Crying Cuz-a Christmas

Thoughts of Christmas...

and sister...

and Pero while snuggling on the couch with a fire...

watching "Muppet's Christmas Carol"...

playing with my cute McKenna Bug...

making homemade Christmas...

Christmas Songs...

Christmas lights-colorful/white...twinkly or not...

James Taylor...Kenny G...Hotel Café (have yet to get)...

no school...

are enough to make me tear up!! 

I'm seriously such a baby...

and ready for a break...

and for my sis to be home...

And then while enjoying some Christmasy James Taylor I never realized what the lyrics were to his song "Some Children See Him" were...

Some children see Him lily white,

The baby Jesus born this night.

Some children see Him lily white,

With tresses soft and fair.

Some children see him bronzed and brown,

The Lord of heav'n to earth come down.

Some children see Him bronzed and brown,

With dark and heavy hair.

Some children se Him almond-eyed, 

This Savior whom we knell beside.

Some children see him almond-eyed,

With skin of yellow hue.

Some children see Him dark as they,

Sweet Mary's Son to whom we pray.

Some children see Him dark as they,

And, ah! they love Him, too!

The children in each different place

will see the baby Jesus' face

like theirs, but bright with heavenly grace,

and filled with holy light.

O lay aside each earthly thing

and with thy heart as offering, 

come worship now the infant king.

'Tis love that's born tonight!

love it!!-its definitely one of my new favorite Christmas songs now-

where have you been all my life?

Updates with pic's coming soon...promise (member?...no school!)

"moldy & old, decaying"

Thanks to Steph Romney I learned the error of my ways...I haven't blogged in so long!  Everything left in this thing has become old, moldy, and decaying.  I hope I will be able to catch up soon...maybe today if I can finish some applications and jazz...?

As I looked at my sister's blog  I discovered some of the happiest news that is very worthy of giving thanks (in honor of the weekend)...  

as of 2:33 my time and 5:33 hers...

12 days, 2 hrs and 25 min.s 

until Megs gets to come home!!!  Oh the countdown is so on!!! 

I've missed her like crazy!!  I have only seen her via the internet for the past 4(ish) months and it is so time.  I miss scattergories, swigs, laughing till we cry, talking about boys, singing like crazy to songs, taking wiggle pic.s...its just so time to have her back!  And we need you girl because Christmas can't officially start until you're home...and we need you to help put up the trees! (we have two!)

"I love cake!"-Be smart

It kills me!  Welcome to my super creative together YW pres.  Who, without fail, provides me with a back-to-school trinket to giddy-up and inspire me.  If you see me carrying this around tomorrow for the FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL (yuck) then you will know who it came from.  (ask me for the "smarties" tomorrow if your interested-I'm not a fan...haha, you are what you eat?)

Disclaimer: sorry, I don't know whats up.  Apparently if you click the underlined text its linked to this picture here.  You don't need to do that.  The pic. isn't all that amazing, just look at it right here k?  Good deal.

Mac and I made a chocolate cake from scratch today.  It was fantabulous!!  With my brother there is always some kitchen concoction to be made, its hilarious.

During the making of our cake we had a constant quotation of, "I love cake!  I do!  I just looouuve cake!" see here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxXGNSx4CBc 

"Do we want nuts in this?...do we even have nuts?"    Mac-"No! This chocolate cake contains...no nuts!"

see here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9r25GhBWjc

Enjoy the cake!!

So here I go to my first day of my senior year! I'm slightly scared...slightly over it.  I'm excited to play with my peeps I haven't seen in a while, be in Baser's class, and be the "big dawg" on campus.  It will be weird getting off to school my myself though.  My parents are off in Utah-miss you...but congrats Jake!...(good luck?! haha)  

Comfort Cushion-Its not a Toy!

I FINALLY finished English!!! I sent my last paper off at 11:59 last night. I was cutting it close...but I got a 92!! Thanks Hank! I'm feeling really good about it. I'm getting an A in a college class! (Except for the incomplete I have from my second paper. But, that will be shortly fixed.  It was an email problem on his end, I guess.)  

I wouldn't have been able to make it through yesterday though if it weren't for my "comfort cushion." This thing kills me!

