Half way!

WOOT WOOT! Today is my half birthday!!! I'm 14 1/2!! YAY. My dad almost died when I brought this to his attention! haha. Guess I'm growing up too fast!

So I'm kinda stressing out here... the first nine weeks are almost up, I have my nine weeks exams this week and UGH I still have 3 B's! I know.. 3 B's is not that bad, but comparing with last year, it makes me sad! I had straight A's all year, and I didn't even work half as hard as I do now! I guess IB is a lot more than I was expecting, but it's WAY fun! and I'm so enjoying it!

Dee

For those of you who don't know, Dee, is my cat. I've had her since I was like two, and she's become part of the family. Well lately we noticed that she was acting weird, so today while I was at school, my dad took her to the vet and OMG! guess wat.. they found out that she has diabetes.

For real. I didn't even know cats could get diabetes. Well now they have her on this special cat diet to help her lose some weight.

Any way, yeah, it's crazy and I still can't believe it!

SORRY!!

Ok so don't yell at me, I know it's only been like ten million years since I last posted!!! The IB program has really been keeping me busy! High School is pretty amazing so far, and it's so different from Middle School! The best part??... I can wear filp-flops to school! haha. Any way, I just got my progress report and I'm pretty ashamed to report I have TWO B's! I know B's are not that bad, but I mean last year I had straight A's all year, so I was a little depressed to see two B's. Thankfully, I have like four weeks to bring those B's up and keep those other five A's where they are! It's been hard finding the balance between all my homework and school stuff and having a life! IB keeps you really busy, I have homework ALL THE TIME and it seems like I even spend most of my weekends doin' homework. I always seem to have paper after paper due, and it can get really stressful. Call me crazy, but I TOTALLY love it! I mean I need that kind of stress in my life! and no matter how much work I have, I always seem to get it done.

Definitly the hardest part about high school would have to be adjusting to the whole waking up when the stars are still out and going to Seminary! btw, I am not kidding about the stars! I can see more stars when I leave in the morning, then when I go to bed at night... so not cool! lol. But Seminary has been amazing too, that first week, I was def. not a very happy person though!

Ok so here are our (my sisters and mine!)pictures of our first day of school!!!



I'm the only one without a picture in the morning! My mom didn't want to get up that early! lol



YUKO!!


Before....



AFTER!!!

KEIKO



BEFORE...

JUNKO



BEFORE...

KEIKO AND JUNKO



AFTER!!!

So I know... Go ahead and shun me!... telling you about my first day of school after the first month of school! GEEZ!!! I give my self an F- for blogging!

*sigh*

The clock is ticking...school is slowly (well not TOO slowly)getting closer and closer....summer is coming to an end...*tears* Which so reminds me that I have to get moving on my summer assignments! My mommy keeps yelling at me to hurry up and finish... and it's sooooo like me to wait till the last second... I get that from my daddy! haha.

Well I've just been thinking A LOT about school... and OMG I'M GONNA BE IN HIGHSCHOOl!! Can u believe it??? It's soooooooooooo exciting!! but scarry too! Well I've slowly been preparing my "To do before school starts list" There seems like there is so much to do and not enough time! So I better start working faster!!! haha.

Just felt like blogging!! haha. Well I'm starving!!! So ttyl!!!

HOME!

So we're home from Alaska. It was def. a fun trip! and turned out to be a lot more fun than I thought it would be. we had a TON of fun! So here are some pics!!!



Here we are at the North Pole. Just to clear things up, it's not the ACTUALLY north pole, but a town in Alaska called North Pole. It's pretty cool. The building we are standing infront of is actually Santa Claus' house.



And there's Santa!!



And his reindeer!



We also went to this Gold Mine! It was really fun.



We got to pan for our own gold!!!



Mommy,keiko and Junko found about 9 bucks worth of gold. Me and daddy found 15 dollars of gold. Yuko and my uncle and aunt found 21dollars. My grandpa beat us all with 40 bucks worth.



There's my aunt, uncle, and Keiko, looking for Gold.



