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06 June, 2008

More from Cedar Point

Remember I mentioned that I'd post a picture of our caricature? Well here it is!












I just love it! We hadn't planned on getting one, Jen and Tyler did though. So we they went to get theirs, we got one done too. The boy who did it is just a junior in high school! Very talented! We got a nice white frame for it and a blue mat, and it's hanging very nicely in my bedroom.

Mike read my blog about Cedar Point the other day and I asked him if I got it all right. He said yes, but I missed some good stories, so I will tell you them now...

On the way back to our hotel Friday night, we stopped at McDonald's for shakes. Mike didn't finish all of his so he brought it back to the hotel with him. For some reason, he had taken the lid off, so it wasn't covered. I held it for him while he used the card to get into the hotel, then I gave it back. We walked to the elevator and got in. As we did, he ended up dumping his entire shake on the floor!!!! I guess he was trying to put his wallet back in his back pocket and tipped his shake. If I had been about 6 inches closer to him, it would have been dumped all over me!!! We were all just busting up laughing....his mom and I stood and held the elevator door open while he ran to get a towel from his room. I guess we held the door for too long and an alarm started going off, of course that just made us laugh even harder!!!

So we went back to our hotel room (the 3 guys...men...came over to our room) to watch the Pistons game. After the game, the guys went back to their room. Mike and Tyler weren't tired so they decided to walk around the hotel. They went and checked out the pool and walked around. When they went to find their room, the number by the way was 2030, they couldn't remember their number! So they walked around and tried their key card in a bunch of random rooms! They were in the 21 hallway, not 20. I guess there were 4 wings and they all looked the same. So finally they decided to go to the front desk and see if something was wrong with their key, if that was why the door wasn't opening. Their key was fine, so they asked what number their room was. 2030.....uh....they had been trying 2130 :) So they headed back up the elevator. Only problem...the front desk was on the opposite side of the hotel as our room, so they were lost again! They ended up walking all the way around the hotel before they found their room!!! That's my guy!!! Nice adventure huh? :)

04 June, 2008

Ouch! :(

Ouch...it hurts to type this post? So why am I doing it? I guess I'm just that dedicated LOL! Today was day 2 of my new (temporary) job. It's at this place called Creative Products and we're basically doing manufacturing work. I'm working in an assembly line that is packaging Memory Garden Markers. On Monday, I spent 7 hours and 40 minutes (it's an 8.5 hour shift, with 2 10 minute breaks and a 30 minute lunch break) on my feet, peeling UPC stickers and sticking them on the bottom right corner of approximately 4,000 boxes. We did just under 7,000 boxes on Monday.
Today, I got a new job. This time I was taping the garden markers to the boxes that they're in to keep them from sliding during movement. Almost 8 hours of holding a tape gun and twisting my wrist! My fingers kill!!! See that picture? The tape gun was wearing down the skin on my fingers, so I used athletic tape to bandage them up. Tomorrow, I'll start out using the athletic tape.
I think I'm going to go in search of a lot of chocolate now...and a nap sounds good.






02 June, 2008

Weekend fun

This past weekend, I went to Cedar Point with Mike and his family (his mom, dad, sister, and her boyfriend, Tyler). It was the first time I'd ever been, and I loved it!!!

We left Mike's house around 11:20 on Friday morning and got to our hotel around 4:20. After settling in, we headed over to the amusement park. We got passes that let us in from 5 until close (10). We decided to ride a few rides before getting dinner. First we rode Wicked Twister, then we decided to try riding maXair. They had just assigned us our seat numbers and we were waiting to get on the ride when it broke (people were still on it!!!), so we decided to go get dinner instead. After burgers, we walked around the park for a while looking at the different rides. We rode the Power Tower too. Mike tried his luck at a 3 point basketball game, but we all know those things are rigged!! Our last ride of the night was the Giant Wheel. We decided to get our caricatures done also, and they turned out sooooo cool!!! (I'll post a picture of that later). We planned to hang out to watch the laser show, but it started later than we thought and then it started to rain, so we went back to the hotel and watched the Pistons game (too bad they lost!)

