Anchorage

Chris had to take his sister into Anchorage on Saturday, so we spent the day driving around. We saw his old house, visited his grandma, ate at Ding How, and walked around New Sagaya. We were sitting in the theater to see Step Up 2, but decided that we wouldn't have time. So we got our money back and left. It was a fun day.

We thought this car looked funky.

The Martian Child

I rented Martian Child today, and I have to say that I love this movie! It's touching, funny, and it has two of my favorite people...John Cusack and Joan Cusack. There is a scene in the movie that I especially liked. This kid thinks he's from Mars and John Cusack (who adopts him) is trying to get him to be more normal. This is what he says...


"Right now, you and me, here, put together entirely from atoms, sitting on this round rock with a core of liquid iron held down by this force that so troubles you called gravity, all the while spinning around the sun at 67,000 miles an hour and whizzing through the Milky Way at 600,000 miles an hour in a universe that very well may be chasing its own tail at the speed of light. And amidst all this frantic activity, fully cognizant of our own imminent demise, which is a very pretty way of saying we all know we're going to die, we reach out to one another. Sometimes for the sake of vanity, sometimes for reasons you're not old enough to understand yet, but a lot of the time we just reach out and expect nothing in return. Isn't that strange? Isn't that weird? Isn't that weird enough? What the heck do you need to be from Mars for?"


I strongly recommend you all see this movie. I am definitely going to buy it. It was great! Have a good day, love you, bye!

Mudding

I really want to go mudding one last time at Fish Creek before I leave in May. It is so much fun! I hope it is warm enough and that the tide is right. Here is a picture of our mudding youth activity over the summer.

Teaghan Marie Snow

I have a new niece! Britney had her on February 1st in Fairbanks.
Teaghan Marie Snow
I can't wait to see her! I love you Jeb and Britney so much.

BYU

For the past 2 years, I couldn't imagine going anywhere other than BYU for college. I have researched it and BYU has everything I am looking for. I want a 4 year college close to Salt Lake City. It is also cheap, which is always good. It was the only school that I applied for and after 8 weeks of waiting, I finally got accepted!! I'm so excited! I hope all your plans work out for you guys. And I hope you have fun wherever you end up. I love you all so much and I will miss you at college. Have a good day!

NHS

One of our favorite pictures of the six of us is from our National Honor Society induction our Sophomore year.

We all went to the induction Senior year and got our pictures taken again. It's amazing how much we have changed in 2 years and how much we have gone through together.
I love you guys so much!

Tagged!

I've been tagged, so I have to give 7 random or odd things about me. So here we go!

1. I HATED going to bed when I was little, because I was scared that something would happen to me during the night. I was convinced that if a murderer came to our house that he would go to my window first. I would cry myself to sleep every night. The only thing that calmed me down was a tape that my mom gave me. The first song on it was "Where Can I Turn For Peace?". To this day, that song calms me down.

2. I am scared to death of people in full body costumes. That includes Santa, the Easter bunny, and clowns. If I can't see who you are, stay away from me!

3. I have a certain way of making grilled cheese and tomato soup. There is a certain way to prepare the sandwich and I use a certain bowl, cup, and plate. I must have milk, 9 crackers, and a paper towel folded in half. I know its weird, but it's just gotta be that way.

4. My biggest pet peeve is not being able to find the lid to the container I am using. And it happens all the time! I absolutely cannot find the right lid, so I have to dirty another bowl that I know has a lid. GOSH...it's so frustrating!

5. I love watching T.V. When I'm in my room, the T.V. is on. My favorite channel is Disney Channel. I have also seen every episode of Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Smallville, Dawson's Creek, and Saved By The Bell. I love the feeling I get watching them. I become a part of their lives. I sob every time I see the finale to Dawson's Creek, just because I care so much about the characters.

6. HAHA only 6 people know about THE most embarrassing moment of my entire life! It really is awful! I'll admit though, that it is a rather funny story...it just happened to me.