This is the Ice Museum! It was so cool! the freezers these ice sculptures are in are kept at 20 degrees. It was sooo cold but so awsome to see these sculputres.







PENGUINS!!!!!













Here are some pictures of us at Chena Hotsprings!!







So over all our vacation was sooooo fun!!! I highly recommend it!!! But you def. can't go to Alaska without building your own totem pole!!! HAHA

And we're off!

Tomorrow's the day!! We're leaving for Alaska! I think we are all SOOOO excited! Just so everyone knows we aren't crazy, I know Alaska isn't exactly everyone's idea of the perfect vacation spot, but we're going to visit my grandparents! I'm so happy that we get to see them, and excited that I get to check off another state on my quest to visit every state!

We still have a TON to do... I don't think anyone is packed...I have no idea what I'm going to wear! AHHH! I am NOT looking forward to the plain ride!! I HATE palins A LOT!!! I would so rather drive to Alaska, car rides are SOOOO much better than plains.

Ok well I have to go pack!!! I CAN'T WAIT!!!

Oh yeah!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATIE!!! xoxo

Saturday

Today was our last busy Saturday for a while... hopefully! Yuko and Keiko had tennis lessons at the YMCA and Junko had gymnastics also at the YMCA. I was at Efy when all of this started so I didn't do anything! So today I got to be the photographer! haha GO ME!! lol But here are some pictures from tennis!



This is like the one good "action photo" of Keiko I got and it's not even that actiony! haha.



Here's one of Yuko, sadly I didn't get many of her because she was on the far court and it was too scary to move... little kids with tennis rackets... *shivers* haha.



Ok this one is pretty good!



The coach was super nice and ordered the kids little medals!

Junko got one too! She was the official ball picker upper! haha



Sadly, my dad got one too... WAY EMBARRASSING! haha But I must say, he was awfully proud! lol

Ok, on to Junko's gymnastics! I thought she was SO adorable!

This is a video of her on the bar thingy! She is sooo cute!



And this is Junko on the vault! That's her favorite!

OK then, I g2g! So enjoy the pics!

4th of July.... and Busch Gardens!

We went to Busch Gardens with another family from our ward and had like the bestest time EVER!! haha. I rode the Griffon and OH MY DANG!! It was like REALLY scarry!! I didn't go on my own free will btw! I was dragged by Brother Lopez, Gigi and my friend Heather! Grr! I'll get them one day! haha jk. Well I actually liked the rollar coater, I must say it was really fun! But my favorite rollar coaster was Appolo's Chariot! It was exciting! So at Busch Gardens they had a fire work show.. my mom took some pictures of them... here they are!





The 4th of July was awsome too! We had a BBQ and invited some people over... here are some pictures!



My dad the "Grill Master" lol



They sat outside with my dad for 5 minutes... then they went inside because it was too hot! lol



Some more guests!



Me and Gabby!



Gigi and Brother Lopez!



Mommy and Yuko



Me and the cake I made!! haha GO ME!



Junko and her little friend! Shes sooooooo cute!



Keiko and her friends!

Ok so after the BBQ we went to see fireworks! It was fun... but then about 3 minutes into the show it decides to start pouring down rain (not to mention the thunder and lightning!) But we had fun!

Here is the most random thing that happened in the last few days! Watch for yourself! lol

Crazy Two Weeks!!

Ok so I know I haven't posted in FOREVER but I have a very good excuse... I was at EFY two weeks ago, and let me tell ya, EFY rocks my socks!(not many things can do that! haha) It was such a wonderful experience! I def. recommend it! Man, during testimony meeting (at EFY) EVERYONE just started crying their eyes out! I've never felt the spirit so strongly, it was way awesome! And then I had my first dance!!! Exciting I KNOW! lol

