Something to think about..

"It doesn't matter. They'll get lost, and that's the best way to discover interesting places. Try to fill your life again with a little fantasy; above our heads is a sky about which the whole of humanity has given various apparently reasonable explanations. Forget everything you've ever learned about the stars and they'll once more be transformed into angels, or into children, or into whatever you want to believe at that moment. It won't make you more stupid–after all, it's only a game–but it could enrich your life." -The Witch of Portobello

What I've Been Up To

haha here I have pictures to catch up with some of the things I have been up to lately...

New York

For a week in October me and my parents went with family on my dads side to New York. We did kind of a church history tour which was really cool. I saw were Joseph Smith lived and grew up, Sacred grove, Hill Camorah, were the priesthood was restored, the Palmirah temple, were the book of morman was published and many ther places. We even went into Canada and saw Niagra Falls... It was so awesome and I wanna go back cause it is so beautiful out there.

Our Birthdays

Me and Myles have very close birthdays... Both in October, his is on the 23rd and mine is on the 25th. So we always celebrate together. He turned 8 this year and im 17 now. haha yeah I know Im a baby but thats just how it is i guess... ha one more year! ;)

Family Pictures

Our family finally all found a time to get family pictures done. It was basically a miracle because we are all so busy. We had them taken down by the river by the farm. They turned out really good i thought. I think its so pretty with all of the color and pine valley mountain in the back.

Senior Ball

Ha this is me and my Senior Ball date (Erik Bylund). Hes quite the guy... haha We had so so much fun. People kept coming up to us and saying, "You and your date are hilarious!" We were just running aroound bein our crazy selfs. I really had a blast and I felt so pretty. Josie did my hair and it was freakin rad. It was up high and to one side with a peacock feather coming out of it. haha but we did kinda look like we were goin to a fineral in all of the black but whatev ha

Dixie State Fall Dance Company Concert

Well i've been dancing with these guys since school started and I have loved it so so much. It was just are final dance concert and it turned out so well.. Being at the college just about all day everyday rehearsing isn't the funnest but it definately worth it. The concert has all different styles of dancing, from ballet and point to hip hop. There is group peices, duets and even solos. It has so much variety that I love. All of the dances are choreographed by all different choreographers. So there is no one dance anything like another. Its over now and have been enjoying the break but i'll definately be really to start dancing again when school starts back up. I already miss them so much.. they become like your family :)

Christmas Tree Huntin

About a week after Thanksgiving the whole fam drove out to the Kaibab to get a Christmas tree. Except Tyler and Macy because Tyler was taking his EMT test. But just about everyone from my moms side of the family ended up going. It was seriously so so much fun... We haven't all been together like that in a very long time. ha me, laura and the nephews drove around in the rhino... haha with laura driving, it was quite some adventure hahaha

Oops..

haha ok I haven't been very good at this lately.. and im sorry! haha im really going to try and be better this time... umm nothin really happening lately.. just studyin for finals, getting ready for school to get over and it snowed in st. george, which like never ever happens. that was kinda crazy... we made a snowman in the backyard. I've been playin with the boys lots and thats just about it. Oh yeah i need to update what has happened since I blogged last. Um, well it was my 17th birthday on the 25th of October. I know im still a baby... haha but i got the privilege to take the ACT on my birthday. Which is a four hour test that is soooo sucky... not to mention I got back the night before from New York the night before. ha ya... not good.. Then Thanksgiving was good.. Surprisingly I got to see my grandparents which like NEVER happens. So that was cool.. Tree hunting was fun also all of the aunts and uncles were there and it was a blast. The only people who weren't there was Macy and Tyler.. That sucked but ya.. They the Dance Company Concert went so well.. It was on the 5th and 6th of December. The only thing that sucked was the long long hours of rehearsals. I would be at the college somedays for like ten hours. By the end I was so tired... I can't wait to start back up next semester. It has been so so awesome.. I am having a blast. Now it is a week before christmas, oh how time flys... Moms got all three Christmas trees up.. I can proudly say I helped decorate. :) I went sledding the other day.. it was so so fun.. It was me, isaac, ammon and dan. By the end we were soaking.. haha it was freezing!! but it really was so so fun... Today I basically have just worked most of the day.. April and I went to Olive Garden for a lunch break and got to see Macy. It makes me sad cause I hardly ever see her anymore cause were usually so busy.. but im gonna try harder now that school is basically out for a little bit. haha i already know the break is gonna be over before I know it. Seeya

It's been awhile

Ha it's been forever since i've done anything on here. I've been so busy its rediculous. Just school, work and dancing like crazy... Every once in awhile i have a little time to hang out. But its rare... :) Something crazy i just did is I had Macy die my hair. So now my hair is basically black now. :) I love it! I will have to take a picture and put it on here. We did it about two nights ago in her little bathroom in her new house. It was way fun :) Sister time is always the best...

