CHRISTmas pics

here is the gingerbreadhouse kamille and i made after everybody started to eat it!
















heather bought a banjo, and we were all playing music CHRISTmas eve


















this is what we ate on CHRISTmas. 2 of these, plus sushi! yummy!




















ever wondered what i look like in a beanie? well, my grandma made me one!



















nathan on marys guitar





















john reading a book my mom got. roxaboxen, such a cute kids book!



















jim got a turbo nurf gun for CHRISTmas.





















even beethoven enjoyed himself CHRISTmas morning!


















this is what john brought me from kuwait, so pretty

holidays

heres a list of what i did today and CHRISTmas-eve.
yesterday:
picked up my grandma at about 4.
went to CHRISTmas-eve service
came home and ate a true turkey dinner
then we played some musiec: ben played guitar, mary harmonica, nathan mandolin, heather banjo, and i played the piano. it was fun.
then my dad took my grandma home, and we sat around talking. when he got home, we decided to open 1 present each.
today:
my grandma came over at about 8.
we drank coffee for about 45 minutes.
then we all went into the living room, with a fire in the fireplace, and passed out the gifts one by one. i got pirates 2 and 3- which i really wanted.
then we played with our presents or did whatever until 2.
at 2, my family came over and we ate korean ribs and sushi. interesting i knkow, but it is everyone's favorite. they stayed until about 5:30-6 ish. then i got out a super hard puzzle- no picture, just gray pieces. only 48 right solutions and over 250,000 wrong ones. then ben came in and together, we spent probably 2 hours working on it. we finally did it though!!!! i was very happy. i took a picture.
now i am watching pirates 2!
i hope you all had a wonderful CHRISTmas.

happy birthday Jesus!

Merry CHRISTmas!

i just wanted to say merry CHRISTmas now, and later ill post about what i did. anyway, i hope you have a wonderful day!

!!!

almost there! only a day and a half more of school before CHRISTmas break. it doesnt seem like it can be less than a week away. getting off school three days before CHRISTmas doesn't give me much time to get in the holiday spirit. oh well, i'll do my best :D
im almost done with my chair in woodshop. hopefully i can bring it home on friday. i've totally loved the weather latley. it rained all day yesterday. i sat outside last night (on my porch) and just watched it. it was awesome. it also rained this morning, so it was more awesome weather! it is supposed to rain tom. too, but im not sure it will. ill be praying though!

hehe

here is a rather cute, and accurate, video of a cat trying to wake up it's owner.

http://www.veoh.com/videos/v1334214ySjBeHcm?searchId=570481310216068011&rank=7

just an update...

nothing much has been going on.
im very excited for the weekend, i really want some time off! hopefully i wont have too much homework. i already know im going to have at least two tests, so ill be studying. oh well, it doesnt really matter.
saturday, im not going to do much. maybe going to the mall with a friend for lunch. i hope?
sunday is nothing different. i dont have to bbsit, which is exciting. hopefully this weekend i can do alot of CHRISTmas shopping!
monday john comes home! exciting
one more week of school, and the nwe get two off! yay! so excited.

and we'll have fun, fun, fun

this weekend has been pretty amazing so far. but first, friday morning. i pulled into the parking spot, and lookeed at the car next to me. on the hood, was a dead pigeon! so random. so friday after school, i stop in the parking lot to talk to bethany and laney. later that night, bethany and i went to see enchanted, which was pretty cute, except for when the cockroaches were cleaning. i went to bed at 10:#0 and woke up at 9:30(i was pretty exhausted). i woke up and read until 10:30, then started my homework. later, my mom and i went to get a CHRISTmas tree. we got a gorgeous one! then i went to a church CHRISTmas program, which was ok. then when we got home, jim and i were playing with dart guns, but we made too much noise, so we were kicked outside. so we were running around for an hour, in the dark, shooting eachother from behind trees and cars, and stuff. it was awesome.

Happy December Everyone!

so it is now december, and i can start getting into the CHRISTmas spirit. we put up lights today, and exchanged the fall decor for the winter! next weekend we get to put up our tree too. im excited, i didnt get to look for a tree last year. unfortunately, my mom wants to get a small one this year, kind of a bummer. we are going to put it in our family room, so we need one small enough to put on a table where the dog wont bother it. oh well, as long as it smells good- that is the important part!

happy december everyone!

WEIRD!!!

so i was checking all the blogs to see if there were any updates, and i checked the fieldhouse blog. they went to silent valley last weekend! the weekend WE were going to go up! (jim got sick though, so we didnt) i didnt know anyone else in the world knew about silent valley! we used to go up every year for my birthday, along with my grandparents, ad celebrate. alot of my childhood memories come from that place. i can remember going up for like 2 weeks one summer and getting stung by bees about 5-7 times! that includes sitting on one by the side of the family center pool, as well as trying to run away from one that was floating in the kiddie pool, but it got carried along in "my" current and stung me anyway :C
i remember going up with jane shibley and our two families would have huge picnics in the field in f section. anyway, i know you guys are probably lost (except MAYBE Beth, bc i took her up a couple summers ago) and ill end. i just thought it was cool that the fieldhouses go there too, and that we almost saw them up there!

wow, ive been changing my background alot lately. i wanted something semi-christmasy though, and this was the best i could do.

back to school

so today was pretty fun!
it was great to be driving again,
yearbook was fun- no one worked too hard. i tried to write copy about volleyball, but since i know nothing about it, rachel helped alot
woodshop was ok, joseph and i only have to put puddy in the nail holes and then stain them, and we'll have 2 new chairs
math was fun, because i understood it, and was talking with rachel most of the time
chemistry was ok. i get it and we worked on a worksheet- wich is way better than taking notes
pe was cool, we got to go bowling. which i suck at. i got 71, but that is what i started at last year (which was also the last time i bowled) and i ended up in the 100s. so hopefully ill improve this year, too
history was borring, but not bad. we watched a movie. gangs of new york. i cant understand 1/2 of what the main character is saying. oh, it was funny. mr bras started singing in the middle of the movie
english was great. i got my research paper back, and did really well. it didnt change my grade though. bummer.
again, the drive home was fun.
and now, im watching 24 until 4:30 when i have to start homework :C

jeans! dekraker?

i needed a pair of jeans really bad. so i went to target. ive only been able to find jeans i like at target or gap. and i didnt feel like driving to gap and spending about 60 bucks. so i went to target. i was looking around and i found a pair for 20 bucks! yes! cheap, right? well i go to the register and the total is $13.97. the jeans were $12! on sale.
fun,fun,fun!

tonight i babysat for the fieldhouses's (pe teacher's siter in law) sister and brother-in-law. i babysat two little boys. the son, and the friend. so on the way home, the friend's parents drove me, (i didnt drive bc i didnt know where the house was) the wife says! im cousins with mr dekrakers wife! i was like oh!!! i knew the question was comming and i wasnt sure how to answer. she said, did you have him? yes, in 9th grade! oh. is he a good teacher? ............ ............ ... ........................................................... ....................................................... after a long pause i decided to say. well, i hate science, so i didnt like the class!

yikes. that was an awkward moment right there. you all know my views about dekraker. i mean, how was i supposed to respond?

