So i realized that my last post was about how bad my week was. this post however is not about that at all.
Yesterday the youth in my ward had the opportunity to go down to the Randolph Center and serve the residents down there.For those of you who do not know what the Randolph Center is, it is a place for people with very serious disabilities to stay for their entire lives. We woke up around six and were there by eight in the morning. I was assigned to the blind. My girl was named Donna. she couldn't see or talk and she has Alsheimer's . I knew that she wouldn't be able to see me but she could hear me.. i knew she could. So i just talked to her and held on to her hand when she would let me. every couple of seconds she would hit her face and mouth, she was constantly doing that for the hour and a half that i was with her. Even though we didn't have a verbal conversation i came home knowing that i helped someone that was in need, but just talking to them and holding their hand. i really just talked to myself but it was still really nice to be around Donna. The residents showed me something when i was there. it was to be happy with everything you have, everyone has problems but when you have them don't give up or give up on others.

The people living at the Randolph Center were probably the happiest people in the entire world. I met a girl named Debbie, she loves to hug people. i was standing on the side of the room and then i feel some arms go around me. The person's arms held me tight and said " Hi! I'm Debbie what's your name?" I replied " Hi Debbie I'm Makayla! you look very pretty today" and she went on telling me that the purple dress she had on was her favorite dress in the entire world. Then she said "Makayla, you look very pretty today too" and walked away.

I met another man named John. He pulled me into him and shook my hand. He went and sat me down and we talked about the two rings that he was wearing on his fingers. He showed me his hat and said that he loved the Diamondbacks. We talked about his watch and everything else he had on. He was the sweetest man i have ever met and i will always remember John and his rings, hat and watch.
Thank you to Donna, Debbie and John for all teaching me something yesterday. i love you all and i know i will see you again one day.

On another note, in my Biotechnology class we are going to make cheese! Random? yes that's what i thought and i don't think that i will be eating cheese for a very long time after what i heard about it today. i get goosebumps just thinking about it.
PS. lately i have been obsessed with country music and i am completely OBSESSED with Rascal Flatts. if i get to go to their concert on October i will be the worlds most happiest girl ever!

Nothing

No pictures in this post. The computer that all my pictures are on are in the laptop..which is currently broken down. To make things worse, the computer that i am on right now doesn't let me upload the pictures on my camera. It's a bit of a dilemma. not good. but anyways

I answered my date to homecoming! on Thursday after school. I'll put pictures of how it looked when the computers are fixed. I really can't wait to go! it will be so much fun.

Oh and can i tell you about my week? okay thanks
Monday and Tuesday were super good. Wednesday Thursday and Friday weren't what i call good.
On Wednesday i had pictures for school..sounds all good right? wrong. pictures were 6th hour by that time my hair was totally flat. so i have a feeling that they won't turn out they way i had planned.

Thursday was good until i stepped in gum and it got all over my shoes. on the top AND on the bottom of my shoe. people seriously when you spit out your gum there is something called a trashcan. ever heard of it? yeah they are all over the place. and if you are too lazy to find one.. throw it in a bush or something. not on the ground where people walk.

Friday. i stayed in weight training for two hours! and we had to work the entire time. so i felt very yucky when i got out of it. that's not the bad part though i got into my biotech class and sit down in a chair. totally normal right? i had to get up to get some paper and when i get up i feel that the pockets of my pants are sticking to the chair. what the? i look down to see that i am sitting in bright neon yellow gum and it is ALL over the back of my pockets. i didn't sit in my chair for the rest of the hour.
so basically this week gum and i didn't really go together.

this post was mainly for venting about how i felt this week. I figured out that playing with play dough is a great way to take out some of your stress and frustration. try it. you will feel so much better
going dress shopping today hopefully i will find something!
Makayla

Only in Payson..

Ever seen a pink car? I saw one on sunday when i went to Payson to see my grandparents. I basically made my parents turn around so i could take a picture. To make things even better it's a convertible! Who would ever think of getting a PINK car? Hopefully the person that owns this car is a woman..and not a man. Keep your fingers crossed

i got to play with parrots! except i didn't really touch them but i gave them watermelon and Coke cola! Apparently birds like drinking coke..I don't know i think it might give them a heart attack or something along those lines.

Story time!

So yesterday, August 23, 2010, i was in my third hour class. Jewelry. We were lighting torches and testing ourselves to see if we were comfortable with them. Well anyways i was standing right by a crock pot filled with acid and then all of the sudden.....BOOOOOOOM! EXPLOSION! Loudest noise i have ever heard in my life! I turn around and look at the people at the torches only to see a huge cloud of dust and kids running to the corner of the room. My ears were ringing and i couldn't hear for a while. Want to know what happened? One of the mini torches had a leak in the tube and gas built up under the counter. A boy in my class was lighting his torch with a Sparker and some of the flames hit the spot where the gas was..causing an explosion. It was insane and everyone was freaking out in the corner of the room..why we didn't get out of the room i have no idea. I'm just glad i got out alive and not hurt. Some kids hair on their lets got burned off and others were just in shock. it was great.

