sometimes you just need your best friends.

i love my friends and i have made so many more friends this year than ever. today i spent sometime with katelyn (jonezy). we went to starbucks, talked about life, and yes there were a few tears. jonezy has been there for me 100 percent ever since we became friends in 8th grade. i don't know what i would do with out the girl. we can go days without really talking but when we talk its just like we talked yesterday. we have an amazing friendship and always will. we've seen eachother laugh and cry, our mistakes and our accomplishments, our crazy side and our calm side, everything. a few highlight things we have done include: watching time travelors wife on my itouch, talking on my bed with fastbreaks (she kicked me in the face haha), thinking someone was in my house and escaping through the basement window, singing at the top of or lungs man in the mirror, countless trips to slc, "running away", talking for hours in the car, going to st george, taking funny pictures, this list goes on and on. and here comes the best news... she is moving into my house! we are going to be sisters. its going to be so great. and our friendship is so great that we can still do our own things but still always be there for eachother and stuff. i'm really excited about it.

also i must talk about my dear other best friends. tiff, hann, and lex. if you know us, you know we are beyond crazy. for example. we went to wingers the other night and went through 6 bowls of popcorn, endless amount of drinks, and we possibly the loudest there. hannah spilled, lexi laughs really loud, and tiff had many many stories to catch us all up on. it was awesome. we then came back to my house and did the power ranger dance on dance three. epic. then we of course finished the night off with some other crazy adventures. the only sad part of this all is that tiff leaves this weekend. she's off to some crazy adventure in moab which is awesome don't get me wrong, but even though ive only known her for like 6 months we have become so close and i'm going to miss her like crazy. it makes my eyes start to get teary just thinking about it. tiff, thank you so much girl for being there for me and being an amazing listener. i've learned so much from you and you bet we will come visit you and make you be our river guide.

its amazing how much friends can influence you. i'm so grateful for the ones i have. i'm so lucky to have them in my life. and they are definitely pavement peices in my life.

april comes to an end.

April is almost over. can you believe? it flew. i feel like just a week ago i was writing that challenge. and now here i am getting ready to start a new month. sometimes its just like.. "ya that flew" but its been a good month, and i feel pretty good about how my challenge went.
a few highlight moments of april included: spring break, lovely weather, stressful homework, horrid tests, spirit bowl, trips to salt lake city, going to lacrosse games, taking 1st at a clogging competition, being with wonderful friends, editing pictures, finding jobs, and many other things. i'll go into detail about a few in just a bit but first let me just tell you how i feel about this april challenge. no taco amigo. that is my comfort food. (awful i know) and i have missed it but tuesday is just around the corner. and i have spent a lot of time outside and i love it. almost every sunday i have taken my nap outside or read my book outside, when it comes to luch time i love eating outside and it's amazing how the sun helps you. i aways thought that was a myth but its real. and for my room, well it's been okay and ive kept it pretty clean but i could have done better. something that i did really well was write my brother every week. he even told me i was the best. :) thats right! and i prepared for nationals and even got a first high gold at utah state champions competition. (nationals is in may) i did many other things on my list but i kind of felt like it wasn't always something i was thinking about like how i was hoping, so i will continue to work on those things. and you bet i'll be making my may challenge next week because it did help me and it made me realize people and things around me. now if any of you did it, i would love to hear how it went for you! also i had two job interviews last week! one at Victoria's Secret and one at Cotton On. they were both on last wednesday and i felt like the cotton on went better than victoria's secret (probably cause it was second) but i am praying for that job. i think it would be so so fun. either of those places really. i just need a job. bad. also! i came up with a genius side job. hold on to your seats this may blow you away. i'm going to start my own ironing business! stop laughing. you just wait it's going to be good. listen. people do a lawn mowing business but a lot of families think "my kids can do that so i'm not going to pay someone" but most mothers think ironing is the worst and i happen to enjoy it. i really do. even when we go to Branson for clogging i love to iron everyones stuff and then they do my hair. it's a great trade. anyway. i'm going to be doing that for a side job. i'll send out little flyers that announce this genius idea and charge either 50 cents or a dollar per item. i'm sure some of you are thinking "this girl is crazy" but i'm thinking "janale you genius" while the rest of my family will be known for their incredible music i will be known for ironing. :) life is good.

