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!!!

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

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!!

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

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...

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 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!!!

<3!