Quick Question!

I do have a post coming about my fun-filled week in Arizona, but I do have a quick question. Can anyone help a sister out?! I want to know how you can make it so there are two columns on each side of your blog instead of having just one?

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

It's been a pretty exciting week!! On Monday, I came up to Washington with Dad to stay at Ashley and Nolan's for a couple of days. We've spent the days playing at the park with the kids, playing the Wii, baking zuccini bread, and going out to eat. But last night was the best!! Nolan and I went to midnight showing of Harry Potter, and oh boy- it was good! It was super funny. and while I did have some complaints about certain things being left out and certain inaccuracies, it was still an awesome movie. For those who have (or will) see it, let me tell you- the Felix Felicis part is definitely hilarious, don't even worry about it! :)

Graduation

Seminary Graduation was on May 17th, and I think all the graduating seniors in my stake was bigger than the number of seniors in my school!! It was very cool though, and I was excited to have made it through. The talks were great too. Here's a picture of Dad and I after the graduation...

For High School Graduation, I had Ben & Co. and Ashley & Co. visiting for the weekend. They both got here on Thursday and we all went night swimming.

On Friday, Ashley and I went shoe shopping for my Graduation shoes (which were way cute) and then I had to go to Graduation Practice. After practice, we went out on the lake and did some surfing/wakeboarding. I can finally get up on the wakeboard, and stay there for more than two seconds, so that was awesome. Plus, Ariel (aka Ruth) was able to go swimming with her mermaid friends, which is always fun.

On Saturday, we all went out to lunch at this "trailer park" restaurant Downtown.

The whole place was pretty cool and funny, and we got a whole room to ourselves to play around in. Ruth order Spagettios and literally got a can of Spagettios and a bag of cheetos. It was pretty funny, but they actually had really good burgers and onion rings.

And then there was graduation. May 30th, 2009. We had it at the Taco Bell Arena at BSU, so the venue was very big for my small class of 120. We took up 4 rows, compared to the other high schools that took up like 17. The nice thing was that the whole ceremony was pretty short and sweet. I was so happy to be able to have my family there to celebrate with me. I was actually pretty sad to leave our game of Imaginiff to go the the All-Night Graduation party! But it was definitely a fun and memorable weekend...

This is me getting my diploma and walking across the stage...

Here's one of me and Ben...
The 3 Sisters...

Me and my twin, Ruth E... Dad and I... The whole Fam...
And, while we're here, I just wanted to say Thank You to my loving and amazing family, for helping me get through the public education system, giving me support, and helping me laugh along the way. I really don't think I could've passed my math courses without my long, long, LONG calls to Danny at least once a week. And RaeAnn and Ashley both talked me into doing "high school" things that I thought were pretty lame, but am now glad I participated in (Football games, graduation party, etc.) And I've really appreciated the efforts to come see me to celebrate and the letters and love I have received from everyone.

Thank You!!!

Birthday

Well, while I procrastinate posting pictures from graduation, I thought I'd let everyone know how the 18th birthday went down. Danny and Sarah were in town, so Sarah and I took the boys to a fun park in Boise while Danny and Dad golfed, and RaeAnn shopped with Sherri and Rebecca. We all went to Outback for dinner and got very entertained by Donald eating the Blooming Onion appetizer. Then we went home to open presents...

I got Twilight from Danny's family (and then watched it with Sarah!!) I got some way cute clothes from RaeAnn, Dad got me a laptop for Graduation/Birthday (I'm way excited to get that!!!) and Ashley and Nolan got me Vans, which I've been wanting for like 5 years!

Then RaeAnn made me fruit pizza (my favorite dessert)

And to answer the big question, Yes, I definitely feel a difference from being 17 to being 18!! hahaha