Zooboomafoo

Hahah, that's on TV right now...I totally remember watching it when I was like 4...wow. :p

So, we got this badminton set the other day. It is so much fun! But...it doesn't really help when you aren't amazing at it. :) Hehe, I'm ok at it, but my brothers don't really think so. We were playing last ngiht, and my brothers kicked me out of playing the game! I was bummed with them...but, they don't have anyone else to play with, haha, so they have to play with me!

And then...uhh, we are going to Minnesota on Wednesday for like 5 days. We are going water skiing, and to the Mall of America, and to a Pompeii exibit at the science museum. I'm thinking that it's gonna be way exciting and fun!!

I went to an amazing rival football game on Friday night, haha, Naperville North vs. Naperville Central. It was soo amazing, and we were in the dog pound with a bunch of people. It was a lot of fun, and I got to talk with people, and be friends. (Even though I'll probably never see them
again:) Annd, then we went to an amazing noodle place for dinner, I liked it a lot. :D

Well, that's about it for now!!
I'll post again soon, to make up for my lack of not posting in a couple weeks. Heheh...

I'm done now.

<3!

Happy (extremely late) Birthday to Me!

Liiffeee...is going pretty great!


My birthday: We went to the Sandwich Fair where I: 1)Got sneezed on by a sheep. 2)Nearly got sick because I went on some way sweet/too crazy rides. 3)Ate some AMAZING food...like cotton candy...and funnel cake...and yah, that was pretty much the extent of the AMAZING food. Then we went back to my grandparents house and ate...then I went to bed. Haha, I was tired!

Then...on Wednesday we went to Downtown Chicago (again...haha) and signed up for French lessons...not too sure how that'll go. Especially cause my brothers & I are the only ones in the class...hmmm. Wow. And then we went to the HERSHEY'S FACTORY!!!! How cool is that? It was definitely more of a store, but it had good chocolate. :D HA! Then we went to the American Girl Place...I love that place. We went and checked everything out...and it was soo cool. I could probably live there. We read the Smart Girls Guide To Boys, my brothers and I...it was hilarious-ly awkward. But, it was also a ton of fun! Ohh man...then we went to the Nike store, but it wasn't as much fun as American Girl. It was almost kind of boring. Then we rode the Navy Pier Ferris wheel, and almost got sick, but not quite. It was fun!

Hmm...this is gonna be really long. So, I went to the Oak Park River Forest vs Lyons TownShip (something like that) football game last night! It was way sweet! And cold...very cold. But, it was a white-out theme, so i was in white everything, and it was a lot of fun!!!!!!! It took FOREVER to get there because we went like 3 1/2 miles past the right exit to get Panda, and then we kind of went the wrong way, and saw a really pretty lake, attempted to talk to an elderly woman who...'was sleeping,' nearly hit a possum/dog/deer-type thing, and got to the game an hour late, so we didn't have to pay. Haha, it was amazing. Aannd, I met a bunch of Maddie's friends, who were pretty cool.

Then, tonight, we are going to a North Central College football game (NCC is a smaller college right down the street from us). And tomorrow we are probably gonna go to church, then my cousins soccer game, and then a 'family get together.' I think we're gonna watch the second half of the Bears game, and probably play a football game too...idk what else.

Oooh...and it's REALLY cold here. Not quite like terrible, but I am definitely in long pants and a heavy sweater right now. And my feet are ALWAYS cold...I probably need to get warmer socks. But, I don't have any socks cause my brothers think that it's ok to use mine. Ughh...

Mkay, that's all for now!
<3!

Chicago

Hey Everyone!
It's been awhile since I've written anything. In the past few days, we've just finished putting the house together, and making it our own. It was really hot earlier this week, but then, it rained all day Thursday and Friday! It's been soo wonderful!!!

So, yesterday, I went to downtown Chicago again. We walked around in the rain!!!! It was soo much fun! My brothers & I took the train down there, and we went with a few friends again. So, we were kind of wet from the rain, and then we went and played in this really cool fountain! Haha, we were soaked by the time we got done there.

And, finally, my birthday is tomorrow!!!! We are going to church (FINALLY!!!) and then we are going to the Sandwich Country Fair. (Sandwich is a town, not a food in this case) And...I guess that there is a demolition derby...so we'll be going to that. It'll be interesting, haha, wow. Then we'll probably go back to my aunts house for dinner and a party! Yeah!!

Well, that's all for now!!
Much Love!