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

i love you guys

YEEHA!

My brother left to come back to America today. It'll take about 2 weeks before he finally makes it, and he has to go to Texas first. I'm not sure if he gets to come back to Ca right away, but he'll be in US, anyway!

Happy Birthday

Hippo birdy to you! hippo birdy to you! hippo birdy dear amy, hippo birdy to you!( my grandpa used to sing this, and, well, i thought it appropriate)
i had a blast last night

thanksgiving

thanksgiving break started today, but it hasn't really dawned on me yet.
still, i am thankful that i have 9 days that i don't have to get up, go to school, come home and do homework in. though the teachers DO seem to think that break is a time to see how much homework they can pile on, but i have 7 days to do it in, so its ok.

tomorrow we are celebrating amys 16th bday! woohoo. well be going out to bjs for dinner- which will also be the first time i have driven my car for Fun :D

speaking of cars amy, i think i might be back on the bus this winter. she wasnt sure, but my mom said she heard gas was going up to 5bucks a gallon, in which case my car goes in the garage and i start riding the bus- again. hopefully it wont go up that high, though.

so, back to break. monday and tuesday, im home alone with jim. nothing planned, no idea what ill do to survive. wednesday, my mom has off, so itll be a little better. thursday we go over to my grandparents and eat turkey with them and joseph and calvin. friday my mom wants to go up to our trailer (near Idyllwild) but im not very enthusiastic about it. i just MIGHT be able to get out of it. hopefully. shes trying to get me to go by saying well go to palm springs. ive never been there before, and she wants to show me the shops. is it worth it?

anyway, happy thanksgiving! i love you guys

hello

well today went pretty well.
yearbook- nothing much happened! just worked on our pages- which i like!
woodshop was the same, nothing new!
i got an A on my mathquiz, which made me happy
i took a test in chemistry, and think i did ok
went to a providence orientation thing instead of pe- it was cool
history talked to alex, and took notes
english did grammer, easy stuff, so it was fun

drive home was cool. passed danielle and drove behind amy. listened to danielle's cd mix she gave me. it just put me in a good mood.

i dont have any homework, so i took a long nap, and read.

one life altering fact, though! the writers need to get on with their life, and stop being on strike! 24 might not be on this year bc of the stupid writers!!!

bella

i just went to the lb town center and saw the movie bella. it was pretty good, but pretty sad too. the actor was eduardo verastegui, and he had the prettiest eyes ever! they were gorgeous... heres a picture- i couldnt find one of just his eyes so here is his whole face

:D

i am so excited

for this weekend!!!

we have a three and a half day weekend, and i am siked!
partly bc i wont have too much homework, and partly bc this week has been stressful. i had a chemistry test, a math test (i think, it might have been on friday) yearbook deadline, homework in pe which is ridiculous,quiz in english, and just stuff like that.

let me vent. ive been done with my yearbook page for 2 or 3 weeks, and flietstra knew. today, the day before the deadline, she tells me she wants me to chang the pictures! that means i had today to go take more pictures, and upload them (michael did it, so i didnt get them until the last three minutes of class), tomorrow im supposed to photoshop them, put them in the page, come up with new captions, and my computer is SO slow. im not even kidding, it took me about 8 minutes to log off this morning. i would have been late to class! stupid. oh well, its not hard work, i just wish she would have told me even trhee days ago, instead of now. especially since tomorrows class is only like 25 minutes.

so yes, im looking forward to the weekend. im not going to formal, and am pretty happy about it. its at the long beach marriot, and it didnt really sound too fun of a destination. neither did i want to go to anti formal (disneyland) so ill probably stay at home, or hang out with amy- if she doesnt want to go still, too.

funness

this weekend has been awesome!

let me start out by saying that i have loved driving to school! i save about 5 hours a week, altogether.

yesterday: my mom and i went down to 4Th street.

-we saw awesome furniture

-i discovered my favorite style. mid-century modern, i love it

-i saw some awesome naked people (aka mannequins, but none were for sale:(

-you know the head i bought a couple weeks ago? i saw another, that ISNT chipped, for the same price. kind of a bummer, but i think mine has a better expression



today: woke up, and finished reading my book,

did my homework

took a shower

i went to the cerritos mall with my mom.

- we went to the puppy store!!!

i found out one of my top 3 favorite breeds is english springer spaniel. they are so cute. there was a 2 month old puupy, who we took into one of the sitting rooms. it was SO cute. it was black and white, and unlike many puppies who like to run around and play, he stayed in your lap, and licked, and cuddled with you. i think i might want one of these more than i want a boxer even!!!! and thats saying alot

- we went to nordstrom

i found a really pretty black dress, but it was way too much, so oh well. then i found a very cute jacket- on sale for $15! so that was an awesome find. then i found a blue polka dot dress.

then we went to souplantation, where they had the best lava cake ever! it was like a fresh warm brownie, that is still really gooey, with a thin layer of brownie on top. with a little ice cream, it was heaven on earth :)

i got it!!!

well, i finally got my license this morning, and right after, i drove to school. how freaky is that? driving by myself w/in the hour i got it! it was fun.

last night was fun, too! it was about 10:00 and i realized that my car was filthy, and i could barely look out the front window. so i went out - pitch black - and washed it with the help of jim! cars kept driving by, and giving us funny looks, but it was fun <3

woohoo!!!!

yay! I'm in a drawing mood! i haven't been in one for awhile :D

yeeha!

i just got jess a present, and i love it! half of it, i wish i could keep!

pic update

this is me and my cousin after spending the day at manhattan. his name is taylor, and we are like3 months apart
this is taylors sister, rachel, with her boyfriend. i used to love following her, her sister, and my sisters around.

this is my kitty tippy, licking the back of my dads wheelchair. he had just put bengay on- she has a 'thing' with bengay. you could say its her own personal get happy drug
this is andrew, jim, taylor, me. andrew and taylor are brothers, and our are cousins- well actually second cousins once removed, or something, but its easier to call them cousins.
this is my sister heather and her fiance, nathan, and me, at a friends graduation party
this is my cousin lyndee (taylor and andrew and rachels mom) and my great aunt Lou ann this is my cousin robina, who is in 8th grade, and whom i think is one of the most gorgeous people i know

i realize this is kinda late, but i just picked out the pictures from over the summer, from my moms camera- here they are

woohoo!

