature, awesome, young women i am today, i have developed a longing to serve a full time mission. I think what it was actually that made me change my mind about serving a mission, was seeing the gigantic changes that happened with all my friends currently serving. I wish i could live to serve everyday! Man, that would be so rad.

i look good with name tag! i know, right?!







numero cinco-

I am crazy. When i get stressed or forlorn in anwway, I pull my eyelashes out. Not on purpose. I don't even know i am doing it until i just have done it and then i'm like... "SHOOT MANOOT!"

Trichotillomaniacs rule.

For further description look at Katie's blog. She's a fellow 'maniac.

numero seis-

Most people know this one- but i figured i'll just throw it in here anyway!

I am a full time Nanny. AND I LOVE IT! I get paid to play. And i have the best boys and the best bosses. Brody is 5. I watch him all day. The other boys, Braxton (7) and Preston (9), are usually at school or summer school. So i only watch them before and after school. We have so much fun everyday!!!

This is Brody's beloved blanket, "Boppy". ------->

He is not an "it"! He is Brody's best friend and comes along with us EVERYWHERE. It is a traumatic event when Boppy is missing. It is necessary to stop everything and make frantic search.

Every day it seems like Brody or the other boys does something unbelievably hilarious! Brody is ridiculous. One day, for the ENTIRE day, he tried to convince me he lived in Costco. All day he continued to think of new things to make me believe he lived there. He said he sleeps on the tallest shelf, and he puts towels on the floor so when he wakes up he can jump off and land in the towels. He said he eats watermellon all day for every meal. He rides around in the big machines that move the large boxes when his feet get tired of walking. He only comes over to his "parents" house when he knows i am coming to pick him up so i don't have to drive all the way to his house at Costco. How thoughtful of him.

Another day, we were making our daily drives around the valley and we pulled up to a stop light right next to an old beat up VW Bug. Brody rolled down his window and got really excited. When i looked back to see what he was up to, he was shouting something out the window! I stopped him and told him it's not polite to yell at people! He then answered, "NO! Bethany! That car is alive!! I Promise! I saw it on a movie!!!"

He is still learning about the world, and sometimes I forget he's just barely five as of last week. If you ever need a good laugh, have five minute conversation with this little guy.

numero siete-

I have never been on a plane. Noooope, never. Not cause i am scared, (cause i'm not). But just because, i never have!

numero ocho-

It is scientifically proven that the way the area is around you, determines your attitude. Example- If you live in a mess- your life will be a mess.

I love to clean. It makes me happpy! Cleaning, to me, is like a natural high. I love washing dishes, i love vacuuming, dusting, picking up, laundry, windows, scrubbing, AND ESPECIALLY

i love organizing. i just love to clean.

(and i am a really good sweeper, because of chris!)

WELL! there you have it!

peace out.