New blog

I am gonna switch blogs to tumblr.com cause it's WAY easier to post pics on there. Sooo... I probably won't be on here much anymore, not that I ever post things now:P

http://photosandthelike.tumblr.com/

Hmmmm....

This is another one of those completely random posts (have I ever had a non-random post?) that just has my favorite pics from the last few months.

This is Sar looking cute as always at Batdorf and Bronson.

This is a very, very yellow truck that we saw on Kynsie's birthday while we were driving (remember that Sarah? My mom made a hilarious prediction and she was right:) and I kept creeping them out with my picture taking, lol)

This pic was of the beautiful sky on our way to California. I took it of the reflection on the van door. The silhouettes are my dad and brother:)

I hate making titles.

These are just some pictures of the fun things I felt like taking pictures of this month! lol.

This is my attempt at getting a spider web. It is harder than it sounds. Plus I am like deathly afraid of spiders, which didn't help.

This is a frightening blueberry from my yard... I think it might be the aliens trying to tell us something;P

Here comes the sun! doodododooodoo! Wait... it's gone again.

These are some of the pictures I have taken in the last few weeks. They're are mostly from back when the sun was here... remember those days? Like, 2 weeks ago? Wow time flies.
This is the moon!

They are all pretty random, but they are my favorite summer pictures. They are so happy!

Some day soon...

When we were walking through Olympia the other day we passed this adorable house. I love it. It is on the main street, right between businesses. Someday I am going buy it. I will definately keep the red door.

Hopefully Sarah will be my roommate ;) I am excited for the stage of my life right after college and before marriage. That is the perfect time to live in the middle of the city within walking distance of everything.

I would paint the building yellow and grow fresh herbs in clay pots to help show off the hippiness of this house.

My Spring Break

We had our spring break last week and we had some sunny days. Ahhh... my life is good. So here are the pics of my life for the last week or so. I didn't actually take a lot of pictures this week. I am hopefully getting a new camera soon and then I shall take lots of pictures.

Kynsie, Sarah, and I did Teen Pact and we got to hang out with our dads before and after. It was a lot of fun. I highly recommend the carpool. I haven't laughed that hard in a while. We went to a fun coffee shop and we all got different Izzys. I have always loved grapefruit Izzys. They are my weakness.This is at the Japenese Garden. It was very beautiful and relaxing. Tons of bamboo.

I was inspired by Claire's green shakes so I decided to make one of my own. Drew refused to try it, but Lu was adventurous enough to take two sips before declaring that, "Green smoothies are yucky." I really liked it though, and I refuse to give into peer pressure.Monday we were goofing off in the sun. It was fun. I missed the sun. Kynsie and I tanned a little the last couple of days but the sun made us kind of go crazy. Kynsie started seeing pregnant cows and decided she wanted to hug the sun. These are Drew's shoes in negative. On the way to church Drew was trying to go to sleep and I (being his younger sister) was trying to take his picture. So he to away my camera, phone, and lotion. I attempted to steal his shoes, but ended up bruising my knuckle by punching his elbow. I wouldn't recommend it. We had fun though.

We had a barbeque on Saturday and I made Lemon cake. I had no idea how easy it was to make. It had like four ingredients.

After the last TeenPact class Mom took us shopping. This is at Batdorf and Bronson. I love the heart! =)

Those are a few things I did last week.

It's almost here!

I am really excited about Spring. I think that the weather is bipolar. It cannot make up it's mind. When we got up this morning to get ready for church it was snowing like crazy and the whole ground was covered. Now it is all gone. But that just makes things more exciting I guess. I got some pics the other day (you know, back when it was sunny) of the rail road. I am the weird shadow.

It was so beautiful outside.

Last night my family stayed up playing poker and watching Ghost Town and Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Both were very funny. It was fun. It stunk not having Kynsie to kick my butt at poker though ;) Miss you.

My creative side

The other day Mom anounced a ten minute clean up. I was putting away the blocks (actually I was taking them out, but that's beside the point) and I got creative! Look what I wroteYup. I've got skillz.

