Hey there!

So I haven't posted in a long time. My sister gives me a hard time about it every time she is on our computer. But really, I haven't been up to anything all that exciting. At least, just me. I've been on a couple family trips, but I'm gonna get that on our family blog sometime.
However, I will have some interesting stuff to post soon. I'm going to EFY next week in Idaho, and then Education Week at BYU the week after. So I suppose I'll post something about those later.
Now there you go Gwenda. I POSTED! For YOU!
=D

Con Con- the Afterward

After my extremely excited last few posts you may possibly be curious as to how Con Con was.
Well, here ya go.
I had a cold 4 days out of the 5 that I was in Con Con.
I wrote a Constitution for Con Con all by myself,based of the Origanal US Constitution, and everyone said it was awesome, but when it came time to vote Only 7 people besides me voted for it. Why? Because they wanted something new- completly new. Or because it wasn't "drastic enough" to quote one person.
After that I decided it would be better to merge with another Constitution that was similar to mine so it would get voted for rather than a 3rd more popular (and in my opinion, insane) Constitution. Because of my added support and the 7 people who voted for my constitution's support the other Constitution won.Then the main writers of this other Constitution decided that the best way to "merge" our Consitutions was not the combined Constitution I wrote as soon as we were considered one party, but to tack on the two most important sentence long changes out of my 13 page document as 'proposed amendments' to their Constitution
But as soon as our Constitution got the higher vote the supporters of the third Constitution, that I thought was crazy, began complaining about technical stuff and meanwhile were gathering followers out of our supporters. Having schmoozed at least ten of our party to thier side- including one of the people in my carpool! they demanded a revote and now they carried the vote.
So all the Constitutions I was for got dumped.
Did all this hurt?
Yes.
But I'm still glad I went to Con Con.
Because that is what Con Con is about. Learning what it is REALLY like to write a Constitution and make a Government.
It just happens that sometimes bruises get formed down that path.

And by the way, I probably was a bit biased in my discriptions here. To be fair- The "crazy" Constitution really only had about three things wrong with it. It's only that they were important things in my sight that caused me to call it crazy. Those three things being: a bill of rights, a Judicial branch of Government, and that they made it too easy way for a state to abandon the rest of the Country. And we were able to get them to comprimise somewhat on the Judicial and the Bill of Rights before the end.
Also, another probable reason why their Constitution ended up the official government was because they had a large group to begin with who wrote it together, of whom at least one was a great lobbiest. The other Constitution that I merged mine with later also had a group who wrote theirs together, but they didn't have much lobbying going on. And I did absolutley No lobbying because I was too tired and sick to get up and talk to people. I just gave copies of my document to anyone who asked for it.


And in case you are wondering- after such a tough time this year will I go back?

Yes. I am going to Con Con next year too. And I am FREAKIN' EXCITED.

Oh and by the way, I didn't complain at all while at Con Con. Which is why I had to let it out here. Thanks for being patient. =/

Con Con and Girl's camp

So here I am on the eve of Con Con, so excited I can't get to sleep even though I know I need to. And Guess what? Not only is this week Con Con but next week is Girl's Camp!

I am going to be SOOO tired about this time two weeks from now.

I'm going to be a junior camp leader at this year's girl's camp, along with my friends Makayla and Kaydee. We had a lot of fun shopping for the Girl's Camp store yesterday. Here are just a few of the funny pictures.

Con Con!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Ok, now I've got that out...

CON CON is COMING!
For the non-homeschooled that means, I am going to be having an extremely educational and FUN time learning about how to make a Government from scratch!

This may not sound fun to you, but it sure as HECK sounds fun to me. I did it last year, and it made me feel like I actually had a purpose- Something to work toward. It also really helped me in the Self Esteem department, because I felt really and truelly needed.

But let me explain a bit more what Con Con is....

Con Con stands for Constitutional Convention Simulation. It is a week of being a delegate on behalf of the people in some future time (This year it's 2035) and the simulational circumstances are that we need a new government. Last year it was because there was a terrible president who made it Martial Law, and there was a huge sickness that wiped out a third of the world population, so the Western states made a new country. This year we've been through World War 3 and now there are no separate countries and the borders are gone. The Eastern States must have been wiped out because only the western half of the continent are meeting for this convention. We have been seperated into 7 different territories.

And Oh my goodness I am excited. =D


I didn't realize that it's next week until yesterday, but now I'm getting totally siked out!
EEK!

Oh yeah. Con Con, watch out, here I come!

Fun with the Nephews!

Ok so we had the boys here yesterday. While they were here we happened to receive a box in the mail. After emptying it out, I, being the silly Aunt that I am, put the box on like a hat.


Of course Tyler thought that was super funny, and wanted to try it on.
His head being so much smaller than mine it came right down over his eyes. This gave me an Idea….
“Do you want to make that into a Darth Vader Mask Tyler?” I asked.
“Yes!” He replied (of course). So I cut and drew the box into Darth Vaderness.

But then – Ethan needed one! He just didn’t look right next to his brother!

So…
I found another small box downstairs, Cut out bits, drew on it, added ears on top and

VOILA!

It’s Bat Man!




Then of course they needed costumes. We went poking around downstairs and found Tyler a prefect Jedi robe and Ethan an Indian vest. (Silly us we have no Batman Costumes =P).



Then it was a battle between Batman Indian and Darth Vader Jedi to keep each other in jail! (Really, Eathan WANTED to be inside the sand turtle and then Tyler wanted to too, but it sounds cooler to say it was a battle =D )


Even I got to wear a mask with MY costume! (Tyler let me borrow his for a minute.)
I wore a silly green and blue apron for my costume. Apparently I was a house wife because the boys kept saying that they caught me while I was doing dishes. Lol.

I was supposed to be cleaning. But those boys are so distracting! I now have much greater respect for what my sister goes through daily. =)

My Siblings

I thought I'd just let everyone know, I love my brothers so much that I can only compare it to fiction. Like:
Darcy and Georgianna (Pride and Prejudice)
Marguirite and Armand (The Scarlet Pimpernel)
Viola and Sebastian (Twelfth Night)
As for my sister there aren't any books that describes such an awesome sister-sister relationship. =) The closest I can think of is me as Elisabeth and Gwenda as Jane from P&P.


The only thing about comparing my siblings to characters out of books is that it isn't nearly as complimentary as I mean it to be because THEY haven't read the books in question. =P

Driving

Ok, so I was driving in Salt Lake today, and I have decided that I HATE driving in Salt Lake.
TOO MANY CARS.

Anyway. Now I got that vented, I'm happy. =)