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really i dont even have a blog anymore cause im not allowed to have one. so yeah.

i realize now...

that summer is not as great as school for many reasons. but is better than school for many reasons. those reasons i have not realized yet...

love, maddie

home.

i cant tell you how much i missed my house. my bed, me couch, my room, even my toilet.

its was a looong trip home. lost my phone in the airport so i have been without a phone for like 2 days...ah... luckly they found it and are mailing it back to me! so i should see it soon.

over all the trip was super fun which is good cause i was super not into going before cause i thought it was going to be lame, and i was missing a lot at church and 14 days of my summer were going to e taken away from me.

but it eneded up being great! i thought i was doing to like new yourk the most then DC then the hut... other way around surprisingly. i loveeeddd the hut (it turned out to be a cottage and was sooo darling) then DC and new york last. i still loved new york a lot. and i still want to live therer when i grow up, but i liked the site seeing in DC and the cottage was super fun.

it was great to spend time as a family the 6 of us cause we dont get to do that often since the brothers are getting so old. so it ws really a blessing that we were all together.

on another note. i am sooooo tierd. im wanting to goto bed at 9 and am waking up at 6.

last night i went to bed at 1 and woke up at 8!! what the heck. i know my body is more tierd than that and it wants to sleep but it is confused so im really out of everything.

yup :) cant wait for the rest of summer! camp! and fun stuf at church! wow this willbe great :)

love, maddie

day 10, 11, 12, and the future of 13 and 14

pictures......
me and brother in front of glass apple store. open 24 hours a day. go buy an ipod at 2 am...why not?
me at the sheep medow
fire works by the hudson river

i dont want to say all that i have done so i will just put a few pictures up. basically i have walked around new york! i love it :)

me on the ferrie going to the statue of liberty
me at some fountain in the middle of central ark, by the boat house
after WEST SIDE STORY on broadway :) so fun :)
so we went to greenwich, central park, statue of liberty, ellis island, and more that i cant remember.

well thats thats.

love, maddie

oh yeah and today (13) i am just walking around the city going no were special. and tomorrow (14) i fly home!

love, maddie

day 7, 8, and 9.

ok i promised pictures so here they are :) and there are some of the whole family, uh i the one without a beard, no Mohawk, i dont have huge muscles, and uh im the girl in all the pictures.

you know i thought i would clear things up for you... just in case you didnt know, to be helpful...alright you got it.

i think this is the firsts and only whole family picture all trip!

the 4 kids on a carriage ride

on a boat thing

incase you did not know us 4 kids are dorks

help im stuck (wow that was generic)

it just fits in my hands. i dont even know what happened

so i was in a hut and we did not have wifi so it was difficult.

basically as i said we were in a hut...so we walked around williamsburg (a little colonial town and its almost exactly like how it was back in the day.) that was not my favorite but the hut was comfy. the beds were great! :) that was my favorite part.

then we drove a million hours, like 9 ish and it was a long long ride. and we got turned around and drove south away from new york for an hour and didnt realize we were going the wrong way so we had to turn around and drive back up north for another hour...that was excruciating.

and with that to say...I LOVE NEW YORK! its so fun and vibrant. come on its the city that never sleep! i love the people, the lights, taxis, traffic, fashion...its just all so fun :) and now you see why i have been saying i want to live here for the past 4 months :) i cant wait till im out of high school!! and ya... so im having fun :)

love, maddie

day 6.

hi.
no pictures again. tomorrow i promise.
but pictures are not really needed cause it was a lame day.
today we, woke up drove 2 hours to Virginia, saw transformers, and am soon going to bed.
goodnight.

love, maddie

day 5.

hey so i missed a da, what can i say? im only human. so on day 5 we, went to the Jefferson monument, went to the Holocaust museum, and walked by the white house.

pictures are unavailable. the monument was just like the Lincoln monument so look at those pictures, we were not allowed to take pictures of the museum, and the white house...it was nothing worth showing pictures of.

love, maddie

day 4.

today i, ate popcorn, had a bowl of soup, drank 2 bottles of Gatorade, watches 2 movies and watched lots of t.v., and slept tons.
today my family, went to the Smithsonian museums, and i stayed home, im sick.
tomorrow i will have more fun i hope.

love, maddie

day 3.

