All About Elizabeth

Elizabeth has been called to be first counsellor in the Beehive Presidency and has her first presidency meeting tonight. So exciting!! We'll skip the part that I was the last one to know about the calling and how a reminder call about the meeting tonight left me wondering why Liz was being reminded...was she singing for them or something? Silly.

Elizabeth has been busy babysitting, breaking her record recently of a mere two jobs on a Saturday with three. One in the morning, another in the afternoon and straight to a third for the evening. She loves it and while her earnings are going to buy things like the MP3 player she wanted, fund trips to see Twilight for the second time, buy a $5 shirt that she just HAD to have, and will soon mean a digital camera will be hers, she has said she'd pretty much do it for free because she likes it so much. A recent on-the-way-home conversation with a mom she sat for gave Liz a bit of a boost. This mom shared with Liz that a lot of people had been upset wit her (the mom) because she'd gotten to Liz first for a night when a lot of people were going to the same party. Liz was suprised to hear that people like her that much. This mom reassured her that they do! One mom told me that Liz was the first babysitter they'd ever had who cleaned the kitchen before they got home. Yeah, she's a keeper!

Thankfully breaking her foot in December only kept her from about a week of Dance Team. She has had a great time dancing these past weeks, and the girls are awesome! Liz has always had rhythm, and it's fun to get to see it put to good use. :)



Rhythm is also being used in Choir, which is, according to Liz, her FAVORITE class. She was chosen for Select Choir this semester and was one of 12 acts out of 150 auditions to receive a "Golden Ticket" which was an invitation to perform at her school's recent Talent Show. You can see the video here ~ apologies for the blurriness....Sister Helper Camera Operator thought the blur was just in the camera.



Elizabeth earned a spot on the Honor Roll for this last term, the third consecutive term she's done so (and I have the bumper stickers to prove it!). She's taking Honors Language Arts and does more math than she wants to without too much complaining.

Next year Liz will be in High School. Which is terrific and incredible all at once. So many great things happen in High School: Seminary. The "big girl" Select Choir, and a possible trip to China. Friends. Driving. Friends Driving. yikes! Turning 14 in July, she's anxious to be that much closer to all of those things, and told me yesterday that she's thinking about becoming a race car driver. Then a few hours later she said she thought she'd love to be a Repo (wo)man ~ after she becomes an interior and/or fashion designer. So many options and possibilities!

Elizabeth is sometimes weighed down by being the big sister. Littler people sometimes get into her things, and changing diapers isn't ever a sought-after task. But she's a great big sister, and Emily is just the most recent one who can testify of that: