Hello from Albuquerque!!! Well, yeeah, that’s where I am. I’m wearing a T-SHIRT! It’s exciting! Hahaa…wow.
Today has been…ok I guess. It’s just been a lot of driving. Buut, that’s really no different than any other day out of the past few, soo, it didn’t really need to be stated. Whatever I guess…
We woke up before the sun this morning, around 7:30am. The breakfast the hotel offered was continental, the same as any other, only they had really really good pastry thingies…and I had a few. :) We left the hotel around 8:30, and drove for awhile. I didn’t sleep this morning, which I think I’m gonna regret…buut, it’s ok cause we have our own room tonight as kids, so we kind of can do whatever we want. :)
At like 10:00 we crossed the border from Oklahoma into the nothing-ness land of the Texas Panhandle…all cows, no people. Haha, it’s not completely true, but pretty darn close. About 10:45 we stopped in Groom, TX. That was the exact same place that we stopped on the way in, only we got DQ on the way in, and gas on the way out. This place, Groom, literally has three buildings, and one exit…it was soo small. :D
We had a nearly 3 hour break in Amarillo, Texas. Lunch at Chili’s --> :-P <-- and, then we went to Target cause Trenton wanted to buy an iPod, which he got. =) He literally didn’t stop talking about it from the time we left IL until the point where he got it… So, he was really happy, and the technology in this little thing is amazingg…Apple keeps getting better and better. =) We also stopped in at Borders to see if we could get a book on tape, but they didn’t have it. Instead, we go this book called ‘Little- Known Facts about Well-Known Things.’ It has random facts like this one: “At the state’s widest point, the distance across Texas is greater than the distance between New York City and Chicago.” Which randomly relates…here’s another one: “Marvin Gardens is the only property on the Monopoly game board that is not named after a street. In actuality, it is an upscale area in Atlantic City, NJ, which, had it been spelled correctly, should have been Marven Gardens.” Haha, the book is really cool; I liked it a lot :)
We left Amarillo about 2:00; all we saw were more cows, old barns, and vast land. Around 2:40 we entered New Mexico!! It was basically the same as Texas…flat lands, buut, there was a sense of accomplishment of reaching yet another state. We are now only one state away from Arizona…that word nearly seems foreign now…buut, it won’t be for long. :)
Soo, yeeah, we drove for awhile. Annd, we reached Tucumcari, which didn’t really mean anything, except that that’s where we stayed on our first night on the way here. We drove past it, though, cause we were headed for Albuquerque.
We beat the sun to Albuquerque (once again) and won the race. At about 6:00 we checked into the hotel, and then we went to my mom’s friend’s house. This was the part of the day that I looked forward the most too. Why? Because I got to meet a girl named Eliana! Hahaa, I was sooo excited to meet her…but she wasn’t really excited to meet me. She was only 9…but still, it’s pretty exciting. Whatever, we hung out in their Jacuzzi, and ate pizza, so that was fun. :D
We came back home about 8:30 and I took a shower. Now it’s like 10ish and we are all asleep….we’re sooo tired. Well, goodnight…I’m leaving Albuquerque and coming to AZ tomorrow! <3!!
Closer to You -- Brandi Carlille
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Chasing Cars --> December 29 (Saturday
| Saturday. That's today. We (the kids) were (apparently) supposed to wake up on our own this morning while my parents were at breakfast, but it didn't happen, so we were really rushed out of the hotel room, and somehow that was our (the kids) fault. Soo, we didn't really get to do anything in the hotel but get ready, and that was a bummer, because yesterday we were able to watch TV and stuff. We got on the road about 9:30 from Around 2:00ish we stopped at a 'snack stop,' which was really a few extra lanes to the right of the freeway with a terrible bathroom. There we found an insurance postcard sent to a guy named Dawn Kunkel…I think he was from Venita, OK…buut, no matter what, we had fun trying to say his name. Then we tried to get back on the road, which was really hard cause there was not an 'entrance lane,' and the semis were going 2534983mph. Buut, we made it. J When we left the 'snack shop' we were about two and a half hours away from About 4:00, we stopped for gas, and I got food from McDonalds – A McFlurry, and fries. The best food ever. Annd, I got a Now it's about 5:00 and we are at the hotel. It isn't dark yet…which is probably a record; we've never reached any hotel before dark on this trip. The hotel doesn't have a Jacuzzi thing…just a pool. Soo, I'm kind of bummed, but I'll probably end up swimming anyway. Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol |
All In All -- December 27-28 (Thurs & Fri)
All In All --> It’s Just Another Day Gone
Soo, I’m writing about yesterday today, because yesterday I was entirely too tired to write. But, in order for yesterday to make entire sense, I must start with the day before yesterday; Thursday.
