i say a little prayer for you

forever, forever, you stay in my heart
and i will love you
forever, forever, we never will part.
oh, how i'll love you.
together, together, that's how it must be.
to live without you
will only be heartbreak for me.

gotta love me the sweet tunes of janis joplin.

the point of this post, however, is to show you all how incredibly lucky i am! i photographed this gorgeous praying mantis just a bit ago outside my house! i don't believe i have ever seen one in person before so it truly was an exciting event in my life. it was the easiest creature i have ever photographed because it stood completely still the entire time i was taking its picture. fantastic, yes?

So here goes my life....

I'm just gonna jump.
Okay so hears the down low for all of you who don't live at home....
hmmm where to start? Well I'll start with school. Its my junior year and the toughest so far for me. I have 2 AP classes: English and US History. And US history is tough to keep up with but so far i'm doing really good in all my classes. A's on all my assignments and i made it a goal to not SLACK off in school this year. AT all. I want to get into a good college (nto sure which one yet) and plus if i was doing bad in school, i wouldn't be happy. Thats just how it goes. Yesterday Damon Faichild called me (He quit his job at Realife photography and is starting his own business-Damon Fairchild Photography) and he needed my help shooting senior pictures for someone. So i went with him and got paid and so now i kinda have a job like that. Its a cool experience working with photography and i get to help him once or twice a week. Ever since i turned 16 i've been looking really hard for jobs and did a few applications. None of them have worked out, but my friend Emmily works at Orange Julius and her grandma is the manager so i might get a seasonal job there during the winter holidays and get paid lots. :) But its not for sure yet, she still has to talk to here gma. But yeah i hope i get it. I just hope it wont interfere with Christmas plans (which aren't decided until erik gets his mission call!!!). So recently i've been playing a lot of tennis after school. Like i have everyday. Hoping it will get me more fit. And better at tennis. Which i have improved and hope to until tennis season where i kick butt. haha just kiddin. And just a p.s. i'm totally going to save up for the cruise because i know i should help i'm going to be earning money. WHICH I WILL BE, hopefully. But it sounds like so much fun and i'm happy that all you guys are going (sorry erik). Now for personalizations:

Erik: I can't WAIIIITTTTT for thursday when you come here and get your mission call. I'm so excited. But i have mixed feelings because i am going to miss you more than you will know. But i know you'll be back and on a legit spiritual high. haha you'll be a great missionary. Loves.

Jacque: You basically live at home. haha.

Leesh: Sorry i suck at calling you back and i really have been wanting to talk to you. I love you and can't wait to see you when you come for erik's farewell. Tell aaron i say hi and i love him too! haha

Chrissy: Are you excited to go to KOREA! Ahh i'm so happy for you. Come say bye to us. I love you and i hope you have fun over there and are happy. I know you'll love it no matter where you go. haha You little traveller, you. haha

Ang, Ken, Christina: COME VISIT US! I love you!

And i love you all, again and again.
xoxo, sarah.

Hi all! It's been awhile since I've posted anything. I hope you all still visit the blog here. Mom and I are throwing around the idea of setting up a cruise for next Thanksgiving. Nov 2010. It is an 8 day leaving San Diego for Acapulco, Zihuatnejo and Manzanillo. Saturday through Sunday. These are ports that you haven't been to and are fun ports, plus it is way warm down there. Right now the cruise is only $439 on the Carnival Spirit, which is less than half of what we paid over three years ago. This is the first cruise mom and I went on. Great ship! The only catch is that with Erik going on a mission, Taylor may be too at that time, and with times as they are, we are asking for you all to save money and try and pay your way. It shouldn't be too hard to do. We will probably have to pay for all of our homies. You can bring anyone you want as long as they also take care of their own expenses. We really just want to have as many there as we can. We are also thinking of inviting any of the Phillips family, Ang and Christina and my Bro and sis, if you all think that would be ok. Let's hear it!!

More Crabbing!

Here's some pics I missed of Kat and Beth tubing on the raft! They were drenched, and it wasn't exactly hot that day. They hit the showers while dad and I put the boat on the trailer.

Crabbing!!!!!!

Kat and Beth from their camping spot

Going hiking

Dad's always fixing something

This is a small catch

Nothing like some Organized Chaos to Calm the nerves

Friday Harbor with record high temps 96+

Sarah and Lauren

So Yummy!!!!!

Beautiful Sunsets!!!!!!!!!!!!

How many people can say they've pet a deer?

Good Times!

Chillin on the bow of the boat

We love it out here!

We have been able to do lots of crabbing this summer! Dad's been working and making new improvements to the boat with each trip! We definately found a great place to catch the crab! They're HUGE!!!! and very YUMMY!!!!! Some of the kids have been lucky enough to bring a friend and join us. We've had great weather for camping on the islands. The San Juan's are very beautiful! Taylor is hoping to bring his SR buddies in a couple weeks. Enjoy the highlights!!!

Love you all!!!