Ok and last week I was at Girls Camp... gotta say, not AS fun as EFY but I still enjoyed it.. well besides the bugs, the bug bites, the heat, the smell of BUG SPRAY (which became every one's new perfume!), the food, ok I know this list is long, but believe it or not I did have a rather decent time! So I got home on Friday around 4pm and I was SOOOOO tired! (after not sleeping very well for a week, it catches up to you!) and then yesterday I went to the Youth Temple Trip, which I always enjoy going to, but I must say, someone picked the wrong day to go! All the Young Women were dead tired! But I think we all managed to enjoy our selves. The youth here kinda have this "tradition". After we finish the baptisms at the temple we go out to lunch... but not just any place... we go to the best place on Earth! CHIPOTLE!!!!! OMG if you've never been there... go right now and find the closest one to you! I don't care if its in the next state! You have to go! That place is soooo good! I would describe it as a Mexican style Subway. You can order a burrito (which is bigger than my head!) and put whatever you want in there! AHHH it's soooooo good!!! I like mine SPICY!! I'm getting hungry now!! lol. Believe me... just go to Chipotle!! You'll love me for telling you to!!! haha Ok I'm gonna go eat some Frosted Flakes!! haha! I love those things!!

Well ttyl!!!

What time is it???... SUMMER TIME!!

I've offically gratuated from middle school and am movin' on to big bad HIGH SCHOOL!!! Yuko is going to middle school next year, she is soooo excited! Keiko is happyily goin' on to 3rd grade, and junko is excited to be in a grade with a number! lol. All of us are happy summer is here and we're all determined to make this summer the best!!

As of now our summer plans stand something like this...
I'm leaving for EFY on Monday and I'll be back on Saturday. Then Yuko and I are leaving for girls camp on Tuesday and we'll be back on Friday. On Saturday, my mom and I are going to the Youth Temple Trip (my mom is driving us.. that's why she's going! lol) After that we're not doing anything untill July when Yuko goes to her Young Scholars something something camp for a week. Our last big plan is off to Alaska the first week in August! I'm so excited!!!

Well I g2g pack for EFY!!! I'm soooooooo excited!!

Bike Ride

Yesterday everybody except for me (I was at home doing my summer assignments for IB)went on this 10 mile bike ride. From what I heard it was pretty tough. It was around 100 degrees, toward the end of the ride, they left at about 6 in the morning in hopes it wouldn't get TOO hot, and Keiko got a flat tire! But they all said they had fun! Here are some pictures! Enjoy!

TAG!!

I've been tagged!

Here are the rules:
Each player answers the questions about themselves. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog. Let the person who tagged you know when you’ve posted your answer.

WHAT WAS I DOING TEN YEARS AGO?
Lets see... I was 4.. so probably driving my mom insane!!! lol

WHAT ARE 5 (NON-WORKING) THINGS ON MY TO-DO LIST FOR TODAY?
1.Read my book 2.text my friends!(what do you expect? I'm a teenager.. texting is just what we do!) 3.Go to my piano lessons 4.help my mommy with dinner 5. i.m. (instant message) my friends (again.. another teenager thing!)

5 SNACKS I ENJOY
1.icecream 2.gold fish (the snack that smiles back GOLD FISH!)3.candy 4.salt and vinegar chips 5. strawberries

THINGS I WOULD DO IF I WERE A BILLIONARE
Where to begin... I would rebuild my school! (it's over 50 years old and in REALLY bad shape!) Then I would move back to Silverdale and buy a house (ofcourse it would have to be in Silverdale 6th ward! <3) Maybe take some friends to Italy (I love it there sooo much!) ummm.. then I might buy me some stuff (namely clothes, jewlery,shoes!) and then I'd buy me a car and a machine to make me 16 faster so I could drive sooner! lol

PLACES I HAVE LIVED
Kingsbay, GA, Ashburn, VA, Silverdale, WA, La Maddelena Italy, and Suffolk, VA.

JOBS I HAVE HAD
student, piano student, and babysitter!

THE 5 BLOGGERS I TAG?
The Stringhams, The Gibsons, Sister Baldridge, Sister Haggard, and Heather!!

HAHA!!!

Sorry, this post doesn't really have an meaning to it or anything, but I was looking through my pictures and I found this one and it made me giggle!! I just had to show everyone!! Hope Junko doesn't kill me!!

But while I'm blogging... I am so excited for EFY!!! haha!

Well good nite!