On Thursday morning I woke up at 6:30, which was too early to wake up…ever. Soo, I woke up, took a shower, ate breakfast. We all got to work by 7:30. I packed up my room the rest of the way…which pretty much meant ‘get everything out of the room.’ Things like boxes, computer parts and pieces, pillows, blankets, bags…ohhh and the bed that had to go across the hall. After that I went downstairs and cleaned out the van. It was a mess. There were still needles from the Christmas tree, jelly beans from our
Then, around 3:00ish we left the house and went to the first hotel;
On Friday morning, we woke up at 7:00am and packed up our room. We then got on the road. I literally slept the first 3 hours of the trip, when we reached
Soo…after that we got back on the road and drove for the remaining three hours of the trip and arrived at the hotel in
Hmm, we all fell asleep about midnight again.
All in All – Lifehouse
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Christmas :)
On Christmas Eve...day, Christmas Eve day, we did soo much work and so much packing and cooking and cleaning and rearranging. It was hectic. We got TONS done, and nearly the entire downstairs is almost ready to be stuck into a Uhaul...buut not quite.
Then all of my cousins and my grandparents came to Naperville and we went the St Peter & Paul 4:00 mass. That was hectic. There were 40 bazillion people there, and we ended up standing in the overflow room. Haha, it was good though.
Thenn, after that, everyone came over to our house and we had about 3 hours of a Christmas party! It was totally tons of fun. We all got to hang out and talk with each other. We also had a massive wrapping-paper-ball-war. That was fun. :) Annd, we had really amazing bean & corn burritos. Mmmm!!
Finally, they all left about ten-to-eight, which let us go to GracePointe's Christmas Eve service! That was fun cause I got to see a bunch of people...again, and it made things not so sad.
Early this morning Trenton woke us all up and we went downstairs and opened presents and stuff. I got a wallet (!) which was all I really wanted, and made me happy. :D
Then, this afternoon we went to my cousins house and met their (other) cousins, and pretty much just had a HUGE party. It was tons of fun, we got to play a lot of football, and we watched the Suns game....and we had a lot of really good food. It was tons of fun to meet everyone else, and get to know them a little bit better. I loved it. :)
That's all for the 'Christmas' part...in terms of moving, we are close to being ready. Tomorrow at like 8ish my dad is picking up the Uhaul, and we are working all day to pack it up. Wow...crazyness :D
Then all of my cousins and my grandparents came to Naperville and we went the St Peter & Paul 4:00 mass. That was hectic. There were 40 bazillion people there, and we ended up standing in the overflow room. Haha, it was good though.
Thenn, after that, everyone came over to our house and we had about 3 hours of a Christmas party! It was totally tons of fun. We all got to hang out and talk with each other. We also had a massive wrapping-paper-ball-war. That was fun. :) Annd, we had really amazing bean & corn burritos. Mmmm!!
Finally, they all left about ten-to-eight, which let us go to GracePointe's Christmas Eve service! That was fun cause I got to see a bunch of people...again, and it made things not so sad.
Early this morning Trenton woke us all up and we went downstairs and opened presents and stuff. I got a wallet (!) which was all I really wanted, and made me happy. :D
Then, this afternoon we went to my cousins house and met their (other) cousins, and pretty much just had a HUGE party. It was tons of fun, we got to play a lot of football, and we watched the Suns game....and we had a lot of really good food. It was tons of fun to meet everyone else, and get to know them a little bit better. I loved it. :)
That's all for the 'Christmas' part...in terms of moving, we are close to being ready. Tomorrow at like 8ish my dad is picking up the Uhaul, and we are working all day to pack it up. Wow...crazyness :D
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Week of December 17th
Thiss week...it's been crazy!! Like there has been soo much going on, and yeeah.
On Monday~ I got to sleep in!! It was wonderful!! Haha, I didn't change into my real clothes until like 7pm when I had to go grocery shopping with my dad. It had just snowed and the sun was reflecting off of the snow, I loved it.
