Stupid Minnesota

The Snow

My sisters and me being dorks.

On Christmas morning we left for Grandma's house! we had a fun time down there I got to see my friend Brittany and my brothers girlfriend Cassi came over for a evening, we also visited my great grandparents in the nursing home.

We came home on Wednesday, Yesterday I was planning on going to my friend Amanda's house for a sleepover, I haven't seen her for awhile because of school. But then the blizzard hit. I guess it was all over Minnesota in southern MN they had heavy rain, we just had snow and wind and cold, yuck!

Tonight we have some family friends coming over for new years eve!

Surprising...

Suprisingly I've actually been updating my Gluten free cooking blog and hopefully I will keep it up... heres a link to it. I made a chocolate upside-down cake today that was really good.

Funeral

This afternoon one of my best friends Stephanie and I went to Fosston for Erin Olson's funeral. Mrs Olson was a Spanish teacher at RLCC I didn't really know her that well but her daughter Alexi is in my grade, so that's why I went. Thanks for driving me Steph! :)

Sounds like life to me aint no fantasy!

The title is a country song that when I was trying to think of a title it popped into my head. :)

My friend Cassi has a blog heres a link to it!

Today day I went black Friday shopping with my awesome friend Alexxis! It was pretty fun we left at like 5:30 this morning and went to kmart, jcpennys then mcdonalds. When we went to leave Mcdonalds we tried to unlock the car door and it woulds open! It was really funny we had to go inside while Jesse, the guy who brought us, tried to jack open the car. It wouldn't work and we could see he wasn't getting anywhere so we went and asked for help. A worker guy came out to help us and as soon as we stepped out the door Jesse got the door open!

So we went to Walmart and once we got everything checked out and went out to the car it wouldn't start! Then finally the batteries died! It was pretty epic! I think Jesse was getting kinda frustrated though. :)

So Alexxis mom came and picked us up in TRF and we went to Alexxis house for awhile till mom came to pick me up. Mom kinda forgot to come so I had to call her eventually and remind her and then she came. It was pretty funny at the time though!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! :)

Pictures

Here's some pictures from while I was in Hawaii!

Learning how to surf.

View from Waikiki

Hanauma bay

Someplace in Oahu

In Waikiki-Dot, Elise, Christina, Me

Christina and me pointing at some fish waterfall wall thing in Waikiki

At the North Shore

These really awesome 15ft waves!

Update.

Next Monday I start school at Oklee. I'm going to do normal 9th grade till the semester break then I'm going to see if I can take some extra classes so I can graduate early. I'm back from Hawaii I got back a week ago. It was kinda funny mom went down to the airport a day early on accident she knew I was going home on Wednesday so she thought I'd get back that day but I didn't get back till Thursday. Tuesday was Elsie's school choir concert. I took my school pictures in Hawaii, that was kinda cool! yea that's about all the news. Oh and I learned how to surf in Hawaii!

~Hawaii~

I can't believe I haven't posted yet while I've been here. We've been doing alot. The Haslerhansons are a very nice and fun family, they've taken me to several places and things. The first day I got here they met me at the airport with a buncha Leis! Then we went back to thier house I got all my stuff settled and then off to the Hickim beach. Since then we've done many things the second night I was here we went to a Luau and it was amazingly fun! At the Luau there was a Tree climber and many Hula dancers it was a very exciting night!

While I've been here we've done a ton of fun stuff! We went to the theater and saw a really funny movie but I forgot the name of it.

We went to the zoo in Waikiki which was fun!

We went to another beach but I don't remember what the name was. We've been to two malls and had two movie nights with a buncha friends and then had two sleepovers with one of Christinas friends Kaellah!

Yesterday we went to Pearl Harbor and went on the USS Missouri and had a tour of that. Then last night Mr Haselerhanson came home so I got to meet him! Then we went to Subway for supper.

I think thats everything we've done so far but I'm not sure. I'll try to update it again in a few days!

Homecoming

I went to school in the morning and it was a half day with a pep fest with games and stuff. We had a bunch of female teachers do a football routine and then we had tug a war and flickerball and then we did some stuff like one person in each class had to get there hair covered in shaving cream and then formed! Then another game where we had someones face covered in whipped cream and then some one would throw Cheetos and try to get them stuck on the face. I think there was another game but I don't remember it. But yea I had a blast! I didn't have to be in any of the games so I could watch them all! Then after school Sammy W. and I went to our friend Alysa K's house and we watched movies and walked around town in till time to get ready for the game.

We won the game by a lot I'm not sure what the exact score was though I think it was like 5-1 touchdowns or something like that. Then we had the dance it was really fun!

