Christmas

I am so pumped for Christmas. Presents, cocoa, snow, Christmas trees, and all of the wonderful smells. I can't wait! I have been working on Christmas presents for my sisters and parents and I can't wait to give them to them. How I love Christmas! I think it totally blows away every other holiday. Happy birthday, Jesus!

Travel Diary: Part One

This is my travel diary for today: enjoy!

day (i) 11/21/10

We are in the car!! We just came out of a Meijer, having to go to the bathroom. Now we are all back in the car, Sophie reading, Mylie listening to my shuffle, Darby is coloring, and I am typing. We are going to watch a movie in a half hour. Nothing much is happening right now. TTYL!

Hey there! I’m back! We are in Pennsylvania! We are up high in the hills. My ears are VERY uncomfortable. There are tons of buildings, and the scenery is so pretty. I’ve made loads of videos and I can’t wait till we reach New Jersey. When we go to NJ, our hotel is like 3 miles away from the cake boss shop. We might buy something!! I’m so excited. Right now, we are going to McDonalds to get some coffees. YUM! I’m in the mood for something good. BRB!

Back on the road!! It is 4:56 PM, and we are still traveling. We are still in Pennsylvania; hopefully we will reach NJ soon. I just asked Dad how many miles till New Jersey, and he says he doesn’t know. My ears are plugged. GRRR…. Dad just said maybe another hour or so till NJ. Soph is playing on my iPod, Mylie is singing to herself, and Darby is pretending to be a cheerleader. Hopefully we will stop somewhere to eat soon. I’ve had enough with all these mountains! We are out of them now, but my ear is still plugged. Well, I think it’s still plugged. I’ve been wearing my earbuds ever since we got into the mountains. Well I’ll write again soon!!

7:13 PM. We are officially in NJ!! Pretty sweet! I have no idea when we are going to check into our hotel. Hopefully soon. TTYL!

It is officially 8:56 PM. We are in our hotel, getting ready for bed. My ears are plugged. GRRRR! OK then, I’ll talk in the morning!

Volleyball

Well in a couple minutes I am going to head off to my BFF's volleyball game. It is their last home game of the season. I hope they do awesome!!

Just to let everyone know, I am way proud of my BFF and hope she spikes it so hard that it hits everyone on the opposing team right smack in the kisser. I know she will.

GO BUCHHOLZ!

Lovin' Life

I just wanted to post and say that I am so blessed in life. I have a great family, great friends, and all of the things that I will ever need in life. I love my life and I am so happy to be me.

Just a recent update, we got a new cat!! I was taking horsebackriding lessons and my teacher told me about her kittens and said that they needed a new home! When Mom drove up, I told her and she told us to ask dad. Mylie called him, and he said yes! His name is Mickey. I think he is pretty darn adorable.

Don't you agree?

Some more updates:

34 DAYS TILL NEW YORK!!!!! I can't wait. We are going to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. I will post pictures.

Have a blast, and remember to love life!!

Trip to The Sunshine State

Every year, my family goes to Florida in January. Every couple years, we get a bonus trip! This was one of those years.
We did the Disney "give a day-get a day" and we got a free day at one of the Disney parks!
We chose Epcot. We couldn't wait!!
Here we are, all ready to head off to Cadillac, and then we were going to drive to Florida.

Being nature people on the rocks!

"Family Picture Gone Wrong!"

SWIMMING!

Darby changed so much this trip, she was jumping in!! And of course the other girls never changed, they are still jumping in. :)

Telling ghost stories in the graveyard!!

Playing in the park the day before we leave for Florida!!

Since this was basically a free trip, instead of driving, we FLEW!!! Mom and dad surprised us and we freaked out.

Swimming at 9 in the morning in ........ FLORIDA!!

Going to the little place in Celebration,

and playing in the fountain,

while having a blast!

Taking "red" pictures with my genuis idea of putting my finger over the flash.

Going to Universal's CityWalk for a special treat!

And of course there's always time for a little wrestling.

Krispy Kremes and Ghirardelli ice cream in Downtown Disney!

Well we we certianly surprised when we showed up to our hotel and there was a racoon eating our garbage! Eww! But I got some pictures!!

More swimming!!

Sophie and Mylie caught a lizard!! I was surprised because those things are very fast.

Playing in the Downtown Disney fountain the last day there!

Hangin' out with Buzz!

Goofing off in the airport,

and being silly on the plane!

We were so sad we had to go!
I had the best trip ever!! I can't wait until January!!

Teen Camp at Somerset

Camp was so fun this year. I had a great time. I met new friends, got to hang with my cousin, and hang with my BFF. I had a great time.

Carpet Ball was a favorite amongst us children.

Here is my cabin.
From left to right, Samantha, Sara, (my counselor) Tori, Amanda, Sara, (yes, we have 2) Monica, and Jenna.

The first thing that we did was the ginormous slip n' slide. The line was as big as the slide!! Anyway, it was a lot of fun.





Jenna, waiting for lunch.....

Sara and Amanda, also waiting for lunch!

The guys, crazy as usual!!



Tori and her beloved Churro.

Jonah playing 4 square!

Playing "ninja" before chapel.

In the morning, Sam and I headed off to drama. We were the first ones there, so Samantha decided to challenge her imaginary friend to a game of Foosball! ( i believe it was a tie.)

The drama class! From left to right, top to bottom, Me, Brianna, John, Micah, Paris,
Samantha, Victoria, and Lauren.

J-Bob and Tori!! If you didn't know, J-Bob is our speaker for chapel. He has 3 daughters, and he brought 2 of them to camp. Amy and Christi. Christi became our cabin buddy. You will hear more of her later.

TUBING!!!!!!! Tuesday was our tubing day. We wore it out!!! Best time EVER!!!!!!!

Monica coming back from her wipeout.

Jenna and Monica ridin' the waves!



Then it was Tori and I's turn!!



Me after my large wipeout.

Amanda and Sara's turn!! (and it wasn't our counselor.)

Double whammy!

Sam and Christi!




Amanda and Sara, again, and this time, it IS our counselor!


Cute Christi!

Tired after a long game of Gold Rush.


Bridgitte from Wellspring, the band that played for chapel.

My trail riding buddies!!

This is Lucky, the horse I rode on my trail ride.

A professional picture of my drama class! Kaitlyn, my teacher, me, John, Brianna, Emily, my other teacher, Lauren, Paris, Samantha, and Micah. (victoria went home sick.)

I got a group photo of Wellspring. I stink at remembering names!! The girl licking that dude is Makayla, the dude is Jon, the girl being tackled is Bridgette, and the three guys in blue are Paul, Ethan, and Jackson. I can't remember the guy with the purple bandanna or the guy in the green. Like I said, I'm not that good at remembering names.

Well that's it for Teen Camp 2010!! Hope you enjoyed it and feel compelled to go next year!! You really shouldn't miss it.