On Tuesday~ We went to see my great-grandmother's grave. It was cold outside, and there was snow covering all off the grave stones. We searched around for like 20 minutes looking for it, and then I realized that there was a row number for the grave...from there it took us like 10 minutes to find it. Soo, we remembered my great-grandmother, and we prayed and stuff. It was very good to do that, but it was soo cold! Haha, I didn't wear the right shoes or anything (Cause I didn't think we'd be walking around in 6in deep snow) After we were there, we tried to eat at the IHOP down the street, but it was closed. Soo, we drove back home and I had a few classes to be at (online) so I was, and that was a lot of fun. :)
On Wednesday~ We got our water heater fixed and went to the Holocaust Museum. Our water heater had been broken for quite a while, so the 'guys' were here all day fixing it. While they were here, we went to the Holocaust Museum. It was ok, it was smallish, and I didn't love it, buut, it was really interesting, and informative. When we got back, the 'guys' were still here, and the house smelled soo bad!! So, my mom and I went Christmas shopping, and got out of the house. I got double-stuffed Oreos...my favorite. :)
On Thursday~ We...uhmm, ohh, we put school stuff in boxes and I had my last 180 (church) of the night. Soo, yeeah, I also did laundry all day, and got all of the clothes in the house washed. We packed up 2 1/2 boxes of school stuff and books, and those are now sitting in the living room off to the side. I had my last Thursday night church thing also. A few of us met at a Mexican place for dinner and talked. At church, we hung out and kind of played basketball and dodgeball, and stuff, but more just hung out and talked. :) It was tons of fun.
On Friday~ Packing clothes and surprise parties. We packed up our clothes...lots of them. Soo,yeeah, we did that, and otherwise just cleaned the house. Then, at like 6:15ish I went to go help set up a surprise party for a friend of mine who was turning 18! It was soo much fun, and I was able to hang out with a bunch of friends from church. We all had a really good time, and Nate was really surprised. It was awesome.
On Saturday~ More packing, MSI, & Greek Town. Soo, we had to wake up early. It was like 8:30, but it was early for a Saturday. We kept packing up the house, most of the upstairs, and all of our clothes are now packed...and most of the rooms are packed too. All of the boxes are stacked up in my parents room --> [they'll be moved into a Uhaul truck on...Wednesday] Then, around 10:30 we left for downtown Chicago. As a big (my dad's parents, sister -- all her kids, in all like 13 people) we went to the Museum of Science and Industry to the Star Wars exhibit. It was really cool to see, and it was awesome to hang out with all of my cousins and stuff. From there, we went to the Parthenon (lots and lots of Greek food) and ate dinner. The food was pretty good, I'm not all that into Greek food, soo, yeeah. When we left the restaurant, it was blowing and snowing, and crazy cold. Haha, yeeah.
Saturday night~ Was crazy enough to get its own spot. Ha! Soo, I went to bed about 11ish...at that point, the wind was picking up, and it was pouring rain. It was about 35-40 degrees outside probably. Then, throughout the night, it kept getting colder, and the wind was literally making noise. (k, that kind of sounds stupid, but like the house felt like it was being blown around, and the tree was shaking)
Sunday~ Sad day...with lots of wind and snow. So, yeeah, I woke up this morning and the wind was still crazy. It was also snowing...but really lightly. We got in the car to what would be the last day of church in IL. It was sad to think about. We [Nicole, Lindsay & I] spent awhile after church talking, and crying, and planning on how I was gonna come out. It was good to have that time. Buut, it was also really sad. :[ Now my parents are going to get my grandmother from the train station and she is gonna come over and help make everything for tomorrow night. (Cause for some crazy reason we are having Christmas Eve here...) Annd, the wind is really crazy (still) and there is soo much snow too! Soo, it looks like a little mini blizzard outside. It's crazy!! Buut, I love it. :)
On Monday~ I got to sleep in!! It was wonderful!! Haha, I didn't change into my real clothes until like 7pm when I had to go grocery shopping with my dad. It had just snowed and the sun was reflecting off of the snow, I loved it.