After the dance I spent the night at Alysa's house and we got time to catch up on what had happened in life since the last time we had seen eachother. So all in all I had a really fun last to days.

Today I think Sammy and I are going to town to pick up stuff for the Youth group halloween party. But I'm not sure.

brief news flash..

Sorry I havent posted for awhile. I just dont really have any news. Mom and dad buchered the last of the chickens today. I leave for Hawaii in 20 days. I'm still not sure where I'm going to school when I get back. I do have a new idea tho I might go to a school in Iowa and stay with one of my friends there. I'd be able to take some tenth grade classes I think and then finish up my nineth grade ones. Mkk thats about all I have for news.

Another insignificant post in History

Wow it's been along time since I posted on here.

Since I last posted many things have happened but I'm sure I'm not going to remember them all. First off School started.

This year all my school aged siblings are going to public school. I'm still at home though I may start school again about second quarter but I'm not sure about it. The reason I'm at home is because I can't skip three weeks of school when I go to Hawaii. The reason I might now go back to school is because I'm thinking about working towards graduating early.

Yesterday Sunday school started but that didn't effect me this year. Last night we had a youth group meeting to plan the shootout for this year.

The shootout is scheduled for next Saturday, hopefully it will be fun!

Oh and one more thing I'm going to be Lady Gaga for Halloween.

Vacation

For vacation this year we went to Duluth and stayed there for a few days and then headed up to Gunflint lake to stay with some family friends. It is totally beautiful there!! Several of us went for a really long hike thing it was like 5 miles, it was really fun!!

After that we went down to by Echo, Minnesota for the Thompson/Faugstad wedding that was really nice. Last Sunday I walked into Echo with Jeremy and Matt. Jeremy wanted to go see some of his school friends and I was going to see Brittany Boyum. It was great seeing Brittany and while I was at her house we had a blast. We stalked houses and people and rode bike around Echo. It was really fun!!

We got back monday really late and then Yesterday we had dentist appointments for several of the other kids. Today were busy unpacking and getting everything unpacked. Jeremys busy packing up for school. I think that's everything.

The best times!!

I had one of the best weeks of my life this last week. On last Monday Barb brought me and the rest of the LYA people from our church down to Mankato. We went to Kay Millers house, Kay organized almost everything for the bus trip and a lot for LYA, she is a wonderful person! At Kays she told us all where we would be staying the night. Sammy and I ended up staying with our wonderful camp cabin mate Brittany, at another cabin mate Martha's house.

The next morning we left from Mt. Olive at 6:30am. WAY to early for me but at least we got to Virginia. That night we stopped at a church in Ohio and had pizza, devotion then went to bed.

That day we got to sleep in we didn't have to leave till 7:00 -by the way for those of you who don't know me that well I'm being sarcastic about sleeping in- :). We arrived to go White Water rafting a little after noon. White Water Rafting was a BLAST!! It was so much fun I definitely recommend it if u have an extra $50 laying around and you are in the area.

We went rafting in that river this pic is from the bridge above.

The next day we got to Virginia Beach early so we stopped at First landing state park. It is beautiful there and really HOT. But that's okay by me because I love heat, sun and the ocean. After we left there we went to the collage Norfolk State University the campus is wonderful and the dorms are so nice.

I love this!

On Friday we went to Virginia Beach and Boardwalk. That place is amazing the beach is so beautiful and the waves are amazing. Stuff is pretty well priced not cheap but not to spendy. And I got a tattoo, one of the temporary ones the like dye your skin for two months. Well don't trust them mine lasted four days. It was really cute though and I think when I turn eighteen I'm going to get one.

Getting my tattoo.

Saturday we went to the Jamestown settlement and the to a cruise ship. It was really fun there was a dance on the cruise and we ate pizza, played cards and danced.

Figure it out

We left Sunday after church and headed to Washington DC it took FOREVER to get there but it was worth it. We got out and walked around a bit we saw the white house and walked to several of the memorials. It's really pretty layout there and if you've never been there I suggest it.

Our nations capitol.

Hawaii.

I'm going to Hawaii. Mom helped me order my tickets today! All day today and yesterday ive been bugging mom about it and so today she helped me get them I have $615 right now and the tickets cost me $685 but I'll earn the money and pay mom back soon! I'm pretty much psyched! In a few weeks is the LYA convention. Now I just have one thing to decide. What I should do about school. either home school the whole year or oklee half and home school half. I"M NOT SURE! well that's all for now.

