Deadly Game by: Christine Feehan (5th in series)

It begins as a mission to protect a politician from an assassination threat. But the operation takes an unexpected when Mari, a mysteriously beautiful GhostWalker, is taken hostage. At the same time, Ken Norton, expert assassin and himself a GhostWalker warrior, is on a mission of his own--one that reaches into Mari's past. No stranger to the ways of violent warfare, Mari must join forces with Ken and trust his every move--each one more intimate than the last.

Night Game by: Christine Feehan (3rd in series)

Gator Fontenot of the Special Forces paranormal squad can't refuse an urgent request to save the elusive Iris "Flame" Johnson, a victim of the same horrific experiments that warped Gator. Now unleashed, she's a red-haired weapon of unimaginable destructive powers, a walking time bomb bent on revenge in the sultry bayous of New Orleans and hunted by a shadowy assassin. It's Gator's job to reel Flame in. But can two people haunted by violent betrayals trust the passion that soon ignites between them? Or is one of them just playing another seductive and deadly night game?

RIP President Hinckley!

So yesterday I found out that President Hinckley died from Mom and Brittney. I read the text and I felt like I was hit in the stomach. All of my breath just left me. I stared at my phone in shock and disbelief and I told Chippy, Keely, and Kendal and they were just as shocked as I was. Kendal and Chippy went downstairs to check the computer for more information and I just sat there in shock. It is hard to think that he is actually dead. I don't remember when President Benson was alive, I was too young, President Hinckley has been the prophet for most of my life, it will be weird to watch conference and not see his smiling face up at the pulpit. Yesterday, I had a choir performance and just as we ended our concert and sang our last song was when President Hinckley passed away. We realized today that our last song, which is called "Go Ye Now In Peace" was sang at the time of his passing. It was a humbling moment, today in choir, we did a little service of remembrance before starting class, I was glad to be able to be there and hear everyone's stories.

Worked Out Yesterday

Spencer and I finally went and worked out yesterday for the first time, and I am really sore. =( I don't know for how long we were there, but I got a good work out. I just ran, did nothing else, I didn't want to do anything else. The way I ran was I used my iPod, and I ran for the entirety of one song, and then when that was done, I would walk a lap and then start again from where I stopped and finish out the current song I was on and run for the whole next song. I got in 3 laps for every song. I listened to 14 songs. So I ran 21 laps and I walked 7 laps, so I did 28 laps in total, which is 3.5 miles. I did good. Spencer did 20 laps in total, which is 2.5 miles, and I don't know how he split his up. I got more laps in because he left his school ID at home, so he had to go back and I just stayed at the gym and got started. It felt good to be running, but I was tired afterwards. And after we finished, we went swimming at the pool outside his house and sat in the hot tub as well.

Shadow Game by: Christine Feehan (1st in series)

The classified experiment is the brainchild of renowned scientist Peter Whitney and his brilliant daughter, Lily. Created to enhance the psychic abilities of an elite squadron, it can transform their natural mental powers into a unique military weapon. But something has gone wrong. In the isolated underground labs, the men have been dying--victims of bizarre accidents. Captain Ryland Miller knows he is next. When Dr. Whitney himself is murdered, Ryland has only one person left to trust: the beautiful Lily. Possessed of an uncanny sixth sense herself, Lily shares Ryland's every new fear, every betrayal, every growing suspicion, and every passionate beat of the heart. Together, they will be drawn deeper into the labyrinth of her father's past...and closer to a secret that someone would kill to keep hidden.

Lost in Translation by: Nicole Mones

This book actually wasn't too bad, it sucks you in, and once you get used to the Chinese phrases in there, you can enjoy it.

At dawn in Beijing, Alice Mannegan pedals a bicycle through the deserted streets. An American by birth, she spends her nights in Beijing's smoke-filled bars, and the Chinese men she so desires never misunderstand her intentions. All around her rushes the air of China, the scent of history and change, of a world where she has come to escape her father's love and her own pain. It is a world in which, each night as she slips from her hotel, she hopes to lose herself forever.

