Irony

My friend shared this with me.

"If the pen is mightier than the sword, why do actions speak louder than words?"

Landmarks, or should I say Blogmarks!

Hi , this might be stupid, but I had to throw a few blog marks out there.

I have been Blogging for a year now! Yeah!!! My Blog is one Year Old!!

And...................

This is officially my100th post!

Yeah!

Christmas Videos

Hi. I would like to share some fun Christmas songs, that I really like.

Christmas Must Be Something More by Taylor Swift

Christmas with a Capitol "C" by Go Fish

12 Days of Christmas by BYU Vocal Point

Believe by Josh Groban (from the Polar Express)

Some of these are traditional and fun medleys . Others illustrate what Christmas is all about. It's not about the ribbons and bows. I really like these alot. They are some of my favorites and I hope you enjoy them to.

Metal Mouth

It's Happened.

I got braces.

Pictures Coming.

Good bye.











(I'm Weird)

Pictures

These are some old pictures that I never got around to putting up. Most are from this summer.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hope it's full of happiness and gratitude!

Arrethtrae

I would like to share some good books with you.

The Kingdom Series by Chuck Black
This is a series that is set in a fictional kingdom of Arrethtrae. It is a very creative allegory of the Bible in a medieval/castles setting. It's quite easy to tell the connecting. There is the King. He loves his children and helps them. He has a son(the Prince) who comes to redeem his people so that they may live with him again. The 1st 2 books cover the old Testament. The Last 4 cover the New Testament and then up till the 2nd Coming of Christ. These books are wonderful. They really illustrate God's plan for us and that God does love us. These books are also very fun to read. They suck you in so you can not put them down. I highly recommend the Kingdom series. I don't believe they can be found at the Library. You should just right off buy them. They are great books to own.
1)Kingdom's Dawn
2)Kingdom's Hope
3)Kingdom's Edge
4)Kingdom's Call
5)Kingdom's Quest
6)Kingdom's Reign


The Knights of Arrethtrae
This is the sequel series. They are about individual knights (one is female :)) and they're mission in promoting the plan and knowledge of the Prince. I am reading the last one right know. This series is just as good as the first. It covers the time before the 2nd coming and how the knights are trying to spread the word, etc... I really think all youth would love them. they defiantly pull you in. I Highly recommend them. They would make great family time books. My mom has read them as well and really enjoys them.
1)Sir Kendrick and the Castle of Bel Lione
2)Sir Bentley and Holbrook Court
3)Sir Dalton and the Shadow Heart (cliff hanger ending to 4th )
4)Lady Carliss and the Waters of Moorue
5)Sir Quinlan and the Sword of Valor
6)Sir Rowan and the Camerian Conquest

Stake Conference

Today was my Stake Conference for my ward. It was really nice. I was privileged to be in the Combined Stake Choir. It was fun to do it with my friend Emily. Stake Conference was really special this year because we had Elder Anderson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and his wife, visiting from Utah. They both gave really great talks. Afterwards, I got to shake his hand. It was a really neat opportunity to be in the presence of an Apostle.

The Weirdest Halloween Costume of 2010

So around here, some of the middle schools close to my house let the students wear costumes to school on Friday. On the way home from Co-op we were waiting at the stop light and I saw some guy in a costume.

What? Okay fine I'll tell you. So this was a middle schooler! The guy was dressed as a teletubby!

Do you know what a teletubby is? It's a kid TV show. I watched it when I was younger. Way younger. See HERE for more info. Oh and they don't even talk. Now I think it's weird, but back then I think I loved it.

Before You Meet Prince Charming

Before You Meet Prince Charming: A Guide to Radiant Purity by Sarah Mally

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


This was a wonderful book! Sarah Mally, is trying to address how instead of getting yourself immersed in boys and dreaming about your own "happily ever after" romance, you could be using your time as the Lord would want you to. It talks about how you should wait upon the Lord and he will bring your and your Prince Charming together when HE is ready. Not You. It is full of amazing suggestions, ideas, and scriptures, and lots more! to help illustrate her point, she has a princess theme going and at the beginning of each chapter you read part of a princess story. Altogether this is an amazing book for all Teenage girls 12 and up. I Loved this book.