On Tuesday~ We went to see my great-grandmother's grave. It was cold outside, and there was snow covering all off the grave stones. We searched around for like 20 minutes looking for it, and then I realized that there was a row number for the grave...from there it took us like 10 minutes to find it. Soo, we remembered my great-grandmother, and we prayed and stuff. It was very good to do that, but it was soo cold! Haha, I didn't wear the right shoes or anything (Cause I didn't think we'd be walking around in 6in deep snow) After we were there, we tried to eat at the IHOP down the street, but it was closed. Soo, we drove back home and I had a few classes to be at (online) so I was, and that was a lot of fun. :)
On Wednesday~ We got our water heater fixed and went to the Holocaust Museum. Our water heater had been broken for quite a while, so the 'guys' were here all day fixing it. While they were here, we went to the Holocaust Museum. It was ok, it was smallish, and I didn't love it, buut, it was really interesting, and informative. When we got back, the 'guys' were still here, and the house smelled soo bad!! So, my mom and I went Christmas shopping, and got out of the house. I got double-stuffed Oreos...my favorite. :)
On Thursday~ We...uhmm, ohh, we put school stuff in boxes and I had my last 180 (church) of the night. Soo, yeeah, I also did laundry all day, and got all of the clothes in the house washed. We packed up 2 1/2 boxes of school stuff and books, and those are now sitting in the living room off to the side. I had my last Thursday night church thing also. A few of us met at a Mexican place for dinner and talked. At church, we hung out and kind of played basketball and dodgeball, and stuff, but more just hung out and talked. :) It was tons of fun.
On Friday~ Packing clothes and surprise parties. We packed up our clothes...lots of them. Soo,yeeah, we did that, and otherwise just cleaned the house. Then, at like 6:15ish I went to go help set up a surprise party for a friend of mine who was turning 18! It was soo much fun, and I was able to hang out with a bunch of friends from church. We all had a really good time, and Nate was really surprised. It was awesome.
On Saturday~ More packing, MSI, & Greek Town. Soo, we had to wake up early. It was like 8:30, but it was early for a Saturday. We kept packing up the house, most of the upstairs, and all of our clothes are now packed...and most of the rooms are packed too. All of the boxes are stacked up in my parents room --> [they'll be moved into a Uhaul truck on...Wednesday] Then, around 10:30 we left for downtown Chicago. As a big (my dad's parents, sister -- all her kids, in all like 13 people) we went to the Museum of Science and Industry to the Star Wars exhibit. It was really cool to see, and it was awesome to hang out with all of my cousins and stuff. From there, we went to the Parthenon (lots and lots of Greek food) and ate dinner. The food was pretty good, I'm not all that into Greek food, soo, yeeah. When we left the restaurant, it was blowing and snowing, and crazy cold. Haha, yeeah.
Saturday night~ Was crazy enough to get its own spot. Ha! Soo, I went to bed about 11ish...at that point, the wind was picking up, and it was pouring rain. It was about 35-40 degrees outside probably. Then, throughout the night, it kept getting colder, and the wind was literally making noise. (k, that kind of sounds stupid, but like the house felt like it was being blown around, and the tree was shaking)
Sunday~ Sad day...with lots of wind and snow. So, yeeah, I woke up this morning and the wind was still crazy. It was also snowing...but really lightly. We got in the car to what would be the last day of church in IL. It was sad to think about. We [Nicole, Lindsay & I] spent awhile after church talking, and crying, and planning on how I was gonna come out. It was good to have that time. Buut, it was also really sad. :[ Now my parents are going to get my grandmother from the train station and she is gonna come over and help make everything for tomorrow night. (Cause for some crazy reason we are having Christmas Eve here...) Annd, the wind is really crazy (still) and there is soo much snow too! Soo, it looks like a little mini blizzard outside. It's crazy!! Buut, I love it. :)
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Week of December 9th
I finished school this week!!! It was sooo wonderful to be done!! Buut, that's pretty much ALL I did. I am soo stinking happy to be DONE!!
Hahah...soo, yeeah, that's what I did for most of the week, buut, on Thursday, I went and shadowed a friend at the HS down the street!!! (Naperville North) We had soo much funn!!! Haha, I am TERRIBLE at volleyball!! I didn't ever hit the ball right, and people kept telling me I was 'this close' to doing it the right way...but I never got it 'perfect.' Haha, it was amazing :) The day was overall WAYYY awesome!! I was soo happy to hang out with her, and I wasn't at home!!!
On Friday I FINSHED SCHOOLL!!! I spent 3282345342 hours on the two finals, but it was happy thing to get over with.