Ally Ally Ally ally oom qua quee.. we're the Indianheaders Ally ally oomqua

Last sunday I left for camp Indianhead I rode with one of my good friends Brittany. The ride was fun but it seemed to take forever because we wanted to get there.

Thursday was the banquet almost everyone dressed up for that.

Above my cabin being crazy.

My cabin everybody looked beautiful! Above.

My gorgeous counselor Gloria and me. Above.

We also had Olympics on Thursday. My team won!!

Brittany and me hot and tired at the Olympics. Above

Brooke and me also at the The Olympics. Above.
Kaylee and me. Sweaty but victorious three legged race champions.

On Wednesday was skit night our skit was rip offs of various broadway plays. I was the Vampire of the Cinema "Phantom of the Opera". My cabin got first place on our skit

Christine and the vampire. "Brittany and me".

Tuesday and Wednesday Lauren, Christina, and I went canoing. Tuesday it was beautiful outside with no wind so we expected Wednesday would be the same. We got out in our canoe and it was kinda hard to paddle but we could handle it because we were on the easy side of the Island. Once we got to the other side it was another story we had started out toward the front of all the kayaks, -we were the only ones canoing- but by that time we were at the end, the only person behind us was Maggie who was the counseler in charge of making sure everyone kept up.

Maggie eventually passed us and told us to hurry up. She waited at the next corner of the Island for us so we were in her line of sight. We weren't able to get anywhere because the wind was pulling us backwords. Maggie yelled at us to hurry several times but we tried yelling that we needed help but she couldn't hear us because she was up wind from us.

Finally she turned around and came back to see what was keeping us and we told her we could only go like a foot a minute. Maggie said "I know it's really hard but I'm going to need you girls to give it all your strength". We agreed gave it all our "strenth" and tipped over.

So we pushed the canoe swimming behind it up to the Island When we reached it we stood in the disgusting weeds and tipped the canoe over and dumped out the water. Maggie rode in the canoe with the other girls back and I took her kayak.
Lauren, Christina and me after our canoeing adventure.
Allison being crazy.


At Dinner. Sammy, Lauren and Rachel.
Allison, Brittany and me.

It's raining it's pouring....

We left for last Thursday with the intent of camping till Sunday. Thursday night my friends from Hawaii, Christina, her mom and her sisters -who were in Minnesota for awhile to visit some of her family- came to camp with us we went swimming that night and Grandpa and Grandma came to visit us. On Friday Morning we went on a hike to see Ramsey falls.

It is really pretty at that campground and they have lots of nice hiking trails.







There is also a zoo.





Friday afternoon Christina and her family left to go back to New Ulm Elsie and I went with them. That evening we went swimming and then the beach we were at, closed because of Thurnder storm warnings. Ann, Christina's mom, came to pick us up because she had seen the clouds. By the time we got into the car there were Tornado warnings we went to pick up pizza and went back to Christinas house.

We got some kind of big hail. Sorry the picture isn't that great.

Saturday Ann dropped us off at the campground and we got ready for dad's cousin Ambers wedding. After the wedding more Tornado Warnings. We cleaned up camp in the rain and went to Grandmas. That's all I have time to write now but later I'll tell you about camp.

Camera + other stuff =Life

My digital camera broke a few weeks ago but now I got a new one it's a Kodak and it's pretty nice. I just got it yesterday so I don't know what all it can do but it seems to take pretty good pictures and it plays videos with sound.

In a few weeks my kind of cousin Amber is getting married I think my family is hoping to go down to that wedding and then I have bible camp. I'm not sure about when I will go to Hawaii either in November or sometime this coming spring.

Relay for life!

The relay for life was today. I went for awhile and then I hung out with Rachel R, Stephanie S, Alysa K, and Brooke G!! Love ya girls!!

Without school....

I was glad when school was done for the year because then no more sitting in class. Plus I can sleep in, or work or whatever I feel like doing. But now I'm starting to wonder if there is anything better or more constructive that I should be doing rather than my awesome costumes....

This was kinda a cross between the phantom of the opera and two face... (above)

I was supposed to be a police but mom told me I looked more like some kind of a train engineer. (above)

The rest of these are from different things that I never got the pictures up.

This is from Prom. (below). It's of me and my beautiful friend Trishia B!!
This is from Whitney N.'s confirmation. (below).
Brooke and Me on our way to Itasca on Monday!
That's all for now but maybe I'll put some more pictures up sometime.

Today!!

Hmmm I think I need to work on my titles to my blog posts.

Hope you all had a nice Memorial day. I went to Itasca state park today with my family and some friends.