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Train Tracks : Coming December 2010

Yep Train Tracks. Unless you have had braces you won't understand. Oops I slipped! Yeah I'm getting braces. To tell the truth I have mixed feelings. I'm glad that I will get them over with, and not exactly jumping about the fact that I will have metal in my mouth for the next 1-2 years. So yeah. Braces. I got my x-rays today. I guess it's good that I'm getting braces now. So Yep. Braces.

THEY WON!!

AND THE GIANTS WIN THE WORLD SERIES! WHOO! GO GIANTS! YEAH! GO GIANTS! WAHOO!

Happy Halloween

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to wish you all a Happy Halloween. Though I guess it's weird that we say Happy. I mean, people are always trying to make it scary (you know haunted houses, etc)

But anyway..............

Happy Halloween!

GIANTS!!!!!!

The Giants are going to the World Series!!!! Whoa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh yeah! The San Francisco Giants are going to the World Series!They will be up against the Texas Rangers.

The Giants are going to the World Series!!!! Whoa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry, I'm just so excited! I'm a Giants fan if you haven't noticed. It's sad that the Giants beat the Phillies in Philadelphia instead of in SF with their home crowd. BUT THEY WON! They're going to the playoffs, They're going to the world series, They're going to the world series, They're going to the world series,They're going to the world series!!!! So excited!

The Giants are going to the World Series!!!! Whoa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why No Comments?

My friend, Lauren, wrote this poem for her blog. And I thought it was really cute, so I added a couple words. Please read & follow!

I write where all can see.
I write in an age of great technology!
I write where you can reply easily!
So why, O why no comments do I see?

To the faithful commenteers, I thank you!

Outlaw Princess - The Synopsis

14 year old Rowyn is the grand-daughter of the legendary Robin Hood, one of the famous leaders of the Forest People, or Outlaws. But But Rowyn doesn't know that. She only knows life as the second royal daughter to Queen Xenia and King Fedric of Tittanny. She knews a life of wealth and royalty. She knows life under a different name, as Princess Gwyndalyn of Tittany. Not as Rowyn Thaynn, outlaw princess.

On a secret trip to the village, Gwyn overhears a conversation between the villian and his sidekick. They are talking or plotting to wipe out all the Forest People, and avenge his grandfather and father's deaths at the hand of Robin and kin. Gwyn decides to learn all she can about the Forest People. What she learns changes her life forever.

She connects the Forest people to the strange images and unfamiliar tunes wafting through her dreams at night. Somehow she is connected to the Forest. Her true family is part of the Forest People. Gwyn never really thought about not belonging to the true Royal family, she never thought about how her family doesn't have her chocolate (dark) hair and piercing green eyes. None are like her. They are different. In Many Ways.

So Gwyn sets out on a quest, to find out who she is, and to save the People of the Forest from extinction.



That is the synopsis so far. It will most likely change. When it does, I will post the latest and greatest for all to see. What do you think? PLEASE COMMENT!

Recent Reads

Children of the Promise
by Dean Hughes

This was a great series. It's an LDS fictional story about the Thomas family during the time of World War 2. It is like the Work and the Glory series! So engaging, and fun! I loved following the lives the of the Thomases. Now I am dying to read the sequel series called HEARTS OF THE CHILDREN.

Thank you Grandma, for letting me borrow these books!

The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
by Micheal Scott

This is another good fantasy series. I really enjoyed the 1st 4 books (two more are yet to be released). It's not as good as some other books I have read, but very engaging and interesting. I really like them.

Ella Minnow Pea
by Mark Dunn

This was a hilarious play on words! Very enjoyable! Good for all above 8 (anyone younger than 8 might not get half of it). A Must Read.

The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins

Yes, I read them. The very popular books. Okay, I must say it was a very interesting topic. VERY ENGAGING. Once you start you will not want to stop. The first two books were really good. But I must say that the 3rd is quite a dissapointment. It didn't really get going for me till about a 3rd of the way through. Altogether, it was very interesting. I really liked them. But they do not deserve a slot on my ALL TIME FAVORITES LIST.

I'm A TEENager!

I never posted, but I am now( as of August 5th) an OFFICIAL teenager! I'm 13! Yeah! To tell the truth, it doesn't feel that different. Except that I can accounts (such as facebook) legally. (I'm not suggesting anything!) This is what I had for my birthday:

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Anyway, just thought I'd drop that out there!

