Nationals!!!!!!!!!!

Last week was one of the biggest competitions in Utah. Nationals!   I was at the Marriott Center from Tuesday to Saturday.  I had the best time. I danced and got many callbacks, I played with my friends, and I just had fun!  I am glad I could spend my week doing what I love. 

All about me!

 Hi, I'm Alayna. I am 13 years old and I love to dance, act, swim, and play the piano. I am known to be O.C.D. (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) because I am so organized.  I LOVE animals and I have two bunnies. I am the second child out of six kids.  My family calls me Nephi (AKA: The perfect child) I have a personal blog.  I hope you like it!

Dinner with our back-door neighbors, the Jensen's.

These are our back-door neighbors, the Jensen's.  We are really good friends and have dinner all the time. We had this dinner close to Valentines. (If you can't tell.) :)  The food was great, the neighbors are awesome, and I love having fun!

My families traditions on Christmas!

Well,  I am sorry I have not posted for awhile. I have been a little busy, but here is my families Christmas traditions.  Each year all the people that are over six in my family go skiing at Alt ski resort.  The only people who do not ski right now is my mom and Rayanna. We ski all day and then we drive home and have dinner or go out to dinner.
   Most of our Christmas dinners were at home and we would turn all the lights off and light candles, but know we are starting a new tradition. Going out to Red Iguana. After our lovely dinner we come home and open surprise balls.
   My Grandma Roylance makes the surprise balls.   They are wrapped in crape paper and you start from the top and pull!  As you pull toys and other fun things come out, but once you turn 12 you no longer get a surprise ball.  You just get a note with 15 dollars in it. Which is a great present too!  Another gift we open is new P.J's each year.
    Then we say goodbye to Winkie.  Each year we have this little elf called Winkie.  He arrives at our house at the beginning of December and each night does one mischievous thing. Then on Christmas eve Winkie goes back tho the north pole with Santa. ;)
   "Holiday Inn" is the movie we watch on Christmas eve.   It is a great movie!
After the movie we set out our stockings, put cookies and milk for Santa, 9 carrots for the Reindeer, a slice of cheese for Santa Mouse, and a note!  Then we check the Santa tracker. Read a story about Jesus Christ birth and then go to bed!

I received a ukulele this year, 2013.

This is the 8 snowmen we built the day before Christmas!

What I got for Christmas 2013!

I got an ukulele!   I was so excited!
 Even though I cannot play the guitar I can still play the ukulele.  Kyla named my ukulele Kevin. :)

I got two t-shirts that I absolutely love!  I have another one just like this one, but it is purple.

















I received a lot of homemade gifts from my brothers and sisters. They are so cute!  I love walking in the my room and seeing the cute homemade items.

I got some Santa-hand sanitizer to put on my dance bag.

My dance partner made me a very sparkly robe that I love! This robe goes over my dress when I am warming up at competitions and then I take it off when I am dancing.













I got this little kit with nail clippers, scissors,   tweezers, nail filer, and some other tools.

  From my parents, my siblings and I got nerf weapons, a lot of board games, and an………..
















Air hockey table!  So exciting!  My family and I loved our gifts!  We have a great Christmas every year.

Kyla's Pageant!

During Thanksgiving week my mom and Kyla went to California to do a pageant.  Representing Utah, Kyla went and had a fun time.  Though she was sick for most of it! :(   She went to Hollywood, Disneyland, and other fun sites.  Here are some pictures of her fun adventure!

My mom and Kyla on the Airplane!  

This is where her pageant was held.

Here is Kyla right before the 70's party.

Here are some pictures at Disneyland! She
is scared of heights, but had the courage to go
on all the big rides!

Disneyland at night.

Here is Kyla right before going on Star tours.  Her favorite ride.

   

Hollywood tour!

This is the car the she saw parked on the side of the road!
The 2 most expensive car in the world!  The Bugatti!

When Kyla was on her Hollywood tour all these Asian people want
to take her picture!  It was kind of funny!

Such a pretty girl!