Yesterday was my confirmaqtion! so now I'm a confirmed member of my church!! I was confirmed with Sammy Walton, Congradulations Sammy hope you had a fun day! Then after confirmation Brooke Gustafson came over to my house to spend the night and then come with to Itasca with us today.

Also my Grandparents came up for this weekend! They brought Jeremy up because his school is done now, and they stayed for my confirmation! Thanks for being there to help me celebrate Grandma and Grandpa!

Graduation was on friday and I went over to Brooke's house before the ceromony because we both had to be there for chior. After the ceremony was done I went to Brookes again for Courtney Gustafsons open house. I got home from that about 11:00 friday night and then I went to bed. I think that's about all I can think of to say right now.

Oh yeah schools done.

Track EPICFAIL!!

Pretty much lame day, I quit track. It didn't work out. SOOO yea.... It's a long story, if you want to hear it than just ask me sometime I don't want to write it all out.

prom and track

PROM was Saturday!!!! I went to serve mocktails but I didn't have to do that the whole time so I got to dance a little! It was really fun and there were a lot of cool dresses. I have pictures but I'm not going to put them on yet.

Today was my first track meet and I guess I did okay for my first time but I wasn't very happy with how I did, I guess I'll have to try harder next time.

The Play!!

The first play was last night. It was really fun!! If you want to see it we are preforming it tonight and tomorrow night at 7:30. Cost is $6.00 for Adults and kids are $3.00. Hope you can come!!

Sammys....

Monday I went to Sammy Walton's house and I stayed there till today. I had a very fun time and thats all I'm going to say right now.

Easter!

Happy Easter everyone!! He is Risen!!

Video for Honor Concert

This is one of the songs for the choir concert.
This is one of the songs from the band part.

Easter weekend!!

Happy Easter weekend everyone!!

Grandma and Grandpa came up for Easter weekend and they brought Jeremy. Jeremy Shaved his huge beard, so he doesn't look like wolverine anymore. Next week the rest of the family is going on a vacation but I'm going to Sammy's house instead because I have school. That will be fun. I've been running a lot so I stay in shape for track even though I only went to track practice on Tuesday. Wednesday I ran 1.5miles and yesterday I ran 1mile, and today I'm hoping to run at least one mile.


Yesterday morning we painted set for the play and I think we did more painting each other. I'm also trying to get a hold of a video from the JH honor choir concert to post on here. But so far no luck.

Play and Track?!?!?

Today was the first day of track. It was okay I guess but the running felt like it lasted forever. I'll get use to it. I think it will probably get funner and one day isn't enough to try it out but so far it seems kind of dumb.

I skipped play practice because of track but tomorrow I'll do the play. I'm really enjoying the play my friend Brooke Gustafson quit and that was disappointing but now another one of my best friends Sammy Walton took her place so that's awesome!!

This is so funny!!

In choir today we watched some video for it, I'm not sure what it has to do with choir but here it is. This is so funny and worth your time, I even made my mom watch it. LOL!!

Sick of being Sick

When you're in stuff at school that takes time to practice or whatever then it stinks to be sick. On Friday the Jr. High Honor Choir is going to Mahnomen for a huge choir concert thing with 8 schools from the area. I need to practice for that but I can't very well at home. Also the Play I've missed 3 practices because of being sick. I guess I'll manage. But I'll have to practice hard for missed time. What I'm not sure about is how it's more relaxing to be at home when you have a family of like 10,000,000 people, plus when your home you have to do chores, maybe I should have just gone to school today. Well I guess that's all I have to complain about today, hope you are all having a better day than me.

Do I ever even use this blog??

My life has been busy and I haven't posted since New Years sooooo.....

I'm in a three act play I auditioned two weeks ago. In the play I'm a flirty old lady, and my role is really funny. Last Friday I had to skip school because I was to sick. I've been sick all weekend and it stinks. Today I went to school but I had to call mom to come pick me up because I didn't feel good again. Now I've been resting off and on all morning.
I have some exciting news!! I'm hoping to go to Hawaii this fall to visit my good friend Christina Haslerhanson!! Mom said I have to pay for it all my self but I've been saving about half a year and right now I have $200. Of course I need about $500 but if I work hard enough I'm sure I can earn enough money.
More exctiting news!! I'm also hoping to go to Virginia this summer on the LYA convention. So this summer I'm going to have alot of fun things to keep me busy. Along with the Oklee Centenial and Bible Camp.
It's been really nice out so far this spring right now it's 51 degrees out. I should go now though because I'm home sick from school so i should be resting.

Happy New Year!!

Hey everyone Happy New Year!!