so today was pretty fun- except for the part where i failed my drivers test- but other than that, it was cool :D. we went to the food bank today, and packed 1500 boxes in 2 hours! that was so awesome, i never thought we could have done that many. i can tell you, though, my hands were sore after gripping 1500 42(or is it 6) oz cans of grape juice!
so after that i go to the dmv to take my test. its 3:45, and they tell me "sorry, youre missing the proof that you passed behind the wheel" i had everything i needed for my permit test, as well as registration and insurance. so i was SO disappointed, i was driving home, and i was crying my eyes out- probably shouldnt have been driving! so we go inside, and my mom gets the paper, and yells "get back in the car!!!! i found it" so i let her drive- i didnt want to be speeding back to the dmv. we left our house at like 3:55, and got to the dmv at 4:03. we get to the window, and they said "we dont have you booked" ummm... we were here 18 minutes ago? so they finally find me. in the last 20 minutes, ive gone from being so mad and disappointed, to being happy, and very nervous. well basically, i do everything right, until we get back to the dmv! i hit the curb turning into the parking lot!!!!!!! argh, if it hadnt been for the last 30 seconds, i would have passed. but after the whole emotional ride with not having my paper, i wasnt as disappointed as i might have been. i guess i kind of expected it. so i guess ill make another appointment

no luck, but thats ok!

this is going to be a great upcomming week!

so im totally excited for this week!
im totally loving yearbook so far, and im ready to start working on my page again.
friday we get to go to the food packaging plant and pack boxes
this weekend, my cousins are coming back from Tennessee, whom i havent seen in probably 3 years.
monady we have off!!!
AWESOME!
i dont know how the homework load is going to be, but i shouldnt have a test in math, or chemistry. english we have a test on huck finn, which should be easy, and i love woodshop and yearbook! im hopping that i understand this next section in math...
anyway, i hope everyone has a fabulous week

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

so i just finished my 40 hours of practice driving! whoohoo!
that is pretty much all i did today, except homework, and read. yesterday i was at the harvest festival, which was super fun this year, bc i got to work in the yearbook booth. face painting! oh yeah! i loved it. i could do an awesome rocket ship, but i could hardly do a heart w/out smearing it- oh well :D
i was all set on going to the football game afterward, but it was freezing, and i was exhausted, and my throat was way too sore for it! so i went home, and crawled into bed at 10! it felt amazing.

by the way, does anyone know how long sore throats are supposed to last?

coolness

something kind of cool happened today!
we had harvest festival today, so we werent really doing anything in yearbook, except sitting on the floor and decorating the signs for our booth in the harvest festival. so i was sitting on the ground after coloring a poster,but i had finished so i was kind of bored. i turned around to talk to rachel, then i see this writting under the desks, and i thought, i might as well read it as not.
this is what i read: "what yearbookers should do when they feel like they aren't working" and this person had listed all kinds of random things- but they are the same type of random things that bethany and i talk about! it was so weird. there were things written down like : "do you prefer shower or bath, do you sleep on your side, back, or stomach?" the bottom part of the writing was covered by a board, so i moved it, and what do i see?
the name mary, in my sisters handwriting, and the date -2001! the year she graduated. i just thought that that was kind of funny!

you missed out amy!

there is a girl who rides our bus, who is incredibly annoying. she is the loudest person you have EVER heard, i dint kniw hiw she has any friends! anyway, she was being really loud on the bus today- i mean unusually loud and talkative. half way through the ride, the girl starts yelling at US to be quiet! shes telling us that? anyway, the whole bus starts yelling and altogether screaming- just like she is whenever someone else is on the fun. anyway, the whole bus got their revenge on her, and it was hilarious. the bus driver actually stopped the bus. that was the best part of my day, pretty much

oh man!

i woke up this morning, and felt rotten! my throat was SO sore, and i had a temperature. i got up and started to get ready for school, but i felt awful. so my mom made me stay home today. i guess it was good to stay home, i dont want anyone else getting sick, but i HATE missing school! especially this year- i am going to be so behind. oh well, its mainly math and chemistry im worried about.
so that is why i wasnt at school today :D

funness

tonight was rather enjoyable, when i hadn't expected it to be! i babysat the fieldhouses. first-off, mr fieldhouse comes to pick me up, and i LOVE takling to him. he is one of the people that are really easy to talk to. so we just talked about general things. he asked me what was going on, and i told him about my sister being engaged. he told me how he and his wife met. he asked me why i wasnt going out ( a little awkward, but not too much). we got to his house, and i watched the kids. one of them didnt come out of the bedroom the whole time (except once when i tried to distract him, but he ended up crying even louder), the other little boy was tired and fell asleep at about 6:30. i was told not to let him go to sleep until 7, so i tried to wake him up, and i had to practically shake him! but then at 7 he didnt want to go to bed (figures). the girls watched some movie. teenage drama queen - i think. thats one thing. when i have kids, they arent going to watch movies like that.
kids in bed by 9, and then i got to read. then we drove home, and discussed how totally AWESOME 24 is. and i found something out- TONY DIDNT DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yay! i didnt know that, but know im happy. and that was my night.



oh, and today some people gave me this awesome vintage side table. i LOVE it. it is SO awesome

unexpected

my mom and i went to buy my head today, and she is absolutely gorgeous. she is black- kind of looks like she might be Jamaican- she has short, almost a boys style hair cut, and a very cute face. if any of you have name suggestions, im taking them now. i dont want anything girly girl, she isnt that type. im thinking about nelly. i think that is a really fun name.
while at the store, my mom was looking at an old type of dishes that she likes. this huge motorcycle man walks up, the kind with piercings, black leather jacket, total macho man, and he starts talking to my mom about the dishes. it was so cute. here was this 6 foot something man, pointing out the differences between the newer and the older plates! he told us that he collects these dishes and has hundreds of them in his kitchen! he kept talking about how he collected certain colors :D then he told us about how every time he finds a new piece, he gets really happy. it was just really cute, and not something you expected to come from this type of man.

