The New Piano!!!! :)

So I have been slacking a lot... and I figured I haven't posted since January and once school starts I probably won't post for a long time, but this is BIG NEWS.

Ok call me a nerd, but yesterday was better than Christmas!!! (Besides the 11 hour car ride home from California.)

I made a song to express my joy. (to the tune of Popcorn Popping)
I walked in the front door and what do I see?
A gorgeous new piano where the old one used to be
My mommy got me an awesome surprise!
A brand new Baldwin right before my eyes!
I could sit and play it all day long
And nothing in the world could ever go wrong
It's too good to be true!
But its really there!
Sitting in our piano room next to the chairs!

I know, its beautiful, I should be a poet when I grow up:)
Anyways... yeah I walked in the front door from California and put my bags down and gave my dad a hug and looked over his shoulder- and I screamed!!! Its SOOO GORGEOUS and it plays SOOOO well!!! Honestly I have been playing it constantly I am IN LOVE. It's amazing




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California Highlights

I have decided that California is one of my favorite places on earth and I am moving there as soon as I am old enough. Utah is too cold and dry and I am just really tired of it here. So its a good thing I have been to California twice in the last three weeks!

First I went for New Years, and I just happened to be there for the New Years stake dance and it was the best stake dance I have ever been to! It was really really fun! And Aunt Michele is one of the greatest Aunts ever because she drove us places to shop every single day and I was in heaven. I got purple shoes and they are the coolest things ever!

And we also went to Six Flags, which is like a miniature Lagoon, and it was way fun, too. And all of us had matching jackets with our names on them! Except we asked one guy to take our picture, and he was like, "Of course, Nicole" and he said it kind of in a creepy tone so I don't know how much I like walking around with my name on my shirt...



These next two pictures are two different dogs. I tried to find some pictures that are more alike but I couldn't really. But seriously Zoee and Buddy could be twins. If she wasn't his mother.



Uncle Frank grew a nice mustache for a party, so I colored a matching one with marker.


And he also helped us to build a huge fort in the living room using a camping canopy. It was the most legit fort ever and we slept in it almost every night.


I got to meet my new cousin! :) Jessica and I nicknamed Tristin the Happy Fluffy Chub Ball, and we decided that Stetson beats him in the happiness part, but not the chubbiness part. I love this picture haha



So that was the first trip to California, and then we went out there for Bryson's baptism last weekend. I surprised Jessica this time and she didn't know I was coming, so I ran and hugged her from behind and we screamed and laughed for about 5 minutes. It was quite the sight apparently because Oma said she will never forget it.


We played at the park for a while using the Human Hamster Ball, which is just about the funnest invention ever. As long as you don't hurt yourself.





The best part this time was definitely when we ran into the living room where everyone was watching TV, wearing these... Rick and Debi's wedding dresses :) There were three and they fit us perfectly!

Then we went back down and tried on all of the wedding dresses. It kept us occupied for about 2 hours and it was so much fun! Except the room was a disaster when we were finished.


I decided I am definitely wearing this to an ugly sweater party. This is a mans sweater. Wow.


So ya California is my favorite place to be :)

Volleyball

I have given up on posting about Christmas because that was too long ago and I put pictures on Facebook so I don't need to blog it too. But I am finally posting! And hopefully I will do it more often now!

Here are some pictures of our first volleyball tournament. It was pretty rough. We won one and lost one on Friday, and Saturday we lost all four. I was really sick with a sore throat and a fever I think (I didn't take my temperature on purpose because I knew that if I had a fever my mom wouldn't let me go) but I think that I played pretty well. The first tournament is always the hardest, plus we played all 16s teams and there is a huge difference between us and 16s. I just wish that we had won, because then being sick for five days would be a little bit more worth it.


I must say that I am proud of my dad because he got some great pictures haha:) I just need to work on keeping a straight face because I look ridiculous in every single one!


This would be demonstrating how NOT to dig a ball...