For Alice, it began with a phone call from an American archaeologist seeking a translator. And it ended in an intoxicating journey of the heart--one that will draw her into a perilous search for archaeological treasure, plunger her into the vast, uncharted terrain of northwest China, and bring a man named Lin Shiyang into her life. As the expedition twists perilously through the violent history of China, as Alice and Lin slowly seek shelter in each other, an extraordinary series of events begins to unfold...in this haunting, utterly unforgettable novel.

Heath Ledger is Dead!

This is so sad! Heath Ledger has died and it is a very shocking thing! To think, he was only 28 yrs. old and he had a 2-3 yr. old daughter who is now without a father. It is very sad, I really liked him. He was a great actor! I'm looking forward to seeing his last movie in "The Dark Knight", he played the Joker. This is sad and very shocking! I was absolutely shocked when I heard he died.

The Sweet Far Thing by: Libba Bray (3rd in series)

This book is sooo good!!! I could not put it down and when I had to, I freaked out!

It has been a year of change since Gemma Doyle arrived at the foreboding Spence Academy. Her mother murdered, her father a laudanum addict, Gemma has relied on an unsuspected strength to turn catty schoolgirls into loyal friends, and has discovered an ability to travel to an enchanted world called the realms, where dark magic runs wild. Despite certain peril, Gemma has bound the magic to herself and forged unlikely new alliances with headstrong Felicity and timid Ann; with Kartik, an exotic young Indian man whose companionship is forbidden; and with the fearsome creatures of the realms. Now, as Gemma approaches her London debut, the time has come to test these bonds.

Rule-breaking Felicity must do as she's told or risk losing her inheritance, and Ann's dream of a life onstage slips away. The Order, the mysterious group Gemma's mother was once part of, is grappling for control of the realms, as are the Rakshana. It is there that the girls meet their adored friend Pippa, who is not the same...or is she? The power to change everything--both in and out of the realms--rests in Gemma's hands.

Pulled forward by fate, the destiny Gemmma faces threatens to set chaos loose, not only in the realms, but also upon the rigid Victorian society whose rules Gemma has both defied and followed. Where does Gemma belong? And will she, can she, survive?

Dragon Society by. Lawrence Watt-Evans (2nd in series)

ONE MAN MUST STAND AGAINST THE DRAGON MENACE!

It all began with Dragon Weather: a wave of incredible heat, oppressive humidity, dark angry clouds...and dragons. Dragons with no remorse, no sympathy, no use for humans; dragons who destroyed an entire village and everyone in it. Everyone, that is, except the young boy, Arlian.

Orphaned and alone, Arlian was captured by looters and sold as a mining slave. Years later he escaped, fueled by years of hatred for the dragons, bandits, and slavers that took away his youth--and a personal vow to exact retribution from those who have wronged him.

Arlian seeks out The Dragon Society, whose sworn purpose is to stand against the dragon menace. What he learns there is shocking: that he may well be the best hope humanity will ever have for defeating the dragons...permanently.

Dragon Weather by: Lawrence Watt-Evans (1st in series)

Arlian had never left his home village on the Smoking Mountain. The stony ground, jagged peaks, and black glass were all he had ever known of life, and he knew deep in his heart that he would probably never leave.

Until the dragon weather came. Incredible heat, oppressive humidity, dark and angry clouds...and dragons. Dragons with no feelings, no sympathy, no use for humans; dragons who destroyed his entire village and everyone in it.

Everyone, that is, except Arlian.

Orphaned and alone, Arlian makes his way through life, obsessed with the concept of justice, determined to avenge his family and his village. But can one righteous man change the entire world for the better? Or is he doomed by his own actions to become as unjust as those he seeks to destroy?

