the weekend part 1

After our first day of school we went and played tennis with our friend Reece. Sarah and Reece planned that outing, followed by him asking her out the next day. They are so cute! The first week of practicum went by smoothly and we all loved it. That Thursday evening we had a game night and had Reece, Marin, Jershon, and Dom over to hang out with us and Cheyenne. We played crazy uno and apples to apples. Most of them left at about 11 but Reece stayed to play a few more games and then watch Ever After with us. I love that movie! Sarah and Reece got pretty comfy during the movie, wink wink. We don’t have school on Fridays because they are reserved for adventures and fun trips. That first Friday we went to Tawharanui beach with all the BYU girls and James. We left pretty late though because Ramona’s kids went to school Friday morning. The Hobbits met us there again, it was their last day in NZ. They got lost though so by the time they got there they had to turn around and go take their van back to the rental place. The highlight of that beach trip was Brittany Babcock teaching me how to do a cartwheel. Anyone that knows me well knows that was an impossible task. I did improve a bit though. We also played volleyball and just chilled on the beach, it was super fun. After the beach we all went out to eat in a small town and then Sarah, Brittany and I split from the rest of the group for the rest of the evening. Everyone went to see “The Vow” but James took us to a chapel for a farewell dance for Irae. That was a blast! The decorations were huge missionary name tags with all the missionaries and soon to be missionaries in the stake on them and the flags of the countries they are all/will be serving in. We had a lot of fun, especially Sarah and Reece J. sorry there aren't any pictures, my camera was dead and I haven't gotten any pics for anyone else.