awww

one of the cutest things in life, is seeing a baby laugh. go watch this video, and see for yourself, that it really is adorable. this clip includes the top 3 babies laughing. how they got these ratings, i dont know, but the third clip, the one ranked #1, is my absolute favorite! 4 babies

http://youtube.com/watch?v=x3Rw_3ky-uo

oh and this is one of a baby eating a pickel... hilarious


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97JhYpoWxzY&NR=1

2nd half

the second half of today was awesome! it started on the bus. bethany and kt left their blankets on the bus, so amy and i used them so that we could sit backward in the seat without flashing anyone. so we were sitting there, and i started slipping down the seat. i catch myself though, and sit back straight. amy saw me, and thought hmm... that looks fun, so the next thing i know, amy is wedged into the seat with her rear, about 3 inches from the ground! it was HILARIOUS to watch her try all the different ways to get unstuck. so ya, we did that for a long time, and i discovered i can actually sit on the ground that way. then, we decided to go to subway. danielle was eating "subway" and it looked good, and made me want one. so kamille, amy, and i walked down there! yummm... i hadnt had subway in forever! and that was basically my day, except that i just finished watching ghost, it was good. it reminded me alot of 6th sense.

here is a picture of how we sat on the bus- the yellow thing is the blanket :)

after school

so today i got to stay after school to take pictures of various sporting events :D the first one was tennis. that one was pretty cool, i almost got hit about 6 times(good thing you werent there, grace) but it was fun to be able to watch alot of the people i know playing. but i had to leave before the game was over, because i had to get my stuff out of the yearbook room, so the janitors could clean up. so then, rachel and i went over to the gym, to get pictures of voleyball. jv was still playing, so we took a couple of pictures of them, and figured out the best setting to use. so i used that setting for the rest of their game, no problem. then varsity starts, and i start taking pictures with the same setting. i go through a whole game. (if you dont know volleyball, they play best 3 out of 5 games) so valley had won the first "game" and i had taken probably 50 pictures. the second game is about to begin, and the server is just holding the ball, pretending to serve, but not really doing it. so i figure what the heck, the people looking in the yearbook wont know the diff. so i take the pic. im pretty dure the flash has been going off for a long time. i mean, im INSIDE a building, and even with the flash on, the pictures were pretty dark. anyway, i take the picture, and the ref finally notices, and asks rachel and i not to use the flash. we just said ok, but we were like, ok, weve only been here for the past 20,30 minutes! but it was all cool, bc the battery was dying, and my mom was in the parking lot, and i really didnt want to stay any longer. so we left, and had to take a detour bc buildings wer locked up- and then we drove home, and now im trying to study for history, but it isnt working too well, bc i am stressing over chem! yikes, what a week

weekends

this weekend was super fun, and super short. i was going to go with jessica and friends on friday, to play broomball, but my sister was comming home that night, and we had to do some stuff before she got here. so instead, i did homework, did the 'GETTING READY" and went out to sushi with my mom :D yummm.
my sister and brother got hrere that night, and we sat around talking. next morning we woke up, i did more homework, and then my dad pumped my tire up, and my brother and i raced over to good-year (we could feel the car tilt, as the tire lost more and more air) . so i am getting 2 new front tires. then we went to circuit city, and had them instal my printer on my computer ( i just used it for the first time, tonight) and then came home. actually, we were home for 2 minutes, and the we went BACK to sushi, for lunch, and i went home to meet danielle, and my mom and fam went to see the kittens. danielle pulled up as i got out of the car, and we walked down to my grandparents house, and we played/watched the kiteens. then we got a ride back home, and stood talking out on the front porch. that night mary, ben, jim, and i walked to the park and the guys played tennis, and mary and i sat on the swings! i love the swings. then i "played" more like tried to play tennis with jim. and that was my firday/ saturday- very fun

i am so bored right now! actually, im just dreading going back to school tomorrow. i know that once i start school, i know ill be fine, its just getting back into it that is hard. especially since i know i have a couple of tests comming up :)
oh, and my sister and brother are here, so im not going to want to go to bed early, but if i dont go to bed early on sunday- im tired the whole week. ill be glad to see you guys again.

hooray

i made an appointment at the dmv to take my drivers test!

junior year

talk about stress of junior year! by the end of this week, i will have taken at least 5 quizes! 5! and they aren't your typical i-dont-have-to-study quizes, either. ive had 2 in english, so far (there may be another one) i have math on friday, i have chemistry on friday, and i have woodshop on friday. oh yeah, i had a chem quiz on moday, too. that makes at least 6 quizes. yikes! plus i think i have 2/3 tests next week, but i dont wan to think about them yet :D

fun stuff... my sister and brother (mary and ben) are comming down this weekend :D very exciting. hopefully i wont have to study all weekend

:C

i have another flat tire. that is my second flat in like 2/3 months. whats up with that? oh well, ill just get it patched- all part of the funness of owning your own car :D

first week

i had foolishly planned on going to the football game last night, but no duh, i was way too tired. every Friday night, i am wiped out! so yesterday, i crawled into bed with my year book, and after looking at it, fell asleep for about 2 hours. man, did i feel good after that.
this week was awesome! i love my schedule, and am actually pretty glad to be back in school. i have : yearbook- which is awesome so far, i know itll get stressful later, but i still think im going to love it. i had a blast getting to pass out the yearbooks :D
next is woodshop: i know sophomore SAM, senior norm, and also senior Morgan, who just switched into our class. so I'm not completely alone, and i love sitting next to norm- he is scared of all the tools, so i inevitably spend the whole class laughing.
math: i have with seniors Laura, and Julie. i also have it with shakira, and Hannah VD.
chemistry: i have with Danielle, and Rebekkah, and i sit at the same table with Omar(who i love) Ian furlong, and Alex bostic.
PE: i have with Amy, Cassey, and Kendall. Mrs streelman, doesn't seem so bad, either. shes not Mrs fieldhouse, but she seems nice.
history: i have it with Amy, Rebekkah, Jessica, and Andrea. i sat next to Andrea yesterday, and we were laughing the whole time.
English: i have it with Rebekkah and Chantal.
that's my schedule. the days seem to go by incredibly fast- i feel like break and lunch are shorter than they ever were. i don't think next semester will be so good. i don't have very many of you in my classes. but i am happy for now.

another gone

heather left to go work at big sur for three months, today.

