Water Balloons & Guns

For a while now, there's been this group of guys that are up on the third floor that have nothing better to do than throw water balloons at people. So yesterday I was throwing my water bottle away in the dumpster outside, and I thought I saw a water balloon fall out of the dumpster, so I look to see if there's any more. And then I get hit in the back of the leg with one. I thought it was funny, and I saw the open window where it came from. So I went inside and then I came out like 5 minutes later to go to Del Toco, and I turn around real quick and yelled, HEY! and pointed right at the kid that had his head sticking out the window. He didn't know what hit him. He ran away from the window all quick. So then today, I was walking back from dinner and I remembered that they threw water balloons all the time. So I looked up just in time to see water flying RIGHT towards me. I GOT DRENCHED!!!! It was so funny, but then other people wanted to get them back so we filled up some water balloons and threw them at their window. And THAT is how the war began.... MUHAHAHHAHA

The Narrows

This is the view from our Motel that we stayed at. Pretty spectacular, and the pool that we went in for literally 2 minutes. (Ryan and Alo are whimps) And here are more pictures of the hike.

AP TESTS!!!!

This past year, my SENIOR YEAR, I decided to take three AP classes because I didn't want to just slack off like everyone else.. ha ha I took AP Calculus, AP Physics, and AP Literature. it was a rigorous year full of late night studying and doing homework. BUT IT PAID OFF!!!!! I got my AP test scores back!!!!! And here are the results:

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AP Literature -> 3



AP Physics -> 4



AND.......








AP CALCULUS -> 5
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basically flipped out when I saw that one... right in the middle of the Cougar Eat. haha
I'm SOOO HAPPY!!!!!!

Fourth of July Fun

Some Family came to me for Fourth of July, and I had so much fun. In the morning, mom and dad picked Devon and me up and took us to Sundance. In the winter it's covered in snow and there's a ski lift... but in the summer it's a MOUNTAIN BIKING LIFT!!! We went mountain biking on the 4th of July. And we had a BBQ. A lot of my family was there. My Grandma and Grandpa, Parents, Andrea and Ryan, Lynne and Dave, Workmans, and some of my Grandpa's siblings. It was awesome.
Devon and I went on this one bike trail way out on the other side of the mountain. It was a little freaky because on the left side the mountain went straight up, and on the right side, the mountain went straight down. But it was sooo worth it, the views were AMAZING!!! I felt like we were on top of the world. There were 5 Hawks flying all around us while we were biking and it felt like they were waiting for us to die, so they could eat us. haha, good thing we didn't die. ...except Devon almost did.... 0_0 I was safe, except the time I flipped forward over my bike. haha that was fun. Pulled the brakes a little too hard that time. :D It didn't hurt, so it wasn't too bad. Anyway it was a BLAST... not just the flipping over the handle bars part. haha

WORD OF THE YEAR!!!!

Ineffable -adjective

incapable of being expressed or described in words; inexpressible

My friend Mercedes found this word in our American Heritage text book, so we looked it up. I am TOTALLY going to use it from now on. You know, to describe those things that are ineffably amazing! Or... "Those mountains are INEFFABLE!!!"

BYU!!!

Today I went to my first BYU class and I thought it was pretty good. It was in a big classroom/auditorium with a bunch of students. You know, the college experience. Typical stuff.
My first class by the way was American Heritage... I know everyone says it's soo hard. But I feel confident that I will be ok. I just have to keep up on my reading. The teacher seems pretty tight. He's cool and there's a ten minute break during the two hour class, which is nice. And he showed a lot of clips of things on the power point.
I know you all think I'm briliant... haha jk... but I could always use some advice. So if any of you out there have taken the class, or just want to give me advice, post a comment. I miss you guys.

Satisfying the beast that is Andrea

Andrea has been all over my case because I haven't been keeping her "visually informed"... at least that's what she called it. I really don't have time now to write a post, but wanted to give the girl what she wants. Mom's already getting mad at me for sitting at the computer putting these pictures on and not packing. I need to pack. I'll update more later.

