Prom 2019!!!

Posted on April 25, 2019 by haleyhawkes

Christian, Quincy, me, and Cody all at my house for some pre-prom pictures!

This Saturday was senior prom! First Quincy and Christian met Cody and I at my house for some pictures with the parents. We were all super exited and couldn’t wait to go. Christian drove us to Chloe’s house and as soon as we got there Cody and I realized that we forgot out tickets! So then we had to drive all the way back to my house, which luckily was only up the street, to get our tickets and ID’s.

We made it to Chloe’s house and as soon as we walked in we were bombarded with kids and parents. It was so chaotic. We got our stickers telling us what bus we would be on, the four of us were all on the ladybug sticker bus.

There were so many people there, it was basically the whole senor class, plus some more sophomores and a few juniors. We all ate dinner at Chloe’s and played music and danced from about 5:15-7:45, when the party bus picked us all up. Chloe’s house before was one of my favorite parts of the night it was so fun seeing everyone and taking pictures together!

The dance was on the roof top of the Moxi Museum of exploration, it was an amazing venue with great music and even better people. The dance was over by 11pm, soo we all took the party bus from prom to our friend Gergias house. There were less people there, but still there was a lot of us. We all hung out there for another couple of hours then left at about 12:30am. Cody and I went back to my house for a bit and had a great time telling my mom about prom and then hearing her prom stories.

Cody and I taking pictures under the huge PROM sign!

Overall, it was an amazing night filled with amazing people. I couldn’t have asked for a better prom, luckily I’m only a sophomore so I get to go to two proms!

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-Haley Hawkes

Miles the Pony

Posted on April 19, 2019 by haleyhawkes

This is Miles. He is about 6 years old and tan with bright blonde hair. My sister Leila got Miles for Christmas this year. She was thriled when she opened the picture frame and saw a picture of Miles with a big red bow tied around him. It was by far the best Christmas present she’s ever even seen!

My mom was a horse trainer before she had my brothers, so she knows a lot about horses and horseback riding. I used to ride a lot when I was little, I ride less now, but back in the day I won all kinds of awards and ribbons. My sister rides competitively like I did when I was her age, and she’s one a couple important awards herself.

This is Leila riding Miles this weekend. She has riding about three times a week and loves it. She rides at San Marcos Stables, in Summerland, thats also where we keep Miles because we have Willow in our back yard, and its not big enough for two ponies.

Miles playfully enjoying the dirt on a hot sunny day.

This is Miles playfully rolling around on the dirt in his paddock. He loves to play and roll around in the sun all the time. Leila and I love to brush and pamper him, I can tell he loves it too. His show name is even strawberry shortcake.

I really like having all of these animals and I’m very happy to have horses and be able to be a part of that horse culture. Miles is a truly amazing pony and he has the biggest heart and an even bigger personality!

Overall I am very happy that my mom added Miles to the big and crazy family! He’s an amazing addition and a wonderful pony!

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-Haley Hawkes

Miramar Beach

Posted on April 12, 2019 by haleyhawkes

Miramar beach is one of my favorite places in Santa Barbara. Because I live right by there I go all the time now, i’ll bring my dog Bronx and we’ll walk up and down the beach for what seems like forever.

In the future I would love to travel around the world to exotic palaces but I could never imagine living anywhere but here. Santa Barbara and the beaches that line our coast are absolutely amazing.

Personally I think that the sunsets at Miramar are the best during the winter, but there is nothing better than the long nights in the summer. When its wam out i’ll take my dog to this beach and he’ll play in the waves and come back super sandy and smelling like the beach, he loves coming here almost as much as I do.

Recently they have rebuilt the “Miramar,” I haven’t been yet, but from the outside it looks beautiful. I think that this hotel is good and bad, it is good because it is another beautiful attraction on my favorite beach, but its bad because then there is a lot more “traffic” which ultimately makes the beach less peaceful.

I think that this beach is the prettiest at night. Because there are houses all aligned along the sand, as soon as it gets dark all of the lights on the houses light up the beach again. The silhouettes of the trees and the ocean makes it look like a painting.

To the left side of Miramar, past all the rocks is a little cove, called Sharks Cove. When I was little my dad and I would walk along the whole beach all the way to this little cove and eat sandwiches and jellybeans, that was one of my favorite childhood memories. I will never forget this beach and one day I would love to live right on it, ands wake up every morning to the beautiful veiw.

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-Haley Hawkes

Spring Break in Mammoth

Posted on April 2, 2019 by haleyhawkes

This spring break I went to Mammoth Mountain. I met a lot of people up there and we all skied and snowboarded. It was so much fun to be in the snow again, I already want to go back!

We went to the park on the mountain and everyone went off jumps. I was filming Lucas, Stuart, and alll the other guys. There were lots of falls, but it was worth it.

We made it to the top of the mountain, the snow was great and the weather was perfect that day. The runs at the top were super hard and black diamonds, but it was a lot of fun.

The next days were very windy, and it even snowed. It was so pretty to look out on the balcony and see the tress covered in white and the whole place looked like it came out of a Christmas book.

The drive back was long, about six hours, but we made a stop at a bakery in Bishop that was only about an hour from Mammoth. It was a long ride with my three younger siblings in the car being as loud as can be, but luckily we made it home just fine.

It was a very pretty ride back though. The mountains had just been snowed on and the sky cleared up. There was so much snow everywhere and the sight was so beautiful.

We made on last stop on our way home, the Poppy Fields. It was a Poppy reserve and it went on for miles. We figured we would never really come all the way out there just to see the Poppies, so we decided it was a stop that we needed to take. All my siblings loved it and it was a beautiful sight.

Over all, our trip to Mammoth was a success and a great way to spend spring break. I’m planning another trip soon, and I cant wait to go back there again!

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-Haley Hawkes