This past weekend, Australians, Americans, Liasons, and Parents alike all went to Winter Park to have a fun filled weekend of snowboarding, skiing, snowshoeing, tubing, making snow angels, snowball fights, and having an absolute ball!
On Friday Afternoon, Evan and I ventured to Megan's house to help her film for a simulated drunk party for an English project she was doing... May I just say that it was soooo much fun! Had the best time pretending to get drunk, falling over, raving, playing with the cat, laughing, and eating Evan in a doughnut suit. May I just say it was the best party ever :)
Friday Night, Jay, Abby, Brianna, Evan, and I all drove up after gratuitous amounts of procrastination we decided to drive up to the place where we stayed at even after the snow storm blocked off I25. We were the last to arrive, other than peggles and craig, and we played cards, had a few laughs and went to bed.
Woke up in the morning feeling quite tired and cold, i looked out the window and i saw that there was EXTREME amounts of snow.... well... from MY point of view it was extreme. After we got ready, which took long LONG time, we went to the Winter Park ski resort where we were to go on our adventure :)
Can i just say that even though i'm not the best at it, i'm pretty chill at snowboarding! Its SOOOOO much fun! after the first half of our lesson we had lunch and met up with peggles then, and then we had our best run of the day. I really want to go again before i leave :) i love snowboarding! Its harder than it looks! When we got back that afternoon my afternoon consisted of, sleeping, making fun of eric and chase, takng codral cold and flu, sleeping, showering, eating, playing the 'white elephant gift exchange' game, watching home videos (which made me cry!), youtubing stuff, and staying up til 2 a.m. :)
Sunday morning we woke up reletivly early (10 a.m.) and got dressed and ready. We said goodbye to biannca, kelly, bronte, eric, and chase, and then the Sutton/Goffer, Parker/Davey, Phalens, Longwell/Yale, Pages, and Hammer/Thorsby families all went to go tubing :)
OMG! THIS IS SOOOO FUN!!!! especially if you go down on your stomach ;) thanks haileigh for making me do that :) it was sooo much fun to slide down the giant iced hill with my friends/family/liason families :) we did some pretty epic formations (star, thousand people in a line, two people holding hands) and it was fun :P
afterwards brandon, evan and i had a) snowball fight, b) tackling fight, c) made snow angels with genetailia, d)tripped over in snow mounds :)
all i can say is it was a fun weekend :)
love you all! DONT WANT TO LEAVE!
peace out !
brianna
PS: Steve thinks this is Gay...
Monday, December 13, 2010
Sunday, December 5, 2010
and then there was three
After Thanksgiving Break, I had an epiphany.
I only have three weeks left of an American School experience...
scary huh?
Spirit Week:
Monday: Winter Comfort Day - pretty cool, abby, evan, and I all wore our ugly christmas sweaters to school which was funsies :)
Tuesday: Stoplight day - i wore green because i have noone to ask :) but you know, being single isn't bad :) I quite like it :)
on monday and tuesday afternoon Abby and I went to the gym to be Fergalicious and work on our fitness
(I'll be up in the gym just working on my fitness he's my witness...oooh ahh... and they'll be lining down the block just to watch what i got....i'm fergalicious).. yes ok that was a lame joke!
anyways, i discovered that i have a lot of leg power... but no arm power... so i'll be going there a whole lot this week to work it up!
Wednesday: Disney Day- on tuesday night i realized that i don't have a blue dress, NOR anything that looks like any sort of disney character, so i wore a sign that said 'I am WALT DISNEY'... until some of my friends pointed out that he was a nazi and an all round ass whole... so i am no longer Walt Disney, but I wore Black and White to symbolize a creature in the background of his old school Mickey Mouse work (so yes STILL SPIRITED!) my favorite costume of the day though was a guy who dressed up as Tinkerbell... whoever he is.. he is now my idol!
wednesday after school Kelsey and I had Christmas Concert Rehersal.. I sang and sang and sang and sang and went home and slept :)
Thursday: Class Pattern Day: I wore a striped dress...because stripes were for Juniors... and I am a Junior... good day. haha, nothing special happened this afternoon. I came home and slept til 7 and when i got up it was too late to go to the gym... didn't work on my fitness :/
Friday: SPIRIT DAY! - I wore my tigers slacks, white tennis shoes (canvas), my orange tigers tank, and a white cardigan. yes.... i did go all out and write LHS on my forehead. no.... I didn't write it backwards like Karen in Mean Girls. (phew!) but yeah. good day, had fun walking around with Tia during first :)
PEP RALLY was freaking awesome... soooo cool... come on Australia, we need to have these and become cool like America, these are the best things EVER!
After the pep rally we had regular classes and after school I had choir rehersals until 5:30.. .
yeah, i am sick with a cough, and i sang.... not the best idea in the world.
After rehersals (and a long wait to get a ride home) Marlyce, Evan and I all went to meet up with Zander, Kelly, Biannca, Maddie, Brandon and others for the Golden Candlelight Walk. It was great to meet up with everyone and to meet new people!
Saturday: the Dance - ok, during the day i just kinda slept and layed around until i decided to curl my hair..
after an hour, and evan's COMPLETE saintly patience my hair was curled and styled to look pretty. afterwards i got dressed, ready, and went to dinner with Marissa, Shannon, Ryan, and Charlie.
After dinner we went to the dance, sure the setup was good and the lights were off (the ENTIRE time) but it just wasn't as fun as it could have been. it was still a good dance though :) i enjoyed dancing with Cassie, Tia, Brenden, Evan, Zander, Marissa, Ryan (for some parts), Taylor, and countless others!
I'll just have to remember, if i come back and go to a dance like that, to have a date. It just seems a whole lot funner with a date.
Sunday: rest, recooperate, homework?
today i was suppose to do homework :) but i didn't. which is what right now is suppose to be for :) i have lines to study, t.v. to watch, and i'm sure other stuff to do too.
but what did i do instead? slept, showered, picked out Christmas Tree's and a wreath, put lights on tree's, slept, shopped at the dollar store, printed out lines, slept, finished a book, and ate...
:)
I have two more weeks of school left and then about three weeks left in America after that. Which means that I will only see most of the people at the school for two weeks, and only live with the Hammers for about a month more and then no more.
Its sad to think that I've met all of these people, and I probably wont see them again.
I don't want to go home, because of the Hammer's, Lakewood High School, My Friends, People I see EVERY day, the crazy non-snowing weather, pretty much i don't want to leave in general!
I'm excited to see my Australian Friends and Family and I can't WAIT to catch up with them!
I just think about how much this experience has impacted on my life and how I wouldn't have known these people if I hadn't gone to that information night or filled out that application almost a year ago. It's scary to think that I wouldn't have met the great, amazing, lovely, fantastic people that I have if I didn't go on this adventure. And I'm soo glad that I'm here in this Amazing place with all of these crazily amazing people around me.
i love it here, i call it my home, i don't want to leave.
all of my friends i would just like to say that if you ever decide to visit me in Australia, you will have a home... (hint hint!!!)
peace out!
brianna xx
I only have three weeks left of an American School experience...
scary huh?
Spirit Week:
Monday: Winter Comfort Day - pretty cool, abby, evan, and I all wore our ugly christmas sweaters to school which was funsies :)
Tuesday: Stoplight day - i wore green because i have noone to ask :) but you know, being single isn't bad :) I quite like it :)
on monday and tuesday afternoon Abby and I went to the gym to be Fergalicious and work on our fitness
(I'll be up in the gym just working on my fitness he's my witness...oooh ahh... and they'll be lining down the block just to watch what i got....i'm fergalicious).. yes ok that was a lame joke!
anyways, i discovered that i have a lot of leg power... but no arm power... so i'll be going there a whole lot this week to work it up!
Wednesday: Disney Day- on tuesday night i realized that i don't have a blue dress, NOR anything that looks like any sort of disney character, so i wore a sign that said 'I am WALT DISNEY'... until some of my friends pointed out that he was a nazi and an all round ass whole... so i am no longer Walt Disney, but I wore Black and White to symbolize a creature in the background of his old school Mickey Mouse work (so yes STILL SPIRITED!) my favorite costume of the day though was a guy who dressed up as Tinkerbell... whoever he is.. he is now my idol!
wednesday after school Kelsey and I had Christmas Concert Rehersal.. I sang and sang and sang and sang and went home and slept :)
Thursday: Class Pattern Day: I wore a striped dress...because stripes were for Juniors... and I am a Junior... good day. haha, nothing special happened this afternoon. I came home and slept til 7 and when i got up it was too late to go to the gym... didn't work on my fitness :/
Friday: SPIRIT DAY! - I wore my tigers slacks, white tennis shoes (canvas), my orange tigers tank, and a white cardigan. yes.... i did go all out and write LHS on my forehead. no.... I didn't write it backwards like Karen in Mean Girls. (phew!) but yeah. good day, had fun walking around with Tia during first :)
PEP RALLY was freaking awesome... soooo cool... come on Australia, we need to have these and become cool like America, these are the best things EVER!
After the pep rally we had regular classes and after school I had choir rehersals until 5:30.. .
yeah, i am sick with a cough, and i sang.... not the best idea in the world.
After rehersals (and a long wait to get a ride home) Marlyce, Evan and I all went to meet up with Zander, Kelly, Biannca, Maddie, Brandon and others for the Golden Candlelight Walk. It was great to meet up with everyone and to meet new people!
Saturday: the Dance - ok, during the day i just kinda slept and layed around until i decided to curl my hair..
after an hour, and evan's COMPLETE saintly patience my hair was curled and styled to look pretty. afterwards i got dressed, ready, and went to dinner with Marissa, Shannon, Ryan, and Charlie.
After dinner we went to the dance, sure the setup was good and the lights were off (the ENTIRE time) but it just wasn't as fun as it could have been. it was still a good dance though :) i enjoyed dancing with Cassie, Tia, Brenden, Evan, Zander, Marissa, Ryan (for some parts), Taylor, and countless others!
I'll just have to remember, if i come back and go to a dance like that, to have a date. It just seems a whole lot funner with a date.
Sunday: rest, recooperate, homework?
today i was suppose to do homework :) but i didn't. which is what right now is suppose to be for :) i have lines to study, t.v. to watch, and i'm sure other stuff to do too.
but what did i do instead? slept, showered, picked out Christmas Tree's and a wreath, put lights on tree's, slept, shopped at the dollar store, printed out lines, slept, finished a book, and ate...
:)
I have two more weeks of school left and then about three weeks left in America after that. Which means that I will only see most of the people at the school for two weeks, and only live with the Hammers for about a month more and then no more.
Its sad to think that I've met all of these people, and I probably wont see them again.
I don't want to go home, because of the Hammer's, Lakewood High School, My Friends, People I see EVERY day, the crazy non-snowing weather, pretty much i don't want to leave in general!
I'm excited to see my Australian Friends and Family and I can't WAIT to catch up with them!
I just think about how much this experience has impacted on my life and how I wouldn't have known these people if I hadn't gone to that information night or filled out that application almost a year ago. It's scary to think that I wouldn't have met the great, amazing, lovely, fantastic people that I have if I didn't go on this adventure. And I'm soo glad that I'm here in this Amazing place with all of these crazily amazing people around me.
i love it here, i call it my home, i don't want to leave.
all of my friends i would just like to say that if you ever decide to visit me in Australia, you will have a home... (hint hint!!!)
peace out!
brianna xx
Sunday, November 28, 2010
would you like me to run to the store and buy you some manpons?
May I just start off with saying that this Thanksgiving Break was awesome!
Lets start off with Friday:
Ok.. Black Friday was pretty awesome. Except for the fact that I woke up at 4:30 to be ready and at Shannons at 6... or so i thought we would.
