Honors choir

This last Saturday I went with the eighth grade honors choir class to honors clinic. It was really fun! I got up at a quarter to four, curled my hair, got dressed, ate breakfast, and got on the bus and drove to Mt. View, Wyoming. I saw the sun rise for the first time! (I've never gotten up earlier then six-thirty)
It took two hours. Actually a little more. We were a little late because we hit a deer on the way there! I saw it roll under the bus and to the side of the road. It made me want to cry. When the bus driver slammed on the brakes I had just opened a bag of gold fish so they spilled everywhere! We got a good laugh out of that.  When we got there, we sang for an hour, then took a half hour break, then sang for another hour, then took a fifteen minute break, then we sang for another hour, and then took an hour lunch break. Then, we sang for another hour and a half, then took a fifteen minute break, then sang for another hour, then took an hour break for dinner, and to get dressed for the concert. Then at five- thirty, we warmed up our voices. Then at six we were sent into the auditorium and performed the concert. Here is a picture of me and my mom after the concert.

After the concert I quickly changed my clothes, and hurried to get on the bus. The bus ride home was pretty boring because everyone just slept. I just sat by myself and played games on the phone. 

Here is the first song we performed at the concert. We just learned it that afternoon so we weren't the best at it. We are singing in African. 

Auntie Judy Visits from Guam

This past week my great auntie Judy, came to visit us. She flew into Jackson, then rented a car and drove to our house.  It had been 7 years since we saw her. While she was here we made batiks. Auntie Judy is an artist. She paints all sorts of things. Any way, she showed us how to make one kind of the paintings she does. What you do is melt some wax, then use a pencil and draw on silk paper. Then you trace the pencil with the wax. After you finish with the wax you put your colors on. The wax prevents the paint from going ''out of the lines.'' After you get the colors on then you let it dry. When it's dry you iron the wax off. Then viola! You are finished! Then, with the melted wax you can do all kinds of things. My little siblings and I covered our hands in wax. Porter and Nicole put wax on their noses! Here are some pictures of our batiks and my wax hand.

 This is my boutique.

 All of us. From left to right: Nicole, Auntie Judy, Porter, Me, and Mom.

This is mom's.

 This is Auntie Judie's.

 My wax hand.

Us in the making of our batiks.