Here's what he looks like!

And sorry you have to see his rear-end...

The tag says:

(Cation: 

• This product is a comfort cushion, not a toy.
  
• Keep away from infants and younger children.
  
• Do not poke the cushion with sharp objects.
  
• Excessive weight or pressure may cause the fabric tears that will realease the beads.
  
• Ensure caution to keep the beads from eyes, mouth, nose  or ears. Immediately rinse eyes, mouth, nose and ears, seeking medical assistance if necessary.
  
• Do not expose the cushions to open flame, cigarettes or excessive heat.)
  

I took that tag totally to heart. Seriously, this guy is no toy. He is made for those that are seriously in need of some comfort. But warning!!-you don't want to hug him too tight or else you might squeeze him in two...which could be fatal to your health.  

A whole day inside the house in the pjs I wore to bed the night before.  Now I have to finish Spanish this weekend and then I am ready for summer!  Haha-that's pathetic huh?

Thanks all for your love and support!

This Week-A Taster-A week of ups and downs

Like the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad! (my favorite Disneyland ride)  

Sorry to all who I've vented to one-too-many times this week--it shouldn't have been as big of a deal as it was/is.  Explanation to all those I haven't vented to yet...sorry again haha: I decided at the end of the school year I would take three online classes so that I would have a "chillaxed" school year.  So I'm just now finishing Eng. 102 online, trying to make myself finish Spanish 2 online, and jogging about 12 miles a week (sometimes haha) for my online jogging class.  I'm a little insane.  I have successfully avoided many fun summer things.  But, the summer is almost over and so will my stressful classes (I couldn't be more excited)!  So with all of my self imposed deadlines and a big family vacation shining around the corner I was (a little more than) sad that I had to do the classes in the first place and that I couldn't break my double-threat-bad-habit of perfectionism and procrastination.  Long story short...I lost. I had to bring my homework with me this week on my family trip.  I've been hiding myself in my cousin's room all week like a nerd so that I could finish my English paper...while my brothers trash talked each other on their Wii golf game (yea it can get pretty hardcore jk), my nieces do back handsprings outside, and as family I never get to play with...play.  With tons of help from my Dad, Megs, Rob, and Ma I was able to send off my English paper and I'm so grateful (and thanks for all of the sanity checks from my cute cute friends...I'll admit maybe another one of my ADD moments). I guess the only other downer was the morning before we left for Cali.  I had to go trudge out the 2 1/2 hour wait at school to talk to a counselor and then go through 30 min. of intense heart wrenching change.  I hate change...sometimes it is good but oftentimes...ugh not fun.  I had a few classes to switch around leaving three of my performing classes in the first four hours of the day-the only time to take two other classes that I've been wanting in my life since forever!!  I had to give up anatomy, a dream I've had since 8th grade.  Now I'm taking Physics with Fife...maybe I'll love it cause I know that my Dad LOVES physics, but it was a little shock.  I really wanted to take that class.  I surprised myself with how sad I was to have to miss out. There is always college.  (Meg laughs at me... "Oh!-But I wanted the AP class and now I have to take a general?!...This sucks!"  but really it kind of does)

But this week has been awesome despite my stress (minor in spite of my complaining.)  I've been able to spend time with my cute adorable nieces.

M C K-E NN A   M O FF A T (sing to the tune of the Mickey Mouse song) 

She is adorable as all get out...and as cute and happy as they get.  

I like to think that I'm her favorite.

Then there's Cameron-she was so funny. 

She was terrified of the water but loved to roll around in the sand!

She LOVES food...just fyi haha (sorry thats totally random)

Shocker of the week-Jacie. 

She is so big!! She's doing back flips on the tramp and taking coasters like a champ. 

She is already more awesome than I was at her age...or am now.

She totally loves the beach...it took us a little bit but now she will hold "just one!" sand crab and she totally gets in the water.