slightly obsessed.

at first i thought "okay hunger games that could be cool" never read the books (don't worry im starting) but i decided i would go to the movie. and oh boy did i love it. mostly i just love gale. and lets be real all you peeta lovers. he's a wimp. yes he loves katniss and they have a cute romance but the boy is a lame sauce compared to gale. and gale is so good looking. anyway. i'm obsessed. and me and hannah decided our dorm room will be quite filled with this subject. however she is team cato. people are going to think we are so rad. maybe not. but we wont care. and since gale is sad and lonely this next part is for him. dear gale. if katniss wont marry you there is a very simple thing you could do, marry me. :)

spring break.

i wish i had lots of cute pictures for you all today but sadly that hasn't happened yet. they will be coming shortly i promise. this post is going to be really random. hold on to your seats kids. first off, spring break has been wonderful. i've been sitting outside reading Heaven Is Here by Stephanie Nielson (Nie Nie) and man it is amazing. i've thought of how sometimes i think life is so hard but this book has made me realize i can do anything if she can get through the emotional and physical pain of being burned over 80 percent of her body. along with sitting outside has come some really nice tan lines and a few sunburns. it feels so good. skin cancer may be in my future. woops. along with that i went to the jazz game and spent all day tuesday and city creek with my family. city creek is heaven. its only missing an Anthropologie and no worries that's coming in the fall. i want to work there. anyway. its been a great spring break. things to come include taking pictures, being outside, pedicure with my mom, long talks to hannah, a clogging competition and many other things.

next tangent. for a while now my knee has been really sore and just hurting. a lot. that's really not a good thing because clogging is my life and with a bad knee it would all be over. so we decided to be safe and get it looked at. so last week i went into the doctors who took an x ray and then talked about the different things it could be. of course they used really big and scary terms and i sat on the bed trying not to cry. he told me my bones looked good but i should really consider an MRI. so i went down stairs and had to lay really still in HUGE hospital clothes while i was put into this tube thing. it was kinda of interesting, really loud, and gave me lots of time to think. (that will be part of the next tangent) they told me to come back on monday and they would have the results. so monday came and i went in. however i spent much of sunday night praying and crying to my heavenly father that it would not be something that would require me having to stop clogging and that my knee was just tired. peace overwhelmed me. during the end of summer i must admit i thought no one was listening when i prayed. i was frustrated by it but when fall came i had great experiences and i know now that my heavenly father is always listening. so as i walked into the office monday i took a seat on that table and the doctor came in and explained what he could see through the MRI. he mentioned how its 90 percent accurate but saw that everything looked good and they could only see some inflammation that will go away through physical therapy. i could have kissed that man. i was so relieved that it wasn't something horrible i had done to my knee. and i could still clog.

next tangent. i have had lots of time to think lately and like most people i think about how my life would be if i didn't do this or that or if this wouldn't have happened etc. and part of that is why i made my challenge. i feel like i am in a good place in my life but that doesn't mean i'm just going to try and freeze it all. if this is how good my life can be right now image what it can be like if i am striving for other things and setting goals for myself that i know i can achieve. now i have missed my taco amigo and all those other things haven't been easy but i feel like i'm doing okay with it. but i know i could do better. i need to work and push myself. i think about a quote that i heard once that went something like.. if you knew the potential you held image what could become of you. well im going to find that and see just what i find of myself. and you know what, im really excited about it. yesterday while i was thinking of all of this i received an email from a friend that made my entire day. she said some very very kind words and i didnt even know how to thank her for how much all of that meant. and it made me think about if i was to send a random note of thank you or just a simple text to someone how much it might help and mean to them. so that's something i'm going to do too.