Thenn!! I had an 'ornament Christmas party' with the 'freshman girls' which was actually a 'goodbye party for me' with 'all of my friends from church!!!' It was soo amazingly awesome!!
We have soo many memories from that night!! I totally enjoyed it!! And I was totally surprised by it!! I got an amazing picture from Nicole from Halloween. Annd, we got TONSS of amazing pictures that night.
Yeeup, that's it for now!!!
Annnd, now I'm all done catching up!!!!
Hahah...soo, yeeah, that's what I did for most of the week, buut, on Thursday, I went and shadowed a friend at the HS down the street!!! (Naperville North) We had soo much funn!!! Haha, I am TERRIBLE at volleyball!! I didn't ever hit the ball right, and people kept telling me I was 'this close' to doing it the right way...but I never got it 'perfect.' Haha, it was amazing :) The day was overall WAYYY awesome!! I was soo happy to hang out with her, and I wasn't at home!!!
On Friday I FINSHED SCHOOLL!!! I spent 3282345342 hours on the two finals, but it was happy thing to get over with.
Thenn!! I had an 'ornament Christmas party' with the 'freshman girls' which was actually a 'goodbye party for me' with 'all of my friends from church!!!' It was soo amazingly awesome!!
We have soo many memories from that night!! I totally enjoyed it!! And I was totally surprised by it!! I got an amazing picture from Nicole from Halloween. Annd, we got TONSS of amazing pictures that night.
Yeeup, that's it for now!!!
Annnd, now I'm all done catching up!!!!
Friday, December 7, 2007
Week of December 2nd, 2007
First week of December...wow, one more month to go, crazyness.
First off...my grandparents left on Sunday, and we had church, which was tonss of fun. :)
This week was pretty exciting, but also really crazy cause I was finishing up school. I took two finals, and that was uhh...not cool, but ok I guess. Otherwise...I was pushing to do the rest of the stuff that I hadn't done, and it was all really stupidd...
On Wednesday, we went to go see Wicked!!! It was a really amazing performance, and...everything about it was awesome. As we walked into the Chicago Oriental, it was snowing, and the lights were dim, and I really loved it.
On the L-train back, we rode in the Santa Car...it was SOO awesome!!! There were elf ladies, and decorations for Christmas, and there was SANTA (i know him!!!!) and we got candy canes!!! It was amazing!!!
That night we went to hang out with friends, and we had really yummy pizza :)
On Friday night we went SLEDDING!!! Ooh, it was soo cold, but I WAY loved it!!!
First off...my grandparents left on Sunday, and we had church, which was tonss of fun. :)
This week was pretty exciting, but also really crazy cause I was finishing up school. I took two finals, and that was uhh...not cool, but ok I guess. Otherwise...I was pushing to do the rest of the stuff that I hadn't done, and it was all really stupidd...
On Wednesday, we went to go see Wicked!!! It was a really amazing performance, and...everything about it was awesome. As we walked into the Chicago Oriental, it was snowing, and the lights were dim, and I really loved it.
On the L-train back, we rode in the Santa Car...it was SOO awesome!!! There were elf ladies, and decorations for Christmas, and there was SANTA (i know him!!!!) and we got candy canes!!! It was amazing!!!
That night we went to hang out with friends, and we had really yummy pizza :)
On Friday night we went SLEDDING!!! Ooh, it was soo cold, but I WAY loved it!!!
Week of November 25th
Grandma & Grandaddy...Billy Grahm...Babysitting...Video Scavenger Hunt...Crown Pointe...
My grandparents came into town this week!!! I had soo much fun with them!! They came in on Tuesday. We spent the night with them, showing them Naperville and we got yummy food. On Wednesday we drove to Michigan. [Cars.are.not.my.favorite.At all.] Anyyway, we got the chance to see where my grandmother grew up, and meet her sister and stuff like that. We also went to like 242849839 cemeteries...or like two, but it was still alot :) I really enjoyed it. We then drove home, and I was pretty much done being in a car for that day.
On Thursday we went to the Billy Graham museum and got to tour Wheaton. That was tons of fun!!