Nashville Tennessee

This last weekend I was able to go to Nashville Tennessee with my mom to visit my dad. I'm so glad I went because I had a lot of fun... despite the horrible plane rides. Don't ask. It was the last trip I would take with my parents before I go up to BYU on Thursday. We flew in late Thursday night/ Friday Morning... don't ask... and slept till 10, which felt great. Friday we walked around downtown Nashville and had a great time. They have the whole city set up with booths and concert stages and everything. They had free ice cream and Free SNOW CONES!!! HAHAHA Brian Regan, look it up... and the highlight of the day was the mechanical bull. Oh yes, I RODE A MECHANICAL BULL!!!!!!! Never in my life did I think I would be able to do this, but there it was, and for only five bucks, I rode that bull like I real cowboy. I have video and everything.



That night we went to the Bluebird Cafe and it was fantastic. It's this little cafe, obviously, where you sit at a table and can order some food while you listen to song writers sing their songs right there in the middle of the cafe. The group that preformed Friday night was a group of ladies who wrote and sang songs together. The whole time they went back a forth joking with each other and harmonizing together. It was really enjoyable and I had a great time.

Saturday we drove around to different places near Nashville and even went on a short little hike. While we were driving I read Harry Potter 4 and just finished it today. It is WAY better than the movie and it explains so much more than the movie. It explains things that I didn't even know I didn't understand in the movie. haha. anyway, definitely better than the movie. Can't wait to start on the fifth one. Oh... and I beat Andrea... hehe... she was way ahead of me before the Nashville trip, it was a lot of driving, and flying.

Banquet

You all know how often I've posted about volleyball these last few years, but I promise, this sadly might be the last one. We had our volleyball banquet on Wednesday night and that means our season is officially over. I could not have asked for a greater last senior season. We went to the QUARTER FINALS in CIF! ...still not over that... were undefeated in league with a 10-0 season, and had a 17 match winning streak. Plus our team was awesome. Everyone worked really well together and we had a lot of fun.
Our banquet was really nice. I got the Scholar Athlete award with a plaque and everything and the coach talk about everyone on the team. I'm sad our season is over but it was a loooong season. We started training in early December so it's been a good five months. Maybe I'll get to come back for a alumni game. Wow, that's weird to think about. I"M GRADUATING!!!! YES!

Aren't You DYING to Know??

I thought it would be good to let everyone know what's going on in my life, BECAUSE IT"S SOOO EXCITING!!!!

1. Volleyball season is over; we ended the season 17-2 overall and 10-0 in League. We were Undefeated league champions, and made it to Quarterfinals of CIF!!! It was a VERY long exciting season.

2. In TWO WEEKS I will be packing up shop and moving to Provo, Utah. I got into BYU and I'm starting in the Summer. I'm rooming with Devon and I'm excited to live on my own and start college. I'm the type of person that LOVES changes. I hate boring everyday life, so a big change in my life is really exciting to me. Ryan and Andrea, my sister and her husband, live in Provo and I think I'll be eating at their house for Sunday dinner often. It will be fun to live near my sister again.

3. Lynne Marie Whitaker is now ENGAGED!!!! I know, who knew? I DID!!!!! I'm soo excited for her and the reason I'm putting it in MY blog is because she's going to live up in Utah just an hour away. So I'll have TWO sisters living near me. I love my family, so this is a GREAT thing.

4. HIGH SCHOOL IS OVERRRRRRRRR!!!!! (almost). haha. I'm sooo excited and can't wait to get off that campus. We got our yearbooks today, and all my classes are almost over. I'm sending out my graduation announcements today. YEAH!!!! I'm the last kid in the family to graduate from high school. Sorry mom... I still love you!!!

5. I just went to Prom and it was really fun. The place where it was held was awesome, it was called the Shark Club. Becca Mattson was my date and we went with Devon and his date Ariel. (I don't think that's how her name is spelled, but that's how you pronounce it) Lynne let me take her Mini Cooper Convertible! AWESOME!!! I love that car. We had dinner at my grandparents house and took pictures there. Dave, Lynne's fiance, served us. haha. Thanks Dave!

6. I have one more Sunday left at the Buena Park Ward before I leave for BYU. It's a bitter sweet thing. I mean I'm excited to go to BYU, but I've been in the Buena Park Ward since I was born. 17 years and 10 months of my life was spent in that Ward, and now for the first time ever I'll have my records tranfered to a new ward. Goodbye Buena Park Ward, and Hello BYU 131st Ward! haha, I made that up, I really don't know what ward I'm in yet.

So my life is about to change... and I'm really excited. :D that's all there is to it in a nut shell. And that's... Life.