We have the whole gang here! All of my brothers and sisters (married-ins included).  We are beaching it at least 4 times this week (my paradise), playing lots of our favorite domino game "42," and eating lots-what Moffats are good at!  We went to Disneyland last night too, which was a blast!  We had a private meeting with Cinderella for Jacie (She has never been so shy! It was funny.)  Fantasmic-my favorite thing about Disneyland.  (I teared up over Snow White of all things...really what is happening to me? haha)

There is also amazing jogging over here.  I'm not one for jogging outside-but if I were to-it should be here.  Despite the fact that there are hills...something I'm totally not used to back at M-Town it was amazing.

Tons of random thoughts and tasters of the week-I'll fill in the big gaps later (When Meg loads more of her tasty shots on her website (all fotos used courtesy of Meg))  So far just some ups and downs: in school, the waves at the beach, and the rides...and actually with my nieces-I'm their personal Jungle Jim, up and down they go...tired arms :)

Um...I'm basically illiterate

Megs just posted this list on her blog. Me, thinking that I am so well read, did not fear to look this list over. It is somewhat depressing. I'm 6 away from the average adult. I guess I can get some slack cause I'm not really an adult for two more months...come on I think its a good reason. My "want to read" list is obnoxious. I can't possibly read all of those in the next two months...but I see some more reads happening very very soon! (on my stack-literally-is LOTR and The Hobbit, Oliver Twist, and Les Miserables)

Here's how it works:

The Big Read says that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed.

 

1) Look at the list and bold those you have read

2) Italicize those you intend to read.

3) Make the ones you loved obnoxiously larger than life

4) Reprint this list so we can try and track down these people who've read only 6 or less and make them read.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

And now..... THE BIG READ TOP 100

 

1. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen

2. The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien

3. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte

4. The Harry Potter Series JK Rowling

5. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee

6. The Bible

7. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte

8. Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell

9. His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman

10. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens

11. Little Women - Louisa M Alcott

12. Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy

13. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller (I own this but have yet to read it)

14. Complete Works of Shakespeare

15. Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier

16. The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien

17. Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks

18. Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger

19. The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger

20. Middlemarch - George Eliot

21. Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell

22. The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald

23. Bleak House - Charles Dickens

24. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy

25. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams

26. Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh .

27. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

28. Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck

29. Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll

30. The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame

31. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy

32. David Copperfield - Charles Dickens

33. Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis

34. Emma - Jane Austen .

35. Persuasion - Jane Austen

36. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis

37. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini

38. Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres

39. Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden

40. Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne

41. Animal Farm - George Orwell

42. The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown

43. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez

44. A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving

45. The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins

46. Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery

47. Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy

48. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood

49. Lord of the Flies - William Golding

50. Atonement - Ian McEwan .

51. Life of Pi - Yann Martel

52. Dune - Frank Herbert

53. Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons

54. Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen

55. A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth

56. The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon

57. A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens

58. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley

59. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon

60. Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez

61. Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck

62. Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov Nabokov

63. The Secret History - Donna Tartt

64. The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold

65. Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas

66. On The Road - Jack Kerouac

67. Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy

68. Bridget Jones' Diary - Helen Fielding

69. Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie

70. Moby Dick - Herman Melville

71. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens

72. Dracula - Bram Stoker

73. The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett

74. Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson

75. Ulysses - James Joyce

76. The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath

77. Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome

78. Germinal - Emile Zola

79. Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray

80. Possession - AS Byatt

81. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens

82. Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell

83. The Color Purple - Alice Walker

84. The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro

85. Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert

86. A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry .

87. Charlotte's Web - EB White

88. The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom

89. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

90. The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton

91. Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad

92. The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery

93. The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks

94. Watership Down - Richard Adams

95. A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole

96. A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute

97. The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas

98. Hamlet - William Shakespeare

99. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl

100. Les Miserables - Victor Hugo

 

Read : 12

Want to read: 14

Catch Up 1. Vegas and DC!!!

I promised a recap of past stuff...and pichas! I went to Vegas w/ Ma in a spur of the moment trip during spring break this year because Rob was going to be playing Robin in his show Spamalot. It was so much fun!!! Ma and I partied and read Frankenstein some of the way up and back and then we saw all that there was to see in Vegas by our amazing guide Gail de Jesus (wife of friend and patsy in Spamalot).