Help!!!!

All you creative people out there. I need you help! Sometimes I will just title the post the name of the series. But when I'm talking about a whole bunch. I need some good titles. You know how everyonce in a while I bring you up to date with the many books I have been reading? Well, every time I have to have a different post title. Sometimes I will just title the post the name of the series. But when I'm talking about a whole bunch. I'm sure there a tons still waiting to be used, but I need you help to uncover the. We'll be Title Archeologists! Below is a list of the one's I have used. You can just comment to this post (or another but tell me) with Ideas you have of cool creative titles. You will get what I mean when you read the list.

I NEED YOUR HELP!

Thanks,
The damsel in distress

Here's what I have (not very creative):
-Book List
-Book Update
-BOOKS
-Newest Reads
-Some books

P.S. even if they are not very creative I will except them. EVEN IF YOU THINK THEY ARE NOT GOOD I STILL WANT THEM! you never know if I could twist them ,or add/subtract on them.

P.P.S THANKS!

Resurfacing (aka. Blast into HYPERSPACE litteraly)

Hi! I am finally resurfacing to the Blogging World! After what, 2 months?

So if you want to read bout some of the Happenings lately, just visit THE TAYLOR TIMES. That should cover it. More posts should be coming soon.

So I am going to rave about my FAVORITE SCHOOL SUBJECT.

Warning: I'm about to get REALLY HYPER. You might want to skip a bit if you don't want to read hundreds of exclamation points, random jumping around, dramatically long word or TONS, I mean TONS of repetition. Or if you don't like big capital letters. Here it comes......Starting................... Now!

It is the awesomest EVER!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE IT. SO AWESOME! OYAN ROX! IT"S AWESOME AND AMAZING AND SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOVIN' MY TEACHER AND THE LESSONS, IT IS SO FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*pauses for breath*
You:What in the world is OYAN?
Me:OYAN stands for One Year Adventure Novel. It is my SUPER AWESOME WRITING CLASS (here I go again!).

WAAAAAAAAH! LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP! SO AWESOME! I LIVE FOR THIS CLASS! HAVING SO MUCH FUN!!! WRITING AN ADVENTURE NOVEL IN 1 YEAR IS SO MUCH FUN! I WILL FINALLY FINISH A NOVEL WITH A TECHNIQUE I CAN USE OVER AND OVER AGAIN! SOOOOOOOOOOO. I JUST WANT TO START POURING OUT MY SOUL, TILL THERE IS NOTHING LEFT TO SAY! I've GOT TO TELL YOU, ALL THE CRAZED WRITER BRAIN HEADACHES(TONS OF IDEAS POPPING INTO YOUR HEAD AND DRIVING U CRAZY TILL YOU PUT IT ON PAPER) IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WORTH IT! I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RIGHT NOW I SO DO NOT CARE ABOUT SPELLING!!!!!!! AWESOME!!!!! THE FORUM IS SO AWESOME TO! AND THE SWEET WEBINARS! AND CHATTING WITH ALL AWESOME PEOPLE ON OYAN! I AM SO CRAZY ABOUT OYAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE IT!


OKAY, I THINK I CALMED DOWN..........WAAAH!...................or not.

*deep breath*

Okay, now .....................oyan!......................*deep breath*

Okay, I am now fully civilized.

Notice: This may happen every once in a while, when something i am superbly crazy about happens. (See my Wicked Post 4 PROOF......*deep breath*)

I will post my awesome synopsis for you. It is my current one. It will undoubtedly change in the future.

So yeah, that's what I am loving. A book post will be coming.

visit OYAN : oneyearnovel.com

Guess Where I Went..........................