Christmas Present Exchange Finally

Well Spencer and I finally exchanged our Christmas presents that we got each other. A little late, I know, but we both ordered them late and so the gift I got Spencer came in on Monday and I think that that is when the gift that Spencer got came in as well. Well I got Spencer two shirts from the Colorado Avalanche, which is Spencer's favorite hockey team. It is a three-in-one shirt because it came with a short sleeve shirt and a long sleeve shirt and then you can layer them and make a different shirt. He looked like he really liked it. What Spencer got me was the first season of "Lost". Now the funny thing about this is that Dad got Mom that for her birthday, although I was the one to buy it for him, so that is how I knew she got it. Now the funny part is that when I bought it, I was telling Spencer about how I was so jealous that she got the first season, and by this time, he had already bought it, so he was just laughing inside. And then when I told Mom last night that I got the first season, she was saying how jealous she was that I got it. So this morning, Mom and I were laughing about it. It was great!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!

This is a Happy Birthday blog to my mom! Her birthday is the 10th, I just blogged this kinda late, sorry Mom. I just want to tell Mom that I appreciate everything that she has ever done for me my entire life! I hope you had a great birthday Mom and I'm really sad that I had to miss it, to think that this is the first birthday ever that I have missed! That is really sad and I don't want to think about it anymore... Your present is in the mail and should arrived by next week at the latest. I hope you like it! I love you so much and I want to you to know that whenever I do something, I always think about what you would do if you were here or in my situation. You are my hero Mom and I hope that I grow up to be just like you!

Love you lots!!!

Wizard's Daughter by: Catherine Coulter (10th in series)

I totally didn't know that there were other books in this series when I bought it, I thought it looked good, so I got it. So, oh well, it's not exactly a series in that it deals with the same people each time, it just follows the same family, immediate and extended, and goes into their lives over a period of time. An excellent book if I do say so myself.


When Ryder Sherbrooke finds a child nearly beaten to death in an alley in Eastbourne, he takes her home to Brandon House. She doesn't speak for six months. Her first words, oddly enough, are a haunting song:



I dream of beauty and sightless night
I dream of strength and fevered might
I dream I'm not alone again
But I know of his death and her grievous sin.



Ah, and just what does this strange song mean that was seemingly imprinted on the child's brain?

She names herself Rosalind de La Fontaine since she cannot remember who she is. In her first season in London in 1835, under the aegis of the Sherbrookes, she meets Nicholas Vail, the seventh Earl of Mountjoy, newly arrived from Macau. It is instant fascination on both their parts, but for different reasons.

With Grayson Sherbrooke, they are led to an ancient copy of a mysterious book written by a sixteenth-century wizard. The book is written in a baffling code that neither Grayson nor Nicholas can read.

But Rosalind can, easily.

Strange things start happening. Both Nicholas and Rosalind know it has to do with the old book, and, perhaps, even her past, particularly the song she first sang as a child. The urgency builds as they realize Rosalind is the key to a centuries-old mystery.

"Bring Him Home Santa" Video

This song is sooo sweet and cute! The first time I heard it, I wanted to cry, and then I watched the video that this guy made for the song, and I did cry...I am a cry baby I know. But I have good reason for this song, it is just cute and sad and you can't help but love it! You have to go and watch this video! I know you will love it! Especially you Mom, you will get the same reaction I did. I tried to get it so you could watch it directly from my blog, but I'm not smart enough to do that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5leMiif4pM

The Great Escape by: Boys Like Girls

This song is a really good song, I heard it in Texas while driving the Uhual. It is a good song with good lyrics!


- Boys Like Girls Lyrics

FHE

I went to FHE (Family Home Evening) for the first time in like 4 months tonight and I had an absolute blast! It was so much fun! It was at Brother and Sister Hoth's house and there were about 15 people in our little "family" there tonight. The lesson was on families I think, but I don't remember because it was really short. Most everybody went downstairs to play games, but I stayed upstairs and talked with Sister Hoth and a bunch of the other girls. We had an absolute blast, and Sister Hoth is so funny, I mean she is freaking hilarious! I'm glad I went tonight, it was fun!