On Friday I finished up school for the week. That night, I had a Video Scavenger Hunt with church. I totally loveddd it!!! Our team managed to win $15 girftcards to Jamba...and spend half of the time we had at the hunt at Starbucks. Mmm....love Starbucks. We did some pretty amazing stuff...at one point we had to do a thing where someone would fall and claim 'I've fallen and I can't get up!' This was probably the best cause the girl who did it was crazy!! She got the whole entire restaurant (Noodles) to stare at her :) I loved it :)
Thenn, on Fridayy (!) I got to babysitt!!!! It was soo much fun!! (And apparently the moms were really excited that I was there) Buut, yeeah, I hadn't babysat in a really long time, and all of the kids were just plain precious. I loved it :)
Finally, on Saturday, the whole family [including my grandparents] drove into CrownePoint, Indiana to meet more relatives...it was actually a lot of fun cause we had really good food. THen we went into an old fashioned mall, and we got a clock, a necklace, candy...and more candy. We also got to see SANTA! [I KNOW HIM!!] Thatt was pretty exciting. After that we turned around and drove backk home...it was a lonnggg ride.
Ohh, and on the ride home my brothers and I were all random. Sooo, I typed it all up, and it is hilarious to read it :D
My grandparents came into town this week!!! I had soo much fun with them!! They came in on Tuesday. We spent the night with them, showing them Naperville and we got yummy food. On Wednesday we drove to Michigan. [Cars.are.not.my.favorite.At all.] Anyyway, we got the chance to see where my grandmother grew up, and meet her sister and stuff like that. We also went to like 242849839 cemeteries...or like two, but it was still alot :) I really enjoyed it. We then drove home, and I was pretty much done being in a car for that day.
On Thursday we went to the Billy Graham museum and got to tour Wheaton. That was tons of fun!!
On Friday I finished up school for the week. That night, I had a Video Scavenger Hunt with church. I totally loveddd it!!! Our team managed to win $15 girftcards to Jamba...and spend half of the time we had at the hunt at Starbucks. Mmm....love Starbucks. We did some pretty amazing stuff...at one point we had to do a thing where someone would fall and claim 'I've fallen and I can't get up!' This was probably the best cause the girl who did it was crazy!! She got the whole entire restaurant (Noodles) to stare at her :) I loved it :)
Thenn, on Fridayy (!) I got to babysitt!!!! It was soo much fun!! (And apparently the moms were really excited that I was there) Buut, yeeah, I hadn't babysat in a really long time, and all of the kids were just plain precious. I loved it :)
Finally, on Saturday, the whole family [including my grandparents] drove into CrownePoint, Indiana to meet more relatives...it was actually a lot of fun cause we had really good food. THen we went into an old fashioned mall, and we got a clock, a necklace, candy...and more candy. We also got to see SANTA! [I KNOW HIM!!] Thatt was pretty exciting. After that we turned around and drove backk home...it was a lonnggg ride.
Ohh, and on the ride home my brothers and I were all random. Sooo, I typed it all up, and it is hilarious to read it :D
Week of November 18th, 2007
T's birthday...Thanksgiving...screen door...snow...hhahahahaha
Trenton's birthday was on TUESDAY!! I made this really cool scavenger hunt for him all over downtown Chicago. We went from French (our last class!!) to lunch, to Water Tower Place, to the beach (And oooh mann it was really cold, but we went in the water, and I loved it :D) and then from there we went to the Drake Hotel, which was really old and really cool. He loved it.
After our really cool scavenger hunt, we went on a boat cruise down the river. It was miserable! I was soo cold, and it was raining and it was soo cold. Goodness...haha, it wasn't worth our money. We were cold, and wet. And the train ride home wasn't that warm either. :/
Then, on Wednesday (!) we went and hung out with my cousins house!! We were all sitting there in the living room, and all of the sudden, I see SNOW!!! Goodness, I was soo amazingly excited. Soo, I like jump up and run over to the door. And in the meantime, my uncle jumped up as well and went to turn on the light. Everything was blanketed in snoww, and it was so pretty. Soo, he goes to open the door, and as he is reaching for the screen door, I ran through it. It was hilarious! I was laughing soo hard, and I was crying, and I was likeee...yeeah, all over the place. It was amazing.
On Thursday (Thanksgiving) we went to my grandparents house, and really enjoyed it. We weren't there for a long time, but ew had dinner, and we just kind of hung out. I loved it.
On Friday, I got to go driving. I loved it. I was ok at it...haha, not amazing, but I liked it.