I was ready to go and then Kelsey says to me.. 'Lets get the key's and go'. I asked her if she knew where the keys were and she said.. 'uhh..... no :)' so we were searching the house for like 30 minutes looking for the keys and we still couldn't find them. Shannon by this time had told us that we could wait for them at the bank so it gave us more time to get the keys.
We eventually woke up Jay to ask if we could take the pilot.. and where were the keys??
In his pocket...
nice one guys :)
After that we followed Shannon and her mom to Flat Irons where there were barely any crowds (WIN!)
The sales, accoring to SHannon and Kelsey, weren't as good as they were last year. Throughout the three hours we were shopping (7-10) I had bought:
a sports bra
a t-shirt
a sweater
pajama pants
and some V.S.A. Perfume
so yeah. pretty much a win :)
At about 11:30 we all hit the road to go to Canon City (pronounced like canyon city) where Evan's Grandparents live.
We arrived there at about 2 p.m. and settled in and ate some Thanksgiving dinner (the second day in a row) After the dinner (which was delicious) we put our stuff in our rooms and made our way to a cute little store called 'the Ruby Slipper'. It was very cute and I scored a sweater, a beanie, and $2 leather gloves.... everyone also scored....
UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATERS.
later that evening, Evan, Abby, Kelsey, and I all decided to go and see a movie WEARING those sweaters. It was a pretty good movie and we were turning heads in those sweaters...
not sure if it was in a good way though...=/
SATURDAY:
we woke up and went to Stanley, which is the Hammers complex in Canon City in which they're working on. It's a cute little set up but we still have a lot of work to do.
I met the neighbours and then we (and by we i mean Abby, Evan, Mom, and I) all drove to the Royal Gorge where we met up with Evan's friend Ben, we rode the rail thing across the gorge. and walked back across the bridge. It was loads of fun and I appreciate CHarissa taking us there :)
After that we went back to Stanley and stayed there a bit and then drove back to Grandma's and Grandpa's house for the night.
SUNDAY:
Today i woke EARLY because I wanted to drive the Tractor before I left.
So Abby, Jay, and I left Grandma's and Grandpa's at 9 a.m. so we could visit Maggie (someone who rents from the Hammers at the Stanley Complex) and so we could drive the tractor and lawn mower in their Stanley backyard. It was really cool! I gotta say, its a good way to practise steering, breaking, and gears. It was really fun.
After Abby had ridden the tractor (after me) for about 5 minutes the tractor ran out of gas. So Jay hooked the tractor up to the lawn mower and i towed the tractor to a ramp. After that Jay towed the tractor with the Pilot to the Garage.
It was really fun though :) I will take pictures next time and put them on Facebook :)
We drove home after that which was fun... I slept for most of it.
After we got home... Abby said the best quote of my life.
'would you like me to go to the store and buy you some manpons?'
i seriously lol'd for about five minutes.
funniest stuff :)
so yeah..... all in all I had a GREAT time and did a lot of new things :)
I love life and i have basically just one more month to go on this brilliant adventure and I wish I had more time!
Its going to be great to see my family and friends, but its going to be sad to leave the family that I have become a part of and the (hopefully) long life friends that I have made over here.
until next time,
peace out!
brianna.
xx
Lets start off with Friday:
Ok.. Black Friday was pretty awesome. Except for the fact that I woke up at 4:30 to be ready and at Shannons at 6... or so i thought we would.
I was ready to go and then Kelsey says to me.. 'Lets get the key's and go'. I asked her if she knew where the keys were and she said.. 'uhh..... no :)' so we were searching the house for like 30 minutes looking for the keys and we still couldn't find them. Shannon by this time had told us that we could wait for them at the bank so it gave us more time to get the keys.
We eventually woke up Jay to ask if we could take the pilot.. and where were the keys??
In his pocket...
nice one guys :)
After that we followed Shannon and her mom to Flat Irons where there were barely any crowds (WIN!)
The sales, accoring to SHannon and Kelsey, weren't as good as they were last year. Throughout the three hours we were shopping (7-10) I had bought:
a sports bra
a t-shirt
a sweater
pajama pants
and some V.S.A. Perfume
so yeah. pretty much a win :)
At about 11:30 we all hit the road to go to Canon City (pronounced like canyon city) where Evan's Grandparents live.
We arrived there at about 2 p.m. and settled in and ate some Thanksgiving dinner (the second day in a row) After the dinner (which was delicious) we put our stuff in our rooms and made our way to a cute little store called 'the Ruby Slipper'. It was very cute and I scored a sweater, a beanie, and $2 leather gloves.... everyone also scored....
UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATERS.
later that evening, Evan, Abby, Kelsey, and I all decided to go and see a movie WEARING those sweaters. It was a pretty good movie and we were turning heads in those sweaters...
not sure if it was in a good way though...=/
SATURDAY:
we woke up and went to Stanley, which is the Hammers complex in Canon City in which they're working on. It's a cute little set up but we still have a lot of work to do.
I met the neighbours and then we (and by we i mean Abby, Evan, Mom, and I) all drove to the Royal Gorge where we met up with Evan's friend Ben, we rode the rail thing across the gorge. and walked back across the bridge. It was loads of fun and I appreciate CHarissa taking us there :)
After that we went back to Stanley and stayed there a bit and then drove back to Grandma's and Grandpa's house for the night.
SUNDAY:
Today i woke EARLY because I wanted to drive the Tractor before I left.
So Abby, Jay, and I left Grandma's and Grandpa's at 9 a.m. so we could visit Maggie (someone who rents from the Hammers at the Stanley Complex) and so we could drive the tractor and lawn mower in their Stanley backyard. It was really cool! I gotta say, its a good way to practise steering, breaking, and gears. It was really fun.
After Abby had ridden the tractor (after me) for about 5 minutes the tractor ran out of gas. So Jay hooked the tractor up to the lawn mower and i towed the tractor to a ramp. After that Jay towed the tractor with the Pilot to the Garage.
It was really fun though :) I will take pictures next time and put them on Facebook :)
We drove home after that which was fun... I slept for most of it.
After we got home... Abby said the best quote of my life.
'would you like me to go to the store and buy you some manpons?'
i seriously lol'd for about five minutes.
funniest stuff :)
so yeah..... all in all I had a GREAT time and did a lot of new things :)
I love life and i have basically just one more month to go on this brilliant adventure and I wish I had more time!
Its going to be great to see my family and friends, but its going to be sad to leave the family that I have become a part of and the (hopefully) long life friends that I have made over here.
until next time,
peace out!
brianna.
xx
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Something new...
Ok...
a week or so ago, i relised that i haven't got long left in the country.
I decided that i would TRY to do something new everyday before I leave.
So far I have:
Gone to Sonic.
Gone to the Denver Art Museum and seen the King Tut Exhibit.
Gone to the Lakewood Rec Center and worked out
Had a Thanksgiving Dinner
Went to McDonalds at 10:30 at night in the freezing cold (not really the bestest idea)
Went to a Midnight Movie Premier (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows = the shit)
and will soon:
Go Black Friday Bargain Shopping,
Go to Canyon City where Grandma and Grandpa live (American Grandparents)
and also return to school and dress up for our spirit week for the Winter Fest Dance which is a Sadie Hawkins.
The dress up days for the week are:
Monday - Winter Comfort Day
Tuesday - Stoplight Day (red = if you have a date, green = you haven't asked or haven't been asked, and yellow = if you're asking that day)
Wednesday - Disney Day (Dress up like your favorite Disney Character)
Thursday - Classy CLass Day (Seniors = Plaid, Juniors = Stripes, Sophomores = Checkers, Freshman = Solid Colors, Teachers = Argyle.)
Friday - Spirit Day
Saturday - The Dance.
I'll keep you updated with what happens.
peace out
brianna
xx
a week or so ago, i relised that i haven't got long left in the country.
I decided that i would TRY to do something new everyday before I leave.
So far I have:
Gone to Sonic.
Gone to the Denver Art Museum and seen the King Tut Exhibit.
Gone to the Lakewood Rec Center and worked out
Had a Thanksgiving Dinner
Went to McDonalds at 10:30 at night in the freezing cold (not really the bestest idea)
Went to a Midnight Movie Premier (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows = the shit)
and will soon:
Go Black Friday Bargain Shopping,
Go to Canyon City where Grandma and Grandpa live (American Grandparents)
and also return to school and dress up for our spirit week for the Winter Fest Dance which is a Sadie Hawkins.
The dress up days for the week are:
Monday - Winter Comfort Day
Tuesday - Stoplight Day (red = if you have a date, green = you haven't asked or haven't been asked, and yellow = if you're asking that day)
Wednesday - Disney Day (Dress up like your favorite Disney Character)
Thursday - Classy CLass Day (Seniors = Plaid, Juniors = Stripes, Sophomores = Checkers, Freshman = Solid Colors, Teachers = Argyle.)
Friday - Spirit Day
Saturday - The Dance.
I'll keep you updated with what happens.
peace out
brianna
xx
Monday, November 15, 2010
all out of whack!
Ok... so after this blog i would have FINALLY have been caught up! (YAY!)
but yes... it is kinda backwards you see after the party we went to grand junction and AFTER grand junction it was halloween.
anyways....
so. The girls turned 17 on October 28th. It was a pretty chilled party. you know.... a couple of friends coming over and watching movies, eating popcorn and so on :)
THEN WE WENT TO GRAND JUNCTION
AFTER GRAND JUNCTION....
i got home...
figured out an outfit.. (daisy duke... classic) ..
went trick or treating until 8..
went to Matt's house..
ate some food..
listened to music..
sat and talked until 10:15..
it was funn! :)
pretty good halloween! :) :) :) :)
after this week we decided that it would be nice for me to have a relaxing weekend and to get caught up with work.
so i did...
THIS WEEKEND Evan had the baby :) funniest weekend of my life.
Friday Night : Biannca, Tia, Evan M, and Kelly came over and watched a few movie.... and also cut my hair.... and bangs :)
On saturday we went to the eye place and evan got new contact.
and on SUNDAY I CHILLED :) and went to a pow wow :)
so... so far my trip has been pretty bomben'
i love it and dont want to leave to be honest.
can everyone i know in australia just move over here? PLEASE!
Leaving here is going to be harder then i expected... it'll be like leaving my home.
its ok! ill come back soon
50 days to go until LA.
53 days to go until i'm on a plane back home.
its a scary thought.
peace out!
brianna
xx
but yes... it is kinda backwards you see after the party we went to grand junction and AFTER grand junction it was halloween.
anyways....
so. The girls turned 17 on October 28th. It was a pretty chilled party. you know.... a couple of friends coming over and watching movies, eating popcorn and so on :)
THEN WE WENT TO GRAND JUNCTION
AFTER GRAND JUNCTION....
i got home...
figured out an outfit.. (daisy duke... classic) ..
went trick or treating until 8..
went to Matt's house..
ate some food..
listened to music..
sat and talked until 10:15..
it was funn! :)
pretty good halloween! :) :) :) :)
after this week we decided that it would be nice for me to have a relaxing weekend and to get caught up with work.
so i did...
THIS WEEKEND Evan had the baby :) funniest weekend of my life.
Friday Night : Biannca, Tia, Evan M, and Kelly came over and watched a few movie.... and also cut my hair.... and bangs :)
On saturday we went to the eye place and evan got new contact.
and on SUNDAY I CHILLED :) and went to a pow wow :)
so... so far my trip has been pretty bomben'
i love it and dont want to leave to be honest.
can everyone i know in australia just move over here? PLEASE!
Leaving here is going to be harder then i expected... it'll be like leaving my home.
its ok! ill come back soon
50 days to go until LA.