But story time is over. I'm going to Jamba Juice with Haleigh to go get a smoothie and then it's time to study and write papers for English. Being a junior is so much fun

Oh oh and I'm going to answer my date to homecoming soon! pictures will be posted when i do and they are pretty clever if i do say so myself

Makayla

Homecoming what!?

so here's the story.Tonight i was at a friends house and i get a call from my mom saying i had something that was waiting at the house for me. Well i started freaking out because honestly i didn't even think that i was going to get asked. Now I'm going with one of my best guy friends! Matthew Willett! I had to put together the puzzle... I'm horrible at putting puzzles together. they tend to frustrate me..a lot. But i had help from Jace Hiatt, Nick Olson, and Mark Soelberg. If they weren't there then i bet i wouldn't have figured out who it was. I'm literally soooo excited and can't wait until homecoming!

On the other hand my sister Haleigh got asked last night too! I helped her friend James Parker ask her! I had a blast helping and i even got to color/ make the poster for him! He got TONS of random toys and paper money and put them all over her bed. It was insane but super fun to set up. These little bowling set was my favorite thing he got her! I really just want to play the game all day. I love little toys and i think ill bring these little things to class so when i get bored i can just play with them! Sounds like an amazing idea right??

well it's really late and past my bed time. Tomorrow i get to drive up to Payson and spend time with Grandma Fran and Grandpa Bill!

Happy Saturday night slash twenty minutes until Sunday morning!

Makayla!

Sometimes when we take family pictures we get a little distracted, and by distractions i mean we all get bored and tired of standing and having someone take picture after picture after picture. I was looking through all our pictures from last year and found these..
fail #1

Fail #2

And finally..fail # 3 I'm pretty sure that these pictures explain perfectly what we were thinking

for examples!..in the top picture I am looking at the floor..no emotion in my face what-so-ever, Bret's face basically says "'are you done yet? i want to go watch my cartoons", Haleigh.. i don't even know what she's doing,Jordan just looks the same with her little smile/ laugh thing? i have no idea what she was doing. Mom is looking at how precious my daddy looks, and Dad is the only one that is the most ready for the picture.

My Family is Average.. but i love them!

But finally after million's of pictures we finally got one perfect!

That's all for today!

Makayla

Oh! PS notice how Haleigh is slowly disappearing in each picture..bad photographer!

Buckets

So what was up with the random rain today? I'm pretty sure i was driving in clear sky and then all the sudden it was like a bucket got poured on my head. uhhh no that's not nice. but it was like i took a shower in a matter of two minutes! i was soaking after about two minutes. Arizona needs the rain and i think that we really needed it since i was sweating so bad today! It was the hottest day in the history of the world! (in my mind though) This is before we went into the "shower"

Taking a "shower"And now for the good part. the windshield! My family and i went to go clean the church building with another family in my ward. Well from what you see here, it was a little/ a lot difficult to see out the window. and to make things worse we totally skidded when we made a left hand turn. thought i was going to die! But we made it there safely and had a "fun" time cleaning.
So... uh. what is that? That my friends would be a toilet that i found on the side of the road. Anyone looking for a new one? It's a little smashed but I'm sure a little duct tape and super glue and it will be good as new!

Dance in the rain!

-Makayla

Just stuff

I get a little bored at family dinners as you can see from the picture above. especially this one. I honestly had no idea what was going on because it was my aunts, uncles and grandparents plus Haleigh, Jordan and I. So we were the odd ones out who were under the age of forty.
We went to the Country Club in Phoenix, and it was so pretty and the food was amazing! I want to get a membership there when I'm older just so i can play golf..but i don't even know how to play so that will cause a problem.

Last night i went out to dinner with my family for my sisters birthday! We went to the Cheesecake Factory! We got there around 5:30 and waited..and waited....and waited for an hour to be seated. seriously? longest thing in my life! i was starving and getting a little upset that my tummy was talking to me every five seconds. Finally we got seated and started to eat! best moment of the day when i got my food.
My little brother is a stud.

Remember that one time when i said i wouldn't get in the water? well i did and i tried surfing! it was so fun except for the fact that there weren't any waves and when there was they were baby and disappeared in about five seconds. but i got up every time! And my mommy got a picture where it looks like I'm standing on top of the water!

Smile!