black out

last night i went to soup plantation and a movie with my mom and brother. we went to see Mr beans holiday, and it was pretty funny. his facial expressions are great! as you know, yesterday was the hottest day of the summer,s ow e went to the theatre to cool off. we then came home, and tried to turn on the lights- no luck! the lights in our whole neighborhood were out- about a 2/3 block radius. well, with all the alarm clocks turned off, my parents were wondering how they would wake up since school started today! anyway, it was rather weird not to have lights, so we went to Target and bough flashlights. so i spent last night in bed, reading with a flashlight. it was an adventure :D
school starts tomorrow. I'm excited about everything except woodshop which i am terrified about (mostly where it is and how i get there, does anyone know and want to show me tomorrow?) and English. i don't know of anybody that i know in that class, and I'm slightly apprehensive. other than that, 1st semester should be great :D

zac efron

he is sopopular that his face is on folders! i went to target to buy school supplies, and whose face do i see? zac's! and you know what? i bought 'him.' but not for me, don't worry i bought it for louisa. she loves him :D.
i love target! they have everything you could imagine! plates, rugs, furniture, bedding! i love it, i could so easily spend at least a thousand bucks- no problem! target, and another 2 thousand at ikea. i can't wait to get an apartment when i'm 30. at that time i should have money enough to furnish it with stuff i like :D. at least i hope i will be able to by that time

dinner

so i just came home from dinner with heather and nathan, sushi! yum. we went to bamboo terri house- which is the best sushi place ever! so that was fun. oh, and i asked them about things that would be on the license test, and they were teling me about what they had to do. right as nathan was telling me about his, i opened my fortune and it said, "your place in the path of life is in the driver's seat" maybe its an omen :D

school

so school is going to start in a week. i got home from big bear, and my mom had piled my books on my chair. that is a whole lot of books!!! i really really can't wait for bible class, sadly it is second semester. it is just that i hate homework!!! if it weren't for homework, i think I'd be almost glad to go to school.

big bear!

I'm kind of excited about tomorrow!!! I've never been to big bear before. i looked up the forecast for the weather, and the website said it would be 70s tom, with a chance of rain!!!! i really want it to rain--- that would stink if it wasn't an updated website :C well, I'll see you guys tomorrow at 9:30, right?

my poor sister!!!

my poor sister had to go to the ER!!! Mary. Mary had to go get stitches. what happened was she was ridding her bike super fast, on a bike bath, to meet up with a friend at a coffee house. her handlebars were loose, and as she sped along, they came off! she flew through the air, and landed on her chin and shoulder. her chin split open, and she started to bleed allot. luckily a man driving on the side of the road saw her, and called Ben, and the ER. so now she is at home, all drugged up. pray that she'll be OK, please.

did you hear?

did you hear about the dyslexic devil worshipper? he sold his soul to Santa.

hahahahalarious!!!

i read this somewhere, and thought it was kind of funny...
-gays invented sports. think about it: boxing. two shirtless men, fighting over a belt!
:D

home again home again jiggedy jig

trusty is the luckiest dog i know of. last time we tried to get rid of trusty, we gave him away to a lady who loves dachsunds, but her husband gave her a puppy for christmas, she had to give him back. today, we took him to the pound. we pulled into the parking lot at 4:07. it closed at four. so trusty is still with us, but wont be for much longer.

vacations

are any of you going away for labor day weekend?

parties

louisa invited me to a high school musical 2 party tonight, and my sister and i went. you have to understand something about me, i love to stay in my house, in my room- i do not like going places. i am very glad that my family rarely takes vacation, because i dont like going, i dont even like going out to dinner!
this party was no different, i did not want to go. my mom this summer has been on the war path. she wants me to go out more, and she also wants me to meet all the boys from my church ( the whole opc) this was all started when my sister got engaged(thanks, heather). at this party were people that i liked, but not people that i knew well enough to really talk to and have a good time.
so the party wasnt all that fun for me, but the movie was hilarious! with about 12 girls, who all think that Zac Efron is the hottest 'man' alive, and are copying every thing he does, it can be pretty funny. louisa is the most die hard fan that i know of. she bought a new tv for this party! she loves this movie.
that is what i did tonight, i didnt expect to have much fun, and at first it wasnt, but then, durring and after the movie, it turned out ok.

oh, and jenny woo was there. i wish cathy had been, then it would have been a blast.

birthday

do any of you have a suggestion for what i could do for my bday? i dont want anything fancy or formal. maybe something like a day at the beach, or i dont know, i dont have any fun ideas.

DANG IT!!!

dang, dang, dang it!!! my birthday is in 2 and a half weeks. that means school is starting soon. my birthday is right at the wrong time of year. hahaha, at least it isnt durring the school year, then danielle might plan something to get me back for the idea of taping embarassing pictures on her locker. :P
actually, i kind of like when my bday is, sometimes. it keeps me happy at the end of the summer, when i'd otherwise be depressed. instead of dreading school comming, i lok forward to my birthday. :/

spare time

if you think your families are weird, take a look at ours. i saw this video clip online, and it is EXACTLY what us herrema kids are always doing with each other. i find it quite hilarious. i believe i was describing this "movie" to you, danielle.
go to
http://www.thelot.com/contestants/view/?id=18&vd=59

reassurance

i was reading a devotional book the other day, and the section was about satan's temptations. it really impressed me. here it is. i'm going from memory, bc it is one of those 'a page a day' type devotionals, so i couldn't find it again. it went something like: many Christians think that they are the worst, that they are the worst, bc satan is always tempting them. it went on to talk about how if the church is growing, satan tries to divide it, or if a person is comming closer to God, he tries to distract them with worldly things. here is the reassurance part, it said, that these asaults by satan are a cause for joy! the assure us that we are getting closer to God, and that he is trying to stop us from doing so. i just thought it was awesome that someone thought- satan's temptations can be a reassurance, instead of a reason to doubt, and be troubled.i love you guys

today

today was exciting in some ways, and borring in others. i woike up at about 8:30 and went and washed my hair. after that, my mom went to southcostplaza with my grandma, and the cleaning ladies came. i hate being here when they are. first off, i fell like a lazy bump, bc they are working. secondly, if im hungry i hate going in to the kitchen, bc they always clean the kitchen first. so i walked to jambajuice and ordered a razzmatazz, and then i walked down to the pet store, where i bought two helpless little mice to feed my snake. i walked home, fed my snake, got a book, and walked over to my grandparents house. my grandma was with my mom and my grandpa is fishing somewhere. over there i sat and held the little kittens. they are a week old today! they are so cute. they probably way .5 a pound each! there are 2 black ones, and one siamese! it is so weird that they had a "siamese" kitten, when both parents are completely black! so i the nread and walked back home about three or four hours later. then my mom comes home, and she has my favorite food ever! a loaf of soft bread from southcost. i love bread, and it was soft, and we had saltless butter! so that was my day... how wer yours?

schedule

so i dropped spanish 3, and my schedule changed a little. hereit is:
yearbook-flietstra
woodshop-gras im scared about this class since its mostly only guys, but my mom wanted me to do take it, and i kind of wanted to too.
adv.math-pheifer
chem-tamminga
pe-streelman
history-bras
english-snoo

im excited and terrified about woodshop

rooms

i cant help but draw out the design of any room. especially, if its going to be mine some day. heres my temporary layout.