Washington monument

today we, went up to the top of the Washington monument, saw the world war 2 monument, saw the Lincoln memorial, went on little boats, floated by the Jefferson monument, then went to eat (yummy), and later at night we went to the more cityish area and just looked around.

family picture

Vietnam veteran memorial

Lincoln memorial

there are more pictures but the computer is lame and i just dont feel like it.
i realized there are 3 kinds of people in DC. The African Americans, tourists, and white people in suits. true, very.
on the metro link i saw a girl with pink hair wearing a cocaine shirt with sea horse earrings and red heart sunglasses. ha! i love people like that, they make my day.

love, maddie

day 2.

im sick. i didnt really sleep last night. i was tiered this morning. and grumpy all day. so, today was kinda miserable but fun. we toured the capitol building, went in the library of congress, the supreme quart, and the botanic gardens.

me and parents in the botanic garden

this would be the botanic garden (forest section)

me sitting with my apple juice in the supreme court

the supreme court

me looking at the ceiling in the library of congress

the ceiling of the library of congress

the ceiling of the dome in the capitol

i like history, so yes i did read about the capitol

this is me in front of the capitol

now some details about the day. i like history.
i saw some people dressed in some crazy outfits. i saw i high heel crocs! oh wow! they were teal and well they were something else. in case you missed that, they were high heels.
i really hate plain yogurt, it tastes like sour cream.
there is a tour you can take on segways. great right!
with that...i am going to go to the jacuzzi and have fun with my dad and brothers :)

love, maddie

my first night.

i was on a smelly uncomfortable plane all day. and i am sick, therefore it sucked, a lot. I am now at my hotel in D.C. and it is...cozy. we have 6 people, 2 queen beds, a couch bed big enough for one, and thats room enough for 5 people. i get to sleep on the floor in the middle of the family room :) yes! tomorrow will be better hopefully.

this is my stuff located in the family room/ kitchen, for the whole world to see.

my bed

my bed again, notice the kitchen is right next door.

oh gosh this is going to be the longest 5 days of my life. the site seeing better make up for this.

love, maddie

...what to say? im not sure.

hello,
i am leaving on a trip for 14 days...
2 nights im sleeping in a hut...
7 hours i am driving in a cramped car...
and for a long time i am going to be on a plane or looking at monuments/librarys/museums...
exited? for some parts like shopping and being with family :)
and if im exited or not is beside the point cause im going and im going to have funish.
and while i am there i will be blogging every night telling of our days adventure :) and photos will be available.
now with that said, i have been running around packing...actually i was up till 11 last night.
my mother and i were trying to get my camera fixed (didnt go so well)
and you know im gone for 14 days so packing is intense.
i mean i am staying in a hut for 2 nights so i have to bring survival stuff...
this trip is seeming more and more fun as i talk about it :) I leave at 5 am in the morning and i will be sleepy on the plane :) wish me and my family luck and pray for safe travel. i will keep you updated :)

love, maddie

summer. and so much more

.summer is here :) YES!
the last day was sad and great. the 8th graders were crying and we were all so happy for summer it was amazing. everyone was screaming and laughing and saying goodbye. the teachers were getting mad at every kid they say doing anything remotally wrong cause i guess they figured it was their last chance so they mught as well live it up. im not sure. anyways it was fun.ah! this year was so great, fun, exiting, emotional, scary, and just all together amazing.

so i got out on Wednesday and went to the beach with 3 friends :) many pictures below, and i mean many pictures...

thats our model pose :) lovely.

L.O.V.E. :) so fun

it was very fun :) after i went over to one of their houses and we went in the pool :) and slept cause we were sleepy. the next morning i got picked up and went to church for like 10 min and then went to Costco with small group leader and 4 friends. then went back to leaders house and had yummy lunch :) and played with his kids and just had fun. now im getting ready to go to my brothers graduation! wow. a busy and fun first 2 days of summer. i cant wait for the rest of the 2 months.

love, madddie

photo fun

we went on a photo shoot :) yeah! i took like 100 pictures of chach and only ended up keeping 2...but hey what can she say? hahahaha here they are :)

chach

we had funn :) yeah!

love, maddie

roller coaster :)

for a math project we had to make a roller coaster out of paper, tape and glue only......wow...now thats a MATH project for you :)
mine turned out pretty good :) and i was proud cause i made mine all by myself, besides the loop.
here it is.

want to see the marble roll down? your wish is my command :)

hope you enjoyed :) it was very stressfull but fun in the end.
i was proud cause when i got to school every one was saying that their parents did the whole thing and i did mine all by myself so i was happy :) YEAH!

love, maddie

stress...

is stressful. and i do not enjoy it very much...

love, maddie

i really love her...

We hung out today :) funness...








love, maddie