-Makayla

School time

I decided to tell you about all my classes and what i think of them so far
A HOUR: Cheer and to tell you the truth i am not a morning person..at all. it is the hardest thing for me to wake up to an alarm. but so far it's been fine and all the girls there are super cute and nice. practices are hard but they are just preparing me for what is to come. let the season begin.

1 HOUR: advanced weight training. what? why am i taking advanced. but it's not that bad and i have all my friends in that class. Pagano (the teacher) is hilarious and makes fun of everyone so i think I'll enjoy it most days.

2HOUR: Seminary. normally i would say best class buutt my teacher is probably the most boring person to listen to. Shneff? i don't even know how to spell it or better yet pronounce it. I'm praying that it will be a good class and a good experience.

3HOUR: jewelry. basically i have all my electives in the first half of my day. this could be a good thing or a very bad thing. but so far this class is stressing me out. sure it sounds easy and fun but the way my teacher describes what we are going to be making and how we are going to make it is freaking me out just a little bit. and to make things worse only two of my friends are in that class and we don't even sit by each other. lucky me. but there is a kid in my class that has two different eyes! it's the coolest thing to look at! He has one bright blue eye and then a light green eye that has a tiny bit of brown mixed in there. coolest.thing.ever. I'm basically obsessed with them.

LUNCH..finally

4HOUR: Biotechnology. weighted class. and from what i hear from different people it was the easiest class they took and others said it was the hardest class in the world. Confused? yeah me too. The teacher sounds like a pretty nice lady but doesn't talk that loud. the cool thing about this class is that we have a yellow bearded dragon for a pet. it's huge and she says it loves to he held and petted. will i touch it or hold it? no not a chance. but i always seem to watch it in its little cage climbing up the walls. it's a huge distraction and could be a little problem for me.

5HOUR: algebra 2. not too sure i like this class. mainly because i like geometry way better then i liked algebra. and my teacher treats us like we are five years old. sorry teacher but I'm pretty sure I'm sixteen and not five.

6HOUR. American Literature. i think i like this class a lot. my teacher is really funny and not very strict. i sit by people i actually know and she let us make out own seating chart! hopefully this class will get better and better.

that's all for my classes. sounds like an exciting schedule. except for the fact that i have to walk from one side of the school to the other to get to all of my classes. I am all over the school sprinting to be on time to my classes.
Yay for being a junior!

PS: Do something nice for someone today (:

Friday the 13th

Tomorrow August 14th is my wittle sister Jordan's birthday! she'll officially be a teenager! yay the bit 13! She's getting so big! almost taller then me! yikes

Here are some things that i love about my sister

* her blue eyes. they are to die for!

* her personality..she'll tell you what she thinks

*how she takes the outfit i wore the day before and wears it to school

the list can go on and on..forever.

Cutest sister ever! love her to pieces

I decided to inform you all on things that give you bad and good luck.

*an apple a day keeps the doctor away

• You can break a bad luck spell by spinning around in a circle seven times clockwise


• Clothes worn inside out will bring good luck


• An itchy palm means money is coming your way


• Eating fish makes you smarter

goldfish in the house causes bad luck

• When a dog howls it means death is near


• If you shiver, someone is casting a shadow on your grave


• Washing a car will bring rain


• Smell Dandelions, wet the bed


• It is bad luck to sing at the table


• Wearing your birthstone will give you good luck


• Our fate is written in the stars

Now do i believe all these things are true? No I'm not really into these things and it doesn't phase me that it is Friday the 13th

School starts on Wednesday? what the? I don't think I'm ready to sit and listen to teachers all day long. But the good thing is that all my classes are fairly easy..i think. The first four hours of my day will be a breeze
0-Cheer
1-weight training
2- seminary
3- jewelry
sounds easy right? then it goes to the harder classes
4- Biotechnology Concepts and Techniques
5- Algebra 2
6- American Lit

Hopefully it will be an easy day everyday of my life
I'll be a Junior! yay no more being pushed around. annnddd one more year until I'll be a senior!
Haleigh is officially a senior now! she gets to leave for lunch! gahh I'm so jealous.

But enough of that Cheer camp is officially over! and i don't think i have ever been this sore in my life! seriously i walk like I'm 100 years old. slower than a snail or a sloth! it's insane!

The girls on cheer are so nice and so so cute! I think I'm going to get along with them pretty well.
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Today in church my young women's teacher was talking about how we can make a difference in people's lives and she told us about a letter that her and her husband received from someone and it said " i will try my whole entire life to repay you for everything you've done for me."
Isn't that just the cutest? and to have someone say that to you in a letter would make me feel like I've helped someone in their life and they appreciated it so much. Then she gave us a quote or poem..
"Supposing today were your last day on earth; the last mile of the journey you've trod: After all your struggles, how much are you worth. How much can you take home to god? Don't count as possessions your silver and gold. Tomorrow you leave these behind, and all that is your to have and to hold is the service you've given mankind."