yearbook camp

monday: i got up at about 7:30, and my mom dropped me off at valley. there, we piled into the car. it was me, allison, chantal, and rachel. on the ride up, we mostly talked about the yearbook. when we got there, we had arrived about an hour and a half early, so we sat on a curb under a tree and talked and ate lunch. then we registered and went to find our dorms. we had to go down about 2 hills, before we could find them - all this while carrying 10 pounds of luggage. it felt like it anyway, laptops aren't all that light! so we found our dorms, and everything was fine, there were 4 bedrooms with 2 people in each. rachel and i, allison and chantal, danielle and amy, were together, and there were also 2 other girls who were really nice, and who rachel and i were talking towhile allison and chantal slept. then we went to classes after 3, and they were ok, kind of borring. we had dinner at 5, and then went back for more classes until 10. then we had a dorm meeting at 10:30. nothing very exciting happened the first day, except that amy was the first person to win an ipod shuffle. we went to bed at about 12:30.tuesday: we had to get up at about 6:30 to go eat breakfast at 7. we ate from 7 to 7:30. at 7:30 we had to go to the computer geek to load some programs onto our computers. at least, i think it was tuesday morning! it all kind of runs together. and you have to understand, he was pretty cute, and allison had said so, so ofcourse she was teased mercilessly all week! it was so fun! our schedule went something like this. wake up at 7, go to breakfast at 7:30 and eat until 7:55, then we sprinted across campus to get to our first class at 8. we had class from 8 to 11:30. then we had lunch and from 12:30 we had class until 2:30. that is when we had a break and then went back to class until 5. from 5 to 6:30, was dinner. later, we had a staff meeting until 9:30. then we had to go back to something for about 30 minutes. at 10:30, we had a dorm meeting, and at 11 we were able to go to bed- but didn't. rachel and i stayed up until 1:30 working on the yearbook. we got to sleep 6 hours of sleep
i'll post the rest later

WHAT THE?!!!

so i logged on to power school, just for the heck of it, and it says i have spanish 3 with cortes! is there another new teacher?



oh oh oh ! ! ! im so excited. i don't need 3 years of spanish, so i think i'm going to drop it. i'm thinking of taking that Bible class by becksvoort, if it isnt full, which i doubt, and maybe ceramics 3

tonight

so i went to dinner with my parents and brother at souplantation. while standing in line, guess who is standing right nxt to me!!! garner! and his wife and kids. i love that man. so we went through the salad bar together, mainly talking about me. he asked me about my schedule and if i had ap classes, and i said no, and said i was too smart not to take ap. then he starts telling my mom this! the whole time im like shutup shutup! she doesnt need to hear that i should be in harder conversations! we both agreed that i didnt need to take ap! but now she is like, cant you get in still? no mom, you have to apply half way (exag.) through second semester, its too late (:D). so then they left, and went in one direction, but then seeing the way they went, i tried to go in the opposite direction. well.. it didnt work! we ended up sitting in one of those booth things that you can see over the top of because it is shaped like a hexagon (i think, not sure how many sides,) and i was staring straight at him! awkward!!!

so then we get up, and my mom insists that we go say bye! embarassing! oh well. so then i get home, and heather walks through the door. she asks if i want to go on a bikeride? i said sure, bc my parents went to a movie and there was nothing else to do. so we put the bikes in my truck, and go to the beach. so we rode on the strand, and nothing much happened, unless you count smiling at a fairly cute boy who kept waving at you, something :). on the way home we stopped at a salvation army thriftstore. i love thriftstores. i bought 3 record albums for only 1.5$! i was very excited, and my sister bought 2 nightstands for 25$! thats so cheap! then we came home.

its kind of sad. my sister is moving out in less than a year, for good, and now we are getting to be the age (again) that we are hanging out more! life is so unfair. i lost my first sister to college, and then ben. then i lose my brother to the war. now my last sister is leaving for nathan! i guess im next. that is a scary thought.

SCHEDULES!!!

ok so first semester:
yearbook - flietstra
adv. math - pheifer
spanish - morales
chemistry - temminga
life sports - streelman
history - bras
english - snoeyink (dang it!)

second semester:
english - toney (im not sure if im happy or sad)
math - pheifer
yearbook - flietstra
Bible - branderhorst (hallelujah!!!)
chemistry - baas (dang dang dang dang it!)
history - streelman (this is mr, pe is mrs (obviously) so obviously they are married, they are both new right? ive never heard of them before)
spanish - morales

so over all, i like my schedule. except for snoeyink, who it is easzy enough to get good grades, she just moves pretty slow, and baas! i DID NOT want him!!!! dang dang dang it! im very excited for pheifer

davis

here is my mama and sis at the fruit farm
there were huge amount of tomatoes! there were two of those huge trucks of tomatoes

this is woodchuck, the guinae pig

so i just got back from visiting my sister and brother. i went with my mom, and we left yesterday and got back today. yesterday, we went to a sushi bar, for lunch. lets just say it was interesting. i like sushi, but not asian sushi, i like the watered down american sushi. later that night, when it had finally cooled down, we went into to the jacuzzi, it was all fun. this morning, we woke up, and said goodbye to ben. then we went to a farm. i saw some fruit on trees that i had never seen before- like cherries and even apples!!! i hadn't seen them, even. im a purebred city girl. so we got to pick and eat tons of peaches and blackberries and rasberries. the blackberries were HUGE. then we went to TJs, and then we went to a japanese store type place. they sold shaved ice, so my mom and mary bought two. it was vanilla icecream on bottom, and then ice, then those red beens that are kind of sweet, then more ice, and finally greent tea powder on top. poured all over it is some kind of sweet sugar or something. i wasn't brave enough to try it, so i got vanilla icecream. we sat in the grass right next to the sidewalk. then we went to a nursery and bought mary a tree. and then we came home!!!

joey

so, this is joey, our new pet. mr vander feer - the woodshop teacher at valley - gave him to us, bc hes going to idaho soon

cozzette, could not figure out why there was a tortoise under the deck

i just had to put a couple pics of cozzy in, she was so interested in him.