next tangent. im really excited for summer. the first week of it i'm going to st george and vegas with my family/friends and some many other fun plans. except that means i will be starting at BYU. when your a little girl you always think of how life is going to go and how you just wish you were all grown up, well right now i wish i was that little 9 year old girl dreaming of what lays ahead. it's going to be so hard. but putting that all aside i'm really excited about all the opportunities it will bring. and i hope i get to go study abroad and go to third world countries to help and serve them.

there is a church song that says count your many blessings and name them one by one. as i think about that right now its almost overwhelming and i feel like the luckiest girl in the world. i have so many new friends, ive grown so much, my mom and me talk like we are best best friends and i love it more than anything, i feel comfortable in my own skin, and over all life is just good. i love the days when i feel like this. and what could be better than listening to mumford and sons while writing this all? thank you all for the little things you have done for me that have helped more than you know. much love my friends.

happy birthday dad.

it's my dad's birthday and i had to post some pictures of him and me. let me tell you i have the greatest dad in the world. he's not one to say much but when he starts talking he is pretty hilarious. (maybe thats who i get it from ;) ) i love you dad!

my challenge.

This blog post is going to be kind of different, but i have been thinking about it all week and i knew today would be the day that i would actually post it and i looked forward to it. If you really know me, you know this year my life is so incredibly different and that a lot of things have changed. i have grown sooo much and i owe that to many wonderful people. i once thought i was the girl at timpanogos that no one knew (except that was kind of a real thing) but this year i decided i was going to change that and try to make more friends. it's amazing what one football game can do. when i met Jon and Tyson i was not in a very good place in my life. i started hanging out with them a lot and they totally accepted me for who i was. and their families are AWESOME. (that's also a real thing) that lead to me becoming best friends with lex, tiff, and hannah. and that has been such a blessing in my life. and some how hanging out with all these kids i started to become even closer with my parents. my relationships with them have changed in a way i can't quite describe. i have been so much more open with them and its just been great. moving out is going to be hard. i am really going to miss all those late night talks with my mom. anyway i then decided to take photo and was put right next to sarah who has also just taken me in with her friends. many of these people don't know exactly what they have done for me and just how much they have helped me and i can't even find the words to say how they have helped me and just how much they have but i'm so grateful for them. also through out this "change" in my life i have found that katelyn was always right. she knew she would be yet always let me come to her and tell her everything. so to all those people i have name; jon, tyson, tiff, lex, hannah, sarah, katelyn, my parents, and all those who have helped me that i didn't specifically name; kaeli, liss, elder henderson, teachers, and many many more. thank you. now for my challenge. i have decided for the month of april i'm going to challenge myself to do a few things. some silly, some serious, and everywhere in the middle. so here it goes, i challenge myself to:

-not go to taco amigo, if you know me you are probably laughing right now but hey its going to be a real thing.

-not wear so much make up. now i don't wear a lot anyway but this is mostly just meaning i wont worry so much about it.

-not gossip. only spread good about others.

-not judge people around me.

-stop being so focused on myself and to not have "self pity" (thats the best way i can describe it)

-spend more time outside.

-look for more opportunities to serve others.

-smile about the little things.

-be someone people can always depend on.

-be more punctual.

-say thank you.

-be a better friend.

-not be afraid.

-go on adventures.

-don't spend as much money (obviously spring break may be the exception to this)

-include others.

-put god first.

-rock out to the music in my car and not care who may see.

-prepare for nationals for clogging. give it my all.

-keep my room clean. (mom i promise this one will happen)

-remember i am a daughter of god.

-live my testimony.

-make the most of each moment.

-be crazy with my friends.

-not eat so much junk.

-write my brother every week.

-dance in my room.

-laugh.

-drink more water.

-live up the end of my high school days.

Now i see this is a lot and you bet may 1st i will be at taco amigo getting my #3 with a diet coke but i'm actually really excited to do this. one small step to change the world. but now i challenge all of you. yes YOU. do it. post it on facebook, on your blog, hang the list up in your room. make this april one you will always remember. one where you changed your life for the good! and once again, to all those who have helped me so much, i will forever be grateful for you. you have no idea. much love.