Spring Break: Obsessions

Our family went to St. George for the first half of spring break. I was pretty lame and forgot to take pictures... I hope you forgive me. Besides, I didn't think you would be interested in seeing us swimming, sleeping, or watching The Biggest Loser- that is just so boring! 

My sibs have become obsessed with playing this game called Draw Something on their iTouches. I don't understand. I'm not talking about Draw Something but about the iTouch as a whole. What makes it so desirable? How do people become consumed by their games? What makes cutting a rope to feed a monster a piece of candy entertaining? In the car ride home from St George I overheard Goose ask my dad a question that made me chuckle:

Hey dad, can I upgrade the Moron Test 2?

I knew what she was talking about, but I still couldn't help but laugh at the oddness of that question. 

Can anybody explain to me what makes the iTouch so addicting?

While my sibs obsessed over their games, I have been obsessing over this book:

Usually when I am in St. George on vacation, I am constantly worried about my pale skin becoming a beautiful brown. This time I said to myself, To heck with tan skin! and instead of tanning I swam in the hotel pool. Unfortunately the pool was not open for an hour after the time posted on the door. My mom was determined to get a head start on her tan so the entire family staked out on the pool deck, taking the best chairs available. I had no desire to just lay there so I went back to our hotel room to get my book. 

We waited for an hour. As time slowly went by, the young ones became more and more impatient. As for me, I was content just sitting there reading my book while allowing the sunshine to warm up my cold body. I didn't worry about my position on the chair and what would be the best tanning strategy. I was more worried about how to make my eyes adjust to the light bouncing off the pages as I was trying to read. As a result, I now have splotchy sun burns on my legs and arms. Ha.

Anywhoooo... read this book! Every time I read it I have to force myself to stop so I can get some sleep. This book makes me want to be a mom more than anything. I am so excited to be married and have my own little family! I know it will be beautiful!

But right now, I am just a teenager in high school. Excited for choir tour.

Choir Tour 2012: 9 Days

Traditions

Every six months when General Conference comes around, our family makes scones. It's tradition. Every Sunday morning we wake up to the smell of freshly-baked scones and see the kitchen counter top covered with toppings galore. There's the powdered sugar, the cinnamon sugar, the butter, the honey, the jam of every kind imagineable.... I think you get the idea- lots o' toppings.

And that's just the beginning of our traditions.

We also do treats during conference. They are meant to be used for Conference Bingo... we end up just eating them all at the beginning of the session instead.

Also, after priesthood session, we have pie and ice cream. Mmmhmm APPLE PIE!!!! Oh how I love apple pie and vanilla ice cream.... mmmhmmm...

On Saturday night, I had fun playing games with some of my favorite peeps and some boys from Arizona. We played Blowpong, SPAZZ, and Touch Five. I am not the best player at any of these games but I had fun laughing and being with my friends. Dangflabbit, I wish I took pictures! Eh, you'll just have to trust me when I say we had a blast!

I hope you enjoyed your weekend, whatever your traditions may be.