Yes! I went to Wicked, the Broadway Production! It was simple awesome. It was Fabulous, Spectacular, Amazing, Magnificent, Wonderful, Incredible, Marvelous, Excellent, Great, Capitol and Unbelievable! I have wanted to go to it for a long time, and I finally got on the ball, and called my friend Emily to see if she and her mom would like to go with me and my mom. They said yes, and bought us tickets ( by bought us tickets, I mean they bought the tickets they we paid them back for ours, yeah, I bought my own I wanted it THAT BAD). We went on August 10th at the 8pm performance. I was so excited to be finally going! (I mean, who wouldn't? It's BROADWAY. Professional!!!! That's what I want to do when I grow up!!) Our tickets were for Limited view on Orchestra level, and weren't sure it would be good, but they turned out to be great seats. A little bit was cut off, but nothing important. The Set was absolutely AMAZING! The Orchestra was under the stage which I thought was pretty cool. Everything about the show was really cool. It was like a dream. NO seriously, I kept, thinking "Is this real? Am I actually sitting in Orpeum Theater in San Fransisco, waiting for a Broadway Musical hit to start? " I was!!!! I LOVED IT. The Music was awesome, Fabulous, Spectacular, Amazing, Magnificent, Wonderful, Incredible, Marvelous, Excellent, Great, Capitol and Unbelievable!! The costumes were awesome. Glinda was a dumb blonde, and absolutley hilarious! It was all so fun. Emily's mom drove us, and we had a GPS inthe car. The voice was so funny, it said San Fransisco, San Franthiskwah. And it had the funniest accent, it was great. Oh and San Jose was San Joswah. So funny. I LOVED going to Wicked, I had a blast. The story/plot was so creative. "Defying Gravity" & "For Good" Were the Best Songs, followed by "Popular", "The Wizard and I" , "What is this Feeling", and "Dancing Through Life". I am totally obsessed. I got the music for my iPod and sing it like everyday. And I tell you I am not bored of it yet. I LOVED going to Wicked, I had a blast. So I think you know have sufficent proof that I LOVE Wicked! Below are some pictures. To the left, is a playlist with all the awesome songs.

The Entrance to Orpheum in the Backround

Mom & I

My friend Emily and I

Youth Conference

So on August 13th I got to go to an amazing LDS homeschoolers Youth Conference. In Sacramento. Yep, I got up at 5, and then carpooled up with my co-op friends. It was great. We had some fun games, a Document Study (Joseph Smith, the Educator - Hyrum L. Andrus ), a stimulation, great speakers, and a concert.

Yep it was great......and that's it...................What? You more details, but I told you what we did.

Oh! Okay, I suppose. If you were did this to me I wouldn't like it. That's for sure.
I woke up, read my scriptures, and then I drove to my friends house for carpool (no my mom drove me). We missed our exit. Made a detour.

What now?.........................I am doing that! I'm telling you what I did!..........Oh! Sorry, I'll try one more time. Wish me luck!

So they split us up into groups when we registered. I was in the Red Group. We played some Get-To-Know You Games, and Teamwork Games etc... Then we did a document study. our group, didn't get past the 1st sentence. (We had like a 1/2 hour by the time we finished snacks, and we looked up like every other word.) Then we had a great speaker (Ben Bernards - a type of John Bytheway!) who talked about Prayer. Then the people there who were in my co-op choir with me ,sang one of our songs " I Know That My Redeemer Liveth ".

After we had lunch we did a stimulation. Before we went in, they took away our name tags and gave us numbers. ) was 9360. Then we were led into a room with lots of chairs facing a stand on which two ladies sat behind a table. They told us to find the chair with our corresponding number. There were some papers and some colored 3-by-5 cards. On the papers it said basically, "Thanks for Electing us as part of the new government. According to the Test results this job has been given to you this job suits you best." Then we could go up and talk about our jobs and education. The ladies, no matter your argument would reply," Well we will think and get back to you", or No, the tests scores said that, and "the great thing about this new government. " People got really angry and put out even they knew it was a stimulation, I did to. It really made you think about how important your agency is. And the other purpose was that if something ever happened like this we would know how to avoid the lies, and be prepared. But hopefully not. It was a neat experience and the first stimulation I have ever been on.

Then we had our Keynote speaker, Jon Schmidt! He is an LDS Piano player who has written and composed toms of fun music, that I love! Oh, he wrote Waterfall, the song I played at my recital, when he was 17. Yeah is really amazing and awesome. So he gave a nice talk, and we had our own mini concert.

Then was the pasta dinner, followed by the concert. Jon Schmidt is a great performer. The concert was VERY ENTERTAINING. We were laughing a lot. He did funny little facials and actions during songs, and on a couple gave some commentary. Once he even through out mini-balls for beating a record of the original artist. (Root Beer Rack by Billy Joel, he did it in 3:03min. J.S. did i tin 2:33min! At a crazy speed. ) Any way, It was really fun. Afterwards I got one of his CD's signed. He also signed my T-Shirt!!!!! It was really neat to meet him in person. He is really nice.