Saturday morning we got up early so we could be back at the park at 9. One nice thing about the hotel we stayed at is that we could get in an hour before the park opened to the general public. The first ride we went to was Top Thrill Dragster. I was so scared to ride this one (read the description and you'll find out why!), but it was soooo worth it! I love it! Then we headed over to Millennium Force. Those two are usually the busiest rides, but we had less than a 15 minute wait for each one...often the wait can be 3 hours. Our longest wait for any ride was 25 minutes. We rode the Iron Dragon and Mantis. Then we decided that we needed to get something to drink, because it was really hot outside. After lunch we headed back to maXair, and actually got to ride it this time!! Because it was so hot, we decided to do the indoor rollercoaster, Diaster Transport. The boys decided to try to imporess us girls and win us stuffed animals so they played a water squirt gun racing game, Mike didn't win, because he was racing Tyler, but Tyler won twice, so Jen and I both got stuffed animals :) The Raptor had been broken the first time we tried to go on it, but when we went back, it was fixed again, so we rode it. That was our last ride of the day, as we were all exhausted. We looked around in the gift shops for a while and sat in the shade while we waited to meet Mike's parents. We left around 4.

On the way home, we stopped at Cabela's to get fudge...Tyler had never been there before, so it was a neat experience for him. We also stopped at Tiffany's for pizza (if you're ever in Dundee for dinner time, I highly recommend this restaurant....cheap and delicious!!)

I didn't take many pictures, just because it's so hard to take pictures on the rides ;) But Mike's mom took some, so if I get them from her, I will show you






This is Jen in Diaster Transport. If you look carefully, her nails are glowing in the blacklight.












The display in Cabela's









Brenda, This picture is especially for you!
This is Mike and me






And this is Tyler and Jen




01 June, 2008

Graduation 2008

On Thursday, my (not so little anymore) brother graduated!!!


Walking down the aisle (he's the tall one on the left)



















Shaking the principal's hand after receiving his diploma










Nate and me










The rest of our family...Dad, Mom, Nate, Grandma and Grandpa




28 May, 2008

147 Days

After 147 days of not seeing my best friend, I get to see her tonight!!! Alecia has been studying abroad in Spain since January. Her plane arrives tonight and I will be going with her family to meet her at the airport! I can't wait to have her back home!!!









Helping out at VBS last summer










Taking a break from working in my basement last July









On the train heading to Chicago

26 May, 2008

Memorial Day
















Yesterday at church, Pastor Steve asked anyone who knew someone who had served or is currently serving in the Armed Forces to raise their hand. Though I couldn't see everybody, I would dare say that almost every hand in the congregation was raised. I have multiple friends that are in different branches of the military. Today is a day set aside to remember those who gave their lives for our freedom and those who are currently serving our country. Take a minute to say a prayer for them and their families, or tell them yourself how grateful you are for their service.

24 May, 2008

Movies

Due to a lack of things to write about, I decided to do this meme that I found on Jennifer's blog.

1. One movie that made you laugh: Alvin and the Chipmunks

2. One movie that made you cry: See Spot Run

3. One movie you loved when you were a child: The Wizard of Oz

4. One movie you’ve seen more than once: Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants

5. One movie you loved, but were embarrassed to admit it: Hmmm...I can't think of one!!

6. One movie you hated:Larry the Cable Guy: Apocalypto

7. One movie that scared you: Final Destination Series

8. One movie that bored you: Lord of the Rings

9. One movie that made you happy: National Treasure

10. One movie that made you miserable: Passion of the Christ

11. One movie you weren’t brave enough to see: Saw

12. One movie character you’ve fallen in love with: Lena Kaligaris

13. The last movie you saw: Ratatouille

14. The next movie you hope to see: Made of Honor

Now tag five people: Anyone that wants to join in…feel free.

21 May, 2008

Continuation...

Here's 101-200 more things about me :)

101. I love college
102. In January I met Mike
103. He asked me out 2 months later (almost to the day)
104. We’ve been dating for just over 2 months...and it's great! :)
105. I got a new babysitting job for the summer
106. For two very energetic boys
107. I’m going back to Romania again this summer (June 13- July 2)
108. Alone
109. I’m not nervous…yet
110. I can’t wait to go…it’s going to be a whole new experience, I’ll write about it later
111. Which brings us up to today…I can’t think of what else to write…I know there’s so much more about me…I need to come up with 89 more things….oh! here’s an idea!!!