Chicago-Ingram Hill--Junes Picture Show

My Heart Will Go On

Hola! So, the main reason for the song title was that that was what was playing in the car on the way back from downtown Chicago. AND, it reminded me of when I was in Mexico with SBC, and Ryan happened to play that song for a certain someone...I won't go into detail, but it was on the second to last night when we were in Colonial Greco (I think). I went with a new found friend, Maddie (her and my dad are friends), to Chicago with a few of her friends today. It was SO much fun! We went to the Shedd Aquarium, and then wanderered around looking for a Panda Express. Anyway, it was a lot of fun! I saw a lot of eels and turtles and sharks, got my face painted, almost got hit by a car, walked away from the group (I wasn't quite with it...) but, it was an adventure!

There' s not really anything else to talk about...ohh, the neighbors. I still haven't met anyone. I was gone most of the day, but I was just out on the porch and no one talked to me. Haha, I'm going to meet someone eventually! It is so wonderfully nice outside! But, there are a lot of mosquitoes because they have had a TON of rain in the past few weeks. Hopefully they'll go away sometime soon.

Mkay, I think that that's all, this was a short blog!

<3!

Sweet Home [Illinois]

I'M HERE! Haha, it's been a great three days in the car, but I'm SO happy to be in Illinois. The house is...small. I really think that it is cute and quaint though too. The upstairs is where the three bedrooms and the one shower are, and the downstairs is where the living room, kitchen/dining room and entry room are. It's overall very nice. The backyard is overgrown, but will look good when it is taken care of. The wierd thing here is that there are no tall brick walls that signify privacy or ownership, only short decorative wooden fences, if anything, to show the property line. I think that it is very interesting...but, for people here, it is normal. I'll probably get pictures up eventually of everything, our home computer is up and running...but the internet isn't connecting.

My room is really cool...I have really cool magenta/dark brown sheets, and then I have a desk in here too. I'm sleeping on a futon, so it folds up into a couch...which I really like.

So, that's probably all that you want to hear about the house and my room...it's probably really boring. I don't know if there is much more for me to talk about...

Wait, (haha) so we went to downtown Naperville today. It was soo cool, there were people everywhere, it wasn't too hot for anything, and they had a COOKIE DOUGH shop!!!!!!!! It sold solely cookie dough and ice cream. And, the best part is that you can EAT the cookie dough RAW! Ohh man, I can walk there, and I'm gonna be there often!! We also had some of the most AMAZING pizza! I guess that if you are in the Chicago area/vicinity, the pizza is gonna be good! So, it was really cool to see all of that. OHH, and we saw a wedding, it was the most beautiful weddding that I've ever seen (we just walked by, so it wasn't like we attended it or anything) But, it was pretty.

Last thing...I tried to meet some of the neighbors today, but my method of sitting on top of the Uhaul and seeing if they would come to me...let's just say that it didn't work. So, we have to go get the bearded dragons (that the family who's house we are staying in own, but a neighbor was taking care of them) from one of the neighbors tomorrow, so I'll meet someone but then I might just go back to the Uhaul, and see if anyone comes to talk. Supposedly there are a lot of little kids here, but I've seen a lot of people my age...so I'm excited to get to know people. \

Mkay, that's all for now!!!

<3!

Meet Me in St. Louis

4:15 Central 2:15 AZ

St. Louis is a beautiful city! With the Gateway Arch stretching above everything and the Mississippi River flowing swiftly between Illinois and Missouri, I think that it is amazing! We wanted to go up in the arch. (Umm, actually, my family wanted to go, I didn’t want to have anything to do with going up that high.)Anyway, there was too long of a wait to get up there, so it didn’t work out. But, we did get to go into the museums and see a quick movie about the making of the arch. I thought that it was pretty cool.

Now we have just crossed into Illinois, and we have about four hours of driving to go. We are going through Springfield, so that will be fun. I really like going to the capitals of states…I don’t know why. Anyway, there are cornfields EVERYWHERE! (haha, kind of like the cows the other day) They are stretching from the road to a barn and a silo somewhere, and then they’ll keep going past the barn. It’s soo cool. And, where there aren’t barns and cornfields there are thick bursts of trees! I’ll post pictures eventually. (You know, you can probably tell that I’m from AZ and that I’ve never really been in the real country or lived out of the state by how excited I am by things that probably seem real miniscule.)

So we got off from Springfield, MO today around 10:00 (CST, you can figure out AZ time) and then I slept for nearly two hours on the ground of the car! Haha, it was wonderful! But, then Christian woke me up by pulling the cell phone from my pocket…and then he was really hyper and continued to bug me and Trenton. Ohh man, I’m way happy that this car ride is almost over!

Well, that’s all for now!

<3!!

P.S. My birthday is in 8 days!!!