Just a thought

Go outside. Don't plan where to go. Wander toward nothing in particular. Walk slowly. Pause often. Look up. Look down. Widen your field of vision. Shield your eyes with your hands and look as far as you can see in the distance. No matter how familiar you are with the place, you'll see something that you have never seen before.

Feeling...

• Blessed
• Grateful
• Confident
• Intelligent
• Loved
• Special
• Couragous
• Happy
• Relived
• and Inspired...

Yesterday is a day i'll never forget.. it was the auditions for the dance company for the college. Probably one of the hardest things i've ever done... I'm so glad i took that opportunity! Cause now I am able to do the thing i love to do most... which is dancing :)

just be happy..

Want to be happier? Laugh, smile and love as often as you can. Want to be your happiest? Share laughter, smiles and love with as may people - as often as you possibly can. True happiness comes in the caring for and the sharing with others. Because it is at those times that we aspire to be our best. It is at those times that we encroach on our true purpose in life ... the reason we are here.
So in your travels on this day and the next, take the time to share a hello or a smile with those you encounter along the way. Take a couple moments to tell a long lost friend you care. Stop and help someone who needs a little inspiration to make it through the day. Let someone special know just how special they are. And most of all give a hearty 'Thank You' to those who have been there for you along the way ... after all without them you wouldn't be the person you are today.

YOUNIVERSE

I thought this was pretty cool to find out a little more about yourself...

and so she would dance...

She realized she was lucky - because she could actually see it...
how the trees got more beautiful each year...
...how they danced with such graceful pride, surviving each seasons change...
...and she knew their beauty lied not in the perfection, but in the growth...
...and she could see it - in the trees...
...the people around her...
...and some days, even in herself...
...and so she would dance.

It's these people...

''It's the people who hug you & never want to let go, the people who you haven't seen for months, but nothing has changed at all, the people who give to you more than you give to them, the people that truly understand who you are, the people who you cry about, the people who you live for, the people in your photographs that have light genuinely shining through their eyes & their smile, the people that get you through everything.''

This is for you Macy :) Love you

School... so exciting...

So school is starting... summer lew by so fast.. i don't even remember what I did to be honest. but im pretty excited. i get to see friends that i never see in the summer which is fun. it's quite nice that college doesn't start till next week. i've been able to sleep in every morning! i kinda forgot what it felt like to get your full nights rest. it's kinda nice haha But my senior year i gonna be awesome. im gonna make it so good, i'll never forget... No slackin for me though.. :) AP Stats will kick my butt if i don't keep up on it.. This picture is on my gilry Kaitlyn Hune. I love her like crazy! She is so rad.. and doesn't care about the crap at school which i like. It's nice to know there are those few people you can always count on to have a good time. ..

The Bird 08

Snowbird was awesome this year.. Not gonna lie, its pretty lame how scool starts so early now that i can't even stay up there. But what do ya do.. When we were there we hiked up to secret lake. It was BEAUTIFUL! I love it up at snowbird. It's like a little slice of heaven... My favorite is just relaxing with the fam. Nothin beats that I think. I wouldn't of been able to go at all this year if i hadn't quit Jetettes right before I left up there.. And I haven't been happier since. It was definately the right decision for me. I miss the dancing I used to do with Westside Studios. Drill just isn't for me anymore I guess.. But anyways, here are just a few pics of the bird this year. :)

Girls Camp

so.. basically this is me and my girlys at girls camp. haha wild.. i know. after going to camp for five or more years, things get a little crazy. it was so awesome though, it is the best to spend time up in the mountains. this is a picture of all of us YCL's at camp just doin our thing. the picture on the right is of coutney and me. she has been one of my best friends ever since i can remember. haha we are supposed to be in charge but many times we are the ones that need the tending... ha

