time flies.

besides the fact that i had hardly any homework over the weekend, which is rare, my brother garrick and his girlfriend brittni came down to visit, which is also rare. they got here on saturday morning or friday night, i dont know cuz i was sleeping, and they just left this morning. soo heres an overview of our weekend/beginning of the week: on saturday, we had breakfast and then went to delano to visit my grandma and uncle and cousins. we watched the usc game and played tennis which was interesting on account of there was no net and on top of that, not very much skill. i hit about 4 balls over the wall which would have been good if we were playing softball, but apparently ur supposed to hit it soft and aim or something like that. after that we went to costco and ate some food and shopped for food. that place is amazing btw. that night, we went to the driving range[we being everyone except mom...she doesnt like sports very much.] we got there and the guy had closed up early so he gave us free tokens for the inconvenience and we hit away. we randomly saw a kit fox running around on the range and i sliced almost every ball. after that we crashed and sunday morning, idk if im supposed to tell or not, but we didnt fast. mostly because brittni and garrick had already fasted or something so we'll do that later. went to church of course. good stuff. then we went home and made din-din[garrick bbq'ed tri-tip and we had potatos and bread and green beans]. we read some scriptures and then went to bed. on monday, dad had work and i had to go to school. bethany should have gone to school also, but she took the day off. haha:] monday night, i had a buttload of hw so i stayed home while everyone went to pick out some pumpkins and get some pies at marie callendars. when they got home we carved the pumpkins! as you can see below, we have different 'artistic' styles. so that was fun/messy as usual. if u cant tell the middle one is mine and it's supposed to be spongebob...haha. bethany's is the one one the right and the left one is garrick and brittni's. anyways, the next day which was tuesday, was a very busy one indeed! it was moms birthday! 39 years young again! not. she's now 43. again, i dont know if i'm supposed to tell that, but i did:] anyways, i got my choir to sing happy birthday to her which was good because mom did the type-setting for the choir concert program for free. it was the least they could do;) haha. at 11, i left school because i had an appointment at the dmv........ to get my license.......and well........i passed! thats totally my good news minute for young womens so act surprised when i tell you on sunday! after that, me and garrick and brittni decided it was a good time to go shopping for mom [late much? yeaahh...thats my life] i drove myself to target[which was one of the funnest things ive ever done-driving by myself, that is] and got her a card and bought rachel a rice cooker. kinda ironic since it was moms birthday but rachel needed one. happy birthday rachel! haha. umm i ended up also finger-painting a picture for mom on account of i dont have money and it would be dumb to spend her money on something she prolly wont like. anywho, it was pretty successful as you can see from the pictures[p.s isnt she beautiful?]. brittni and garrick made dinner[salmon, rice, veggies, & bread] and they also made the cake! we called rachel and sang to her which is why mom is holding my phone in the picture below because that was rachel:] we got her a bike helmet because she had been wearing mine from 5th grade when she went bike riding with dad. we also got her a black purse which dad thinks is to store candy and drinks in when we go to the movies...what a funny guy! and we got her a waffle maker that can make heart shaped waffles! which is a necessity of course, i recommend it to anyone who enjoys love filled waffles! after present time, we all had to get ready for my choir concert. i'm in two choirs[one is a zero period and the other is during school] and we did pretty good i think. when the pressure is on, everyone does better. sooo yeah. basically, that was our weekend/visit with garrick and brittni!