THE NEXT PASS IT ON THINGY

I really liked how we did the nice to people thing. I gave everyone something to blog about. So now what I think we should do is start writing a story and passing it on. So I will start and see if this picks up.

Part I

Marvin Kelly was a well educated salesman who had everything except the most important part- a job. For some reason he could not sell a thing if his life depended on it. He tried and tried again to no avail. If the whole world was infected with a disease and would die in 20 minutes he probably couldn't sell the antidote. That's how bad this dude was. His appearance probably didn't help- mangy hair, a suit from goodwill, a tie that may have belonged to a hobo at one time, and a leather briefcase that was passed down to him from his mother. No one could take him seriously and I don't blame them.

Don't get me wrong, Marvin Kelly is not stupid. He is actually completely honest and that's what made it hard for him to be a salesman. But he was determined and just try stopping a determined salesman (why do you think I have multiple dishwashers? I can't make those guys shut-up!).

Today was the day of Marvin Kelly's interview for Oreck Vacuum cleaners (You may have heard of them, I was once engaged to the old man in all the advertisments). Today it well happen. Today I will not mess up, I need this job.

To see what happens next go to Kynsie's blog, at theycallmezoro.blogspot.com, and read Part II of this exciting story (that is, if she writes it.)

Fine, I will be nice.

Kynsie- She is an amazing sister. Although sometimes it has been said that I am the neat one, I must admit that as of late she has been. My laundry is still on the floor. Also, she has WICKED strength in her arms. lol.

Tim- Tim has the BEST blog. It is definately the most interesting to read. I like the songs you've been posting, btw.

Sarah- I don't remember a time she wasn't there for me. Plus, she has put up with my Corner Gas quotes for years.

Piper- Piper is one of the sweetest people I have ever met. She is so caring and responsible.

Wyatt- I love his salty cookies! Also, the writing class paper was hilarious!

Brett- I agree about rubics cubes, they are terrible. Who has time to sit around and do an impossible puzzle?

Dana- Really fun to play poker with ;) I remember when we used to do German lessons and eat popcorn... Oh, and I think it was Ms. White in the ballroom with the lead pipe.

Lolo- Probably the funnest(I am quite aware that 'funnest' is not a word) person to talk to. Lolo, how many calories am I burning typing on this keyboard?

I've been pondering...

Romans 2:17-24
17Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and brag about your relationship to God; 18if you know his will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law; 19if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are in the dark, 20an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth— 21you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal? 22You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? 23You who brag about the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law? 24As it is written: "God's name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you."

I have been reading Romans lately and this whole section was extremely convicting. I think we all need to really think about what we say and how we act to avoid doing exactly what this passage says. The actual definition of hypocrite is:

1.
a person who pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that he or she does not actually possess, esp. a person whose actions belie stated beliefs.
2.
a person who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude, esp. one whose private life, opinions, or statements belie his or her public statements.

I think we all do this to some extent. We act differently and think differently at church than we do at home and everywhere else. My Mom recently put on the chalk board, "Change your thoughts, and God will change your heart." I have been trying to change my attitude. It's hard, I won't lie. But I sometimes get really frustrated over nothing and it's not okay. At home I need to act the same way I would act in front of others.

Romans 2:28-29
A man is not a Jew if he is only one outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical. 29No, a man is a Jew if he is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man's praise is not from men, but from God.

Lu has a crush, his name, Pillsbury...

The other day my mom bought pre-made sugar cookie dough for Lulu. So all day she wanted to make her cookies. A while ago she got a little kid cooking set that was really cute. It had the hat, an apron, and other random dishes and kitchen utensils (we use the whisk in the kitchen, shhhh). The hat is priceless:)

They looked... interesting. The important thing is Lu had fun.

The early bird gets first dibs on the Cheerios.

I took this pic the other day when I woke up. It was probably 7:10 am or so. It was so beautiful. You would have to be crazy to think that this world was made by random chance. What a wonderful Creater we have.

Wii Fit

We fit together

Like pink, teal, and black.

We make up for each other

In all the things we lack.

In chocolate,

It's dark, milk, and sweet as can be.

In hair,

It's straight, curly, and times that by three.

We're full, step, and half

But you'd never really know.

As far as I can tell,

It's never even shown.