7. HAHAHA ok...I had to think for a long time, but I have a good one. I don't know why, but I kiss A LOT of guys in my dreams. I kiss someone probably twice a week while dreaming. Most of them are people that I know, so its gets awkward seeing them in the morning. So there ya go...haha.

Well...I am supposed to tag 7 other people, but the only other people I know with a blog like this are my little nieces and nephew. So there is not much I can do. I hope you enjoyed mine and learned something new about me.

Stein of the Frank

HAHAHA! Wow! We made this movie for English class our Sophomore year. We read Frankenstein and then had to make a movie out of it. Mike, Gabby, Jordan, Katie, Nicole, and I were in a group together. Most of the bloopers at the end are inside jokes that we had while making it. The black part that says, "Did you find William?? Neither did we!" That was when we were filming the William scene and Nicole didn't take the lense cap off. So you can hear my part, but you can't see me. The insulation part had to be my favorite! You have no idea how stupid we felt after we realized what it was. That was a really fun, but very problematic project.

10 Day Challenge

My favorite teacher is Ms. Haynes. I have had her every year in high school. One project that she does every semester in all her classes is the 10 Day Challenge. She started it 5 semesters ago. The challenge is to pick something healthy to work on for 10 days in a row. It has to be challenging, hence the name. The following are my challenges the last 4 semesters:

1. no chocolate
2. at least 7 hours of sleep a night
3. be nice to my brother
4. read at least 2 chapters in my scriptures every day

My challenge this semester is to eat 3 servings of veggies a day. I HATE veggies. I never eat them. It is currently day 8 in the challenge.
RESULTS:

• I still find veggies revolting.
• I realize that I need the nutrients, so I will start taking vitamins.
• I have lost 4 pounds in 8 days! That's insane! That's half of what I lost after a whole month of no sweets.

I will miss these challenges. I have learned a lot from the 5 that I have done.

Christmas

These pictures are from our last day of our gift exchange. Every year, the six of us draw names and do presents the whole last week of school. Then we get together for a sleepover and do final presents. This year we went to Amy's house.

Haha, it looks like I'm crying. I almost did! Nicole had me, and she got me the best poster of Zac Efron. I was so excited!

I had Nicole. I gave her this picture frame with pictures of us in it. I also bought her lunch that day.

Jordan had Katie. She made her this glass mosaic in art class which has pictures of all of us on it.

Amy had Jordan, and she did the same thing that Jordan did for Katie.

Gabby had Amy. She made her this quilt. She opened it and said, "Aw, your mom made me a quilt!" Gabby was like, "I made it!!"

I love this picture!

And last but not least, Katie had Gabby. She also had the idea of pictures of all of us. It was very cute.

We fought really bad at the game and the store, but we had fun when we got back to Amy's house. I will really miss being with them over Christmas. They will all be here for Christmas next year, but I'm going to Missouri. I will really miss them. I love you guys!

Halloween

I forgot that I had these on my camera. These are pictures from Halloween. Amy and Gabby handed out candy at the house I was house sitting. The rest of us went trick-or-treating. It was Carmel's first time. I'm glad we can give her these experiences.

Amy & Gabby

fairy and pirate

Nicole, Katie, Jordan, Me, Carmel
fairies from Sleeping Beauty, pumkin, and Tigger

We drove around town to differnt houses. It was freezing outside, but we had a good time, despite running over a garbage can and going in the ditch. I was having problems with my driving. ;)

Me and My Friends

Katie, Jordan, Nicole, Gabby, Amy, Me

My Baby....Cricket

Carmel and Nicole

Carmel and me

Gabby, Amy, me

Todd, me, Amy, Gabby

Linnea, me, Jordan

Six Chicks

Nicole Anderson

Katie Wieliczkiewicz

Jordan Anderson

Gabby Frank

Amy Gundlach