Lax and the New Year
29 Dec 2011 2 Comments
in Blogs Tags: bowling, Brine, Christmas, Harry Potter, Lacrosse, Lacrosse stick, lanterns, Lax, Laxer, Laxer bro, Mid Field, middie, New Year, New Year's, Pixie, Tangled, wands, Wizard's Duel
Well, I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! The Christmas I got to spend with my family rocked. I ended up making my nephews Harry Potter wands because they love Harry Potter. 
They take after their aunt. They ended up loving the wands. We had a wizard’s duel after opening presents. It was awesome. XD All of the family festivities were spectacular, too.
One of the things that I am so psyched about this year is that I got my girls Lacrosse stick.
BOOSH!!
It’s the Brine Pixie, for those who care.
So, some of you may be wondering why I asked for a Lacrosse stick. The answer: I’m going to be on the team this year! I’ll be a middie (mid fielder), and I’m number 7. I’m way excited. (In case you can’t tell.) But I’m also nervous. I’ve never played an actual game of lax in my life. However, I thoroughly enjoy watching it and tossing around. I’ve apparently got a pretty good throw. Now I just need to work on everything else . . . I thought I would give Lax a shot though. I wouldn’t call myself a very sporty person, mostly because I am no good at sports, but Lax is one of the few sports I’ve found I can actually play.
I’ve been practicing a ton with my friends and on my own lately. I’ve loved every minute of it so far. One of my dear friends actually taught me how to string my stick and made it so that the release point in my net will be different and match my throw better. I’ve already noticed the difference. 
I can’t wait to learn more and actually start playing. Basically, be prepared to hear about a lot of Lax stuff from me from now on. Of course, I’ll post all my game updates as well. I’ll probably get clobbered, but it’ll be worth it, right?
At least I’ll have stories to tell.
But who’s excited for the New Year? I know I am! I’ve got a lot planned for New Year’s Eve. XD I can’t wait! I’ll be out with a laxer bro of mine to go bowling. I’m going to make a fool of myself. HA!
When midnight rolls around, I also get to set off floating lanterns. I can hardly wait! I’ve gotta give a shout-out to the awesome Winward’s who gave us the lanterns in the first place. I’m incredibly giddy over the idea of being able to light them off. I’m a major Tangled fan.
Well, Happy New Year!
That Christmas Feeling
15 Dec 2011 Leave a Comment
in Blogs Tags: Christmas, fun, Harry Potter, Nephews, project, service, wands
Wow! It’s been a long time, once again, now hasn’t it? I promise to do better about that.
Well, it’s finally Christmas break for me! And boy, has is been crazy so far! My local Institute did a huge service project and provided a Christmas for 18 families in the are who were in need of a Christmas. It was absolutely wonderful! I even donated a few art pictures. It was really cool to see everyone getting so involved. I’ve never seen so many people at the Institute before, and it was totally worth it. So many people came to help make hats, quilts, scarves, paint doll houses, make ornaments, donate clothes, and all sorts of other things. It was fantastic! I particularly enjoyed seeing the men helping to make a quilt.
Two of my very dear friends have also gotten me involved with another Christmas giving project. It’s pretty awesome! I’ll let you check it out: EcoFirst Christmas Project. They work for the company, but I think it’s a really neat thing to have happening here that’s local again.
All of this just got me thinking about how cool the Christmas spirit is. I wish it could stay around all year. I think that’s going to be my new years goal, to try to always be this happy and helpful during the rest of the year.
But I wanna hear from you guys! What are you up to for the break? Anything spectacular? I know I have a few fun plans. I’m off to St. George to play for the weekend, for starters. I also have a few other Christmas projects to work on. I’m making my nephews Harry Potter wands. Yep. You read right. Harry Potter wands. I have taught my nephews well. 
So well that they know a large majority of the spells and love to watch the shows with me. And the oldest is only five! HA!
Well, until next time. Hopefully it won’t take me so long this time.