53 days to go until i'm on a plane back home.
its a scary thought.
peace out!
brianna
xx
Grand Junction
Ok..... the week of vegas was like inspiration for like....... THOUSANDS of road trips.
So... the Saturday AFTER vegas, Evan was cheering for the varsity football boys in Grand Junction. Charissa wanted to go and watch her cheer, so Charissa, Bernie, Abby and I all went with her.
We watched the game (the we DOMINATED!) and went to a hotel in Colorado Springs. we went out to dinner with a few of the boys that were staying the night and then we went back to the hotel.
As there was a pool and Spa there, Marissa, Evan, Abby, Bernie and I decided to go down and join Danny, Aj, Stacey (Robert), Aaron, Sam, Jordan, Keegan, and a few others (i forget the others names!) It was really fun.
After we got out of the spa and pool, we decided it would be fun to steal one of the flip flops from one of the boys. We were all running around the hotel... just being kids... and then my phone got stolen. We were all hanging out in danny's room and then i heard it ring. They threw my phone back and forth until FINALLY i got it back.
We went back up to our hotel room by 12 and Marissa and I had the most INTERESTING conversation of my life :)
SPARTAA!!!!!!
hahaha anyways we woke up the next morning and left..... end of weekend :D
good weekend :)
see y'all laters!
brianna
xx
So... the Saturday AFTER vegas, Evan was cheering for the varsity football boys in Grand Junction. Charissa wanted to go and watch her cheer, so Charissa, Bernie, Abby and I all went with her.
We watched the game (the we DOMINATED!) and went to a hotel in Colorado Springs. we went out to dinner with a few of the boys that were staying the night and then we went back to the hotel.
As there was a pool and Spa there, Marissa, Evan, Abby, Bernie and I decided to go down and join Danny, Aj, Stacey (Robert), Aaron, Sam, Jordan, Keegan, and a few others (i forget the others names!) It was really fun.
After we got out of the spa and pool, we decided it would be fun to steal one of the flip flops from one of the boys. We were all running around the hotel... just being kids... and then my phone got stolen. We were all hanging out in danny's room and then i heard it ring. They threw my phone back and forth until FINALLY i got it back.
We went back up to our hotel room by 12 and Marissa and I had the most INTERESTING conversation of my life :)
SPARTAA!!!!!!
hahaha anyways we woke up the next morning and left..... end of weekend :D
good weekend :)
see y'all laters!
brianna
xx
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Our Five Man Wolf Pack + some extra's
I got home from South Dakota and slept... I didn't go to school the next day because.......
South West trip!!!!
I packed on Tuesday during the day and Kelsey drove me over the Peggles' house by 3. We then made our way to the airport and soon we were flying into Fabulous Las Vegas Nevada.
After our troubles with getting the rental car we drove our way through the strip to our hotel.... the Excalibur :)
After putting the luggage away in the room we made our way downstairs to the pickup where the limo was suppose to be there to pick s up. we asked the limo driver if he was here for beth or peggles... he said no. All of a sudden a party limo arrives and i turned to Biannca and said
'whoever gets that limo is the coolest people in the world....i am officially jealous',
well.... who were those lucky bitches in that limo? US!!! We drove around Las Vegas looking at the strip and some back streets and it was rly rly rly cool!
After the sick as ride (named 'the big dog') we went walking down the Strip :) it was amazing! Vegas is DEFiNATELY for the night people :) We went and saw the Bellagio water fountain show. It was SOOOOOOO GOOD! i loved it :) (thanks biannca) Anyways, it was 1 a.m. and time for everyone to hit the sheets.
Fun night :)
The next morning we had a ver expensive (yet tasty) buffet, went on the New York New York Rollercoaster, saw the Lions at MGM, shopped at the M&M AND COCA COLA stores, souvenir shopping, and went to Caesars Palace where Holly and I ALMOST went up to the front desk (if only we ould find it) and said 'You may get this alot but....is this the actual caesars palace? I mean did Caesar ACTUALLY live here?' (so many hangover jokes that weekend :D)
haha. We booked it back to the hotel.....yet it started to rain when we were a quarter of the way back to the hotel :( so we ran in teh rain :)
we booked it back to the hotel, got ready, and went to Treasure Island and saw Cirque Du Soleil MYSTERE! it was soooo much fun! :) :) :)
Afterwards we walked to where the Volcano show was and watched it :) it was amazing :) :) :)
The Next Morning we drove to get breakfast and made our way to Hoover Dam :) I was sooo excited to be where Transformers were :) It was actually a little nerdish :) Anyways we drove..........and drove............and drove.......and DROVE until we finally reached the GRAND CANYON!
its amazing to see! if you haven't gone there i strongly reccomend you do :) Anyways we went to the lodge to dump our stuff, went to dinner and went to bed after making our own version of the Harry Potter Pals Mysterious Ticking Noise. hahaha love it :)
The next morning we woke up SUPER DOOPER EARLY to see the Grand Canyon at dawn.... until we realised it was foggy :/. We still went though! After breakfast we packed the mini van and drove to a different spot . we did this until we made it to our exit. It was goodbye Grand Canyon, and hello Colorado.
We arrived at the four corners only to realise that it WASN'T OPEN! i was upset by that because it was one of the things that i really really REALLY wanted to see! but thats ok! i'll get Charissa or Jay to take me there one time!
Then we made it about 25 m down the road the the (suprising not so.....) colorful Colorado sign. We tooke a BAGILLION photos and went to the hotel we were staying at.
The next day we were at Mesa Verde and we saw the Tree House things in the caves and all that and it was really fun! It was really interesting to see these houses and villages in the mountains and also the tour guide was funny and a 'freakin genius!'
Also it was beth's Birthday so that just topped of the icing on the cake! - HAPPY BIRTHDAY! :)
So the last day of our trip was pretty darn fun.
it consisted of driving...
driving........
driviiiiiiiingg........
SAND DUNES! which were really really really fun to roll down..... except if you kept your eyes open like britty and i :) :)
driiiiiviiiing
drivingggg............
SNOW SNOW SNOW! in wolf creek pass we saw snow and took MILLIONS of Photos!
then we drove.... and drove ..... and drove.... and drove..... and drove..... and drove all the way home :)
consensus?
BEST WEEK EVER! : ) :) :)
ciaaoo biatches
brianna x
South West trip!!!!
I packed on Tuesday during the day and Kelsey drove me over the Peggles' house by 3. We then made our way to the airport and soon we were flying into Fabulous Las Vegas Nevada.
After our troubles with getting the rental car we drove our way through the strip to our hotel.... the Excalibur :)
After putting the luggage away in the room we made our way downstairs to the pickup where the limo was suppose to be there to pick s up. we asked the limo driver if he was here for beth or peggles... he said no. All of a sudden a party limo arrives and i turned to Biannca and said
'whoever gets that limo is the coolest people in the world....i am officially jealous',
well.... who were those lucky bitches in that limo? US!!! We drove around Las Vegas looking at the strip and some back streets and it was rly rly rly cool!
After the sick as ride (named 'the big dog') we went walking down the Strip :) it was amazing! Vegas is DEFiNATELY for the night people :) We went and saw the Bellagio water fountain show. It was SOOOOOOO GOOD! i loved it :) (thanks biannca) Anyways, it was 1 a.m. and time for everyone to hit the sheets.
Fun night :)
The next morning we had a ver expensive (yet tasty) buffet, went on the New York New York Rollercoaster, saw the Lions at MGM, shopped at the M&M AND COCA COLA stores, souvenir shopping, and went to Caesars Palace where Holly and I ALMOST went up to the front desk (if only we ould find it) and said 'You may get this alot but....is this the actual caesars palace? I mean did Caesar ACTUALLY live here?' (so many hangover jokes that weekend :D)
haha. We booked it back to the hotel.....yet it started to rain when we were a quarter of the way back to the hotel :( so we ran in teh rain :)
we booked it back to the hotel, got ready, and went to Treasure Island and saw Cirque Du Soleil MYSTERE! it was soooo much fun! :) :) :)
Afterwards we walked to where the Volcano show was and watched it :) it was amazing :) :) :)
The Next Morning we drove to get breakfast and made our way to Hoover Dam :) I was sooo excited to be where Transformers were :) It was actually a little nerdish :) Anyways we drove..........and drove............and drove.......and DROVE until we finally reached the GRAND CANYON!
its amazing to see! if you haven't gone there i strongly reccomend you do :) Anyways we went to the lodge to dump our stuff, went to dinner and went to bed after making our own version of the Harry Potter Pals Mysterious Ticking Noise. hahaha love it :)
The next morning we woke up SUPER DOOPER EARLY to see the Grand Canyon at dawn.... until we realised it was foggy :/. We still went though! After breakfast we packed the mini van and drove to a different spot . we did this until we made it to our exit. It was goodbye Grand Canyon, and hello Colorado.
We arrived at the four corners only to realise that it WASN'T OPEN! i was upset by that because it was one of the things that i really really REALLY wanted to see! but thats ok! i'll get Charissa or Jay to take me there one time!
Then we made it about 25 m down the road the the (suprising not so.....) colorful Colorado sign. We tooke a BAGILLION photos and went to the hotel we were staying at.
The next day we were at Mesa Verde and we saw the Tree House things in the caves and all that and it was really fun! It was really interesting to see these houses and villages in the mountains and also the tour guide was funny and a 'freakin genius!'
Also it was beth's Birthday so that just topped of the icing on the cake! - HAPPY BIRTHDAY! :)
So the last day of our trip was pretty darn fun.
it consisted of driving...
driving........
driviiiiiiiingg........
SAND DUNES! which were really really really fun to roll down..... except if you kept your eyes open like britty and i :) :)
driiiiiviiiing
drivingggg............
SNOW SNOW SNOW! in wolf creek pass we saw snow and took MILLIONS of Photos!
then we drove.... and drove ..... and drove.... and drove..... and drove..... and drove all the way home :)
consensus?
BEST WEEK EVER! : ) :) :)
ciaaoo biatches
brianna x
Monday, October 18, 2010
South Dakota - girls weekend away!
South Dakota trip
Fall Break 2010.
Saturday October 16th - Monday October 18th.
Day 1: The trip up.
Ok, Saturday morning, 7:30 a.m. I awake to the familiar buzzing of my alarm clock and the shine of the red glowing numbers against the bed-head.
"why oh WHY am I up this early?" i thought, "maybe i can sleep for five more minutes?" then i realized that i had done ZERO packing WHAT-SO-EVER..........so i sat up straight, ran to the kitchen, grabbed my morning coffee, and set out to get clothes and pack for the weekend ahead of me.
after packing and getting ready for the day i set my bag at the front door (like i always do back in australia) and did a sweep to make sure i had everything i wanted for the car.... yada, yada, yada and Kelsey, Abby, Charissa and I were off! (evan couldn't come because she was working and cheering :[)
ok... so 7 and a half hours driving in a car with 3 girls, one mother and a whole entire store of junk food doesn't sound like too much fun does it? well... you'd be wrong.... ITS THE BEST!. We got to the Wyoming boarder and stopped to take a BAGILLION photo's, (which are on mine and charissa's facebook pages FYI) which was fun as! hah :)
After about 3 hours of blasting music, giggling girls and eating like pigs, we stopped off at this cute little playground where we acted like COMPLETE children :) it was amazing :) abby, kelsey, and i probably had about 30 splinters in our butts COMBINED....... was it worth it? I BELIEVE SO :)
Another few hours of driving passed by and the next thing we know we're exploring the cute town of Lusk: Wyoming. We saw this REALLY really creepy hotel and looked at a few pwetty buildings :) We found a subway to each some lunch and giggled, ate, and yes.... saw ONE attractive boy in the ENTIRE town. Just our luck???