School has started

Well school has officially started again, and it was so cold today. =( It sucked. Kendal took me to school and I ended up being an hour early to school, so what I did was I bought some hot cocoa to warm my hands because they were absolutely freezing and I looked around the Bookstore to see what kind of books they had and then I sat on the comfy couches until Spencer came and we went to class. My classes this semester are a geography class, an english class, a nutrition life science class, a math class, and an economics class. And in February, I start a water safety instructor class as well. And along with all of this I will be taking Institute Choir and a regular Institute class. And I'm getting a job as well. So I am going to be very busy this semester, I am already looking forward to it being over!

Oh and Mom, when you get internet and read this, tell Elder Snyder if he is still there that I have his dad as my Economics teacher, we were talking about that when I went to church with you guys.

And Then You Die by: Iris Johansen

SHE EXPECTED SUNSHINE AND BALMY BREEZES. WHAT SHE SAW WAS EVERYONE'S WORST NIGHTMARE.

Bess Grady has heard the unmistakable sound before. She knows what it means. But not even the eerie lament of the howling dogs can prepare her for what has taken place in the small village. The seasoned photojournalist had been sent there on an easy assignment, and now she has stumbled upon something she was never meant to see. Amid chaos and fear, she joins forces with an intimidating stranger, a man whose alliances are unclear but whose methods have a way of leaving bodies in his wake. For what she has witnessed is only the first stage in a plan of terror that may kill us all. And she has no choice but to stop it--or die trying...

The Husband by: Dean Koontz

What would you do for love? Would you die? Would you kill?

We have your wife. You can get her back for two million cash. Landscaper Mitchell Rafferty thinks it must be some kind of joke. He was in the middle of planting impatiens in the yard of one of his clients when his cell phone rang. Now he's standing in a normal suburban neighborhood on a bright summer day, having a phone conversation out of his darkest nightmare.

Whoever is on the other end of the line is dead serious. He has Mitch's wife and he's named the price for her safe return. The caller doesn't care that Mitch runs a small two-man landscaping operation and has no way of raising such a vast sum. He's confident that Mitch will find a way. If he loves his wife enough...

Mitch does love her enough. He loves her more than life itself. He's got sixty hours to prove it. He has to find the two million by then. But he'll pay a lot more. He'll pay anything.

Confessor by: Terry Goodkind (11th in series)

Descending into darksness, about to be overwhelmed by evil, those people still free are powerless to stop the coming dawn of a savage new world, while Richard faces the guilt of knowing that he must let it happen. Alone, he must bear the weight of a sin he dare not confess to the one person he loves...and has lost.

Join Richard and Kahlan in the concluding novel of one of the most remarkable and memorable journeys ever written. It started with one rule and will end with the rule of all rules, the rule unwritten, the rule unspoken since the dawn of history.

When next the sun rises, the world will be forever changed.

New Hair Color

So on Thursday 20, I had my hair colored a dark brown. Shanna did it for me. I like it a lot! I sent a pic to Spencer and he didn't even notice it at first =( How sad, huh? I will get pics on here as soon as I can, Mom's computer is being gay.

Last Leg (this is a little graphic near the end)

Ok, here goes the last leg, we left Scooter's house at about 10:30-11, none of us was looking forward to the drive ahead of us. The one plus was that we would be on the interstate or the highway or whatever so we could drive faster. We had about a 10 hour drive ahead of us, which really sucked! So we got going and everything was good. I basically listened to my iPod the whole time and sang at the top of my lungs so I wouldn't fall asleep, even though I had No Doze in me constantly. I basically had my iPod on so I wouldn't be bored, I would intersperse my iPod listening with talking to Spencer, although I don't really remember everything we talked about, it was basically stuff to keep me occupied, so really random stuff. We drove for ever and let me tell you, New Mexico and Texas suck to drive through because they are really boring! They are flat and boring. Ok, so as we were nearing the New Mexico/Texas border, we could see fog ahead of us, New Mexico was really clear, but Texas had this fog over it. So we drive through and you know, it is just a basic fog, but than it starts to snow...*Duh Duh Duh* =) We stop in Amarillo for gas for my Uhual and it is just pouring snow, it was kinda bad. Dad says that if we drive through Amarillo and beyond, and get to a town called Childress, we would pass the storm and be ok. So we get to the next town around 7 or 8, I can't remember. The town was called Clarendom or Clarendon or something like that for dinner and gas for the Penske and truck.

