so I got this new little phone and I really don't know what to do with it. But I did learn how to take photos and blog. Yay!

Barbed Wire and Superglue

So, I was at camp Liahona.  It's a youth camp for Priests and Laurels in my steak to go for an overnight-er to learn about leadership and other life skills.  On Friday night we played Fugitive.  The object of the game is to get from point A to point B without getting caught by the adults.  Our point B was the river bank.  Me and Kailee Hendricks decided to go where less people were going and head west around the camp and through the cover of trees.  It seemed perfect.  When we started we went running and sprinting from tree to tree to keep under cover.

I decided to dash for another tree.  Suddenly I stopped.  It was not that I intended on stopping but I ran into an invisible wall.  'No wait' I thought, 'it's not a wall, it's a fence.'  Then my brain got to my senses and realized it was a barbed wire fence when my legs felt like it got chomped by a giant rattlesnake.  I turned around, grabbed poor leg and did something I thought I could never do.
 ......"Sh**!"  I said.......
It slipped, honestly it just happened.  But I didn't think my leg got cut too bad.  I kept going, but I lost my stealthiness and got caught pretty soon.  I must have been in a bit of shock because I didn't feel much pain at all.  When I got to the light though my legs turned out to be a different story:  I had a scratch on my left leg, 2 puncture wounds on my right thigh, and a big gash that ran down my right shin.

I went to the nearest adult to get medical attention.  I didn't intend on the pitiful attention I got from all the other kids.  It was so annoying.  My right leg was was pretty bad with that gash and all, but luckily there was a doctor there.  He didn't have any sutures for stitches, but he did have superglue.  Hurray!  He laid me down and gave me a local anesthetic to numb my leg.  The only thing that really hurt in that event was the needle.  I've never had a needle hurt but that killed!  Another kid, Jackson was just so nice and he talked to me the whole time to keep me from getting board that whole hour.  I like nice boys. 

Brother Phillips was able to glue my leg back together and wrap it all up.  Now I've got a big yellow wrap that says "look I damaged my leg!  Come over and ask me what happened!"  It says that figuratively of course.  I was just hoping that people wouldn't be too worked up about it.  Or at least notice.

Okay, so that was my adventure on Friday night, but even for the last couple of days I've been getting so much attention for it.  I don't know if I like it.  I mean I don't mind people caring, but do I really have to get the same sorry answer every time I tell my funny story?  One Beehive said it was really funny and laughed.  For me that was a breath of fresh air.  Thank you, Carina, for having a sense of humor.
I laugh even how at this event.  I mean, I ran straight into a barbed wire fence.  I was laughing even right after I cut it.  For some people to have an epic story of injury I ran into a fence.  I just wish the people in this world could laugh more about some of their woes than cry about it. 

Future Wedding Pictures. It's so happening

This is exactly how I want my wedding pictures to be like.  But maybe I'll be in the action a little bit more.  So me and my "knight" can kick but together.  Hee hee.

An Intimidating Sort

You know isn't it funny the way we view things?  We look at The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and see Dorothy's gang.  Don't they just look so sweet?  No, not in a literal sense they don't.  I mean lets think logically: an iron lumber jack carrying around his axe, a lion, and a scarecrow that really shouldn't be moving much less speaking.  It can really give you creeps.  But instead they're nice and help Dorothy.  o_O
Then we have Alice in Wonderland.  My brother talked about it scaring him when he was young.  Really?  A smiley cat and children get nightmares?  Isn't our view of things just odd?

Now lets talk about those flying monkeys :).  Yes they are pretty scary looking, but if L. Frank Baum really wanted to scare the little children and grown-ups, he would have put wings on spiders!  Yes, the total nightmarish fear would appear in our minds horrifically. 

Here is a sketch of Dorothy and his gang with Alice, because I thought it would be fun (that's were I thought up all this stuff up above).

Semester Art pieces and House of Bears

Uh...hi
I'll try to be better at updating my blog, even if it's silliness and stuff.  My father's birthday is coming.  Strange.  So mother decided to through a big party on Friday. 
Suddenly I feel I'm living in a house of bears (hm catchy, I'm open to anyone who will write a song or poem about that phrase.  I don't really care what).  Mother and Sister are brawling each other constantly.  I'm just the little fox awkwardly keeping out of it and doing the dishes.  And the real bear (Papa) is hibernating. 

You know, I looked at the snow covered mountains and thought, wouldn't it be nice to live up there?  To be so cold your toes are falling off a bit.  You're covered in furs and things to keep warm and gather firewood for your little cottage fire, while you're watching the snowflakes make their final waltz to the ground.  I would love that.  (I know, I'm weird, I would love to live in an isolated mountain in the snow)

Anyway, here are my art pieces from last semester drawing class. Or at least some of them:

Comparison of Shiny and Matt (my scanner made all the lines in my background stand out.  I know it's awful but in real life they aren't there that much.  Ignore them)

Just a Fairytale. 
medium: pen and ink
style: stipple