Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday, Riley and Uncle Andrew!!! Riley had his on the ninth, and Uncle Andrew is going to have his on the fifteenth. Both of you, have a great birthday! I love you!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

I just thought this picture was funny. Poor turkey, though.

November and Alicia

November is here! So many things: Clark's birthday, Brooke's birthday, Dad's birthday, my ear surgery, and Thanksgiving! Not to mention that Grandmary and Grandpa are coming home! I know I'm excited. Here's a picture to celebrate: Maybe you haven't heard, but Alicia got her braces off yesterday! Congratulations, Alicia!

You look gorgeous! (Even better than the cornucopia!)

Halloween

Halloween is coming! I'm so excited. This is going to be so awesome. My school, San Elijo Middle, is even letting us dress up.

This is an awesome picture of Harry Potter jack o'lanterns that I found online. The images are so elite!

Off Vacation, Back to School

Vacation is over now, and it's time to go back to school. Last week I was smushing all the fun I could for the last week of summer in Utah. It was a lot cooler than here in California. We met Lauren's boyfriend, Seth. He was really nice. He came with us to the waterpark, Seven Peaks, Zupas, which has amazing soups and sandwiches, and Brick Oven. We also went to (without Seth) Cafe Rio, bowling, and shopping for Lauren and Brooke (Which could include the BYU Bookstore).

The first day of San Elijo Middle School was wonderful. I was able to find all my classes, luckily, since I hadn't been to the tour. I have four teachers, and they were all kind. I just went around and did pretty much the same thing in each class, since it was the first day, which meant go to every class and say," Hi, I'm Natalie Stevenson, and I like to go by Nat." Pretty easy.

A Very Berry Milkshake

This is simple, really simple:

• Milk
• Frozen blueberries, razzberries, strawberries, and blackberries
• Vanilla ice cream

Blend then serve.

Wicked

Yesterday I went with Alicia, Brooke, and Mom to see the play, Wicked. It was amazing! I think everyone should see it. From a scale of 1-10, 10 being the best, I give it a 100! If I ever get another chance to see it, I'm going, for sure. It's funny, sad, happy, and everything in between.

Summer is Finally Here!

Summer is finally here. That means. . . Time to go to the beach!

Summer

Yeah! Summer vacation is so close! To celebrate, I decided to post some of last years pictures of Yosemite. (I wasn't there.) :)
Here's Riley in front of a large waterfall.

Here is a picture of Half Dome.

I just thought this picture looked cool. Nice view!

Clogging Competions at Lagoon

On Monday I got home from clogging competitions. The competitions were on Saturday at Lagoon in Salt Lake City, Utah. I had to do three class dances. We received two first places and one second! I also did a duet with my best friend, Julia Larsen, which won first place. We had tons of fun, going on rides in between dances.

This is Julia and me after all the dances in our brand new National shirts, while we wait to get on a ride.

Lauren was kind enough to do my makeup and my hair.

On these pictures, my class will be Star Steppin' IV.

Smoothie-licious!

Well, as you should know, my dad has a blog where people post simple, but delicious, recipes. I'm not part of that blog so I'm posting my own recipe here. It's a smoothie that I personally like to put into popsicle mold to make smoothie popsicles. Here are the ingredients (it makes two helpings, I think):

• Six frozen strawberries (without the leaves will taste better)
• One frozen banana
• A handful of frozen blueberries
• One strawberry yogurt
• Some cranberry juice

Here's a hint: put in more juice if you want it thinner. Put all the ingredients into a blender, put the lid on (of course) and blend. Every once in a while, (a very short while) take off the lid and push in the clumps with a spoon. Unless you like fruit chunks in your smoothies. Hence the root word smooth. When you've blended it to your liking, just pour it in some cups. Unless your desperate. :)

A Mixture of Holidays and Trips

As you know, Stanley is here on a trip. I have my 11th birthday coming on Thursday. Clogging competitions are on Saturday. Mother's Day is tomorrow. Everything mixed together equals craziness! We're mixing Mother's Day dinner and my B-Day dinner together. We'll eat my birthday cake tomorrow. I'll open my presents on the way to competition, and we'll take Stanley along with us. We're going to stay at Tyler and Kristen's house the first night, a hotel the following night, and a different hotel the last two nights, I think. Too bad I'll miss testing on Monday. . . :)

The Swine Flu

As you most likely have heard, there is a deadly swine flu going around. Tanner has informed us that he has some hopes that his school will close this coming week from the swine flu because they are going to start taking state tests. Although, he's also fine with just getting sick himself. The picture above is a trap! A very deadly trap. There have been few sightings of this terrible pig. Many have fallen for his friendly look and flattering talk. If you see this very pig, remember to stay clear of it! That's all for today, folks!

The Best Birthday, So Far. . .

We all have birthdays. This was mine when I turned ten last year. The reason I'm posting it was because it was special. I turned double digits (finally!). And, as you can see, everything was an orange-ish tint. Also, someone is playing Wii Fit in the background! I wonder if they got a new high score. . .

Starting a Blog

Okay, so I'm new to this blogging thing. I haven't done a blog before, but I'm really excited. I've looked at many blogs, and I think they're all great. I don't think I'll be as good as any of them yet. I hope I'll be able to keep up with it, and do funny and interesting posts. Thanks for any support!!