Oh wait, I almost forgot, I think it was when we hit Texas, after the snow started, my mom and dad switched vehicles, because the boat kept sliding and swerving on my mom, so my dad took over for her. At Clarendon, we had dinner at Pizza Hut, and I only had half a pizza, Connor, Karissa, and Brittney were all feeling sick as well, so none of us really ate. My dad finally said we would get a hotel for the night because we still had another 5 and half hours to go before we hit Fort Worth. There were no open hotels in Clarendon, and no open hotels in the next town, Memphis. So we called Stan to find a hotel in Childress for us, my dad booked a room for us there and we left. Now Childress was about an hour and a half away at our speeds, because we were only going like 35 at the tops. As we left, my dad was in the lead, I followed, than my mom came last. I went about 25-30 mph to stay up with my dad while giving him distance and my mom was going about 15-20 mph. I was talking to Spencer while I was driving because I was having problems staying focused.

Well I drove onto those bumps on the side of the road and it started to suck me in, so I told Spencer to hold on because I was drifting. Well I started to correct myself and the Uhual started to go sideways on me. Well I immediately went "oh crap, hang on Spencer" and I dropped the phone so I could grip the steering wheel better and I managed to right myself when the Uhual went sideways the other way. So i try to correct myself and I slide off the road. As soon as I stop I immediately put my face in my hands and I burst out crying. Spencer the whole is freaking out and trying to get my attention, I finally hear him and tell him I am ok. Now this whole time, my dad had pulled the truck over and was running down the hill towards me. My mom had finally spotted me and Britt had called her to say I went off the road, but I was ok. Now she hit the same patch of ice that I had and her Penske want sideways, so she manages to straighten it out, but it over corrects itself and she corrects it again. Now behind her was a big semi that had tried to slow down for her, but his trailer jack-knifed and he was slowly inching his way towards my mom. Dad in the mean time saw all this happening and was trying to tell my mom to get off the road and my mom is just freaking out and trying to do that at the same time. Now I didn't know that all this was happening, all I knew was I needed to get back on the road and out of the snow.

By the time Dad got to me, I was unstuck, he told me to just drive on the shoulder of the road, not the actual road. The road had about 2 in. of ice on it, almost like an ice skating rink, it was really bad. My dad went back to the truck and started up the hill, but he had to stop to throw up because he was so nervous. He finally found like a little parking lot at the top of the hill, so we all went up there to stay the night. Now the place we stopped at was called Donley's County Gin, whatever that was and it seemed to be trucker heaven, there were so many truckers stopped there. Mom put Boo and Gracee in my Uhual and I went and stayed in the Penske with her. By this time it was 11:15 pm. Before I was even comfortable, I realized that I needed to throw up, so I got out of the Penske and threw up what little dinner I had. And then every 20-30 minutes after that, I had to get out and throw up. It really sucked. And at one point, I had to go to the bathroom, so i went to the truck and got out the butt wipes, and went to the back of the truck and went pee and took a dump. Sorry for whoever reads this.

At around 5:30 am, we finally left, I thought I was ok, but when we got to Clarendon, I realized I wasn't so we ended up staying there for about a 2 hour nap, for me and dad atleast. When we woke up, I thought I was feeling better, but not even 5 minutes later, I had to pull over to throw up again. It really sucked. We had no more problems other than me throwing up and we got to Fort Worth just fine. It is a beautiful house and I'm happy for my family.