heres a bummer, though. i dont think my mom is going to let him come inside, bc he is so much bigger than daisy was

animals

well, so, we added another animal to our circus. a tortoise, whose name is joey. hes pretty big! if any of you saw daisy (our former tortoise that ran away) joey is about 2/ maybe 2.5 times bigger than she was. anyway, ill post pictures later

adventures

so tonight i went out to see ratatouille, with ben, nathan, and paul kent, heather, nicole and christy post, jane and rachel shibley, and louisa hermann. it was really fun! we went at about 7, and had starbucks, and then went to the movie. it was so cute! everyone should go see, our whole row was laughing every 5 minutes. so then we were going to the posts, when we heard a rattling in my car. we pulled over into a parkinglot. so we popped the hood and checked the oil, and were looking at different things, but we couldnt find anything wrong with it. so we got back in and were going to drive home, when the rattling and shaking becomes worse. so we get back out and nathan starts telling me about how his car broke down once, but his was because he had a flat tire1 and we look... and i have a flat. so we call paul and ben, and they come after 10 minutes and paul has to crawl under my car, getting completely filthy on the asphalt! so he chanfes it, and it only takes about 30 minutes! whoopee (sarcasm). but no, it was a fun evening

sunday pics

so we went around the neighborhood, and took pictures and heres 5 of about 100 of them :D

recently

so sunday and yesterday were so much fun.
sunday:
well, i expected to go baby sit, and i was excited bc i hadnt seen bethany in 3 weeks. but we didnt have top babysit! so i went to their house and we went around taking pictures with her new camera. it was fun. aaron came with us and we took pictures of lemons and dancers and head surgeons (sort of). it was just really fun.

last night:
so the kents came over for dinner. well, just nathan, paul, and mr and mrs. but they are so funny! i love mr kent, and paul!!! the whole night they were just laughing and laughing!
here was a conversation with mr kent, paul, and i.
mr kent: you know, these flowers look alot like mine. (there was a vase of roses on the table)
me: oh really?
paul: yeah dad, thats cause we brought them
--- everybody laughing---
paul leans over to me and says: you know, he must be deaf, because last time we walked through here, he said the same thing, and i told him we brought them.
mr kent: really? i didnt hear you!!!


it was all just really fun, and we were all laughing really hard. they stayed until 10:45, and then they went home, and my sister took me to go get gas in my car. it was the first time i had filled it up, and i was barefoot! it was fun, it seemed very fitting somehow. you know, mary when she graduated from calvin went barefoot, and she also got married barefoot, and heather isnt going to wear any shoes, and i know im not going to be doing anything uncomfortable, which means barefoot, and on and on and on. it shows you how we really dont believe in shoes

i hate idiotic kids!!!

some idiots threw an egg at my car! luckily it hadnt dried all the way, or it would have peeled the paint off. i hate stupid teenagers!!!

books

well, if anyone is looking for a good book, i just finished 3 WEEKS WITH MY BROTHER. and it was really good. its by nicholas sparks and his brother micah. he also wrote A WALK TO REMEMBER, and THE NOTEBOOK, and alot of other famous books. its about their boyhood and a trip around the world they are taking. its really good, and yet sad too.

survey - kind of. actually, just a question

so, i was wondering. what are your favorite names? say the top two. imagine you are going to have 4 kids. yes danielle, i know you only want 2, but try to expand your imagination. :D imagine you have 2 boys, and 2 girls. what would you name them? i know you might not have thought about it before, but think now. please dont tell me you dont know. just think. think of friends and family names that you like. what would be your choice?

Julies

so i went to my job today, and i have to say, it was pretty borring. for the first 2 hours, i sat and talked to the owner, but nobody came in. so, at about 1, she left to go to home depot, and left me there. well, about 5/6 groups of people came in, in a 3 hour period of time. so there wasnt much to do. i dusted the shop, and rearranged some of the merchandise, but after that there was nothing to do. so i read for awhile, but the last hour was so borring. and hot!!! she hadnt shown me where the ac was, so the store was very warm. luckily it was untollerable, bc i am going back next week.

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!

WOW, ALWAYS BEFORE, I JUST THOUGHT THAT THE 4TH WAS A DAY TO LIGHT FIREWORKS. NOW, WITH JOHN IN THE ARMY, IT MEANS A LOT MORE TO ME THAN THAT. I AM NOW TRULY THANKFUL FOR OUR INDEPENDENCE.

another hooray

i get my car tomorrow!!! my dad told me tonight that he and my mom would pay for insurance until i get my license!!! yay.

oh, and tomorrow is my kittys birthday.

oh,oh, i need a name for my truck. shes a girl, so any suggestions? i dont want a girly girl name, something cute, but not girly like sophie... i was thinking about Willow. i love that name, but i dont know if id want to name a kid that, so....

aaaaahhhhh!!!

my last sister is engaged!!!! and i absolutely love her engagement ring!!! it is the most gorgeous ring i have ever seen... i am very excited, because i love love love nathan kent. i dont know if i will be able to sleep tonight!!!

backyard

"olivia"

so we just bought an olive tree, and her name is olivia. go figure. anyway, she is really cute, and i have to say, olive trees are probably my favorite trees of all time. here are some pictures of my backyard, its about 10 times smaller than my old one, and im honestly not exaggerating, but i love what my mom has done with it.

this is the back part of my yard. i love how it looks really 'woodsy'

abd this is our little 'patio', that is right infront of my bedroom.

the room that you can see in the background, belongs to my sister. it is attached to the garage, but it has a sink, a washing machine, and its generally just one big room. and, the most exciting part of all, to me, is that in probably 1 year, it will be mine. (isnt that exciting bethany? im only guessing of course though) so i like to gin and plan how im going to decorate it, but im really not sure, bc i honestly prefer rooms the size of mine is right now. for some reason, i dont really like big rooms/houses.

dinner

so tonight i went to dinner with heather, john, and louisa. we went to olive garden, but we had a 40 min wait. so we sat outside talking, and who comes out of the resteraunt? the dejongs! wow, it was a little awkward... it was blake and his mom, so she came over and said hi, and he kept walking and sat down a ways a way. well, finally they left, and a little while after, the rest of the dejong family walked past. so then we had dinner, and i ate so much food! breadsticks, and salad, and by the time the main entree came, i could barely eat it! it was good though. fetuccini alfredo. so on the way home, i saw the weirdest thing!!! there was a giant rooster in the back of a pickup! it was about 8-10 feet tall, and it was tied down with about a dozen ropes. it looked like a movie, like something out of godzilla. it was pretty hilarious!