So we drove..........and drove.............and drove.........and drove until we finally reached the lodge we were staying at :)
Dinner that night was probably one of the funniest nights of my life :) Abby Hammer.... you are one hilarious child, Kelsey and I LITERALLY had to run to the bathroom because we were laughing that much. The rest of the night we just stayed in the hotel room and watched T.V. as a family.
Ok, so i woke up the next morning, got dressed, had a quick breakfast and went out the front to jump into a jeep and explore some wildlife......not kidding.
That morning we went on a great Safari Ride where we saw countless buffalo, deer, and squirrels..... yes, me being the australian was ALWAYS on the lookout for those squirrels!
One of the best things about this safari ride was that we went really close to the buffalo and yes.....it decided to growl at us.... Kelsey, Abby and I were all scared in the backseat while Charissa was just chilling, videoing the whole thing :) haha
After the Safari Ride came the whole reason for this trip.......MOUNT RUSHMORE
The drive up there was amusing :) there were sooo many one lane tunnels and bridges and they all had their own unique things that kept up all amused :)
We kept seeing the great mountain through the tree's and spotting it out and all that good stuff.
When we got to the Memorial Park we stopped and had a look around at the girft shop and the museum.. and then came the the hike :)
We hiked for about a half hour and saw the mountain from all different angles and it was amazing! :)
After the hike we got some ice-cream and made our way back to the car for the day's next adventure.
ok, there's this place called 'Cozmo's ' and its freaking........freaky! Its a place where gravitational forces are stronger and all that good stuff. You can feel it and omg its soooooo freaky! i thought it was going to all be a hoax, but i'm convinced!
go to ---- http://www.cosmosmysteryarea.com/ ----- if you want to see more about it.
We drove as quickly as we could to get to the Reptile Park.......yet i wasn't fast enough. :( thats ok though :) that just meant that we had more time in....... RAPID CITY
we had a look in some of the stores and then went to the Firehouse Brewing C. for dinner (may i just say that their fish, chips and pasta are pretty DANNNNG good!)
Ok... so after dinner we drove back to the hotel.....but not before one more interesting thing :)
Kelsey, Abby and I ALL had to pee sooooo badly! So we stopped, found a wall and pee'd behind it.... lets just say that someone had a bit of a misfortune.......love you! haha
That night we did the same as the other night... watched some movies as a family.
We got up pretty early the next morning so we could be out of the lodge by 8:30. We left the lodge to go to Custer, where we got a morning coffee and a muffin for breakfast with Tim the Parrot... funniest thing ever! haha :)
After this we made our way to the Mammoth Exhibit where we saw fossils, bones, and all other nick nacks. As IDEK says "i could pierce a mammoth with these sharp as nipples", and so we did :) funniest thing about this was, Abby pretending to be a dinosaur in the parking lot yelling this is sparta :) hahahaha BEST!
After the Mammoth Museum (alliteration......Ms. Giddins would be sooo proud of me!) we drove to Lusk and got some pizza for lunch and annoyed the heck out of Charissa (you're a saint).
After Pizza we drove for a few hours until we all had to desperately pee, so Kelsey pulled into this General Store......it was soooo ghetto, we thought we were going to die. SO, we went to the bathrooms, discovered that it didn't flush and had 0 water access! thank god for mineral water and paper towels in the trunk!
We drove to the 'Welcome to South Dakota' and 'Welcome to Colorful Colorado' signs were we had MEGA PHOTO OPS.......(we took some photo's)
We drove home, I fell asleep. and didn't go to school the next day :)
Another few hours of driving passed by and the next thing we know we're exploring the cute town of Lusk: Wyoming. We saw this REALLY really creepy hotel and looked at a few pwetty buildings :) We found a subway to each some lunch and giggled, ate, and yes.... saw ONE attractive boy in the ENTIRE town. Just our luck???
So we drove..........and drove.............and drove.........and drove until we finally reached the lodge we were staying at :)
Dinner that night was probably one of the funniest nights of my life :) Abby Hammer.... you are one hilarious child, Kelsey and I LITERALLY had to run to the bathroom because we were laughing that much. The rest of the night we just stayed in the hotel room and watched T.V. as a family.
Ok, so i woke up the next morning, got dressed, had a quick breakfast and went out the front to jump into a jeep and explore some wildlife......not kidding.
That morning we went on a great Safari Ride where we saw countless buffalo, deer, and squirrels..... yes, me being the australian was ALWAYS on the lookout for those squirrels!
One of the best things about this safari ride was that we went really close to the buffalo and yes.....it decided to growl at us.... Kelsey, Abby and I were all scared in the backseat while Charissa was just chilling, videoing the whole thing :) haha
After the Safari Ride came the whole reason for this trip.......MOUNT RUSHMORE
The drive up there was amusing :) there were sooo many one lane tunnels and bridges and they all had their own unique things that kept up all amused :)
We kept seeing the great mountain through the tree's and spotting it out and all that good stuff.
When we got to the Memorial Park we stopped and had a look around at the girft shop and the museum.. and then came the the hike :)
We hiked for about a half hour and saw the mountain from all different angles and it was amazing! :)
After the hike we got some ice-cream and made our way back to the car for the day's next adventure.
ok, there's this place called 'Cozmo's ' and its freaking........freaky! Its a place where gravitational forces are stronger and all that good stuff. You can feel it and omg its soooooo freaky! i thought it was going to all be a hoax, but i'm convinced!
go to ---- http://www.cosmosmysteryarea.com/ ----- if you want to see more about it.
We drove as quickly as we could to get to the Reptile Park.......yet i wasn't fast enough. :( thats ok though :) that just meant that we had more time in....... RAPID CITY
we had a look in some of the stores and then went to the Firehouse Brewing C. for dinner (may i just say that their fish, chips and pasta are pretty DANNNNG good!)
Ok... so after dinner we drove back to the hotel.....but not before one more interesting thing :)
Kelsey, Abby and I ALL had to pee sooooo badly! So we stopped, found a wall and pee'd behind it.... lets just say that someone had a bit of a misfortune.......love you! haha
That night we did the same as the other night... watched some movies as a family.
We got up pretty early the next morning so we could be out of the lodge by 8:30. We left the lodge to go to Custer, where we got a morning coffee and a muffin for breakfast with Tim the Parrot... funniest thing ever! haha :)
After this we made our way to the Mammoth Exhibit where we saw fossils, bones, and all other nick nacks. As IDEK says "i could pierce a mammoth with these sharp as nipples", and so we did :) funniest thing about this was, Abby pretending to be a dinosaur in the parking lot yelling this is sparta :) hahahaha BEST!
After the Mammoth Museum (alliteration......Ms. Giddins would be sooo proud of me!) we drove to Lusk and got some pizza for lunch and annoyed the heck out of Charissa (you're a saint).
After Pizza we drove for a few hours until we all had to desperately pee, so Kelsey pulled into this General Store......it was soooo ghetto, we thought we were going to die. SO, we went to the bathrooms, discovered that it didn't flush and had 0 water access! thank god for mineral water and paper towels in the trunk!
We drove to the 'Welcome to South Dakota' and 'Welcome to Colorful Colorado' signs were we had MEGA PHOTO OPS.......(we took some photo's)
We drove home, I fell asleep. and didn't go to school the next day :)
Friday, October 15, 2010
the first of many booked out weekends :)
rightio.. so last weekend i was booked out! i seriously had NO TIME WHATSOEVER to do homework or anything!
friday night - i went ice skating with cooper, andrew and kelsey! I FAILED! it was soooo fun though. i fell down like 5 times and STILL have a huge bruise on me knee......thanks cooper. lol.
it was really really fun, especially the part how kelsey and i got lost :) hahahaha good times.
saturday - I went shopping with evan because we have to spend some just evan and I time right. so we went shopping and i bought a dress and some shoes to wear to A.West's homecoming that night. i enjoyed every second of it! LOVE YOU EV-DOGS!!!!
Saturday evening - I went to britty's house and we all (aussies and kelly) got ready to go to her homecoming that night. Britt's bed was covered in Biannca's crap :) hahah love you! we all looked beautiful and may i say, that the best of the homecomings was A.West's :)
Saturday evening - I went to britty's house and we all (aussies and kelly) got ready to go to her homecoming that night. Britt's bed was covered in Biannca's crap :) hahah love you! we all looked beautiful and may i say, that the best of the homecomings was A.West's :)
Saturday Night - A.Wests homecoming. This was the best! I absolutely loved it! we were all dancing and having the time of our lives! it was sooooo much fun! thankyou all for a great night!
sunday - today i went and flew an aeroplane.......not kidding.
ok so i didn't actually fly a FULL aeroplane... but i flew a simulator with a real nose of a 7772 United Airlines plane :) (i think it was 7772...not sure... will check up on that!) but yeah! it was amazing! i sat in the first officers chair and it was sooooo much fun! i took off from places all around the world and landed in Hawaii :] (yes collin, even though you have been flying planes since you can remember, i STILL did a better landing than you did.....just saying :P ) evan and kelsey also went and it was the BEST THING EVER!!!! hahaha ;) but yeah anyways. it was amazing. I learnt soooooo much! thankyou collin for taking us there!
Sunday afternoon - I came home (finally) and found like 30 people in my living room for our music recital. We had people of all musical talents, singers, pianists, guitarists, drummer, baritonists, celloists JUST TO NAME A FEW! there were soooooo many people there and i love you all! it was a great night!
ok. so the week went by.... monday - nothing much happened, tuesday - nothing much happened, wednesday - nothing much happened, but yesterday.....
thursday night - ok. evan and i went on our second brianna and evan outing to see the movie 'the social network'
seriously... if you don't go and see it your are missing out!!!
anyways. after that we came home and got ready and went to a halloween party at shelbi's house :) i had the BEST TIME EVER! thanks for inviting us! met a lot of great people and had a great time! thanks!!!
what to look forward to: South Dakota tomorrow and Sunday... possibly monday.
Vegas BABY on Tuesday :) sooooooo excited (not for the homework load i have but i'll deal... nyehh) but ANYWAYS
i shall update you on what happens in South Dakota on Monday Night....
and updating what happens in Vegas will be the following Monday Night.... as i will be too tired on Sunday Night.
i love you all and hope that you are having the time of your life just like I am!
peace out homies!
brianna x
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
sometimes I wish time would just slow down.
Ok, seriously Brianna? Why does it take you so long to write this blog? its only a blog, it doesn't need to be such a huge deal.
Anyway, hello to all! I hope everythings going fantastically for you just like it is for me! (maybe thats why I haven't written, because I'm having too much fun!!)
Lets start off with a quick apology for not writing in FOREVER! It's all going SOOOOOOO FASSST! It needs to slooooooooow wayyyyyyy down! ! ! !
OK, so summer was awesome and school is wayyyyyy too cool! I would say it was too cool for school but that kinda defeats the purpose of it being school.. get what I'm saying? ? ? (don't worry, sometimes I don't even understand myself!)
Golden High Schools Homecoming = FREAKING AWESOME!!!!!!
loved it and everyone looked BEAUTIFUL!
Liason Weekend was soooo great! So many good memories LOVE YOU ALL! (my favorite memory being Brandon crying on the Giant swing :] and also when Biannca ate it on the Alpine Slide......gracefully.......)
I have WONDERFUL friends and they're AWESOME! and i love them. I was just thinking about this last night... I have friends in Australia who will never get to meet the beautiful amazing friends I have over here (and vise versa) It's kinda depressing when I think about it alot!
I love my classes, they're SOOO much fun. It's completely different to Australian schooling! I have this whole new perspective on things that I would have never have had if I hadn't come here! I have the biggest and best school pride! LAKEWOOD TIGERS! ORANGE AND BLACK!!! (sorry, its a cheer that the cheerleaders do at the football games.... yay! )
Ok. Spirit week = AMAZING! Ohmygoodness! Here were my dress up days
Monday 20th - Moustache Day
Tuesday 21st - Baseball Day - Also my birthday but I will tell you all about that later!
