my afternoon yesterday

Yesterday, after school, I went with Lacey to do the trick-or-treat for canned goods. I wasn't going to do it this year, but you know.. I'm just really nice, so i decided to help out. So we started and like nobody set out food for the food pantry... We keep going and then all of a sudden I realize my phone isn't in my pocket. Yep, that's right, I've been all over Payson, and somewhere I lost my phone. We went and drove back past the street we just walked over, and we didn't see it. I called my mom and told her, and then we just went on and finished our route for the canned goods. We went back and parked at the street we were on right before I noticed it was gone, and I went one way, and Lacey the other, and Lacey found it. I was so relieved... It was just in the middle of a sidewalk on some road. Now, I have my phone back and don't plan on losing it again soon. =]

EMMA KENNEDY

Emma is pretty cool. I've known her for a long time, way before I came to this school. She is a ditzy blonde, and very funny to make jokes about. We make a lot of jokes about her, but shes so cool cause she doesn't care, she laughs with us! Emma has like 50 sisters (actually 3), and this big dog. She drives a little green honda and doesn't stop at stop signs!!!! She's really funny in Health class because she says EWWWW really loud. She is 16, and she can date now so everyone should get her number, I'll give it to you if you don't have it!!

Volleyball Regionals

Tonight our volleyball team is playing in the Volleyball Regionals in Liberty. We play Liberty at 6, and then we play again right after that. Everybody should come out and supposrt the school's team. I know that a lot of us JV players are going and also a lot of other people from our school. It will be a lot of fun!!

Football game

I went to the last Home Unity-Payson Football game last night. I went with my friends Lacey and Cobi, and at the game we met up with Shelbie and Megan. It was really really cold. We drank coffee and hot chocolate and did our best to stay warm. The game was pretty exciting because we actually won, 28-0. We had a lot of fun because we were cheering really loud, and because well we just always have fun!

History of Halloween

Halloween was first introduced in the ancient Celtic festival. The festival was used to celebrate the end of the harvest season. The festival was a time for the pagans to slaughter livestock for the winter. These festivals involved large bonfires, in which the bones of the slaughtered animals were burnt. The ancient Gaels believed that Halloween was the boundary between the alive and dead, in which the dead would come and stir up trouble. The whole time during the fire, masks and costumes were often worn in an attempt to mimic the evil spirits or to scare them away. During the fire festival, souls of the dead wander the earth and are free to return to the mortal world until dawn.

A jack-o-lantern is a huge American symbol of Halloween. These carved pumpkins originated in Europe and were carved from a turnip or rutabaga. They believed the head was the most powerful part of the body, containing the spirit and knowledge. The name jack-o-lantern comes from the Irish legend of Stringy Jack, in the case that the devil put a curse on the old greedy farmer.

Today, some of these traditions still exist. We may not go out and slaughter all of our livestock and burn their bones, but bonfires and dressing up in costume are a few traditions still alive today. Weather or not you believe the spirits of the dead come back is up to you. I personally view Halloween as a night for kids to dress up and go trick-or-treating for candy, and Halloween parties. Halloween and its meaning has changed a lot over time.