THINGS I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH
112. Science Olympiad (7th grade thru 12th grade)
113. Band (5th grade thru 12th grade)
114. I was band president my senior year
115. NHS (10th thru 12th grade)
116. I was NHS secretary and awareness co-chair my senior year
117. Track (9th grade and 12th grade)
118. Cell group (I’ve been leading since 10th grade…still ongoing…kind of)
119. Youth group (leading this year)
120. Young Children and Worship (don’t even know how long!!)
121. Praise Team (since September ’07)

MY FAVORITE THINGS
122. Ice-cream…any kind really…but especially cookie dough
123. Sunshine
124. Beaches
125. Swimming
126. Chicken…give me a choice between chicken and steak…I’ll take chicken
127. Driving…I love driving!
128. Road trips!
129. Hanging out with my friends
130. Going to Taco Bell
131. Spending hours with Alecia doing absolutely nothing
132. Watching movies
133. Getting all dressed up…every once in a while
134. Singing
135. Trucks
136. Four-wheeling
137. Skiing
138. Spending time with Mike
139. Playing DDR
140. Cooking
141. Baking
142. Creating my own recipes
143. Flip flops!
144. Hanging out with the Hill girls (and the rest of the family too :-) )
145. Late night trips for fast food
146. Being in Romania
147. Taking pictures
148. Writing
149. Being outside
150. Talking
151. Eating
152. Blue
153. Daisies
154. Shopping
155. Laughing
156. Holding babies
157. Music
158. Loud music…with lots of bass
159. Talking online
160. Blogging
161. Facebook
162. Travelling
163. Flying
164. Being random
165. Dreaming
166. Thinking about the future
167. Being a youth group leader
168. Getting mail
169. Learning other languages
170. Speaking other languages
171. Making someone else laugh
172. Being brave
173. Accomplishing something on my own (especially when people thought I couldn’t)
174. Holding hands
175. Running
176. Rollercoasters
177. Disney World
178. Bonfires
179. My friends
180. Washing my car
181. Star gazing
182. Sunsets
183. Picnics
184. Walks in the park
185. Soccer
186. Throwing discus and shotput
187. Watching other people accomplish great things
188. Meeting goals
189. Making someone smile
190. God
191. My church
192. Dogs
193. Dolphins
194. Bumper Stickers
195. Going out for coffee
196. Victoria’s Secret PINK Fresh and Clean
197. Hawaiian pizza
198. Snickers
199. Silver Jewelry
200. Daydreaming

20 May, 2008

About me

Ya'll ready for this? :)
Finally, here is my "special" 200th post...though actually it's my 202nd post...but that doesn't matter does it? Anyway, I tried to make a list of 200 things about me, in chronological order as much as I could. But when I thought I was done I was at 111 so I made a list of my favorites. Well then I read through my list again, and realized how many things I had left out, but I decided to just leave it. Maybe for my 300th post I'll throw in everything I forgot this time :)
Here goes....