Wednesday 22nd - Neon Splash Day
Thursday 23rd- Pizza Day
Friday 24th - Spirit Day and Homecoming game.
Saturday 25th - Dance
Everything in spirit week was AMAZING and may i just say that i lost my (pardon my mouth) shit on friday. and its the best thing eever! The dance was soooo amazing! everyone came over to our house for dinner and then we all made our way to the dance and I loved ABsolUTELY EVERY SECOND OF IT!
Ok ok ok ok ! Now for my sweet 16th :) IT WAS SOOOO COOL! I wake up, open my australian presents, Skype m parents. go to school INA BIRTHDAY PARADE! (1950's convertable, wearing a pink sombraro, with pop (soda) cans trailing the back of us and a sign saying 'Bri's 16!') classes in which in every single one they sang to me, Biannca and Kelly surprised me after school by giving me flowers and a balloon, we danced at home, Mitch came over, we ate dinner, opened presents, had cake, then i went to sleep. It was a great birthday and thankyou to all who helped me celebrate it!
My Party - it was soooo much fun! i loved it i loved it i loved it! thankyou all for coming and making it so cool! AND THANKS FOR THE PRESENTS :D I LOVE THEM ALL!
evergreens homecoming was sooo nice! Thanks for inviting me maddi! love you! had a great night! and great next day feeding elk!!!
Ok, some of you back home have been asking me about my dating situation.... I liked him, we went on dates, and we broke up for various reasons..... end of story. I guess its just all part of the experience. We're still friends and it just means that I got to experience a whole new thing and it was good while it lasted, thats all I can say :)
Overall I'm still having the best time i possibly can and even if i haven't been feeling so great, i akways keep my head high and look to the positive side to everything! because I'm only in an american high school once, I only get to see everything like this once! so why spend it sulking when i can spend it being the happiest i can be!
life, love, learn, be the best you can be!
peace out!
brianna x
Saturday, September 11, 2010
I really do have to make a routine
I really do have to make a daily or every other day routine... because if i don't, i just end up forgetting to write in my blog all together. I'll start with the really important stuff first.
1. School -
may i just say it is a-FREAKING-mazing! Have you ever seen mean girls? Ok... take out the actual mean girls and you have american high schools... NO jOKE! ITS soooooO COOOOLLLL!
(excuse the bad grammar)
The other day i had the BIGGEST mean girl moment EVER.. I was talking to my journalism teacher and i started to say cool and sweet at the same time.... so i said
'cweet'....... it was SOOOO funny!
Im loving all of my classes and all of my friends! I LOVE MY LIFE
2. Family -
my family is amazing. I already think of myself as a part of the family... They paired us soooo well! I love it.
3. Birthdays -
I know its been some peoples birthdays since i've been over here and i just wanted to say,....
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
love you all!
4. Football Games -
oh...my....god... they're amazing! may i just say that the lakewood tigers dominate!
if i've missed out on anything i shall include it in my next blog :)
brianna x
Sunday, August 22, 2010
so much to tell, so little space.
hey y'all.
I know i haven't written in a week or two...... i think it's two...... anyway. i haven't been writing because i've been too busy!
As you probably know i am loving my time here and have gotten the way of life here.
I am already about to start school and am ready to free fall into this new experience!
But hang on.... i need to tell you about whats been happening over the last few weeks!
I haven't written it all down, so i am going to tell you about the important stuff :)
first of all there was the red rocks concert. Bands that were there included: the color turning, incredible incredible. and my favorite and beloved CAGE THE ELEPHANT! ok.... now lets go through this night in a chronological scale.
we arrived, found our seats and ate some subgay.
Then we got asked if we had any weed..... we of course said no. Then this guy, named devon, baught us beer and we were sitting there thinking
'yo, dude.......GO AWAY!'
i told this guy that i didn't want one and he decided to down it...... he then flirted and flirted with evan until we all decided we had to "desperately go to the bathroom" so we left.
After the bathroom we went back and told him that our "boyfriends" were there and we had to go.........he then kissed evan on the cheek and gave her his number and demanded her number.
May i say, the one good thing out of meeting that young chap was that he called Zander (evans boyfriend) Zoolander. Which is what I have called him from that day forth. We went to the mile high line and sat there for the rest of the concert with this big drunk guy, his son and wife.... overall fun fun night..... oh yes, it is true that I lost my voice during this concert :)
The next night (Wednesday) Brenna stayed the night :) We also went to see charlie st. Cloud and got some ice-cream with shannon, marissa, kelsey, evan and ashley
it was fun, happy and exciting to meet new people and to see some others that I have met before.
On Thursday night, there was the most beautiful meteor shower. Biannca and Kelly stayed the night to watch it :) It was the most beautiful thing and i wish we got some of them down in Sydney!!!
I dont remember what i did after that night so i shall go onto the next week.
16th - LETS HEAR IT FOR BEE-RAE!
LETS HEAR IT FOR GAYME!
(think of the new york tune =])
So, anyway. Bec had arrived on friday and she decided to have us (evan and i) sleep over at amy's house on monday night :) it was so night and i loved it :) it was great to see amy and bec and to meet amy's parents. We left the hammer house and went to see Eat, Pray, Love at the cinema's. Its the best movie. go and watch it or i will shoot you.
We went to sleep at 3 a.m. and got up at 7 so evan could go to work.
17th - one month.
We had arranged to meet at elitches to celebrate our one month anniversary of arriving to colorado. So all the Australian's and Americans went to elitches. Biannca, Kelly, Evan and I were late and arrived at noon because of Evan's work. Brit and Tai couldn't make it but don't worry girlies! We shall all catch up next month!
So, Jenny, Eric, Evan, Kelly, Biannca, Bronte, Holly and I all enjoyed a few rides before Jen, Eric, Bronte and Holly had to leave. Evan and I took Kelly and Biannca on all sorts of rides as Biannca hadn't yet to experience the wonderful Elitches.
May I just say, we went, we conquered, we had fun.
18th -
I took Biannca shopping in 16th street mall with Bec and Amy. It was a really fun day and I loved it! Ate some noodles, had some fun with Bec, Biannca and Amy. And overall had a great day!
Biannca and I caught the bus back to The hammer household. Where Kelsey was at home, waiting for her friends Orion and Eric to get there. After Kelly had picked up Biannca, Kelsey, Abby and the boys went downstairs to watch Shutter Island. While I attempted to Skype my dad.
..........it failed at the end.
well. what can i say? my dad + technology = complete disaster :) ok... well... maybe not a complete disaster, but a failure nonetheless.
19th - Madjono, you've done it again.
On this day, Evan and I went to Elitches with Madjono, Amy and Bec........
yes i know. twice in one week. How did my stomache handle it!?
It was an entertaining day which I absolutely loved and I can't wait to get back and hang with M.J. again.... farewell mj! Shall see you in January!
I went to Chili's with the exchange people on this night. May i just say. It was fun as!
20th - 22nd - camping camping camping!
May I just say, Camping was the best! It was the first time I had ever gone but i loved EVERY SECOND OF IT. Because there is SOOOOOOOOOOOO much to tell, I shall just give a brief overview of it all!
Day 1 (20th) - we arrived and we ate dinner.... slept in erics tent, froze our butts off! and slept for three hours :) life is bliss....... i think.
Day 2 (21st) - happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear BIANNCA, happy birthday to you!
it was biannca's birthday on this day, and it was a really great day! We all went to the lake and had a ball! it was so nice and lovely. we have NO sights like those in Australia. I fed a chipmonk :)!!!!! and then we all came back to the campsite after spending a few hours at the lake. (in SOUTH PARK! and no, i neither killed, nor saw kenny)
we got back to the campsite, sang biannca happy birthday and played volleyball. (may the pteradactyls be the best team ever!)
Capture the flag - May I say three things: awesome game. great fun. brianna stacks it - yeah ok. I tripped over and hurt my leg........its a great battle scar but I shall live :)
darkness + music = Evolution of Dance. Biannca, Kelly, Evan and I all prepared a dance called the Evolution of Dance (you can youtube it if you wish) I believe that we rocked the shit out of that dance......It was an intence workout.... 6 minutes of enthusiastic dancing... come on!
everyone also played glow in the dark ultimate frisbee. Can I just say, it looked fun! i didn't play because i was worried about my ankles :( but everyone enjoyed themselves and it was a good laugh.
Brandon, Biannca, Bronte, Bonnie, Abby, Zoe ( our dg), Britt, Kelly, Eric, Evan and I all slept in an 8 man tent which we brought. It was a pretty good sleep ,although i feel sorry for brandon...... the dog got a better choice of bed than he did! It was a really fun day and I LOVED it!
Day 3 (22nd) - We all basically, got up, got dressed, packed up and came home..... Still it was a great weekend and I hope we can go camping before the winter falls!
Today I went shopping and bought a back to school (bts) outfit and I think its pretty! I am nervous about school, but at the same time I am sooo excited! I can't wait!
I shall write in a week about my school and what i've been doing.
until then I hope you are all safe and that you are having the time of your lives!
lovelovelovelovelovelovelove!
brianna. x
I know i haven't written in a week or two...... i think it's two...... anyway. i haven't been writing because i've been too busy!
As you probably know i am loving my time here and have gotten the way of life here.
I am already about to start school and am ready to free fall into this new experience!
But hang on.... i need to tell you about whats been happening over the last few weeks!
I haven't written it all down, so i am going to tell you about the important stuff :)
first of all there was the red rocks concert. Bands that were there included: the color turning, incredible incredible. and my favorite and beloved CAGE THE ELEPHANT! ok.... now lets go through this night in a chronological scale.
we arrived, found our seats and ate some subgay.
Then we got asked if we had any weed..... we of course said no. Then this guy, named devon, baught us beer and we were sitting there thinking
'yo, dude.......GO AWAY!'
i told this guy that i didn't want one and he decided to down it...... he then flirted and flirted with evan until we all decided we had to "desperately go to the bathroom" so we left.
After the bathroom we went back and told him that our "boyfriends" were there and we had to go.........he then kissed evan on the cheek and gave her his number and demanded her number.
May i say, the one good thing out of meeting that young chap was that he called Zander (evans boyfriend) Zoolander. Which is what I have called him from that day forth. We went to the mile high line and sat there for the rest of the concert with this big drunk guy, his son and wife.... overall fun fun night..... oh yes, it is true that I lost my voice during this concert :)
The next night (Wednesday) Brenna stayed the night :) We also went to see charlie st. Cloud and got some ice-cream with shannon, marissa, kelsey, evan and ashley
it was fun, happy and exciting to meet new people and to see some others that I have met before.
On Thursday night, there was the most beautiful meteor shower. Biannca and Kelly stayed the night to watch it :) It was the most beautiful thing and i wish we got some of them down in Sydney!!!
I dont remember what i did after that night so i shall go onto the next week.
16th - LETS HEAR IT FOR BEE-RAE!
LETS HEAR IT FOR GAYME!
(think of the new york tune =])
So, anyway. Bec had arrived on friday and she decided to have us (evan and i) sleep over at amy's house on monday night :) it was so night and i loved it :) it was great to see amy and bec and to meet amy's parents. We left the hammer house and went to see Eat, Pray, Love at the cinema's. Its the best movie. go and watch it or i will shoot you.
We went to sleep at 3 a.m. and got up at 7 so evan could go to work.
17th - one month.
We had arranged to meet at elitches to celebrate our one month anniversary of arriving to colorado. So all the Australian's and Americans went to elitches. Biannca, Kelly, Evan and I were late and arrived at noon because of Evan's work. Brit and Tai couldn't make it but don't worry girlies! We shall all catch up next month!
