Braces are NO MORE!

WHoo Hoo!! I got my braces off last Monday and I am L.O.V.I.N.G. my beautiful pearly whites! he he he! Seriously, they look so good! I didn't tell any of my friends, so after basketball practice my mom picked me up to take me to my 8:00 appointment. When I got there I was so excited! The secretary lady said that it wouldn't hurt and it would go by really fast. Well........ it did hurt when he actually pulled the braces off, but after that it wasn't that bad. For those of you that have never had braces, when they take them off, your teeth are still caked with that gross glue. So they have to use this drill thing on all your teeth to get the glue off. Talk about one wierd feeling!

When I got to school and saw my friends they were totally shocked! It took them a minute to figure out why I was smiling non-stop like a complete moron..... but they finally noticed! I couldn't stop smiling all day long, and my teeth felt really slimy! Then I had to get my retainer on Wednesday. It's polka-dotted but still super annoying! My orthodontist says that I can only take it out when I'm brushing my teeth, so I have to eat with it in too! I'm beginning to get more used to it, but I still hate it! :)

I would have lots of pictures but I'm still camera-less! I don't know if I've mentioned it on here or not, but my camera broke and we had to take it back. We still haven't got a new one because whenever I find one that I like, the store doesn't have any in stock. It's very frustrating but hopefully I can get one soon because I'm really missing having one. Sydney has a few pictures on her camera so I just have to get her to email them to me, then I'll post them!

Free iPod shuffle!!

Well, because of my amazing 4.0 for first term, I got to go to Honor Roll on Friday, and miss 4th period!! I have algebra that period, so I was a little nervous that I would miss something important. (which I probably did, but oh well) Anyway, I am so glad that I went! I ended up winning a new iPod shuffle! The student counsil did a raffle with four iPods, some iTunes gift cards, and lots of chocolate. It was the very last drawing that they were doing, and while everyone was doing a drumroll, I said, "BRIANNA BEAN!" and then right after that, the girl said, "BRIANNA BEAN!!" My friends and I were screaming so loud! It was so awesome! The iPod is so cool, and Jennifer is already after my mp3. This is what it looks like.... It may only be a 2GB, but my mp3 was only 1GB so I'm upgrading! And it was FOR FREE!

Totally and completely hilarious!

You'll never guess what happened at lunch today!.... To start off, by the end of lunch Olga and I both had chocolate milk all over us!

So it all started when Olga was taking a drink.... I all of a sudden got an urge to mess with her. I tapped her milk from the bottom (clearly not thinking!) and it spilt on her face and pants! She then got a wacky idea, and I think she obviously wasn't thinking either, because then she gave me a very wild look like, "you did NOT just do that!" and she dumped the rest of her carton all down the front of me! I was drenched in chocolate milk, and my white shirt was definitely stained! It was hilarious, and Olga and I both could not stop laughing! Even now while I type this I am cracking up! Everyone around us couldn't believe they had just witnessed that, and Olga and I weren't even close to mad at each other! The way I look at it..... I started it, and she had a right to get me back! (and oh, boy, did she do that!)

Anyway, I called my mom and she brought me a new shirt. What great memories!! I just wish someone would have pulled out a camara and taken a picture.....

Homemade bread at a sleepover!

Olga and I had a sleepover last week, and it was tons of fun! We went to Walmart first and while we were there, we decided that we wanted to make some homemade bread! So with some help from some employees, we found the yeast, and went home to get started. She had this really good recipe that she made at young womens once, so we made that. It's called "Amish white bread." Here are some pictures...

STEP 1: Mix yeast and warm water

STEP 2: Add flour and work the dough until soft (something like that)

Olga's beautiful heart shaped dough-

He He... i put flower all over her face... He He!

Ok, so even though we weren't making pizza, we wanted to try throwing the dough in the air like you do when you make pizza. It was hard, but way fun!

STEP 3: When dough is ready, shape into two loafs, and place in pans to rise.

STEP 4: Cook in the oven for 30 mins.

The one on the right is mine.... Olga's is way more professional!

This is Olga's- so beautiful. This is the one that I brought home for my family. Olga and I ate most of the loaf that I made.

STEP 5: Eat it up! Good with jam or toasted with butter.

Seriously, it was so good!! And it was even better because it was still hot from taking it out of the oven!

Well, after our bread-making Olga did my nails for me. They looked so awesome!! She did every nail a different color, and then she put zebra stripes on them. I don't know if you can see them very well from this picture...

She also wanted to try to make my hair go curly. So she wet me down, (seriously! She was getting everything wet with the spray bottle!!) then she put a bunch of moose in my hair. To keep it in over night, she french braided my hair and sprayed it all with hairspray.

Then in the morning we took out the braids, and it kind of worked! Not as good as it does when she does it to her hair... but I have a lot more hair then she does...

She came to my volleyball game that morning, and she was my good luck! We were playing a pretty hard team, but we won! It was lots of fun!

My hilarious conversation with Olga!

Today Olga and I were definetly on one.......

I asked her, "Olga, why does plucking your eyebrows make you sneeze?" (I know I'm wierd, but it's true!)
She answered me with, "Because it's sensational and it tickles!

I tell you, that's one of the funniest things that I've heard in a long time! I don't know where she comes up with all this stuff, but I love it!!! You're awesome Olga!!

Welcome back dance!

Everyone always loves the school dances! Friday was the "welcome back" dance, and of course we had an awesome time! I tell you, those things would be so boring if I didn't have any friends to dance and be crazy with! Ashley is hilarious and she definetly makes everything more exciting! I think that we were kind of scaring some of the 7th graders..... A few times we would see someone just sitting or standing around so we would go up to them and ask them if they wanted to come and dance with us.... It was funny because they would give us this wierd look like, "why are you talking to me- I don't know you- get away!" But at least we tried, right?

This picture is so cute!

Ok, I am extremely hesitant to put this picture on here!....... But I just think that it's hilarious! Ashley and I were running and then jumping and hitting our hips together....... you know what I'm talking about... and Natalie had my camera ready to take the picture. ha ha ha ha! Look at my face!

Singing along is of course always fun! They played "Thriller" at one point and we all lined up and did part of the Thriller dance! It was hilarious and boy did we get some wierd looks! I should of had someone take a picture because it was awesome!


This is Sydney and her friend Senja. It's fun to have Sydney coming to the dances now too!

These are just a few more group pictures that I had our friend Nikki take.

We're standing in "our corner!" It's where we're always at........ I don't know why, but we just like that spot!

Happy Birthday Ashley!!

The 9th was Ashley's birthday, and we did all kinds of fun things! We were all going to go see a movie together, but there really wasn't anything good out, so we ended up just having a little movie night over at Ashley's house, and it was lots of fun! I didn't take a lot of pictures, but here are a few....

Me, Olga, Celeste, Natalie, and Ashley! It's harder than you think to fit everyone in one picture by just sticking your arm out!

Me and Olga--- best buds!

This picture was just too funny to not put on here....... ha ha ha ha ha!

We also did some fun things at school for her on Wednesday. I brought this crown and we made her wear it all day long! I also decorated her locker for her before school with some cute little letters and my hand drawn balloons! We had Natalie open it for us, so that we could put her little presents in there along with her huge card that Celeste made!

Such a princess! And I must add, the Batman shirt adds to the fantasy quite a bit....

Olga is modeling the amazing card that Celeste made. We all signed it on the inside, and it was so cute!

This is the front of her locker.

Here's the inside... We were all waiting for her when she came up the stairs, (I know, not suspicious at all...) and she loved it!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ASHLEY!