Graduation Day (:

I couldn’t have been anymore proud of myself graduating Arleta High School with high honors. My parents were also so proud of me. My senior year passed so fast I couldn’t believe it was already time to graduate. I’m pretty sure everyone else felt that way. The graduation was at College of the Canyons also known as just COC. School ended at 12 for seniors that day because we had to get ready for graduation. I remember we had to go to school in the morning just rehearse the “ceremony.” At rehearsal people were already crying so I couldn’t even imagine in the actual graduation how many people were going to be crying. Anyways, when my dad picked me up from school he was even so excited, and when I got home the house was decorated with Arleta colors, red, black, and white. There was huge Arleta poster in the dining room wall. There was a bunch of pictures on the walls, and they were pictures since I was a baby until now. My parents went all out on decorating the house for my graduation dinner. I was getting ready because it was getting closer to the time that I had to be at COC.

Finally, it was time to leave my house and go to COC for graduation. The first person I saw when I got there was one of my really close friends Marielle Guevera. When we saw one another we just gave each other a huge hug and we didn’t want to let go. Then it was time to go into the gym to meet up with our teachers and the rest of the graduates. Everyone was so excited and was ready to graduate and receive their “diplomas.” Then it was time to line up and get ready to walk onto the field. As we were waiting in line we were all so nervous and happy. As we got closer to the field I heard the senior song playing, which was “Clocks” by Coldplay. I also heard the crowd yelling and cheering us on as we walked onto the track. We finally got into our lines so we could take our seats, and once the graduation song started playing we started walking. I must admit I did start crying for a bit but then stopped. We all took our seats and listened to everyone speak.

The crowd was just cheering for us, and signs were up in the air and air horns were being blown as we walked the stage. When it was time to receive my diploma I got so nervous just for no reason, but after I shook Mrs. Rickmans hand, my diploma was in my hands. ‘Yay! I we did it!!” my friend Maria said. It felt so good and accomplishing. After everyone received their diplomas, Dr. Calvo, our principal said a few words which were, “As the graduating Class of 2011 you guys were my FAVORITES!” That’s why our class name was The Favorites.

Lastly, it was time to switch our tassel to the right, and celebrate. There was a bunch of pictures with many close friends and family, but it was time to go celebrate with my family at home. I had such a blast that night with my family and my mom made some really good food and  my uncle which was the Dj, played all my favorite music which kept me on the dance floor. Graduation was a blast!

My parents who I love so much, I thank them for everything!!

                                                      My closest friend Marielle Guevera(:

                                                      The Favorites, Class of 2011 !!

                                                                        Party Time!

                                 

Family Camping Trip to Lake Nacimiento

During the summer I went camping with my family to Lake Nacimeinto up North. I was really looking forward to the trip because we rented a RV and I was happy because I don’t like sleeping in the tents. The drive there was about 5 hours, but it was all worth it because we were able to stop at the gas stations and they were right by the beach. It was our first time going camping all together as a big family. So once we were getting closer to Lake Nacimeinto, my phone didn’t have signal. Driving up that huge mountain was scary because the turns were so sharp and we were in a huge RV, I felt like we were going to drive off the mountain. But thank God that didn’t happen, especially because it was my uncle’s first time driving a RV.

Finally we got to the top where the camp ground was located, safely. Once we found our campground spot, we started unloading everything from the RV. My uncles were putting up all the tents, and the kids were ‘trying’ to put up their tent. (Didn’t go to well) They had all the sticks in the wrong places, it just looked a mess. Finally, our campground looked nice and set for the rest of the days we were going to stay there, and let me say we stayed for a whole week. The kids wanted to go in the lake so I took them to the lake while everyone else was getting ready. The water was cold but as soon as you got into the water it felt fresh, especially since the sun was jus beaming on our bodies. The sand felt weird, it wasn’t mushy it was a rocky feeling. As we were enjoying the lake fishes would actually swim up to the shore and just swim in between my toes. That was nastiest feeling ever, it felt so slimy and just disgusting. Later on I got on the jet ski’s and it was so fun, there was a huge wave and the wave was so strong that it made me loose control of the jet ski and I flew off, it was scary but fun at that same time. The food we ate was so delicious. One thing that I will always remember about that camping trip; the first night we slept there we forgot to put the food away in the coolers and containers. The deer’s came a attacked our campground. I had heard something walking around in our area at night, but I was too scared to lookout the window but I did anyways and the deer’s were eating out food that we left out. The next morning all we did was laugh about it, and went to go buy more groceries. Throughout the week we went to the lake, the pool, and played volleyball. The boys were so competitive in volleyball; they would complain about every little thing and would want a rematch if they lost. So it was like if we had a volleyball tournament, but it was fun to have a competition between the girls and the guys. As the nights passed we would see the deer’s just walking around and they weren’t scared of us. We were in their home anyways so they had the right to walk all over our property. Camping all together as a big family was so much fun, now we know what to bring and will be more experienced the next camping trip that we do.

A New Experience

Who knew coaching cheer would be so much fun! The first year I started coaching youth cheer was in 2009, I seriously thought I wouldn’t be able to handle it because these little girls were so much to handle. As I began coaching I stared learning how each girl had there own personality, which ones were the quiet ones, loud ones, the most talkative, the ones that were good in everything and those that were going to need help. I knew from the start I got myself into something I would have to be dedicated to and not shy. I am not the type of person to yell or punish someone, but as the days went by I started using my voice, (yelling).

The girls started liking me they would come up to me calling me coach and  it did feel good being called coach. The other cheer coaches liked me as well and liked all the cheers, dances, and stunts I was teaching them. So I became a competition coach, and when you get offered to be a competition coach it basically means they want you to be a permanent cheer coach. I was happy, I felt like I did my job better than they expected knowing that I am a very quiet person around them.  They gave me my age group that I would be coaching for competition and they were 8 year olds, I was getting nervous because I didn’t think I would have been able to handle them but surely and slowly I did. The girls loved everything I taught them and they like me. We would practice cheer competition 2 days out of the whole week, and I didn’t think that I was going to be able to get everything I wanted done on time. So as a coach I had to be productive and call a practice of my own. Coaching them took a lot of hard work, patience, and dedication. As the days passed the competition routine started coming along, and I was getting nervous because I knew other teams were going to have better stunts than my group. Finally, competition day came.

When I arrived to the stadium I was so nervous, maybe even more nervous then the girls. I still had a lot of time until it was my team turn to go up on stage, so I took them to practice their routine. As they were practicing the routine there was a bunch of mistakes, I was getting even more nervous/anxious. I gathered my girls together, and we all took deep breathes and just thought positive. Finally, they called us up and I cheered my girls on as they ran onto the stage. They were set waiting for the music to start, I had never felt my heart pounding so hard and so much butterflies in my stomach. The music stared and they started the routine, wow they surprised me. The whole crowd was on their feet cheering for them and even the judges wereon standing up. I couldn’t have been any happier, and excited. Then, it was time to announce the winners; 3^rd place The Cowboys (our biggest competition) , 2^nd place The Braves, I heard my girls screaming, 1^st place, Mid Valley Titans!!!! (my team). I was a proud coach that day. Since that day, I loved coaching my girls.