1. I was born December 28, 1988
2. I was born in Ruidoso New Mexico
3. I lived on an Indian Reservation in Mescalero for the first year of my life
4. I don’t remember it
5. We went camping in the white sands desert and I ate sand
6. We moved up to Michigan
7. We lived in someone else’s house in Cutlerville
8. Then we moved to Allendale
9. My brother Nate was born on June 14, 1990
10. I don’t remember that either
11. We lived in a mobile home park
12. There was a swimming pool
13. We had really great neighbors and played outside with them a lot
14. My mom kind of homeschooled me for kindergarten
15. I missed the actual date for starting kindergarten by 27 days, so my mom taught me at home
16. I could read before I started kindergarten
17. I taught myself how to tie my shoes by practicing on a blanket that had tassels on it
18. I met my good friend Sarah in kindergarten…we are still friends
19. I broke my foot in first grade
20. I was sitting on our organ bench, it tipped over and I jumped off. It landed on my foot
21. My dad was laying on the couch…he didn’t even realized how hurt I was
22. My mom didn’t either…we waited until the next morning to go to the doctor. My foot was so swollen it wouldn’t fit into my shoes!
23. It was in the winter so I missed out on sledding!
24. My classmates pushed me down to the lunchroom on my teacher’s wheely chair
25. My mom bought everyone orange Flintstone push-pops when I got my cast off
26. I still have the cast. It was pink
27. After first grade, I met my best friend Alecia…she is still my best friend!
28. I met Mackenzie in second grade
29. On Fridays, we had popcorn day. We could buy a bag of popcorn for 10 cents!
30. I got glasses in third grade
31. I met Alex in fourth grade
32. In fifth grade, my teacher fell off a counter and almost landed on me. It was scary!
33. My friend was killed in an accident when I was in fifth grade. I’ll never forget my mom crying when she told me
34. We moved to our current house
35. My room was the last one finished
36. We finished the upstairs by ourselves…the main floor was done. It’s a modular home
37. I painted my room blue
38. We had the best neighbors ever!
39. I loved middle school
40. In sixth grade I went to a science conference. I hated it
41. In seventh grade, I joined Science Olympiad
42. I placed first in two of my events, Astronomy and Experimental Design
43. In eighth grade I did SO again
44. My friend Mackenzie was my partner for Astronomy. We did not get first place
45. Mackenzie was also my neighbor
46. The neighbors on the other side of us had 4 kids when we moved in.
47. Now they have 7
48. They moved away 3 years ago
49. Now we hardly see our current neighbors
50. In eighth grade I met my friend Monica
51. The three (Alex, Monica, and me) of us were inseparable
52. We would have sleepovers and do crazy beauty experiments
53. Once, we cut up a bunch of lemons, limes, and oranges and put them in the bathtub for a foot soak
54. We made facemasks
55. The pictures are hilarious
56. In 9th grade, I went to homecoming
57. My dress was blue..and backless
58. In the summer of 2004, I went to Romania for the first time
59. There was a group of 8 of us
60. We did children’s ministries in different villages
61. It was an amazing experience
62. I fell in love with the country and the people
63. I knew I was going to go back
64. Alex had an exchange student, Palm, from Thailand
65. I learned a lot from her
66. In 10th grade the four of us went to homecoming together…my dress was white
67. I got my driver’s license in May of 10th grade (2005)
68. I went back to Romania in June
69. Just me and Gerri
70. It was amazing
71. In July, I got hired at Allendale Nursing Home
72. In the laundry department
73. We had an exchange student from Spain stay with us for a month in the summer
74. Her name is Angela
75. My mom was in charge of the exchange program
76. I got to help her
77. I loved it!!!
78. In March of 2006, I got my first car
79. A 1997 Pontiac Sunfire
80. Zack nicknamed it the Green Ghost
81. I still have it
82. My partner and I placed 5th at state for Disease Detectives (Science Olympiad)
83. We were so excited! He picked me up and swung me around!!!
84. We had another exchange student stay with us for couple weeks in the spring
85. I did not go back to Romania that year
86. I started my senior year
87. I was so ready to be done with school!
88. I threw discus and shotput for track
89. I did it my freshman year too…but I liked it more my senior year
90. I wish I had done it all four years of high school
91. I graduated in May 2007
92. I graduated 7th in my class
93. I went back to Romania again
94. My mom and two of my friends came with me and Gerri
95. We did children’s ministries again (are you noticing a pattern here?)
96. I started college in the fall
97. I go to GRCC
98. For Business Administration
99. I want to work in a hotel or restaurant
100. Or maybe run (and own) a bed and breakfast

I'll post the next 100 tomorrow... :)

19 May, 2008

Remembering...

I want to take today to remember a life that touched many people. A year ago today, we lost that person, Tyler. Tyler had a fun and infectious personality. He sang in the praise team at church and I loved to listen to him and watch him praise God with all he had in him (I especially loved hearing him sing "I'll Fly Away"!) He was always joking around and had an encouraging word for everyone. Though he is missed here on earth by his family and friends, we know that he's singing and dancing with the angels up in Heaven!








This picture was taken at our youth group canoe trip a few years ago.

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