Ellie's Freshmen Year

 The summer before freshmen year, Ellie became good friends with some new friends- Bella, Annise and Grace, partly because she did track with Grace.  The four of them hung out all the time her freshmen year, including sleep overs and hanging out with friends and all the fun things. Partway through the year, Bella decided to leave their friend group, but Ellie, Annise and Grace remained good friends.  

Ellie was super busy at school with cheer and track.  Cheer was busy in the fall with football games and then basketball games.  As soon as cheer slowed down, track picked up.  She was able to make the varsity track team and compete in long jump and triple jump.  It was fun to see her push herself.  By the end of track season, she was exhausted.  It seemed as though she may have pushed herself too far. 

Ellie took hard classes and got straight A's in all of them. She had an AP class and passed the AP exam.  

She went with Joe and Michael on a tour of the Ensign facilities.  They got to don protective gear and see what being in the oil field was all about.

She spent every opportunity that she could driving herself, so that she could get practice driving.  Right from the start she was a good driver, which made teaching her really easy.

At Christmas, Ellie thought it would be fun to put Christmas lights on the house.  They put up one strand and called it good.