And of course playing with my brother was a BIG plus! I seriously get homesick for Rob. We had a little voice lesson while I was there too-thanks to him I have hope to ever be able to sing. If only I could just take him with me!

Washington D.C. was our big music department tour. It was such a blast & a half! These pic.s don't do it justice but here you go anyways.

This is my friend Bryce with one of the many ways we passed the time in the airport to DC.

Yes, this is called "The Portable PROCRASTINATOR DOODLE PAD Get Busy Wasting Time"-hilarious

This bus is in honor of Megs...she just began her little St. Patty's obsession and it was only fitting!-only in DC

This was my favorite monument. Can you guess which one it is?

(Vietnam)

My peeps: Carl & Chase

Boy: Tyson

Kiddos: Katie, Lyndz, Bryce

And Josh Dalton!! I was so lucky to see him here! We met up at Union Station for lunch. We talked about boys, family, and of course...

...How Freakin' Huge our Gyros Were!!

Cuteface: Rhonda Guthrie

Again, for Meg

And this is what was goin on the WHOLE plane ride home! Just kidding, but he IS wearing my shirt I just bought. "If you fit into my pants I'll kill myself!"-While You Were Sleeping. My feelings exactly.

It was such a blast! I want to find a way to get back to DC in the fall when Megs moves there. The only downfall to visiting then, is the lack of this!...

A Lecture Laden “I Am a Child of God”

So Baby Mac was over for some play-time and Grandma started singing her a song that went a little something like this:

I am a child of God, and he has sent me here.
Has given me an earthly home, with parents
(And grandparents (and aunts)) kind and dear.
Oh lead me, guide me, walk (or lay right) beside me,
help me find the way (to be good and nice like your aunt).
Teach me all that I must do
(or not do-like not sticking your hands in your throat till you choke)
To live with Him someday.

I basically smiled my face off! Way to start her early on those lectures grandma!

Excitement

So the past two weeks have been crazy! Mom put up her show "Music Man" at Taylor Jr. High which was such a success! McKenna was blessed. (There were about 5 rows of crying Moffats and Englers...We sure know how to take over a ward's testimony meeting!)



My bro, Jake, took me on a little date to our friendly neighborhood Krazy Sub...we even met Ned...but I'm more proud to say that "I know STEVE!"
Here's my peeps...we are all a little insane! Everyone was trying to "Big Chief" this shot and I was just plain confused.



I just auditioned for All-state choir last night. It was pretty nerve racking...why do I put myself through those things? I asked my friend that...he said, "For competition!" I don't know. I'm not very competitive. Maybe if I make it in then I will realize why I do it. (P.S. Mike Rogan was judging tenor sight-reading and says hi to the fam...so, "Hi."

And also...I got my hair permed...so you will start to see a lot more Brooke White/Emily Dalton hair from me!

My Baby Love!

So Even with all of the amounts of homework I always can find time to dance. Coed was just a little bit ago and I went with my good friend Aaron Webb...don't we go so well together?

On such a lovey dovey date, could you expect anything less than a little smooching?

So there wasn't any kissing that night, but Aaron did acquire the the nickname for the night: kissy lips..but don't ask me why I can't remember! (sorry its a bit blurry)

But someone I can't help but give kisses to is my sweet niece baby Mac (McKenna Camille Moffat born Jan. 10th-I was able to miss school for this exciting event...then little memory-I went that night with Mac and had Ice cream sandwiches with the ice cream from DQ and monstrous oreos...way fun! Mac jumped up to change McKenna, who then of course started crying, and new daddy, Mac, just cupped her up onto his chest and instinctly she calmed down, it had to be one of the sweetest moments yet of her little life for me)

Baby Mac's blessing is this Sunday!...welcome the fam...

Does anybody really know what time it is?....Does anybody really care?

So whoever can tell me who sang that song...you will get a big fat juicy smile and much self satisfaction.

So if anyone still reads my blog...then thanks for stickin with me! Uh...and sorry but, I probably can't ever fill you in! This pic. has been me the past months....homework, caffeine, and trying to stay sane! There is more where this came from!