So, Jenny, Eric, Evan, Kelly, Biannca, Bronte, Holly and I all enjoyed a few rides before Jen, Eric, Bronte and Holly had to leave. Evan and I took Kelly and Biannca on all sorts of rides as Biannca hadn't yet to experience the wonderful Elitches.
May I just say, we went, we conquered, we had fun.
18th -
I took Biannca shopping in 16th street mall with Bec and Amy. It was a really fun day and I loved it! Ate some noodles, had some fun with Bec, Biannca and Amy. And overall had a great day!
Biannca and I caught the bus back to The hammer household. Where Kelsey was at home, waiting for her friends Orion and Eric to get there. After Kelly had picked up Biannca, Kelsey, Abby and the boys went downstairs to watch Shutter Island. While I attempted to Skype my dad.
..........it failed at the end.
well. what can i say? my dad + technology = complete disaster :) ok... well... maybe not a complete disaster, but a failure nonetheless.
19th - Madjono, you've done it again.
On this day, Evan and I went to Elitches with Madjono, Amy and Bec........
yes i know. twice in one week. How did my stomache handle it!?
It was an entertaining day which I absolutely loved and I can't wait to get back and hang with M.J. again.... farewell mj! Shall see you in January!
I went to Chili's with the exchange people on this night. May i just say. It was fun as!
20th - 22nd - camping camping camping!
May I just say, Camping was the best! It was the first time I had ever gone but i loved EVERY SECOND OF IT. Because there is SOOOOOOOOOOOO much to tell, I shall just give a brief overview of it all!
Day 1 (20th) - we arrived and we ate dinner.... slept in erics tent, froze our butts off! and slept for three hours :) life is bliss....... i think.
Day 2 (21st) - happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear BIANNCA, happy birthday to you!
it was biannca's birthday on this day, and it was a really great day! We all went to the lake and had a ball! it was so nice and lovely. we have NO sights like those in Australia. I fed a chipmonk :)!!!!! and then we all came back to the campsite after spending a few hours at the lake. (in SOUTH PARK! and no, i neither killed, nor saw kenny)
we got back to the campsite, sang biannca happy birthday and played volleyball. (may the pteradactyls be the best team ever!)
Capture the flag - May I say three things: awesome game. great fun. brianna stacks it - yeah ok. I tripped over and hurt my leg........its a great battle scar but I shall live :)
darkness + music = Evolution of Dance. Biannca, Kelly, Evan and I all prepared a dance called the Evolution of Dance (you can youtube it if you wish) I believe that we rocked the shit out of that dance......It was an intence workout.... 6 minutes of enthusiastic dancing... come on!
everyone also played glow in the dark ultimate frisbee. Can I just say, it looked fun! i didn't play because i was worried about my ankles :( but everyone enjoyed themselves and it was a good laugh.
Brandon, Biannca, Bronte, Bonnie, Abby, Zoe ( our dg), Britt, Kelly, Eric, Evan and I all slept in an 8 man tent which we brought. It was a pretty good sleep ,although i feel sorry for brandon...... the dog got a better choice of bed than he did! It was a really fun day and I LOVED it!
Day 3 (22nd) - We all basically, got up, got dressed, packed up and came home..... Still it was a great weekend and I hope we can go camping before the winter falls!
Today I went shopping and bought a back to school (bts) outfit and I think its pretty! I am nervous about school, but at the same time I am sooo excited! I can't wait!
I shall write in a week about my school and what i've been doing.
until then I hope you are all safe and that you are having the time of your lives!
lovelovelovelovelovelovelove!
brianna. x
Sunday, August 8, 2010
I've got an addiction.
Bonjoir!
Firstly I would like to mention Amy :)
Sorry I forgot to put you in the blog last week. I enjoyed having coffee and i enjoyed shopping with you :)
Day 17.
today kelsey, Evan, Helena (evan's friend) and I all had an adventure into town to go Paddle-boating at Washington Park. We rode busses and the light-rail and had absolutely no idea where we were going! Anyway. It was worth the trek to get to Washington. It was beautiful. Oh and how could I forget. i got bit by a DUCK! It was soooo cool! i was trying to pat one. And it went bazerrrk and just attacked me! It was the funniest moment :)
Day 18.
This was a really good day. This was my first time going to a Rockies game. and may i say it was fantastic! Just like in the movies! We ate fries, dippin' dots, lemonade and nachos! it was great! This was with the youth group that the girls are members of. I invited Biannca and Kelly and they seemed to enjoy themselves. They also stayed over this night and may i just say that 6 girls + overtiredness + youtube = the best thing ever! We learned to dance the thriller and the time warp. I also apologize for my crazy-ness. :)
Overall, pretty much the best night ever!
Day 19.
Today I went to the mills for half an hour with Biannca and Kelly and we shopped for swimsuits. Bee and I both got gorgeous Victoria's secret swimsuits and may i say, we look hot!
After this we went to Clear Creek to have another attempt of tubing. After waiting for Evan and her friends to get there with the tubes. We ate lunch, made sandcastles, and sunbaked. It was really fun! When Evan and her friends arrived, Biannca and I grabbed two tubes and went off down the creek.
We got passed the spot where Kelly and I got trapped and B turned to me and said 'Well, at least we got further than last time!' May I just say to you B...... smartass!
It was bumpy and I fell off twice but it was fun. Afterwards I felt a little sick and sore, so kelly invited me to go to hers early so Evan and her friends could stay. So I went to kelly's, took a shower and stayed for dinner. It was really nice to get to know the Binns's better.
Day 20.
I'm sorry, I have an addiction. A seeker addiction. If you haven't sat down for an entire day to watch the first and second series of the Legend of the Seeker, can i please recommend you to??
Day 21.
I woke up, straghtened my hair, did my make-up, fussed over what I was going to wear and made my way to Lakewood High school, to get my yearbook pictures done. I look like I am way, way way way WAY too excited for school! haha!
I also went to lunch to Chipoltle with Evan, Kelsey and their mate Danny. (and who can forget Chico!) It was a funny lunch and Australian's, remember Summer Heights High?? Its international :) so may i just say PUCK YOU.
On this night there were the 4th of July fireworks make-up. Some of Kelsey's friends arrived early and i have made some pretty cool mates, they are probably the funniest people ever :)
Day 22.
Today we had Tai's Welcome Aussies Party. It was fun and nice to catch up with the other girls and I can't wait for our monthly get together! It was nice to meet all of Tai's friends!
Day 23.
Today I am going to go to Adventure Golf and ride go-karts and play some put put golf. :) and yes unfortunately i have finished season 2 of Legend of the Seeker :( but we get to soon start the Dexter and True Blood Craze :)
Can't wait for the concert on tuesday :)
Can't wait for school and to choose my subjects (to be truthful i am kinda scared!)
Anyway, i must bid you all farewell
(yes ok, I get it! I'm weird!)
ciao ciao
brianna. x
Firstly I would like to mention Amy :)
Sorry I forgot to put you in the blog last week. I enjoyed having coffee and i enjoyed shopping with you :)
Day 17.
today kelsey, Evan, Helena (evan's friend) and I all had an adventure into town to go Paddle-boating at Washington Park. We rode busses and the light-rail and had absolutely no idea where we were going! Anyway. It was worth the trek to get to Washington. It was beautiful. Oh and how could I forget. i got bit by a DUCK! It was soooo cool! i was trying to pat one. And it went bazerrrk and just attacked me! It was the funniest moment :)
Day 18.
This was a really good day. This was my first time going to a Rockies game. and may i say it was fantastic! Just like in the movies! We ate fries, dippin' dots, lemonade and nachos! it was great! This was with the youth group that the girls are members of. I invited Biannca and Kelly and they seemed to enjoy themselves. They also stayed over this night and may i just say that 6 girls + overtiredness + youtube = the best thing ever! We learned to dance the thriller and the time warp. I also apologize for my crazy-ness. :)
Overall, pretty much the best night ever!
Day 19.
Today I went to the mills for half an hour with Biannca and Kelly and we shopped for swimsuits. Bee and I both got gorgeous Victoria's secret swimsuits and may i say, we look hot!
After this we went to Clear Creek to have another attempt of tubing. After waiting for Evan and her friends to get there with the tubes. We ate lunch, made sandcastles, and sunbaked. It was really fun! When Evan and her friends arrived, Biannca and I grabbed two tubes and went off down the creek.
We got passed the spot where Kelly and I got trapped and B turned to me and said 'Well, at least we got further than last time!' May I just say to you B...... smartass!
It was bumpy and I fell off twice but it was fun. Afterwards I felt a little sick and sore, so kelly invited me to go to hers early so Evan and her friends could stay. So I went to kelly's, took a shower and stayed for dinner. It was really nice to get to know the Binns's better.
Day 20.
I'm sorry, I have an addiction. A seeker addiction. If you haven't sat down for an entire day to watch the first and second series of the Legend of the Seeker, can i please recommend you to??
Day 21.
I woke up, straghtened my hair, did my make-up, fussed over what I was going to wear and made my way to Lakewood High school, to get my yearbook pictures done. I look like I am way, way way way WAY too excited for school! haha!
I also went to lunch to Chipoltle with Evan, Kelsey and their mate Danny. (and who can forget Chico!) It was a funny lunch and Australian's, remember Summer Heights High?? Its international :) so may i just say PUCK YOU.
On this night there were the 4th of July fireworks make-up. Some of Kelsey's friends arrived early and i have made some pretty cool mates, they are probably the funniest people ever :)
Day 22.
Today we had Tai's Welcome Aussies Party. It was fun and nice to catch up with the other girls and I can't wait for our monthly get together! It was nice to meet all of Tai's friends!
Day 23.
Today I am going to go to Adventure Golf and ride go-karts and play some put put golf. :) and yes unfortunately i have finished season 2 of Legend of the Seeker :( but we get to soon start the Dexter and True Blood Craze :)
Can't wait for the concert on tuesday :)
Can't wait for school and to choose my subjects (to be truthful i am kinda scared!)
Anyway, i must bid you all farewell
(yes ok, I get it! I'm weird!)
ciao ciao
brianna. x
Monday, August 2, 2010
the week that was yesterweek.
Goodmornin' sunshine,
or at least morning to me,
goodnight all Australians!
First of all I would just like to apologise for the lack of photo's on facebook. I told you all in my last blog that I would put photo's up. BUT they were taking forever! AND only 1 uploaded in an hour. I will upload them as soon as I can. Sorry about the delay :(
NOW! here is the rundown of the week that was yesterweek....
Day 10: The first day back in the hammer household.
Today was a day of relaxation, literally, nothing much happened this day. It was a nice day of sleeping in, reading and overall having some downtime.
On this night i also skyped my dad :) love you! xx
Day 11: Video Games and Scavenger hunt!
Today I sat down in the basement and played Xbox with Austin (the hammer sisters, brother-like, figure) it was fun and i totally kicked some zombie ass!
Tonight I went to a youth group scavenger hunt, and it was soooo much fun! I really enjoyed it and i can't wait to see everyone again!
Day 12: Movies
Today Mrs. Hammer left us all some money to go out and either go swimming, or go to the movies and we decided to go to the movies.
We all got ready and decided to go to lunch, and where did we go do you ask?
We went to the famous Chipoltle which is a borito store! They were so dayumm fiiiiine i tell you!
We saw 'grown up's' which i had already seen, but I believe was funnier the second time round!
Day 13: Clean clean clean clean clean.
As this title suggests, we cleaned, and cleaned and cleaned and cleaned!
Day 14: Shopping.