PIRATES

well, i went to the long beach town center yesterday, and finally saw pirates 3. it was pretty good, but overall, i think i was a little disappointed as to how it was. i mean, it was really good, but i didn't enjoy it as much as number 1 and 2. i thought number one was the best, then two, and then three. the first one was more 'believable' despite the fact that they couldn't die. then, number 2 came with "squid face" and the ripped out heart, and it was ok, but i felt it was geared more toward a younger age group. finally three, and if i had of seen it by itself, it would have been excellent, but compared to the other 2 it didn't measure up to them. over all, i thought it was well done though, especially the special effects. i also had that song stuck in my head all day

catching up

so i havent posted in awhile, so im going to post about whats been happening for the past 2 weeks.

so my sister and brother came down. and thats been really fun, especially bc of my sister. shes the one ive always gotten along the best with. i dont know why, she 8 yrs older than i am, though bc were so far apart in age may be why i get along the best with her! we are nearly the same person though.... so that was fun

then, we went to my cousins house, and saw family we havent seen in yrs it seems like. family has to be my favorite thing in the world. i love hanging out with them.

so today, we got out of finals, and i am so excited!!! and my brother is graduating tonight!!! so im excited

and, i just finished HARRY POTTER 5 and 6. they were good! i felt like crying when Dumbledore died, though. i really did. i dont often feel that sad when i read books- the book i felt the worst while reading, though, was CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN. when the dad died i really really really wanted to cry!

anyway, have an awesome summer you guys, im so glad that we have blogs so we can all talk over the summer

so ya.. today i was walking to the 99 cent store with my mom, and there was a plank lying on the floor! i saw it a ways back, and i meant to step over it, but as i got closer, i forgot about it, and so i ended up stepping on it! not good. there were 3 or 4 rusty nails sticking out of it, and now i have 3 or 4 holes in my sandal! one of which is all the way through. im not sure if it broke my skin though. i mean, i can see where it poked me, but it doesnt hurt all that bad, and it never bled, so im hoping ill be ok. my family has never been big on medical care. we go to check ups once every 4 years maybe. so i didnt go get the teanus shot, even though i should have, and i am hoping and praying that i dont wake up with lockjaw! well, if im not at school tomorrow, youll know why :)

yipee!!!my brother is comming home today! like, in an hour and a half

my day

so i woke up at about 9, then i stayed in bed and read for about 2 and a half hours. it was fun, but i felt very guilty about staying in bed that late! oh well, it was fun! so then i get up, and take a shower. as i was getting dressed, my mom called and she had great news!!! i might have a job this summer. im very excited, its a neighborhood business, with one little lady who owns it. shes really friendly, and all i would do is open the store (it opens at 11), then sit there and be friendly with any customers who come in. dust every once in awhile, but other than that i could sit there and read!!! im so excited! this is such a good opportunity! then i came home and went to bethany's surprise party, which was actually quite fun. i got there, and we all stood aroud talking for about 45 mins, then beth came, and we all talked some more. then we had to go on a scavenger hunt. that was a little awkward, bc i had to go up and ask a stranger if we could all stand in her shower..... a little weird... anyway, then we went back to the house and ate, and then we went into the bounce house, yes kt i know i still owe you money, im sorry, it was fun, we sat around trying to keep the ball off the ground. then we had a jellybean fight, and then the movie xmen was played. then i went home, ate dinner, and we went to blockbuster. i havent been ther in probably 8 months! there was some sale on, so we bought a couple of movies for about 5 bucks each. then we watched one, and it was ok. and now im here

i am sam

its one of the best movies ever! its about a mentally disabled father, who is trying to get his daughter back. social services took her away bc she said she was adopted. he changes the life of his lawyer and foster family. it is so good! the actor is sean penn, and id have to say hes one of the top 5 actors that ive ever seen act. hes amazing, you can not tell at all, that he really isnt mentally disabled

joseph

so hes been gone for a couple of days, and its weird, bc i said he must be deadly ill to stay home for such a long time. i mean, he never stays home! he can have a fever, be throwing up, probably have some contagious disease, and not stay home. well this time he IS relly sick. i guess he went to the doctors and got some medication, bc he had had a fever, but i guess he was allergic to it. so today, he went into the emergency room bc he had a rash, his jaw was locked, and his eyes were rolling around in his head. :( poor joseph. please keep him in your prayers....

beaches

look how gorgeous the beach was!!! the water was so blue, and really warm. unfortunately it was so rocky that you couldnt swim! the sand was really weird too. it felt like rocks ground up, but not as finely as sand is supposed to be... it was different

more mexico adventures

so on the way to mexico, i had to sit up in front, all by myself, and i was stuck diagonally across the isle from the loudest person ever, and apparently he was going to party his ---- but---- off. well apparently he did bc when i found my seat on the way back, it was right next to him, and he slept the whole way back ( thank goodness) i mean how often are you near the same person twice? he woke up just long enough to ask the 'waitress' for jack and coke..... he was pretty hoarse, though so she couldnt hear him. finally he asks me to tell her and she doesnt know what it is. it turns out all it is is whiskey and coke, why couldnt he have said that in the first place?!?
sitting next to him was especially weird bc on the way to mexico, when we had landed he stood up, and his hand kept brushing my shoulder. and his fongers were moving, so it totally looked, (/and felt) like he waas rubbing my shoulder, kinda freaky

and earlier, before boarding the plane, we were standing in line to have our bags checked, they were looking inside to make sure we didnt have liquor or anything, when up ahead, they open up a suitcase and it was full of raw meat!! it looked like they had shot a cow, and taken about 20 pounds of raw steak. and it was the whole suitcase!!! i totally expected them to have to leave it in mexico, i mean that would be logical, right? nope, after putting the meat in bags marked fragile, they were allowed to board the plane. it was wierd.

MEXICO!!!

well, we were looking at all the jewelry, and we came across this! it was a 'ring' of sorts, it was kinda creepy....
it was a really hot day, so this dog decided to squeeze himself under the refrigorator case this is a picture of the 'town.' oh and something scary. ok some guy was trying to sell me a bracelet i really didnt want, but i hate saying no, and he kept lowering the price. i said no probably 6/7 times, but he wouldnt go away, and finally i bought it. but anyway, when he turns to try to sell danielle something, the guy in the pic walks over, and asks me if im going to a party tonight. at this point danielle turns around and were like, ummm... not tonight no! he was like, well party here tonight at 11. i was like oh! thats cool. and he was like, so, can you come? we were like, we have no way to get here. he says you gotta sneak out! then he asks where we are staying, and danielle turns around at this point (thanks alot) and i told him the hotel name. ofcourse he had never heard of it, i mean there are twenty billion hotels in mexico. but then he tells me, ill give you free taquilla(spl? i dont often spell that) ill even give you free first round! i was like ooohhhh!!!!!!!!! ill see if i can make it ( in my head i was like FREAK!!!!) but yeah, that was our scary adventure, in which danielle left me alone to fend for myself, although she enjoyed listening }=P
danielle and kt above the resorts private beach
kt running back and forth
garys sunglasses dont quite fit her

this was the view from our room.there was an infinity pool that looked like it dropped off into the ocean. it was gorgeous
HAHAHAH! there were lizzards just lying on the grass when we walked
this was the beach we went jet skiing at. it was really pretty. jet skiing was fun, but you have no idea how sore i am from it now! i was squeezing the seat with my legs too hard, so now i have ginormous bruises

danielle wondering what alcoholic beverage she should order! jk
it was really fun, overall, and there are alot of adventures i want to tell.