I had a blast at this conference. It was really fun. Sorry I don't have any pictures.

Summer Vacation

During the middle of July we went on a 2 week vacation to Colorado and Utah for family visits. On our way to Grand Junction, Colorado to visit my mom's family(who we haven't seen for like 3 yrs.) we stopped for the night in Las Vegas to visit our friends the Wardens. We had a really fun time with them. They had lived in San Jose for about 3 years, and then had moved to Las Vegas about 7 months ago.

The Girls & Charlotte

The Girls

Adam & Noah

Noelle & I

We spent about 5 days in Grand Junction with my mom's family. We had a fun time. We saw Toy Story 3(IT WAS REALLY FUNNY AND AWESOME!). Went to Bananas Fun Park, Cross Orchards Farm and a Dino Museum. Along with tons of family time and a 4oth anniversary party for my Grandparents we had a great visit. We also got to go swimming at our hotel and at Lincoln Park(fun place with slide and diving boards).

For those of you who don't know I am obsessed with Gerald N. Lund's church History, Historical Novels, Now you do! I was introduced to another series (Children of the Promise by Dean Hughes) during our stay in Grand Junction, which I am currently reading through. Children of the Promise is about a family during World War II. I'm really liking it so far. Learning alot as well. I highly recommend it.

Cross Orchards is a preserved farm. It was like originally a 15 acre Apple and Peach Orchard. They would sell their fruit. Anyway they preserved the main buildings. Truth be told I go NUTS with picture taking at places like this. This is only a sampling of stuff.

Stove

Ice Cream Maker

Family Logo/Sign

This is a look at the ceiling that was plastered with the papers put on the boxes and cans of shipments . There were 3 types.

The Taylor Family Reunion was in Joseph, Utah this year. Which is a change for once. We always usually had it somewhere in Arizona( because all Dad's family lives in Arizona, except for us and my Uncle John's family). Joseph it a small town right next to Richfield. We had a nice time there. The Teme was Love & unity. And we had some fun activities. During the whole time we did this thing we call Love Grams. We had a box and some cards, and you write love grams to others throughout the reunion. It was nice. My Uncle Corey likes to go shooting, and has a bunch or guns. So one of the days those who wanted to, got to go shooting. It was really awesome! We also got to go swimming and have lots of fun family time together. It was a wonderful trip.

On the way home we stopped in North Ogden to visit some friends who moved out of our ward last year. We arrived there Saturday afternoon(Pioneer Day) and stayed til Monday morning. The beehives invited me to an Open Air Movie(projected on one of the girls house) so I went to that and saw Mine Yours & Ours with the Beehives and Josh Myers(one of our friends). I had a really fun time.

Our Summer Vacation was long and very tiring so by the end of our trip we were so glad to be home.

So that's about it!

Who's On First

At Girls Camp, we have a Talent Night on Thursday. This year I performed 'Who's on first' (by Abbott & Costello)with Emily Stratford(one of my best friends!). Emily had learned the part of Abbott with her brother earlier, so I learned the part of Costello(FYI-I had begun learning that part with Adam, but it disolved). We practice nearly every week. And conquered all the hard parts. At Girls Camp we performed, and had so much fun! We performed at Abish Theater. There are two entryways. We both walked in a different door. I actually skipped in singing "Take Me Out To The Ballgame." It went really well. We had so much fun! It's a comedy and the crowd loved it. If you want to see a video of Abbott and Costello performing it, just google Who's On first, and you should see a few options. I had a blast. We are already thinking of what skit we will do for next year.

Girls Camp Pictures

YW in my ward singing "Be Strong"
Carissa, Meagan, Bianca, Dionna, Hannah, Alyssa, Me, Sharla, Brooke, Miranda & Maddie

My Tinfoil Armor

Bebe gun shooting

The Cute Journal I made in Crafts

playing the piano and singing with Bianca Teh & Maddie Johnson

Pics from our skit.

Powerpuff Girls

Everyone

Drums Alive

Drums Alive

Dishes!

Dinner Cookout
Me, Elaine, Makenzie