Hey, song of the South, sweet potato fry and I shut my mouth...

Hey excuse the title, I had a sudden country outbreak ( I say it like it's a disease becuase it is). For Christmas I got the Martha Stewart Cooking School book ( I really wanted it, I love cooking but I am not really gifted in that way, lol). So I decided to try some new things on my cooking night (which is tonight, Tuesday). I decided to stick with my German roots and make wiener schnitzel. I also wanted sweet potatoes and asparagus. The asparagus I steamed, then marinated in a ginger-soy vinaigrette. It was really good and extremely easy.

GINGER-SOY VINAIGRETTE

1 1/2 t Fresh ginger, finely grated

1 t Soy sauce

2 T Rice wine vinegar

Salt and pepper

1/4 cup plus 2 T Sunflower oil
Thinly sliced scallions

My family really liked it. I replaced the sunflower oil with canola, what can I say? I am a rule breaker.So the wiener schnitzel was also good but it scared me really bad... There I was, standing in the kitchen, cute and innocent as ever.. It was about 5:15 pm. Not a time you would expect something frightening to occur. Okay, maybe I am being a little dramatic. What happened is the grease kind of went mental and I was splattered multiple times. I don't know why it took it all out on me! It made quite the mess. But it was worth it. I tried to get a pic of the boiling oil but it was sort of trying to kill me at the time.

I was trying to do a lot at once so my mom made the sweet potatoes for me. She's so sweet:) I got this one that had a smiley face.Isn't it cute?

Last night Dad and I went shopping at Walmart for Mom. It was so funny, when we went to get some peanut butter I grabbed Adam's(my mom likes the healthy kind that gets separated and nasty) and threw it in the cart. Then Dad spotted the peanut butter/jelly stuff that I can't believe any one would ever make (do you remember green and purple ketchup? I REFUSED to ever eat that and I don't see how this is any different). This is the coversation that follows:

Dad: Honey, did you see this?! It's both peanut butter and jam!

Me: Dad, we don't need it.

Dad: But it's both! Somebody was really thinking.

(I, of course, was thinking, "How could anyone in their right mind invent something like that?")

Me: Dad, you are a slave to advertising!

Dad: Fine, Mom.

It was hilarious. Dad is so cute:) We ended up just getting Adam's peanut butter. Which I am getting used to by the way. It's not completely repulsive anymore;) We also got unhealthy, sugary cereal (I love Dad shopping!).

Do I know you?

Hey this is one of those friend test thingers.
http://www.truefriendtest.com/friendtest/2097659
See how well you know me.....

Some things I deeply care for...

This is a list of things that I own, that I love. They aren't necessarily listed in order, and these are not things I love most in life or anything, they are just some random things I love.

1. Chapstick
These are just the ones from beside my bed and in my purse and stuff.

2. My hats

I love them both. I named the dog one Spot becuase when my Dad first saw it he said, "Hey, isn't that Spot the dog?" I have no idea what dog he was reffering to but it was funny.

3. My mom's Mexico purse
When my mom was in 3rd grade her parents got it for her when they went to Mexico.
4. Lotion


A lot of people hate lotion but I love it. This is just my stash.

5.Coffee
I love coffee so much. Hopefully I shall be a barista some day... (I took this pic on my phone so I could edit it, my phone is amazazing. And I know it is coffee flavors, but it is related to coffee and I wanted to use the picture so give me a break.)
6.My promise ringI got this ring with my cousins on some dock in Seattle a long time ago. It's very special to me. I have probably lost is 20 times in the last couple of years. But now I never take it off so I never lose it! Except to take this picture, but that's different matter entirely.

7. My Olivia the Pig journal!I love Olivia. She is so cute! Whenever the little one rents Olivia books I always steal them and read them. My favorite one is where Olivia forms a band. It's great.

8.Our typewriterA while ago Kynsie and I got this old typewriter at a garage sale. We just use it as a decoration, but every now and then I get it out and just type for fun.

I love many other things, but these are the things I just saw when I looked around and I realized that maybe I wasn't giving them the praise they deserved;) There is still duct tape, Corner Gas, poker, monopoly....