I Love this and hopefully you do too. Happy Sunday!
Go do something for someone

Rewind..on the past week

Haas it really been a week already? time does fly when you're having fun. I have had some pretty exciting adventures this past week and tried to take as many pictures as possible... but managed to loose my camera for two of the days. it was depressing but i finally found it and took it EVERWHERE..and still forgot to take pictures of everything but here are some that i did take with everyoneUp there are some friends that i made last year plus with the addition of my little sister and cousin. Ryan,Kevin, me, Laycee and Jordan. i spent most of my time with laycee and her cousins. they were a blast and i don't know what i would've done without them there.


On our "last day" my parents invited the Wagner family to come stay and play with my family at the beach. and i found out that Trevor can do the splits!...not just the left leg splits but the middle splits too! Can you say crazy?

Cooper, Jared tied their shirts around their heads and pretended to act very strange to some kids that came up to us. (if i could figure out how to upload videos on this thing i would give examples of what they were doing.) and Trevor " the neighbor" started choking on a peanut because he was laughing so hard. it was honestly the funniest thing in the world

The Wagner's...well Mark all taught us a game where we waited for a wave to break and then we would all run and try to jump over it..or have it flip us. it's hard to explain but it was so much fun and super cold

Army and Navy Academy. oh my goodness. i don't think i have ever seen that many boys..cute boys in my life. literally i would look to my left, hot boy. look to my right, hot boy! and then i would look behind me...guess what i saw? a hot boy! this place was/ is full of them!

Bret likes to do the bunny ears when ever he takes pictures with people. He thinks it is hilarious. He's getting so big! almost ten years old!

This tree is seriously the prettiest thing in the world. i look at it all the time when i walk by it. The flowers grow upside down!

If you ever are looking for a good yogurt place in Carlsbad..i highly recommend this place. Swirlicious! it was like a yogurtland..but in California and had the best flavors! pretty sure i went there just about every night

and these flowers! i don't really know what they are called but i do know that they start with an M! M for Makayla! hahaha yay. just kidding but they really smelled so yummy and i wanted to take it home with me.

Grandma and Grandpa Clouse are the sweetest and most loving grandparents you will ever meet. seriously. they always ask if you need help with anything even if they are in the middle of something. This picture was on the pier where we went to dinner. Bubba picked the place because he likes to watch people catch fish there. the picture up top was our "cute" picture and this one vvvvvvvvv was supposed to be our funny picture but i don't think they look funny at all. especially grandma! she looks like a princess...as always. i love them a lot though and i am so grateful that they came to California this year. I don't play with my food i swear..well maybe sometimes but doesn't it look like a clown!? like from the movie Toy Story 3! look real hard and maybe you'll see it. and if you don't i guess my imagination is a little childish for a sixteen year old

Laycee is the best! (: favorite and nicest person out there! and now i have to wait an entire year until i can see her again!...well in person. there is always skype!

Oh and another thing before i get off for the night! Today was my first day of cheer camp and i think i am going to die. i hurt so bad and have taken so many Advil's today! but i did have a deep tissue massage by Deborah! and she works magic! i was listening to her stories and she and her family have been through so much but yet she still stays so positive and strong! she says everything happens for a reason. and told me that pain is an enemy and it is only there to tell me something is wrong. and when i think about it, the more i think its true. Pain is not my friend and i don't like when it comes to visit me. But anyways that's just a little side story she was telling me what i should do to make my back get better and i have to sleep on heating pads and she highly recommended me taking fish oil pills every night. Fish oil?? uhh i don't even like fish. but i am willing to try it because she obviously knows what she's talking about.

sweetest lady ever seriously. but before she left she was talking to me about Thermacare Heat Wraps and said that they work with her and her back problems ( she's been in some major car accidents) i was telling her that i would go buy some right away. Well she left and i thanked her for everything she had done for me. no joke ten minutes later she was back at my door and handed me the heat packs and told me that she knows that my back will get better because she said before she goes to people's houses to give them a massage she prays and asks for inspiration that she will be able to help the person, in this case it was me. (for those of you who don't know my back is very verry bad i had an accident in tumbling three years ago and it still bothers me to sit in places for long periods of time)

it's the little acts of service that make huge impacts on peoples lives. Deborah inspired me to do little things for people.. it doesn't even have to be huge just a smile or a heat pad!

sorry for going off it just really made me think about what i do for people

Goodnight blog i'll write in you soon! and sorry again for leaving you for a week!