Pioneer Trek

Oh how much FAITH the pioneers' must have had to get to Salt Lake City. Those 20+ miles that we walked from start to finish were hard, but nothing was compared to the thousand of miles that the really walked. The faith that they had was amazing, the women had the strenghth to pull those hand cart up and down mountain, hills, and through rivers without there husbands ,at times. That first day I have to say was the hardest. There was this hill that we had to push/pull those hand carts up to the to the top. I trip over my skirt a couple of times. (Oh, did I Tell you that we had to dress up like them too) It was muddy, cold, and hard. We had to tell what we felt in are heart after that first on the trek to the families that we were in. I told my family that faith was one of the only ways that the pioneers could have ever made this journey. The second day was easier. One, it was warmer. The men left to go fight for our country, and the women were left to pull the hand carts the rest of the way to camp. On the way, there was this hill that we had to climb up on are own with out the mens help. I could see that it was all the men had to not get up and help us get up that hill. The faith and spirit was there was so strong, all the girls kept going down to help one another with the carts. We knew that we could do it. We knew that we would be able to get to the top. When we say all are parents standing there waving there white flags we knew that it was almost over. When I was in my mom's are i knew that it was over. It is just like the pioneers reaching Salt Lake City. They had faith that they would reach the rest of the saint in the city, and they did. Like I have faith that i would see my farther again, beacuse we ARE modern-day PIONEERS! Some thing I learned on the trek.

Nutcracker, Individual Worth Value Project

Ahh... Nutcracker time already? No not yet. This past fall I did the Nutcracker, as always. I do A LOT: do my part, help with the mice,and then backstage. W-O-W, when you put it in a list like that it is not a lot. we have audition in September, and finish in December, DECEMBER! That is like four months of the same music in my head, in the stores, and on the radio and T.V. Me, being CRAZY still do every year. When the practices get going in September I am up at the Dance Pointe from 10 AM -6 or 7 PM. put four months of those times, and a hour or two on Sunday, that's like more than 20 hours! It will be interesting what Sleeping Beauty will be like?! Yes Momma, I am that Crazy that I am doing it in May.

P.S. sorry I look dead. iti is the make-up.

INDIVIDUAL WORTH

I am in my tenth year of dance. now, how does that help my individual worth? Well, it helps me not be as shy at school, tigettes, and church. this year I'm doing a dance solo to Molly Smiles from Uptown Girls. I don,t really like drawing attention to myself. At school I got the 8th grade student of the month, and Mrs. West when she said my name she laughed before she said, ' Molly does not like drawing attention to her self '. So, this should be a good thing right? I'll tell in June after it's done. Ok, I am done talking about dance, for now. Now, starting in sixth grade Have been in the Centennial 6th, 7th, 8th grade bands. I play the Flute. I learned that if you don't think about the butterflies in your stomach, or the music, and focus on your breathing you don't mess up! That only works before you take your test because you need to focus on the music. Now, when I'm playing in the band it is much, much easier to play, but you still can mess up. So, how does this help my Individual Worth? It helps me... well, basicly be myself!