First Leg

I am going to break down our trip from Fallon to Texas into two parts. For most of the trip, the order of who drove what vehicle was I drove the Uhual, Mom drove the truck with the boat attached to it, and Dad drove the Penske. We first drove to Salt Lake City for Christmas, and then we left for Albuquerque, NM for our first pit stop. For Christmas, I got 3 books by Christine Feehan and $100 from my parents, I got a CD from my grandma, and I got some chocolate and a $30 gift card to Borders from my Uncle David.

Now before I go any farther for the trip to New Mexico, I have to tell about my first time driving on the freeway in Salt Lake. We drove into Salt Lake at about 11:30-midnight. Now I had talked to my mom earlier because she was making sure I wasn't falling asleep or anything like that and so I told her I would talk to Spencer until I got to Grandma's. Before I hung up, she asked if I was ready for freeway driving and I said I would be fine. So I was talking to Spencer when all of a sudden all of these little cars came up and around me and in front of me and I started to freak out, but than I was fine, all I knew was I had to stay behind Mom and I would be ok. Then we got to a portion of the freeway that was under construction, and there were barriers on one side of the lane, another lane, and then more barriers. So there was no room for error. Mom was freaking out in her truck because there was this little white car just sitting behind the boat, almost in a blind spot and he wouldn't pass her. So I was driving behind Mom and thinking "Just stay in your lane, but don't get too close to the barrier because I don't want to die" basically over and over again. Then all of a sudden, this little black car came up and started to tailgate the white car. I was thinking "Oh crap, where did this guy come from!" So I backed off a little more, and it was a good thing I did, because Black Car moved in front of me, and there was no signal or nothing, Black Car was not wanting to stay behind White Car, even though White Car was getting off the freeway and as soon as White Car moved, Black Car moved back, again no signal, and passed Mom. When we got to Grandma's, I unbuckled and unlocked the door because I felt like throwing up, it really sucked.

So to go to New Mexico, we went by way of Nephi, UT, I think it was so we could be a snowstorm. Now for the most part, I had had no problem driving the Uhual. The only part that really sucked was the fact that I had Mom and Dad's big tv sitting shot-gun with me the whole trip, so I had problems looking out my right rear-view mirror. When we went through Colorado, we went onto Route 491, which was a really crappy road. We went over this bridge over Eagle Canyon and I guess my Uhual didn't hit it right, so when I went over the bridge, the bump at the beginning of the bridge sent my Uhual up on two wheels on my right side, then on two wheels on my left side, than right again, and then I finally managed to straighten it out, it was really scary. Mom was driving behind me at the time, so she said I almost made her throw up because she was so scared. It was really bad. But we made it to Albuquerque ok and we stayed the night at my dad's friend, Scooter's house.

Demon Soul by: Richard A. Knaak (2nd in series)

Led by the mighty Archimonde, scores of demonic soldiers now march across the lands of Kalimdor, leaving a trail of death and devastation in their wake. At the heart of the fiery invasion stands the mystic Well of Eternity — once the source of the night elves' arcane power. But now the Well's energies have been defiled and twisted, for Queen Azshara and her Highborne will stop at nothing to commune with their newfound god: the fiery Lord of the Burning Legion...Sargeras.

The night elf defenders, led by the young druid, Malfurion Stormrage, and the wizard, Krasus, fight a desperate battle to hold back the Legion's terrible onslaught. Though only embers of hope remain, an ancient power has risen to aid the world in its darkest hour. The dragons — led by the powerful Aspect, Neltharion — have forged a weapon of incalculable power: the Dragon Soul, an artifact capable of driving the Legion from the world forever. But its use may cost far more than any could have foreseen.

The second novel in an original trilogy of magic, warfare, and heroism based on the bestselling, award-winning electronic game series from Blizzard Entertainment.