Warped Tour

• Loud Music
• Tight Pants
• Mohawks & Crazy Hair
• Burning Sun
• Rad Bands
• Me And My Sis
• So Much Fun... Warped Tour 08

Dance Camp

haha i bet you are wondering what this is all about.. this was just thee longest bus ride i have ever had in my life.. we got maybe a little to creative. we took way to many pictures, sang way to loud, and had some fun with our dance party in the back of the bus, that just about woke everyone up. not to mention my coach "miss p" yelling at me and natalie. but who is to blame us. riding on a bus all the way to ogden with 19 girls, just about anything is bound to happen. but this isn't even the hard part. five days of dancing all day non stop with crazy teachers that don't believe in sleep, having fun or even drinking water is the hardest part. basically when i came home i could hardley move my toes. it was all worth it though, it definately got me in major shape. expectially major flex-it's intese hour workouts in the morning. she seriously looks like a woman in a mans body.. like no lie. she is like crazy strong, and makes me feel like i could loose a few pounds haha fast! the first night of getting there we performed our kick routine for everyone. the music to it is footloose which is interesting but i dance to what i am told. BDT is a camp for drill teams all over utah to make them work harder, become closer and get better at there technique. we learned six full dances over all which is very hard to cram in that short period of time to remember. not to mention we already have four other routines to remember, which is crazy to me that i actually remember these dances. camp was very fun but i was very ready to come home. being around a room full of girls that long can make you crazy. ha even though i would of voted us the most goofiest team there. in the end we actually got a trophy for the hardest working team and also best performing in our hip hop dance we learned there. most teams don't get anything so that was way cool for us. ha the times we weren't dancing were freakin hilarious, these girls become like your sisters so laughing all night and getting no sleep, crazy pranks, interesting pictures, drawing all over each other, and giving sick tats is just what we do.. ha someday we might grow up.

A little about me....

madison rae keenan. i have my mottos, i have my goals, and i am really someone who truly dedicates all my effort to achieve them. i'm a dancer, i've worked my whole life around becoming a good one. dancing for me, is one of my ways of getting away from everything and lets me express myself in a way other than words. i love basically any type of art, dancing, drawing, painting, piano, photography, music or just even being outside. these to are ways for me to get away and think for myself. always learning is my way of things, it definitely opens your mind to a new way of thinking. i hit the books hard and i actually enjoy going to school. i am going into my senior year at dixie high but am not planning on being there much. i'm going to start working up to my associates at the college, which will be a great jump start. i love to have fun and most people probably think i am quite interesting cause i tend to get a little crazy haha i'm the kind of girl that would do anything to make someone laugh and have a better day. laughing is definitely the best medicine for anything. i am a deep deep girl, and i have a reason for everything. i'm also very original and love to do my own thing my own way. i used to try and be like everyone else and try so hard to fit in. but once you grow out of that and you stop trying to change yourself, that is when you become truly happy. one day everyone will realize it's not about being perfect it's about being happy. lately i have had lots of ups and downs and am now working on always having a good attitude about things because you never know when you are done here and i definitely don't want any regrets. and life goes by so fast, i don't want to miss anything. i figure that i can't dwell on the past, it has already happened. you have to take life as it comes. so just turn around and just keep going. a quote i will always love is "someday everything will make perfect sense. so for now, laugh at the confusion, smile through the tears, and keep reminding yourself that everything happens for a reason." i'm pretty much an independent person, i'm by myself sometimes just because i want to be. i don't need people's attention constantly to make me happy but still, everybody wants to be loved, right? i mean i love people, i love getting to know people, and i love having friends, its so interesting to meet new people and see what they're like. through experiences i've had, i believe that every single person you know, or know of, or even see around makes a difference in your life and that you know them, know of them, or see them around for a reason. so everyone around me is important to me. i am sick of guys who break hearts, i kind of think guys are cruel, which makes me want to stay away from them so brainless, immature, egotistical, disrespectful, and especially fraud guys just aren't my type. ha i love having relationships with people and helping them out, its quality rather than quantity to me. even though i never really have had a perfect family life, my family means so much to me, they're at the top of my list in everything. haha and i've got to say, life was so much easier when clothes didn't match and boys had cooties, being a kid that is. theres a whole lot more to madison rae keenan. than this very very short intro, and if you really just sat here and read this whole thing, then i really like the kind of person you are.