Today we, the children, went shopping and bought a lot of stuff! which was very nice. It was a nice day out and I loved it! We then rode the 'lightrail' to I 25 and Broadway and let me tell you. THAT WAS AN EXPERIENCE. We decided to ride the lightrail on the rush hour train, when there was a Rockies game that night. It was PACKED! you could barely move! But we all had some fun :)
On this night I also Skyped my mum :) which whom i love very much.
Day 15: retail therapy always works :)
I was feeling a bit sad as i realized that i missed home a little bit, so Mrs. Hammer, Abby, Kelsey and I went shopping and drove around downtown for a bit which was really nice! I loved it and let me just tell you that retail therapy is real ladies!
Day 16: House concert
Today was my first day of visiting the famous store Goodwill and let me tell you Australians what this particular goodwill was like.
Imagine Vinnies or Salvo's. Now times that by like 5 and you've got a goodwills :) they're huge!
(oh and they call them thrift stores, not op shops)
anyway. I bought a picture frame for my room and Kelsey just went wild!
On this night we went over to Shannon and Kyles (Evan's and Kelsey's good friends) to watch Kyle's band in a house concert. They were really good!! I loved meeting all of the girls friends from school and i hope we can catch up!!
This is all that has happened through the week :)
Hope you all have enjoyed reading.
shall be back next week with the news!
Adios Amigos!
brianna xx
or at least morning to me,
goodnight all Australians!
First of all I would just like to apologise for the lack of photo's on facebook. I told you all in my last blog that I would put photo's up. BUT they were taking forever! AND only 1 uploaded in an hour. I will upload them as soon as I can. Sorry about the delay :(
NOW! here is the rundown of the week that was yesterweek....
Day 10: The first day back in the hammer household.
Today was a day of relaxation, literally, nothing much happened this day. It was a nice day of sleeping in, reading and overall having some downtime.
On this night i also skyped my dad :) love you! xx
Day 11: Video Games and Scavenger hunt!
Today I sat down in the basement and played Xbox with Austin (the hammer sisters, brother-like, figure) it was fun and i totally kicked some zombie ass!
Tonight I went to a youth group scavenger hunt, and it was soooo much fun! I really enjoyed it and i can't wait to see everyone again!
Day 12: Movies
Today Mrs. Hammer left us all some money to go out and either go swimming, or go to the movies and we decided to go to the movies.
We all got ready and decided to go to lunch, and where did we go do you ask?
We went to the famous Chipoltle which is a borito store! They were so dayumm fiiiiine i tell you!
We saw 'grown up's' which i had already seen, but I believe was funnier the second time round!
Day 13: Clean clean clean clean clean.
As this title suggests, we cleaned, and cleaned and cleaned and cleaned!
Day 14: Shopping.
Today we, the children, went shopping and bought a lot of stuff! which was very nice. It was a nice day out and I loved it! We then rode the 'lightrail' to I 25 and Broadway and let me tell you. THAT WAS AN EXPERIENCE. We decided to ride the lightrail on the rush hour train, when there was a Rockies game that night. It was PACKED! you could barely move! But we all had some fun :)
On this night I also Skyped my mum :) which whom i love very much.
Day 15: retail therapy always works :)
I was feeling a bit sad as i realized that i missed home a little bit, so Mrs. Hammer, Abby, Kelsey and I went shopping and drove around downtown for a bit which was really nice! I loved it and let me just tell you that retail therapy is real ladies!
Day 16: House concert
Today was my first day of visiting the famous store Goodwill and let me tell you Australians what this particular goodwill was like.
Imagine Vinnies or Salvo's. Now times that by like 5 and you've got a goodwills :) they're huge!
(oh and they call them thrift stores, not op shops)
anyway. I bought a picture frame for my room and Kelsey just went wild!
On this night we went over to Shannon and Kyles (Evan's and Kelsey's good friends) to watch Kyle's band in a house concert. They were really good!! I loved meeting all of the girls friends from school and i hope we can catch up!!
This is all that has happened through the week :)
Hope you all have enjoyed reading.
shall be back next week with the news!
Adios Amigos!
brianna xx
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Summer summer summer summer!
Ok, look, i know i've been slacking off lately, but what else could you expect from a 15 year old girl, leaving her country for six months to live in colorful Colorado!!!?
So, obviously i have arrived in the great U S of A, and have settled into the great Hammer Household, but lets backtrack for a second and start to catch up with a brief explaination of my time so far..
(cue eerie music)
Day 1:
i have four words for you. Long, noisy and sleep depravity. That sums up the experience of flying for more than 13 hours straight, even though all the flights went as smooth as possible, it was still a pain in the a**.
The arrival in Denver was the most nerve wracking thing that i've ever done. I had all of these thoughts of 'are they going to like me? what if they don't like me? what am i gunna do!?', but when i got there, all of the worries shot out of my brain and all i felt was the excitement of starting a new life in America with the best family possible!
Day 2:
The welcome barbecue was pretty rad. Just an everyday all American barbecue. It was great seeing all of the liasons and seeing everyone :)
I then went on my very first shopping experience to the Mills (one of the local malls) it was a great experience and i found a new swmsuit! for under 30 dollars all together! (bargain!)
Day 3:
Water world! America's biggest, America's bestWhat a great time! it was sunny, hot and the best day to go fr a swim! Kelly, Biannca, Kelsey, Evan, Abby and I all put the sunblock on and went out for a fun day in the water! It was (as abby would say) the shit.
Highlights : Kelsey got a guys number and also flashed 35 year old creepy men and a lifeguard.
Dinosaur ride.......nothing else needs to be said here!
Getting tanned and sliding down the toilet bowl... oh my god!
had a great day with some of my favorite girls and cant wait to do it again!
Day 4:
Elitches, Elitches, Elitches.
What can i say about elitches?
only that it was freaking mad! Abby, her friends, Evan and I all set off to ride the unTHINKABLE and basically scare the shit out of ourselves.
Fun day, fun rides, fun as girls :)
Day 5:
Tubing + Brianna=bad news.
Ok, so it wasn't ALL that bad. Kelly and i just popped a tube, got stranded on the other side of the river, yelled at some collage a-wholes and got saved by some FIIIIIINE looking boys ^.^
but everyone else had funn :)
Winter Park:
We drove to winter park that night and may i say. W.O.W it is BEAUTIFUL! i LOVE Colorado! Its so pretty and its landscape is like..... WOAH! It took my breath away.
Day 6:
We spent all of this day in Winter Park and we went for a short(ish) Hike. it was sooo amazingly pretty. I took LOTS and LOTS of photos! (check my facebook for them!!!)
Day 7:
We went to a local park/thing. and rode down a tabbogan (known as the Alpine Slide) , jumped on a trampoline whilst attached to a bungee rope, rode a chairlift, checked out some FIIINE looking mountain bikers (mr skank being the HOTTEST!) and went through a human sized maze in less then 10 minutes.... fun fun fun fun
Day 8: Grandpa's 80th,
Tearful, happy, exciting and family oriented.
It was a great day, filled with happiness, prayers and a huge load of family members :) This family is one who are clearly close and love each other very much and even though I had only met them for five minutes they still had me crying at all the stories they shared!
Hilton Garden Inn. No we didn't see Paris or her annoyingly cute little chouwowa (if that's how you spell it!). a night alone in the hotel room with abby, evan and kelsey. PARTY PARTY PARTY! haha only kidding.
Day 9:
sum up.
Slept in, watched some lord of the rings, got ready, ate breakfast, watched abby get a guys number, ate a HUGE pancake, shopped, bought a bra and undies for under 30 bucks! and drove back home to Lakewood Colorado.
I ate some tim tams and am procrastinating...
My week so far has been brilliant and i cannot WAIT for another week of excitement to come around :)
So adios amigo's for now, i shall talk to you all soon! :)
brianna xx
So, obviously i have arrived in the great U S of A, and have settled into the great Hammer Household, but lets backtrack for a second and start to catch up with a brief explaination of my time so far..
(cue eerie music)
Day 1:
i have four words for you. Long, noisy and sleep depravity. That sums up the experience of flying for more than 13 hours straight, even though all the flights went as smooth as possible, it was still a pain in the a**.
The arrival in Denver was the most nerve wracking thing that i've ever done. I had all of these thoughts of 'are they going to like me? what if they don't like me? what am i gunna do!?', but when i got there, all of the worries shot out of my brain and all i felt was the excitement of starting a new life in America with the best family possible!
Day 2:
The welcome barbecue was pretty rad. Just an everyday all American barbecue. It was great seeing all of the liasons and seeing everyone :)
I then went on my very first shopping experience to the Mills (one of the local malls) it was a great experience and i found a new swmsuit! for under 30 dollars all together! (bargain!)
Day 3:
Water world! America's biggest, America's bestWhat a great time! it was sunny, hot and the best day to go fr a swim! Kelly, Biannca, Kelsey, Evan, Abby and I all put the sunblock on and went out for a fun day in the water! It was (as abby would say) the shit.
Highlights : Kelsey got a guys number and also flashed 35 year old creepy men and a lifeguard.
Dinosaur ride.......nothing else needs to be said here!
Getting tanned and sliding down the toilet bowl... oh my god!
had a great day with some of my favorite girls and cant wait to do it again!
Day 4:
Elitches, Elitches, Elitches.
What can i say about elitches?
only that it was freaking mad! Abby, her friends, Evan and I all set off to ride the unTHINKABLE and basically scare the shit out of ourselves.
Fun day, fun rides, fun as girls :)
Day 5:
Tubing + Brianna=bad news.
Ok, so it wasn't ALL that bad. Kelly and i just popped a tube, got stranded on the other side of the river, yelled at some collage a-wholes and got saved by some FIIIIIINE looking boys ^.^
but everyone else had funn :)
Winter Park:
We drove to winter park that night and may i say. W.O.W it is BEAUTIFUL! i LOVE Colorado! Its so pretty and its landscape is like..... WOAH! It took my breath away.
Day 6:
We spent all of this day in Winter Park and we went for a short(ish) Hike. it was sooo amazingly pretty. I took LOTS and LOTS of photos! (check my facebook for them!!!)
Day 7:
We went to a local park/thing. and rode down a tabbogan (known as the Alpine Slide) , jumped on a trampoline whilst attached to a bungee rope, rode a chairlift, checked out some FIIINE looking mountain bikers (mr skank being the HOTTEST!) and went through a human sized maze in less then 10 minutes.... fun fun fun fun
Day 8: Grandpa's 80th,
Tearful, happy, exciting and family oriented.
It was a great day, filled with happiness, prayers and a huge load of family members :) This family is one who are clearly close and love each other very much and even though I had only met them for five minutes they still had me crying at all the stories they shared!
Hilton Garden Inn. No we didn't see Paris or her annoyingly cute little chouwowa (if that's how you spell it!). a night alone in the hotel room with abby, evan and kelsey. PARTY PARTY PARTY! haha only kidding.
Day 9:
sum up.
Slept in, watched some lord of the rings, got ready, ate breakfast, watched abby get a guys number, ate a HUGE pancake, shopped, bought a bra and undies for under 30 bucks! and drove back home to Lakewood Colorado.
I ate some tim tams and am procrastinating...
My week so far has been brilliant and i cannot WAIT for another week of excitement to come around :)
So adios amigo's for now, i shall talk to you all soon! :)
brianna xx
Sunday, June 27, 2010
bon voyage
ok. theres 15 days to go and i must blog about two kinds of farewells.
the first is the kaleidescopes:
What a wonderful night it was. It was a great night, with great food and many great memories.
there were speeches, eating, slideshows and dance-offs (in which WE totally won :D ). we really look up to these kids and we cant WAIT to go through this experience. thankyou for everything and we cant wait for you all to be great liasons!