On Saturday we drove up to Whitewater, WI to see North Central College play Whitewhater in the D3 finals. Hahah, NCC got crushed, but it was still fun to see!!!! I had some really good hot chocolate...and a not so good pretzel, but I got to hang out with Maddie and stuff...it was tons of fun!!
Trenton's birthday was on TUESDAY!! I made this really cool scavenger hunt for him all over downtown Chicago. We went from French (our last class!!) to lunch, to Water Tower Place, to the beach (And oooh mann it was really cold, but we went in the water, and I loved it :D) and then from there we went to the Drake Hotel, which was really old and really cool. He loved it.
After our really cool scavenger hunt, we went on a boat cruise down the river. It was miserable! I was soo cold, and it was raining and it was soo cold. Goodness...haha, it wasn't worth our money. We were cold, and wet. And the train ride home wasn't that warm either. :/
Then, on Wednesday (!) we went and hung out with my cousins house!! We were all sitting there in the living room, and all of the sudden, I see SNOW!!! Goodness, I was soo amazingly excited. Soo, I like jump up and run over to the door. And in the meantime, my uncle jumped up as well and went to turn on the light. Everything was blanketed in snoww, and it was so pretty. Soo, he goes to open the door, and as he is reaching for the screen door, I ran through it. It was hilarious! I was laughing soo hard, and I was crying, and I was likeee...yeeah, all over the place. It was amazing.
On Thursday (Thanksgiving) we went to my grandparents house, and really enjoyed it. We weren't there for a long time, but ew had dinner, and we just kind of hung out. I loved it.
On Friday, I got to go driving. I loved it. I was ok at it...haha, not amazing, but I liked it.
On Saturday we drove up to Whitewater, WI to see North Central College play Whitewhater in the D3 finals. Hahah, NCC got crushed, but it was still fun to see!!!! I had some really good hot chocolate...and a not so good pretzel, but I got to hang out with Maddie and stuff...it was tons of fun!!
Week of November 11th
This week on Wednesday, my dad went to MN, and we were on our own. It was pretty exciting, cause like we didn't have to do anything big or anything, and that was nice. He came home on Thursday night, just in time to pick me up from church. Annd, church was fun, like it always is. :)
On Friday I skipped out of school (kind of not really...sort of maybe) and we went to the Fermilab. [Pronounced Fair-mee-lab] It was...uhhh...ok. It was kind of boring, there was a lot of intense science information. I didn't really understand much of it, but it was ok. They had this really cool thing where you raced a ball around a pole (k, it sounds really stupid, but it was fun). What else was there?? Uhhmmm, they had bison. I loved it. We went and saw them :)
Annd, on Saturday, was my parents anniversary. We did a lot of family stuff. And we saw my grandparents, and that was a good time. :)
This week wasn't really exciting... :D
On Friday I skipped out of school (kind of not really...sort of maybe) and we went to the Fermilab. [Pronounced Fair-mee-lab] It was...uhhh...ok. It was kind of boring, there was a lot of intense science information. I didn't really understand much of it, but it was ok. They had this really cool thing where you raced a ball around a pole (k, it sounds really stupid, but it was fun). What else was there?? Uhhmmm, they had bison. I loved it. We went and saw them :)
Annd, on Saturday, was my parents anniversary. We did a lot of family stuff. And we saw my grandparents, and that was a good time. :)
This week wasn't really exciting... :D
Week of Novermber 4th, 2007
The beginning of this week was boring. There was nothing much going on, until we drove through Indiana to Ohio...and then Kentucky...with my grandparents. Hahaha, I had tons of school to do before we left on Friday, so I really tried to work hard.
And then came Friday. We drove ALLL stinking day [there were seven of us, and I was sooo bored...and bummed about being in a car.] We stayed at a really cool hotel, but there were people in the pool, and I was exhausted...so we didn't really swim that much. Then, on Saturday, we got up fairly early and drove into Ohio. We dropped my grandparents off at their friends house, and we headed to the Creation Museum.
The Creation Museum was really amazing, but there were lonnggg lines, with a lott of people...and I was sadd. So, that was tons of fun, and after that we went back into our own hotel [without my grandparents] and we got to hang out with ourselves...
The next morning we woke up and went to have lunch at my grandparents friends house. It was really yummy :) Annd, from there we drove to see my cousin at Dayton. Yeeah, that was fun too.
Annd, after that, we went to the 3rd hotel we've had..in 3 nights. We got to swim, and be warm there, and then we went to bed.