This night was fun filled, even though there were some tears shed (by steph) there were some fun times remembered and bars set for next years.
we will miss you all and we shall see you soon!
now its school:
okay, let me start of by saying, i have the BEST friends in the universe :)
today was probably one of the BEST days!
1st period i had geography which basically consisted of brock, taryn and i looking stuff up on google and being the immature teens we are today :)
2nd period i had child studies and we had to do two sheets (which i failed to do <3) but anyways, nicole, taryn, selina and i just sat about and took photos the whole period :) loving life :)
3rd period we had child studies et again, but we had a party, and as two other classes found out, we had it in the kitchens and had a massive electives party which was really great! i have like 1000000 photos, thanks to carla's photography skills. Thankyou to all :) loved the party
4th period i had english and basically all we did was read techniques cards and eat SUGAR STICKS!!!!! (thankyou tiarne (:)
lunchtime - ok, a lot happened at lunchtime.....
a) handball was intense
b) valerie cried
c) i cried
d) people signed my flag :)
e) mr jay and daniel king had a handball - off :)
amazing lunch, thankyou to all!
5th period i had science and we did a pretty fun experiment using acids and bases. I decided to muck up and clean out the equiptment, place water in the base beaker and then try to squirt people with the squirter.... which ended up in a big massive class running around trying to squirt each other with water
INCLUDING mr alexander!
then the bell went...
6th period. i thought it would be an average, normal, everyday study skills class where brock, alex, taryn, micheal and myself sit up the back and take photos.... but NOOO!
the class threw a surprise party for me. and i was like Oh My GoodNESS!
Selmsey gave me a travel diary and a card and Erin (god bless her soul) gave me a letter which i will ALWAYS keep.
it was a pretty relaxing lesson and i enjoyed it and wanted to thank EVERYONE! :)
Thankyou to all who signed the flag .... I love it
thankyou to nicole and taryn.....i love the flower
thankyou to everyone (including brock and his hot pink skirt) who dressed up.......i loved it!
will never forget today :)
best day ever!!!!
i have fifteen beautiful days left in this beautiful country and i HAVE to start with packing and at LEAST think about it.
Evan and I Skyped the other day and it was soooo cool! i got a tour of the house and it is SOOOOOO amazingly cute! cant wait!!!
I love my friends, i love my family ( biological AND exchange), i love my life.
thankyou all! i will miss you soooo much!!!
briannaa' x
the first is the kaleidescopes:
What a wonderful night it was. It was a great night, with great food and many great memories.
there were speeches, eating, slideshows and dance-offs (in which WE totally won :D ). we really look up to these kids and we cant WAIT to go through this experience. thankyou for everything and we cant wait for you all to be great liasons!
This night was fun filled, even though there were some tears shed (by steph) there were some fun times remembered and bars set for next years.
we will miss you all and we shall see you soon!
now its school:
okay, let me start of by saying, i have the BEST friends in the universe :)
today was probably one of the BEST days!
1st period i had geography which basically consisted of brock, taryn and i looking stuff up on google and being the immature teens we are today :)
2nd period i had child studies and we had to do two sheets (which i failed to do <3) but anyways, nicole, taryn, selina and i just sat about and took photos the whole period :) loving life :)
3rd period we had child studies et again, but we had a party, and as two other classes found out, we had it in the kitchens and had a massive electives party which was really great! i have like 1000000 photos, thanks to carla's photography skills. Thankyou to all :) loved the party
4th period i had english and basically all we did was read techniques cards and eat SUGAR STICKS!!!!! (thankyou tiarne (:)
lunchtime - ok, a lot happened at lunchtime.....
a) handball was intense
b) valerie cried
c) i cried
d) people signed my flag :)
e) mr jay and daniel king had a handball - off :)
amazing lunch, thankyou to all!
5th period i had science and we did a pretty fun experiment using acids and bases. I decided to muck up and clean out the equiptment, place water in the base beaker and then try to squirt people with the squirter.... which ended up in a big massive class running around trying to squirt each other with water
INCLUDING mr alexander!
then the bell went...
6th period. i thought it would be an average, normal, everyday study skills class where brock, alex, taryn, micheal and myself sit up the back and take photos.... but NOOO!
the class threw a surprise party for me. and i was like Oh My GoodNESS!
Selmsey gave me a travel diary and a card and Erin (god bless her soul) gave me a letter which i will ALWAYS keep.
it was a pretty relaxing lesson and i enjoyed it and wanted to thank EVERYONE! :)
Thankyou to all who signed the flag .... I love it
thankyou to nicole and taryn.....i love the flower
thankyou to everyone (including brock and his hot pink skirt) who dressed up.......i loved it!
will never forget today :)
best day ever!!!!
i have fifteen beautiful days left in this beautiful country and i HAVE to start with packing and at LEAST think about it.
Evan and I Skyped the other day and it was soooo cool! i got a tour of the house and it is SOOOOOO amazingly cute! cant wait!!!
I love my friends, i love my family ( biological AND exchange), i love my life.
thankyou all! i will miss you soooo much!!!
briannaa' x
Thursday, June 24, 2010
lets get quizzical.... mastering the toast... anything else?
its 23 days...(not that I'm counting down or anything (: ) until the girls and I embark on this six month adventure together.
I haven't blogged in a while so here are the basic details:
exhibit a)
Trivia:
the trivia night went splendidly. There were some tables battling it out for the grand title of Prodigy Exchange Trivia Champions (congratulations FigJam on winning). Questions were great, we had some fun (crab racing in particular was my favorite..... maybe next time cool runnings) and the effort put in by not only the girls, but each and every one of the parents as well. Thankyou all for putting in the time and effort, we couldn't have pulled it off without you! (special mention to Patrick who took time out of his life to run the night!)
Toastmasters Graduation:
I know, I know... it was a sad sad day. Holly E, Kiri, Brooke, Bronte, BJ, Holly G, Biannca and I were finally graduating from the toastmasters course. Everyones prepared speeches were (yet again) fantastic! and everyone entertainingly answered their table topics effectivly and i am raelly proud of us all!
Thanks Margaret and Tina and Patrick for guiding us throughout this course!
We've had some funny times... some of my favorite quotes are:
'Only old people drink red wine..' Holly G
'I wish i could become a prostitute in Pretty Woman for Richard Gere!' Tina
What Biannca and I said at the end of the night was completely true and we hope that we can catch up with everyone and we wish you all the best of luck!!
today was pretty relaxing.. went to the music room. hung out with friends... you know. same old same old.
thinking of......?
* packing for america (still have not done yet....:S)
*evan and our skype chat soon!
*life in general...
holidays soon... :D ahhh! imma gonna go crazy :)
brianna x
I haven't blogged in a while so here are the basic details:
exhibit a)
Trivia:
the trivia night went splendidly. There were some tables battling it out for the grand title of Prodigy Exchange Trivia Champions (congratulations FigJam on winning). Questions were great, we had some fun (crab racing in particular was my favorite..... maybe next time cool runnings) and the effort put in by not only the girls, but each and every one of the parents as well. Thankyou all for putting in the time and effort, we couldn't have pulled it off without you! (special mention to Patrick who took time out of his life to run the night!)
Toastmasters Graduation:
I know, I know... it was a sad sad day. Holly E, Kiri, Brooke, Bronte, BJ, Holly G, Biannca and I were finally graduating from the toastmasters course. Everyones prepared speeches were (yet again) fantastic! and everyone entertainingly answered their table topics effectivly and i am raelly proud of us all!
Thanks Margaret and Tina and Patrick for guiding us throughout this course!
We've had some funny times... some of my favorite quotes are:
'Only old people drink red wine..' Holly G
'I wish i could become a prostitute in Pretty Woman for Richard Gere!' Tina
What Biannca and I said at the end of the night was completely true and we hope that we can catch up with everyone and we wish you all the best of luck!!
today was pretty relaxing.. went to the music room. hung out with friends... you know. same old same old.
thinking of......?
* packing for america (still have not done yet....:S)
*evan and our skype chat soon!
*life in general...
holidays soon... :D ahhh! imma gonna go crazy :)
brianna x
Saturday, June 12, 2010
sunshine, suntans, big waves
I'm lying here sunbathing on the beach, listening to the beautiful vocals of Sara Blasko's 'Flame Tree's' lying next to my 'mal' (long-board) going to go surfing in a few....
just kidding,
thats what i would be doing this weekend if only,
*i weren't sick
*liz weren't sick
*the surf was decent
*mikaela and liz didn't have soccer today.
Playing pictionary, playing balderdash, having fun in the sun, late-night spa's, playing snooker/pool and poker all night long, midday sleep in's.... sound like the life??
INSTEAD:
today i am sitting in my dads apartment, watching t.v, having endless amounts of coffee's, day-dreaming about surfing, and eating my life away....
Thinking about how i only have 34 days left in this beautiful country and how i should probably start to procrastinate packing and luggage.
Getting woken up at 6:30 a.m by the downstairs coffee machines, doesn't really add up to a good mood,
but reading the new Sookie Stackhouse novel does :)
Last night i was also wasting my life away watching infomercials all night long for the 'Ab Circle Pro' and how i can 'Get the body I've always dreamed of having at the most affordable price!'.... what is the world coming to?
well, now its time for trackie-dacks, toasted ham and cheese sandwiches, watch the rest of David Attembrough and watch some loveyy doveyy movie....
ahhhh the life.
brianna x
just kidding,
thats what i would be doing this weekend if only,
*i weren't sick
*liz weren't sick
*the surf was decent
*mikaela and liz didn't have soccer today.
Playing pictionary, playing balderdash, having fun in the sun, late-night spa's, playing snooker/pool and poker all night long, midday sleep in's.... sound like the life??
INSTEAD:
today i am sitting in my dads apartment, watching t.v, having endless amounts of coffee's, day-dreaming about surfing, and eating my life away....
Thinking about how i only have 34 days left in this beautiful country and how i should probably start to procrastinate packing and luggage.
Getting woken up at 6:30 a.m by the downstairs coffee machines, doesn't really add up to a good mood,
but reading the new Sookie Stackhouse novel does :)
Last night i was also wasting my life away watching infomercials all night long for the 'Ab Circle Pro' and how i can 'Get the body I've always dreamed of having at the most affordable price!'.... what is the world coming to?
well, now its time for trackie-dacks, toasted ham and cheese sandwiches, watch the rest of David Attembrough and watch some loveyy doveyy movie....
ahhhh the life.
brianna x
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
38 days and counting
yes. thats right.
its thirty-eight more beautiful days until me, bj, biannca (aka: the sex god), holly and bronte fly off to 'colourful colorado' :)
here are the updates:
fundraising like mad
toasties is almost finished
and having a ball with the whole process!
i cannot believe that this is all happening!
and also, how soon its going to happen!
i couldn't have met a better bunch of women to be going on this experience with and i cannot wait to be friends with them in my future years :)
this is just basically an introduction into the whole blogging process.
i will probably blog once a week and write about the weeks events and my feelings towards them and events i will be doing in the week to come.
i cant wait to share my experience with all and i cant wait to start this new chapter of my life :)
so lets get going,
full speed ahead!
brianna.
its thirty-eight more beautiful days until me, bj, biannca (aka: the sex god), holly and bronte fly off to 'colourful colorado' :)
here are the updates:
fundraising like mad
toasties is almost finished
and having a ball with the whole process!
i cannot believe that this is all happening!
and also, how soon its going to happen!
i couldn't have met a better bunch of women to be going on this experience with and i cannot wait to be friends with them in my future years :)
this is just basically an introduction into the whole blogging process.
i will probably blog once a week and write about the weeks events and my feelings towards them and events i will be doing in the week to come.
i cant wait to share my experience with all and i cant wait to start this new chapter of my life :)
so lets get going,
full speed ahead!
brianna.
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