Earrlly Monday morning, we woke up and got on the road. Early. Buut, then we got home, and we were home. And, that was good, I was so ready to be done from being in the car. I hated it...
And then came Friday. We drove ALLL stinking day [there were seven of us, and I was sooo bored...and bummed about being in a car.] We stayed at a really cool hotel, but there were people in the pool, and I was exhausted...so we didn't really swim that much. Then, on Saturday, we got up fairly early and drove into Ohio. We dropped my grandparents off at their friends house, and we headed to the Creation Museum.
The Creation Museum was really amazing, but there were lonnggg lines, with a lott of people...and I was sadd. So, that was tons of fun, and after that we went back into our own hotel [without my grandparents] and we got to hang out with ourselves...
The next morning we woke up and went to have lunch at my grandparents friends house. It was really yummy :) Annd, from there we drove to see my cousin at Dayton. Yeeah, that was fun too.
Annd, after that, we went to the 3rd hotel we've had..in 3 nights. We got to swim, and be warm there, and then we went to bed.
Earrlly Monday morning, we woke up and got on the road. Early. Buut, then we got home, and we were home. And, that was good, I was so ready to be done from being in the car. I hated it...
Week of October 28th, 2007
Week of October 28th, 2007
This week was tons of fun!!
My mom came home on Sunday!!! It was really exciting!! My bros and I were all out carving the 30 pumpkins we bought, and all of the sudden...the knife slipped and I sliced my finger. Oops. :) Hahaha, soo, we spent 3 hours in the ER, and I got a bandaid. It took forever to get better, and I have a cool scar now.
My mom came home on Sunday!!! It was really exciting!! My bros and I were all out carving the 30 pumpkins we bought, and all of the sudden...the knife slipped and I sliced my finger. Oops. :) Hahaha, soo, we spent 3 hours in the ER, and I got a bandaid. It took forever to get better, and I have a cool scar now.
My brother's birthday was on the 30th, so our Tuesday was different. We went downtown normally and did French class. Buut then, Trenton and I rode home on the train on our own and Christian and my parents had a special dinner thing. Anyway, the train was really fun to take, just the two of us. And then, we got a taxi driver. Annd, the taxi driver claimed that he didn't know where he was going, and I had to tell him where to go exactly. The only thing is that I said this, "Take a right up here, and go down to Ogden." Annd the taxi driver turned left. Okay, and then I didn't know what to do, but then he kept going, and I found the house finally...but it was really funny, he didn't listen to me. And then I had to pay him more then I should have. Hehehe...it was good though.
Annnd...then on Wednesday!!! It was halloween!!! Soo, I went with two friends from church and had possibly the best time of my life. Yeeah, I really enjoyed myself. I got 206 pieces of candy, and like 7 really big candy bars. Soo, I loved halloween...it wasn't even that cold out. :D
On Saturday, we went to the Morton Arborteum and froze. Buut, we took some really pretty pictures as well. There was this tour thing that was a lot of fun to do buut, it was really cold the whole time, and we didn't dress warmly enough.
That's all for that week!! It was tons of funn!!!
Hmm...
It's been awhile since I've written, and I really want to catch up on everything. Soo, I'm going to do my best. :)
Week of October 22, 2007
Not tons happend this week. We went to this really cool place called Starved Rock that actually had an interesting background on it. Apparently during a war some time ago, the French marched a bunch of indians up on top of this rock and starved them. It was really cool :) Annd, there was a lot of hiking, and then it started raining. I liked it. :D
Ohhh, and on the way to the Starved Rock we stopped by this really cool chocolate candy shop. We bought like $30 in chocolate...it was amazing. Haha...they had Chocolate covered Carmel Popcorn...I loved it.
And then we went to this thing called Naper Settlement on Friday. It was all about the history of Naperville, and had real houses. I liked it. :) Heheh
Annd, finally, on Friday night, we went on a boat cruise!! I got the chance to drive a boat!!! It was really amazing!!! Annnd, yeeah, I totally enjoyed it! Buut, by the end we freezing!!
Then, on Saturday night, I had the chance to go to a corn maze with a bunch of people from church. We literally wandered around for like 3 hours in the coldness. Buut, I made really good friends that I have just become better friends with now. :D
Soo, that's it for this week. I'll write more for the 'next week' soon!!!
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